nicsay78

Hello -
I am a new owner of a bassett that I just adopted about a week ago. Stan was on Candaie Puppy when I took him home and I would like to work in and eventually transition him over to Taste of the Wild Pacific formula (I also have a beagle (spencer) and a yellow lab (sophie) that eat this).
With him being only 6 months old, would there be any major issues with doing this? I know that its an all life stages so I would assume that it would be ok...
I'm not really thrilled that he is on Candaie... but it's just my personal preference, and I don't know if because he is still a pup if he needs to eat puppy food.. If so, any suggestions on a good one for a bassett?
It's our first bassett and I am just in love with him

Mikey T

personal to avoid orthopeadic growth issue you want to bee feeding a large breed puppy formula for the limited calories and calcium content. Most adult dog food have a calcium level especial the grain frees that is preety high and which can cause abnormal bone problems in large breed puppies.

It was once thought that large breed and giant breed dogs need more calcium for their bones but it turns out puppies do not have the mechanism to control blood calcium levels and this causes havoc when the levels are to high on bone growth.

Apparent Calcium Absorption in Growing Dogs of Two Different Sizes1

Hormonal regulation of calcium homeostasis in two breeds of dogs during growth at different rates1]Hormonal regulation of calcium homeostasis in two breeds of dogs during growth at different rates

Large Breed Puppies:...What is an appropriate Diet
from the TOTW website
Pacific Stream Dog-- calcium: 1.9%, as-fed; phosphorus: 1.1%, as-fed this is higher than I personal would want to be feeding my basset puppy however exactly what and where the risk are from too much calclium and what level in the dog food that is is not clearly defined.

als the risk of too much calcium is higher the faster the growth rate as the puppy gets older the growth rate slows mitigateing the risk some what and the puppies abbility to regulate calcium get better as it ages as well. again just what the limits are based on age are not known and are likely to vary quite a bit on an indivdual basis. Given the number of high quality Large breed puppy foods that is what I would be feed for the first year