Which dog food?

Becles

I've been using Pal dried dog food for years. However the last sack I bought was had a big flash on saying "new and improved chunks". The problem now is my youngest dog is reluctant to eat it, and the older dog keeps doing stomach turning pumps :eek:

There is nothing wrong with the youngest dog as he eats table scraps or will eat the dog food if you add a bit meat stock or gravy to it.

Can anyone recommend a better type of dog food? I prefer using dried food to tins, and it needs to be under £20 a sack for cost reasons. I can't afford brands like Iams, Eukanuba etc.

kenshaz

Why not try Dr Johns blue bags it is a complete dry food and as cheap as chips £6 .49 a bag vat free,thats all my boxers get

Tallymanjohn

We use Bakers - it's dried but it's got softer chunks in it as well. Comes in different varieties & it's under £20 for a large sack from the bigger places like Pet City.

hjb123

I just tend to get the cheapest available afraid to say! Normally mix the dried food in with warm water. Other than that if you live near a farmers auction market you could try one of the shops on there - they are bound to sell dog food.

nuttywoman

Our dog has just gone onto eating Waggs and he loves it.A 2k bag costs about 1.99.
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WeirdoMagnet

We feed Burns. Just over £17 for 7.5 kilos. Lasts me about 3 months for a 7kg doglet.

I've already posted about Burns before, so to save retyping it, I'll quote myself!

Georgina wrote:

When Tilly first arrived, I was feeding her quite large quantities (the exact amount escapes me) of Pedigree Complete. I disliked the colours, the oily/fatty coating and the size and density of the pieces of kibble, without even researching it! I looked into dog feeds and for a number of reasons, I chose Burns. IMO, they are transparent, give lots of information about their company and their products either via their website and also by post, and are more than willing to give nutritional advice either over the phone or by telephone. They've even sent me a full nutritional breakdown of the specific feed I use when I asked them. They are highly-recommended by other knowledgable dog owners too.

There is less rubbish in Burns, so although it looks like you feed less, the amount you do feed is meeting their nutritional requirements. You therefore get less waste (poo)! There's lots of info on their website.

pandas66

My beardy is on Wagg and is very happy with it, I do mix half a packet of Highlife/mince morsel type food in too. He will eat Pedigree chum dry and Bakers but he seems to get a little bored of those.
I have tried Pal and pooch turned his nose up at it.

black-saturn

I use Tescos own brand and havn't had any problems.

Rosie75

Often buying the cheapest brand dog food does not work out any cheaper than buying an expensive brand. The reason being that you will need to feed you dog greater quantities of the cheaper food, since they are full of fillers, than you would a good quality, nutrient-efficient food like Burns.

kenshaz

Rosie75 wrote:

Often buying the cheapest brand dog food does not work out any cheaper than buying an expensive brand. The reason being that you will need to feed you dog greater quantities of the cheaper food, since they are full of fillers, than you would a good quality, nutrient-efficient food like Burns.

The protein level is the key,so it does not need to be expensive ,cheap with good protein levels,unless of course you are loaded and money to BURN ,on burns

What is the protein level of burns,if your dog is sat on your lap all day it does not need high protein ,just a balaced ,vitamin enriched food

WeirdoMagnet

kenshaz wrote:

The protein level is the key,so it does not need to be expensive ,cheap with good protein levels,unless of course you are loaded and money to BURN ,on burns

What is the protein level of burns,if your dog is sat on your lap all day it does not need high protein ,just a balaced ,vitamin enriched food

Although protein is 'key', so are all the other nutrients! If you have a look at the typical analysis of Burns feeds, you'll see that it is low in protein at 18.5%!

Dr Johns Silver is a good, economical dog food, widely recommended on the dog forums I frequent. However, it does contain what they call 'meat & animal derivatives' and the preservative antioxidants BHA and BHT. Burns is free of artificial preservatives and specifies what meat it is using, which is one of the main reasons I chose it.

IMO Burns is very cheap to feed. A 7.5kg sack lasts me over three months (but using 90 days as a guide), so it costs me a maximum of 20 pence per day.