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high quality (grain free?) tuna based dry food ... anyone??

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Dieu · 01/10/2015 20:40

Hi. Our Shih Tzu pup can take or leave most foods (other than treats, which he gets in moderation, for training purposes!) and eats only what he has to. This sometimes doesn't amount to very much, and I've been saying for a while that it'd be nice to see him a bit more enthused about his meals in general.
So I was making up some tuna pasta salad for the teenager's packed lunch, and thought what the heck, I'll mix a few specks of the tinned tuna in with his food (I also put some warm water in his Millie's Wolfheart for the first time, along with the tuna, so it was probably a double whammy of pleasure!).
He absolutely wolfed it down. Didn't matter that I really hadn't put very much tuna in, it seemed to make all the difference anyway. I know it's the tuna that floated his boat, as he then tried to get the cat's (he too gets the occasional piece as a treat)!
It got me thinking that a tuna flavoured dry food might be the way to go for him. Any thoughts or recommendations? I'd like it to be top notch quality, if possible.
Thanks.

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tabulahrasa · 01/10/2015 21:02

I've never seen a tuna one...you get a few salmon ones though.

needastrongone · 01/10/2015 21:13

Fish4dogs? I don't know for sure, as we use Millie's, but seems a reasonable place to start. It's high quality kibble, from what I understand.

WeAllHaveWings · 01/10/2015 21:23

I wouldn't think a tuna based food would be suitable for dogs (I remember reading something about to much mercury in tuna when I was pregnant)

Madbengalmum · 01/10/2015 21:27

The only fish based no grain food of excellent quality is orijen six fish, fantastic quality, but it is not purely tuna, six different types of fish.

WhoAteMyToast · 02/10/2015 00:04

Canagen and Nature's Way do fish based, but not sure it is based on tuna.

Bohemond · 02/10/2015 00:07

Try trophy salmon and potato which is grain free

hellhasnofurylikeahungrywoman · 02/10/2015 00:10

All About Dog Food is a good site and you can research ingredients on there.

TeamSteady · 02/10/2015 10:14

Akela fish feast is a purely fish based grain free diet. 80/20.

It has tuna in it, but not one of the main ingredients.

www.wholeprey.com/akela-80-20-dog-food/akela-80-20-fish-feast-grain-free-working-dog-food.html

My dogs have done very well on it.

Focusfocus · 03/10/2015 02:04

Just because he loved wet canned tuna doesn't mean a tuna dry kibble is anywhere near the same for him!!!

Dogs love wet smelly stuff. That's why he loved your canned tuna.

Dieu · 03/10/2015 13:21

Thank you very much everyone (super helpful as always!) and FF, I reckon you're right!

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dotdotdotmustdash · 06/10/2015 19:13

Barking Heads 'Fusspot' is a quality fish-based food. It certainly smells very fishy!

BabyGanoush · 06/10/2015 19:19

I give my picky princessy dog a bit of human food mixed in with her meals, like tinned tuna, or bolognaise, some grave/fatty bits of meat, but if veg/potato/rice/skin of fish. Scraps! All dogs used to have them back in the day and way beyond Grin

She gets bored with her kibble (Millie's Wolfheart no less!) otherwise.

potap123 · 06/10/2015 21:17

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limesoda · 09/10/2015 11:33

My dog loves tuna more than anything and loves the fishy Jame Wellbeloved stuff

Plomino · 09/10/2015 17:02

Have a look at a company called Green Dog - based in Norfolk , do grain free dry food , and are very ethical . One of my friends dogs is a Lab with a really picky appetite ( I didn't think such things existed ! ) , and has a very low tolerance for grain or low quality food , but this works for him. Wolfs it down and it hasn't set off any of his intolerances so far . They do trout and salmon based foods amongst others .

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