| Here are a few tips on how to find the best puppy | | | | allergies in your puppy. |
| kibble for your new dog! | | | | 4. Look for health promoting ingredients like bacteria |
| 1. Always feed a puppy kibble that has a good quality | | | | cultures, antioxidants, and probiotics. These will help |
| protein source. Is it animal or vegetable protein? | | | | to give your puppy a healthy GI tract. Puppies with a |
| Animal protein is by far the best. Dogs metabolize | | | | healthy GI tract will develop a strong immune system |
| animal protein much better. The best animal protein | | | | that will help keep them resistant to future health |
| source is chicken meal. It has less water in it than | | | | issues. |
| regular chicken meat which means it will be more | | | | 5. Look at the ingredient list and see what the first 5 |
| concentrated and supply sufficient protein to your | | | | ingredients are. They will be the indicator as to |
| dog. | | | | whether you have a good quality puppy kibble or not. |
| 2. Find a puppy kibble food with NO by products. | | | | A good food should not have more than 2 grains |
| Have you ever wondered why they call it by- | | | | listed in the first 5 ingredients. Protein should be the |
| products? By products are all the left overs like | | | | main ingredient. |
| chicken feet, wings, intestines...well you get the | | | | 6. Don't be fooled by mainstream dog food |
| picture. This is a very inferior protein and can cause | | | | companies that say you need a special food just for |
| problems for your puppy. | | | | your puppy. If the ratios on the nutrients are correct, |
| 3. Stay away from a food that has corn gluten, | | | | a puppy should be able to eat the same dog food as |
| wheat gluten, corn or soy in it. These can be very | | | | an adult dog. Always stay with a high quality dog |
| difficult for a puppy to digest. They can also lead to | | | | food. |