How do you know what to feed your dog?!

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Never anticipated this being such an ordeal. There is just so much out there and such divided opinion! Breeder said raw, so we got raw. Then vet strongly advised against raw - to the point that I thought she must be on kibble commission because it was such a one sided argument. Tried 'woolfies' which is supposed to be best of both & pup liked it at first but now doesn't seem keen. Just want to do the right thing and but also find something he likes that I can just stick with!

As others have said, ignore vets re feeding, particularly feeding raw. We feed all of ours raw. Ultimately kibble came about for the benefit of humans not dogs so raw suits most dogs better than any kibble.

I fed raw and dog was dragging it round the kitchen which I put up with until he then got terribly ill with diarrhoea and vomiting.

I then tried cooking home made but he got fat.

Now - good kibble (canagan) with a small amount of cooked meat or fish as a mix/topper. I calculated how many calories he needs so the amounts are right.

Your vet it a moron if that is what they said! I would swap your dog back to decent raw diet and get a better vet!

My last dog lived until the ripe old age of 17 on a diet of tinned chappie - only food her lurcher stomach could handle and the only food that I could afford at the time.
Bloody stuff stunk though
When I met my husband, we moved his Labrador over to chappie too & he lived until 14.

My current dog seems to be doing rather well on Eukenuba kibble. He's a Labrador so would happily eat ANYTHING (and he regularly does eat EVERYTHING he finds)! We tried a few different foods when he was young & Eukenuba suited him best - he has solid poos & a lovely shiny coat.

All my recent lurcher types (notorious for runny poo) have been well on IAMS kibble with a topper of wet food or leftovers to make it more interesting.

Dont chop and change what you’re trying too often, their gut flora needs time to adjust, so give it a few days.

Ignore the raw food evangelists. It’s fine as long as you’re aware of the risks re bacterial and parasite contamination and make sure it’s nutritionally balanced. It suits some dogs particularly those with complex allergies. But there’s a lot of passive aggressive “if you really love your dog you must feed them raw” nonsense about.

Whatever he’ll eat, which at the moment is tins of Butchers or Lily’s Kitchen, LK kibble, homemade mince/brown rice/green beans/sweet potato and whatever we’re eating that’s suitable. I’ve tried other tins and kibble but these are the ones the fusspot has settled on. He also gets things like rabbit ears, chicken feet, necks etc.

Every week I cook 2kg of minced beef and steam 2kg of mixed frozen veg (carrot,broccoli,green beans,potato). Mix it altogether. I put half in the freezer and the other half in the fridge. After 3 days I defrost the other food and that lasts for 4 days. Rinse and repeat.

I also give my dog a decent amount of cooked veggies, his meals usually consist of 1/3 kibble, 1/3 dog meat and 1/3 fresh veg.