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This is a great question, especially because there are so many food options out there for puppies! Several brands of food including Hill's Science Diet, Royal Canin, and Purina One are often preferred. These companies do a lot of research and quality control to ensure their foods meet strict nutritional standards so I would recommend one of these brands for Sixx. These companies also make canned puppy food which may entice Sixx to eat more enthusiastically. Thanks for using Boop by Petco!
Updated on August 12th, 2025
Blue Buffalo is a good quality dog food brand, as are Science Diet (I like the Ideal Balance line), Wellness, Royal Canin, Purina ProPlan, etc. The differences in Blue Buffalo and Purina Dog Chow can be found in the types of meats and byproducts used to make the food, the presence of fillers, and sourcing of ingredients. If Purina is the preferred brand, I tend to encourage pet owners to choose from the Purina ProPlan line rather than the basic Dog Chow.
Updated on August 12th, 2025
Bailey is adorable! This is a great question, and I would always recommend Purina over Blue Buffalo. I personally do not like Blue Buffalo, same as many of my colleagues. The problem with BB is that they do not own their own factories, so they hand their recipes over to another company to make their food, therefore leading to no quality control over their food. They have admitted this. In addition, BB has caused terrible gas in many animals who have been fed it. There are four brands I highly recommend because they have quality control and veterinary nutritionists on staff to make sure their food recipe is balanced and meeting the needs of dogs. They are Royal Canin, Hill's Science diet, Purina ProPlan, and Iams (Eukanuba). I highly recommend feeding one of these brands in the puppy formula for Bailey. I hope this helps :-)
Updated on August 12th, 2025
You can ask 3 different vets and probably get 3 different answers when it comes to food recommendation; however, I personally am not a fan of Blue Buffalo because of their high protein content and also their unwillingness to list their complete ingredient list to AAFCO. I trust a couple of brands including Royal Canin (by far my favorite), Hills Science Diet, and California Natural (Innova). I would recommend either of those and it has to be puppy large breed until Timmy turns 1 year of age, at which point he can be switched to the adult food. Purina puppy is ok and is a little lower on the list of high quality brands to choose from. Iams is a step above the Purina in my personal opinion.
Updated on August 12th, 2025
I never recommend Blue Buffalo, it's actually a terrible food. Hill's Science diet is perfect for Mia, it's an excellent brand of food. I do not recommend switching her food. The wet food is fine, but you can mix in some dry food as well. I hope this helps!
Updated on August 12th, 2025