Some people say put them on adult food early and some say not !!!
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I have always had toy small breeds of dogs and at about 8 months i gradually changed there diet to adult. small dogs reach there optimum size at about 8 months . puppy food has more protein so if your dog is hypa i would chance diet to adult . hope that helps i have lhasa
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January 9th, 2009 at 9:12 am
always at one year. no matter the breed.
if your puppy is extremely active keeping it on puppy food might be better since its higher in carbs and protein both of which it will need to compensate for the activity.
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January 9th, 2009 at 9:23 am
with in te next 2 3 months gradualy change food try to keep to one food brand its not good for there digestive track i find puppie chow to be really healthy
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GSD breeder
January 9th, 2009 at 9:50 am
A small breed dog matures quicker than a larger breed…For larger breeds they aren’t really full grown until around 2 years old…Smaller breeds are pretty much mature at about a year old..
9 months is really close but she still has some filling out to do..I’d wait on the adult food until at least a year old…And if she’s pretty trim at a year, you may even want to wait a couple more months to be on the safe side..
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January 9th, 2009 at 10:28 am
Smaller breeds reach their full size earlier than large breeds, by 6 months to a year, depending on the size.
A small dog like yours, at 9 months old, can definitely go on adult food now and you will have nothing to worry about. She is more than likely as big as she's going to get, and just might have a bit more filling out to do, and that can be more safely done, and more gradually doen, on adult food (by safely I mean it will be easier for her to not all of the sudden gain a bunch of weight on puppy food - it's harder to get dogs to lose weight than it is to get them to gain!)
Puppy food is very high in fat so the longer a dog eats it the more risk there is of them getting fat.
I'd switch to adult food
And yes, do it gradually by mixing with current food over about 2 weeks.
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vet assistant/dog owner
January 9th, 2009 at 10:42 am
A dog becomes a adult a one year of age. Some when your dog turns 1 years old then you can make the switch.
But the dog food brand Canidea “All life stages” you can feed that from a puppy to adult and never have to switch foods.
Hope this Helps!!
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Dog Lover, Porud Owner of a Purebred Akita and a Black Lab mix and i know LOTS about dogs!
January 9th, 2009 at 11:11 am
Your Jack Russell x Lhasa apso can begin eating adult food when she is one year old. remember to change over to the adult food very slowly, taking seven days or even longer to make the full switch.
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January 9th, 2009 at 11:53 am
I switched my puppies to adult food at about 7 months. The dog trainer who is the group owner of the yahoo puppy group I’m in recommends switching at about 5 months I believe. Your pup has done the bulk of it’s growing, so there’s no need for the excess protein, unless you like a hyper dog.
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January 9th, 2009 at 12:02 pm
whan she’s 1 year old
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January 9th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
WTF! this is a dog, it will eat whatever you give it, i bet if you are still feeding it puppy food then it is shi**ing for britain! bung it a plate of meat and a bone to chew, it’s a dog
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January 9th, 2009 at 12:40 pm
our adult dogs were about 1 year old when we switched them to adult dog food. we didnt bother introducing it gradually. we just put a bowl of it infront of them and they ate it all. i mean they are golden retreivers, and they will eat anything
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January 9th, 2009 at 1:10 pm
I have always had toy small breeds of dogs and at about 8 months i gradually changed there diet to adult. small dogs reach there optimum size at about 8 months . puppy food has more protein so if your dog is hypa i would chance diet to adult . hope that helps i have lhasa
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January 9th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Rule of thumb is 12 months.
Saying that, some dogs who are not growing or filling out as quickly as they should, or the larger breeds that take longer to reach maturity, should be kept on the high calorie food for longer.
It all depends on your dog. If you feel your dog is getting fat on the puppy food, switch it to adult food, if you feel your dog is skinny and is not piling on the pounds, keep it on the puppy food a while longer.
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January 9th, 2009 at 2:32 pm
When you decide to switch, do it slowly or the puppy will puke. Start with half the new food and half the old food for about a week, then slowly decrease the old food and increase with the new food.
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January 9th, 2009 at 3:22 pm
Never should have had any “pup” feed=whatever sort of mutt/mongrel it is.
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January 9th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
for smaller breeds, 10 months is normal, but use your initiative, if the puppy still has a lot of growing out to do, you may choose to feed puppy/junior a little longer.
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is says so on all puppy food packaging, well in UK it does anyway