would it hurt

[dogsarebetter]

if i change from nutro max puppy to natural balance cold turkey?
i just ran out of nutra max puppy and i want to just start giving natural balance.

 

[PoodleMommy]

I think it depends on how sensitive your dogs stomach is and how willing you are to deal with soft stool for a few days.

When Bella couldnt handle the Innova, we just switched both dogs cold turkey from Innova to Canidae... it worked fine.

Good Luck

Elissa

 

[dogsarebetter]

soft stool is fine. as long as its not in the house!
i dont know how sensitive his stomach is. one time he ate some spagetti from my plate (stole it) and threw it up not even a minute after eating it. i dont know if that means anything.

i am planning on getting the food tomorrow, so i have to decided quick. i am thinking of going for it.

 

[dogsarebetter]

do they make a puppy natural choice? or is 6 months old a good time to put him on adult?

 

[dogsarebetter]

am i not thinking of natural choice? i looked it up and all i can find is nutro natural choice, i didnt think nutro made it?
was i thinking of natures choice? or something else? you can get it at petco BTW

 

[Bobsk8]

Natural Balance makes some pretty good foods. You might want to keep your dog on taht for awhile and see how it does.

 

[showpug]

Go with the Natural Balance from Petco and skip the Nutro/Natural Choice products all together.

Natural Balance makes a formula for all life stages...

 

[Toller_08]

Definitely go with Natural Balance...it is a whole lot better than Nutro. I don't see anything wrong with switching a dog "cold turkey". That's what I do, and in fact, even my dog with a very sensitive stomach does better this way than if we do it gradually. Not sure why though.

 

[Doberluv]

I feed puppy food till the dog is a year old. I never had a problem going cold turkey. They all have meat and similar ingredients. I suppose some dogs might get a little upset but I wouldn't worry too much. I agree with the others that Nutro, while not the worst food....not by a long shot, isn't the best. There are others out there which are better.

 

[dogsarebetter]

guys i had to get nutro natural choice. petco is the only place in town that has natural balance and they only had a 49.00 dollar bag. that is WAY to exspensive right now. i am all for feeding the best food i can, but i just didnt have the money.
maybe next time