Best dog food for a puppy

[Andyrory]

Getting a Puppy tomorrow, just wondered what people thought was the best dry dog food to buy. I was gonna go with Burgess Supa Dog/Puppy. any info would be appreciated.

[welshlibranr]

mine is fed on Eukanuba, but I am introducing her to Burns dry food slowly, she seems to like it, but not going to change her food yet, when you get a new puppy I think it's best to keep them on what they're used to, they will have loose stools, just because of the change of home etc., and if you change the food it will only serve to make matters worse!........Callie's fine now, but the first few days were hard to cope with, even though we didn't change her food from what the breeder fed her!.....we had to see the vet, she was dehydrated and needed medication, and so the least you change the diet the better!......

[craft1948]

My dog is on Burns............

[paddywak]

The breeder I got Max from had fed him Beta so I've always kept him on it, first Puppy, then Pet Maintenance and I'm now in the process of changing him over to Senior.

[Ratty2E]

Initially you should be feeding it whatever the breeder has weaned it on to. They should give you a diet sheet and tell you exactly what and when it should be fed. After a while you can slowly introduce another food. Ours always had Beta.

[jules77]

Agree with RRG, you need to be guided by the breeder and what the puppy is being fed on now. If it is around 8 weeks old, it will be on 4 meals a day. Some breeders feed two meaty meals which can be a complete diet soaked a little in warm water, and two milky meals ie: weetabix with goats milk, scrambled eggs etc.

[lankeela]

Burgess food is what we call a 'flaky' food containing a lot of cheap ingredients, rather than an 'extruded' dry complete food. It means they have to eat a lot to get any amount of goodness out of it, and then they poo out the excess so you have a lot of clearing up to do. You are better to buy something like Eukanuba, Purina, James Wellbeloved or any of the better quality foods as in the long run they work out cheaper than feeding lots of cheap food as you feed less because they utilise more of it.

[Andyrory]

Thanks for all your answers. The breeder was feeding her on Pedigree Chum complete puppy so we are continuing with that at the moment. Does anybody recommend this or should we be switching to something else?

[RATTER15]

Well actually...........................

on second thoughts, the gob is shut!!!

Goodmorning Lankeela and Jules xxx

[jules77]

Good morning Ratter, lovely day here today so far.

I wouldnt feed Pedigree chum, but lots of dogs thrive on it. You feed what suits your dog, suits your pocket, and what suits your lifestyle.

[lankeela]

Ha ha Ratter, you know when you are on a loser don't you? Actually Pedigree complete is not bad, easily obtained and a reasonable price. I'd stick with that rather than the Burgess. What breed is your puppy (and name please!)

[Andyrory]

Been doing a bit more research and think i'm probably gonna go with the Purina Beta. Not really quite sure what she is, bit of terrier/Lab/whippet. She's called Betty(not my idea).....!!!! Thanks for all your answers.

[lankeela]

Love the name Betty - hope you have many years of fun with her.

[jules77]

Aww, I like Betty too. Good luck.