How much protein/puppy? - Page 1

My Husky litter will be eating soon (teething now), and my question is.....how much protein/calcium would be ideal? We've usually done TOTW Lamb or Salmon (with really good results).....Which we may be doing one of those this time as well.  I was thinking about going with a different food, but wanted thoughts on the ideal protein/calcium.

TOTW now has a couple of puppy foods.......mine love it and are doing very will with it......

I noticed that on their facebook page, but our Tractor Supply doesn't carry the puppy ones. I was hoping to see it there the other day.

The puppy food hasn't been out very long, but I started feeding it and my pup loves it (Bison/Venison).....and is doing very well on it. Coat and coat color looks so much better on it. I do feed Tripett Green Vension Tripe with it (about 1/3 of a can per feeding with 2 cups of feed)
I like to feed from 27 - 32% protein.. More concerned about not enough or too much Calcium in any feeds

I get it at Tractor Supply or a local pet store

Watch out for iams puppy - aflatoxin recall.

http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/ucm282506.htm

TOTW puppy formulas are unimpressive to me.  When they came out I was immediately curious to see what was different, so I flipped over the bag. Less protein/fat. Huh. How'd they do that? By putting in less meat. They took a good quality ALS food and made it less healthy, all to fill a market demand by owners who do not undertsand a dog's nutritional needs.

High prarie formula:

Protein: 32% Minimum, Fat: 18% Minimum
Calcium: 2.1%, as-fed; Phosphorus: 1.4%, as-fed
Calories: 3,719 kcal/kg (370 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy

Ingredients
Bison, lamb meal, chicken meal, egg product, sweet potatoes, peas, potatoes, canola oil, roasted bison, roasted venison, natural flavor, tomato pomace, ocean fish meal, salt, choline chloride, dried chicory root, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, yucca schidigera extract, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product,dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, niacin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin D supplement, folic acid.



Puppy high prarie:

Protein: 28% Minimum, Fat: 17% Minimum
Calories: 3,656 kcal/kg (364 kcal/cup) Calculated Metabolizable Energy

Ingredients
Bison, lamb meal, sweet potatoes, egg product, pea protein, peas, potatoes, canola oil, tomato pomace, roasted venison, roasted bison, flaxseed, potato fiber, natural flavor, ocean fish meal, salmon oil (a source of DHA), salt, choline chloride, dried chicory root, yucca schidigera extract, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus casei fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product, dried Trichoderma longibrachiatum fermentation extract, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin B1), manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, niacin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin (vitamin B2), vitamin D supplement, folic acid.


In my area TOTW costs $1.25-$1.70 per pound. You can walk into the most overpriced grocery store and feed real meat for less than that.