BingBlaze n Skyla Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 what age? i figure blaze is old enough for adult food now at 2 yrs n 6 months old - but is skyla ??? shes 16 months old - they are our first pups so not sure what ages they should be ?? ETA: forgot to mention - its wainwrights kibble they have Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyshqa Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 The food I'm on recommends switching them at 12 months (their puppy food says up to 12 months and their adult food says 1 year +), so Blaze is definately old enough! Personally I'd rather switch Kiska at 14-ish months rather than 12, so I'd say Skyla is fine too. You might find it improves their behaviour as they won't be living off of all that extra puppy protein! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikaani&Aiyana Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 It normally gives advice on the dog food bags depending on what you are feeding I think for medium dogs it can be up to 12 months & large breed is up to 24 months I was feeding TOTW which is for all life stages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BingBlaze n Skyla Posted March 26, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 lets hope - dunno WHY dad got them adult food - but he did - just hope blaze actually likes it cuz he actually eats the puppy food theres not much difference in the protien - puupy food = Protein 28.5%, Adult food = Protein 27.5% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowpup Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 The food I feed is CSJ and it recomends switching them at 7-9 months. Yuri was switched at 7 months, he's hyper enough with out the extra protien.Flynn is less hyper than Yuri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyshqa Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Wow that's not much of a difference! Kiska's puppy food is 30% protein but her adult food (same brand) is 18% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowpup Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Yuri's puppy food had 26% protien.. his adult has 20% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tikaani&Aiyana Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 It shouldn't make much differentce then if the protein is almost the same Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Removed #1 Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 We use TOTW here...so there hasn't been a need to switch or transition... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sid_Wolf Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 we use quest, all lifestages kira was on adult food from about 7 months Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stormchaser09 Posted March 26, 2011 Report Share Posted March 26, 2011 Wainwrights large puppy food is up to 18 months but we changed at 13months to the adult one as Storm was newly spayed and I don't want her getting too fat.(we asked vet's advice) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proximity Posted March 28, 2011 Report Share Posted March 28, 2011 What are the calorie differences like, rather than the protien? That's the key difference between puppy and adult food - the puppy food is intended to provide enough energy for their daily needs, and their growth needs. When the growth energy requirements wind down, continuing to feed them puppyfood essentially winds up providing them with more calories than they need, meaning they either need to exercise more, or could develop weight problems. The difference between adult and puppy food generally isnt that big though, so its not like if you don't switch in time you wind up with a fat blimp dog overnight. It also varies hugely from brand to brand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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