Good morning! I am trying to transition my puppy from PPP large breed puppy to the all stages 30/20. I am almost out of her original food, but I haven’t been transitioning for long enough. I really don’t want to buy another giant bag of the puppy food, and I can’t find any small bags locally. Am I going to mess her up if I just continue with the new food? How do I know if it’s not agreeing with her? Thanks for any advice.
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I think it really depends on the dog. Some can be switched cold turkey, others are quite prone to digestive upset. If she hasn’t been sensitive in the past, just keep doing what you’re doing until you run out of the old food. You’ll know if there’s a problem 
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Our puppy came home on the ALS 30:20 formula, but I researched the regular puppy formula, LB puppy, and the Sport puppy formulas too, and realized that the formulas are actually very similar. The LB puppy has a 30:18 protein to fat ratio and more fiber, and a few other small differences in percentages on the guaranteed analysis. There are a few ingredient differences as well, if you compare, but overall pretty similar:
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I would think if you're going from the same protein (ex: chicken to chicken), you could probably go ahead and expedite the transition without too much stomach upset, especially since it sounds like you've already started the process so it wouldn't be completely new.
Someone else with more experience can probably weigh in better. If it were my dog, though, I'd feel pretty comfortable finishing this particular transition without buying more puppy food. Especially at the price of food. I ran out one day (waiting on my 50 lb bag that was shipped) and bought the 6 lb bag to get by. It was $20! Worst part is, my shipment arrived the second I served dinner out of that darn 6 lb bag
Pro Plan Performance 30/20 High Protein Dog Food | Purina
Purina Pro Plan Sport Performance 30/20 formula high protein dry dog food is fine-tuned nutrition to promote strength & endurance in hardworking and highly active dogs
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Pro Plan Specialized Large Breed Chicken Dry Puppy Food | Purina
Purina Pro Plan large breed dry puppy food with chicken and rice offers nutrition for the development of puppies weighing over 50 pounds at maturity. Try it today.
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I would think if you're going from the same protein (ex: chicken to chicken), you could probably go ahead and expedite the transition without too much stomach upset, especially since it sounds like you've already started the process so it wouldn't be completely new.
Someone else with more experience can probably weigh in better. If it were my dog, though, I'd feel pretty comfortable finishing this particular transition without buying more puppy food. Especially at the price of food. I ran out one day (waiting on my 50 lb bag that was shipped) and bought the 6 lb bag to get by. It was $20! Worst part is, my shipment arrived the second I served dinner out of that darn 6 lb bag
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I hope it goes well! I'd still transition with what you have left, but think it should be okay since it's the same brand. In fact, I think I was in your situation with a puppy several years ago and it went perfectly fine.
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