What do you feed your dog

[minsmum]

We feed our current dog grain free kibble, our trainer had just suggested different dogs instead. I just looked it up and it not only works of at over £30 per week but it needs to be in the freezer. Our last dog was fed raw which was kept in the freezer and was a pain when we went away but also he was twice the size and it didn't cost that much. Does anyone have any recommendations

i have cats but i shop with zooplus they have a great selection of good quality food .I did have a quick look and this grain free dog food has a good price per kg https://www.zooplus.co.uk/shop/dogs/dry_dog_food/briantos/grain_free/997667?activeVariant=997667.2

What is the brand that's been recommended? £30 a week seems a heck of a lot to me even if your dog is big! I presume it's a complete food though.
We've always fed kibble - our previous boy was on grain free but we supplement with trays of Wainwright's grain free wet food from Pets at Home and some home cooked food. We used to feed raw minced rabbit to our Maine Coons and that was frozen stuff but we've never fed the dogs on raw.

Aatu Kibble but we have a Chihuahua so 1.5kg lasts her weeks

We were advised to use a brand called Different Dogs. He is 24 kgs so not a particularly big dog. They deliver to your door, it's a subscription service it was quoting 61.62 a fortnight

We have ours on tails.com mix of wet and dry, he’s 11.5 now and seems to thrive on it. He’s 9.5kg and we’re about £30/month

There is a similar one called Pure Pet Food, I think there are others doing subscription dog foods too. I think for me the issue is that I wouldn't want to commit to something in case my pup went off it, especially given the cost, when I could easily cook and freeze something similar if I wanted to. I wonder what the quote would be for my puppy? I might try putting in the details for my previous adult dog just out of curiosity...

I just wondered if anyone else used it or something similar, if it's worth it or would recommend something else

Quote for ours was £86 for 2 weeks. Think I'll continue to prepare stuff myself and supplement with kibble.

Sorry I couldn't help but I hope someone can answer your question properly. I'm sure these subscription box foods are probably good if it's affordable for you.

@Pyreneansylvie thanks for checking as I did wonder if I had filled the form in wrong. I have looked at the one you mentioned much better price and not frozen which is better for us as we take him with us abroad and can't take frozen dog food with us

Why have they recommended changing? The best dog food is the one that suits the dog, within reason.

I feed Millie's Wolfheart with a small amount of Barking Heads as a mixer.

We use Pure Food, he’s 15kg spaniel and he seems to like it and he’s very fussy, we get him the fish ones. It’s quite good as it’s dehydrated rather than raw. We also supplement him with fish James Wellbeloved when we’re traveling or if he’s in the kennels.

We pay £60pm but because we supplement with biscuits we quite often get 2 months out of it.

My dog has different dog, used to be on butternut box but she prefers this. Think it is about £50 a month, she’s 7kg. I supplement with a small amount of biscuits and treats.
She loves it, but honestly she loves all food!
It seems good quality although lately it has got more “chunky”.

Butchers tins and mix this with some Lifestage kibble from jollies.

£30 a week seems excessive to me.

Grain free, Forthglade dog dinners.

He also gets vegetables, cucumber, carrot, and steak.

We used to feed raw as it’s the most biologically-appropriate diet. However, my rescue boy developed some pretty bad resource guarding issues around food to the point we sent him to a residential behaviourist for help. The behaviourist worked out that he was a) too possessive over that food and b) ate it too quickly to try and work on the problem so switched him to kibble and cracked it. He eats tails.com now as it’s bespoke so they can cater to his sensitive stomach and skin. He was a bit miffed for a few days but eats it quite happily now and doesn’t go bananas if anyone goes near his food.

If we didn’t have the resource guarding issue, I’d still be feeding raw. My cats are still on a raw diet.

ETA the tails.com costs about £25pcm.

Sorry, I forgot the Pure subscription plan was dehydrated food. Yes, I imagine that would actually be ideal if you're travelling or staying away from home; so much easier than fresh or frozen.

I just feed mine dry kibble. I think that's better for his teeth and certainly very convenient. Currently he has AVM weight management as he needed to lose a bit of weight at one point (looking very good now). I looked it up on www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk and went for one with the highest protein content and low fat.

Young Labrador can't have chicken so is on salmon and rice kibble made by Pero, but sold at a much lower price with a local farm shop label.
Older springer spaniel is on Skinners Field and Trial maintenance.
The two together work out at £30/month.
Both very fit and shiny.
I have been using kibble for over three decades and the quality is much better these days.

They just don't approve of kibble, they didn't approve when we raw fed our last dog either.
He has lifestyle from Jollyes and we chop up small amounts of wild boar or salmon JR pate as otherwise he won't eat it, he also gets leftover cooked meat, fish,eggs and vegetables. We also feed him full fat Greek yogurt on licky mats.
He is perfectly healthy

I have my three on 80/10/10 raw blends and supplement with sweet potatoes and cottage cheese and whole prey items and any leftovers I have, they do quite well on it, all are over 10 with great muscle tone and energy.

We raw feed and spend £66 a month for a 23kg dog.

Ours eats Nature Diet wet and is very well on it . Personally I’d tell the ‘trainer’ to mind their own business unless your dog has stomach or coat issues that are affected by its food .

I have an extremely fussy shih tzu. He was on barking Heads small breed duck, but they changed the recipe and the size of the kibble and he won't touch it.
I feel like I've tried every dog food on the market, but eventually ended up with Caboodle, partly because it can be kept at ambient temperature, and also because they were happy to send me a sample for the price of postage.
It comes in 7 boxes (one for every day of the week) with 7 flavours of fresh wet food, a little packet of kibble, a dental stick and some little treats, all made by them.
Of course, my dog couldn't possibly like it all, so he has a variety pack of the wet and a dental stick a day and he's doing so well on it.

I would go with raw if that worked for your last dog, it's likely cheaper than other similar options. We have Butternut Box which suits our dog very well, we tried lots of different kibble before this, it took a long time to get his diet right. We took him to the vets recently and they were very happy with how healthy he looked, he's a lab so they can get overweight, but he's pure lithe muscle. It sounds like a similar product and a similar price to the Different Dog, but our dog eats ALOT. He has 800g a day which is more than most would probably eat so it should be cheaper.

It's your money not theirs. A good quality kibble (so mostly meat) is a really good diet for the majority of dogs.

Raw is fine too - I have fed it for medical needs in the past but I do find it a faff and prefer a high quality kibble mixed with high quality wet for ease.

If he is a good weight and healthy with good poo then don't fiddle. I'd not let a trainer dictate what I feed tbh. I have taught agility dogs for over 14 years and I may make suggestions IF someone asks (and they have, seeing my dogs or if they are having issues) but unless they do I keep quiet.