We've had many conversations with people about what to feed a Great Dane and here are our two bits.
A very important part of a growing Great Dane puppy is the right kind of nutrition so I wanted to put a little post on here about what we've found that works. You'll be amazed at how fast your little pup will grow and regular puppy food won't do (even if you pay a fortune for it). You want to make sure your puppy doesn't grow too fast and regular puppy food is way too high in protein and fat for giant breed dogs. They need to have controlled growth so they can develop properly and you don't have health problems. In all the research we have done we kept running across Eagle Pack as a recommended food. Our dogs grew up on their large and giant breed puppy food and we couldn't be happier.
There are a lot of good foods out there and you are welcome to use whatever you want, but make sure you do your research first to ensure that your pup is getting the right balance of protein, fat, etc. Eagle Pack isn't something you can find at every pet store, but there are enough stores around that carry it. On their website you can locate a store near your house. The website is http://www.eaglepack.com/ There is also a whole section on their website about giant breed dogs that you can check out.
The closest store that sells Eagle Pack to our house is 30 minutes away so we opted to have our food shipped to our house. We found a great place to get the food and we pay roughly the same price for a bag shipped to our door (I'll save the drive any day). Here is a link to the place we buy our food from. http://www.westcoastpetsupply.com/2/Eagle-Large-and-Giant-Breed-Puppy-Formula/ If you go this route make sure you order your food two bags at a time in order to save on shipping. They put two bags to a box so if you order an odd number of bags you pay a higher shipping price per bag (yes I am a nerd and did the calculations).
The moral of the story with your new puppy is not to take any shortcuts with their diet. They need to grow at the right pace and you don't want them overweight (especially as they grow). We have found that Eagle Pack did a wonderful job with Tucker and Bindi and we wanted to share our findings with you. Good luck!
Aaron
