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Can I keep feeding my puppy's all life stages food when she's an adult?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Shih Tzu | Female | unspayed | 5 months and 20 days old | 6.5 lbs

We currently feed our puppy (5.5 months) Hollistic Health Extension food because it’s what she ate when we got her and she seems to like it. It’s for all life stages. I know this is ok for puppies but is it really ok for older dogs? Don’t want to overload w nutrients or something.

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Answered By Joy Fuhrman, DVM, MBA, CPA

Veterinarian

Published on February 24th, 2018

If your puppy is doing well on this food, I would certainly recommend not switching at this point. If you are concerned about the calorie content for your adult dog, you can calculate her testing energy requirement (body weight in Kg times 30 plus 70) and then divide by the number of kCals per cup of the food to determine how much you should be feeding.

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    Answered By Lindsey Edwards MVB, BSc, IVCA

    Veterinarian

    Published on

    The nutrition requirements of pups and adults are quite different, with growing pups needing a different mineral /calciu m balance and higher levels of protein than an adult would require. I strongly recommend you check with your vets office or supplier/manufacturer to be sure she is currently receiving everything she needs for growth and if they have an appropriate adult range to convert to once fully grown

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