The 10 Best Puppy Food For Large Breeds

Commit to lifelong well-being from the beginning by giving a pup the benefits of Hill's Science Diet (around $52). This hearty chicken meal and oats recipe contains a natural blend of both glucosamine and chondroitin that work to keep joints and cartilage in tip-top shape.

Help unleash a dog's extraordinary spirit with Purina Pro Plan Focus (around $48). Crafted with high-quality chicken and rice among the first ingredients, this formula is designed to provide the fuel needed to help a young dog maintain an extremely active lifestyle.

Setting Instinct Raw Boost (around $69) apart from much of its competition is the freeze-dried, all natural, and cage-free poultry that delivers high levels of both calcium and phosphorous to a growing canine, ensuring the development of healthy teeth and bones.

Offering an optimal balance of protein, fat, carbohydrates and essential vitamins and minerals, Wellness Complete Health (about $62) is dedicated to the effective and controlled intake of daily nutrition and energy, allowing Fido an evenly-paced period of growth and maturation.

Blue Buffalo Wilderness (around $65) leverages an exclusive recipe that starts with LifeSource Bits, a veterinarian-approved blend of powerful antioxidants and vitamins designed to resist degradation over time, preserving freshness and supporting a fur baby during the formative months.

Taste Of The Wild High Prairie (around $72) boasts a flavorful mix of roasted bison and venison that supports the growth of strong bones and muscles, making it the perfect recipe for an athletically-inclined pooch. Furthermore, the inclusion of DHA promotes brain and eye development.

Nutro Wholesome Essentials (appx. $53) is made from a powerful mixture of non-GMO ingredients, starting with pasture-fed lamb as a dependable base protein for building resilient muscles, calcium for sturdy bones and joints, and vitamin E for ensuring a strong immune system.

Provide a young dog the opportunity to turn a digestive deficit into a tummy surplus by feeding him the natural bison and oatmeal fusion that is Solid Gold Wolf Cub (about $59). Its patented probiotics stay alive as long as possible, promoting optimal stomach health at all times.

Packed with farm-raised chicken, omega-3 fatty acids and 22 key nutrients normally present in a mother's milk, Iams Proactive Health (about $32) encourages superior canine cognition, facilitating the effective training of any puppy who will eventually weigh between 50 and 120 pounds.

While proteins and vitamins are important for proper sustenance, the way in which a dog's body processes these elements is equally so from a young age. Halo Holistic (appx. $40) leverages bioavailable nutrients to ensure maximum utilization of resources with minimal waste produced.