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You'll find that there is a universal acceptance to feed puppy food to puppies and adult food to adults and over the last dozen years or so there has been the realisation that senior dogs also have and need different requirements.
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Ok, first I don't find any universal acceptance. Since I have not been around the whole universe. I however have talked with MANY breeders in the western US. Seeing as my transporter isn't working well, I don't get much further than that in the universe.
The reason that people feed different formulas is advertising. The dog food manufactures have advertised and convinced the pet owning population that their dogs need different formulas for different stages of life.
Again if you read the label on the adult maintence foods you'll find it says it's made for ALL life stages. Which means it meets the minimum requirements you're so fond of quoting.
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Vets in general are in support of this feeding programme
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IMO, vets in general don't have enough education in canine nutrition to know what's the best way to feed a dog. Only those who have gone on to do more research ON THEIR OWN know otherwise.
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and the leading international manufactures designate in their material output the normal periods of time that a dog should move through the food segments - eg up to 12 months of age for puppy food, one to six years for adult food and over seven, senior.
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Sure they do, their business is to SELL dog food. Differernt forumlas have different costs. If you talk to the experts (meaning dog breeders and vets who have more study in this) you'll find many will tell you that an adult maintence is just fine for all life stages.
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some manufacturers have even gone further of late and produce junior food as a stage between puppy and adult.
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Again, NOT in the US. We don't have that forumla available here.
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A dog in New Zealand lived til he was 26 (probably the world's third oldest lived dog)
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Did he have a documented birth date? I'm not ready to belive any dog lived that long without some sort of documentation.
Again, there is more than one right way to feed a dog.
And Michael I'd like to know why YOU are NEVER wrong and no one else is ever right? Why do you continually say someone is wrong just because they disagree with your opinion? My opinion is just as good, if not better than yours. And I'm getting quite tired of being told I'm wrong just because I have a differing opinion. Everyone on this forum is entitled to their opinions and shouldn't be belittled for them. I think we all deserve more respect from you.
Peggy