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Should my puppy eat age-specific food or all-life-stages dog food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Old English Sheepdog | Male | unneutered | 10 months and 19 days old | 25 lbs

Coastal Catch (all ages) vs Puppy, Adult and Senior. Is the latter choices are much better? Thx.

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Answered By Andrea M. Brodie, DVM

Veterinarian

Published on May 26th, 2018

I would always feed the food for the specific age bracket and size (adult size ) of the dog, rather than a food "for all". The age-specific food will address the specific needs of your dog at its various life stages and, in my opinion, this serves your dog much better.

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