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My 6-week-old puppy: Should I feed hard kibble or soften her food?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | unspayed | 1 month and 19 days old

My daughter just got a new puppy she is 6 weeks old should she be on hard bpuppy food or add water to her food to soften it?

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Answered By Dr. Elizabeth

Veterinarian

Published on March 25th, 2019

Poppy is very cute! Likely she will be fine on hard puppy kibble as long as the kibble is small enough. Make sure to get a small breed puppy formula so that it has small kibble that should be easy to chew. I hope this is helpful and please feel free to post any additional questions.

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