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german shephered

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Question

gracy my sweet german
hai , i have a german f/6weeks. My question is that which food is better for my sweety. And also know about that how can i choose that she is double or single coated.
Thanks
Vishal Panwar(9211579742)

Answer
In America, we have a wide verity of commercial dog foods.  Most dogs will thrive on most foods. That doesn't mean there aren't many strong opinions and claims about which food is best.  None of them are based on any controlled testing.  Most of it is marketing hype, speculation, and junk science.  In some cases, people, including experts here, strongly recommend what they sell.  The only objective testing I know of is what the service dog schools do.  They don't release their results, but I do know they feed their highly valued dogs various common brands such as Iams, Pro Plan, Science Diet, etc.  Any of them should be fine.  If none of those brands are available, I have heard Pedigree is available in India.  In many cases, the best thing to feed any puppy is what it was eating before you got it.  Some foods have ingredients that sound better to some, but what counts is the balance of individual nutrients such as amino acids.  It is common to for foods to be formulated to provide plenty of each nutrient that dogs need from ingredients that many scorn.  

Feed a puppy chow if you can to 4 months, and then switch to an adult chow.  Usually it is easy keeping a Shepherd lean.  Often a young Shepherd will refuse to eat enough to keep its ribs hidden.  If so, as long as you are feeding a meat based food, it should be OK.  The early switch to adult food and keeping the puppy lean slow growth allowing its joints to develop under less stress.  I will still reach the same size, just a little later and better suited for a long, active life.  

Shepherds are all double coated, but come in 3 different coats.  The most common is the rough coated, but also the 2 varieties of longer haired ones.  The coat is determined genetically and you don't choose.