First of all, congratulations on the new puppy, regardless of where you got her from. She's yours now, you love her, and that's all that matters at this point. Good luck with her!
Anyway, the breeder was feeding her Nutro Natural Choice chicken meal, rice and oatmeal formula and gave me a small bag. Should I just keep her on this food or switch to something better?
Nutro is not really that great of a food (it isn't awful, but there are much better) and I'd definitely switch her to something else. We feed two of our dogs
Canidae (except for the puppy, she eats raw). As Acooper said above, it's an All Life Stages food and they (even my Doberman with an extremely sensitive stomach) are doing extremely well on it. Better than they ever have on anything else. It's very good quality and not quite as expensive as other foods. However, other good foods include:
Orijen (if it's available in your area - chances are it won't be though)
Natura products (California Natural, Innova - not EVO as she's too young)
Eagle Pack (
Holistic only)
Solid Gold
TimberWolf Organics
I'm sure there are probably more that I'm forgetting, but if I were you, I'd try that Canidae first. None of these will be available in any large, chain pestores (ex. PetsMart) I'm sure. They aren't where I live anyway. You'll have to find a smaller, privately owned petstore. Most, if not all of those foods have store locators on their websites.