This is a highly debated topic. Some will say that you should feed puppy food until the dog is 1 year and sometimes 18 months. Others say to switch to adult food between 4 and 6 months. I think that puppy foods tend to have to high of a protein content and will cause large breed dogs to grow at too fast a rate. I switched my Golden retriever over to adult food at 5 months for that reason. He was growing too fast. Of course a lot of people on this web board feed all natural so this isn't an issue for them. If your dog is growing to fast or is having "growing pains" many vets will tell you to feed adult food. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Actually I have a friend with a puppy this having the same problem with a BARF diet. She is having to modify the diet to reduce the fat content in what she is feeding him. He is begining to develop some mild pano symptoms from his present diet.
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Interesting stuff Richard, I wouldn't know any better since I don't feed BARF. I suppose there is differences in what you feed pups and adult dogs when you feed BARF.
I know that I would drive my self crazy wondering whether my dogs were getting all the nutrition they needed on a BARF diet, and I suppose I would even go crazier worrying if I had to figure out what to do if I were in your friend's shoes. Oh well. I in no way intend to knock a BARF diet and I didn't mean to ramble on and get off topic. Thanks for the info.
Protien from a BARF diet and that found in kibble is very different. Until now, I have never heard of anyone on the BARF diet having problems with pano. Is your freind feeding an all BARF diet or still using some kibble? I have raised 2 dogs from birth to adulthood (that I have kept) and have raised several litters on BARF. I personally have not had any problems with my dogs. Another interesting note would be that my one dog's sire had several litters and all the other pups had pano (but not my pup). But, I also do not do any vaccines.
In growing animals, with the exception of when there is an amino acid deficiency/imbalance, the protein:energy ratio is exceptionally important in determining growth rates. The differences in amino acid suitability between beef vs. poultry is not substantial, but the protein:energy ratio based on raw meat can be much different.
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