Bakers dog food.

hi guys I've recently been into a pet store called "Jollyes" I was getting Lola some new toys as she has completely demolished the ones she had. While at the counter I got talking to a woman who worked there, basically she said the bakers dog food makes dogs hyperactive, their breath smells, there poo smells and they also eat there own poo (lola ticked all of these boxes" So we changed Lola food to a new "steamed" dog food called "K9 optimum" has anyone else been told anything bad about bakers food, or anything good about this k9 optimum, it's new on the market apparently, but Lola seems to like it. The woman in the shop described Lola without knowing her!?!

Bakers is pants, full stop!

Not heard of k9 optimum but can't be any worse Xx

Bakers isn't highly thought of by most of the forum, it's full of additives and fillers that are known to cause hyperactivity, and health problems.

It's not even really that cheap! There are some fantastic dog foods at a sensible price. I'm singing the praises of James Wellbeloved at the moment and it's always on special at Pets At Home.

I've only recently been told things about bakers! But if I'm correct, isn't it like giving smarties to a child?

I hate bakers and all there stupid colourings

I've heard it compared to feeding your kids McDonalds every day.

MelCollierX wrote:I've only recently been told things about bakers! But if I'm correct, isn't it like giving smarties to a child?

Got it in 1

How is it there still selling it?!

Advertising and sponsoring Xx

Also that it's readily available. They have it everywhere, corner shops, supermarkets etc. A high percentage of pet owners just lift what is convenient to them.

I honestly didn't know it was that bad but the woman in the shop said the reason why they eat their own poo is because when it comes back out it hasn't digested or anything & all the nutrients have just come back out again ... (Or something along them lines)

Bakers is crap! I'm surprised that they haven't tried to sue the forum yet, the amount of times we've rubbished it! It's full of additives that are known to cause hyperactivity & allergies.

K9 looks ok, although not the best. For me, it would contain too much cereal (maize, rice & pats), but it has a good meat content.

Link below is to K9 optimum, not the best food, certainly not the worst either:

http://k9optimum.co.uk/adult-large-breed-dog-food.php

Yeah, Bakers is crap, they're full of additives and stuff that makes the dog hyperactive, and not giving them the nutrients they need I guess. The reason it's so popular is because they look so colourful and appealing...to people. But anyway, I feed Loki on Wainwright's, it's a good food, and I've never had any problems with it.

Bakers have more Es than a rave, if you love your dog don't feed them bakers, they fed rats the stuff and they developed tumours.

Oh no! There should be complaints about it, that's not fair at all! Somebody told me that they put sawdust in it! I don't know how true it is but it's bang out of order!

Bakers is horrendous full of carcinogens and stuff thats banned in other countries. My girls liked the K9 its got a high meat content but I think it has sugar beet in it. It is quite good though

It's ridiculous cant we do so etching about it?

Something****

My friends King Charles was really ill had lots of probs and the Vet said it was the Bakers that killed him . I had a list of all the bad things in it but I can't find it

The trouble is there are different laws regarding additives for humans compared to animals.

A lot of the things that are not allowed in human food are allowed, by law, in animal food. Disgusting, yes, but legal.

But if dogs are becoming ill off bakers surely the laws can be changed! We should do something about it

My friends little cocker spaniel is fed on bakers and it is the loopist little thing ever ... I think it's all wired up on the colourings and what not , yikes !
It's hard to tell people though unless they ask .., it's like telling your friends what not to feed their children :/

But wouldn't you prefer to tell her than her finding out off someone else when you know that it's not good for the dog? Put yourself in her situation, would you want to know what rubbish your feeding your dog? Maybe just ask her to read about it because you've heard a few bad reports? Xx

MelCollierX wrote:But if dogs are becoming ill off bakers surely the laws can be changed! We should do something about it

It's very difficult to connect specific illnesses to a dog food, especially one that is huge, well known & advertises on the tv! All we can do is warn people, as many as we can!

MelCollierX wrote:But wouldn't you prefer to tell her than her finding out off someone else when you know that it's not good for the dog? Put yourself in her situation, would you want to know what rubbish your feeding your dog? Maybe just ask her to read about it because you've heard a few bad reports? Xx

I know I would, and I wouldn't care much if I offended them. I've put a few people off Bakers, and although they weren't happy about me telling them they were feeding their dog rubbish, they did actually change & so did their dogs' health - so job done!

Chiara wrote:Bakers is horrendous full of carcinogens and stuff thats banned in other countries. My girls liked the K9 its got a high meat content but I think it has sugar beet in it. It is quite good though

Nothing wrong with sugar beet mate so dont worry about that as some premium foods use it too. Its a natural high fibre food but keeps stools firm. This is good for anal glands as it empties them naturally.

james wellbeloved is to exspensive

Try wainrights then, its what i moved my two onto after trying all the premium foods. Join pah vip and youll get a 10% off voucher and a 15kg bag of salmon and potatoe comes in under £30 and buying in bulk gets you approx the equivilent of 3 free bags of 2kg. I feed just under guidlines so thats about a months worth of food for two dogs which equates to 50p each per day and they are both full of life and healthy.

"hyperactive, their breath smells, there poo smells and they also eat there own poo"

I had two Dobermanns from 1980 to 2001 (one after the other, and from puppies)and fed them both on Bakers, and none of the above applied to them. I honestly thought and believed that I was feeding them a good diet, even a superior diet compared to some, and they were both super healthy until bone cancer, at a reasonable age for a Dobe, claimed them. They ate it up every day, no fuss, no bother, no having to add tasty bits to it to get them to eat it. The only bee that I had in my bonnet was that Pedigree Chum was too rich for dogs and produced loose poo that other dogs found irresistable, due to the excreted unwanted nutrients.

So, 10 years after our last Dobe, when we got our Staff puppy, I started him on Bakers (he was on Wagg before). I was amazed that almost immediately he turned his nose up at Bakers and wouldn't eat it, and that was when I joined this forum to ask if Staffies were fussy feeders. I was gobsmacked to learn from experienced Staff owners that Bakers was NOT the terrific food I thought it was and I had loads of advice.

It had never occurred to me before to read the actual composition of the various dog foods, I just trusted that the dog food manufacturers were producing a good balanced food.

I feed mine a mixture of applaws, orijen and ziwipeak

Lynda wrote:It had never occurred to me before to read the actual composition of the various dog foods, I just trusted that the dog food manufacturers were producing a good balanced food.

That's the trouble - you expect the manufacturers to be honest about their products! Add to that all the tv hype & you have a recipe for disaster!

James wellbeloved is only £ 8.50 for a 2k bag and it's on offer at pets at home for 2 bags for £13,no alternate between that and Wainwright.

Caryll wrote:

Lynda wrote:It had never occurred to me before to read the actual composition of the various dog foods, I just trusted that the dog food manufacturers were producing a good balanced food.

That's the trouble - you expect the manufacturers to be honest about their products! Add to that all the tv hype & you have a recipe for disaster!

Just need to look at the news right now to see that!!

Oh yes Hayley - I'm never eating horse again! (at least, not knowingly).

We feed Duke on Wainwrights it is currently on special offer at PAH £33 for a 15kg sack , i would not feed him on anything else, i get comments about his nice shiny coat and im sure that he is better mentally for it, he obeys commands and is turning into the best dog we ever owned .

There are alot of good foods out there a few metioned here but there are also Orijen,Applaws, Natural Instinct, Acana, Canagan, Markus Mühle NaturNah, fish4dogs and Eden Multi-Meat and Fish Formula just to mention a few a reasonable good foods.

Harvey who I've had for just a week now came to me on Bakers. He had a really weird grease on his coat, farted which smelt like nothing on earth and continually scratched. I put him onto good qualilty food and he has stopped scratching within a day.