Is it ok to feed adult food to puppy?

[huskermommy]

Ok, so my DH goes to the store to get our regular Cal Nat Lamb puppy food for our 5 month old Wheaten. We've always had to order it, but last time he asked them to order it for him they told him they carry it all the time. Well, they don't. And I'm ticked! : All they carry is the adult food.

So, now George is OUT of food and has to have something. I told DH to get the adult formula and have them order the puppy food which will be here in a week.

Is George going to be ok on the adult food for a week? Should I feed him extra since I'm sure it doesn't have as much fat in it?

[SevenVeils]

Don't feed him extra. Adult food is more than fine for puppies. He'd be perfectly fine if you never fed him puppy food at all. In fact, if he weren't a small dog, I'd recommend that you should absolutely not feed puppy food.

[huskermommy]

oh really?! I didn't know that! So he would be fine to continue to feed him adult food from now on? I know with larger breed dogs they can grow too fast on the puppy food so at 6mos or so you're suppose to start mixing the puppy with the adult food.

[Ola_]

Originally Posted by huskermommy

I know with larger breed dogs they can grow too fast on the puppy food so at 6mos or so you're suppose to start mixing the puppy with the adult food.

Actually for many large breeds you're not supposed to feed puppy food at all.

California Natural says on their website that you can feed the adult food to puppies with no problems:

Can I feed the adult formula to my puppy or kitten?

Natura's adult formulas are balanced for all life stages, and can therefore be used for puppies and kittens as well as adult pets. The pet feeding charts on the packages of dog food, however, are calculated for the adult dogs only. Please contact our Customer Service Department to obtain the alternate feeding instructions for puppies.

I would just stick with the adult food from now on. Find out how much they recommend you feed at this point and just adjust depending on how his weight looks (but that goes for any food really).

[SevenVeils]

Originally Posted by huskermommy

oh really?! I didn't know that! So he would be fine to continue to feed him adult food from now on? I know with larger breed dogs they can grow too fast on the puppy food so at 6mos or so you're suppose to start mixing the puppy with the adult food.

No, with larger breed dogs you're not ever supposed to feed them any puppy food at all.

[SevenVeils]

Originally Posted by Ola_

Actually for many large breeds you're not supposed to feed puppy food at all.

California Natural says on their website that you can feed the adult food to puppies with no problems:


I would just stick with the adult food from now on. Find out how much they recommend you feed at this point and just adjust depending on how his weight looks (but that goes for any food really).

Yeah. If I fed my dog what the label recommends he would be hugely obese

That's if I could convince him to eat twice or more what I feed him now, that is.