What do you feed your dog apart from tinned food?

Rebob

bagginslover wrote: »

What do people think of Chappie complete dried food? I've read through this whole thread and not seen it mentioned. My 4/5 year old rescue lurcher has been on in for a month an a half now (on a recommendation from another sighthound owner) and is doing really well on it-poos are firmer, gaining some much needed weight, more energetic etc.

Dont know about the dried chappie but the vet told us years ago that the tinned one was good for when our dogs had upset stomachs.

davsidipp

i know a lot of people hate bakers but it works for my 2 jrts and one pug who luv it they also have tinned butchers tripe with it .

ali-t

Rebob wrote: »

Dont know about the dried chappie but the vet told us years ago that the tinned one was good for when our dogs had upset stomachs.

It is apparently very similar in make up to the prescription food in tins that you get from the vets if your dog has been ill and they want to try a very bland diet. There is a difference of a few pounds per tin i.e. chappie is less than £1 a tin and the prescription stuff is around £4 a tin.

inamegajam

I have a lab & a GSD, I feed them both on pets at home own brand complete dog food, which I put half out in the morning & the 2nd half at tea time. With the 2nd feed they have a tin of oily fish each twice a week & a helping of Bone dust twice a week. the rest of the time I smash up the leftovers for them, and of course on Sundays they have a diinner between them in the form of Bubble & Squeak.

virgin_moneysaver

fran2491 wrote: »

right ok im back hehe :rotfl:
i changed my boy over to skinners and it works out a hell of a lot cheaper!:D hes been on it for around a week,
i have one complaint though! his wind it smells shockingly bad!
anyone else have this problem with skinners?
im going to have to grin and bere it for the next month or so as i have around 13kg to get through!:eek:

Just as I thought!! - after advice form here we got Skinners for our rescue Setter- AND HE STINKS!!

jessnjimmy

My 2 cocker spaniels are on Burns and have been since pups.

They are 9 and 8 and never been ill ever. They have butchers tripe tins mixed in with the lamb and rice canine alert version. Its vat free so not as expensive as the regular Burns.

They are both neutered and I find Burns keeps them nice and trim.

materialgirl

hi
Another BARF feeder here :T and I manage to feed all our dogs on it farily easy, although it does take time to prepare / defrost the tripe/chicken wings etc the night before.
In regards to feeding BARF, without going too much into detail, everything has to be kept raw but grated so that the dogs stomach can digest it easier. Cooking veggies dramatically reduces their goodness and increases the sugar levels found naturally in the veggies. Dr Billinghursts books are amazing for those that want to get started.
We live in the Midlands and get everything delivered from TPMS, whos delivery prices are cheaper than for me to get into the car to do my grocery shopping! And the people are really nice and friendly.
I also know people that get alot of their BARF stuff from Cash n Carry stores too.
IMO Arden Grange (what we fed before BARF) is fantastic. Ive never seen my dog so excited for dinner, than when we changed from Skinners, to Arden Grange.
Skinners was hit & miss, and i found we werent the only ones that found that 1 bag of Skinners was different to the next and our dogs didnt like the sudden change in quality of food with skinners.


Good luck to everyone with their dogs. Enjoy! :A

mac.d

virgin_moneysaver wrote: »

Just as I thought!! - after advice form here we got Skinners for our rescue Setter- AND HE STINKS!!

I feed my labrador on Skinners (Field and Trial Duck and Rice), and he doesn't stink!

Anyway, add another recommendation for Skinners from me. I usually buy it online, and get two bags at a time for less than £50 delivered. Now and then we'll feed him meat scraps or some mince and I've also bought a smaller bag of Orijen, just to give some variety & higher meat content.

andthethreebears

Yet another Skinners recommendation here. The breeder (multiple field trials winners, world famous trainer, so pretty knowledgeable!) said that was the only food (other than barf) tO use.
We have a Lab who's entirely fed on their 'salmon and rice' (plus vegetables and rice occasionally!)

The only thing I dislike about it is that he has awful fish 'morning' breath when he wakes after naps! He gets the odd tummy upset - but he's a bit of a dustbin and we always put it down to something gross he's munched when out walking!

Mother-in-laws dOgs are fed BARF, and have been for about 3yrs and aRe doing really well on it. Being veggie, I just couldn't stand the prep / storage of so much raw meat!

Rev

fran2491 wrote: »

right ok im back hehe :rotfl:
i changed my boy over to skinners and it works out a hell of a lot cheaper!:D hes been on it for around a week,
i have one complaint though! his wind it smells shockingly bad!
anyone else have this problem with skinners?
im going to have to grin and bere it for the next month or so as i have around 13kg to get through!:eek:

Any change in food will give a dog wind fr a few weeks. It should settle. Hopefully lol.

bagginslover wrote: »

What do people think of Chappie complete dried food? I've read through this whole thread and not seen it mentioned. My 4/5 year old rescue lurcher has been on in for a month an a half now (on a recommendation from another sighthound owner) and is doing really well on it-poos are firmer, gaining some much needed weight, more energetic etc.

To be blunt, it's about as bad as it gets.

Ingredients

Cereals (minimum 4% wholegrain); Derivitives of vegetable origin; meat and animal derivitives (minimum 4% chicken); oils and fats; minerals. With antioxidants butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA). With preservative potassium sorbate

Derivatives of vegetable origin? Meat and animal derivatives?

Where's the actual food?

Chappie wet is recommended for dodgy tums and whilst the ingredients are pants, for some reason it works. The dry on the other hand is absolutely awful quality. The ingredients speak for themselves.