In a message dated 9/4/2009 9:05:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, genoaktortoise@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: I have nine puppies that will be eight weeks old on Tuesday. They are all doing good and eating great. I was wondering how many of you keep your puppies on puppy food and for how long. I usually have them on adult food between three and four months because they seem to grow a little slower and I have not had pano in a long time. Do you keep them on the puppy food and if not when do you take them off of it. O r do you mix half puppy food and half adult food. They are eating the Kirkland Chicken And Rice Puppy food from Costco. it has 28% protein and 17% fat where the Kirkland adult food has 26% protein and 16% fat. Not that much difference between the two. Any thoughts???? TIA. Amy Greenhut I've always kept my pups on puppy food until they are anywhere between 10-16 months, depending on their individual condition. Unless they come down with pano, but that was a problem only with 3 dogs in 20 years, different bloodlines. Then again, everyone thinks I keep my dogs too heavy, I like to think they are satisfied <G>. I have never fed Kirkland, so I cant compare. I've used ProPlan. Last litter is 7 years old. Ileana ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================