[NalaBaby]

Currently, I am feeding my puppy Kirkland Signature puppy food, since I work at Costco and it's the better of the brands there. My vet however, told me that I should put her on a large breed puppy food since she is growing very fast. I was wondering if Nutro is a good brand to put her on, of if there are some others that you guys recommend.

 

[5 s corral]

hi
nutro has had a lot of recalls on it i know a lot of people on here like the kirkland brand
jamie

 

[GeorgeGlass]

I would say Kirkland is generally a better brand than Nutro, especially if your dog is already doing well on it. If the dog is not doing well, then, of course, it's time to find a new food.

 

[NalaBaby]

She's doing all right on the Kirkland food, it's just not specifically large breed, which is what my vet recommended. Her stool isn't diarrhea, but it's not all the way firm... it has the consistency of oh... soft serve ice cream I suppose...

 

[tirluc]

if the main issue is that she is growing too fast, try doing 1/2 and 1/2 puppy/adult....my pups are always on straight adult food by 6-7 mo (start them going to it by 4 mo) and i have not had any problems since i started doing it this way.....it was, also, at the recommendation of my vet....

 

[NalaBaby]

if the main issue is that she is growing too fast, try doing 1/2 and 1/2 puppy/adult....my pups are always on straight adult food by 6-7 mo (start them going to it by 4 mo) and i have not had any problems since i started doing it this way.....it was, also, at the recommendation of my vet....

Thanks, that's actually a pretty good idea. Especially since Nutro 17lb costs more than Kirkland 40lb. I'll save some money that way.

 

[Bonnie Napholc]

Your dogs doodie shouldn't be soft like that, are ya givin her treats? If so I would avoid any treats (I know it's hard) until you rule out if it's the food or the goodies. I had to do this with my dogs.

 

[4lilmunchkins]

I would stay away from Nutro...I personally don't trust their company at ALL, too many recalls and too many problems they never seem to fully resolve....

 

[NalaBaby]

Your dogs doodie shouldn't be soft like that, are ya givin her treats? If so I would avoid any treats (I know it's hard) until you rule out if it's the food or the goodies. I had to do this with my dogs.

It has been like that since we brought her home, so at first I thought it was the food transition, but it's been 2 weeks now and it's still like that. And actually, I avoided treats for a while, but yesterday I took her for a nice long walk to help her get used to heeling, and I did give her treats for being good. Today though, her stool was firmer... maybe treats are doing her good lol I'll still test that theory to make sure.