Is JWB worth the money ?

suki1964

Fire_Fox wrote: »

Chappie is high in animal protein and low cereal, Arden Grange and most other dry foods are the opposite. Different enzymes are required to digest protein and carbohydrates and it can take time for an animal's system to adjust. Quite often a digestive upset is down to a sudden change of food, the owner's not the food's fault.

I choose arden Grange because it does have a high meat protein content. The chicken and rice is 27% (min)chicken meal and 5% fresh chcicken ( min) - chicken meal being the main ingredient where as chappie chicken complete then cereal is the main ingredient

Rev

Jay_Tee wrote: »

One problem that hasn't really been mentioned are dogs that are particularily fussy, I've one Sheltie who will probably eat anything quite happily, and the second whose a nightmare.

We've tried Arden Grange, Burns, Nature Diet etc and have had to settle on JWB Turkey and Vegetable Kibble and Applaws tinned just because I know he won't turn his nose up at that. I can only buy one brand of "Gravy Bones" as he just will not eat other brands.

Any brands that people can recommend for fussy eaters?

Honestly. I'd recommend tough love.

Put the food down, leave it for 15 mins. If it's not eaten, take it up and feed nothing at all till next meal time, and do the same again.

By swapping and changing you've taught the dog that he dictates what she wants and if she doesn't you'll jump too it and get change it to something else.

You need to teach her that she eats what you put down, or goes without.

Vet advised me to do this when my eldest dog started being fussy. He missed three meals and that's all.

Fire_Fox

suki1964 wrote: »

I choose arden Grange because it does have a high meat protein content. The chicken and rice is 27% (min)chicken meal and 5% fresh chcicken ( min) - chicken meal being the main ingredient where as chappie chicken complete then cereal is the main ingredient

The Chappie that is usually recommended by vets (and the one I meant) is the tinned Chappie Original, I think you are referring to the dry Chappie Complete? We get the same confusion with Whiskas, one day we will all learn to specify!

Chappie Original contains:
"Fish and Fish Derivatives (including min. 14% White Fish), Cereals (min. 4%), Meat and Meat Derivatives (including min. 4% Chicken), Oils and Fats, Herbs, Minerals."

pulliptears

jumpedtheshark wrote: »

I don't know exactly which Arden Grange you're ordering, but I get mine from these guys: http://www.berriewoodwholesale.co.uk/pages/748/Arden-Grange/

Small, family business. Delivers in my area once a week, and will take an order the day before. I bulk order once every 3-4 months. They were the cheapest when I looked a couple of years ago. May not be *the* cheapest now (I no longer check every time), but the service is good, and it's one of those situations where I like rewarding good service from a smaller, family business with my custom.

Its a shame their multi bag deal is only applicable to the adult food not the senior, its coming in at £63.97 delivered, which is still cheaper than I'm paying at present though!

Jay_Tee

Rev wrote: »

Honestly. I'd recommend tough love.

Put the food down, leave it for 15 mins. If it's not eaten, take it up and feed nothing at all till next meal time, and do the same again.

By swapping and changing you've taught the dog that he dictates what she wants and if she doesn't you'll jump too it and get change it to something else.

You need to teach her that she eats what you put down, or goes without.

Vet advised me to do this when my eldest dog started being fussy. He missed three meals and that's all.

To be fair I would rather feed something that he likes rather than starve him to make him eat something he doesn't really like.

As to leaving food down for 15 minutes the other sheltie is of the opinion that any food bowl that hasn't already got a snout in it is fair game, an unguarded bowl would be emptied in 15 seconds.

So I'm more interested in food that they would like and that is high quality.

suki1964

Fire_Fox wrote: »

The Chappie that is usually recommended by vets (and the one I meant) is the tinned Chappie Original, I think you are referring to the dry Chappie Complete? We get the same confusion with Whiskas, one day we will all learn to specify!

Chappie Original contains:
"Fish and Fish Derivatives (including min. 14% White Fish), Cereals (min. 4%), Meat and Meat Derivatives (including min. 4% Chicken), Oils and Fats, Herbs, Minerals."

But then we were comparing it to arden grange and JWB so of course it seems logical to assume that the chappie being talked about was the complete

Fire_Fox

suki1964 wrote: »

But then we were comparing it to arden grange and JWB so of course it seems logical to assume that the chappie being talked about was the complete

It would indeed have been the logical train of thought, if Redrufus had not said "having said that some vets do recommend it for sensitive tums."