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Best dry dog food available in Ireland?

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,164 ✭✭✭samo


    tk123 wrote: »
    Samo are you calling into Dogfooddirect or ordering online? It's always cheaper to buy from their depot so if you're calling over to kellys anyways DFD is not too far away in Park West ;) My dad works out that way and has collected stuff for me loads of times - they always round it down! He even got a €10 off a high K-9 bed for me lol :pac:

    Yep, got it a bit cheaper calling into the depot - good to know about the beds and stuff, I need to haggle more!!

    Have to pay a visit soon for more of the RAW


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,705 ✭✭✭54and56


    Hi,

    I'm feeding my 50% Newfoundlander and 50% Northern Innuit Mix (not sure what's in the mix but it seems from communication with the peson I got the pup from that the mother was a cross of Northern Innuit and H57) Markus Mühle NaturNah http://www.zooplus.ie/shop/dogs/dry_...aturnah/128238 which seems to be going down very well.

    The packaging says to feed adult dogs 1.2% of their body weight but that young and growing dogs may need up to 2.5% of their body weight per day.

    My dog is just 9 months old and weighs 29KG. According to some dog weight predictors I've referenced e.g. http://www.enpevet.de/CalculateWeight.aspx it looks like she will hit 34KG at 81 weeks i.e. adulthood. It's been concsistently predicting this weight since she was about 12 weeks old so she seems to be growing "normally".

    My question is at the moment I'm feeding her about 600 grams per day but the 2.5% recommendation would equate to 850 grams per day.

    I'm sure there's no black and white about this but I'd appreciate some input from you guys. Should I up her feed to 850 grams given she is growing (and she's been on 600 grams for two months) or should I leave well alone??


  • Registered Users Posts: 22 SpringerKY


    Have a very fussy, extremely energetic 18 month Springer spaniel who I cannot add weight to no matter what I do (have been to vet, he is healthy). He is skinnier and smaller than my other springer who is about 9 months old and will eat anything and everything in his way.

    Can anybody recommend a dry dog food to put weight on? He has previously been on burns and most recently tried Josera High energy and Josera puppy food. Also if there are any supplements for weight gain? Very quick and agile springer but needs to be a bit broader.

    Hope somebody can help.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    I had awful problems getting weight on my Tibetan terrier when he was younger (up to about 2years) my vet told me to make up a casserole type food using chicken thighs any legs, some veggies (I used carrots, broccoli, butter beans or similar, green beans, peas, turnip, whatever I had) and rice, just add water, no stock, pick out all bones once cooked, mix meat in well, and mix it in with regular food.
    It freezes well, my fella love it done with mince beef too, cheap fatty stuff is best, and my friend gave me rabbit (left over from restaurant) and I used cheap Turkey too.
    It did work, he was very underweight, skin and bone at one stage, but very lively so vet wasn't worried. (I would check with your vet for a health issue just in case.)
    He's 7 now and will eat anything, normal weight.


  • Registered Users Posts: 529 ✭✭✭snor


    Very interesting thread. I have my King Charles cavalier on Royal Canine also. Was lead to believe it was a good feed but from reading this thread it's not!

    My guy is a fussy eater and prone to weight gain. He is 4.5years. Has a heart murmur but not on any meds yet. Any food recommendations please? Many thanks.


  • Registered Users Posts: 33 adamshare01


    Gain Elite feed.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Springwell


    snor wrote: »
    Very interesting thread. I have my King Charles cavalier on Royal Canine also. Was lead to believe it was a good feed but from reading this thread it's not!

    My guy is a fussy eater and prone to weight gain. He is 4.5years. Has a heart murmur but not on any meds yet. Any food recommendations please? Many thanks.


    Anything grain free, Purizon, Wolf of the Wild, Taste of the Wild, Purizon, Orijen, Champion Grain Free. If finances don't stretch to that (understandable, many of us find them pricey) then a good quality kibble with easily digestible ingredients - Marcus muhle, Lukullus, Taste of The Wild regional diets.

    Hope that helps.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 532 ✭✭✭Springwell


    Gain Elite feed.


    Dried Chicken & Turkey (min 30%), Rice (20%), Wholegrain Maize, Dehulled Oats, Poultry Fat, Maize Gluten, Sugar Beet Pulp, Chicken Gravy, Fish Meal, Egg, Linseed, Fish Oil, Potassium Chloride, Fructooligosaccharides (0.3%), TruCal Milk Mineral Complex, Products from Processing Plants.

    Lots of filler grains which are hard to digest for dogs, especially maize.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭Knine


    Springwell wrote: »
    Dried Chicken & Turkey (min 30%), Rice (20%), Wholegrain Maize, Dehulled Oats, Poultry Fat, Maize Gluten, Sugar Beet Pulp, Chicken Gravy, Fish Meal, Egg, Linseed, Fish Oil, Potassium Chloride, Fructooligosaccharides (0.3%), TruCal Milk Mineral Complex, Products from Processing Plants.

    Lots of filler grains which are hard to digest for dogs, especially maize.

    Still actually a very decent brand of food for it's price compared to Royal Canin etc. I have used this very successfully with top winning dogs.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭odckdo


    My dogs get a kibble which has rice and are doing alright. (They also get a good wet food.)

    Just wondering is there any need to move to grain free if your dog is not allergic?

    When I look at the ingredient lists for most of the grain free foods there is alot of potato and the fresh meat after cooking is down to 20%.

    I am trying to keep food costs down but does anyone have a proper link that could convince me that grains are really bad and I need to change?

    EDIT reading the Orijen white paper. Orijen 80% meat, 20% fruit & veg, zero grain has 25% carbs but for comparison TOTW or dogfooddirect Champion Grain Free have carbs in the early 40s. I feed Zooplus Greenwood's which has white rice, brown rice, oats giving carbs in late 40s.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 22 SpringerKY


    Thanks Mymo, Going to do that. In Aldi can get packs of drumsticks and tighs for about €2 so will stock up and add in some mince and chicken breast too. Have also just bought a 15kg bag of Lulluks dog food of zooplus and some bovine fat powder too. Hope he will fill out now and reach his true potential!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,610 ✭✭✭muddypaws


    odckdo wrote: »
    My dogs get a kibble which has rice and are doing alright. (They also get a good wet food.)

    Just wondering is there any need to move to grain free if your dog is not allergic?

    When I look at the ingredient lists for most of the grain free foods there is alot of potato and the fresh meat after cooking is down to 20%.

    I am trying to keep food costs down but does anyone have a proper link that could convince me that grains are really bad and I need to change?

    EDIT reading the Orijen white paper. Orijen 80% meat, 20% fruit & veg, zero grain has 25% carbs but for comparison TOTW or dogfooddirect Champion Grain Free have carbs in the early 40s. I feed Zooplus Greenwood's which has white rice, brown rice, oats giving carbs in late 40s.

    Absolutely no need to move to grain free, as dogs can digest grains. All sorts of claims are made, but no science to back them up :) Of course if you feed a very cheap food, it will have a high level of cheap fillers, but using a food with meat and rice, grain etc is no problem at all.

    As my vet says, she hasn't seen a case of rickets in dogs for a long time, it used to be quite common, a coincidence that this has come about at the same time as the increase in the use of kibble? I think not.

    If you have a food that you are happy with, that your dog eats and does well on, stick with it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 245 ✭✭Stephenc66


    I am in agreement with Muddypaws if your dog is healthy and well on a food that they like stick with it. The only other thing I would suggest is that you monitor it as they get older.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,774 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    Hmmm... I don't think it's quite fair to say dogs can digest grains... They probably can to a very small extent, very small. And only if the grain has already been broken down somewhat by cooking or digestion in a prey animal. And some breeds are better at it than others. Dogs are better at digesting carbs than wolves are, but these are vegetable-based carbs rather than grain-based. I don't think we know enough yet about the influence of gluten on the carnivorous digestive system, and the long-term effects on organs like the liver, damage which is insidious and hard to point the finger at one cause, to be assuming that feeding a cerealy diet to dogs is okay. For the record, rice is very benign, so if I had to feed a cerealy diet, I'd opt for rice as the only cereal in it.
    My vet only commented last week that she has seen more cases of rickets in the past couple of years than ever before.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭odckdo


    I don't know. I have looked and looked for some concrete evidence online and can't seem to find anything either way.

    Orijen I think are the first and probably the best grain free food. On their website they state over and over how dogs can't digest grains. They even have a so called white paper on the subject.

    One thing that puzzles me is that they also make Acana. Yet some of the Acana foods have 30% grains (oats). Acana say oats are acceptable as they are low GI. Alright they are catering for a different market by keeping costs down but how can Champion Pet Foods harp on about grain free on the one hand but yet market Acana?

    Also all the entry level grain free foods use potato or sweet potato. I am no expert but nutritionally sweet potato seems good and would have around the same GI as oats. So why haven't Acana used sweet potato instead of oats if grains are so hard to digest? It can't be a cost thing as Acana is expensive anyways.


  • Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 9,774 Mod ✭✭✭✭DBB


    I wouldn't expect any pet food manufacturer to be squeaky clean when it comes to ethics, marketting and profit :o
    The human food companies are bad enough, and much more tightly regulated.
    For the record, oats are a more benign grain than wheat or barley from a gluten point of view... Some people with gluten intolerance can eat oats with no major impacts. I'd guess, and it's only a guess, that oats are a lot cheaper than spuds or sweet potatoes... Which brings me back to my point about ethics and profit!


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 lalalady


    Getting a cocker pup soon, will be 12 weeks old. Can you please recommend a food and training treats?


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 lalalady


    lalalady wrote: »
    Getting a cocker pup soon, will be 12 weeks old. Can you please recommend a food and training treats?

    Any advise please?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭odckdo


    lalalady wrote:
    Getting a cocker pup soon, will be 12 weeks old. Can you please recommend a food and training treats?

    Food wise Cocker's are generally good eaters and not that fussy. So you should have a good selection to choose from. There is no specific food for the cocker breed.

    There are good suggestions on this thread and they would all have good puppy versions.

    It really depends on whether you want to buy locally or online and what your budget is? A 12kg/13kg bag of grain free food would start at around 50 euro whereas a good meat & rice 15kg bag could be got for around 35 euro.


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  • Registered Users Posts: 11 lalalady


    odckdo wrote: »
    Food wise Cocker's are generally good eaters and not that fussy. So you should have a good selection to choose from. There is no specific food for the cocker breed.

    There are good suggestions on this thread and they would all have good puppy versions.

    It really depends on whether you want to buy locally or online and what your budget is? A 12kg/13kg bag of grain free food would start at around 50 euro whereas a good meat & rice 15kg bag could be got for around 35 euro.

    Thanks odckdo, I am open to online or store. how much long would a 12/13kg bag last for an adult Cocker? Would you advise grain free to start or see how things go?


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭odckdo


    lalalady wrote:
    Thanks odckdo, I am open to online or store. how much long would a 12/13kg bag last for an adult Cocker? Would you advise grain free to start or see how things go?


    Its hard to say - just have a good read around and start with a small bag.

    Depending on each foods feeding guidelines, a 12-15kg could last 1 adult cocker up to 3 months. Most dog foods kept in a proper sealed food container will keep for that time.

    Also starting with a puppy food you need one with high protein of at least 30% so the higher the meat at the puppy stage the better.

    Sometimes high meat/high protein adult food might be too rich for a dog (e.g. Orijen has 80% meat) and sometimes a regular meat & rice might suit a dog better. It's all trial and error.


  • Registered Users Posts: 11 lalalady


    odckdo wrote: »
    Its hard to say - just have a good read around and start with a small bag.

    Depending on each foods feeding guidelines, a 12-15kg could last 1 adult cocker up to 3 months. Most dog foods kept in a proper sealed food container will keep for that time.

    Also starting with a puppy food you need one with high protein of at least 30% so the higher the meat at the puppy stage the better.

    Sometimes high meat/high protein adult food might be too rich for a dog (e.g. Orijen has 80% meat) and sometimes a regular meat & rice might suit a dog better. It's all trial and error.

    Thanks for your help.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 415 ✭✭Jentle Grenade


    Thanks for all of the great, detailed responses on this thread. I recently adopted a puppy (approx. 5 months old) from a rescue. She was being fed with Maxi Zoo Multifit puppy. I was given a small pouch of this and transitioned her to Orijen Puppy over the last few days. My previous dogs were both on Orijen before they passed away. She really does not like the Orijen Puppy at all. She is slightly underweight as it is, and is scratching excessively. The vet has suggested that I try her on grain free kibble as she has had some bouts of upset tummy too.

    The vet recommended the Champion Grain Free from DFD.ie. I will order some, but in the mean time can anyone tell me if the Champion Grain Free is the same as the Pet Essentials Grain Free food? As far as I can tell they are both branded products sourced from Golden Acre. Any other suggestions by the way? She is a terrier/poodle cross.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 18,334 CMod ✭✭✭✭Nody


    The vet recommended the Champion Grain Free from DFD.ie. I will order some, but in the mean time can anyone tell me if the Champion Grain Free is the same as the Pet Essentials Grain Free food? As far as I can tell they are both branded products sourced from Golden Acre. Any other suggestions by the way? She is a terrier/poodle cross.
    Well you could try to rule out chicken based kibble for let's say duck & potato or lamb & rice or similar combo (check that they don't contain chicken fat etc. though!) if she has a skin condition (i.e. could potentially be allergy related) and the classic of oily fish (salmon oil on top of sardines once a week for example).


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 415 ✭✭Jentle Grenade


    Thanks Nody.

    I brought her to Pet Essentials today as its local to me. They let her try a few of the different types of GF kibble (there was 4, I think). The only one she had any interest in was the PE branded Grain Free. She wolfed it down. I picked up a 2kg bag to try it. As she only had about three bites of her breakfast I measured her out some of the Grain Free and she demolished the whole bowl :O I was shocked. She has shown very little interest in food since she came to live with us, even the food we eat. During her fortnight on the Orijen it was painful to get her to eat anything.

    So I will see how she gets on with the bag over the next fortnight. If she likes it and the itching lessens I'll pick up the 12kg bag in Pet Essentials. Gotta support local after all. Thanks again.


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  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 227 ✭✭Dubs1990


    hey guys just to let yous now pet mania in santry are doing taste of the wild for 62euro , I know its the same price as zooplus online but saves the delivery if somebodys stuck.


  • Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Jezzabelle


    Hi all thinking of changing my 4 year old pug's food due to skin problems and itching which after some research, i think may be related to a food allergy. I have fed him royal canin for the last 4 years as after trying a number of different brands when he was a puppy this is the only one he would eat - he is a fussy git! Also I was led to believe it is a high quality food - only after reading up on it due to the itching did I realise this is not the case. I'm raging that I have been feeding him this for so long thinking it was the best when it wasn't.
    Anyway..Burns was recommended to me to help with the itching but after reading reviews on this I'm not so sure about it. Another brand im considering is Barking Heads which is meant be very good - natural ingredients, high ish meat content, no fillers etc. Anyone here ever used this brand?

    I've read a bit about the grain free options but would rather a brand that I can pick up locally rather than ordering online. Barking heads is stocked in my local pet store.

    Also with the kibble he gets either fresh chicken (he is ruined! :-)) or Cesar wet food. Any comments re this would be appreciated. Really want to try eliminate the itching/skin problems and I think getting his food right is key.

    Thanks :-)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,964 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    I fed Barking Heads up until 2 months ago. I used the lamb one but I think the salmon one is grain free *. The only reason I stopped was because I could only get it in NI or on zooplus uk site and the cost of sterling was just too much.

    * Just checked and it contains oats, so not grain free.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,964 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Sorry, also on the Ceaser - it's very, very poor quality and would be the first thing I would be eliminating if I had an itchy dog.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,964 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Has Barking Heads changed all it's recipes does any one know? The lamb one now contains barley and oats and I can't imagine ever wanting to feed that to my dogs!


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭odckdo


    Has Barking Heads changed all it's recipes does any one know? The lamb one now contains barley and oats and I can't imagine ever wanting to feed that to my dogs!

    I was wondering about that too. The ingredient listing seems to be different from BHs website and Zooplus. On the BHs site it now has barley, oats, etc included.


  • Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Jezzabelle


    odckdo wrote: »
    I was wondering about that too. The ingredient listing seems to be different from BHs website and Zooplus. On the BHs site it now has barley, oats, etc included.

    See this re grain free from barking heads website
    http://www.barkingheads.co.uk/products/grain-free/


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,964 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    odckdo wrote: »
    I was wondering about that too. The ingredient listing seems to be different from BHs website and Zooplus. On the BHs site it now has barley, oats, etc included.

    A bag lasted me about 4 months and the last time I ordered it I got two bags so it's almost a year since I bought it. Unfortunately I don't have an old bag to compare the ingredients list.


  • Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Jezzabelle


    I fed Barking Heads up until 2 months ago. I used the lamb one but I think the salmon one is grain free *. The only reason I stopped was because I could only get it in NI or on zooplus uk site and the cost of sterling was just too much.

    * Just checked and it contains oats, so not grain free.

    Are you based in Dublin? If so the pet store on the belgard road beside the luas stop stocks barking heads.

    I thought it contained grain too but see this re grain free from barking heads website?
    http://www.barkinghead...products/grain-free/


  • Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Jezzabelle


    Sorry, also on the Ceaser - it's very, very poor quality and would be the first thing I would be eliminating if I had an itchy dog.

    Thanks, yeah he gets very little of the ceasar. Only around 1 tin a week - a small amount mixed with his dry food to moisten it. But yeah maybe best to cut it out n just stick with dry food and chicken.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭odckdo


    Jezzabelle wrote:
    I've read a bit about the grain free options but would rather a brand that I can pick up locally rather than ordering online. Barking heads is stocked in my local pet store.

    When you say local, I think the only place you can get Barking Heads in a shop is Pet World Direct? BHs do grain free kibble aswell but shocking expensive. (Pet World have a sale on atm 10 euro off a bag).

    Plus one on Ceser wet food especially with allergies.

    If its Pet World they do grain free wet food versions like Forthglade, Natures Menu and Applaws which would be better.

    I use wet food aswell just to vary their mealtimes. There are some good wet foods available these days with high meat content.


  • Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Jezzabelle


    odckdo wrote: »
    When you say local, I think the only place you can get Barking Heads in a shop is Pet World Direct? BHs do grain free kibble aswell but shocking expensive. (Pet World have a sale on atm 10 euro off a bag).

    Plus one on Ceser wet food especially with allergies.

    If its Pet World they do grain free wet food versions like Forthglade, Natures Menu and Applaws which would be better.

    I use wet food aswell just to vary their mealtimes. There are some good wet foods available these days with high meat content.

    See my link above - it's stocked in a pet store in Tallaght. Here is the link. Might be of use to people who order online as the sterling exchange is gone so bad now! They also do a loyalty scheme where you get a free bag of food for every 10 bags you buy..

    http://www.petfooddepot.ie/findus.html

    Any wet food you would recommend? It's handy to have when you don't have time to cook fresh meat. EDIT sorry I see you have mentioned the above - apologies! I will check them out


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,964 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Jezzabelle wrote: »
    See this re grain free from barking heads website
    http://www.barkingheads.co.uk/products/grain-free/

    It looks like they have added cheaper fillers to their existing range and brought out a new grain-free range, how strange! The salmon and potato contains oats though and oats are most definitely a grain.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,555 ✭✭✭Ave Sodalis


    Jezzabelle wrote:
    Anyway..Burns was recommended to me to help with the itching but after reading reviews on this I'm not so sure about it.


    Really? We feed our dog Burns Hypoallergenic food and he's thriving on it. Between that and a decent brush, they're the two best things we bought for him to relieve itching. He has some form of dermatitis (vets don't know what exactly yet). I couldn't recommend it enough. There's an added bonus of the fact the dog practically does back flips with excitement when he's offered it and even started asking to be fed several times a day.


  • Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Jezzabelle


    It looks like they have added cheaper fillers to their existing range and brought out a new grain-free range, how strange!

    Yeah strange the guy in the pet shop today never mentioned grain free either so I thought it had some grain - but better types than others like royal canin. I will have another chat with him n see.
    Did you find your dogs ate the BH ok? My fella is so fussy I bet he won't eat them!


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  • Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Jezzabelle


    sup_dude wrote: »
    Really? We feed our dog Burns Hypoallergenic food and he's thriving on it. Between that and a decent brush, they're the two best things we bought for him to relieve itching. He has some form of dermatitis (vets don't know what exactly yet). I couldn't recommend it enough. There's an added bonus of the fact the dog practically does back flips with excitement when he's offered it and even started asking to be fed several times a day.

    Im just going by what I read on this website see attached and a few other places -saying it has a low meat content etc. I know it has a good reputation so i was surprised its only rated as a 3 star food on that site whereas barking heads is rated as 4 star. Others here who have knowledge than me might be able to comment re the ingredients. Though as you say your dog is thriving on it, I personally wouldn't worry!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,964 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    Yes they ate it no problem except when I was switching over to Lukullus and then Teddy ate the new stuff and tried to bury the BH down the back of the couch! :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users Posts: 147 ✭✭Jezzabelle


    Yes they ate it no problem except when I was switching over to Lukullus and then Teddy ate the new stuff and tried to bury the BH down the back of the couch! :rolleyes:

    Haha! I like his style :-). Thanks for your help. I'll look at switching him over soon and cut out the ceasar - I actually thought this was an OK thing to be giving him. I get the "country kitchen" one that says it has 45% meat so I thought it was good enough quality. And some of the the descriptions sound like something I would eat myself lol. Today he had "tender lamb with peas in a light herb sauce" damn marketing!😆


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,964 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    No it's 45% meat and animal derivatives. I certainly wouldn't recommend trying it yourself!

    http://www.best-dog-food-review.com/67901/67927.html


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 32 somewherenear


    Hi all.

    We were advised by the vet to put our dog on science plan weight control food as she is over weight and caged up after surgery. We are not happy with the amount of times she goes to the toilet on this food.

    Our pet shop recommends acana light and fit. I don't want to make another mistake and have to change her food again. I am just wondering what people think of acana?

    Thanks


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,840 ✭✭✭✭Dtp1979


    Hi all.

    We were advised by the vet to put our dog on science plan weight control food as she is over weight and caged up after surgery. We are not happy with the amount of times she goes to the toilet on this food.

    Our pet shop recommends acana light and fit. I don't want to make another mistake and have to change her food again. I am just wondering what people think of acana?

    Thanks

    I switched from champion grain free, which is excellent, to acana, just to see if she liked it. She loves it now, and actually prefers to treats. Last night she dropped a treat from her mouth to go eat her acana nuts


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 413 ✭✭odckdo


    Jezzabelle wrote:
    See my link above - it's stocked in a pet store in Tallaght. Here is the link. Might be of use to people who order online as the sterling exchange is gone so bad now! They also do a loyalty scheme where you get a free bag of food for every 10 bags you buy..

    I was typing my reply when you were typing thus the confusion! ☺

    I had my dogs on the regular Barking Heads for a while. They liked it and did well on it. But if you are switching food because of allergies, as mentioned already the regular BHs might not suit maybe as the different formulas have some sort of grain?

    Also I think BHs is expensive for what it is. I almost felt I was paying for their marketing department! On Zooplus it costs about 35 sterling but exchange rate is poor. In a Pet World Direct shop near me they put the price up to 66 euro for a 12kg bag. They sell grain free BHs for nearly 80 euro!!!

    You say you want to buy locally, I don't use it myself but dogfooddirect in Dublin do a well reviewed grain free food for 50 euro. The thing is that this food and BHs is made in the same factory in the UK called Golden Acres. I think then alot of the ingredients would be the same in both foods but with dogfooddirect you are not paying for the marketing!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,762 ✭✭✭Knine


    I have a dog here with severe skin issues since spaying. I tried everything with no success. I moved her to the Grainfree Salmon/ Trout from DFD & she is like a different dog & is now starting to grow her undercoat back.


  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 227 ✭✭Dubs1990


    Need another solution , Im feeding my German shepherd pup taste of the wild and hes going through a bag like a train , Financially im in a situation that i cannot aford 65 euro every 3 weeks for a 35kg bag at the moment . Ideally i am looking at 50euro for a bigger bag of food.


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  • Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 227 ✭✭Dubs1990


    sorry 13.5kg bag


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