Mochi's Food

The pet shop sent us home with a bag of Clinivet Puppy Food and some cans of ProLife wet food and advised us to feed Mochi three times a day. However, we quickly discovered that Mochi did much better on more frequent feeds so we increased the amount to 5 times a day (6AM, 10AM, 2PM, 6PM, and 10PM).  After his big growth spurt from 0.65kg --> 0.9kg in a matter of one week, our vet said we should increase his food amount to keep up with his growth.  Currently Mochi eats about 50grams a day of Clinivet, plus a spoonful of wet food (Wellness Puppy brand) added to each meal.

After researching extensively for quality puppy food on various review and rating websites, I decided to splurge on a bag of Orijen Puppy Food, which retails for about $300 HKD/bag on average.  This would feed Mochi for 1-1.5 months approximately, so it's not cheap for those who are watching their budget.  For the price of one bag of food, I could pay for a whole month's gym membership!  In any case, Orijen came out on top in every way as the ingredients are locally sourced in Canada (no cheap China fillers) and is human grade food -- tons of free range deboned chicken, wild caught fish, and lots of other nutritious goodness for puppy growth.

You are supposed to transition puppies to a new food over a 7 day period by gradually increasing the ratio of new food to old so that their stomachs don't get upset.  However since Mochi showed no signs of tummy sensitivity whatsoever and wolfed down every meal I tried to give him 50/50 right away of old and new food, but this resulted in softer (and stinkier!!) stools that he would subsequently trample over and get all over his sleeping area!  After a few times of this I decided to switch him back to the Clinivet diet, and now I am slowly introducing the Orijen a few kibbles at a time with each meal (along with a spoonful of white rice) and his stools have been much less stinky and more firm.

The food that the pet shop sent us home with

The top-rated puppy dog food we are trying out

The wet food we are supplementing the dry food with