Iams Smart Puppy

RSHANNING · Sep 16, 2009

Is this a decent puppy food? I just recieved some info from the breeder and she stated the puppies were on this type of food.

jwemt81 · Sep 16, 2009

Iams is a good food. It's what we feed and it's also what our breeder fed Tucker's litter. It's the only food that Tucker has done great on.

Bender · Sep 16, 2009

I haven't seen anything great from iams, it's not a food I'd ever consider (I feed raw). If you look on dog food analysis.com it should have a review of the food.

Lana

Nicole74 · Sep 16, 2009

I fed it to Bailey, but she didn't like it. We ended up switching.

SunGold · Sep 16, 2009

I don't recommend it.

Bock · Sep 16, 2009

RSHANNING said:
Is this a decent puppy food? I just recieved some info from the breeder and she stated the puppies were on this type of food.

I wouldn't recommend it. On the other hand, there are members on this forum that do feed Iams and it seems to work for some of them so there ya go.

Swampcollie · Sep 17, 2009

RSHANNING said:
Is this a decent puppy food? I just recieved some info from the breeder and she stated the puppies were on this type of food.

Did you ask the breeder? They usually have good reasons why they feed a particular food to their puppies. It never hurts to ask.

MyBentley · Sep 17, 2009

If it were me, I'd leave the puppy on this food for the first couple of weeks you have it home. Then, I'd be looking to try a kibble that has it primary protein coming from named meat sources. With IAMS Smart Puppy: once the moisture is cooked out of the chicken (#1 ingredient) it makes the #2 listed ingredient of cornmeal the first ingredient by weight. Meat proteins are more highly digestible than corn protein. Once you do some researching, you'll find there are quite a few reasonably priced brands to try.

JakeysMum · Sep 17, 2009

gave my puppy horrible diarrhea and vomiting

RSHANNING · Sep 17, 2009

Thanks everyone, I think so as to not change he world so much at first I will keep her on this and then in a few weeks or a month I will slowly start changing her over to something else. I have actually been considering the Royal Canin.

mickeychick · Jul 30, 2012

JakeysMum said:
gave my puppy horrible diarrhea and vomiting

Interesting - we are feeding this and having HORRIBLE diarrhea issues. What did you switch to?

dezymond · Jul 30, 2012

I had Maverick on it for about 2 months and have recently switched to BB Basics. He was doing good on Iams, but I felt BB Basics is more nutritious for him.

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