When did or will everyone switch from puppy food to adult?

I usually switch mine around 6 months.  My male was especially ready to move to adult food at that time.  The girls probably could have gone longer on the puppy food.  I feed a very high quality food combination, and use the same brand of puppy food.  I had no problems when I switched foods. 

There's no need to keep a puppy on a "puppy ration" beyond four months. Just pick a high quality kibble that is labeled for "all life stages" that is high in protein and fat (the "performance blends") and you should save a good bit of money while still providing everything your pup needs.

As the other's have recommended when you do switch do it slowly mixing the new ration with the old.  At first mix more of the old, as time goes on, mix more and more of the new ration in and the transition will be slow and easy.

We take a little different approach. The puppy food we use and the performance food we use are actually very close in nutritional analysis. So at about 12 weeks our babies start free feeding (not intending to spark that old conversation, but it works for us ) with the rest of the pack and we mix puppy food and adult food one to one until the baby(ies) are about a year and then the whole pack goes back to adult performance food. It works for us because we don't have any fatties, if anything we have to work to keep weight on our dogs. So that's our easy solution.

Jean

I feed Exceed Chicken & Rice from the litter right on up. They do great.

This time I've got babies on the Costco puppy food. Did some research and it scores pretty darn high on the quality scale even when compared to some of the priciest options. They are doing really well on it - beautiful coats, nice weight. I'm sure there's a genetic component but this litter really has "ripped" little muscles already too.

Jean

I dont think there is another dog related topic that can cause more difference in opinions except maybe training.  I personally would never feed anything with corn in it, which Iams has.  

Leena eats Taste of the Wild and Bliss (my Labrador) eats Bravo, (raw diet).

I feed Canidae - I started with all life stages and then went to the Platinum... the all life stages has 36 % protein - way-y-y-y too high unless you are running the Iditarod or hunting your dogs daily.... the Platinum is only 20% - my Doberman puppy was coming off the wall like peeling wall paper on the all stages...so everyone is now on the lower protein and doing fantastic.

Almost everyone is now recommending that people forego the puppy food for the bigger dogs and just feed adult...

Years ago when I showed dogs I fed Iams or Eukanuba and have to say both foods have gone down hill. 

I was involved with a bloat study a few years ago - and the findings of that study said that foods containing dried beep pulp was hugely responsible for more dogs bloating or the increase incidence of bloating.  So I avoid foods with dried beet pulp as an ingredient.

I used to feed Pro Plan and Iams puppy, but really like Exceed better.

Thats funny.  I couldnt keep any weight on Leena when she was on Canidae. Not sure which formula you were feeding but the org All Life Stages is only 24% protein..