Harringtons complete dog food...

Paradigm

Seems to compare well (ingredients) with James Wellbeloved at a fraction of the price, has anyone tried it?

http://www.harringtonsdogfood.co.uk/product-lamb-ingredients.aspx

lipsthefish

i could be wrong but I think with maize being the first ingredient it means it has the most of that in and I think it's hard for dogs to digest - could be completely wrong though

OnAndUp

lipsthefish wrote: »

i could be wrong but I think with maize being the first ingredient it means it has the most of that in and I think it's hard for dogs to digest - could be completely wrong though

Yes I agree with that!

There are other dry foods that would compare well to James Wellbeloved that you can get that would work out cheaper per day / week to feed the ones that spring to mind are Skinners Field & Trial the best ones are the duck / salmon or Turkey & Rice varieties. Also Pets at Home Wainwrights is supposed to be good. I'm sure people will be able to suggest others too!

ps. After the ingredients the feeding guide is the most important thing. I currently feed Burns and my dog has about 90g a day if I changed to Harringtons it would be about 165g - nearly double the amount!

Griizelda

I bought a small bag once, when it was on offer in Sainsburys. My dog wasn't particularly keen (he's Flat Coated Retriever and very food orientated) and I wouldn't get it again.

rising_from_the_ashes

OnAndUp wrote: »

There are other dry foods that would compare well to James Wellbeloved that you can get that would work out cheaper per day / week to feed the ones that spring to mind are Skinners Field & Trial the best ones are the duck / salmon or Turkey & Rice varieties. Also Pets at Home Wainwrights is supposed to be good. I'm sure people will be able to suggest others too!

Would agree with both Skinners (wheat / gluten & dairy free - Duck, Turkey & Salmon and rice varieties only) and Wainwrights (certainly wheat free - can't remember about gluten & diariy).

Ben had both (wheat intolerant) and did very well on both - unfortunately the Wainwrights kept creeping up in price with fewer offers (used to get a bag for around £25 and BOGO1/2 price etc which disappeared) and it jumped up to around £34 the last time I bought it ..... so I switched to Skinners and was really impressed with the quality - RRP for Duck & Rice is £22.99 for 15kg but you can get cheaper online.

HTH

Paradigm

lipsthefish wrote: »

i could be wrong but I think with maize being the first ingredient it means it has the most of that in and I think it's hard for dogs to digest - could be completely wrong though

Interesting point so I've had a short trawl around the interwebby & Maize seems to be a very common ingredient....

http://www.skinnerspetfoods.co.uk/products/field---trial-products/field---trial-products/Maintenance/
http://burnspet.co.uk/products/burns-for-dogs/chicken-maize-for-dogs.html
http://www.iams.co.uk/dog/Food-Nutrition-7/Common-Questions-Dog-Food-Ingredients-232.html
http://www.hillspet.co.uk/en-gb/en-gb/products/sd-canine-science-plan-adult-advanced-fitness-large-breed-lamb-and-rice-dry.html

Those foods not containing Maize but Rice as the main ingredient (Wainwrights, Wellbeloved) also use some other grain as a filler...Barley being the most common but some use Oats (Skinners Duck & Rice).

So, is Rice easier to digest than Maize, is Barley easier to digest than Rice, are they all the same? Does anybody know? Does anybody care

rising_from_the_ashes

Paradigm wrote: »

Those foods not containing Maize but Rice as the main ingredient (Wainwrights, Wellbeloved) also use some other grain as a filler...Barley being the most common but some use Oats (Skinners Duck & Rice).

So, is Rice easier to digest than Maize, is Barley easier to digest than Rice, are they all the same? Does anybody know? Does anybody care

:rotfl:As my mum often says ..... bring back the days when the dogs got what was left of the plates and there weren't "proper" kibble style foods for them!

Re the Skinners and the link to the Maintenance foods - I wouldn't recommend these foods (they have maize in:o) and it is only the Duck & Rice, Salmon & Rice and Turkey & Rice that are hypoallergenic, wheat/gluten/dairy free......

AFAIK maize is is low grade cereal and can often be the problem in dogs who have problems with upset tums / skin irritation etc (eg allergies to this type of product). (It can also affect horses digestion and is classed as a poorer quality food for them too).

This appears to be less of a problem if you switch to a food that doesn't contain this and these tend to be Rice or Oat based - there has to be a filler of some sort ....

As to which is more digestable in terms of oats or rice .... looking forward to finding out!

Paradigm

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

AFAIK maize is is low grade cereal and can often be the problem in dogs who have problems with upset tums / skin irritation etc (eg allergies to this type of product). (It can also affect horses digestion and is classed as a poorer quality food for them too).

This appears to be less of a problem if you switch to a food that doesn't contain this and these tend to be Rice or Oat based - there has to be a filler of some sort ....

As to which is more digestable in terms of oats or rice .... looking forward to finding out!

Given that dogs are not "designed" (& I use that word losely) to eat grain of any sort, I do wonder if one is better than another... I wonder if there's a league table for grain?

Ideally I'd like to feed mine as nature intended but the chances of me finding a stray Wildebeast that I could knock on the head & chuck out into the back garden are pretty slim & I don't have the room for what is required to feed a "raw" diet.

As it is I'm stuck with feeding the best commercial stuff I can find..... whatever that is

OnAndUp

What breed/size dog do you have and how many?

Paradigm

OnAndUp wrote: »

What breed/size dog do you have and how many?

2 Dogue de Bordeaux

OnAndUp

Paradigm wrote: »

2 Dogue de Bordeaux

Aaaaw lovely!

I think that size comes into it naturally because of the cost I have 1 small 9kg dog so can be a bit more choosy!

I'm about to change him from Burns Chicken & Rice (which he does well on) to Applaws Dry dog chicken which has 75% meat content, no grains and will cost me about £3 a week.

I don't think that Applaws would work out cheaper for you although it may work out similar to JWB as the feeding guide is quite a bit lower ie. for a 10KG dog JWB 190g / Applaws 135g