Good Quality wet puppy food recommendations.

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I had another thread a week or so ago about poor youngest puppy and his gastric issues, which thankfully he is now well on the way to recovering from – after two weeks and £2k at the vet… he's a 4 month old large breed.

He’s coming to the end of his prescription food which is a mixture of wet and dry low fat GI as prescribed by the vet. He’s quite underweight, but not to a concerning level. However he LOVES the wet and dry combo, and eats better on this diet than he was doing exclusively on his dry diet before he was poorly.

I plan on slowly re-introducing his dry food over the coming days (chicken and rice hypoallergenic as he can be a bit itchy) but would like to add a wet element as he seems to really enjoy it and I’m keen to get his weight back up.

Does anybody have any recommendations for good quality wet food for puppies to feed along side dry? I’m happy to pay for quality but have heard mixed reviews about these butternut box type things.

Any suggestions gratefully received! Thanks 😊 x

We use butternut box and he loves it. I also read a few mixed reviews on it, but it works for us. He had repeated gastro issues prior to switching which cleared up within weeks and haven't returned since (fingers crossed!), we've been using it for just over a year now.

If you're interested I've got a referral code for 50% off your first box, happy to pass it on.

Our fussy pup likes the forthglade 90% trays. It's a complementary food rather than a complete food, so designed to be mixed with dry.

We feed Harringtons and ours loves it

We've switched to Butchers after recommendations on here and he loves it. I also make my own - there are loads of recipes online - and just chuck a mix of meat and veg (some kind of mince, a bit of lambs liver, potatoes, green beans, carrots, whatever I have really) plus a small amount of coconut oil in the slow cooker, then freeze. I can make 7-10 days worth of dinners for a few £, much cheaper than the tins or pouches which I alternate to give him some variety. He seems to prefer the home cooked stuff which is nice after years of the DCs turning their noses up at my cooking!

Another recommendation for Butternut Box, my cocker spaniel has been on it for nearly 18 months after struggling to find something that he would eat. He loves it and seems to be doing very well on it. Very good quality and not too expensive either. I have a discount code if you want to try it.

Tinned chappie. Hear me out......I know it doesn't sound great, I was very sceptical about it at first too!

It worked like a charm for our extremely stressed, very underweight rescue greyhound. It's very gentle on their stomach, and hopefully will help them gain a little weight Good luck

We use Forthglade for our fuss pot and she loves it

Canagen or natures menu tinned food goes down quite well with our fussy dog!

We mix a tablespoon of different forthglade trays into our kibble with a splash of hot water. Often on offer, just over £1 each tray.
Grain free works best for our 11 mth pup.

My golden retriever had terrible stomach issues and intolerance to chicken or anything poultry so had Forthglade lamb or beef with kibble (Arden grange fishy) and he’s grand now putting on some weight too cost us a bit in vet bills too

Our collie has a dodgy tummy, cant seem to tolerate chicken. We have him on harringtons dry and forthglade wet ..

Butternut is good IME. I reckon most wet tray-type food is pretty good nutritionally. I use various things but mostly butternut mixed with Millie's wolfheart for economy reasons.

Which Millie’s Wolfheart do you use for a puppy? There are so many varieties.

Naturediet do puppy wet food , we’ve just had to swop over from a different brand as they’ve changed the recipe and our adult fussy eater is enjoying the Naturediet adult packs . It’s also very economical for a decent quality food , much cheaper than what we were using . We mix with a small amount of Millie’s wolfheart kibble .

Mine has been on butternut for 6 months or so. It's great quality but I have come to the conclusion that dogs will eat anything if really hungry, and also that some dogs like variety as do we humans.

Ive taken to mixing butternut up with dry food and also interspersing it with cans of butcher's which she absolutely loves but which looks rank :) I think it's medium-ok nutritionally though.

I just can't spend £80 on dog food a month for my large breed ... I rarely spend that on the human members of my family!

Forthglade trays here too - pup loves them

Forthglade all the way. Available online and at the supermarket, good value. I use it as a topper and for training