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Food advice

  • 09-04-2021 6:17pm
    #1
    Ajanas
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭


    Greetings all. Just fostered our first dog. A retriever x bernese mountain dog. My wife is adamant we use dry food. However i prefer wet. Is a combo of both okay. Any advice is welcome. Cheers!


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


    I feed a mix, mostly wet, some dry (both grain free), some veggies, any suitable leftovers (no salt or gravy)
    What ever suits you.
    What age is the pup? You'll need a giant breed food I'd imagine


  • #3
    tk123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,050 ✭✭✭✭tk123


    Rocco from zooplus.ie is great value and quality for wet. They do a dry too but I haven’t a clue about dry as I haven’t used it for 10+ years - I feed mainly raw with some wet mixed in some days. Why does she want to feed dry out of interest - convenience I assume? (Dry doesn’t help to keep clean contrary to popular belief!)


  • #4
    mymo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    I feed rocco wet, dogs love it. It's smells ok too, like meat more than ordinary dog food.
    And I agree, dry doesn't do anything to help keep teeth clean.


  • #5
    Ajanas
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Ajanas


    mymo wrote: »
    I feed a mix, mostly wet, some dry (both grain free), some veggies, any suitable leftovers (no salt or gravy)
    What ever suits you.
    What age is the pup? You'll need a giant breed food I'd imagine

    Shes just 9 weeks. Yep the vet was saying getting a food designed for giant breeds!


  • #6
    Ajanas
    Registered Users Posts: 4 ✭Ajanas


    tk123 wrote: »
    Rocco from zooplus.ie is great value and quality for wet. They do a dry too but I haven’t a clue about dry as I haven’t used it for 10+ years - I feed mainly raw with some wet mixed in some days. Why does she want to feed dry out of interest - convenience I assume? (Dry doesn’t help to keep clean contrary to popular belief!)

    Well her previous childhood dogs were all fed dry food/nuts.


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  • #7
    mymo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,553 ✭✭✭mymo


    Ajanas wrote: »
    Shes just 9 weeks. Yep the vet was saying getting a food designed for giant breeds!

    Zooplus is great for looking up foods, they've a big range on there, lots of info, and they deliver in a few days.
    The larger breeds need a different food as they grow a little different to smaller dogs, nutritional needs differ a bit.


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