Recommend dog food please!

[TeacakeTilly]

Rottweiler, 5yrs old. Been fed a mixture - whatever gets donated to the rescue place! Used to dry food. Can be a bit picky. I've been told to steer clear of Bakers, but other than that I don't have a clue! Can anyone help? I've no idea what to buy or how long it'll last! Thank you muchly!

It depends on your budget.

Fish 4 Dogs
Skinners
Wainwrights
James WellBeloved
Orijen

Are all good dry foods.

Wet food is more expensive. BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) is thought to be the best diet around at the moment but it can be time consuming, daunting at first and uses a lot of freezer space. It basically involves feeding primarily raw meat and raw meaty bones. There's loads of info online about it if you Google.

I, personally, use Nature Diet trays. I don't like my dogs having additives and things in their food and haven't got the freezer for space for BARF, so Nature Diet is a good compromise for me, but high quality dry food is also fine.

I use Skinners for ours and been very happy with it - dogs are in lovely condition. If you get the big sacks with free delivery it's quite a bit cheaper than rubbish like Bakers and lots better quality. Very tidy poos.

I used the puppy one, and have had the turkey and rice, currently on Salmon and Rice. Apparently got something good for the joints in it, because one dog is a bit elderly.

I feed my dog Burns. It's expensive, but very good quality and as my mutt has various allergies, it's the only thing he can eat without being ill.

We feed our dog Burns.

Burns

Got put on to Burns by this lot. Bloody marvellous stuff.

We have 3 dogs all on different foods! The big lug who is prone to weight gain is on chudleys lite, the lurcher with ADHD has supa dog sensitive and the chihuahua has fish 4 dogs! If I had the cash I would put the lurcher on fish4dogs but it is expensive. My point is each dog haas what suits them the most, I have played with most foods and am finally happy on my choices. We tried the lurcher on Origen but it was a disaster, he is loopy at the best of times it was twice as bad whilst on Origen.

Thanks everyone! Really useful. We are starting off with wainwrights and will see how we go but I'll definitely look at the others too.

James Wellbeloved.

Burns - though fussy girl has decided she won't eat it anymore . Trying Arden Grange which is successful at the moment. Tad cheaper than Burns and a higher meat content. Tried Vitalin - OK but huge poos!

We use James Wellbeloved - not too expensive and easy to find (at least round here!) Our pup loves it. I give him the dry food and a teeny tiny bit of the wet food on top.

I always read these threads with interest, and would appreciate some advice.

When we adopted our rescue springer 8 months ago (aged 10 months) the Blue Cross and our vet both recommended Hill's Science Plan - so that is what we have always used.

I'm surprised that it is never mentioned on this type of thread, and am wondering if we could be doing better for our lovely boy?

He seems fine, by the way, but we were complete novices so maybe wouldn't know any different?

The vet will recommend Hills because it is ££ for them when you buy it from them, IMHO. I looked at threads on here and looked what was in them when I chose.

Must admit, before I got the puppy I just got supermarket type stuff and it was only because I had to get different stuff for the puppy that I looked into it more, looked for one with a good amount of meat and less crap. And looked at the price per kilo, that's when I realised that the better foods were not always very expensive.

A woman in a pet shop had a chat with me when I asked her about the premium foods, in her opinion Burns was the best, but Skinners was a good cheaper alternative. I looked at the price of the Burns and decided to try Skinners first and it suited our dogs fine

We use Burns too. The brand isnt owned by a company which invasively tests on animals either (which might or might not be important to you).

We buy Burns Alert which is virtually identical to normal Burns but is £4 - 5 a sack cheaper as it is badged for 'assistance dogs' so no VAT. If you buy from G J W Titmus you get a free dog toy each time too. Our lovely late lab used to wait by the sack for me to open it and give her the toy

We use Barking Heads - made in UK, no additives, suits our year old rescue collie x. We buy in bulk from Viovet.co.uk as we found them to be the cheapest supplier. Order online and free delivery within a couple of days.

James well beloved!! Great dry food and no tummy upsets!!!