Dog Food Choices for Your New Puppy: Purina Puppy Chow Vs. Pedigree Puppy

Purina Puppy Chow has long been a popular food - for several years it was THE puppy food. It was common for puppy food and Puppy Chow to be interchanged. Pedigree brand has become a popular brand and also offers a puppy diet. While some brands have specific puppy diets for large breeds or  small breeds - these two base comparison on similar uses.

Puppies need careful management - attention to condition and keeping them the proper weight. Both companies offer a great deal of information about raising puppies on their websites. This is worth a visit to the sites even if you don't buy the products.

With Purina dominating the puppy food market many litters have been raised on Purina Puppy Chow. With 27% protein, 12% crude fat and 5% crude fiber the small pieces are easy for puppies to get in their mouths and chew. When softened with water, milk or wet food puppies eagerly take the kibble and learn how to navigate harder foods. The first ten ingredients are whole grain corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, brewers rice, soybean meal, animal fat preserved with mixed-tocopherols (form of Vitamin E), pearled barley, calcium phosphate, fish oil, calcium caronate - and several trace ingredients. Unliked by many owners - the artificial colors. It's unnecessary except to change OUR perception of the food. Using a standard 8 ounce cup it's recommended to feed according to size. For my most fed breed, the border collie, puppies are offered 1-1/4 to 3-2/3 cups per pup per day, increasing to 2-1/4 to 4-1/3 at 3 months of age until 5 months. A bag of food is right at $20.

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