Puppy food - soooo confused!

[Lucylou]

Im driving myself mad with choosing what food our pup should have. She’s currently on Step Up to Naturals but she’s not a huge fan of the dry stuff and can be picky with their tinned food. She is a Lhasa apso X Bichon and 3 mths old. Any advice would be welcome.

 

[Teddy560]

If you go on the website allaboutdogfood you can view most brands of dog food to see how nutritious the food actually is. It is run by a canine nutritionist and they get marks out of 5. My puppy is 8 months and is on AVA medium puppy, which they sell at Pets at Home. Think it's got a score of 4.2 or something. My dog isn't a massive fan of dry food on it's own so he has a topper of raw mince or tuna etc. And he wolfs it down, especially with tuna. You can also use a topper of puppy wet food, but some brands of this can give my dog a runny belly. He looks really well on AVA. Has a shiny coat and is a good weight.

 

[excuseme]

Step up to naturals is hardly a good quality food for a puppy, or any dog come to that. It only has 24.5% chicken "meal" and the remainder is full of cheap fillers.
My last puppy that I purchased was on a dry kibble and I changed her over to a raw diet in 2 days.
Pets at Home have freezers with a good selection of meats and complete nuggets.
With raw feeding you don't have to worry about puppy or adult mixes, it is all the same.
Raw is so natural for a canine animal and easy to digest, it is the best!
However there are also a lot of good quality dry kibbles on the market without any grains or cheap fillers, Millies Wolfheart, Eden, Orijen, Acana, to name just a few. There is a good website that I am sure someone will mention all about dog food (I have forgotten what it is called), it may help you decide. Sorry the website is already mentioned in the post above!

 

[Caro Perry]

We switched Harri to Butternut Box at 3 months. I’m not a big fan of heavily processed foods but I do occasionally feed Canagan if I need the convenience

 

[arealhuman]

Try www.gentledogfood.co.uk