My dog suffers with some allergies and has gone off his food. i usually get a big sack of eukanuba hypoallergenic but he wont touch it and i dont really blame him it looks so bland and smells quite boring too. I have put meat in it to tempt him but he sifts through eats some meat and drops the biscuits onto the floor. This could be seen as fussyness but the big man doesnt get human food so it isnt like he has anything better on offer.

What dog food do you use/suggest for a sensitive large breed lad like mine?

I changed my puppy to James Wellbeloved last month and he loves it.
They do various flavours although expensive, I think it's worth it.
Google it and read up on the reviews, I did and made the choice to go with it.
I mentioned it to the vet last week and she thought it was a good choice of food (she gave puppy some when giving him his jab the first time we went) She did say though that it might be a good idea to actually add a small amount of wet food with it to stop the boredom and the chance he refused the meal.

What is he allergic to ?

Because depending what it is we find find fish for dogs very good http://www.fish4dogs.com/?gclid=CPn6...FcOJDgodPTC-Gw James well beloved is also very good and oscars is very palatable for ours http://www.oscars.co.uk/

In what way do these "allergies" manifest themselves?

I'm very wary of vets diagnosing allergies because it's often the dogs diet making them ill not allergies. Eukanuba is an awful food. Try naturediet with some wholemeal mixer instead of a complete biscuit. Morrisons do a good own brand mixer, but make sure it's the broken biscuit ones not balls in a bag.

Try James Wellbeloved or Burns - remember to phase slowly into diet. Speak to your vet also

We feed one of our dogs on Arden Grange. He has a sensitive stomach and this suits him the best. There are quite a few varieties and different types to suit different size dogs.

I did the BARF (Bones and raw food) with my dog for a long time. Well, it wasn't raw as I had young kids in the house so precooked everything. But I followed the BARF guidelines in terms of what to use and amounts.

My little girl used to love neck of lamb or mince or whatever. But she also had a raw egg most days and ALL the table scraps (that were safe). During that time she had a litter of pups one of which went on to win big time at Westminster dog show (the US version of Crufts). He was conceived, carried and raised on a diet of table scraps and meat too.

I read that the dog food industry was largely a 20thC by-product of cereal industry - a way of processing waste, essentially. Although they're fiercely marketed and 'researched' now, the truth is most dogs do fine on a bit of real meat and scraps. My dog is going a bit senile now:she's nearly 11 and a breed that is old for. So I have reverted to feeding her a food she had 8 years ago when we first had her, in a bid to keep things familiar. She has Butcher's cans (plus table scraps).

The vet sells this horrendously expensive stuff and yet whenever my dog goes there (who has never had any of those things) she says how she is the perfect weight and the vet said to me once she is sick of seeing obese dogs and it makes a refreshing change to see one like mine who is fit and just right.

My dad told me their dogs in the 30s were always just fed on table scraps and bones. And as I say, we bred an international champion on that so it can;t be bad.

Our other dog was a musclebound staffie wh had a lot of body mass to maintain. His coat shone like a mirror and he also was fed this way. Again, vets used to comment on how fit he was.

I read (and was confirmed by vet) that eukenuba was great food as wasnt bulked up with cereals had low ash content and no colourings or artificial flavours?

The allergies show as irritation on paws and ears...he also has plant life allergies that manifest as red patches and hives as as well as the ears and paws but they are a 2 a year occurrance.

I think i will try the wellbeloved thank you people, do people get this from vet/online or local pet store?

Online or pet store either will stock it.

my dogs absolutely love love love bakers meaty meals. They are square chunks and quite moist!
I firstly bought bakers complete, but they only took the chunks out and left the dry stuff. but they seem to be thriving on it. worth giving it a try anyway.

Not for a dog with allergies and they are like giving sweets to children full of e numbers and colourants etc

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My dog loved it too - unfortunately her bowels didnt

It took me ages to find something suitable for her (now Wellbeloved) and nowadays there is a much better selection available that you dont need to buy directly from the vet - my wee old girl is now on the Senior Light Lamb and Rice and gobbles it up (as long as there is a teaspoon of chicken or fish to titivate it!)

Good luck and let us know how you get on