How do Large Breed Puppy foods compare? Science Diet vs Wellness review
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- What's the difference between puppy food and large breed puppy food? Is it just marketing? What about my toy breed puppy? lets discuss it, then take a look at Hills Science Diet puppy foods and Wellness puppy foods. Who scores the win for better nutrition?
Thank you for the heads up! Our pup willbe home in two weeks extra large lol ♥️
I'm trying to find a straightforward answer and have watched literally hundreds of different YT videos. I am trying to find a recommendation for food for my 8 week old australian shepherd puppy. Please please can you recommend just a couple of specific foods or do a top 10 recommended video or something of that nature?
Relax! You have lots of options for z as dog that size. I would have no concerns feeding Science Diet Purina ProPlan, Nutro , Iams, Fromm. The real differences in nutrition start when they’re adults. If a puppy food doesn’t seem to agree with them, try another. Doesn’t mean that food was bad but just not for your pup. Stop watching videos of people trying to sell you something! 👍
Thank you! Can you do a video on supplements?
I have. French bulldog 6 months cn you recommend what type of food should I give her please 🙏
Wel, she's 6 months old already. How is she doing on the current food. As I say in my puppy food video, most puppy foods by name brands are fine, especially since they are only on them for about a year.@@ginamedina518
Could you please review Arden Grange large breed puppy? Its a popular UK brand, be interested to know if RC or Hills would be better
I have a german sheprador and the vet says large breeds iams puppy is a good food
I work at a chain pet store and I have been judged for recommending hills and Royal canin for some puppies. But the owners always come back thanking me
Well you’re helping people and their pets so keep fighting the good fight with the rest of us.
Glen. What is the difference of large breed adult and medium adult other than kibble size. My Gus who is a a mix Border Collie/ Golden and a medium breed.
@@warrenhorowitz-vp6ul there’s usually very little difference. Large Breed Puppy was researched for years (thanks to Hills and RC) and has a very valid role. Of course the marketing people saw the opportunity of more foods for large breeds. Sure, you can add more energy in a small breed or more glucosamine in a senior but not really very significant. At least I never saw anything substantial
Thanks. . I advise everyone to watch your You Tube channel. , Minerals and Nutrient. I know Gus is better off for it. Want to keep him healthy as long as I can.
Thanks
Need PetFoodPuzzleGuy Pet Picture. Board showing all the Dogs and Cats you help make Healthier.
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@@warrenhorowitz-vp6ul that’s a wonderful idea! I just might do that! Thanks!
I have a 10 week old Bull Terrier and the vet recommended large breed puppy food due to the build of the breed despite only growing to around 50 pounds. We tried science diet but she doesn’t like it. I can’t figure out if the larger kibble size is the problem or if it’s the taste. For a breed that doesn’t really fit the definition of large breed, is a large breed puppy food going to make a big difference vs a regular puppy food?
Great video! I read somewhere that Royal Canin pioneered large breed and large breed puppy diets. Is it true?
Yes, in the 80s and 90s RC, Hills and Purina were looking at research or doing their own. I find with most innovations the big three seem to be trying to keep up with each other. I consider that a good thing!
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy I really like these companies; I'm using RC for my boy and Hill's T/D for my cat. Will see if her teeth improved during her next vet visit soon!
@@George.J ok, gotta ask. Which DC diet are you using?
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy Anallergenic, I think it’s called Ultamino in the US. It’s the only diet he hasn’t reacted to. We performed a strict elimination-rechallenge trial and found out that he’s allergic to chicken. He also reacted to the hydrolyzed diets that have hydrolyzed chicken liver as a natural flavor although I never tried tried z/d.
@@George.J I must admit I had fun calling it the Anal Diet in my clinics but I have seen it work. They actually use chicken feathers! Talk about by products! But that’s the difference between real nutrition science and appealing ingredients. I am not thrilled with the nutrient levels for older dogs but if it’s the only thing that works, what can you do. So the dog reacted to RCs HP Diet but not the Ultamino. Interesting.
Do you think Purina one small breed adult dog food is a good choice to feed? I’ve heard so many people say it’s a crap food get grain free foods only from side pet shops and only if it’s human grade and I just can’t afford that stuff anymore it gets so expensive. I heard Purina actually does feeding trials so their food is safe and nutritious. Is that true? Is it a good food? I just want what’s best for my pups without breaking my wallet
People who work in pet food stores are retailers. The glitz and glamour and marketing is a lot more fun and easy to manipulate customers than talking clinical nutrition! It’s just so easy! And many of these folks are very dedicated and sincere but only know what they’re told. Purina is in no way crap and your dog would do fine in it. Grain Free is pure marketing with absolutely no scientific basis. There is some concern with a great issue called cardiomyopathy feeding grain free foods but nothing has been confirmed. But again, to reason to do it! Yes, Hills and Purina do feeding trails and have been formulating diets for decades. If you find your dog not doing well on a food it doesn’t mean that food is crap. Just like us, our systems have unique differences and needs. Good luck!
Hi! I need help choosing a large breed puppy food! Could you help me compare hills science diet large breed puppy food to Farmina puppy ancestral grains medium max please! Or purina essentialcare vetenarian large breed puppy food. I don’t know what to do! How to compare and know what’s better! Thank you so much in advance!!!😊
Susie, in my opinion you can’t go wrong with Hills or Farmina. Raised 4 Berners and a Yellow Lab on Science Diet Marge Breed Puppy. They all turned out great.
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy I’m just worried the fat is too high for a large growing puppy. fat 20%?
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy 20% Farmina
Would love to see a comparison on regular medium puppy between Pro Plan, Science Diet, and Royal Canin.
Jaime, I would expect very little difference in those three. And like I say in the video, any excesses would not be very harmful for a growing puppy and they are only on the diet for a year or so. If the puppy eats it and is doing well, I’d feel confident with any of those three. Maybe compare price!
My part time job is Tractor supply. Been there almost 3 years. We have training on feed minimum once a year. Depending on your breed and how much protein and fat is based on how active your dog is. Purina pro plan and science diet is the best in my opinion. Grain free is super expensive but dogs actually need grain for digestion.
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Hi there. I’m still confused about what to look for to know if I’m buying the best food for my dog. You’ve seemed to say to buy the right food for your dog’s life stage and whether or not they are a large or small breed, and you’ve mentioned calories and minerals but what are the correct ranges to look for? What percentage of protein, fat, carbs am I looking for? I can’t seem to find that in your videos but I may have missed it. Do you have a list of dog foods you recommend or have an opinion on the Dog Food Advisor website where foods are rated?
AnimalDocRea shows a chart of ranges on all of her dog food reviews. Example for large breed puppy: calcium 0.7 to 1.2%. Phosphorus: 0.6 to 1.1%
Hey Kelli! Ed beat me to it but Dr Rea dies list the ranges. A few points though. Those ranges are very wide, a bit wide for me but at least they are something to go by. I just got off the phone with Pedigree and Iams for my next video and unfortunately you need to call the companies to get actual numbers. A real pain! And they always want to give you percentages and grams or mg per 100 calories is best when comparing. A quick glance on the bag to see if it is All Life Stages is a quick way to disqualify many foods. It means the nutrients are high enough for puppies so too high for an adult dog. Btw, after puppyhood I find no real nutritional reason for Large Breed Adult or Senior, but companies sell more food having more varieties. My main purpose is to help pet parents realize most of the marketing they look at and the money they spend is. It really accurate to the ingredient panel.
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy You might want to do some editing. LOL
My opinion on Dog Food Advisor…. Total waste of time. The dentist who started it should have talked with a few board certified nutritionists. Here’s an analogy that kind of works. You look at all the parts of an airplane spread out on the ground in front of you. You pick up a little part. Well, it can’t fly so it shouldn’t be included in the building of this plane. You pick up a big part but again, it can’t fly so you decide it’s useless or at least inferior. Dog Food Advisor looks at individual ingredients and determines individually which ones are winners, which ones are losers, but they have no idea how a real nutritionist will pick and choose ingredients that work together synergistically to produce a diet with optimal nutrients. This is especially important with therapeutic nutrition. The airplane fly’s because all the parts needed are put together by engineers. You could give me all the parts and I couldn’t make a lawn mower. Same way having all the ingredients won’t make a great diet without a nutritionist putting it together! Wow! I should make a short on that! Lol!
@@PetFoodPuzzleGuy that totally makes sense! Thx.