Purina One...

[AUHortman]

I've done the searches and only found 2 topics. The consensus on this forum is that purina one large breed puppy formula is not good. That is what I've gathered I guess. Confusing because my breeder had this as one of her suggestions for puppy food. Any thoughts or suggestions?

[CaynCher]

In my opinion, I would keep the pup on the brand of food that the Breeder was feeding at least for a while & then you can always gradually switch it over to another brand of food if you choose to do so. As far as Purina, I have never fed it to my Goldens. I believe that it contains corn & other fillers which may aggravate allergies in certain dogs. There are so many brands to choose from--Nutro, Merrick, Solid Gold, Innova, Chicken Soup FTDLS are just a few of them.

:dogbark :reddogx

[Tailer'sFolks]

Our breeder too used Purina One...we did too for a few months...then we switched to Wellness...the Chicken is the one Tailer likes best and so does his body...the lamb and the fish both gave him the runs...

When you switch from one type of food to another do it over a week or so...a quick switch will goof up their insides and may give them the runs!

I will choose dog food that has no meat-by-products in it. The meat-by-products are not human food grade food...I don't want to give my pup something that may or may not be good to eat!

Some stores will bgive you a small bag of food to see if it works for you r pup knowing you will be back to buy more. Good Luck!

[Soda]

This is from the Golden Retriever Club of America web site. It maybe the reason you are seeing so many breeders using Purina One.



Purina Parent Club Partnership (PPCP) Program

Members of Purina Pro Club whose national parent club participates in the Purina Parent Club Partnership (PPCP) Program may earn funding for canine health studies, education and/or rescue efforts that will benefit their breed. Since 2002, the first year of the PPCP program, there has been more then $710,000 generated for health research, education or rescue. As of 2005, there are 149 National breed clubs participating in the program.

Through the PPCP Program, Purina and the AKC Canine Health Foundation work together to help parent clubs address priority health concerns for their breeds and areas not previously funded.

Here's how the PPCP Program works: Pro Club members redeem weight circles from bags of participating Purina brand dog foods. Purina tracks these weight circle submissions, and for every $100 of qualifying weight circle points earned by Pro Club members, Purina donates $10 to the participating national parent breed club.

Points are accumulated throughout a calendar year, and in February, a check representing 10 percent of the value of the submitted weight circles for the year is evenly split between the participating national parent breed club and the AKC Canine Health Foundation. The donation that goes to the AKC Canine Health Foundation is eligible to be matched up to 100 percent by the Canine Health Foundation if it meets the Foundation's funding guidelines.

The goal of Purina and the AKC Canine Health Foundation is to provide funding and resources to help breed clubs accomplish more in learning the causes of health conditions that may shorten a dog's life. Ultimately, the knowledge gained from canine health studies may help dogs live longer, healthier lives.

[AUHortman]

This is from the Golden Retriever Club of America web site. It maybe the reason you are seeing so many breeders using Purina One.



Purina Parent Club Partnership (PPCP) Program

Members of Purina Pro Club whose national parent club participates in the Purina Parent Club Partnership (PPCP) Program may earn funding for canine health studies, education and/or rescue efforts that will benefit their breed. Since 2002, the first year of the PPCP program, there has been more then $710,000 generated for health research, education or rescue. As of 2005, there are 149 National breed clubs participating in the program.

Through the PPCP Program, Purina and the AKC Canine Health Foundation work together to help parent clubs address priority health concerns for their breeds and areas not previously funded.

Here's how the PPCP Program works: Pro Club members redeem weight circles from bags of participating Purina brand dog foods. Purina tracks these weight circle submissions, and for every $100 of qualifying weight circle points earned by Pro Club members, Purina donates $10 to the participating national parent breed club.

Points are accumulated throughout a calendar year, and in February, a check representing 10 percent of the value of the submitted weight circles for the year is evenly split between the participating national parent breed club and the AKC Canine Health Foundation. The donation that goes to the AKC Canine Health Foundation is eligible to be matched up to 100 percent by the Canine Health Foundation if it meets the Foundation's funding guidelines.

The goal of Purina and the AKC Canine Health Foundation is to provide funding and resources to help breed clubs accomplish more in learning the causes of health conditions that may shorten a dog's life. Ultimately, the knowledge gained from canine health studies may help dogs live longer, healthier lives.

Is this bad :204

[Soda]

Didn't mean to imply bad just that it seems that a lot of breeders recommend purina one and then new owners switch. Thought this was interesting information and maybe explain why the push for purina?

I know a lot of people who feed purina...(I'm ducking and donning my flame retardent suite here :D )

Some people's dog do fine on it....I've fed it too depending on the dog. And I should add here that at that time I couldn't afford the more expensive brands.

[Sammy in Tulsa]

Our breeder used Walmart. When we took him to the Vet, he said to immediately switch to a brand that has puppy food for large breeds. We switched to Science Diet.

That is a brand we have always given our other Goldens because we use the one that helps to keep the weight down. We also give them green beans to feel full. I don't think there is much nutritional value in the beans, but the dogs love them.

Sammy

[prl]

Thanks Soda, our breeder also recommended Purina One, and even gave us some coupons for it. That makes sense now. We switched our girls (ever so slowly) to Canidae, and have been thrilled with it ever since.

[Dogrunner]

Our breeder used Walmart. When we took him to the Vet, he said to immediately switch to a brand that has puppy food for large breeds. We switched to Science Diet.

That is a brand we have always given our other Goldens because we use the one that helps to keep the weight down. We also give them green beans to feel full. I don't think there is much nutritional value in the beans, but the dogs love them.

Sammy

I use Science Diet too....a lot of people hate it but my dogs thrive on it--good coats, lots of energy, very healthy :D I free feed, so I've never had a weight issue with any of my dogs. Prior to SD, I used Purina. I had a female German Shepard that did great until she was about 11 months old, then she became thin, with a dull coat. I switched her to SD and she became a totally different dog. Neither of my dogs are big on people food except for bread and spaghetti. Shaker will dance for spaghetti :485

[Sara's mom]

We use Purina One for our Sara. The breeder was using Petigree (?) when we got her and we found that she was iching alot and come to find out she was alergic to it. I had a 1/2 golden before and gave her PO and she did great on it. Sara turned 1 yr in Novemeber and we put her on Adult food. We wanted to change and maybe try something different since she was telling us that she didn't like the puppy food anymore, and we tried a natural brand. She liked the taste but we only made it 1/2 way through the bag, it gave her horrible poots ;) and her stool was not solid even after two almost three weeks, and it made her smell bad :( . So we switched her back to the Adult Purina. We did not pick a "large breed" because there was not a difference we could see in the regular adult food and that.

She has done really well on the Purina and her coat and skin and weight are good. I keep an eye on her for itching and worse that normal "doggie smell". I asked my vet about it and she said that food was fine, her wieght was good and if she liked it just to keep feeding it to her.

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Sara's Mom

[willywill]

I'm just going to give my experiences on this topic. We fed Purina to Lucy for at 8 or more years. Once she was diagnosed just over 2 with bad hips it was recommened she lose 4-5 pounds. She was then switched to a senior dog food. In the time we fed her the Purina we never had a problem with her. If it bothers some or most dogs; I can not tell you either way whether it does or not. I can only relay my experiences.

Mike Wilson

[Belleisgolden]

I don't use it any more because of the ingredients.
Purina One Puppy Lg. Breed
Here is a list of ingredients;

Ingredients:
Chicken, corn gluten meal, brewers rice, poultry by-product meal, whole grain wheat, whole grain corn, beef tallow preserved with mixed-tocopherols (source of Vitamin E), pea bran, fish meal, natural flavors, egg product, hydrolyzed sunflower oil, dicalcium phosphate, salt, potassium chloride, potassium citrate, L-Lysine monohydrochloride, choline chloride, zinc sulfate, ferrous sulfate, vitamin supplements (A, E, B-12, D-3), manganese sulfate, niacin, calcium pantothenate, riboflavin supplement, copper sulfate, biotin, garlic oil, pyridoxine hydrochloride, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid, menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of Vitamin K activity), calcium iodate, sodium selenite.

Corn is a filler,& there is alot of it in this, brewers rice is a by-product with little nutritional value, poultry by product is non-spefic so you don't know what, natural flavors is often rendered, the list goes on.

We feed Chicken Soup for the Puppy Lovers Soul, lg breed formula;

Ingredients:
Chicken, turkey, chicken meal, cracked pearled barley, white rice, oatmeal, whole grain brown rice, millet, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), potatoes, duck, salmon, egg product, flaxseed, natural chicken flavor, fish meal, kelp, salmon oil (source of DHA), carrots, peas, apples, tomatoes, blueberries, spinach, dried skim milk, cranberry powder, rosemary extract, parsley flake, potassium chloride, salt, choline chloride, Enterococcus faecieum, Lactobacillus casei, Lactobacillus acidophilus, Saccharomyces cerevesiae fermentation solubles, dried Aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, dried chicory root, L-carnitine, yucca schidigera extract, vitamin E Supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride(vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid.

It has no filler, no artifical preseratives and no artifical colors and the prices are very close. There are also some more expensive premium foods with even better ingredients listed at ;
http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/default.asp?mscssid=U8K0SJVV6FBM8N1BG76BU8LASS2J41 M4

This site is great because it list the ingredients on all the foods.
There is also a great article on pet food, what to look for, whats really in it and even a grading system to help people pick. It is;
http://www.iheartpaws.com/articles/35/1/Dog-Food--Decoding-Fact-from-Fiction.html/

This article is very helpful when deciding what to feed.