Dry food help!

by Jess Tue Jan 25 2011, 14:43

I feed Tiny on Bakers complete and various tinned dog food. Mainly pedegree chum if im honest! Does anyone else feed their dogs on this and is is good for them? I have looked at the dry food list on this forum and only recongised 2 of the makes Blushing

by **janey** Tue Jan 25 2011, 14:57

Personally wouldn't reccomend either. There not very good for them. I use Royal canin, little dearer but by far better.

by Jess Tue Jan 25 2011, 15:01

Sorry if i sound a bit gross but tiny has had to have his anal glands squeezed twice in 3 months do you think maybe the food could be causing this?

by **janey** Tue Jan 25 2011, 15:19

Certainly could be the food. My first had it a lot and we had her on Bakers. Mine now can't eat anything like that, gives her the runs. The smell of the glands is nasty, but hers was because they where too small and just got blocked.

by Jess Tue Jan 25 2011, 15:23

thanks Janey i'll be changing Tiny's food very soon then Smile

by billyboy1 Tue Jan 25 2011, 15:26

bakers is like feeding mcdonalds to your kids every day full of crap it even says on it not to be fed to pigs so what does that say them things eat everything i fed my last staff on that for the first 6 years of his life untill i found out and i still reckon that what gave him skin trouble .

by Jess Tue Jan 25 2011, 15:28

OMG

ive never seen that on the bag! Damn im so changing tinys food god i feel like a bad parent now Sad

by billyboy1 Tue Jan 25 2011, 17:34

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take a look ay this site

by billyboy1 Tue Jan 25 2011, 17:37

i feed acana its on the 5 star rating take a look

by **debbiewaterhouse** Tue Jan 25 2011, 17:45

I feed Wainwrights and Hollie loves it Smile

by **janey** Tue Jan 25 2011, 18:12

Jess wrote:OMG ive never seen that on the bag! Damn im so changing tinys food god i feel like a bad parent now

Don't be daft, my first was on Bakers and I didn't realise how bad it was till coming on here, Smile

by Guest Tue Jan 25 2011, 19:51

Janey wrote:
Jess wrote:OMG ive never seen that on the bag! Damn im so changing tinys food god i feel like a bad parent now

Don't be daft, my first was on Bakers and I didn't realise how bad it was till coming on here,

You are not a bad parent my older dog Lady who is 15 has only eva ate pedigree chum and I have learned since coming on the forum that that isn't that good. That is why the forum is good nobody knows it all and everyone try's to help each other. Smile

by **youngkaiser** Tue Jan 25 2011, 20:00

I feed kaiser wainwrights and he loves it specially the duck one. He was fussy when it came to dry food so its best really to see what suits him

by Guest Tue Jan 25 2011, 21:57

I got Blue the duck one last time and he started getting bored of it by the end of the bag.....got him the turkey & rice one again he loves that one. How light are the biscuits in the duck one Laughing

by Guest Wed Jan 26 2011, 16:21

Charlie is on Wainwights too, he absolutely loves it and he looks good on it. I wouldn't feed any of the commecial brands ie Bakers, Pedigree chum etc, cos it's just filled with crap. I've head that Bakers can cause stomach ulcers too. Sorry, don't want to make you feel worse. You're not a bad parent, half the stuff I know I only learnt from this fantastic forum, so don't blame yourself, it's not as if you knew it was crap and still fed it.

by Guest Wed Jan 26 2011, 16:27

Basically dont buy him anything u can get in the supermarkets. Go to a pet shop and let them help you choose. You dont have to buy the most expensive one in there but where dog food is concerned u get what u pay for lol (in most cases). Like people have said wainwrights & james wellbeloved are at the cheaper end of the higher quiality foods and are both good and a hell of alot better than bakers/pedigree. I feed jameswellbeloved. x

by Guest Wed Jan 26 2011, 20:15

James Wellbeloved is a good one and not to expensive, i now use Pro Science because Samson has a sensitive stomach its expensive but keeps him right

by **Cornish-Muscle** Wed Jan 26 2011, 20:18

Molly was on bakers, we were then told by the vet to take her off it, she then went onto james wellbeloved, it's a good food. Our ferrets live on it too, and they're thriving!

by **Stevie b** Wed Jan 26 2011, 20:32

Is pro plan ok??

by **youngkaiser** Wed Jan 26 2011, 22:06

BlueStaffBlue wrote:I got Blue the duck one last time and he started getting bored of it by the end of the bag.....got him the turkey & rice one again he loves that one. How light are the biscuits in the duck one

Kaiser loves the duck one thats all i buy him i didnt get the turkey one because the protein isnt very high in it and ive heard staffys are best having about 25% protein i think the duck is 23. What do u mean about the duck ones being light or is it just a joke and im not getting it lol. have u tried blue on the lamb one yet keep wanting to change the flavour of kaisers but chicken out incase he dont like it he is a fussy bugger Laughing

by Guest Thu Jan 27 2011, 01:14

The duck biscuits are allot lighter than the turkey & rice ones. They seem strange like an areo version of a dog food lol
You get the biggest bags like me then?
I got turkey & rice first time......then I thought I would try him with a different flavour as the poor thing is probably sick of them, so I go the duck one but he hardly ate as he got towards the end of the bag so thats why I have gone bck to the turkey one for now......playing it safe.
Will be looking into barf after my life is a little less hetic.

by **youngkaiser** Thu Jan 27 2011, 20:28

What is barf? im thinking of changing kaisers flavour he loves the duck one but he been on that for months so thought he might like a change im going getting some tomorrow i only get the small bags at the mo but end up going every week so going to start to get the big bags there better value for money

by Guest Thu Jan 27 2011, 22:37

BARF stands for Bones And Raw Food or
Biologically Appropriate Raw Food
Basically it means feding raw fod like Caryll does

by Jess Thu Jan 27 2011, 23:05

Thanks guys i feel loads better now and not so daft! lol im definitely going to look into changing Tiny's food as soon as i get paid! Big Grin

by markeB Sun Jan 30 2011, 21:34

Jess wrote:I feed Tiny on Bakers complete and various tinned dog food. Mainly pedegree chum if im honest! Does anyone else feed their dogs on this and is is good for them? I have looked at the dry food list on this forum and only recongised 2 of the makes

hell no i dont feed that stuff to my dogs ewwww.bakers and or pedegree chum nonsense like feeding your kids Mcdonalds every day.

http://uk.answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090618060051AAJUEe4

by Jess Sun Feb 06 2011, 23:36

Thanks again guys thumbs up

Tiny is now on the duck and rice from wainwrights and he absolutely loves it! very happy Big Grin

by **janey** Sun Feb 06 2011, 23:43

As long as Tiny's happy Big Grin

by Guest Mon Feb 07 2011, 08:04

Have you found that he doesn't make them smells as much?
Blue was letting one off every 2 mins until I put him on wainwirghts

by Guest Mon Feb 07 2011, 08:39

Billy was letting off quite a lot on Hills Vet, so we are in the process of changing him to taste of the wild which is suposed to be good for dogs. I will let you know if there is any change

by **debbiewaterhouse** Mon Feb 07 2011, 13:35

Hollie's on the Turkey n Rice (Wainwrights) and for the last fortnight she's been very windy and they smell really bad, not sure if its the food or the small puppy biscuits she has as a treat.

by billyboy1 Mon Feb 07 2011, 15:31

i used tast of the wild i dont know where you live but the company has gone bust so you won,t be able to get it once they have sold there stock i use acana it is the same as totw also from canada.

by billyboy1 Mon Feb 07 2011, 15:33

there ia a pet shop in southgate hampden square that sell it.

by Guest Mon Feb 07 2011, 15:47

debbiewaterhouse wrote:Hollie's on the Turkey n Rice (Wainwrights) and for the last fortnight she's been very windy and they smell really bad, not sure if its the food or the small puppy biscuits she has as a treat.

Blue is on the turkey & rice one. He stopped doing his smells straight away.......Shame really as I can't blame mine on him anymore

by Guest Mon Feb 07 2011, 16:05

Thanks Billy Boy

thumbs up

by billyboy1 Mon Feb 07 2011, 20:13

if you need there web site www.spoilt-pets-dog-accessories.co.uk they are really friendly

by **youngkaiser** Mon Feb 07 2011, 21:09

Jess wrote:Thanks again guys Tiny is now on the duck and rice from wainwrights and he absolutely loves it! very happy

Kaisers favourite is the duck and rice tried him on the lamb and rice one to and he likes them but not as much as duck trying the turkey and rice next glad tiny likes it ive seen a big improvement in kaiser fur and muscles since feeding him wainwrights

by Marc Loage Sun Mar 27 2011, 22:50

I've been feeding my 8 year old staff bakers and I'm shocked it isn't good for her. I'm glad I came on the forum.

All the questions I had have been answered after a quick browse. Smile

by **janey** Sun Mar 27 2011, 23:42

Marc Loage wrote:I've been feeding my 8 year old staff bakers and I'm shocked it isn't good for her. I'm glad I came on the forum.

All the questions I had have been answered after a quick browse.

Enoy the forum, any advice please give too Big Grin

by **Bruno311210** Mon Mar 28 2011, 08:30

The woman we got Bruno from was feeding the puppies Bakers small dog which of course we continued for about a week but he wasn't really eating it but it down to settling in, but i guess he didn't like it Laughing

So now he's on JWB and he seems alright on that.

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