Food for German Shepherd Puppy: Quality Nutrition and Feed Recommendations

Introduction

German shepherds are very active, agile and smart dogs,  and to unleash their full potential they require  special nutrition.   Several other factors should be also taken into consideration when  choosing the food for german shepherd puppy: large adult dog size, propensity to certain diseases and puppy-specific lifestyle.  

The only thing certain is  that german shepherd puppies consume about 3 times more food than adults. Good news are, it takes just a 1 year for german shepherd puppy   to evolve from a food consuming bulldozer into a moderate  gentleman-dog.

Why Puppies Get the Best Food?

First of all, german shepherd puppies  just like any other  puppies,  do a lot of activity while exploring the new world.  For german shepherds are considered very active in general, their puppies require even more calories  than other puppies. So their energy demands are high –  from 500 cal while young puppy to 1600cal when junior.

To develop their full potential, german shepherd puppies require high quality nutrition. That means, the food they get should  contain the appropriate amount of proteins, fats, carbohydrates, as well as vitamins and minerals. The best way to get all of these in compact form would be via buying comercial food for puppies, which has balanced and concentrated nutrition as well as  feeding instructions provided by the producers  you can easily follow instead of reading tons of articles and guides about proper puppy feeding.

And because german shepherds are large dogs, their food should contain not to much nutrients to let the dog’s organism to adapt to it’s high mass increase – that’s why  you should use  large breed commercial food, developed to fit the large breeds metabolism.

Attention! German shepherds are prone to various hip problems(hip dysplasia), which may develop because of too rapid mass gain as well, that’s why you should use special large breed dog food, not the general one.

Best Commercial German Shepherd Puppy Dog Feed Recommendations

There are several problems related to cheap commercial dog food. Usage of wheat based products, soy and  corn is harmful to german shepherds because they are not intended to digest these products by nature, so they get digestion problems and food allergies from these ingredients.

For german shepherds are carnivorous, their main nutrient is protein, which heavily affects their growth as well. AAFCO (The Association of American Feed Control Officials) recommends that dog foods for large breed dogs contain from 30% to 40%, with a minimum of 22% high-quality protein. High-quality here means the real meat source of protein, not anymal innards or byproducts.

We recommend you: dog food from ROYAL CANIN, Precise, Purina.

How Much German Shepherd Puppies Should Eat?

In general, they need to eat 3-4 times a day.

Newborn puppies should feed off their mother’s milk up to 4-6 months in order to supply the organism with  uniqe and essential nutrients and build up an immune system.

By the end of this period you can give them  wet food in small quantities, it usually takes 2 weeks to have  puppies eating wet food only.  

At the age of 2 months you can begin giving them dry kibble in small quantities as well to let their digestive system adapt to dry food.

Make sure! You are doing the transition to dry food slowly to avoid vomiting or diarrhea.

Be aware, that puppies dont regulate themselves while eating, so you should control them yourself to prevent overeating. The ribs of your german shepherd should not be visible, though palpable.

At 4 months your puppy can start digesting live food like meat, eggs, bones. By 8 months you can begin to rid of the puppy specific diet.

Conclusion

Now, when your german shepherd becomes 1 year old, his metabolism will slow down, he will eat less.

Make Sure! You feed your dog with large breed specific food though, because german shepherd  does not fit into borders of “general dog food for all ages” .

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Author of 1001doggy.com Silvia Brown
Written by Silvia Brown
Glad to see you, my friends! I started this blog several years ago as a hobby and continue to write articles about dogs.
I'm a dog lover and the proud owner of two wonderful dogs: French Bulldog Maya and Beagle Tom. It's been more than 10 years since I had a dogs and worked closely with them. I've raised four dogs throughout my life and have experience assisting in the births of two dogs. At least once a week, I volunteer with friends at a dog shelter AMA Animal Rescue and Animal Care Centers of NYC in NY.

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