Hurray! I adopted a dog today and will get to pick it up from the shelter in 5 days. She is 5 months old, so I will need to get her puppy food. My question is: does anyone have a reason why it would be a bad idea to use Kirkland puppy food (dry). I have looked at the ingredients and they look better than Iams, purina ect. It does not have any by-products and the first ingredient is meat. To me, it looks better than Iams or purina ect. I would appreciate any opinions.

Thank you! (here are the ingredients of the adult Kirkland dog food, could not find a list for the puppy food)

Lamb, Lamb meal, whole grain brown rice, rice flour, white rice, egg product, cracked pearled barley, chicken fat (preserved witn mixed tocoperols and Vitamine E), beet pulp, potatoes, fishmeal, flaxseed, natural flavor, milet, brewers dried yest, carrots, peas, choline chloride, rosemary extract, parsley flake, dried chicory root, glucosamine hydrochloride, taurine, vitamin E suppliment, iron proteinate, copper proteninate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteniate, manganous oxide, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), Vitamin B12 supplement, menadione sodium bivulfite (source of vitamin K activity), riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid

Kirkland is made by Diamond for Costco. there were problems with Diamond a couple years ago but not the Kirkland.

if your puppy is a large or giant breed then she should already be on adult food. if not then the puppy food is ok

Kirkland is not the best but is better than Purina ( anything is IMO ) but lets take a look at those ingredients

the "lamb" is about 70% water so when the water is removed that doesn't leave much "lamb" so it drops way down the list of ingredients however the "lamb meal" is all lamb.

then you've got 3 rice's - doesn't matter what they want to call them - they are all still rice.

this also has brewers dried yeast in it which can cause yeast infections of the skin & ears. it is a waste product from the beer industry.

any type of fish meal must by law be processed with ethoxyquin

[lil mutt]

i dont think that there will be any problems with Kirkland unless your pet is allergic with some of it's ingredients.