Advice On Puppy Food

[Mightymax]

I have a 5 month old Hungarian Vizsla pup, who came from his breeder at 8 weeks being fed on Royal Canin Junior.

Not wanting to upset his digestive system, I kept him on the RC, which suits him fine. (no tummy upsets!) I bulk bought 2 15Kg bags on line, to get a better deal as RC aint cheap!

He is getting to the end of the second bag, so my question is, do I continue with the expensive RC, or do I change him to the cheaper Skinners Puppy, (my preferred choice) which I can buy locally. My other dogs are fed on a different Skinners product.

He obviously still has growing to do.

Is RC THAT much better than Skinners? I think that RC has 32% protein and the Skinners is 27%.

I certainly don't want to affect the growth of the pup or his future wellbeing.

I would welcome any thoughts or opinions. Thanks.

 

[s4sugar]

COMPOSITION: dehydrated poultry protein, animal fats, maize, dehydrated pork protein*, wheat, beet pulp, wheat flour, rice, maize flour, hydrolysed animal proteins, vegetable protein isolate*, maize gluten, fish oil, yeasts, soya oil, minerals, fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), marigold extract (source of lutein). ADDITIVES (per kg): Nutritional additives: Vitamin A: 11800 IU, Vitamin D3: 1000 IU, E1 (Iron): 46 mg, E2 (Iodine): 3.6 mg, E4 (Copper): 8 mg, E5 (Manganese): 60 mg, E6 (Zinc): 199 mg, E8 (Selenium): 0.08 mg - Preservatives - Antioxidants. ANALYTICAL CONSTITUENTS: Protein: 32% - Fat content: 20% - Crude ash: 6.4% - Crude fibres: 1.7%

Versus;-

Chicken meat meal (min 30%), maize, chicken fat,
white rice, oats, maize gluten meal, sunflower meal,
whole linseed, beet pulp, whole dried egg, vitamins, minerals and trace elements, yeast, MOS.
Crude Protein 27%
Crude Oils & Fats 18%
Crude Fibres 2.5%
Crude Ash 8%


Skinners looks the better of the two. I would mix in some of the other varieties to make meals varied and also let the puppy build up more experience of other foods.
It is a standing joke that if a dog is fed only one food it will end if in the vets if it steals a chip.

 

[Cinnamontoast]

Puppy food is a marketing myth.

RC is low quality, high price. Change super slowly to whatever you choose. Cereal is often a trigger for allergies and unnecessary to a dog.

 

[Mightymax]

Thanks for the input.