New puppy coming - Fromm question

[Melissa & Wesley]

Mike and I have an Aussiedoodle, Wesley, coming on December 1. We know we are going to transition Wesley from the Iams kibble the breeder is currently feeding him and we know to wait a few weeks before we start the transition. We are thinking about feeding Wesley the Fromm Four Star Nutritionals Salmon kibble because it is rather small, which I think would be good for a puppy. Does anyone see any problem with feeding Wesley salmon over chicken?

Thank you all in advance!
Melissa

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

It shouldn't be a problem. You may find that Wesley doesn't like the salmon formula, but if that turns out to be the case, you can always switch to the chicken formula. You will eventually want to rotate the "flavors" anyway.

[Ozzy Bob and Leanna]

I tried switching my goldendoodle over to Orijen with salmon and it made Ozzy extremely sick to his stomach.  He vomited so much that he ruptured a lil blood vessel in his throat and vomited up blood.  Once before, he accidently ate some food with salmon at my daughter's house and vomited really bad.  I hope your dog will be different, and he probably will,  but mine can't tolerate salmon.  Naturally, I'd suggest you to go with the chicken from our experience.

[Melissa & Wesley]

Thank you for the info Leanna!  Would the bigger kibble be a problem for him to eat?

[Ozzy Bob and Leanna]

I've never seen the size of Fromm's kibble so I really can't advise you.  I'd be leary to feed a puppy the regular size kibble myself.  Alot of help I am, huh?  

Guess you could always put a little warm water on it to soften it for him until he's big enough to eat the adult size kibble....just thinking!

[Melissa & Wesley]

Fromm's kibble is not very big to begin with, but the Salmon is smaller than the chicken and duck I had fed Bailey.  Bailey loved the salmon best.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Jackdoodle loved the salmon best as well.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I think your experience was unusual. Salmon (and all fish) is usually really well-tolerated by most dogs. But there are always exceptions, as you unfortunately learned the hard way. Poor Ozzy!

[Melissa & Wesley]

Thank you Karen!  Do you think if I started with the chicken, the bigger kibble would be okay for Wesley to eat?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I wasn't aware that there was a big size difference between the different formulas. I think Fromm is pretty good about sending samples, maybe you could email them and ask for a sample.

Hopefully, some of our other FG members who are feeding Fromm will chime in here about how their puppies did with bigger kibble. I do know that one of our very good DK breeders feeds Fromm, and her puppies come home on it.

[Melissa & Wesley]

The Fromm Salmon is small round kibble and the chicken is square (not extremely big), but bigger. A friend of mine said the "bigger" kibble might be difficult for Wesley to eat. 

 

Of course, I came to the experts to ask their opinion :)

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I sent a message to Sue asking her to chime in; I think her Bella came home from the breeder on Fromm's, I just don't know which formula.

[Melissa & Wesley]

Thank you so much Karen!