[Blue_Nose_Bella]

I have my pup on Blue buffalo grain free so the protein count is high. I have friends that own a great dane pup and another friend who has a mastiff pup. They don't feed a food high in protein because the XL breeds grow to fast and the high protein foods can cause them to mature more rapidly and lead to joint problems. Even though bullys and apbt aren't XL breeds could to much protein have an adverse affect on our puppies/dogs?

 

[Blue_Nose_Bella]

Thanks for the info everybody Bella is developing beutifully and already has great muscle tone at 5 months. She will be a VERY active girl jogging with me, doing obedience as well as agility eventually. Blue buffalo is 34% protein and Bella does excellent on it. Seems like people on here either love it or hate it but to each his own I only have access to TOTW and EVO.....no Orijen close to me unfortunately. Blue Buffalo rates high on the dog food lists so for now she will stay on that. Sadie, I used to like Innova evo and Natura foods. At one point on alot of the dog forums I used to frequent it was all the rage as the "best of the best" but they sold to Proctor and Gamble home of Purina dog chow, Iams, Eukanuba,* so I now question the quality of there food. I posted a link for you

Proctor & Gamble Buys Natura Pet Foods - Pets and Vets - timesunion.com - Albany NY

http://www.aplus-flint-river-ranch....acquired-by-procter-gamble-eukanuba-iams.html

 

[Blue_Nose_Bella]

I would not go over 18% for a pup because you can get all kinds of growing issues like knuckling over or pano for the big guys. As adults I would not feed over over 30% even my working dogs. I just add fat to add weight on not extra protein, the high the protein the harder the kidneys have to work. This is all personal preference but I would not feed the higher protein foods, you can feed some of the TOTW that is under 30% if you want grain free.

Thanks performance Now you have me worried and thinking if I should switch her

 

[Blue_Nose_Bella]

Another question? If the high quality grain free kibbles are high in protein and can be to much to for some dogs to handle what about a person who chooses to feed a puppy a RAW diet? I would assume the controversial high protein diets would include the raw fed pups and dogs as well and can have the same affects a high quality kibble has. I googled protein and pups and came up with contadicting answers. Some say it can cause issues with kidney and liver function and in XL breeds like mastiffs and great danes can cause Pano. It's a pretty contoversial topic and a confusing one at that Someone mentioned it is the calcium that causes over growth or rapid growing not protein. Blue buffalo grain free has 1.3% calcium is that low, moderate, or to high?

 

[Blue_Nose_Bella]

Thanks for all that info Sadie

 

[Blue_Nose_Bella]

Thanks roe. So basically what you posted is an article and its saying that high protein diets are safe? I'm having a brain fart sorry lol!

Sadie...did u see the articles I posted about P&G buying natura innova dog foods? I'm sure the quality will slowly decrease since proctor bought them I won't even purchase anything from them.