Sam the whippety lurcher (from Celia Cross too!) thrives on it.
He had a bad bout of hemorrhagic gastro enteritis last year and ended up with liver failure and scepticaemia, not expected to survive. He was hospitalised for a week, on a drip, had two blood plasma transfusions. As part of the illness he 'shed' his bowel lining. This has left him with very scarred bowels and he can only digest a very very limited range of foods.
The Natural Instinct Food has been a god send.
We went to see them, with Sam, had a tour of the factory, saw the raw ingredients, told them about Sam's history, they made some recommendations and we bought a few packs.
He is thriving. I mean thriving! He has gone from being a lethargic, thin-furred dog with frequent bouts of diarrhoea to a bouncy, mischieveous, hairy, lively thing with pick-up-able poos.
I don't give Sam other BARF around this diet as so many things upset him and it is too easy to knock him out of balance. So he has quarter of a tub in the morning, quarter of a tub in the afternoon. At the moment I only buy two diferent varieties as I know he tolerates them but may try a third in the New Year. I also buy the Natural Instinct treats (beef jerkey and dried liver) and he tolerates those well.
I cannot recommend them highly enough. We live close enough to the factory outlet to be able to personally collect Sam's food every 14 days. So we always have a little chat with them about Sam and they are very very knowledgeable and supportive.
The other thing I like is that all the staff / owners there use my vet, and my vet recommends this diet (after a previous vet asked us if we were wanting to kill the dog when we mentioned moving to raw!!)
Great food, and lovely, small, family business. Cannot recommend them highly enough 