DRY FOOD RECOMMENDATIONS

Here is list of some 'high quality' dog foods. They are all available from pet shops or online!

1. Arden Grange

2. Autarky

3. Barking Heads

4. Burn's

5. Europa

5. Fish4dogs

6. Healthy Paws

7. Joe and jack's

8. Luath holistic nutrition for dogs

9. Luath working and sporting dog formula

10. Natural dog food company

11. Organipets

12. Orijen

13. Symply

14. Royal Canin

15. James Welbeloved

Can I add "Royal Canin" too its been a god send to me.

second the royle canine thought memphis was going off it but he soon came back and he seems to be doing really well on it

That was my number 14 lol i dunno what happened there!!

can i just add another brand dont know if anyone else has tryed trophy
i got a sample online and memphis realy seemed to like it its a small company that does free home deliverys and the break down of what in there was quit good
and was slightly cheaper than so of the other ones

just cheacked on the trophy site again and i stand corrected they are not a small buissness they do reginal delivery from there various bases but like i say there products do seem rather good (unless someone knows otherwise)

Just checked it out and yes the ingredients seee okay! Well done you

Can I just ask why James Wellbeloved is not on the list. I thought this was a good quality food and have fed all my dogs on this. I am a bit worried now though they do seem to be thriving, Alfie has been fed it since he was a tiny puppy and has grown into a very healthy pooch! I would def change their food though if it is poor quality.

I feed kaiser purina beta for active dogs as it has a high protein level which i have read is good for staffys is this alright or would people avoid it opinions please

I feed James wellbeloved as well alfiestaff and my dogs thrive on it. The foods on the list are litterally the best i could find and although james wellbeloved is definatley better than alot out there it's not quite as good as the ones listed. I would still reccommend it though....

im starting a b list lol

1 james well beloved

2 trophy premium

3 hills science plan

please add at will

Ive just noticed that james wellbeloved now contains oats where im sure it never did before.....which defo puts it in the B list! x

is wainwrights any good?

I give Blue wainwrights and it has stopped him passing wind. It's the only food he has had that he wags his tail at and it has never upset he stool like all the others did as soon as I put 5% of it into his bowl.

I just tried kaiser on it today as he went off his food he was on he just ate a full bowl which he has never done before normally he just pics at it going to see how he gets on with it

I have tried probably 10 top brands spent a fortune buying small bag of each.....Apart from pasta and cooked skinless chicken, wainwrights was the only one that didn't give him the runs.......but not only that it was hurting him to the point of him not eating anything cos he knew it would give him stomach aches if he did.....but wainwrights he went straight for right from the start.
Plus when I get kaiser I won't have to mess about mixing his food 5% every couple of days changing over to my choice

Wainwrights is pretty good defo a B lister!!

i will sticky this topic i could be usefull for new owners

theres a food called pero that people raved about on the old forum

just been on the pero site and they acctully do a food just for sbt

BlueStaffBlue wrote:I have tried probably 10 top brands spent a fortune buying small bag of each.....Apart from pasta and cooked skinless chicken, wainwrights was the only one that didn't give him the runs.......but not only that it was hurting him to the point of him not eating anything cos he knew it would give him stomach aches if he did.....but wainwrights he went straight for right from the start.
Plus when I get kaiser I won't have to mess about mixing his food 5% every couple of days changing over to my choice

Lol cheeky sod kaiser seems to love it got him the duck flavoured one and he polishes it off the only food he has tbh

Blue was the same kaiser......but think it was cos the other food wasn't aggreeing with him so he knew it would cause him an upset stomach....so he wasn't keen on eating it. He hasn't had loose stool since he has been on it and he had it every other day on other foods.

Loki's been on Wainwright's for a while now, he loves it and it definitely makes a difference in the wind passing department compared to other foods

shane wrote:FAO young kaiser, ah no its not bad to change his food i just taught you were changing it just for the sake of it,

Lol shane wouldnt do that he has been on wainwrights for over a week now and he loves it the wind has been alot better although today he has been gassing me and my fella out he must of eaten something he shuldnt have

Be careful Kaiser me and the mrs found this with Blue....only to find the gas was me and I was blaming it on the dog
Watch your other halfs face next time you smell gas

LMAO ohhh never thought of that one lol he has been known before to blame the dog lol but these are defo kaiser u can hear them we was in the car before to we was nearly being sick lol

i got a free 2.5kg bag of pero puppy off the tinternet and he loves it goes in half the time of his royle cainine which is about five mins he not a fast eater

Should i be taking dave off james wellbeloved i only want to give him the best,what do yous think i should go for ?

How do i go about chainging his food i understand it has to be done slowly when there a pup,or should i wait until he is a couple of months older then change ??

As Shane says, change it over gradually & you won't upset his tummy.

Royal Canin is expensive, but you get what you pay for. I've always tried to give my dogs the best food I could afford. I actually now feed raw (have done for a while now) but if I used dry I'd probably use Royal Canin.

over what period of time will it take to ween him off his old food,a couple of days a couple of weeks ???? Also if he eats to much of the new stuff wont he get a bad stomach ??.......im probs over thinking things here but i just want to give him the best.

Sorry caryll i must of wrote that as you left a reply

So how long should i take to ween him off his old food ?

Haha! I'd do it over about a week/10 days. Just decrease the old & increase the new a little at a time.

If you're still giving the same overall amount then she won't eat too much of the new too early.

my opinion of royle canine is really good memphis has went from 1.5kg at 7 weeks and got him weight today at 17 weeks and he now 11.9 kg over 2 pounds a week its deff good for them but dont know about the wind they get.
iv been trying him on pero this week also good but seen no diff in the wind stakes so will prob go back to the royle canine
also dont forget the cod liver oil for his coat

Normally change 5%-10% per day

bigwazza wrote:also dont forget the cod liver oil for his coat

Yes, but don't overdo it. A couple of teaspoons a week is enough.

caryll do you not give them the full cod wondered why bit was costing me a fourtune lol

Ok thank every one ill take back the food iv allready bought and get some RC.

Iv also head sardines are good for his coat also when can i feed him raw meat and what are the pro's and cons,its just my dads a butcher so i have endless amounts of meats,sorry bout all the questions but i want to be well prepaired

If my dad was a butcher id feed raw

I feed totally raw. Dempsey gets raw meaty lamb's ribs & necks plus raw minced tripe. A couple of times a week he gets offal of some sort (anything except liver - the only dog I've ever known that doesn't like liver!). You can also give raw chicken wings (all bones fed must be raw, and not the large, weight bearing ones) and carcasses, although I don't as Dempsey is chicken intolerant! I don't feed beef as it makes him hyper. I give him a teaspoon of cod or salmon liver oil twice a week. Fruit & veg may be given, although it isn't totally necessary. Dogs can only digest pulped veg, although I give mine a raw carrot or some raw cabbage every so often because he likes them (he even likes raw sprouts)! Fruits good and most dogs will enjoy a bit of apple or banana sometimes.

From a personal point of view, Dempsey is very healthy on this. His teeth are clean (I rarely have to brush them) and he doesn't suffer too badly with wind. He also eats less raw than he would dry so that helps to guard against bloat a little more (Dempsey, having suffered bloat once already, is more susceptible to it now).

I usually give Loki raw chicken breast. On Monday I thought I'd try him with some liver as it's on the cheaper side and he just sniffed his bowl and looked disgusted

Sharkey wrote:I usually give Loki raw chicken breast. On Monday I thought I'd try him with some liver as it's on the cheaper side and he just sniffed his bowl and looked disgusted

i give memphis liver just a small peice to see if he liked it and he had really bad runs
and also tryed him with tripe which he looked at and give me a look to say dont think so haha

Yeah I was well surprised I thought he'd lap it up, he's got good taste though I hate liver too

Before I stopped eating meat, I loved liver. Especially lamb's liver.

Bandit used to eat any sort of offal - especially chicken hearts!

That was when I was earning lots & used to shop in Selfridges for his food! I used to buy him 2 pounds of chicken hearts as a weekend treat!

What age can i start feeding raw meat ?

It looks like my dad is going to have to make regular deliverys on his way home then

Do you think raw food is fare better for a dog then say feeding him on a good dry food ? personally im thinking it would be good to use raw as something different to keep it interesting.

Thats what i was thinking maybe feed him raw food a couple of days a week.

Nice one cheers for the advice.