What dry food should my 9-month-old puppy eat for her breed?

Nala is very cute! She needs a puppy formulated food, and brands I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science Diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams. Puppies require higher amounts of protein, calcium, and calories than adult dogs to grow properly, and a puppy formulated food will provide that for her. Go out to a pet store and get a puppy food for her now. She should be fed three times a day until she is six months once, once in the morning, at noon, and the evening. The bag of food will tell you her daily recommended allotment of food, and divide that into three equal feedings. Once she is six months old, she can be fed twice a day, once in the morning and once in the evening. Good luck, I hope this helps!

It's fine to keep feeding Nala the Purina food. Any brand of dog food can have an incidence where worms get into the bag, and as long as there are none in her food currently, you can feed it to her. If you do want to switch brands of food, I would wait until she gets close to the bottom of the bag, then start mixing in new food with the old to gradually transition Nala. A sudden change in food causes GI upset in dogs. Gradually add more of the new food and less of the old food until she is eating the new food only. Brands I recommend include Royal Canin or Hill's Science diet.

Congratulations on your new addition! As a general rule of thumb, I typically recommend feeding Science Diet, Royal Canin or Purina ProPlan foods. These companies do extensive clinical testing to assure that their foods are nutritionally appropriate and source ingredients appropriately. Odin should eat a puppy food until he is 1 year old. Anytime you change his diet, be sure to do so by gradually mixing old and new foods together over a 5-7 day period. Sudden diet changes have a greater chance of causing vomiting and diarrhea.

Great question! Kenji needs a puppy formulated food until he is 12 months old, which is when he can be switched to an adult food. This is because puppies require higher amounts of protein, calories, and calcium than adult dogs, and a puppy formulated food will provide that for him. Brands I recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science Diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams. I hope this helps!

People food and veggies are fine as a treat in moderation, however Nala Jai should be on a balanced puppy diet at this point in time to help her grow and stay healthy. Several brands are available that are great such as Science Diet, Purina, Eukanuba, etc, and many offer puppy formulations specific to your dog's breed, age, and size. Fresh veggies such as a piece of carrot, broccoli or some lean chicken are all great as treats, but should be used in moderation and not as the primary diet.

Hi there. I would recommend feeding both, but make sure it's a diet made for small breed dogs and is high quality. There are a variety of brands available, some good ones are Royal Canin, Natural Balance, Taste of the Wild but you may also want to ask your vet's advice so they can make a recommendation based on your pet's needs. I hope that helps. Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach.

Buddy is so cute! I'm not sure if the Pro Pac kibbles is a puppy formulated food, and if it's not, he needs to be on one. Puppies need higher amounts of protein, calcium, and calories than an adult dog and a puppy formulated food will provide one. Brands of puppy food I personally recommend include Royal Canin, Hill's Science diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams. It's fine to add in canned dog food, just make sure it's puppy formulated. The brands I mentioned above have puppy canned food as well as the dry kibble. I hope this helps :-)