Eukanuba Dog food

Swans1912

Hi all, we have a 4.5 month old CKCS and we currently feed him BETA puppy food (Purina), which is the same food as what the breeder fed him. He seems to enjoy it and leaves a clean bowl every day. I was wondering what everyones thoughts were on Eukanuba dog food?? I haven't seen anyone mention it on here recently so I thought I'd ask. Obviously I don't want to change his food, its very reasonably priced and he enjoys it so there wouldn't be much point, but when he goes onto adult food I was thinking of switching brands as they also do breed specific food (no idea of benefits of this but it sounds good) Want to ask your opinions because 3kg of the stuff costs £13.69, a far cry from the £6.49 that i'm paying for BETA puppy!! Any advice would be great!

pookienoodle

Hi,
If you register on the eukanuba website they will send you a voucher for a free 3kg bag of food.
you should notice the difference in your dog before you reach the end of the bag.
we have fed our 13 year ols terrier on this food since she was about 6 months old as it was reccommended by a vet,she is very healthy for her age (compared to her siblings from the same litter) and has very strong ,clean teeth.

foreign_correspondent

personally I would not touch it with a barge pole - whilst I am sure it is nutritionally as good as most dry dog food (and even the cheapo stuff is fine for most dogs) - my reason for not buying it is that they engage in some awful animal testing (and I don't just mean letting dogs taste it to see if they like it) and keep their test animals in awful conditions - google eukanuba and animal testing to see more..

Whilst I am not necessarily against animal testing (if it creates a life saving drug for example) I cannot happily feed my dog on something which creates misery and suffering for other dogs, personally.

UKTigerlily

foreign_correspondent wrote: »

personally I would not touch it with a barge pole - whilst I am sure it is nutritionally as good as most dry dog food (and even the cheapo stuff is fine for most dogs) - my reason for not buying it is that they engage in some awful animal testing (and I don't just mean letting dogs taste it to see if they like it) and keep their test animals in awful conditions - google eukanuba and animal testing to see more..

Whilst I am not necessarily against animal testing (if it creates a life saving drug for example) I cannot happily feed my dog on something which creates misery and suffering for other dogs, personally.

Same here, Iams/Eukanuba are vile people (Or the people behind the foods are!), buying it to me shows support for the testing the do, if nobody bought their foods until they stopped the testing it'd change what they do. I think Royal Canin do breed specific foods too, but IMO it's a marketing ploy, a Dog is a Dog, all the same physiologically, wouldn't it be like a food for Caucasians or Asians, all still Humans!

If the Pup enjoys the food it's on, it agrees with your wallet & the Dog is happy & healthy on it then I would leave it be. If you've got good, clean teeth, 2 firm (But not rock hard) poos a day, shiny coat etc that's good enough IMO!

Swans1912

foreign correspondent, Did the company use to do this or have they stopped?

izzydogsam

I'd agree with FC and UKTigerlily on this one. I don't agree with the animal testing either. I did feed Eukanuba to my GSD about 7 years ago, on the advice of my vet, and he was like a kid on Smarties, very hyper, not good!:o

I now feed the nearest thing I can manage to a more natural diet, e.g Naturediet/Nature'sMenu and am really pleased with the health and condition of my dog. He's about 9 now (he's a rescue so we're not entirely sure!) and is in fantastic health and his behaviour is fab.

I do believe you get out what you put in IYSWIM where dog food is concerned. I tried a number of foods for my dog, and the more natural ones were best for him. Each to their own though. Good luck! xx

foreign_correspondent

I believe that the company claim that they do not do any "cruel" animal testing now, however, the phrase - 'they would say that wouldnt they?' springs to mind there.

However, I would rather shop from a more ethical supplier, who does not feel that these sort of practices are ok - be that a smallish company such as Wagg, CSJ or one of the expensive foods... there are lists of ethical (none animal testing) suppliers online if you search... I also try to buy food which is prodiced in the UK, both because it keeps our economy going, keeps prices down and reduces food miles I also try and avoid foods with unnecessary colourings and additives, such as Bakers - the dog really does not care what colour her dinner is, so the coulours are there merely to tempt the human buyer

LittleTinker

iKennett wrote: »

Hi all, we have a 4.5 month old CKCS and we currently feed him BETA puppy food (Purina), which is the same food as what the breeder fed him. He seems to enjoy it and leaves a clean bowl every day. I was wondering what everyones thoughts were on Eukanuba dog food?? I haven't seen anyone mention it on here recently so I thought I'd ask. Obviously I don't want to change his food, its very reasonably priced and he enjoys it so there wouldn't be much point, but when he goes onto adult food I was thinking of switching brands as they also do breed specific food (no idea of benefits of this but it sounds good) Want to ask your opinions because 3kg of the stuff costs £13.69, a far cry from the £6.49 that i'm paying for BETA puppy!! Any advice would be great!

Wouldnt buy their food if it were the last food on Earth because of their tie ins with animal testing. same as some other well known brands.

Quite honestly, when it comes to pet food, the futher away from named brands you get, the better your animals will be.

suki1964

Ethically I wouldn't touch Iams/Eukanuba with a barge pole.

Take a look here:
http://www.uncaged.co.uk/petfood.htm

However its all very well being able to afford to have ethics. If you are looking for a cheaper food dont forget to work out cost per meal not cost per kg as different foods have different feeding amounts. The food I feed is expensive to buy yet costs 30p per day to feed

LucyLoo2_3

I agree with everyone else my pup was on Eukanuba when I got her and she was in amazing condition, but I disagreed with the ethics! She is now fed on JamesWellbeloved as are my 3 cats (2 with sensitive tummies) and they are all in fantastic condition, cost very little to feed (compared to whiskas pouches etc) and it's produced in Britain!

Beta is an OK food as it is free of colours unlike purinas Bakers (complete rubbish) but has a high cereal content unlike JWB next time your shopping just compare the labels you would feed less JWB so wouldn't be much difference in price.

hethmar

You know guys, I didnt know that about them. I avoid anything to do with Pedigree Chum for similar reasons and for what I discovered they put in the food - google for it - which made me feel ill.

Ive got mine on Royal Canin, Ive not heard anything about them?

I used to have James Wellbeloved for my old Rottie girl which seemed to suit her and Ive tried Burns and often give my boys treats that are Burns. Now and then Ill add a couple of spoonfuls of Denes or Naure diet wet food to give them a bit of interest. Otherwise they get scraps of meat from our dinners mixed with it - today they did well, 2 chicken breasts cooked for son and girlfriend but they came back with Indian takeaway so the boys had one of the breasts mixed with their dry food.

I tend to give mine a third of their food in the morning and the rest in the early evening.