Hi my bf has just started our collie on this after he stopped eating the food he was on previously on.
Has anyone got there dog on it and would they recommend it?
I have often thought about changing my dogs' food but have no idea what to try and at the moment they eat Eukanuba and a small amount of tinned Butcher's Tripe or some of our left over bits of meat and veg mixed in.... not counting the food they steal -- when I've not been looking -- after leaving things close enough for them to stretch up and reach (long Bassets).
They look very healthy on it (maybe helped by their stolen goodies) and at the weekend had a dozen fresh eggs, several apples, nectarines and apples. Yesterday they pinched a punnet of 5 nectarines that I bought to replace the others while I was upstairs on the PC (stones were in the hall so thankfully they knew not to eat them) and I learned from my neighbour that they also had 4 pears that she left on the step for me!
Is there some dried food that is more 'concentrated' than others that's available because a friend's dog eats some 'cheaper' (than my Eukanuba) stuff from the pet shop and she reckons her Lab seems to do a lot of poo so I told her that maybe some food is more concentrated than others because I'm sure I have seen on this forum that some dry foods contain a lot of 'ash' (I think that's what it's called) so maybe there's more waste the other end.
Generally the better quality the food not only the less you need to feed but the less 'poo' you get. Eukanuba is a very good balanced food and I would be very wary about changing your pet's food.
Your friend could switch her dog to this or another premium food but she should do this gradaully reducing the amount of current food and increasing the new food. Don't forget the water too.
Wainrights isn't the worst food you can feed a dog, nor is it the best.
For the cost - it is P@H 'premium' range - it is reasonable value for money - certainly cheaper than equivalent foods such as JWB.
The best commercial food from a biological perspective would be Orijen or Applaws. But they are very, very expensive. Cheaper (and probably better) to home cook or feed RAW. We used Orijen and a German tinned food (same sort of meat/veg no grain mix) on holiday. Cost almost three times what we pay feeding RAW (but was more convenient) though I must admit all three dogs gained weight despite increased holiday walks:o
When choosing a food, aim for the least grain content and look for a high meat content (70% is ideal) with a couple of different vegetables. Rice is the most common grain and is generally well tolerated (though avoid if you can as it is only really filler) but avoid anything with corn/maize or wheat.
Wainrights has a Salmon and Potato recipe which would probably be the better one. But it has barely a fifth salmon 'protein' - what the hell is salmon 'protein'!!!!
The dogs been on it about a week and a half now and we have noticed a very good improvement in the dog especially in his coat and the fact that he has less energy.
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They look very healthy on it (maybe helped by their stolen goodies) and at the weekend had a dozen fresh eggs, several apples, nectarines and apples. Yesterday they pinched a punnet of 5 nectarines that I bought to replace the others while I was upstairs on the PC (stones were in the hall so thankfully they knew not to eat them) and I learned from my neighbour that they also had 4 pears that she left on the step for me!
Is there some dried food that is more 'concentrated' than others that's available because a friend's dog eats some 'cheaper' (than my Eukanuba) stuff from the pet shop and she reckons her Lab seems to do a lot of poo so I told her that maybe some food is more concentrated than others because I'm sure I have seen on this forum that some dry foods contain a lot of 'ash' (I think that's what it's called) so maybe there's more waste the other end.
Your friend could switch her dog to this or another premium food but she should do this gradaully reducing the amount of current food and increasing the new food. Don't forget the water too.
For the cost - it is P@H 'premium' range - it is reasonable value for money - certainly cheaper than equivalent foods such as JWB.
The best commercial food from a biological perspective would be Orijen or Applaws. But they are very, very expensive. Cheaper (and probably better) to home cook or feed RAW. We used Orijen and a German tinned food (same sort of meat/veg no grain mix) on holiday. Cost almost three times what we pay feeding RAW (but was more convenient) though I must admit all three dogs gained weight despite increased holiday walks:o
When choosing a food, aim for the least grain content and look for a high meat content (70% is ideal) with a couple of different vegetables. Rice is the most common grain and is generally well tolerated (though avoid if you can as it is only really filler) but avoid anything with corn/maize or wheat.
Wainrights has a Salmon and Potato recipe which would probably be the better one. But it has barely a fifth salmon 'protein' - what the hell is salmon 'protein'!!!!
All sounds highly processed.
As opposed to Orijen 6 Fish
BUy it direct from suppliers NOT the local shop though.
THey currently have a special offer of BUY ONE get ONE free !!
http://www.hillspet.co.uk/
He was extremely hyper on the other food so less energy is a good thing.
Ahhh - understand now:)