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September 15, 2015 By Sarah Halstead

Transitioning Your Dog To A New Dog Food

Filed Under: Pets Tagged With: collective bias, dixie, dogs, dudley, gopro, sponsored

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BrightMind #CollectiveBias

Transitioning Your Dog To A New Dog Food

Like many other families our dogs are a big part of ours. Kenny and I picked them out when they were puppies and they are now 10 & 11 years old. That means I have spent a third of my life with these dogs. That is just crazy! Since they are such an important part of our life I know that when changing their food to a new food we need to do so slowly. I made a little chart on transitioning your dog to a new dog food. The first 1-3 days you want to do about 25% new food, days 4-6 50% new food, days 7-9 75% new food, and by day 10 you can do 100% new food.
Transitioning Your Dog To A New Dog FoodWe recently switched our dogs to Purina Pro Plan Bright Mind available at Pet Smart.

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About Purina Pro Plan
When dogs reach 7 years old they are considered to be a senior, and according to experts at Purina Pro Plan, the glucose metabolism in a dog’s brain begins to change. This can affect their memory, learning, awareness or decision making. There are about 87 million dogs in the U.S. alone and an estimated 44% of them are seven years and older. Purina Pro Plan discovered a way to promote alertness and mental sharpness in dogs over 7 years old through nutrition. That is where the BRIGHT MIND Adult 7+ formulas come into play. It contains enhanced botanical oils shown to help promote alertness and mental sharpness with visible results within 30 days. When you add this to the daily diet of dogs it helps their memory, attention and trainability. Owners may notice differences in owner-dog interaction, interest in play and the ability to adapt and cope with change.

Purina-Pro-Plan

I was a little worried with how the dogs would react when we first had Dustyn seven years ago, but they love having the boys to play with. They are really great and gentle with Carsyn and don’t mind him being a little rough when he tries to pet them or drooling all over them.

CarsynandDudley

Here is a cute little video of Dustyn and Carsyn with Dixie and Dudley. I made this using our new GoPro, some of the video Dixie or Dudley is wearing the GoPro and the other parts I took the video.

What do you normally do while transitioning your dog to a new dog food?

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Comments

  1. Julie S. says

    September 17, 2015 at 12:54 pm

    While we don't have a dog of our own, my kids absolutely adore my parents dog. What a cute video!
  2. David @ Spiced says

    September 16, 2015 at 3:31 pm

    What a great post! You can absolutely tell how much Dixie and Dudley love your sons. Oh, and I love that your dog asks for tomatoes as treats! Thanks for sharing! #client
  3. Kendra says

    September 16, 2015 at 11:50 am

    Love the video! Purina makes great products.
  4. Jennifer says

    September 16, 2015 at 11:40 am

    My pup has a particularly sensitive stomach so it can take 2+ weeks to switch foods... fortunately we've found something we both like for kibble!
  5. Ashley says

    September 15, 2015 at 9:24 pm

    This video is so adorable! The dogs love your kiddos and it's so sweet.
  6. Phyrra says

    September 15, 2015 at 5:42 pm

    Watching how sweet your dogs are with your boys made me cry. Such a great video.
  7. amber.m says

    September 15, 2015 at 1:41 pm

    Aww! That video was adorable! And I love Purina! We've been using it with our dogs for what seems like forever now.

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I'm Sarah and I am the writer behind this blog. I love sharing recipes, DIY projects, photos and about my everyday life. I married my high school sweetheart Kenny. We have three boys and one baby girl - Dustyn, Carsyn, Prestyn, and Annelyn. Thanks for stopping by, can't wait to get to know you more. Read More…

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