Abady Large Puppy Formula?

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Hey everyone, I'm a new puppy owner and I was interested if anyone has heard of the food I feed my puppy. Its called Abady Large Puppy Formula ? It is a granular style food he seems to enjoy it for now. This food is what my breeder feeds his dogs so I continued. What brands of dry food is most common and healthy for our dobermans any suggestions ? Thanks Leo

 

[GOD'S GRACE]

Grace is on a Raw Food diet...lot's of info on site concerning this topic.

 

[Kaiser2016]

Never heard of it, but puppy formulas are not good as they encourage faster growth and you don't want that. He should be on an all life stages diet or adult diet. The site dogfoodadvisor.com is a good place to look up your current food and to find the next kibble. Although raw is best, Dobes should be fed a high quality kibble that is rated at least 4 stars. Buy the best one you can afford.

Others will weigh in on which kibble you can try. We fed Acana (before going to premade frozen raw) but I have seen some Dobes, including mine, not being able to keep their poops solid on it. Plus, at that price point you might as well consider feeding raw.

 

[AresMyDobie]

Yep we’re on a totally raw diet too :/

 

[LifeofRubie]

Hey everyone, I'm a new puppy owner and I was interested if anyone has heard of the food I feed my puppy. Its called Abady Large Puppy Formula ? It is a granular style food he seems to enjoy it for now. This food is what my breeder feeds his dogs so I continued. What brands of dry food is most common and healthy for our dobermans any suggestions ? Thanks Leo

Abady? Never heard of it... And it's not on DogFoodAdvisor.com that I could see. That being said, I was able to find their website and spot checked a few of their kibbles and the first ingredient was meat meal, second and third a plant based something (rice and barley) and then fat (plant oil), calcium, fat (animal) and I couldn't find their puppy formula?

This website has been a GREAT resource and they consider a few more things than Dog Food Advisor (which focuses only on ingredients but I always use it to cross reference) but and makes it a bit less overwhelming: Best Dog Food Reviews of 2018 | Reviews.com

Do some research, try a few foods, and buy the best you can afford for your pooch. Some dogs can only eat the "5 star stuff" and some can't tolerate it at all. Personally, I try to stick to fish based kibbles and we just switched to change it up a bit.

 

[LifeofRubie]

Derp, found it under their "granular" section!

 

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Yes it's a granular product. He seems to enjoy it but I do want to switch him to something different better so to speak. Can you guys tell me a good kibble that you guys used (I will also search the site you sent me) when your babies were pups. Also he isn't a fan of fancy stuff. I bought him some expensive treats and he would not touch them and when he did he puked. So instead I just give him milk bone treats and he loves them.

 

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Waiting for mommy to come out of the room always keeping an eye on her making sure our lady is protected lol.

 

[Kaiser2016]

Lol, Milk Bone isn't good for them either. You will be surprised how much very bad dog food there is out there.

For kibble, the first three ingredients must be named proteins, no 'meal' or by-product. Calcium in the current kibble is bad for their growth.

 

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Geez I really need to educate myself. I'm embarrassed this whole time I thought I was giving him good stuff ... I figured if the breeder feeds him this then I'm golden. Thanks guys I will do my homework.

 

[Kaiser2016]

No need to be embarrassed. We've all been there. We used to feed Royal Canin which also sucks. There is a boat load of info on this site about Doberman health and nutrition.

 

[JanS]

Milk Bone isn't good for them either.

Milk Bone treats are actually one store brand I will buy if we're in a bind with the ones we usually order. Most of the ingredients in other store brands make me cringe but MB isn't bad at all compared to them.

 

[Kaiser2016]

Milk Bone treats are actually one store brand I will buy if we're in a bind with the ones we usually order. Most of the ingredients in other store brands make me cringe but MB isn't bad at all compared to them.

Oh. Just checked the ingredients again. It was the salt that I was against. I guess once in a while can't hurt.

 

[LifeofRubie]

Yeah, no need to be embarrassed! We do the best we can with the information we've got and pet food has become a very confusing industry.

Going through my dog food order history, we've tried:

- Solid Gold
- Solid Gold - different formula
- Solid Gold - back to original one
- Annamaet
- Blue Buffalo Wilderness (1 4.5lb bag, what was I thinking?!)
- Annamaet again
- ACANA which we were on a for a long time
- Holistic Select Adult Healthy Anchovy, Sardine and Salmon is what we just bought to try

The food we just bought is not grain-free and is rated 4 stars on dogfoodadvisor.com but I just saw there is a grain-free that is rated 4.5 so that will be what I do next (not sure how I missed that the first time. REPEAT: we do the best we can with the information we have!). She seems eager to eat it and the her transition has been seamless (no runny poo and I would say it's even a bit more firm and smaller - that's a great indicator of how they're doing on their food).

We're getting a new puppy in about 3 weeks and the breeder has some strong recommendations for food so we might explore those and cross reference in the interest of HOPEFULLY getting both dogs on one type of food at some point.

Raw is a very good direction to go but it does take education to do properly. I've fed raw in the past and we've talked about going back to it but again, bringing another pup on-board, it might be something we hold off on for a bit, yet. If it's something you would like to pursue, there is a wealth of knowledge on this site!

I think what @Kaiser2016 said is what we followed when she was a pup - we were on an all life stages food, not a puppy food.

Also, if you're buying on-line, chewy.com may have somethings that other sites like petflow.com might and vice versa so worth checking both out (love those autoship discounts!).

Clear as mud, right?!