Jorge Detlefs: what kind dog do you have ? Base on my experience with my dogs, I started switching my puppy food into dog food , after 9 months old. I started by putting dog food into their puppy food, and gradually adding the amount of dog food into the puppy food till all slide into full dog food.I would suggest that you need to watch their poop , some cases they have a problem switching food.Every dogs is different, some can be very sensitive....Show more
Rheba Cockman: It depends on the food you feed. I use Go Natural, and it is a good all natural food and you can feed it from puppy to senior, so no need to switch the food.
Samatha Nicar: Most of your higher quality dog foods are actually designed for puppies AND adult dogs so if you choose one of those you don't have to worry about switching foods at any particular time.It will say on the bag "for puppy and adult dogs" so be sure and look for that. Also read your ingredient list..........you want your pu! ppy to have the best dry dog food early on and you can tell a lot from reading the ingredient list. Lots of dry dog food out there is junk unfortunately.Here's a site with some good info on what to feed your puppy http://ellysfood.com...Show more
Chris Wilczewski: After 12 months, you can give him adult dog food.
Bo Perham: At 11 months, slowly add some of the adult food in with the puppy food so he doesn't get an upset stomach from the change. Slowly add more adult food ratio into the bowl. Then, after a few weeks fully switch the food. That means the dog doesn't get a sudden change and gets a smooth gradual change.
Maria Bengston: Definitely by a year. However, I'm feeding Burns (UK) and they recommend taking puppies off Puppy Food and onto their Adult diet by 6 months. I used to get mine off Puppy Food by around 8 months, depending on how they looked at that point. Some puppies actually start to go off puppy food some time between 6 and 8 months, and! you can then switch them, either going straight to Adult, or ! a Junior version, if the product you are using does one.I would go by the weight of your puppy, how well he's done so far - his ribs should be felt when touched, but not seen. And be aware that too much protein (as in Puppy Food) too young promotes far too much early growth, and this in turn can mean skeletal problems. Try to stick with something around 28% protein early on, reducing to not more than 24%. Otherwise you may well run into bone and joint problems - depending on the breed. More is not necessarily better!...Show more
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