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Tasty dry dog food

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Millarkie · 22/01/2009 20:04

Can anyone's dog recommend a tasty dry food? Our black lab is currently meant to be eating Iams puppy food (she is just over a year old) but she went on hunger strike over christmas and after 2 days without eating I took pity on her and mixed in a tiny amount of wet food - then she ate it.
We have gone on with mixing a tiny bit of wet food in since then but we would really prefer a dry food (partly because adding the meat means her diet is not so balanced and partly because dh is veggie and finds the tins of dog meat/forks used for dog meat etc unpleasant).

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ohdearwhatamess · 23/01/2009 19:52

Burns (duck flavour) is very popular here. I don't add water to it.

Disclaimer: I have a springer. He eats anything (except cucumber and oranges).

IAMS is nasty stuff. Far too much protein (unless you have a very active working dog).

Tillyboo · 23/01/2009 22:32

Burns is a fantastic dried food. Our Springer pup has had two horrible bouts of colitis whilst on Science Diet and Wainwrights si I researched loads and changed permanently to Burns Puppy Bites.

He's put on condition and is thriving on it. I'd never use one of the commercial foods. I've heard 'Chappie' dried is very good too and cheap.

weanamadl · 08/06/2017 18:12

cheap mince is full of fat and not from grass fed cows????

weanamadl · 08/06/2017 18:13

Chappie is bad - I mean bad.

lemureyes · 08/06/2017 21:06

My lot used to be quite fussy but being spayed seemed to sort them out. They happily chow down Wagg (worker) food and have maintained a good healthy weight since. I give them a cup (one of those little enamel ones full) and add water. I give them some warm water in the winter, I don't allow it to soak as they need the crunch in it to maintain better teeth.

They do get treated now and then with meat juices and the odd bit of offal (on a farm so they get a treat when some sheep have gone 'down the road', I wouldn't buy it because our sheep are healthy, organic and grass fed. We also only send them when they are 2 years plus due to being slow growing)

mow508 · 04/04/2018 18:11

I use a grain free dog food called skylos which I find my labs love and I don't have to feed them as much as grained food (which is a big bonus), their coats look great on it and poos finally firm when I have to pick it up which I'm sure we all agree is a must.
On their website they offer free delivery with a money back guarantee and a £5 referral fee. I asked for free sample to start with and haven't looked back.
If your interested its worth a sample if nothing else you can find them on link below:
www.skylosfoods.com

AvocadosBeforeMortgages · 07/04/2018 08:56

Allaboutdogfood.co.uk is a great resource for identifying which dog foods are nutritionally sound, and seeing prices too.

As a general rule of thumb, if it can readily be bought in a supermarket it's going to be full of utter crap e.g. Pedigree, Bakers, Wagg

I feed Markus Mühle now, which is a good value for money cold pressed German brand that I buy from Zooplus

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