The Diamond Naturals All Life Stages Dog Food is one dry food that covers a dog from weaning to old age, including large-breed puppies - which is rarer than the phrase all life stages usually suggests.

Key Features

• Diamond's AAFCO statement reads all life stages INCLUDING growth of large size dogs (70 lb or more as an adult). Many all-life-stages foods say except for - that one word is the difference between a food a Labrador puppy can eat and one it cannot.
• Genuinely useful in a multi-dog household: one bag for the puppy, the adult and the old dog.
• 26% protein and 16% fat, higher than Diamond's adult maintenance formulas because it has to support growth as well.
• Cage-free chicken first, with added DHA at 0.05% minimum for brain and vision development in puppies.
• Superfoods, dried chicory root and 80,000,000 CFU per pound of live probiotics.
• No artificial colours, flavours or preservatives added.

Guaranteed Analysis

• Crude Protein 26.0% minimum
• Crude Fat 16.0% minimum
• Crude Fibre 2.5% maximum
• Moisture 10.0% maximum
• DHA 0.05% minimum
• Omega-6 2.5% minimum, Omega-3 0.4% minimum
• Total Microorganisms not less than 80,000,000 CFU/lb
• 3,708 kcal/kg (421 kcal/cup) calculated metabolizable energy

Available in: 2 kg, 15 kg and 18.14 kg.

Good To Know

• All life stages means the food meets the highest requirement across every stage, so it is richer than an adult-only food. A neutered, middle-aged, lightly exercised dog will gain weight on it unless you measure carefully.
• Large-breed puppies are the one group where overfeeding does lasting harm. Growing too fast, or taking in too much calcium, is linked to developmental joint disease - so keep a large-breed puppy lean and feed to the guide rather than to appetite.
• Diamond's own feeding guide is written in standard measuring cups. One cup of this food is about 421 kcal, which is the figure to use if you are counting calories or working to a vet's weight plan.
• Feeding guides are a starting point, not a prescription. Weigh the food rather than scooping it by eye, and adjust to body condition: you should feel the ribs easily under a thin covering and see a waist from above.
• Change food gradually over about a week - a little of the new mixed into the old, increasing the proportion each day. Diamond suggests up to 14 days for a sensitive animal. A sudden switch is the commonest cause of loose stools.
• In a hot climate most dogs get less exercise than their owners think. If the waist disappears, cut the measured amount by around ten percent rather than switching food, and reweigh in a month.
• Diamond guarantees 80,000,000 CFU of live probiotic cultures per pound. Live cultures fade with heat and time, so buy the size you will finish in a month or two rather than the biggest bag.
• Keep it in its own bag inside a sealed container rather than tipping the kibble loose. The fat in dry food goes rancid on contact with warm air, and in a UAE kitchen that happens faster than the date on the bag suggests.
• Diamond states that the facility which makes this food also makes food that may contain other ingredients. If you are avoiding a specific protein for a diagnosed allergy, that cross-contact statement is worth knowing about.
• Dry food is only about 10 percent moisture. Keep fresh water available at all times, and change it daily rather than topping it up.
• A food change is not a treatment. If your pet is itchy, losing weight, vomiting or has ongoing loose stools, see a vet before you switch - changing diets repeatedly makes a diagnosis harder, not easier.