Little Friends and puppies: what the brand actually makes
Little Friends is a small animal and bird accessories brand, making things like hammocks, houses and mineral blocks for rabbits, rats and birds — it does not make puppy or dog food. If you landed here looking for puppy food, this is the honest answer, along with what actually matters when choosing a proper puppy food elsewhere in our range.
What Little Friends actually makes
Little Friends' range is built around small pets and birds rather than dogs, covering things like hammocks and houses for rats and small animals, calcium and mineral blocks for birds, and similar accessories. It is a genuinely useful brand within that space, just not one that extends into puppy or dog products.
If you have a small animal or a bird alongside a puppy, Little Friends is worth knowing for that side of your household, even though it will not help with what to feed a growing dog.
What actually matters when choosing puppy food
A complete puppy food matched to your puppy's expected adult size is the main thing to get right, since small, medium and large breeds all have different growth patterns and nutritional needs during their first year. A large-breed puppy in particular benefits from a formula that manages growth rate rather than maximising it.
Beyond size category, a named protein source, a feeding guide based on your puppy's actual weight, and confirmation that the food is labelled complete rather than complementary are the practical things worth checking on any bag, regardless of brand.
If you have both a puppy and a small pet at home
It is not unusual for a household to have a puppy alongside a rabbit, a hamster, or a cage bird, in which case Little Friends is genuinely worth knowing about for that side of things, even though it will not help with the dog.
Keeping the two separate in your mind — one brand for the small pets, a different range entirely for the puppy — avoids any confusion when you are restocking either, since the two shelves in our range do not overlap at all.
For this need
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
Pedigree Tasty Minis Puppy Treats Chewy Cubes with Chicken
Soft chewy puppy training treats with 13% chicken and added calcium, 125g
£2.25
Forthglade Complete Puppy Chicken with Liver Grain Free — 18 x 395g Trays
Sold as a case: 18 x 395g trays. A complete grain-free wet food for puppies, built on 71% chicken and 4% chicken liver
£35.89
Bakers Puppy Superfoods Chicken with Vegetables
Bakers Puppy Chicken & Vegetables dry dog food, 12.5kg, complete food for puppies from 6 weeks to 24 months
£39.15
Harringtons Puppy Turkey & Rice
Complete turkey puppy food with 30% protein and feeding bands by adult weight
£6.49
James Wellbeloved Grain Free Puppy/Junior Dry Dog Food Turkey & Veg
Grain-free turkey and potato kibble for puppies and junior dogs, evenly balanced recipe
£12.75
Wagg Puppy Treats
Puppy Treats in a 120G pack, with 23.2% protein and 7% fat and full label detail
£1.49
Burns Puppy Junior Original Chicken Rice
A complete puppy and junior food with dried chicken 31% and controlled fat at 15%
From£14.99
Lily's Kitchen Puppy Chicken Recipe — 6 x 400g Tins
Sold as a case: 6 x 400g tins. Complete 400G wet puppy chicken recipe with 67% fresh chicken
£22.79
Pooch & Mutt Puppy Bite Size Beef Jerky
Bite-size beef jerky training treats for puppies, scaled by dog size
£3.99
Whimzees Puppy
Softer dental chews for puppies over three months old, grain free and gluten free
£7.99
Burns Grain Free Puppy Duck Potato
Grain-free duck and potato puppy food with a prebiotic, for starting a new litter on a novel protein
From£16.49
Common questions
- Does Little Friends make puppy or dog food?
- No, Little Friends' range covers small animals and birds, such as rabbits, rats and cage birds, rather than dogs. If you need puppy food, it is worth looking at a brand that specifically formulates for growing dogs instead.
- What animals is Little Friends actually for?
- The brand's range is built for small pets and birds, including accessories like hammocks, houses and mineral blocks, rather than dogs or cats specifically, so it sits in a different part of the shop entirely from puppy food.
- What should I look for in a puppy food instead?
- Look for a complete food matched to your puppy's expected adult size, with a named protein source and a feeding guide based on your puppy's current weight, adjusting with your vet's input as they grow.
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Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.