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Originally Posted by Michael Romanos
Peggy - you are misreading me. I never said daily calcuim over the recommended MAXIMUM, I said calcium in excess of the (AAFCO) minimum.
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And you are misreading me too. I also did not say over the MAXIMUM I said there was no need to feed the supplements (calicum we're talking here) in excess of the requirements. Meaning minimum requirements. We were not talking about maximum requirements at all.
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You can feed YOUR puppies with adult food though I would never recommmend it for normal pups,
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You're saying my puppies aren't normal?
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but just remember that food producers who follow AAFCO practices and who produce food termed " suitable for all life stages" strongly recommend that their puppy designated food be given to puppies and not the 'all life stages' adult food.
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And as I said I don't care what producers say. Of course they will say a puppy food is better, otherwise why make it? The different formulas were created not as a need for the dogs but to fill a marketing request. People were feeding thier babies "baby food" so they wanted a "puppy food" for their puppies. The dog food companies complied. Saw a market for differernt life stage foods and created them, active, preformance, senior, ect. It doesn't mean there is a need for all those foods or that a dog in that stage absolutly needs them but that they are a choice.
My choice is a food for all life stages.
People make thier own baby foods too and their baby's do just fine with peas mashed by mom and not by the Gerber company. It doesn't mean one mom is wrong or one is superior to the other. It just means that there is more than one RIGHT way to feed a baby, be it human or dog.
My way works. There are many other breeders who do it also. And their puppies are "normal" too. It's not WRONG and it's not WRONG for me to offer this advice as an option for someone with a puppy. They can read my advice, and your advice and make up thier own minds.
Peggy