Best puppy food - Page 2

I think Akana is the less protein rich version of Orijen and they have a LB puppy food as well. Not sure what their calcium levels are. As far as TOTW I never had to feed more than I did EVO or Orijen to mainatain weight but with the Diamond buyout I won't use them anymore.

I'm thinking some good ol Roy, cooked in beer, and then set in grease should be a good quality food for any puppy.  Make sure this is an outside dog though, they "might" have runny stools.

On a more serious note, jenni, I'm curious what does too much calcium do the puppies?  And what about the new "puppy formulas" of Taste of the Wild that were recently put out? Would theirs have too much? 

GSDguy, google it if the links I provided don't work for you. As I said, severe skeletal abnormalities can result. It would be pages and pages of typing that wouldn't be as effective or efficient as reading it for yourself. 

Magdalena, TOTW was always Diamond, I thought. I thought Canidae and others were more recently bought out. 

I am a big fan of the Champion brand and feed my adult dogs Orijen and Acana fish on alternating days from raw but I have stayed away from their puppy formula as I feel the protien levels are too high.  I try to stay under 30% for my pups whenever possible and grain free as it seems to help with the prevention of panosteitis.  Some say it helps, some say it is unrelated. The Orijen large puppy has 38% protien http://www.orijen.ca/orijen/products/puppyLargeAnalysis.aspx

The Taste of the Wild site provides some information and even talks about this exact subject (calcium levels and protien levels)http://www.tasteofthewildpetfood.com/pet_care/puppies/medical/17/   

It seems with the introduction of grain free foods, the protien levels in quality adult foods have gone up drasticly. Years ago, puppy foods had more protien in them than adult foods but now, we see that puppy foods often have less (or should have less)

What do you (all)  think about or have you seen about the protien levels and the relationship to the occurrance of Pano?  Do you think that the protien levels and the calcium levels go hand in hand as it relates to Pano and other developmental orthopedic disease?

IF you are in America I recommend iour Life's Abundance at www.K9Holistics or our store at  www.Sherman-Ranch.us

Our dogs love and do great on it. Gluten Free, chemical, by product and hormone free.

Debi

dont forget the www.K9Holistics.us   the dot us .. Life's Abundance has many other quality products. My favorite is the SEALOGIC for humans and pets.

james wellbeloved is a great dry food

GSDGuy08, I found this, took a screen shot directly off of TOTW's website, as I too, wondered the calcium content of their PUPPY formulas.

I'm a bit confused, above there are 2 mentions of TOTW being Diamond???   Can you two posters clarify what you're meaning?