Food for both Dogs and Puppies

[zok]

Hello,

I'm just wondering what the common consensus is in regard to buying food that can be fed to both adult dogs and puppies.

We have a 2 yr old and a 4 month old. Ruby, the 2 yr old, eats a mix of a couple of different foods because she is a finicky eater and she has had a sensitive stomach in the past.

Piper, the 4 month old, will not eat her own food (which is specifically a puppy food) without mixing it with something like rice or cottage cheese, but she tries to snitch from Ruby's bowl every chance she gets.

This weekend we decided to try Natural Balance (Ultra Premium Dry) because of a couple of different reasons: 1) The ingredients sound good to us (first 3 ingredients are: chicken, brown rice, duck), 2) It is carried by our local pet store, and 3) It says that it can be fed to both adult dogs and puppies.

We gave a bit to both dogs (mixed in with their regular food) and they loved it! Piper is actually eating from her own bowl instead of trying to snitch from Ruby's bowl.

Does anyone know of any reason why we couldn't or shouldn't feed this food to both dogs (in the appropriate size portions)?

Thanks!

[Grace Erick]

I don't know anything about what puppies require from their food, but I have noticed puppy food tends to be higher in protein and fat than adult food.

[Jesse Cruz]

hi zok,

i feed both my dogs (shih tzu) natural balance potato and duck. chloe is 1yr old and bailey is 5 months old. i started it with chloe because she had a very bad allergic reaction to nutro and anything w/chicken. so when i got bailey about 3 weeks ago i just gave him the same thing and he's doing really well on it. so from my experience i give it a thumbs up.

[zok]

Thanks to both of you for the info :)

I think that we're going to switch over to Natural Balance for both dogs. The both seem to really like the taste and it will make life much easier since we don't feed by portion. We just keep the bowls full and let them eat whenever they feel like it (which works REALLY well for us and both dogs are very fit - the puppy eats more often than the big dog and they both seem to be happy to eat whenever they are hungry).

Thanks again! :)

zok