Do you feed a complete dry food?
Can you tell us (remaining anonymous if you are afraid you'll be embroiled in lengthy debate by the raw feeding conversion ambassadors!) what is your favourite dry food and why?
We know more and more people feed this method over wet, so why do you do this? What are the benefits?
Beverley Cuddy, Editor Dogs Today
I started to feed dry when my Belgian Shepherd was discovered to have an allergy to wheat. I gave her James Wellbeloved complete, and since then all my dogs have had it. They are fit and glossy and very healthy.
ReplyDeleteI used to feed tinned meat to a dog I had years ago, but flies were always a problem in the summer if he didn't eat it straight away. I have since discovered it contains some dubious ingredients too. I see no reason to change from JW as it suits my present dog very well.
I will be honest i feed dry because its quick and easy, we do however ad to their dry with meat and veg, or left overs i have one fussy dog who has to have things cooked or he wont eat it, but my 2 bullies eat everything, cant trust them with bones tho as they swallow then whole!
ReplyDeleteWe've got 2 rescued greyhounds and we feed them on Burns complete dog food. The only thing we add is brown bread & sometimes grated cheese. One of our greyhounds has a very sensitive digestive system and we found that Burns was the only food that didn't upset her stomach. Our dogs are healthy, happy & have glossy coats so we wouldn't consider any other food.
ReplyDeleteI feed CSJ Champ to my sprollies, and to all of my foster dogs. I have had dogs come in to foster having been fed some high street brands with colourants etc, and seemed to put on muscle and lose neck fat etc on the Champ and it seems to make for a nice shiny coat. I really can't fault it except that maybe the dogs get a bit bored, so they get a wet food / home cooked topper of some kind, and a raw chicken wing every lunchtime for teeth and tums. It is very good value for money and I get it delivered from a stockist. I did try a CSJ wheat free alternative for a foster girlie whom I briefly thought might have an allergy (though she didn't). That went down a treat, too.
ReplyDeleteWe feed Suki Harrington's dry food. When we adopted her we were told that Suki couldn't have wet foods as "it goes straight through her". We started her on James Wellbeloved which was great and she loved it, unfortunately we really couldn't afford to buy this very often so after some research we switched to Harrington's which is a bit less expensive but is also of high quality and suits her diet, she enjoys it too which I am pleased about.
ReplyDeleteHarrington's has no dairy, no soya and no added wheat. No artificial colours or flavours and it combines kelp, citrus antioxidants and omega fatty acids. It also contains added yeasts to help digestion.
Suki is always complimented on her glossy fur and how healthy she looks :)
I feed Orijen to my houseful of beardies and have done for about 3 years. I have tried raw a couple of times over the last 20 years but worried about getting it right, the beardies had a serious episode of diarrhoea after some chicken which lasted 3 weeks and was a serious pain - beardies and diarrhoea are a nightmare! and I hated the smelly, greasy beards and faces that the meat left on the dogs.
ReplyDeleteI don't eat meat myself because I don't like how animals are kept and killed, so wanted to source free range meat for the dogs but this was almost impossible and too expensive so I had to give up. I have tried JWB, Burns and Robbies but in my opinion the best compromise with feeding a raw diet is Orijen as the ingredients are so pure and ethically sourced and are what a dog should be eating with no cheap fillers included like rice or oats. My dogs thrive on it.
I feed my pug Hill's Active Longevity dry. I have tried other brands but Hills is the only one that keeps Olive's skin and coat scurf free and shiny. We use the medium size as apposed to the mini because it makes her crunch the biscuits, which is good for her teeth. She eats quite fast so this also slows her down. The mini sized food often got stuck under her palate too causing her to start reverse sneezing. This was a problem with feeding her wet food too. Also (without going in to too many details!!) her poo's are lovely and firm and easy to bag up on walks! She also poo's less than when on other brands of food so there must be less "waste" and more nutrition in her food :)
ReplyDeleteI feed both dry (breakfast) and tinned meat (supper) the dry food is Royal Canin for small dogs and it seems to suit them very well. The canned food is Natures Menu which they love and again do very well on. I also feed Fish 4 dogs treats which help to keep their teeth clean and breath fresh and I have just bought some Fish 4 dogs complete dry food and they are loving it.
ReplyDeleteJames Wellbeloved is another good quality food that they enjoy but I found that the rather large biscuits could get stuck in some of the dogs throats that have a tendency to hoover food up rather than crunch it.
Me and my partner have 11 dogs, and I also run a daycare and home-boarding facility.
ReplyDeleteWe feed all of our own dogs raw food, inc green tripe, and yummy bones. There are lots of reasons why we do this......
Main reasons are:
*more natural diet - what their bodies are built for
*bones great for teeth (two of my dogs are over 10 and have gleaming white teeth - never been brushed)
*healthy non-smelly poo
*impact on behaviour
*mental stimulation - doing what they have a natural urge to do - chew!
*Often get it for free from butcher
I also get a lot of dogs who come to us here with so many allergies to this, that and the other. Vet, ofcourse will often recommend Hills, or Royal Canin sensitivity food etc etc.....Ok, feeding an adult dog raw, who isn't used to it has to be done gradually, but it all these allergies (often with skin or loose bowels) disappear if done (tried and tested on numerous dogs).
All our dogs have a lovely glossy coat, and are never getting sick (touch wood).
Unfortunately, people want convenience more and more, and will buy complete food for this sole reason.
The only thing we supplement our dogs with, on the odd occasion when the freezer is empty etc, is Naturediet - fab stuff.
...there is a reason why people who have converted raw, bash on about it, it really is great.
I feed dry with a small part of wet just to pep it up a little. Dry is good for their teeth, even my cats have mostly dry and a tad bit of wet. My dog is very fit and well shapped with a great coat....says my vet.
ReplyDeleteI tried the raw diet but he found it hard to pass stool and i always forgot to take the mince out the freezer :/
I think all diets are good but only the right one will suit yiyr dog. :)
I am one of those people who would have liked to have done BARF but actually decided against it. Many have argued that raw is cheaper, I did not find this to be the case. I trust that Royal Canin have spent millions in research in ensuring all the correct balanced nutrients are present. I have checked the ingredients and I am comfortable with them. Do you really know what happens to your raw meat that you are feeding to your dog that you buy from your butchers or supermarket, I couldn't convince myself!! It is not to say that I won't change my mind and move to BARF when I can convince myself of all the above, until then kibble is right for me and Royal Canin(currently Junior) is the kibble of choice :-)
ReplyDeleteInterestingly, i feed both raw and dry. The dry food is the complementary food to the raw (natural instinct). Its called Kronch. Its high in Salmon Oil. Active Pet feeds supply this. I have 4 dogs, and all different pedigrees with one having a funny tummy, so the main food is good for the two prone to weight gain, and the active is great for the two skinny ones, that run around like crazy. RAW is wonderful if you can afford it. It really is the bees the knees... but i know you don't want us harping on about it. A couple sprinkles of the dry keep me happy they are getting everything..... And their coats and teeth are amazing.
ReplyDeleteI have three whippets and a labradoodle who are all fed on complete dry food because they do really well on it. I used to feed wet food years ago, but it was expensive and I had a feeling it contributed to canine flatulence. And once I realised that wet food is about two-thirds water, I switched to dry while always making sure I provide plenty of drinking water. Some manufacturers claim that dry food also helps to clean dogs' teeth. I don't know the truth of this claim, but my dogs do like something to crunch on. I like the fact that I can also take a portion of the dogs' meals on walks to use as training treats.
ReplyDeleteI tend to go for natural recipes and I've got a few favourite brands that I mix and match. Quality is really important, but with four hungry mouths to feed I also need to keep the costs down and I find that own-brand foods can be a good way to do this. Wainwrights, from Pets at Home, is a good alternative to James Wellbeloved, but recently I've discovered Milburns, from pet-supermarket.co.uk, which is just as good and even better value. It comes in a wide variety of flavours and my dogs especially love the salmon and potato flavour. I also really like Wagg Complete foods, which I think offer great quality and value. I feed my dogs Wagg Complete Sensitive, which is a chicken and rice recipe. In fact, Stanley the whippet prefers this to any other food.
Before I try any new food, I look for reviews of it to make sure it's the type of food I want to feed my dogs. It's surprisingly difficult to find information about what goes into a lot of dog foods,and if I can't find the information I won't buy the food.
I feed my dog on dry muesli, and I do sometimes mix it with gravy. She tends to prefer this to the dry nuggets. Whenever there are left-overs, she also has these. I have never, and never will, use Bakers. Full of artificial additives and preservatives (it's like giving kids smarties!)I tend not to feed her on tinned meat as it gives her terrible wind and the poo...............!!!! I do know someone though, that gives their dog ONLY tinned meat and nothing else!!!! :}
ReplyDeleteI have a Cane Corso and we feed him Wainrights Large Breed Puppy.
ReplyDeleteWhen we got him at 3 months old he had been neglected by his previous owners, so much so that he had virtually no body/puppy fat on him.
We had researched feeding RAW and were seriously considering doing this, and may have done, were it not for the circumstances of having a severely under-nourished puppy.
We wanted to feed our pup a meal that we could control completely, one where we knew exactly what he was eating, how much and monitor him for any issues if he stopped gaining a continuous weight.
The food we chose is one that gives the levels of protein, etc that his breed needs.
He is now coming up to 18 months, weighs 54kg and has a perfect coat, muscle tone, teeth, eyes, etc. He's now a very happy dog indeed.
I am not saying that dry is better than raw, I think both can be as bad or as good as the other. What I am saying is that given our circumstances and our need to ensure that our pup was overcoming and growing at a healthy rate, we felt that feeding a continuously consistent food was what we needed.
If you'd like to see how well Neo has come along - he has his own Facebook page here: http://www.facebook.com/neo.horsfield
Here at pats cats etc most of the resident dogs are fed on dried food. I would like to stress that we are not so focussed on the make but rather the amount of protein in the food. Quite a number of dogs come in whereby the owners complain about their hyperactivity. When questioned they are almost always feeding far too high a protein.
ReplyDeleteI have fed both my own dogs and my foster dogs on complete food with a little tinned food for flavouring. All my dogs are thriving, shiny, healthy dogs, who all live to very old age. usually I feed Chappie, but do use others, my only real rule is no coloured, no Bakers and no Pedigree. (I have had dogs react to all 3.)
ReplyDeleteI have two border terriers which are fed orijen dry. After much faffing around with different foods and even trying natures menu etc I found the bitch was allergic to wheat and rice so orijen suits us well. On all other foods including feeding raw she would have awful loose bowels, but with orijen she is solid, and not smelly... so guess if it works don't fix it!!! Would love to be able to do raw but this is the next best thing I think for her.
ReplyDeleteSomething to think about perhaps:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1244595/Is-food-youre-feeding-pet-killing--making-vet-rich.html
I feed dry food, using an easily digestible fish food that has done wonders for my wheaten's coats, which can be a bear to take care of. Both of my dogs are hospital therapy dogs and, because feeding raw diets has been linked to an increased risk of colonization with some germs that would be detrimental to some of the immune-compromised patients we see, we avoid raw diets. While most dogs feed raw food don't have infection problems, published therapy dog recommendations generally restrict feeding raw diets.
ReplyDeleteI'm a CSJ user as well. I have 2 labs, 1 which is OCD with food .. no joke .. and scrounges rubbish when out. He's so prone to weight problems and the 'average' food I was giving him before didn't do anything for him.
ReplyDeleteI talked to CSJ first and both dogs have a mixture of the 'light' and herbie rings.
Both now have shiny coats, the male has a lot more energy and is even prone to running these days which he didn;t do before lol
I feed Feelwell's complete dog food. All natural ingredients and the company is endorsed by PETA and part of the campaign for real pet food www.crpf.org.uk
ReplyDeleteI have 3 poodles, my Standard has anorexia and we found Royal Canin, soaked well because they can suffer with bloat, topped with cooked vegetables and 2 or 3 chunks of cooked chicken goes down well. My miniature Poodle has had Campobylacter which took 13 months for the vets to diagnose, his tummy now is so sensitive, and he has royal Canin gastrointestinal and my toy Poodle has royal Canin Poodle with a little chicken and cooked veg. I tried the raw diet but it did not go down very well and I used to cook all their meals but seemed to spend the whole time cooking. These diets seem to suit them well and again Royal Canin should be a good quality food.
ReplyDeleteIn my very humble opinion the best dry food on the market is Orijen but bl**dy expensive. It is 40% protein and 70% meat. If anybody is worried about the 40% protein read the white paper here:
ReplyDeletehttp://orijen.ca/downloads/ORIJEN_White_Paper.pdf
At the end of the day it comes down to budget and what suits your dog. I would never keep a dog on the same food all the time as that is how intolerances come about.
I sometimes use Wainwrights tray food, similar to Forthglade and Naturediet, grain free kibble at the moment on Working HPR http://www.workinghprs.com/
but have just done my first huge order of Natural Instinct (raw). Bit of everything here and no crusade :D
I have 2 greyhounds (one senior) and a Lurcher puppy. They were fed on Burns with a spoon of Butchers wet. However comparing Burns to come other foods, there is a lot of rice in it for the price. So I was advised to have a look at Skinners Field and Trial, which actually has very good ingredients for the cost of a 15kg bag. They are doing very well on it, love it, and its a real bonus that it is cheap compared to others. However at the moment, they are eating Vets Kitchen dry, as we won 2 bags in a DT competion (thanks!). They really like that too.
ReplyDeleteI tried RAW in the past. It made my senior ill for several days, and my middle one wouldn't eat the meat, just raw bones!
I have 2 beautiful Boxers a male of almost 10 yrs and my female is almost 4 yrs. I fed my male a raw diet at the beginning and by 6 months he had colitis and IBS. I then spent years looking for a dry food that would suit finally I discovered royal canin breed specific boxer amazing food that suited him from the start. They do alot of different breeds focusing breeds with specific problems. I only changed his food a year ago as he was getting older so changed to lily's kitchen organic dry food and he has the body and the energy of a much younger dog the ingredients are first class it is a little expensive but well worth it. My female boxer has been on royal canin large breed puppy and then on to royal canin boxer she has never been to the vets for anything and boxers are generally a problematic breed for there health. I can only put it down to the good food.
ReplyDeleteI feed Royal Canin Sensitivity to my 2 year old GSD as she has Inflammatory Bowel disease. I had tried Barf and it made her dreadfully ill.Since she has been on RCS (18 months now) we have never looked back. It is expensive but she is so worth it!! And shopping around the Veterinary sites gave me the best price possiblt for it. Viovet was the best price for this product. My other I feed Arden Grange Lamb and Rice and she looks fabulous on it. I dont add anything other than Glycoflexin and Vitapet R-A double strength to the Arden Grange as that dog has Osteo Athritis, which is sadly typical for the Rottweiller Breed.
ReplyDeleteI feed James Wellbeloved as is is naturally hypo-allergenic and I found that because of this my little Lhasa Apso was much calmer
ReplyDeleteI feed mine dry simply because it's easier to store, easier to dole out and I know that they will get the nutrition they need. Also their poo is less runny so it's easier for me to pick up!
ReplyDeleteI do like Burns as it doesn't put weight on them so easily but have also tried CSJ and it was really good. The only problem is, I don't like how the local CSJ supplier treats her dogs (agility collies kept in cages) so I don't buy it any more. I might if they were more picky about who supplies it for them.
I feed both of my dogs on Burns, they are 9 and 13 and both fit and well. I changed to Burns after one of my dogs appeared to have a wheat allergy, Burns stopped his runny poos.
ReplyDeleteIf i had hte time and money I would feed raw but I am just not organised enough and my dogs seem to enjoy Burns.
I am a fan of complete dry food, but it is a minefield working out the labelling legislation to try to discover what the real ingredients are. It is the preservatives and anti-oxidants that concern me. If I see the wording 'EEC permitted preservatives' I stick a mile clear of it. The baddies here are BHA and BHT, which are thought to cause cancer. If a pet food company buys in any other ingredients, such as chicken digest containing harmful chemicals, then they don't have to put any of those ingredients on their own list. My rule of thumb is that if they don't say EXACTLY which chemical has been used to preserve the food then I don't buy it. The good ones are Vitamin A, Tocopherol or Rosemary Oil.
ReplyDeleteI feed my two JWB. I tried several different dried foods before settling on this (including a supermarket own brand which made them both vomit - that was as a first-time dog owner and ignorant of the qualities of different foods). I also tried BARF but because of my own illness at the time I didn't always have the energy to stick with this. Plus it gave one of my dogs terrible tummy problems, even though I tried to phase it in gently. I posted a while back asking for alternatives to JWB and am still researching, as JWB is very expensive. However my dogs are now 12 (nearly 13) and 14 and have great coats and plenty of energy - my 14 year old is often mistaken for being half his age. So dried food is not necessarily bad food. I wouldn't go near Pedigree or any of the foods sold cheaply in the supermarkets though.
ReplyDeleteI feed a mixture of raw, dry food and tinned Chappie. The dried food we now use is Whites Premium. We started on that when our late dobermann Roxy had to avoid chicken or poultry fat in her diet (amazing how many foods contain poultry fat!) I try to vary the foods so that if we can't get raw/forget to defrost it/are on holiday/leaving the dogs at home with a sitter or whatever then they're used to different foods. Now that they're used to different foods for different meals their stomachs are fine.
ReplyDeleteSkinners salmon and rice complete I add tripe, it suited two of my GSDs because they had a pancreas problems sadly they are no longer here but the six shepherds I have now do very well on it. The best supplier is Berriewood Wholesale.
ReplyDeleteI feed my boys on Orijen - raw is superb but just doesn't suit everyone so this is the best I can find in the complete dry food market. I am comfortable with the ingredients & although it's expensive they don't need as much in their bowls as it's such high quality with no rubbish fillers, so if compared like for like, folks might not find it too much dearer than feeding the recommended portions of some of the main high street brands.
ReplyDeleteWhy not feed a complete dog food and do this with Markus Muehle, a cold pressed complete dog food from Germany. Markus Muehle was developed over 50 years ago and is new to the Uk market.
ReplyDeleteThis natural dog food is as close to feeding raw as you can get. The recipe is copied from what a dog would have eaten in the wild and the cold pressed method keeps the ingredients as natural as possible. The chunks help cleaning the teeth. Markus Muehle is free from any chemicals, preservaties,artificial flavourings and colourings and is also gluten free. Worth a try. Beate
I have 4 dogs fed on Burns and 2 on Arden Grange sensitive. We went for Burns because a while ago we had a dog with aesenophilic enteritis - I think that's how you spell it! The only readily avaiable food that stopped his constant grass-eating and loose bowel was Eukanuba. We never liked the idea of food that seemed to come out of a laboratory, and when stories came out about their animal testing (true or not) we had to find something else. Luckily Burns was coming onto the market, we found it worked, so we've been using it on our dogs ever since.
ReplyDeleteWe've recently taken on a dog with bad digestion that didn't get on with Burns and found that Arden Grange fish and potato works well. One of the others does better on it as well.
We also add Butchers tripe, boiled fish, chicken & other additives to make it more interesting, and we've never had a dog that wouldn't eat.
Both my two are currently on Barking Heads Salmon & Potato with Fish4dogs Salmon Mousse added in daily too. I'm just about to try them on Simpson's Premium as they do a wider range of grain free diets including Duck & Potato, Lamb & Potato etc. My little terrier girl has an intolerance to rice i believe so only grain free foods are suitable for her.
ReplyDeleteLouise.
Wafcol Salmon and Potato for my four Beardies, topped with some pilchards or mince, It is the best food for problem stomachs, slightly more money than some brands but has to be done to stop runny tums :)
ReplyDeleteI've wanted to try the Marcus Muhle food but can't find anyone stocking it near me. I live in Edinburgh and have two small terrier crosses age 5 and 4. Is the Marcus muhle ok for them or is it just for big wolf type dogs. I'm feeding a brand from my supermarket just now but I'm not too sure whats really in it.
ReplyDeleteHI there. My name is Beate Rothon and I am the UK office from Markus Muehle. This food is a cold pressed as natural as possible dog food and therefor suitable for all dogs , breeds and ages. There is a stocklist in Fife, you will find his details on our UK web site.
DeleteFed JWB for years and dogs did well on it, but changed to Orijen about six months ago as I've always thought the carbohydrate bit is unnecessary bulk. Very happy with Orijen!
ReplyDeleteI feed dried in the morning as quick and easy and bones/natures menu frozen in the evening, this means if I go away I can take nice easy dry with no major change of diet (or if I forget to defrost the frozen)!
I like the raw food idea but (a) am worried about my ability to balance a diet - I trust Orijen and Natures Menu to do this for me, and (b) it isn't always practical.
I camp in a tent with my dogs quite often, with no refrigeration.
We at futures for dogs feed all our rescues Arden Grange have found their puppy weaner really good and thier sensitive one as well .We also use some of the natures menu puppy food added to the little ones meals as a booster At least( we hope ) we know we are sending our rescues off with a good start.We recommend all our owners to feed a natural complete and give them info on other natural brands and raw feeding.My dogs are fed raw and I do use a holistic mixer from time to time.
ReplyDeleteAnother Orijen and Acana fan here. My dogs also get meaty bones and raw now and again. All 4 of them do very well.
ReplyDeleteWe feed Vets Kitchen as a dry food, our rescue French bulldog came to us on a different type of dry food which I won't name and by GOLLY did he stink. He has an extremely sensitive stomach and the previous food he was on in his previous home did not agree with him at all. Vets Kitchen is much better for him and as well as the smell going down, his fur has come up all shiny too! We couldn't be happier. Just goes to show you food plays a big part in dog health and that indeed, NOT all dry food is the same!
ReplyDeleteWe started feeding Badger Vets Kitchen after a lengthy process of trying to find him a good quality healthy dry food. I prefer feeding a complete dry food as the dogs get everything they need (if you get a good quality brand, like Vets Kitchen) We started him on the puppy food as he was such a fussy puppy and was very skinny, he took to Vets Kitchen immediately and the puppy food done wonders for him, he put on weight, his coat became thick and glossy and everyone noticed the difference in him. Dry is so much easier for all involved.... i also find that feeding a complete food you dont get messy poops! Which is a big plus when you are picking up after your dog! Vets Kitchen is also so reasonably priced compared to some of the other VERY expensive complete foods out there which have the same ingredients and i find it so handy that i can now pick it up when i get my weekly shop at the supermarket compared to others that i had to go through specialists stockist to buy.
ReplyDeleteI rescued my dog about 10 months ago and he initially had a permanently bad stomach and terrible wind, as well as a dull and flaky coat. I tried lots of different foods to try to sort it out, but it wasn't until I started feeding him Vet's Kitchen complete dry food that there was any kind of difference. His stomach problems stopped immediately and his coat is now lovely and shiny and no longer flaky. The results were almost instant. It is really good quality food and has no cereal in it, which is what I think was causing the problems. I have recommended it to my friends and some of them have started feeding it to their dogs too and have commented on the huge improvement.
ReplyDeleteI felt I must write to pass on our experience with the Healthy Skin Chicken Sauce product from the Vet's Kitchen range.
ReplyDeleteWe have had our Staffy Maisie since she was 6 weeks old (now she's 6 years old) after approx 18 months she developed wheat, dermititus, Storage & Dust mite allerigies??!
After numerous costly visits to the vets over the last 4 years nothing seemed to work? Unfortunately now though because she has visited the vets on a regular basis she hates going and has become very growly with our vet!
Last month we were shopping in Asda and the Vet's Kitchen Healthy Skin product was on offer, so we bought 1 bottle. For the past 3 weeks Maisie has been having 2 teaspoons on her dry food and we have noticed a dramatic change in her condition :-)
She appears not to be as itchy and seems more happy with herself.
So we'd just like to say a big THANK YOU to Vet's Kitchen and have now purchased 5 bottles! I just hope this product remains for years to come?!
Thank you once again. I now have a very happy doggy :-)
Another Vets Kitchen fan i'm afraid!
ReplyDeleteI love my dog dearly, but I don't love the expense of paying for his skin condition! I moved onto Vets Kitchen after my derm vet advised me to go for a high protein diet to help his skin and we've never looked back! He's far less itchy, has a beautiful glossy coat and is a far happier dog.
It's not an expensive diet and it's available in my local supermarket so I don't have to trapse around a million pet shops to find it. Two thumbs up!
We are huge Vets kitchen fans and have been loyal customers since day one of the company, when Joe did his 'Joe and Jacks' pet food! I have 4 rescue dogs ranging from 8 months to 11 years! Yogi, patterdale terrier x, our old boy (now 11) arrived from Cheltenham Animal shelter weighing just 4.4kg, they were very very worried about him and told us he may have a long term condition (pancreatic insufficiency)but they would see how he does once he is settled in a home. We had to take him back for weekly weigh ins to see how he was doing. Not only was he skin and bone but he had scaley skin all over his face, had persistent diahorrea and he was very pale and had no pigment (I call it the cow print tummy - hehe)! We decided to feed him on a hypoallergenic, wheat free food and decided to feed him on the 'Joe and Jacks' food when it first came out and then the puppy version (which was higher in energy for him). The change was remarkable, he began gaining weight approx 2 kg a week (he had his own meal plan written up by our vet to help him gain the vital weight he needed), the scaley skin disappeared, his colour improved and his lethargy disappeared! We have now switched to vets kitchen since it came out which has the added benefit of glucosamine and other joint supporters to help a now old boy like Yogi! He's doing just great and the vet is very pleased with him and the animal shelter, when we take him to the annual open day cannot believe its the same dog! Its also cured Bonnie my ex Dogs Trusts dog colitis, which used to require numerous vets visits every year, now we only need to go for her annual check up and boosters! Lottie (18 months) and Snoopy (8 months) love it too and are doing very well plus my dogs are extreamly fussy when it comes to food and they love it! Its also a great service and for me its supporting a local company :)! Highly highly recommend! :)!
ReplyDeleteUp until a year ago we used to feed our three dogs(GSDs) a raw diet, they also had fresh veggies and meaty bones. They did quiet well on this diet but did have the occasional stomach upset. However a year ago we had to change their diet radically as they could no longer tolerate raw food. Since then we have tried various brands of complete food, Burns, Orijen, Barking Heads, etc and none of them agreed with them. We finally found Fish4Dogs, it contains a high percentage of fish 55%, it has potato and no grains, but most importantly has salmon oil and no chicken fat/oil. It is not cheap but well worth it. Our dogs thrive on it, the 10 year old GSD has a new lease of life and a spring in his step. They still have a knuckle bone occasionally and we do add veggies to their bowls. Have recommended it to friends and they have changed to this brand as well, feedback has been positive. Can't recommend it enough!
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