Bullmastiff Puppy Questions?
November 17, 2009 by admin
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I am in the process of purchasing a Bullmastiff puppy. She is right now 6 weeks old and will be coming home in two weeks. Her compainions in the house will be an Italian greyhound, 3 cats and my two daughters my hubby and I. Oudside animals to many to list here. Anyway I am trying to do my homework and have owned and own other bully breeds.
My main question is with people that have experience what do you feed yours. I was going to start her on Science diet large breed puppy or Nutro Naural choice Large breed puppy. With some cooked chicken or possibly some canned food to start. I have been trying to do my homework on them and I am seeing alot of DONT feed Commercial foods to this breed etc.. From experience these foods have always been great for my other larger dogs. Suggestions please..
Also I havent seen much on house breaking I usually crate train but have been seeing of ton of they hate to be alone etc.. She cant be harder to house break then my Itailian greyhound!! Thanks
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Those are both crap foods, and large breed puppy food can make them grow to fast and cause them problems later on in life.
Here is a site that will show you which dog foods are the best and the worst. I suggest that you get any one of the dog foods that are top rated. http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_…
Most of grocery store dog food formulas, like IAMS, Pedigree, Science Diet, Purina,and etc contain “meat and bone meal” which has been known to contain dead dogs and cats that were euthanized in animal shelters. Their bodies are picked up and bought by the truck load by “rendering plants” , that also pick up road kill, dead live stock, and etc. They are shredded, and boiled. They skim off the fat on the top of the “soup” and collected it and sell it to pet food companies as “animal fat”, the rest of the animals’ remains are crushed up, dried and sold to dog and cat food companies as meat and bone meal.
You can read more about it here.http://earthislandprojects.org/eijournal…
Here is an article where the owner of a rendering plant talks about it. He says that cremating the dead shelter animals would cause pollution, and that rendering them is good.http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m5…
Here is further information on what you shouldn’t see in the ingredients list in your dog’s food.http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?…
Top rated dog foods like Canidae contain good healthy ingredients.
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It sounds like your Bullmastiff will have a great home! She will have no trouble adapting to her new “family”. As for her food, a good commercial food will do fine……. but stay with the better quality food, Like Iams, Eukanuba, etc. Start her on puppy food, of course, and if there’s a problem (not likely) don’t be afraid to try another brand. I wouldn’t use the chicken or canned food…. everything she needs is in the dry food, which can be moistened until she is able to handle it dry. Feeding it dry when they get older has always been my preference….. they get all the nutrition and it’s easier to handle, and if it isn’t all cleaned up (and it should be), it doesn’t spoil quickly. We fed all our Bullmastiffs twice a day, feeding all they would clean up, unless there was a weight problem,,,, then you have to cut back to whatever it takes to maintain their proper weight.
Use of a crate is also my preferred method of house training. The first days are critical. Always try to get her out as quickly as possible in the morning, hopefully before she gets stirred up and messes in the crate. Good luck with your new baby!