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Best puppy food for underweight dog: Pro Plan, Royal Canin, Hills?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Yorkshire Terrier | Female | spayed | 1 year and 3 months old

What is the best choice between Purina Pro Plan, Royal Canin, Hills Science Diet puppy small bites/breed? Mila is underweight and I would like the BEST choice that our vet recommends.

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Answered By Rodrigo Roca, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on November 19th, 2017

Hello, any of these diets could be recommended by your veterinarian. If you feed the recommended doses as detailed on the bags then this should be sufficient for a puppy, however, in an older dog this may be too rich for her. If your veterinarian is recommending that she continues to eat a puppy food, then my choice would be a Royal Canin diet. Otherwise, you can feed a supplemented or bigger portion adult diet. Hope this helps and best of luck.

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