I should know this

[Fluffy]

Errr,at what age did you start feeding your pups on adult food???:028: i,m sure i started giving mabes and sir older stuff when they were coming up to 1....pp is still on nature diet junior,and burns mini bites,along with live yoghurt,fruit and vegetables,can,t think for the life of me,why i,ve gone blank!!!! x

[Nessie]

I did it at a year too fluffs - but some puppy food says 2 years!!! Depends on the dog i reckon!

[Fluffy]

Thats it i suppose ness,cause she still sooo small,i wanted to make sure she gets all the nutrients,thats in the puppy stuff,before i change xxx

[MightyMouth]

I did it at 6 months. That was on the advice of Burns although having read posts on COL it seems most people there do the same. Burns told me as soon as the new teeth are through they can go over the big biscuits.

[MightyMouth]

I was just reading up on this because of your remark about her being so small and apparently it is the opposite that is true. Small breed dogs mature more quickly than larger breed dogs. If she is on Burns and you are keeping her on Burns then Burns are the people to ask as they know their food better than we do xxx

[Meerkat]

Changed all mine at bout 6 months

Well in the old days they never had puppy, junior then adult food - in fact they didn't have puppy at all, and you used to feed them til they were 6 months on weetabix and really well soaked adult food

It's up to you really when you want to change - i wouldn't before 6 months tho but after that I would

[Fluffy]

Thats really interesting sceryl,i would never have thought that! will do that then,ask burns,cheers,gosh,you learn something new everyday xxx

[Fluffy]

pancake is on her last bit of mini bites,as of next week i,m changing to the adult variety,she is eight months old,the beginning of october,so it shoud be ok :) i,ve noticed she,s a bit porky heehee,head looks a bit smaller than the body,must cut back on the nature valley bars!:028: xx

[Meerkat]

Hope she enjoys the adult food - I changed mine over slowly as if changing brand of food so they got used to it over a period of a week or so

[Fluffy]

yes,thats what i,ll do,buy a bag and just add it to what she,s having now cheers chuck :) xxx

[Max]

Harry was 6 months when he came to us & we put him straight onto Burns adult food.
This is what Burns told me:
We would usually change puppies to adult foods at 6 months of age however this is dependent on what has been fed previously.

If the current diet fed to your 6 month old has a protein level over 26% then we would recommend the Canine Extra for 2 – 3 months before moving onto an adult food.





Some dogs do better on one variety than another but this cannot be predicted. It is down to each individual dog and unfortunately a bit of trial and error.

Some dogs will react in different ways if the variety is changed overnight. We always recommend 5 – 7 days to change a diet variety within the Burns range of foods.

[Max]

Ignore the last 2 paragraphs, she was replying to a different question about Max