Best dry food to substitute for raw meat when on holiday

[LividofLondon]

I feed my dog raw meat and veg but I shall be going away with him for a few days soon and I won't be able to take his usual food with me. Consequently I'm after a recommendation for the best dry food I can give him for a few days until we get home again. Any ideas please? I have no idea where to begin

How about just getting packs of meat from the supermarket? It's only for a few days and supermarkets are everywhere.

Blimey, he'd love that...the nearest supermarket is Waitrose He's a big dog (42kg with no excess fat) so no idea how much it would cost to give him human quality meat for 3 -4 days

They suggest between two and three percent of body weight of meat per day. So for a dog of 42kg about 1 kg of meat will do.

Find a local independant butcher.

Nature diet. Packs of moist meat rice and veg. Yum

I took the first 2 days with me frozen in a cool box to defrost/feed and then supermarket (cheaper for me 8kg dog )

But for last couple of days kilo of chicken wings and a kilo of value beef/pork mince would cost you about £8 so whilst not cheap is doable for a couple of days?

Thanks for the replies. I was hoping to buy dry food up here (where there are more suppliers) so I don't have to worry about supply, prep and storage when I'm down there (somewhere with few options and with no fridge-freezer). I'll mull over your suggestions though, thanks again.

If you suddenly change from raw to kibble be prepared for digestive problems. In my dog's case copious liquid poo all over the in-law's kitchen floor .
Safer to gradually change over a few weeks.

You're right about the digestion issues ender. I'll try and keep him to his usual food but want kibble as a back-up.

Lily's kitchen, Canagen, Eden, Orijen and Skinners 80/20 are all grain free kibbles and seem in most dogs on my raw feeding page to be acceptable short term foods with minimal tummy problems.
Lily's kitchen is probably the easiest to source.

You can also get K9 Naturals which is freeze dried, or Pure which is dehydrated which def don't cause tummy problems as they are raw but in a mushier form.

My local waitrose stocks Lily's Kitchen

My pup had severe digestive problems when we first got him and was on purely home cooked chicken and probiotic paste for almost two months.

We moved him onto Canagan with no side effects at all. Canagan can be a bit difficult to get hold of, but if you go on their website you can put in your postcode to find your nearest supplier.

Thanks for the suggestions Sparrowghost and Moosemama, they sound good

my vet recommended chappie for my last dog she had terrible stomach problems with whatever we fed her you can get it dried our new dog came with an organic food it gave him the squits he is now on chappie

Ziwipeak would be the next best option as its dehydrated raw.Its a very good food.

NatureDiet or Natures Harvest. Both are vacuum packed so no freezing required. You may want to start introducing your dog to it before you go away rather than suddenly feed.