change food?

[library dog]

I am adopting a former puppy mill mom. She was abandoned in a crate with puppies & almost starved to death. She has been putting on weight, is up to over 50 lbs & is a small boxer. But the only way her foster folks have been able to keep it on her is to feed her puppy food & she is around 2.

I have read puppy food is too high in protein for a dog her age. She is eating Science Diet now. She was involved in a failed adoption where she ate Iams adult & kept weight on - when she went back to the foster home they switched her back to Science Diet adult & she shed pounds rapidly, so back to puppy food.

Any thoughts on how I should proceed?

[ehayes21]

At two years old, high protein foods shouldn't be a problem. I would find a good all life stages formula to switch her over to once she settles in at her new home. Science Diet and Iams are both crap - have you seen this link?
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

Canidae, Timberwolf Organics, Evo, Blue Buffulo, Natural Balance all make a good product.

[gary766]

There is a great site for dog foods I learned about from Boxerworld. www.dogfoodanalysis.com
This will help you with most of your food questions. Science Diet is not a very good food and i believe puppy food is suppose to be lower in protein the adult food. I would check the analysis site and then read through the posts on this forum. Good luck.

[RolenKisses]

When we first got Rolen, he was eating Purina ProPlan. He ate it, but didn't love it! Then I joined this site and found better options using the dog food analysis listed by other replies. I highly suggest taking a look at it...Rolen now eats Timberwolf Bison and loves it! Timberwolf also has a lot of different flavor options too! Good luck!