Food for large breed pup.
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Hello we recently purchased a great dane puppy and we have talked to vets,breeders,owners, multiple different people on the best dog food types and have gotten different answers each time. We are just trying to find the best food to feed our fastly growing puppy and was wanting to get opinions on what dog food you think is best and why. Also if you feed grain free or if it has some fillers. Thank you in advance for your answers!
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We have a 10 month old Great Pyrenees and feed her a raw diet mostly.
I’ve raised chickens, so cutting up chickens she gets all the raw bones, carcass, ect. She’s had beaver, and plan to feed her trapping carcasses this year (mostly beaver) but waterfowl carcasses, deer scraps and bones/ribs/everything. She had some deer legs from last year and ate them all up (except the hooves), even as a puppy. Nothing cooked at all- just raw meats, gizzards, livers, hearts, veggies, eggs/shell, etc. I do mix in some dog food also daily with her raw. I mean from a hunting/trapping/fishing/poultry perspective that a lot of us already do- it’s nothing extra out of pocket and very healthy and natural for the dog.
Search youtube on the raw diet- lots of info out there. just my 2 cents.
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We have a 10 month old Great Pyrenees and feed her a raw diet mostly.
I’ve raised chickens, so cutting up chickens she gets all the raw bones, carcass, ect. She’s had beaver, and plan to feed her trapping carcasses this year (mostly beaver) but waterfowl carcasses, deer scraps and bones/ribs/everything. She had some deer legs from last year and ate them all up (except the hooves), even as a puppy. Nothing cooked at all- just raw meats, gizzards, livers, hearts, veggies, eggs/shell, etc. I do mix in some dog food also daily with her raw. I mean from a hunting/trapping/fishing/poultry perspective that a lot of us already do- it’s nothing extra out of pocket and very healthy and natural for the dog.
Search youtube on the raw diet- lots of info out there. just my 2 cents.
I do this as well, done right it is basically free and I do not think you can find a higher quality diet. Beaver, roadkill deer, etc.
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Whatever you choose, buy the BIG bag's!
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Great dane pups can have serious bone problems from growing too fast. 23% max on proteen during thier first two years. A great dane will reach thier final weight at an age of two years, or slightly longer. The trick is slow, steady growth. These big dogs will not need the same amount of proteen that a more active dog will use. Ours is a heavy euro dane that is 1-1/2 years old, and is at 150 lbs now. She is still growing slowly, and is very healthy. Good luck with your pup.
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And while I was typing that, she just ate my new Bass Pro ball cap! Lol
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Most grocery stores w decent meat dept will have scrap daily as well. Been raisng pyrenees pups on that feed for years.
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Fresh horse meat would be fine. Horses are relatively cheap too. Not much cheap about a horse unless your buying killer horses at the local sale barn. I have a mess of guard dogs for sheep that are pyrenees/akbash/anatolian and I feed them a 26% protein, 18% fat dogfood. I get it from a local feed company, and it's mostly plant based protein, but I buy it by the ton most of the time so if it was meat based protein it would be really expensive, and it's already about 25 bucks a bag. These dogs spend their entire lives in the elements with the sheep, and most of the time live past 10 years.
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That's what I do. Sometimes you can buy chicken thighs in bags for less than dog food. I also buy it here. http://www.texastripe.com/Most grocery stores w decent meat dept will have scrap daily as well. Been raisng pyrenees pups on that feed for years.
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