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What's the best canned puppy food?

Posted: Jul 30, 2012

We just got an 8-week old golden retriever puppy and he's not eating much dry puppy food so wondering if boosting it with a canned food would help. Any recommendations on the best canned puppy food? TIA

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Great place to compare foods - sm

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I love this website. You can compare wet, dry, puppy, adult... It's awesome.

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/

Personally, I recommend Blue Buffalo products. We've had great luck with those with our pets.

Congrats on the puppy!!!

Puppy food - Alice

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I agree with Blue Buffalo being a good food. There are a lot of really good puppy and dog foods. Be aware that corn is a potential allergen, and things like animal "by products" or "meal" may be made of ground up dead animals.

Dogs are carnivorous and need good meat. They don't demand variety; they like the same thing all the time, but once you start adding stuff in, they will expect it. I found this out the hard way, and my dogs won't eat the dry stuff because I started adding things like cooked ground turkey, wet dog food and green beans, and that's what they now expect.

I also started giving them a treat every afternoon when they were puppies, so they have come to expect this. So, every day at 3PM, they remind me.

I also gave them a treat whenever they would bark at the neighbor. My intention was to get them to be quiet. However, they thought they were being rewarded and they now believe that they should receive a "reward" every time they bark at the neighbor.

It helps to try to think like a dog.

thanks! - MTforever

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Thanks so much for the suggestion of Blue Buffalo - that's one I've never tried on any of the dogs we have. Will check it out. Thanks again for taking the time out of your busy day to answer this one for me.

Dog food - doglover

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The website mentioned is a good site to compare. You can also add a teaspoon of yogurt. Blue Buffalo is a good food, but it gave a couple of my dogs gas, lol. It is a good food, though! Currently I am feeding my dogs Canidae, which is loaded with probiotics. It cannot be found at PetSmart or Petco, so you'd have to find a local retailer, but it is a little cheaper than some of the other natural foods. I am happy with it for my dog with sensitive skin. It's an all life stages food. I'm not sure if they have canned. I usually add something like yogurt or even pumpkin (good for diarrhea OR constipation or even every day) or other dog-friendly foods in moderation maybe once a day and the rest of the time they get dry food only.

More about dog food - Alice

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I had forgotten to also mention the pumpkin and yogurt. I often add that in with my dogs' food as well. My dogs love the plain yogurt. I also made them "brownies" with yogurt, pumpkin, eggs, ground turkey, and a little oatmeal. They will get diarrhea with rapid changes in diet, so I give them a little bit of these every day. Whenever you make changes to the dog's diet, do it slowly in order to avoid digestive upset.

I noticed there is a new dog "ice cream" available, which also contains yogurt.

Enjoy your new puppy! Like children, they "grow up" way too quickly. My fur babies are almost 12.

ahh, yes, thanks Alice - doglover

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Definitely PLAIN yogurt, I meant, and always introduce slowly :). I forgot to say those two important things. My dogs are a little over 1 and the other is 10 months. The 10-month-old still has a sensitive stomach. You can email me too for other questions and I may already have researched and have some opinion/advice (not claiming it's the RIGHT way, lol)

Puppy food - MTforever

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Thanks for the suggestions of the yogurt and pumpkin as well. Will give them try!

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