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barrie
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| 11-25-2011, 05:53 PM |
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Puppy food vs adult food
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When do you take a berner puppy off of puppy food and put them on adult? Why, I see some say at 5-6 months. My sister in law has a nefie and her vet says 18 months
    
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Rowan
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| 11-26-2011, 09:36 AM |
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Hi Barrie,
I never fed Fynn on Puppy food I went stright to Aduld food as Puppy food has too high of a protien content for Berners. hope this helps 
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Lynn
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| 11-26-2011, 12:24 PM |
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Wonder if these may be of help.
Crude Protein = 22% - lower protein content to protect against hypertrophic osteo dystrophy in puppies and panosteitus in adult dogs; also, your dog's kidneys are less likely to "burn out." Dog Food Feeding Berner Puppies and adults My new puppy will be fed the same as my previous Berner fed a raw diet. Less protein than commercial foods. This is not always easy or acceptable to other owners so you need to find a good quality food with these sort of protein ratios.
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bernese
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| 12-11-2011, 01:57 PM |
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Originally Posted by Lynn
Wonder if these may be of help.
Crude Protein = 22% - lower protein content to protect against hypertrophic osteo dystrophy in puppies and panosteitus in adult dogs; also, your dog's kidneys are less likely to "burn out." Dog Food Feeding Berner Puppies and adults My new puppy will be fed the same as my previous Berner fed a raw diet. Less protein than commercial foods. This is not always easy or acceptable to other owners so you need to find a good quality food with these sort of protein ratios. I feed my puppies puppy food (purina pro plan puppy is my favorite) until 4-5 months if they are of normal weight and then I switch them to adult food. It is important to have your puppy grow slow so their joints can keep up.
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When do you take a berner puppy off of puppy food and put them on adult? Why, I see some say at 5-6 months. My sister in law has a nefie and her vet says 18 months
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sa1821
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| 12-11-2011, 05:29 PM |
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We never did puppy food either. What I was told is it helps them to grow quickly and as was said before you don't want a big dog to be encouraged to grow fast so we've always had her on an adult formula without particularly Good Luck!
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Angel
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| 12-15-2011, 09:02 AM |
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Originally Posted by barrie
When do you take a berner puppy off of puppy food and put them on adult? Why, I see some say at 5-6 months. My sister in law has a nefie and her vet says 18 months
I had the same question I am presently feeding my little guy (4Months old) Innova Large breed puppy food and asked my vet and she said not to change his food until he is about 1 yr old.
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