Lidl dried dog food anyone?

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

ash28 wrote: »

I was brought up to believe the only bit of a chicken you couldn't eat was the beak!
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reminds me of pigs 'owt baht squeak!' as they say in yorkshire..

Thanks for all the posts on here, I was thinking of Lidl dog food as we eat lidl food. I am 'inbetween dogs' at the mo but my last dog lived for 16(ish) years and it was only towards the end of her life I switched to jwb which is very expensive but before that she ate wagg and the like and before that who knows as she was aa rescue.

Dogs eat poo given half a chance and drink mucky puddle water and seem to thrive on it! I reckon that if your dog eats it and does ok on it then feed it to them, at the end of the day its still nutritonal and if its topped up with plate scraps then should be ok.

btw I love the thought of your dog looking in the oven for the fray bentos pie bless!

Sagz_2

I'm a great believer in the better quality food you put in one end, the less waste comes out the other end - Although I only have 2 dogs now, the 'waste' factor became a real issue when I had 8 of 'em!

I feed Arden Grange and it costs me less than a pound a day to feed 2 Lurchers........ and it saves me money on nappy sacks

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

I have decided on jwb again as my rescue dog came with diarrhoea (thankfully not in the house) but after going onto the rest of the jwb I had left over from my last dog she is fine poowise so I've ordered more as it is a good quality food for them even though it is not cheap but shes only a little 'un and only needs a potful per day bless!

dizziblonde

Desperate_Housewife wrote: »

I have decided on jwb again as my rescue dog came with diarrhoea (thankfully not in the house) but after going onto the rest of the jwb I had left over from my last dog she is fine poowise so I've ordered more as it is a good quality food for them even though it is not cheap but shes only a little 'un and only needs a potful per day bless!

Funny you're saying that considering we got 'em from the same place - our mutt's come with an attack of the Mr Whippys as well. Their helpful advice about what they'd been feeding him was "oh anything really" (head hitting desk sounds) so I'm now on the search for something affordable (since hubby's now decided that getting a dog crate isn't in fact cruel) that's going to make him more... ahem.... solid.

Tropez

LilacLouisa wrote: »

As we are veggies (their food bill is higher than ours) if I had any more dogs I would try them on a veggie diet I think.

While of course it is a personal choice, I wouldn't recommend it.

Research conducted by the Association of American Feed Control Officials found that vegetarian diets for dogs are nearly always "grossly deficient" in meeting their nutritional needs. Furthermore, the physiology of a dog is designed to consume animal tissue (both the teeth and intestinal tract are the most obvious indications).

Dogs require vitamin B12 which is not found in many plants. Whereas herbivorous animals such as sheep and cows are able to create their own vitamin B12, dogs are not.

Scientific research has also proven that certain substances found in plants cannot be easily absorbed by dogs, risking possible health complications for the animal somewhere along the line.

Synthetic vegetarian substitutes do exist, although there are still implicit risks in their use for dogs, and are generally much more expensive. The most common issue with a vegetarian diet for a dog is the significant lack of protein - something which a dog desperately needs to stay healthy - and synthetic diets almost always substitute meat for soy and soy is something that a significant number of dogs cannot tolerate and an unfortunate few can be fatally allergic to.

As very few vets would recommend feeding a dog a wholly exclusive vegetarian diet it should also be considered that some insurers may refuse to pay up as they would consider a vegetarian diet to count as "neglect".

The truth is, in order to feed a dog a vegetarian diet, a number of supplements will be needed in order to ensure that the diet is balanced enough for a dog. This is both expensive and according to scientific research possibly risky.

Desperate_Housewife_2-2

dizziblonde wrote: »

Funny you're saying that considering we got 'em from the same place - our mutt's come with an attack of the Mr Whippys as well. Their helpful advice about what they'd been feeding him was "oh anything really" (head hitting desk sounds) so I'm now on the search for something affordable (since hubby's now decided that getting a dog crate isn't in fact cruel) that's going to make him more... ahem.... solid.

I hope it settles down dizziblonde, mine didnt eat too much the first couple of days but I just put her food down for 20 mins with no fuss then took it up again twice a day. She soon cottoned onto it and is eating fine now (my last doggie was very different!) As for 'mr whippy' (was more like orange blancmange!) its calmed down now and 'scoopable!' I reckon they are bound to have this with all the stress and change and I suppose they have to feed the dogs whatever they get donated. Its not ideal but as its a charity they have to do the best they can.

Thank goodness he is with you now and looking forward to a good life