What do you feed your dog apart from tinned food?

littlesnuggy

Can anyone advise a suitable food for a pug? Am *fingers crossed* getting an 8 month old dog in a couple of weeks. I know they are prone to getting overweight and obviously don't do as much exercise as some breeds, so I'm assuming a food that's meant for working dogs wouldn't be suitable... Would Skinners Puppy & Junior be a good starting point?

Dollardog

Rev wrote: »

Bakers is pretty much the Macdonalds of dog food. Full o crap and very, very little nutrition.

Decent dry food brands are Arden Grange, Simpsons, Skinners (either the duck and rice or salmon and rice), Wainwrights (pets at homes own brand - so can only buy there), orijen, arcana, taste of the wild, barking heads, fish4dogs.

Alot of people will say burns, but at almost £50 per bag for a food containing 60% rice - I can't recommend it, not when the skinners I mentioned have pretty much the same ingredients but are £20 per bag.

Rule of thumb is, if you can buy it in the super market - it's pants. Although I believe waitrose sell Arden Grange.

Waitrose do indeed sell Arden Grange as that is where I get it from when I am near a Waitrose.
Waitrose actually sell it cheaper then our local Kennelgate.
I can't have the very large bags as I have nowhere to keep them.

ali-t

Rev wrote: »

Everyone has been there. You don't know until you ask/look into it/happen upon a forum thread. People believe the hype. I know I did till I got my new dow and the trainer mentioned nutrition at puppy classes.

I think it is less important the brand you feed and more important the impact is has on your dog. I am a member of a few dog forums and don't know of any canine nutritionists on any of them but everyone is an expert about 'the best' food Like most people I have picked up bits and pieces about nutrition over the years but know that if my dog is doing well on it, it is good enough for me.

FWIW I have only fed premium food and generally have given into the hype

Kinski

Rev wrote: »

Sorry. Please don't take my comment the wrong way. I know a few dogs who do very well on Burns. It's just my personal issue.

It's okay I didn't , Burns and Robbies just happened to work for my girl. What I would like to see is all these dog food manufacturers who with the nice shiny adverts tell you they're dog food is fantastic and just what your dog needs prosecuted under the trade description act. Also unlike us dogs don't look at food and think wow that looks good, they use they're noses so please those of you that feed these foods don't go for the nice brightly coloured stuff that's full of additives to make it look appetising, go with the ingredients on the back of the bag.

silverbeetle

We feed our westie on Wainwrights wet food - about £8 for box of 12 trays from Pets at Home.

He adores the lamb flavour - he dances across the kitchen at dinner time!

He is fed only on this food with some peas or carrots mixed in as he will not eat dried food - he will pick out any biscuits and leave them on the floor.

He has fabulous skin and coat and has maintained a healthy weight of 8.5kg for months.

I would recommend Wainwrights as an excellent quality food which is not expensive but be careful of the feeding guide as it is wrong - underestimates the amount of food required. We feed 2/3rds of a tray each day when the feeding guide recommends 1/2 tray.

Rev

Kinski wrote: »

It's okay I didn't , Burns and Robbies just happened to work for my girl. What I would like to see is all these dog food manufacturers who with the nice shiny adverts tell you they're dog food is fantastic and just what your dog needs prosecuted under the trade description act. Also unlike us dogs don't look at food and think wow that looks good, they use they're noses so please those of you that feed these foods don't go for the nice brightly coloured stuff that's full of additives to make it look appetising, go with the ingredients on the back of the bag.

I LOVE Robbies mixer. One of my boys can't tolerate much cereal, but the other doesn't do well on cereal free. So I use pets at homes wainwrights meat, mix Simpsons cereal free with one and robbies mixer with the other. I love that you can see exactly what's in the robbies. I only use a tiny bit as it's just mixer so 2.5kg lasts about 6 weeks and it smells better than the food I eat lol.

ka7e

I've tried to keep my Sheltie on a "mixed diet" so she will tolerate different foods without a dodgy tum.

She is fed twice a day, after walks. At the moment she is on Applaws dry, a small handful mixed with either half a pouch of Fish4Dogs salmon mousse (2 days a week), or a cube of Wainwrights trayed food (I get 12 cubes out of 1 tray!) or a quarter tin of Applaws wet.

She also has dried fish skin for treats and 2 small gravy bones as a bedtime snack.

It's all premium foods but I only buy stuff that's on offer - another reason she gets a varied diet!

kjmtidea

That iams info was horrible .

My 11 month old springer spaniel is on wainwrights dry. We have only had him 3 months, his previous owners had him on tesco/asda food and winalot. He was the most hyperactive dog ever, he has calmed down a lot now though :T

Kinski

Rev wrote: »

I LOVE Robbies mixer.t lol.

Ailsa loved Robbies and she did really well on it, the only problem was that it was difficult to get then it was taking ages to get delivered so I gave up in the end.

ka7e wrote: »

I've tried to keep my Sheltie on a "mixed diet" so she will tolerate different foods without a dodgy tum.

All of my shelties have had dodgy tum's, luckily enough I managed to find food that agreed with them. Ailsa was the worst with her colitis but after it was under control with the Burns and to a lesser extent Robbies I had no more problems.

sarah*a

nikki702 wrote: »

My dog would love it at your house :rotfl:

So would mine

My two had a tub of chicken livers mixed with some kibble tonight - I've just found them in the freezer section of Asda - 'chosen by you' brand - 43p for a good sized tub :T

They'll eat more or less anything though We try not to give too much tinned but they have it occasionally - they really really like the Butcher's Tripe ones

They get sardines at least twice a week and I pick up whoopsie chicken wings and liver and ... well anything I see really and they get big meaty bones whenever I'm early enough at the butchers