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Hi,

I read your comments and I am confused about your answer.  What are you saying about the protein about the large breed and small breed?

The reason I asked is because my pups (yorkie 12 yrs and poodle 7 yrs) have done really good in this brand and they have not gone to the vet or had stomach problems like before when I used to even pay for a vet monthly. 

I have been feeding them for almost a year and they are doing well, active, and not getting sick.

However,  my question here is, they are no longer puppies and found that Wal-Mart run out of their adult recipe, would it be alright to give them the puppy recipe?

Thank you.
rita

Hi Rita, I don't understand what you're asking. Do you have a GSD or are you just asking about feeding your toy dogs?

Either one I woudnt be feeding a Walmart brand dog food...That is  not for a german shepherd. 

No corn, no wheat and no by products, should be first to prioritize your food selection for a german shepherd.

If want to use a grocery store  go to Albertsons and get Nurture Holistic Heavenly

Harvest Dog food...no corn ,, no wheat and no by products. This dog food has the chondroitin  glucosamine combo also.

link to company to call for store near you.

21.0% protein 16.0% fat

Nurture Heavenly Harvest Holistic Dog Food Exceptional High Quality Protein helps build and maintain muscles, skin and hair coat. Enriched with Vitamins C and E plus Natural Antioxidants for the support of a healthy natural aging process. Enhanced with Glucosamine and Chondroitin special nutrients for maintenance of healthy joints. Unique Vegetable and Herb Blend for Flavor and Digestion includes tomato, carrot, celery, lettuce, watercress, spinach. parsley, rosemary and garlic. Formulated with All the Essential Amino Acids needed to support a healthy immune system.

21.0% protein 16.0% fat   Nurture Heavenly Harvest Holistic Dog Food Exceptional High Quality Protein helps build and maintain muscles, skin and hair coat. Enriched with Vitamins C and E plus Natural Antioxidants for the support of a healthy natural aging process. Enhanced with Glucosamine and Chondroitin special nutrients for maintenance of healthy joints. Unique Vegetable and Herb Blend for Flavor and Digestion includes tomato, carrot, celery, lettuce, watercress, spinach. parsley, rosemary and garlic. Formulated with All the Essential Amino Acids needed to support a healthy immune system. http://www.sunshinemills.com/index.php?na=true&type=page&page=sitemap

actually, maxximum has a formula that is not so terrible.......the lamb and rice gray bag......IF THEY WOULD HAVE LEFT THE MENADIONE OUT.  menadione is not good,  among other things, two of the side effects from long term use is kidney failure and depressed immune system.  now that i know about menadione, i will not feed anything with it.  currently we are feeding taste of the wild to some of our dogs and timberwolf organics to others.  the TOTW is proving to be like many others we have tried:  good results at first but later the deficiencies begin to show.  timberwolf, thus far, has proven itself to be superior.  i expect that i will be feeding only timberwolf here shortly.  it is damned expensive though......8 dogs.

pjp

Ziegenfarm

What kind of deficiencies showed up with Taste of the Wild?

Paul

YOU ARE ENTIRELY ON THE MARK ABOUT THE MENADIONE.   ZEIGENFARM:

http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=menadione

The cheaper foods use it and it is not needed in a dogs food...Many a research has discredited the use of it as not necessary  in a dogs food...using it day in and day out will end you up eventually at the vets office sooner than later...

\Purina foods makes the foods for Sams and Walmart so go figure../  or should we say   Nestles  makes the food. They own Purina .

Commercial dog food is like buying  soap for the laundry...you dont know what your feeding and you sure dont know what your washing the clothes in.

YR

as i said, when we first started feeding totw, i was quite impressed. their stools were firm and coats looked nice. none of that white gummy stuff on their hair and no shedding. but, like many others we have tried, it took a few months and condition started slipping away. the 2 yr old male was the first to return to frequent diarrhea. he and the 1 yr old female are thin even though i feed them more than the recommended amount and deworm them regularly. the 4 and 7 yr old females coats were beautiful and have gone back to the dull, lifeless gummy state. same with the 2 yr old mastiff. he was beautiful a month ago; slick, black and shiny. now his coat is dull and gummy. 3 dogs on the timberwolf were switched earlier due to skin and ear problems and age. they look much better; coats are slick and not gummy. i have not experienced any diarrhea with timberwolf, ear problems are definately better than they were, but i am also using the products recommended by the greatdane lady. the coat conditions are obviously better. when the totw is gone, i won't be buying any more. before the totw, i was feeding blue buffalo. same thing happened there - they did great on it for a while, then the same problems popped up. i've fed royal canin, natural balance, biljack, healthwise, diamond naturals, cannidae, chicken soup, eagle pac, nature's receipe, natural variety,  propac, solid gold, and others.  poor coats and diarrhea always seemed to be the major things.  then when i would try something new, they would do real well for a while and i'm thinking, "thank god.  i found something i can stick with."  a few months later, same story and i'm back to reading labels again.   i have not tried evo or orijen.  they both sound very good, but are not available locally.  i drive 45 minutes one way to pick up the timberwolf.  my only other alternative would be to buy online and pay thru the nose for shipping.  incase you haven't guessed, i have been very discouraged with most commercial foods.  yes, i have fed raw and still do from time to time because i know they need the enzymes.  i find it difficult to keep weight on the dogs with raw, though.  diarrhea can still be a problem since a couple of them don't seem to get along very well with raw chicken.  beef seems to work better for all, but would put me in the poorhouse in short order.  it is a dilema.  these are just my observations and are based on my own dogs.  remember that they are different, just as we are and some dogs do well when others do not.

pjp

this is what timberwolf has to say:

"We do not put vitamin K3 (menadione sodium bisulfate) in any of our formulas because of health risks to animals and rely instead on high levels of foods that are high in vitamin k1 such as alfalfa, kelp, oats, egg yolk, and liver. "

Go raw it's always better!!!!!!!!! 85% raw 15% the good bags,  Also it makes a good movment.