Breed-specific food?

Probably wouldn't hurt. I fed a bulldog the Royal Canin bulldog formula. He did well on that and the pellets were made for dogs with funny squished faces and were a peculiar shape. However, although decent foods, I prefer to stay with co's that don't advertise as much, like Wellness, Candidae, Eagle Pac, Innova, and Solid Gold...the foods are better quality, and often cheaper most of the time. Since you have a sensitve stomach, DO NOT go for a grain free/high protein fomula. Eagle Pac makes some good food for sensitive stomachs I think...as well as the others.

Royal Canin isn't the best food out there, but it's definitely better than grocery store brands. If she likes it, I would give it a try and see how she does. Alena made good suggestions too. All of those foods are wonderful and I would also add Merrick, Nature's Logic and By Nature. Good luck!

Thanks for the advice. I guess I should have specified that I'm on Eagle Pack puppy food right now, but they don't make anything for sensitive stomachs. I don't really know about Royal Canin, so I'm glad to hear about it. I'll definitely look at Alena's suggestions.

Maybe if you are on Eagle pac puppy, switching to the adult formula might do your stomach better. The puppy stuff, as I'm sure you know, has lots of protein and fat in it. You sound like you need something a little more low key. Maybe the Eagle Pac Adult formula will do you fine? They don't have one for sensitive stomachs? HMMMM...I need to catch up on my research...LOL.

These breed-specific formulas are mostly marketing ploys. What a Lab requires really isn't any different than what a Yorkie requires. That'd be like saying women need different food than men. And Royal Canin really isn't worth the bucks you're paying for it.
If you haven't already, I'd suggest that you take your puppy to a vet for an exam. And then take Alena's suggestion and try Canidae. I've had five of my guys on Canidae for years and never had a problem. You can get it at Pet Supplies Plus, City Dog Grocery, Wipe Your Paws, or have it delivered by P & J Fuzzypaws (local pet food delivery service).

IMO, these "breed specific" dog foods are just marketed as such to sell more food. it does not matter what your breed, the dog food is what it is. we feed CANIDAE and MERRICK, and have for many years, without issue. (my dogs get the chicken and rice formula of canidae, and they also make a lamb and rice, now)i have many clients with a range of different breeds that feed CANIDAE, with great results. :)

If you have tummy trouble it may not be because of any particular brand of food but maybe all commercial foods in general. All breeds are created in nature to eat the same things...Meat, bone, and organs, and no grains, etc. So you may want to try a natural all meat, bone and organ diet. Stay away from processed commercial foods with fillers, additives, chemicals, etc.

Tucker likes the Royal Canin Yorkshire 28 and does real well on it. He has been on it since he was a puppy. We have tried several of the other brands of dog food and they either made him ill or he just wouldn't eat them. I did some research by googling different types of dog food and Canidae did send me some samples. (Tucker wouldn't touch it.) I would recommend that you see if you can't request samples of the different dog foods by going to their internet site. While you are at their site you can check out the ingredients to see if it will work for you. Tucker's vet says that whatever he is eating is doing well for him. He has always had great check ups.

Riese was recently switched to Royal Canin -German Shepherd after some stomach issues. (course he's a mutt.. mix of what & what we can only guess)
So far its been working great for us.

All of mine get EVO, except Charlie. He's Mr. Fickle. Royal Canin is the best brand he doesn't snub, though I wish he'd eat EVO as well as the others (he'll eat it if I mix it in, but not alone). Smaller mom'n'pop type of pet supply stores will usually have samples of different brands. I got samples of Nature's Variety, Wellness, Innova and Felidae (I believe it was those... it's been a while) at Wipe Your Pawz. He carries dog food samples too. Wouldn't hurt to try a little and see if Lolli will eat it!

I see numerous comments stating that all breeds of dog have the same nutritional requirements; and some suggesting that to think that different breeds would need different nutrition would be like women and men needing different nutrition. Actually, women and men most certainly do have different nutritional needs as do young and old people, as do individuals from the various races (did you know that Inuit individuals cannot make use of vitamin C in the form that the rest of us can but their bodies can make use of the vitamin C found in seal blubber). These are well documented scientific facts. And if you stop and think about it for a second I beleive you will realize you actually already "knew" this even though it did not occur to you at first glance. Animals' and humans' nutritional needs are primarily determined by genetics. And though as humans we are all very similar, there are enough differences in our morphology and physiology to create differences in our nutritional needs; again, these nutrional differences among human races is well documented. Likewise the various dog and cat breeds are different enough in terms of their genetic origins to create very real differences in their nutritional needs. Do the current commercially available breed specific foods truly address these differences? That is a different story (I beleive the simple answer to this question is NO). Are they using this truth as a marketing ploy without really doing what they claim they are? I am afraid so(I actually think Royal Canin does a pretty good job of addressing some of the breed specific nutritional requirements, I just think there is more to it than what they address). But that does not negate the fact that there are very real and meaningful differences in the nutritional needs of dog and cat breeds. Do a little research on this and see what you find.