Aayush97 wrote: » Hi, I'm getting a dog in a couple of days. Could someone please tell me where you normally buy food and other things from? Are the online sites any good or should I just stick to local shops? I have heard that Amazon has some products and I also read about zooplus. How are they? And where do you normally get the cheapest stuff from? Thanks
Aayush97 wrote: » I'm ready to buy the good quality food. What I was trying to ask was where can I find the lowest prices while I'm looking for it? Might as well save where you can.
Jane1012 wrote: » Not sure if it’s an option for anyone but I drive up to Newry every few weeks. There’s a pet food store there called Jolleys, the UK prices are much cheaper and they do 95p to the € if you pay in cash. They also price match competitors within a 5 mile radius and have a loyalty card with regular savings - 15% off at sign up, last week was £20 off £100 pound spend. An example a 12KG of Royal Canin Labrador retriever is €70+ in stores in Dublin but £42 up north and then take your better sterling rate and multiple discount offers they have. In other words, I could have bought 3 x 12KG bags last week for approx €110.
cocker5 wrote: » Ahh ok OP well firstly is ur new dog coming from breeder / recuse center as they may supply with you some food for a week or so. Can I ask what age is the dog ? Breed? Please this will help with food selection
Aayush97 wrote: » cocker5 wrote: » Ahh ok OP well firstly is ur new dog coming from breeder / recuse center as they may supply with you some food for a week or so. Can I ask what age is the dog ? Breed? Please this will help with food selection Getting a 3 month old beagle from a breeder. He hasn't mentioned anything about free food.
cocker5 wrote: » They won’t mention it OP but the should give you some when u collect your dog. Probably a stupid question but is this your first dog or have you had dog before?
Aayush97 wrote: » cocker5 wrote: » They won’t mention it OP but the should give you some when u collect your dog. Probably a stupid question but is this your first dog or have you had dog before? First. That's why I'm trying to figure out the good places for pet products!
eldamo wrote: » Beagles are great fun, full of energy, but usually very good natured. My wife used to feed her dogs the cheapest auld nonsense when we first met. Her border collie was, we thought a fussy eater and at one point just point blank refused to eat any more. We shopped around a few other foods but ended up settling on Burns. The dogs loved it and correcting their portion size remedied a lot of their health woes. Cheap dog food is a false economy, they will eat more of it and will just end up unwell. The internet is full of extremes and there are plenty of people out there who will tell you that if you arent feeding them raw hand caught salmon 3 times a day you should just give them back to where you got them, but the reality is that if you shop around and try them with a few different things you will find something good in the higher-middle part of the market. As I say, we found burns very good.
doc1023 wrote: » We got a pup last November and she was on Red Mills at the beginning, it wasn't agreeing with her. We switched to Royal Canin but after finding this website and reading up on ingredients etc, she's now on Canagan which she devourshttps://www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk
Acey10 wrote: Any advice on the aldi dog food I posted above?
tedpan wrote: » I wouldn't recommend it, average nutrition?
Acey10 wrote: » Really, I thought it looked good, all natural ingredients?
Nody wrote: It's all natural ingredients in a chocolate bar as well but would you recommend that as your main food on a daily basis? What you want to look at is to ensure it's not mainly filled with cheap carbs (rice, wheat etc.).
MayoSalmon wrote: » Cheap or expensive Carbs who cares...Dogs can't process them and the commercial pet food are taking the piss by loading up their bags of kibble. Feed Raw.
tk123 wrote: » Well raw is the same these days in some cases. Some of it is crap with more filler fat than meat..some of it is overpriced crap..you have brands paying somebody to promote them the same way vets offices might promote a food they sell. etc etc Then you have randommers selling buckets of mince from god knows where on FB jumping on the bandwagon...
