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SFK: out of curiousity, what type of pups had the problems, and what was the type of food? I've heard of some problems with Eukanuba. Some of their foods have lower levels of calcium and phosphorus. Levels that are too low can also cause problems.

This is my third Bernese Mountain Dog and I'm very familiar with the problems assoicated with excess calories and high calcium levels. Excess protein, while once believed to be a contributor to bone and joint maladies with large breed pups, was refuted in later studies. Excess calories from overfeed...

The reason I'm considering going from the Pro Plan Puppy to Performance is because of the addional protein/fat and resulting additional calories. My hope would be to feed the same amount of food while adding more calories. This would hopefully allow my pup to continue her growth without adding more ...

Just so everyone knows, I'm not a hunter and my dogs aren't sporting dogs. Ihave Bernese Mountain Dogs which are a large/giant breed dog. So, even though the amount seems like a lot, my 4.5 month old pup is pushing 50lbs already. I come here because I've founded that hunters are, in most cases, more...

Have a pup that is a ravenous eater. She cleans her bowl in no time and searches for more. I've continually increased her food amount every two weeks or so. Now, at 4.5 months old, she is eating 5 cups of Pro Plan Puppy per day. The food is spread out over 3 meals per day, 2 cups in the morning, 1 c...

I have pine trees in my back yard and needles are falling to the ground with little globs of tar on them. My guess it that my pup rolled on the ground and was on top of some needles when she got it on her back. Even though rubbing alcohol was something I did come across in my search, I chose not to ...

I just did a search for this because I've got the same problem with my new pup. Here's what I've found - in no particular order: butter peanut butter skin so soft baby oil nail polish remover WD 40 Goo Gone Clean and wash afterwards. I'm going to start with regular butter tonight and see how it goes.

I've been one of those over the top owners. But have since settled down after seeing what foods work and don't work for my dogs, regardless of what the Wholedogjournal or dogfoodanalysis or various breed specific websites say. I have Bernese Mountain Dogs, no pointers, setters, or retrievers, and no...