Dog Food?

I have a four month old lab/corgi mix. When should I switch her to adult dog food? Some people say if the dog is big switch young, some say if the dog is small wait till its a year. But what if my dog is a mix between big an small :/ when should I switch?

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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on April 2, 2012 at 8:42pm

Switch young. Corgis are in fact a med/large breed dog with no legs not a small dog. They develop more like a large dog so you should feed them like one. For this reason you should also never feed them a small breed food.

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Throneberry on April 2, 2012 at 9:36pm

Thank you for your help. Ate what age should I switch her though? She is at 4months right now.

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Permalink Reply by Jane Christensen on April 2, 2012 at 11:49pm

I agree with Melissa.They should be fed a large breed puppy food till at least 18 months or grain free all life stages with about 24-25% protein can be used now and you never have to change except you can feed higher protein after 18 months.. the small breed food has way to much protein for their developement which takes close to 2 years:)

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Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Throneberry on April 3, 2012 at 12:25am

What I'm afraid of is iv heard that if you feed them puppy food till there a year old it can cause them to develope to fast and doesn't allow them to grow strong bones. And I know the corgi breed are prone to hip displasia. Opinion?

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Permalink Reply by Melissa and Franklin! on April 3, 2012 at 3:08pm

If you feed a large breed puppy it is formulated to compensate for bone growth. If you look at the nutritional breakdown large breed puppy is generally the same as all life stages.

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Permalink Reply by Aber, Ragnar and Kelso on April 6, 2012 at 2:38pm

I've always fed a quality all-life-stages food. Then there's no need to switch. Puppy food is kind of designed to grow your pup big and fast. You don't get those awkward growth spurts when they're not fed puppy food--they just grow slowly and steadily.

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Permalink Reply by Jenny, Tucker, & Zoey on April 6, 2012 at 2:53pm

Hmmmm.. I never knew all this! Tucker ate Blue Buffalo puppy until he was a year. I didn't get him until he was 6 months old and I figure he was fed crap before then. Interesting... hope I didn't mess him up!