PUPPY VS ADULT FOOD
- Topic: Puppy food vs Adult food
- Audience: Puppy parents
- Message: Puppy food has more nutritional requirements than adult food in order to avoid diseases as an adult
- Purpose: Educate puppy parents about the importance of and need for optimal nutrition at the formative puppy months. How are they different and why should i care
- Key Terms:
- adult dog food
- puppy food
- dog nutrition
- puppy nutrition
- nutritional deficiency for puppy
- Potential interviewees:
- Sean J Delaney - Basic Nutrition Overview, Feeding the Healthy Dog
- Andrea J Fascetti - Basic Nutrition Overview, Feeding the Healthy Dog
- Jon J Ramsey - Determining Energy Requirements
- Kathryn Michel - Nutritional Management of Body Weight
- Dr. C
- Dr. Marty Becker
- Dr. Jennifer Coates - PetMD
- Puppy owners who feed or have fed their pup one-size or adult dog food
- miacamp@ucdavis.edu - Mia Campanelli - (studies under fascetti)
- Data/Questions/Quotes
- Interview
- What’s in puppy food that’s not in adult food?
- How do the macronutrients differ?
- What are key ingredients for puppy growth and what are their benefits/why are they important?
- Survey
- Do you recommend a one-size-fits-all dog food or separate puppy and adult dog food?
- Can puppies eat adult food and vice versa?
- Is puppy food worth the possible upcharge?
- Research
- Puppy food has twice the nutritional requirements as adult dog food - PetMD
- “Puppy food also contains a high fat content for energy, which is why it is not recommended for adult dogs.” - PetMD
- “a puppy should be fed puppy food until he reaches 80% of his expected adult size” - PetMD
- “puppies need calories for all the energy they have, plus they need calories to support their growing bodies and bones” - Dog Food Insider
- The main ingredients in dog food have significantly higher requirements in puppy food - Dog Food Insider
- “Puppy food is all about getting the highest amount of calories into a tiny stomach to keep your puppy fueled until the next feeding” - Dog Food Insider
- “Feeding a puppy an adult dog food will put them at risk for not enough calories, slowing or stunting their growth” - Dog Food Insider
- Large breed puppies grow so fast that they are at risk for orthopedic diseases so they need customized puppy food - Dog Food Insider
