Is expensive dog food really best?

Dennis99

I recently changed from Burns (not for financial reasons but I was unhappy with the quality recently) to Skinners Lamb and Rice. Good food at a reasonable price and they get the same amount as the Burns. A lot of their foods are vat free for "working" dogs.

http://www.skinnerspetfoods.co.uk/products/skinners/skinners-lamb-and-rice.html

They also do a large bite type.

http://www.skinnerspetfoods.co.uk/products/skinners/skinners-premier.html

This website seems good for information about pet foods and contents.

http://www.pet-food-choice.co.uk/

provista_2

We feed Nutro Choice and would not change.It maybe £40 :eek: a sack but thats only approx 32p per meal:T
Our dog we lost last year was fed on Wagg her whole life.

MrsTinks

We've changed to Arden Grange for both the dog and my 2 cats and they love it and thrive on it. We changed from Costco's own brand on the advice of our trainer and it's what she feeds her own dogs. She also recommended James Wellbeloved and Burns - mainly because the protein in it isn't cheap rubbish which can make your dog hyper - as my dog is a collie/gsd cross and naturally hyper this is obviously important
Have to say I'd not go back now - and it doesn't work out THAT expensive I buy ours from www.vetuk.co.uk - much cheaper

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mrs tine we feed ours on arden grange and get it from berriewoods as its a lot cheaper (around £5 per bag cheaper as we buy the big bags), worth having a look

price for large breed puppy

http://www.berriewoodwholesale.co.uk/cgi-bin/sitewise.pl?act=det&pt=&p=264&id=berrie


http://www.vetuk.co.uk/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1900

MrsTinks

Do they have a website mirrorimage?

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yes sorry just edited for you

MrsTinks

Just compared the prices and VetUk comes out slightly cheaper The lamb and rice is £25.89 on Berriewood and £24.59 on VetUk - not much of a difference - but usually I order enough so I get free delivery anyway

MrsTinks

LOL cross posted - I guess it depends on which arden grange you use As Kira is far from a puppy I guess we'll stick to the lamb and rice hehehehehe

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yes i havent looked at the other food as mine are 5 months rottie and 11 months gsd so still on the puppy/junior stuff which works out cheaper for us there, im going to have to go through it all again when they go onto adult stuff lol. x

frankie55

I feed my dog on Burns Mini Bites and my cat on Burns cat food, yes they are a financial shock when buying large bags etc from VerUK to save on deliverary.
I've recently made friends with my local pet shop, which is next door to the Supermarket I use, and they are very kind and are prepared to split large bags into smaller i or 2 kilo bags. They are a Burns supplier and I've now got a regular monthly order for 2lgs size bags which works out great, certainly I was spending around £10-£14 a month on wet cat food and Iams in the supermarket, and now it's down to £7-8 with Burns and my cats teeth are so much cleaner and better and his coat is lovely and shiney and he bounces around like a young lad even though he's 12 now.
The dog has been a bit fussy recently so I've been trying various flavours of Burns, but she's now back on the mini bites and wolfing it down. Artarky and other 'working dog' foods are VAT free, but check the amount of protien is suitable for your dog, if you have a couch potato dog and are feeding high protien food it will soon need to go to the doggy gym.

Google John Burns and they will send you some very imformative booklets and some samples, as will many of the other manufacturers