Hello people! :wave: I'm new to these forums and decided to create an account to get some help, opinions and advise.
I have a 10-week old American Bulldog pup, his name is Rocky . So to make a long story short, I switched from Purina Puppy Chow(Breeder food *_*) to TOTW high prairie for puppies. My puppy had horrible diarrhea yet was very playful and had good appetite. He has all his shots up to date and I ruled out giardia, coccidia, among other parasites and was negative.
So I decided to switch to wellness and it fixed his stools and everything was fine UNTIL I read that several "top quality" kibble brands are manufactured by a company called Diamonds and I figured out why my puppy had that horrible diarrhea until I stopped feeding him that with the help of metronidazole that the Vet gave us for him. Then I found out that Wellness has three manufacturers, one of them being Diamond :doh: AND that they had a recall about a week ago on their large puppy formula. So I said enough with this crap, I'm going to feed a non-diamond brand; yet, I didn't want to feed Blue Buffalo because I think it's overated and the ingredients didn't seem that great. I ultimately went with Nutro Ultra until I found something better. I know it might not be the best food available but it got the job done and I don't have time to feed RAW.
After almost two weeks of research, I decided to choose ACANA over ORIJEN because most dogs seem to do better on Acana than Orijen. Now seeing that I have a large breed dog, I did check the calorie intake levels, calcium
hosphorus levels, fat levels and glucosamine/chondroitin levels and picked the wild prairie grain-free that is all life stages( sorry about all the background info, I just thought the more info I provided, the more concise the feedback would be).
The questions is: Have you guys fed your puppies any of the grain-free Acana formulas? If so, how did they do? Any feedback/results on this brand would be appreciated. Do I really need to feed a "large breed puppy" formula or that is just a marketing thing? I was just a little concerned feeding such a young pup an all life stages formula, but hey the name says it all....I just don't know how young the pup has to be before they eat this.
Thanks in advance guys!!! :wink:
I have a 10-week old American Bulldog pup, his name is Rocky . So to make a long story short, I switched from Purina Puppy Chow(Breeder food *_*) to TOTW high prairie for puppies. My puppy had horrible diarrhea yet was very playful and had good appetite. He has all his shots up to date and I ruled out giardia, coccidia, among other parasites and was negative.
So I decided to switch to wellness and it fixed his stools and everything was fine UNTIL I read that several "top quality" kibble brands are manufactured by a company called Diamonds and I figured out why my puppy had that horrible diarrhea until I stopped feeding him that with the help of metronidazole that the Vet gave us for him. Then I found out that Wellness has three manufacturers, one of them being Diamond :doh: AND that they had a recall about a week ago on their large puppy formula. So I said enough with this crap, I'm going to feed a non-diamond brand; yet, I didn't want to feed Blue Buffalo because I think it's overated and the ingredients didn't seem that great. I ultimately went with Nutro Ultra until I found something better. I know it might not be the best food available but it got the job done and I don't have time to feed RAW.
After almost two weeks of research, I decided to choose ACANA over ORIJEN because most dogs seem to do better on Acana than Orijen. Now seeing that I have a large breed dog, I did check the calorie intake levels, calcium
The questions is: Have you guys fed your puppies any of the grain-free Acana formulas? If so, how did they do? Any feedback/results on this brand would be appreciated. Do I really need to feed a "large breed puppy" formula or that is just a marketing thing? I was just a little concerned feeding such a young pup an all life stages formula, but hey the name says it all....I just don't know how young the pup has to be before they eat this.
Thanks in advance guys!!! :wink: