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What dry dog food do you use?

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sidsgranny · 27/10/2018 12:37

DDog is a 4.5 year old lab and has been on Royal Canin. He's gone off of it so am looking to swap.

Can't do raw so it will be dry.

What would you all recommend? Like the look of Lily's Kitchen but its pricey. Also looking at Wainwrights and James Wellbeloved.

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BiteyShark · 27/10/2018 12:42

Have you used allaboutdogfood.co.uk? It will give you an idea of brands, quality and price.

I don't feed kibble any more as my dog finds it hard to digest. When I did I used millieswolfheart but now I just buy a small bag of kibble from forthglade as I throw in a couple of nuggets to give a bit of crunch to his wet food.

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HarrietSchulenberg · 27/10/2018 13:18

My lurcher normally has Dr John working dog food with a tablespoon of wet food and either gravy or a splash of sunflower oil. He also gets the plate scrapings if we've had something doggy-digestible. At the moment he is enjoying Lidl's Orlando multibites as the pet shop was shut when he needed more Dr John, and he's not only gobbling the lot and thriving, but it's also considerably cheaper.

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starcrossedseahorse · 27/10/2018 15:31

Guru or Gentle

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PinkPupZ · 27/10/2018 17:27

Canagan

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DogInATent · 27/10/2018 17:34

DDog is a 4.5 year old lab and has been on Royal Canin. He's gone off of it so am looking to swap.

Try mixing 1/5-1/4 tin of Lily's Kitchen/Nature's Menu (or any other tin/pouch food) through the RC, doesn't need to be much - just enough to change the flavour and add a different texture/mouthfeel. Change the variety/brand of the added wet food - it's very easy to add some variety to a basic all-in-one kibble.

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Ridingthegravytrain · 27/10/2018 17:36

Millie’s wolfheart

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decadance · 27/10/2018 17:49

We give our 5 year old lab half a pouch of nature diet chicken wet food with a handful of Lily's kitchen lamb dried, she really loves it but she's a lab, loves her food.

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CherryPavlova · 27/10/2018 18:13

We use Tails. He came to us already on it and we decided against making changes.

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Nanasueathome · 27/10/2018 18:15

I use Tails too
My dog has a mix of dry food and Lily’s kitchen wet food
Have tried different brands of dried food but she does enjoy Tails and eats it as soon as it is put down for her

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Floralnomad · 27/10/2018 18:30

I use Millie’s Wolfheart but mix feed wet and dry , he has kibble and either cheese or egg for breakfast and kibble and wet ( Lily’s kitchen or nature’s menu ) for tea.

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Icklepup · 27/10/2018 19:52

Markus Mühle.. My dogs love it!

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Ishouldhaveknown · 27/10/2018 20:02

Burns lamb and rice (ordered through Fetch.com) mine has colitis and it's one of a few she can stomach

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theboxofdelights · 27/10/2018 20:06

Burns chicken and rice, been on it for 12 years! Slightly sensitive stomach, we never give her people food apart from a bit of roast chicken or beef and gravy.

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Soubriquet · 27/10/2018 20:09

We use picolo from canagen

Specifically made for small dogs

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FairfaxAikman · 27/10/2018 20:22

Skinners Field and Trial is almost identical in composition to James Wellbeloved but a lot cheaper. Just something to consider if you want to go with that.

Personally I'd go for a higher protein food such as Millie's Wolfheart as you have to feed less - therefore a bag may cost more but it works out cheaper per meal.

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roundtable · 27/10/2018 20:25
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TatterdemalionAspie · 27/10/2018 20:33
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SweepTheHalls · 27/10/2018 20:35

Tails!

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anniehm · 27/10/2018 20:40

Skinners working dog (vat free!)

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IvysMum12 · 27/10/2018 20:49

Turkey,sweet potato and cranberry grain free kibble from Betty and Butch.
She's nearly 8 slim, and has excellent energy levels Golden Retriever.

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anunseemlylovefordustin · 27/10/2018 20:57

I feed raw, but if we are ever away with the dogs (or they go to the dog-sitters) we give them Gentle kibble. It's the next best thing to raw.

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Ticcinalong · 27/10/2018 21:03

Millies Wolfheart 4.9 on all about dog food and my bunch look great on it, enjoy it and have perfectly formed poo’sGrin

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Ticcinalong · 27/10/2018 21:04

Sorry that wasn’t clear. Millies Wolfheart, it scores 4.9/5 on all about dog food which is a webpage which measures foods quality.

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RTFT · 27/10/2018 21:40

Our lab on Millies Wolfheart dry and Wainwrights wet mixed today...both low fat

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RTFT · 27/10/2018 21:41

Together not today

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