[theBCnut]

Hi Lablubber

Maybe nobody responded to your posts because we don’t all want to come across as negative. I couldn’t care less about your gender and frankly, found it insulting that you thought it would matter, in any way.

The food you are choosing to feed your dog is too high in calcium for a large breed dog and is not recommended, in spite of it’s name. That’s what this whole thread is about. Think about choosing a food from this list.
https://docs.google.com/viewer?srcid=0BwApI_dhlbnFTXhUdi1KazFzSUk&pid=explorer&efh=false&a=v
The oils you are adding are fine.

I would consider your plans for vaccination to be overkill, by now either the pup should be immune or it has an immune system problem and no amount of vaccinating will fix that. The Lepto vaccine doesn’t cover all the different serovars out there and so is considered unreliable, but using it does come with risks, so if your vet recommends against it even though you have expressed concerns, I would listen to your vet. He sounds like he may actually be a good one rather than one that just wants more of your money.

I don’t care if you don’t want to feed raw or rotate your foods, that’s entirely up to you, but when people ask us what we think is best, we would be remiss if we didn’t tell them what we think is best and maybe even share why. To me, the arguments are compelling, but then, I’ve had plenty of dogs with GI issues and food intolerances.

BTW, none of your questions actually had anything to do with large breed nutrition, not that we stay on topic here, but that may also be why no one answered. It’s not their area of knowlege.