Dog Food

northdubgal

Just throwing this out there!


What brand of dog food are you feeding your dogs and why?

star-pants

Two female Lhasa Apsos
3yr 2months gets fed Royal Canine ... something (can't think of the exact) because it suits her breed and suits her
11month old was getting fed James Well Beloved because she reacted to RC, but we have changed her over to RC now that she's older and seeing how she's getting on.

namurt

Good question, just thought I'd add another......Is anyone out there using any reasonably priced dog food?

WIZE

+1 James Well Beloved

northdubgal

My two pugs are on Royal Canin but I have to change the younger pugs diet as she is having digestion problems. (with a lot of stinky farts )

I was looking into the Wellbeloved Cereal free. Gonna have a look around the pet shops tomorrow and see if I can pick up a small bag and she how she reacts to this food..

cianer

Mine are on a raw food diet, were on Madra before that

joyce2009

had a 13 year old dog who was being fed dog food from aldi when she was diagnoised with diabities 6 years ago,,concerned about her i asked the vet should i change her diet to something specific and he said no keep her on what shes on ,and she went on to live for 6 more years untill a month ago when she died from cancer:(,so to answer your question yeah i used a cheaper brand and it was grand:)

Outkast_IRE

I feed my dog ORJEN and she loves it she had skin problems before and they seem to be all cleared up now since she started on it

Sigma Force

Have tried a few over the years however have found Burns great, and recently I have found the pork and potatoe flavour much better than their chicken and rice flavour. Grain doesn't agree with some dogs and out little dog with a sensative tum is doing much better on the potatoe and pork.

Our border collie and smaller dog (she's around 7kg in size) cost €9.50 a week altogether to feed on Burns. It seems so expensive at first but when you break it down week by week it works out cheaper than a lot of supermarket brands.

Our pup is on Burns chicken and rice, with some of the pork and potatoe adult food being introduced.

Mind you every time I go to buy a bag of Burns the price seems to have gone up again!

namurt

joyce2009 wrote: »

had a 13 year old dog who was being fed dog food from aldi when she was diagnoised with diabities 6 years ago,,concerned about her i asked the vet should i change her diet to something specific and he said no keep her on what shes on ,and she went on to live for 6 more years untill a month ago when she died from cancer:(,so to answer your question yeah i used a cheaper brand and it was grand:)

Sorry for your loss. Glad to hear I'm not the only one using a reasonable brand.

Preset No.3

I have Max on Royal Canin. 26kG, ADULT Nuetered brand and he loves it. Always stuck with Roayal Canin and you can see it in his coat.

Sigma Force

Thing is though, every dog is different so what agrees with one might not agree with the other. It's a matter of finding a food that suits your pooch.
I personally would avoid any foods that contain sugar and artificial additives.

I remember trying Homestead cat food years ago and our cats at the time were all sick from it it stank phewy. I do find as well before I changed brands that ped chum and other tinned foods made their poop stink to high heaven.

A cheaper brand I have found that's good though is Red Mills plus I think it's an Irish product as well. It's also half the price of foods like Burns, found no problem with it only one of our pooches has a sensative tum so makes more sense for us to buy one brand rather than two.

joyce2009

namurt wrote: »

Sorry for your loss. Glad to hear I'm not the only one using a reasonable brand.

thanks ,,she broke our hearts she was a big old dobbie x,, but we now have a border collie pup(she's nuts) who is on pedigree puppy right now but when shes old enough she'll hopefully barring any health problems be on the ordinary dry food too:)

northdubgal

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I feed my dog ORJEN and she loves it she had skin problems before and they seem to be all cleared up now since she started on it

I've never seen that brand before, although it was recommended by another pug owner. Is it easy to get?

Outkast_IRE

northdubgal wrote: »

I've never seen that brand before, although it was recommended by another pug owner. Is it easy to get?

If your in dublin it may be available in a few shops ask on forums and someone will defo know , i live in cork and i get it off an irish website called https://www.brendaspets.ie/ and they are very friendly . And are good prices.

All i can say is every dog is different if your dog is having skin problems or digestive issues a differnt food can help if you do decide to order ORJEN then get a small bag and change over to new food over space of a week or so then see if you see a difference .
In my dog skin condition improved after a few weeks and her poops were a lot better after the change over .

This website can help make up your mind sometimes the reviews are down so check tommorow if they are http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/

lrushe

Have my Rottie pup on James Wellbeloved at the moment and for the past 10 weeks she's been doing great on it but it has started to give her the runs recently and bad gas!!! So I will be doing some research myself at the weekend for a new dog food to try her on.

arl

My Dalmatian was on burns for 3 years but now on royal canin digestive low fat because of pancreatitis .

Boomtastic

We started off on Royal Canin but he was never keen on dry food.

Now we have a mix of Spillers dry food/Tesco canned food in gravy mixed with either sardines or boiled chicken. He also loves any leftover porridge in the morning!

kildara

We feed ours on Wainwrights. The older lad is on their adult food and the girl is on their Large Puppy food.

lrushe wrote: »

Have my Rottie pup on James Wellbeloved at the moment and for the past 10 weeks she's been doing great on it but it has started to give her the runs recently and bad gas!!! So I will be doing some research myself at the weekend for a new dog food to try her on.

If she has been ok on it for 10 weeks it might be something else thats upsetting her stomach?

smilerf

I feed mine arden grange lamb and rice. i have tried burns and rc in the past but arden grange seems to suit him better.

dlambirl

Our year old lab enjoys his Dingo - 10kg bag - €16.99 in Super Valu.

have tried pedigree chum and all that but he likes his dingo!

rubyred

I use Orijen too - the fish one. Worth every penny - she's a different dog since I changed over to it.

tk123

lrushe wrote: »

Have my Rottie pup on James Wellbeloved at the moment and for the past 10 weeks she's been doing great on it but it has started to give her the runs recently and bad gas!!! So I will be doing some research myself at the weekend for a new dog food to try her on.

we had our pup on it for weeks and gave up because the poops never firmed up and the farts were terrible! He's on Royal Canin Maxi Junior now and when he's older we'll be moving him to RC golden retriever - poops are nice and firm and the gas isn't so bad.

sadhbhsdad

Hi, If your dog has a problem with his digestion system I would give a Raw diet a go.
A pug or two would not be expensive to feed Raw.

YOURFACE!

lrushe wrote: »

Have my Rottie pup on James Wellbeloved at the moment and for the past 10 weeks she's been doing great on it but it has started to give her the runs recently and bad gas!!! So I will be doing some research myself at the weekend for a new dog food to try her on.

Yes this was the same with Kula. We had her on the James Wellbeloved Junior up until last week. She was doing well on it, had a great coat and everything but really sloppy poo's and bad breath - it was almost a plasticy smell? I have her now on Royal Canin GSD and she is now hyper! Gone completely mad with loads of energy. I don't know if its the food or just another stage in her development?

Monty is on James Wellbeloved and is doing incredibly well, his coat is amazing and hes not too mad either. I guess it is just the dog, when I was little we had a Golden Retriever who would only eat Pedigree Chum and would turn her nose up and any other food.

Graces7

Raw food mostly; we get packs of chicken wings, and the cats have these also. With a little kibble, raw pasta, and scraps.

Kibble courtesy of ASDA.

Coats are rich and shiny, eyes bright and no digestive problems. Teeth also are clean.

It works out inexpensive.

Mcloke

northdubgal wrote: »

I've never seen that brand before, although it was recommended by another pug owner. Is it easy to get?

We lost our puppy to neospora at just 11 months old but we fed her on Orijen and she LOVED it and did really well on it. I totally recommend it and you can get it from zooplus.co.uk at a good price with free delivery...there is a zooplus.ie but you pay more (or used to) via the exchange rates. People talk about it being expensive, along with other pricey brands but when worked out on a daily price it is pretty cheap especially for human grade food and no grain filler.

All dogs are different but Orijen really suited our dog and she was developing really well....her death was nothing to do with either her breed, breeding or her food....she was just very unfortunate....along with us .

Discodog

Contrary to much opinion here I have always fed Pedigree Complete. My vet, neighbours & doggy friends say that my dogs are in superb condition. They also eat seaweed every day !.

Top Dog

2 year old - raw diet
9 month old - raw diet
12 week old - Husse, to be changed to raw diet soon enough

lrushe

kildara wrote: »

If she has been ok on it for 10 weeks it might be something else thats upsetting her stomach?

I would think this myself if she was out of sorts but she is in good form other than the poop situation so I'm confident it is the food, its definately not agreeing with her (or my nose) anymore!

lrushe

Mcloke wrote: »

we fed her on Orijen and she LOVED it and did really well on it. I totally recommend it.

Yeah I've heard good things about this brand and I'm interested in having a look at this one as a possible replacement for the food Brook is currently on

star-pants

lrushe wrote: »

I would think this myself if she was out of sorts but she is in good form other than the poop situation so I'm confident it is the food, its definately not agreeing with her (or my nose) anymore!

My vet said before, that sometimes pups can be fine but as they grow into adulthood things can change, they can develop an allergy to something that they didn't have before etc. (In some cases I mean, not all). So perhaps they were ok and then as they're getting older the foods not suiting their system as much - they might be getting too much of something or not enough of something else.

lrushe

star-pants wrote: »

My vet said before, that sometimes pups can be fine but as they grow into adulthood things can change, they can develop an allergy to something that they didn't have before etc. (In some cases I mean, not all). So perhaps they were ok and then as they're getting older the foods not suiting their system as much - they might be getting too much of something or not enough of something else.

Yeah I would agree with this, it happens sometimes in people too. Its a pity, she was looking so well on James Wellbeloved, her coat was like glass but its definately time for a change.

Outkast_IRE

lrushe wrote: »

Yeah I've heard good things about this brand and I'm interested in having a look at this one as a possible replacement for the food Brook is currently on

Yeah just try a small bag and by the time its empty you will know if it suits your dog or not

votejohn

I had bella on select gold which was going really well, but she has started to develop a skin condition (behaving like she has fleas) so i've changed her to james belloved and its going ok so far.

She has a very sensitive tummy though, and gets diarrhoea if she eats anything besides her normal food. My dads two dogs can eat anything without any adverse reactions, is there anything you can do to toughen up your dogs stomach??

I know huskies have sensitive stomachs anyway, but its pretty hard to constantly ensure she doesnt eat anything she's not meant to, so it would be great if she wasnt so sensitive. Do they grow out of it a bit (she's 5 mths).

Outkast_IRE

Some dogs can just eat whatever they want and feel fine , others have to be careful , nothing you can do about it some breeds are more prone to it than others.
My last dog used to love the carrots from stew, spagetti bol , you name it he loved it and could stomach it all no probs.
New dog cant do that she cant take any of it really so have her on orjen and her coat is great ,skin is great and is very happy.

happypuppy

We give our westie Orijen too and like Rubyred said its worth every penny . We tried Royal Canine and Arden Grange and he was never interested in eating although he was good size and full of energy. Since we changed him he finishes his food happily and often looks for more :pac:. It is expensive but with a small dog its not so bad.

Also he had skin allergies this summer so I was interested to hear others say it improved skin conditions and hope it will help him next summer!

ghost_ie

Boomtastic wrote: »

We started off on Royal Canin but he was never keen on dry food.

Now we have a mix of Spillers dry food/Tesco canned food in gravy mixed with either sardines or boiled chicken. He also loves any leftover porridge in the morning!

Two of mine are happy on dry food but the middle one only eats it reluctantly so they have IAMS (the only dry food the middle one won't walk away from) with a spoonful of cod liver oil in the morning then either Butchers or Winalot mixed with rice,bread or potatoes for dinner

ha-ya-said-what

4 dogs, all diff breeds all got as pups

When weaned onto solids they were tested with Burns .... they picked out the nuts and spit them around the kitchen, they just hated it, refused to eat it.

Next was Royal Canin, had great success with that up until about 9 months ago the quality of it dropped and I had to return several bags to try and get the older stock that didn't have as much oil in it. The new bags of RC were just causing severe stomach & bowel problems, oil content is just far to high in it what ever the hell they changed with it.

Was using Origen then, they loved that but got fed up with it before the bag was even gone !! ( a UK site or Zooplus is the cheapest for anyone looking for that).


Using Arden Grange now since I requested a samples direct from Arden grange and they absolutely love it and are sticking with it & they haven't had one issue with it in the past months and for £30 for 15kg it's great!!

TheRoomWrecker

My 8month American Akita pup is on Bento Kronen Mega Growth:cool:

He loves it.

Paul91

well - was on "select gold" back in the days i only had the boxador, then i got the German Shep went onto "Royal Canin" for her as she was so underweight when we took her out the CSPCA - then she had six pups three weeks later so she went onto puppy food to build her up, once we got towards the end of the whelping (and after some research on here and online) they both went on to "Acana" dried food with "Rinti" meat, at the moment they are on "James Wellbeloved" but i think they where better on the Acana so will go back to that, only trialled the "James Wellbeloved" as zooplus had a deal on 18kg for £55 and heard good things on here about it

mymo

I also got some James wellbeloved 3 varieties on special offer, the dogs hate it, so dropping the remaining food into the local rescue. Also tried some samples of Burns, Whites(UK based looks good but trouble to order and expensive) and Husse which they ate, it was samples and I mixed it with current food so they picked out the Royal canin and ate that first, then went back later(when I refused to give more) and ate the Husse.
I'll stick with the Royal canin, they're doing well on it.
The dog food analysis site I see here so often isn't great, I found foods I had here had different ingredients to what was listed on the site, so don't know haw accurate it is.
At the end of the day, buy the best quality you can afford, that the dog likes and thrives on. All dogs are different.

Aly52

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

I feed my dog ORJEN and she loves it she had skin problems before and they seem to be all cleared up now since she started on it

I now feed my dog Orijen since reading the websites below, scary :eek:


http://www.bornfreeusa.org/facts.php?more=1&p=359

http://dogfoodchat.com/worst-dog-food-brands/

Make up your own mind after reading it

MAB83

I'd like to know if the supposedly good brands like Orjen etc really do effect a dog's health better than say your average supermarket brand. My father has had dogs all his life and only ever fed them scraps and had the healthiest, long living dogs you could imagine. Rarely if ever having to go to the Vet.

star-pants

It really can depend on the dog tbh, as you say your fathers dogs lived long and healthy lives. Some dogs/breeds have or can get allergies to certain things, or may need more of one thing and less of another in their diet to be at their best.

lucylu

Madra dog food as it is made in Ireland

leopardus

I'd like to know if the supposedly good brands like Orjen etc really do effect a dog's health better than say your average supermarket brand. My father has had dogs all his life and only ever fed them scraps and had the healthiest, long living dogs you could imagine. Rarely if ever having to go to the Vet.

There's scraps and scraps; if you really know what your doing, and feed appropriate scraps I have no doubt that there diet would be superior to most commercially available foods.

I feed my dog Orijen; started on large breed puppy and now alternate between the adult and fresh fish formulas.
Why? Because I can't realistically feed a raw (B.A.R.F.) diet. The ingredients used in the food are of a high quality.Good quality meat is the main ingredient and there are no grains and no 'filler'. My dog was initially weaned onto Royal Canin and I saw an immediate improvement. His overall good health and endless energy is enough to make me stick with the brand.

I like the website 'dogfoodanalysis.com'; gives good reviews, but more importantly explains the ingredients on the packaging in a way that enables you to make a more informed decision on the quality of a food.

Sativa_soul

My dog is a year and a half old. Mix breed - most likely a combo of working jack russelll terrier & border collie.

Was fed on Bakers puppy originally & then moved onto the adult food when he reached that age.

Last week was diagnosed with a meat protein allergy (constant licking & chewing himself, hot ears, impacted glands - had 5 of the 6 boxes they check for it appearly)

So is now on a meatless diet - he is allowed tuna though so that's helping - at first he loved getting people food all the time but he's getting a bit tired of the same dishes we make up for him - so also wondering if there is someone else out there who has a similar issue or feeds their dog a similar diet and would like to swap some 'recipes' with me (lol)

Main things I'm using at the moment for his dinners: Tuna, CousCous, Potatos, Pasta, Kidney Beans

Have also discovered he HATES eggs (in any form!) and mushrooms! haha guess they have preferences alot closer to ours than I realized!

Flight19

namurt wrote: »

Good question, just thought I'd add another......Is anyone out there using any reasonably priced dog food?

I was finding it really difficult with my dog to get something she'd actually eat. Shes healthy but looks like shes malnourished (vet says shes fine) but alas bought dog food for her in Tesco from the discount brand range after trying everything else and she adores it!

sadhbhc15

3 year old cairn x fox terrier - Royal Canin Club Performance Adult (cheapest in the RC range and he's thriving on it). Won't be changing in a hurry.

thedingo

No pimping.