Puppy Food

Shop puppy food built for growth. Puppies need more energy, protein and specific minerals per kilo than adult dogs — and the right balance depends heavily on how big they'll grow.

Small breeds reach adult size within months and suit energy-dense, small kibble. Large and giant breeds grow for up to two years and need carefully controlled calcium and phosphorus to protect developing joints — overfeeding or the wrong mineral balance during this window can cause lasting skeletal problems. Most puppies transition to adult food between 12 and 24 months depending on breed size.

Shop Puppy Food by Brand

• Royal Canin Puppy Food
• Black Hawk
• Advance
• Ivory Coat
• Prime100

Shop Royal Canin Puppy Food

Royal Canin builds puppy formulas by adult size and, for a handful of breeds, by the breed itself — kibble shape, calorie density and mineral balance all change with it. The breed ranges below each include a puppy formula alongside the adult food.

• Royal Canin puppy food — every Royal Canin growth formula we stock, dry and wet.
• Royal Canin Labrador Retriever — includes Labrador Retriever Puppy in 1kg to 12kg bags.
• Royal Canin German Shepherd — includes German Shepherd Puppy 12kg, built around the breed's sensitive digestion.
• Royal Canin French Bulldog — includes French Bulldog Puppy 3kg, with kibble shaped for a flat-faced jaw.
• Royal Canin Poodle — includes Poodle Puppy in a 500g bag, sized right for a toy or miniature Poodle.

Shop Hill's Science Diet Puppy Food

Hill's Science Diet keeps its puppy recipes split by the size a dog will grow into, which matters most at the large breed end where growth runs well past the first year.

• Hill's Science Diet puppy food — the growth range, including the Small Bites and Small Paws recipes for little dogs.
• Hill's Science Diet Large Breed — includes Large Breed Puppy, and shows what the same dog steps up to as an adult.

More puppy ranges

Puppy formulas differ from adult food in energy density and in the growth nutrients — which is why a large-breed puppy formula is not simply a bigger bag of the small-breed one.

• ADVANCE puppy food — dry bags and wet trays sized for small, medium and large breed puppies.
• Prime100 puppy food — single protein, for puppies already on an elimination diet.
• All dog food — for when the puppy stage ends.