My new puppy arrives in a little under 3 weeks, and I'm pretty much ready for him. The only thing I'm unsure about is feeding him. I have plenty of dry food left over from my old dog, but as he's still a puppy (3-4 months old) that won't really be suitable. He'll be coming from a rescue in Romania, so I won't have any of his current feed to start him on, so was expecting the first few days to be a matter of bland chicken & rice type meals to settle his stomach after the long journey here.
I always wanted to feed my old dog BARF, but as she was happily established on dry kibble, I never made the transition. I have a 'spare' chest freezer and regularly buy in chicken wings/day old chicks for the ferrets, so would happily stock that with puppy food as well. I would rather feed a complete BARF food with chicken wings/meaty bones as regular extras to keep his teeth clean, rather than mixing together all the bits and pieces from scratch and worrying I've missed out some vital vitamins/minerals.
My main question is - is there a good place to compare different available complete BARF brands? If not, does anyone here have any recommendations? I'll be doing plenty of research over the next few weeks, but was hoping to get some words of wisdom from people not trying to sell me a product! Any other advice on puppy-feeding would be fab. I've had dogs before, but not from this young.
My boy's going to be a medium-large sized dog; he's part Samoyed, part mongrel - in case that makes a difference...