I had a female that had a major pastern problem, flat and she never came up, that said, I would never have a puppy on a 38% protein food. In my opinion that will cause problems down the road. If they are not flat I would do nothing except get them on a lower protein diet. Research the bloodlines, I bet the soft pasterns are in there somewhere. I also would also not supplement as that can cause growth problems. This is just my opinion from past experience. Forget vitamin supplements, they will fix themselves or not. I trimmed the digest and would have trimmed a single email< if I recieved mail that way. It is really awful reading the posts on my Blackberry, You have to scroll, & scroll,& scroll forever. And then a lot of times when there are 3 of the end parts of posts which is a waste. It would be great if people would trim their posts. Denise (who hardly posts) Jefferson Hills, PA > I have a friend that has two puppies...one 5 months and one 6 months > and their pasterns appear to be "soft" to me....not down really bad, > but think maybe she should do something about it. I know that Sure > Grow is popular for this but am wondering what percent protein should > be in the kibble they are feeding. The one she is using is an adult > formula with 38% protein which seems high. Luckily I have not > experienced pastern problems so am not sure what to advise her. > > Kay Springer > www.showboatgsd.com > Home of Multi BISS & Multi Group Winning > Ch. Rohan's Reward TC, CGC,HT,RE, CDX, CHIC (h,e,h,t) DM clear > "Strider" 75 BOBs - #5 & #6 GSD 2009 > > ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================