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Offline sally with henry

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when do i start with adult food?
« on: June 20, 2007, 08:14:37 PM »
Hi, 
Very quick question, Henry currently has two meals of puppy nutro choice ( lamb and rice) a day, he is coming up to a year old now and im not sure when im supposed to introduce adult food. Is it too soon? Very grateful for any thoughts and advice. Thanks
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #1 on: June 20, 2007, 08:27:42 PM »
Mine go onto adult food at 6-7 months old
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2007, 08:42:44 PM »
Yes mine go on to adult food around 6mnths too  :blink:
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2007, 09:07:41 PM »
Ellie is on Arden grange Puppy junior. She will be one next month, so after this bag I will put her on the adult, as recommended on the bag
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #4 on: June 21, 2007, 12:12:17 AM »
I put Jesse on adult food at 4 months old! I don't like keeping them on puppy food for too long.
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #5 on: June 21, 2007, 09:07:28 AM »
Coco went onto adult food at about 6 months too 

Sounds like you can do it anytime now  ;)
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #6 on: June 22, 2007, 09:23:02 PM »
Thanks for the advice i will start him on adult food asap.
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #7 on: June 23, 2007, 06:00:55 PM »
I seem to remember when Molo was on Nutro that the recommendation was to keep the pup on it for longer than some of the other brands - I changed Molo from Nutro puppy to Burns Adult at about 7 months, but vaguely remember being told that Nutro puppy should be fed for the first year  :huh:
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #8 on: June 23, 2007, 06:47:25 PM »
We fed Nutro for a number of years and all our pups went onto adult food at 7-8 months old (depending on how much was left in the bag of puppy food :D). I don't know why Nutro say pups should stay on the puppy food until 12 months - doesn't seem to make much sense & it certainly never made any difference to our puppies to change to the adult food earlier than this ;)
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #9 on: June 23, 2007, 07:01:04 PM »
Whats the reason behind changing to adult food around 6mths or so? I have always been led to believe its so they dont develop too fast  :-\ Is this correct  :-\ :blink:
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #10 on: June 23, 2007, 08:27:44 PM »
Quote from: Cazzie on June 23, 2007, 07:01:04 PM
Whats the reason behind changing to adult food around 6mths or so? I have always been led to believe its so they dont develop too fast  :-\ Is this correct  :-\ :blink:

Billy has almost fully grown at 6mths & was starting to become really hyper. I was told to take him off puppy food as it is much higher in protein than adult food & that this amount of protein wasn't needed any longer.
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #11 on: June 23, 2007, 08:32:06 PM »
Quote from: Jan/Billy on June 23, 2007, 08:27:44 PM
Billy has almost fully grown at 6mths & was starting to become really hyper. I was told to take him off puppy food as it is much higher in protein than adult food & that this amount of protein wasn't needed any longer.

That's what I thought too - puppy food is much richer than adult food.  I was worried that Coco would never stop growing!  :lol:
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #12 on: June 23, 2007, 09:06:12 PM »
I suppose it depends on what food you feed then. Ellie is on puppy junior AG she will be a year old next month. She is still quite a small cocker I think she still has some growing to do. When this bag is finished though I will change her on to adult.
Isn't BARF high in protein then.
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Re: when do i start with adult food?
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2007, 08:26:40 PM »
I had a chat to pet food shop owner and he said at 11 - 12 months old Henry she be weened onto nutro adult food. Ive still got some nutro puppy left so thought i would do half puppy and half adult until the puppy runs out. I thought about changing from nutro choice to burns , however Henry has such a lovely healthy coat and it seems to suit his tummy so sticking with it. Hopefully he will like it .
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