My cat has dry food from Orijen and raw food from Honey's (formally Darlings).
To all dog/cat owners, the Orijen is really high quality dry food...look into it...especially cat owners, because it contains no cereal.
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Maybe they're like crack for dogs.
Yep - Mrs Removed says I have turned the dog into an addict
It's the only time he's really, very annoying. About half an hour after his food, he'll come and sit in front of me, just staring. He then starts squeaking, very softly. Eventually, this gives way to demanding, sharp, high-pitched barks and I fetch his dentastick.Perhaps it's time for him to go cold turkey...
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We used to use Burns for our two Collies, until we ran out on holiday last year and bought a bag of Wilson's Complete Working Dog food - the dogs love it and it seems to be much the same stuff as Burns, only less processed, as it looks more like meusli rather than little crunchy cubes. It also has the advantage of being £1 per kilo, rather than £3 per kilo for Burns or James Wellbeloved.
The only downside we've discovered to using it is that I have to mop up behind them in the garden straight away, as the magpies love picking apart their poo for the bits of undigested cereal!
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Thanks chaps. In answer to above question, we haven't bought the dog yet but it's looking like being a Lakeland terrier.
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16mth old Border Terrier
James Wellbeloved - on the principle that it has few/less sugars and additives [can't quote without looking at packet]
and the occasional tin of redic exp Lily's Kitchen, but this is only when my wife passes a certain shop....
But he doesn't eat much and it seems to last for ages!Posted 5 months ago # -
Perhaps it's time for him to go cold turkey...
Haha, Molly always has her's before I leave for work. She gets so excited as I put on my hi-vis jacket as she know's I'll be buggering off soon and she can have her dentastix... never had a dog so excited to see me go
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Breakfast - 2 Weetabix, Bannana, Natural Yogurt.
Lunch - Carrot or 2
Tea - Either Tuna/Sardines/Chicken/Mince with Brocolli, Cauliflower, Courgette, Rice with Barley or Pasta
Evening Snack - Apple
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How much do you guys pay for the James Wellbeloved kibble?
Although Molly loves the Lily's stuff, I think we could move her kibble onto something a bit less expensive (£50 for 7.5kg).
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Seriously, consider Chudleys. Last sack of Original we bought was under 13 quid and it's a good working dog food. It also has lots of bits of stuff in to keep them interested, although Ted has taken after me and barely tastes it as it is inhaled.
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£50 for 7.5kg
Wow!
I feed my collie a working dog food that has no colourings or additives and it's £12 for 15kg.Posted 5 months ago # -
To be fair, that 7.5kg will last us about 4 months - as we only use the kibble in addition to her other food. However, yes, it does seem rather expensive
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I have a Whippet who will be 15 in March.
She gets a mixture of soft complete dry food and any tin of food as long as it is in gravy. We buy which ever is on offer at the time.
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This is what our vet said to us about Bakers and the likes... when we got ours as a puppy she'd been on Bakers, and the vet told us to get her off it asap. The salt levels and additives were way too high.
...and then he directed you to the range of high quality pet foods available from their reception!!!
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Tried my two on the Skinners on the recommendation of a colleague and had to leave the back door open for 3 days, Still got 1/2 a bag hereHa! That's what we're like with anything else. Woman in the pet shop said we should try something else, but it's certainly not doing her any harm.
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How much do you guys pay for the James Wellbeloved kibble?
Although Molly loves the Lily's stuff, I think we could move her kibble onto something a bit less expensive (£50 for 7.5kg).
We get ours from here Prezet, delivery is really quick (and free I think), and its only £42 for 18kg which lasts our two dogs a month-ish.
Edit: more like 6 weeks in fact.
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...and then he directed you to the range of high quality pet foods available from their reception!!!
Actually, no. We were quite capable of going to the pet store all on our own...
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Cheers @skywalker - think I'll grab a small bag, see if she takes to it. Being kibble, I can't imagine she'll notice any difference!
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You should try Barking Heads. We've had fantastic results with our 3 boxers.
All the figures show fewer 'fillers' and more protein for your £.
They also get raw chicken wings (6 each per day)Posted 5 months ago # -
Our Springer and Tibetan Terrier are on James Wellbeloved fish and rice kibble and they seem to love it.
We buy one of the large bags which lasts us a good few weeks.
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2 Chocalate Labs
Pero Labrador life ,Posted 5 months ago # -
Tried the James Wellbeloved, but my two prefer Iams, supplemented by some fresh meat most days (trimming from the kitchen) plus some vegetables. They both love carrot, broccoli, and cabbage, but don't stand too close if they've eaten a lot of the latter.
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Mrs Doubleu's Dad is a vet, so she was insistent that Jeff, our Bernese Mountain dog, be on Hill's Science Diet.
Gave him pretty loose bowels though periodically. Not had a problem since we tried a few others and eventually settled on Purina Pro Plan. I guess Jeff must have doggy IBS... You nay be better off finding one that suits your dog rather than fixing on a particular brand.
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Burns
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Currently 'Meaty Special' - £11 for a 15kg bag from the local pet shop. Used to get them posher stuff when they were new, but they eat frogs and deer turds and stuff, so what's the point.
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Mrs Doubleu's Dad is a vet, so she was insistent that Jeff, our Bernese Mountain dog, be on Hill's Science Diet.
A lot of vet's seem to recommend that, probably down to good aggressive marketing by the manufacturers. IMO it's not the best of foods, but certainly not the worst.
A friend who is a vet said that the amount of time they have to spend covering dietary requirements of our canine friends is minuscule, so unless they have done additional study in their own time, tend to fall back on Hills.
Kibble is a recent 'convenience' food. Some of the brands are good, others are pretty crap. Go back 30-40 years or so and you'd probably find that up to that era most dogs were fed on a diet of scraps, offal and leftovers
Despite stocking Hills, ours promotes a good varied diet, a 'bit of this and a bit of that' approach.
So our dog gets all-sorts from chicken frames (raw), blitzed veggie / fruit scraps, random meat (raw and cooked), veal knuckles, rabbit, tripe, heart, liver, venison bones, sprats, tuna etc etc.
Plus the odd handful of Country Value Greyhound in his tug-a-jug.He does really, really well on it, and it works out very cheap.
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Mine has (which is a 3 year old Spinone/Lab cross) James Welbeloved anything else seems to give him liquid shits.
If he has an upset stomach this gets topped up with Chappie which seems to sort it out.
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Nature's Menu (tins) + Burns dry food.
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When we picked up Benny from the Dogs Trust, they gave us a huge bag of Arden Grange dog food, quite posh stuff. Then, looking slightly furtive, the woman handed me a tin of Morrisons wet dog food. “He likes a bit of this mixed in”.
He was quite underweight when we got him (and apparently had lost weight whilst he was in the Dogs Trust), so he was on 3 meals a day. We quickly discovered that, despite being ravenous, he would not touch the Arden Grange stuff. Tried him on a few different things – Bakers for a couple of days, but he went mental and… well, a bit sloppy. Looked at reviews, saw that Bakers was widely reviled and Chappie was quite popular, so he’s been on that ever since and it’s sorted him out. We’re currently giving him a mix of the Chappie wet and dry stuff.
We’d like to put him on the more nutritious higher quality stuff, but we’re worried he won’t eat it/it’ll give him the runs. Is there anywhere that does smaller tester packs?
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Burns here now, he used to get working dog (dry) food from the local stables supplier (can't remember the make), but as he gotten older.. he's 12 now, he simply doesn't need the energy.
He has rawhide chews for his teeth, and a Pedigree Jumbone as a treat once a week... funniest thing ever was watching the TV ad for these, as there supposed to last the dog all day in the ad, he can destroy one in less than 5 minutes.Any dog owners using wet food, I'd suggest you try the dry stuff, simply to make poo picking an 'nicer' experience
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We’d like to put him on the more nutritious higher quality stuff, but we’re worried he won’t eat it/it’ll give him the runs. Is there anywhere that does smaller tester packs?
Some brands do testers, some don't, usually 400g bags for a couple of quid:
Orijen: http://www.petplanet.co.uk/product.asp?dept_id=793&pf_id=50348
Green Dog: http://greendogfood.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=39
As kibble's go, our dog found the more expensive brands 'boring' and would often just leave them. The only one he did enjoy as a full-time food was Royal Canin. If / when you do decide to switch his food over, do it gradually over a week or so, especially if his tummy is sensitive.
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used james wellbeloved fro my chow chow for few years , now use Harringtons, currently £14.95 a BIG bag from Asda (rollback)
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