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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
Peggy - you should know that there is a big difference between puppy formulated food and adult food that is termed suitable for all life stages.
For example let's take Nestle Purina's super premium dog food ProPlan. They produce adult food suitable for all life stages as well as puppy and senior products. The adult food meets and exceeds the minimum AAFCO requirements for puppies and for seniors (aged over 7 re Corgis). But their puppy food and their senior food FAR EXCEED the AAFCO standards.
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And that is exactly the reason I don't feed puppy food. Have you ever heard of Panosteitis? It's thought to be caused by feeding a food that makes puppies grow too fast. IE= PUPPY FOODS!
And yes, I have heard of corgis with it. It's been mentioned on several of the corgi email lists. And what are people told, to get thier puppies off puppy food right away.
So, IMO, it's better for my puppies to grow slower and to eat an adult formula food. It meets their needs, the AAFCO says it does. So it's ok for them to eat. They don't need a food that EXCEEDS AAFCO standards.
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The ProPlan puppy food has components that the adult food does not have such as DHA, and has higher levels of protein, fat and calcuim.
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Exactly, and the higher levels of protein, fat and calcium are not necessarily needed by puppies. Why do you think they've started to make "large breed puppy foods"? Because the large breeds were having problems with the regular puppy foods. Growing too fast. I think I've brought up these pionts before.
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ProPlan very strongly recommends its puppy formulated food for puppies and its senior formulated food for seniors even though its adult food can legitimately state "suitable for all life stages." Now do you get it.
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What I get is "ProPlan very strongly recommends". I don't care what ProPlan recommends. They are in the business to sell foods. Of course they are going to recommend their various forumlas.
I have raised dogs since 1980. From birth to 16 1/2 years old. None of my dogs have eaten puppy food past 6 mos. old at the latest. They have done well on what I've fed them. My last two litters have not had any puppy food at all and they (as I've said before) are not lacking in bone, size, growth or health.
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If we are talking about the best diet and nutritional value for a normal pup, we are talking puppy not all life stages.
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Yup, and I feed my puppies and dogs what I think is best for them, based on MY research from experts I respect. Those experts ARE NOT dog food companies. They are breeders, my vets, pro handlers, and such. People who have hands on experinces with raising, training, treating, and studying dogs and dog foods.
No matter what you say I am not going to buy into your theory. I think mine is better. I've raised more dogs than you have, I have seen the results over the years and I am pleased with the results I'm getting. I don't feed puppy food or a senior food and my dogs are doing just great, thank you anyway.
Peggy