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Trust the Retriever® family of products to provide complete and balanced formulas for every stage of your dog's life. Guided by their staff of pet nutritionists, they include all the vitamins and minerals essential for proper nutrition. All Retriever® products deliver what it takes to nutritionally help maintain your pet's appearance, energy, and fitness. And while they're devoted to keeping your dog happy and healthy, they also remember the importance of tail-wagging good taste. Keep your pet in top shape by serving up your best value in high-quality dog food and biscuits. Try their brand once and you'll be a believer in Retriever®.

• Essential nutrients for developing strong bones, teeth and muscle mass
• Superior quality protein to help support a healthy immune system
• Quality ingredients to support vital organs including a healthy heart

Ingredients:
Ground yellow corn, chicken by-product meal, corn gluten meal, brewers rice, soybean meal, animal fat (preserved with BHA and citric acid), animal digest, monocalcium phosphate, salt, potassium chloride, calcium carbonate, egg product, choline chloride, color added (red #40, yellow #5, blue #2), brewers dried yeast, L-lysine, DL-methionine, proteinated minerals (zinc, copper, manganese), zinc sulfate, vitamin E supplement, ferrous sulfate, zinc oxide, niacin, copper sulfate, vitamin A supplement, biotin, manganous oxide, calcium pantothenate, thiamine mononitrate (source of vitamin B1), vitamin B12 supplement, pyridoxine hydrochloride (source of vitamin B6), menadione sodium bisulfite complex (source of vitamin K activity), riboflavin supplement (source of vitamin B2), sodium selenite, calcium iodate, folic acid, vitamin D3 supplement, cobalt carbonate..

Guaranteed Analysis:
Crude Protein (min.) 27.0%; Crude Fat (min.) 12.0%; Crude Fiber (max.) 5.0%; Moisture (max.) 12.0%; Calcium (min.) 1.10%; Phosphorus (min.) 0.80%.

Feeding instructions:
Puppies: When you first bring your puppy home, he may be under some stress due to the change in environment. Stress may cause digestive upset. To avoid the further stress of a change in diet, make any change gradually. Add a little of the new diet to the old, and for the next 7-10 days, gradually increase the amount of new diet and decrease the old.

Puppies, like babies, have special nutritional needs during their first year and should have their own special food to meet those needs. Retriever® Puppy Blend Dog Food provides concentrated nutrition with all of the protein, vitamins and other nutrients an active puppy needs, as well as optimum levels of fat, energy, and calcium for his or her developing bones and teeth. The crunchy pieces provide great taste, excellent chewing exercise, and help clean teeth. Depending on breed, puppies are ready for adult food at or about 12-18 months of age, and for the giant breeds at 24 months of age. Puppies will benefit from a consistent feeding time and diet.

A puppy should be fed an amount that will provide steady optimal growth without becoming overweight. The food intake required to maintain steady growth and good body condition will vary depending on age, activity level, environment and other stress factors. Consequently, the food requirement for each puppy will vary, and should be adjusted accordingly. Use the standard chart below as a guide. For best results, keep the puppy on a regular feeding schedule. For example, provide three small meals a day, or larger meals in the morning and evening. To serve moistened, add one cup of warm water (not hot), to every two parts of food and stir. Do not serve more than what the puppy will consume in a thirty-minute period to ensure product freshness.

Adult Dogs: Food requirements will vary depending on breed, environment, temperament and stress factors. Show dogs and working dogs will require additional amounts of food depending on their degree of activity or stress. Food intake should be adjusted to maintain optimum body weight. Feed 1/2 cup for each 10 pounds of body weight.

Pregnancy and Nursing: Retriever® Puppy Blend Dog Food provides the extra nutrition needed by reproducing females in stages of gestation and lactation. Food consumption may vary during gestation, so feed the amount needed to maintain the pregnant female's good body condition. Food intake may double or even quadruple during lactation.

Animal Weight/Size - Daily Amount
3 to 12 lb.: 2 to 4 months* = 3/4 to 1 cup per day, 5 to 7 months* = 1 to 1-2/3 cups per day, 8 to 12 months* = 1 to 1-2/3 cups per day, 12 to 24 months = We recommend switching the puppy to an adult formula
13 to 20 lb.: 2 to 4 months* = 1 to 1-2/3 cups per day, 5 to 7 months* = 1-2/3 to 2 cups per day, 8 to 12 months* = 1-2/3 to 2 cups per day, 12 to 24 months = We recommend switching the puppy to an adult formula
21 to 50 lb..: 2 to 4 months* = 1-2/3 to 3-2/3 cups per day, 5 to 7 months* = 2 to 4-1/2 cups per day, 8 to 12 months* = 2 to 4 1/2 cups per day, 12 to 24 months = We recommend switching the puppy to an adult formula
51 to 100 lb.: 2 to 4 months* = 3-2/3 to 4-1/4 cups per day, 5 to 7 months* = 4-1/2 to 6-1/3 cups per day, 8 to 12 months* = 4-1/4 to 6-1/3 cups per day, 12 to 24 months = 4-1/4 to 5-1/3 cups per day
101+ lb.: 2 to 4 months* = 4-1/4 cups per day plus 3/4 cup for each 20 lb. of body weight over 100 lb., 5 to 7 months* = 6-1/3 cups per day plus 1 1/2 cup for each 20 lb. of body weight over 100 lb., 8 to 12 months* = 6-1/3 cups per day plus 1-1/2 cup for each 20 lb. of body weight over 100 lb., 5-1/3 cups per day plus 1-1/2 cup for each 20 lb. of body weight over 100 lb.

*Amounts are based on standard 8 ounce dry measuring cup.

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