What brand of food for Lab puppy?

[whackemstackem]

Blue Buffalo dog food (just dont get the duck flavor).  It is more expensive but talk to your vet and ask about the benifits it may or may not have over other brands of food.  It helped my dog to full potential and there was less poop to scoop up as well.

[akirkland]

 

Natures Domain from Costco.  Best food for the price.  For all life stages.  Grain free.  $31/bag.

[gasman]

Come on, its a lab, just leave the Laundry Basket or Hamper open   

They dont like any thing better then socks and the crotch out of the underwear 

[Cascade_fisher]

We use Taste of the Wild, Merrick and Nature's Variety Instinct all to good results.  I mineral supplement with Showstopper powder and joint supplement tabs. 

[Happy Gilmore]

Natures Domain ($15 less than Taste of the Wild, same exact food) or Costco Chicken and Rice. Kaie won winners bitch over 15 show Champions and a total of 43 other Chesapeakes this day. August high temps and her coat was still full and shiney.

I fed Natures Domain to the puppies. It is an all life stages food. My pups were beautiful, their weight and size proportions were perfect. My vet is a "breeders" vet. She caters to dog breeders. She does not recommend puppy food. From people I've talked with who have been breeding a long time, most are in agreement that all life stage food is better for puppies. I just listen to folks who have been producing amazing dogs for a very long time and follow their advice.

[GrousePointer]

I would feed it a good puppy food designed for large breeds for the first 9 months to a year. They can grow to fast on other puppy foods and all life stages causing hip and joint problems. Wellness and Blue Buffalo among several others make a good large breed puppy food.

Labs come in a lot of sizes. Not all of them need large breed foods.

Of course, I'm a firm believer that no lab should really weigh much more than 60-65 lbs. Especially if they're going into the uplands.

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[bobcat]

You want your dog to eat well, give them plenty of "people" food. There's no way to know what kind of garbage is put in commercial dog foods, so I prefer to feed as little dog food as possible. I give my dog all of the leftovers from our dinner (meat and fat mostly).

[DoubleJ]

Any little speck of fat from any animal from our dinners will give my 2 year old the *censored*s big time.

[GrousePointer]

I would feed it a good puppy food designed for large breeds for the first 9 months to a year. They can grow to fast on other puppy foods and all life stages causing hip and joint problems. Wellness and Blue Buffalo among several others make a good large breed puppy food.

Labs come in a lot of sizes. Not all of them need large breed foods.

Of course, I'm a firm believer that no lab should really weigh much more than 60-65 lbs. Especially if they're going into the uplands.

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I don't know about that. Mine wieghs in at around 95 solid pounds and is a hell of a grouser. I do agree the American version is a lot sleaker dog and could out run mine in a second, but I love the traditional stocky bear head on my boy.

I look at it this way, a dog in the uplands is pounding the ground a lot. More weight means less endurance and that's why a lot of real runners like setters and Pointers of the field trial flavor check in around 50 lbs or less these days. A lot of people confuse drive with endurance, but they aren't the same, though drive can to some extent overcome poor endurance.

Like them or not, that's one area I think some pointing lab guys have a leg up on other lab breeders.

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[GrousePointer]

I'm not a fan of heart, but the dog loves them. I just brought home the heart from a buddy's elk. I boil them then cut up into snack size pieces for the dogs and freeze in week size packs. I do the same with any trimmings off of my animals I get. I try to avoid giving them anything that has been seasoned. I've read that the seasoning is where dogs start to have issues. Supposedly not supposed to have any onion or garlic type seasoning and I love both. Not sure how true that is, but I figure why risk it. I love having the dog around and want to give him the best I can.

Onion and garlic can be toxic to dogs. It's true.

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[benbo30]

You want your dog to eat well, give them plenty of "people" food. There's no way to know what kind of garbage is put in commercial dog foods, so I prefer to feed as little dog food as possible. I give my dog all of the leftovers from our dinner (meat and fat mostly).

thats what my mom does to my brothers lab , holy *censored* that dog looks good and chubby , but healthy haha

[ghosthunter]

Ran across this.

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/brand/

[Stilly bay]

Ran across this.

http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/brand/

oh boy...