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Need a good budget dog food for lab?

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PlinkPlonkFizz · 17/12/2022 15:20

Our lab is a year old, spayed, loves her grub. Currently on a mix of Hills and home cooked meat/sweet potato, with bones/Kong / dental chews on work days (4) for keeping her busy.

We need to save a bit more so are there any fairly good quality but cheap dog foods out there? I'm concerned saving will result in stinky or sick pooch but maybe someone has found a winner that is cheap?

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DeadbeatYoda · 18/12/2022 19:28

@SkiingIsHeaven
Our nearly 17 year old, lab cross has always been fed on chappie and she is still bouncing around like an idiot in the snow! Can't be that bad.

Greatly · 18/12/2022 19:41

GetOffTheRoof · 18/12/2022 18:55

Kids could thrive on McDonald's for every meal too, but it doesn't make it the right thing to do. Feeding a dog dried food is very boring for them as much as anything else, so why not make sure they have good food?

Our Rommie will soon tell you she's eaten something she's allergic to - she'll be chewing her paws, scratching at her ears, shaking her head and generally trying to pull bits of her leg off with the itching. We tried all sorts of options until we hit on removing unnecessary grain from her diet.

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It's a bit different if you unfortunately have a dog with allergies. None of ours seem to have any.

PritiPatelsMaker · 18/12/2022 20:29

Same with us @SlipperyLizard only our is Chappie cans.

Get so many comments about her great condition, even the last vet we saw was surprised at how good she was for her age.

wheresmymojo · 18/12/2022 20:46

We use Harringtons.

Not the best nutritionally but we're on a tight budget so what we do is have toppers with it.

So either 1/3 of a can of Lily's Kitchen or half a can of Aldi sardines in tomato sauce (39p!) or whatever dog friendly leftovers are going...

I kind of agree with previous posters - sometimes I worry about not having her on premium dog food but then frankly no dogs I've known over my entire life have been on premium dog food before about 5-10 years ago so 🤷🏻‍♀️

Our family dogs were all on Pedigree Chum and cats all on Whiskas or Felix and they all lived to a good age.

pastypirate · 18/12/2022 22:48

My spaniel is on Harrington's grain free and he's in rude health and I get lots of compliments. Vet is happy he's in fine form he's nearly 8.

I would feed him Aatu if I could afford it bit I can't so that's that.

tabulahrasa · 19/12/2022 09:35

Thing is, it’s not necessarily the cost that’s the issue.

Hill’s is basically cereal, with just enough meat to flavour it, but priced and marketed as a premium brand.

I’m not an all carbs are evil person, but, I do want the main ingredient in dog food to be meat and I want a list of ingredients I can read and recognise as food, there are plenty of cheaper foods that applies to.

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