I was thinking that I would keep her on it as long as I feed it to misty. Then I would take them both over to the adult version of that same puppy food. Do you think that would be okay?  And when do you wean a puppy off puppy food onto adult food?
--- In [email protected], "Patricia Hurteau" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi guys. Research is always good, don't you just love the internet :-) - I
> just thought I would throw my two cents in here. When we got Trinity she
> was already 2 years old. She was a rescue and very, very thin.
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> The rescue home that she came from was feeding her well but she still was
> not gaining weight. We decided to feed her puppy food thinking that she
> would be getting more calories and nutrients while not filling up her tiny
> tummy. It worked. We have always free feed her and she slowly came up to
> her ideal weight. Once she reached that, we weaned her over to adult small
> dog formula. While we still free feed, she mostly nibbles when she is
> hungry and has not gained or lost. I was afraid if we stayed on the puppy
> stuff she would have started packing on some pounds.
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> Mostly, I am just happy that she is not skin and bones anymore and really
> energetic.
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> ~Patricia
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> From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
> Behalf Of Kim
> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 6:53 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [Chihuahuas] Re: Is it okay??
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> * That is what my family member told me to. I will do some more
> research on it. Thank you very much!
> --- In [email protected], Melissa H [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Please do more research before taking my word for it, but I THINK that the
> only reason not to feed an adult dog puppy food is the fact that they tend
> to get fat on it.
> > Melissa
> >
> > Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello,
> > I know it has been awhile. It has been so busy here with christmas and
> getting a promotion at work and spending time with my family and my baby , ,
> , ,
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