Mixing foods

Hey everyone,

I haven't been on for a while, apologies!

I have a food question, I've been wanting to switch to a better food recently and have been looking at different ones (spent a lot of time on allaboutdogfood!), for reduced carbs and better overall health really but I'm not in a position where I can go raw.

Currently Rox is on Lily's kitchen and she'll have dry food in the mornings (for convenience mainly) and then wet food in the evenings (usually stuffed in a kong).
I'm interested in switching her dry food to Orijen but as you probably know it's quite expensive so worry I won't be able to afford at the moment to switch both her dry and wet onto Orijen. So my question is can I switch her dry food to Orijen for the mornings and stick with Lily's Kitchen wet food for the evenings? Anyone else mix brands?

 

Oh great thanks @JudyN, yes of course it would be gradual and I've just asked Orijen if they would send a free sample. The wet food wouldn't be an issue because it's remaining as Lily's right? So just adding Orijen gradually to her current Lily's dry food?

 

Oh sorry yes eventually I would look at switching her wet food too as I've noticed Orijen have new wet tins. I have no idea how I'd do that like you said with having open tins around. Probably stuff a few Kongs (she has quite a kong collection!) with it mixed and freeze them. Thanks judy

 

Oh thank you @excuseme that's good to know, if I fed raw I'd definitely forget to defrost it haha!

 

Yeah I think it's probably not as expensive as I think but we definitely do not have the freezer space for ourselves never mind for dog food too ...but certainly a consideration for the future when we have a bigger kitchen and therefore a bigger freezer haha

 

Yeah they probably have a strong gut. Roxy does have a varied diet but she can be sensitive.

Yeah I actually forgot to brush my teeth this morning ...I would not rely on myself to stay on top of the defrosting haha. You're so lucky having a pet shop so close that must be super handy.

Thanks for that, I've looked at Acana. Had a quick look at Akela but they seem to have sweet potato in every recipe and I think she has reactions to this ingredient with itchy skin. Also wouldn't a working dog food give her a lot of excess energy that she doesn't need because she's not a working dog?

 

Aah okay thanks for that info, I had heard that they shouldn't be on a working food unless they are a working dog that needs that extra energy.
Oh dear haha, that's good to know I hope it doesn't have that effect on Rox. She has enough springs already

 

Ah okay, I never knew about this! Thanks for that. And yes Judy there is a lot of conflicting information!

 

Good to know thanks, and I hadn't even thought of that for a mum good tip.