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  • 19-05-2020 2:07pm
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    13Ballymore
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    Hi I have a 10 month old collie who is on Red Mills. I want some help to get him onto a good quality dry dog food. My budget would be around 35 euro per bag. Any opinion on a good food. I'm struggling to figure out a good one.


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    charlietheminxx
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    Hey, what size bag are you talking about so I know what price point you're thinking? We buy big 11.7kg bags of food (Acana) for my dog but they last a good while and work out better value than the smaller bags.


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    pinktoe
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭pinktoe


    Why do you want to change? Red Mills isn't bad.



    Add an egg once a day and some tuna/mackerel from a can every so often to keep his coat nice and healthy looking.


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    redroisin
    Registered Users Posts: 90 ✭✭redroisin


    Just make sure it's got real meat or meat meal in it and NO Maize, they cannot digest it.


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    The Mask 13
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    13Ballymore wrote: »
    Hi I have a 10 month old collie who is on Red Mills. I want some help to get him onto a good quality dry dog food. My budget would be around 35 euro per bag. Any opinion on a good food. I'm struggling to figure out a good one.

    Zoo plus have really good food online. You might have to pay a little bit more per bag but the quality of the food is so high you dont need big portions so its works out cheaper in the long run.


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    Tabnabs
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 15,695 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tabnabs


    This site is invaluable
    https://www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk/


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    kopfan77
    Registered Users Posts: 324 ✭✭kopfan77


    13Ballymore wrote: »
    Hi I have a 10 month old collie who is on Red Mills. I want some help to get him onto a good quality dry dog food. My budget would be around 35 euro per bag. Any opinion on a good food. I'm struggling to figure out a good one.

    I have 5 dogs, including a german shepherd with a sensitive stomach. I use the 12kg bags of Gain Adult Big Dog...its about €39/bag and it agrees with all of mine. none of them get upset stomachs and they all have great coats, teeth etc.
    I do add a tin of sardines once a week and the odd bit of raw, but day to day its the Adult Gain Big Dog


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    IsIt Miturn
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭IsIt Miturn


    I used to feed Red Mills Leader to my old dog, good food, but it has a lot more crude ash in it now. I've switched to Select Gold from Maxi Zoo now. It has a higher protein level and trace ash. I mix it the odd time with tinned fish or if he has been on a hike with us, wet food (a decent brand, not brandy or pedigree chum!). Feed your dog to his size, and "work load" (meaning his exercise amount!) You'll often find that more expensive bags actually work out cheaper because you don't need to feed as much of it. Remember, people in pet stores are trained from a marketing point of view, not their fault, but it may be worth doing your own bit of research and then gradually changing his food!


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    nhg
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    We feed our 8 yr old Collie & 1yr old Golden Retriever Taste of the Wild - both are on the Pacific Stream as the collie suffers with sensitive skin. We get it delivered from zoo plus because Petmania stopped stocking the puppy version.
    The retriever will be moving off the puppy & onto the adult version when his current bag is finished as he turned 1 last week. We get them weighed regularly to make sure they get the correct amount.
    It's expensive but works out cheaper than most of the regular brands as its high protein content & they only eat what they want & leave it & come back when they want more they don't gulp it down.


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    Pintman Paddy Losty
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    We had a golden lab, Sammy. He would eat pretty much anything. His favourite was boiled spuds with gravy mixed in. I'd feed him the odd bit of fat from the table as well. He never liked the dry food so I mostly just gave him a bit of what we were having. He used to go crazy for ice cream. :)


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    tedpan
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators Posts: 4,627 Mod ✭✭✭✭tedpan


    13Ballymore wrote:
    Hi I have a 10 month old collie who is on Red Mills. I want some help to get him onto a good quality dry dog food. My budget would be around 35 euro per bag. Any opinion on a good food. I'm struggling to figure out a good one.


    I assume you're talking about a 10 or 15KG bag? I don't think it's possible to get good quality food for that budget.


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