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[kalougri]

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Hiya,

We pick up Django on the 11th September :wub: cant wait!!! I am trying to get things organised before he comes and am looking at food. I know the best brands that people reccomend (JWB, Burns, Arden grange etc) but at the moment he is on this:

Chudleys puppy

Ingredients of Chudleys Puppy complete dry dog food: Chicken meat meal (min 26%), maize, wheat, chicken fat, de-hulled soya bean, chicken liver, rice, prairie meal, full fat linseed, salmon oil, unmolassed beet pulp, soya oil, salt, mannan and fructose oligosaccharides, yeast, blackcurrant extract, taurine, curcumin, caramel, with EC permitted antioxidants; mixed tocopherols, vitamin C and rosemary extract.

Does this look reasonable? I am not altogether sure of which bad things to look for in dog food so would appreciate if someone more experienced could take a look. I am not opposed to switching over to the more expensive food, but he seems to be doing well on this at the moment and its also much cheaper!

Thanks

 

[kalougri]

A couple of phone pics from our visit with him yesterday! He is now 6 weeks and 3 days old!

 

[Noise]

he is ever so handsome :wub:

overall not a bad food, it could do without the wheat, salt and beet pulp which is just a filler used to bulk the food out. and what on earth is prairie meal :lol:

Does this look reasonable? I am not altogether sure of which bad things to look for in dog food so would appreciate if someone more experienced could take a look. I am not opposed to switching over to the more expensive food, but he seems to be doing well on this at the moment and its also much cheaper!

for me it's: dairy, wheat, soya, salt, pork (although mine don't seem to be allergic), cheap fillers and also what kind of meat goes into the meal - AG uses human grade chicken as opposed to chicken feet and beaks.

 

[kalougri]

he is ever so handsome :wub:
overall not a bad food, it could do without the wheat, salt and beet pulp which is just a filler used to bulk the food out. and what on earth is prairie meal :lol:

LOL! I did wonder that too!

Prairie meal

Prairie Meal Description Dried by-product of the manufacture of

maize starch. It consists principly of gluten

obtained during the separation of the

starch.

In the wet milling process, after the maize

germ and fibre are removed, the remaining

material is centrifuged to isolate the starch

from the gluten for further processing to

modified starches, sweeteners, etc. The

remaining gluten is dried and then

milled/sieved to produce a consistent course

powder high in proteins with a natural

pigment.

 

[Noise]

you learn something new everyday I thought it's made of this

if he is doing well don't see why you can't keep him on it, at least for the first few months.

 

[kalougri]

he is ever so handsome :wub:
overall not a bad food, it could do without the wheat, salt and beet pulp which is just a filler used to bulk the food out. and what on earth is prairie meal :lol:

Does this look reasonable? I am not altogether sure of which bad things to look for in dog food so would appreciate if someone more experienced could take a look. I am not opposed to switching over to the more expensive food, but he seems to be doing well on this at the moment and its also much cheaper!

for me it's: dairy, wheat, soya, salt, pork (although mine don't seem to be allergic), cheap fillers and also what kind of meat goes into the meal - AG uses human grade chicken as opposed to chicken feet and beaks.

Thanks for that list! Do you use arden grange? It was the one I was leaning towards changing over to if i feel this stuff isnt good enough for my little pup. If so, do you have any idea how much an average whippet would get through per month? I see they come in 15kg bags. Any ideas how long that may last for?

 

[kalougri]

lol, I must admit I was alarmed at the thought of feeding django mashed up prairie dogs till I googled what it was! They are so funny

 

[Noise]

he is ever so handsome :wub:
overall not a bad food, it could do without the wheat, salt and beet pulp which is just a filler used to bulk the food out. and what on earth is prairie meal :lol:

Does this look reasonable? I am not altogether sure of which bad things to look for in dog food so would appreciate if someone more experienced could take a look. I am not opposed to switching over to the more expensive food, but he seems to be doing well on this at the moment and its also much cheaper!

for me it's: dairy, wheat, soya, salt, pork (although mine don't seem to be allergic), cheap fillers and also what kind of meat goes into the meal - AG uses human grade chicken as opposed to chicken feet and beaks.

Thanks for that list! Do you use arden grange? It was the one I was leaning towards changing over to if i feel this stuff isnt good enough for my little pup. If so, do you have any idea how much an average whippet would get through per month? I see they come in 15kg bags. Any ideas how long that may last for?

oh yeah, I think they should start paying me for all that free advertising I do

I normally order the 7.5kg bags for the two boys, since I do switch between the varieties, they've had puppy, normal chicken adult (red), salmon and premium, at the moment they're on large breed puppy which is the same protein % as the premium. though of course 15kg would be cheaper. Eskil gets a measuring cup and a bit (i think I have a royal canin one) a day divided in to two meals, Popsy gets a bit less. they look and feel great. I have no idea really how quickly they go through it, 7.5 lasts more than a month for sure.

 

[Django'sPeeps]

Other people are covering the food topic, but I just wanted to pop in and say HOORAY for there being another Django! ^_^ He's a very handsome Django indeed.

 

[kalougri]

Other people are covering the food topic, but I just wanted to pop in and say HOORAY for there being another Django! ^_^ He's a very handsome Django indeed.

He certainly is! Our Django is mainly named after a web framework that my geeky other half works with! It was one of the conditions of me finally getting my dog lol, he got to give it a geeky name ^_^ Also, after the guitarist! (the other half plays)

I'm so happy he's coming home to me finally

 

[Django'sPeeps]

I'm not sure who our Django is named after since he came with the name already! I'd like to think it was maybe Django Reinhardt rather than Django the B****** from the dodgy B-movie western!

 

[twinkletoes dylan]

my pup was having arden grange puppy junior and a 15kg bag was lasting about 3months but now she's on skinners the working dog food is 20 for 15kg and they are trying the maintenance at £15 for 15 kg, they do a puppy version too, it is a complete food but several times a week i feed raw mince, raw fish or canned in oil or tomato sauce, cooked veg, scrambled egg or leftovers with a few biscuits as a mixer there isnt anything i wouldnt give them except an excess of grapes (raisins etc) onion or salty -they love plain nuts as treats. as a pup she was fed 4 times day gradually decreased to 2 times with a bonio for lunch

i think most pups arent naturally greedyif you feed enough they use it up with playing and growing so i fed to appetite, now they are on 1/2 mug of dry food twice a day

the better the food the less you need to feed and less out the other end, mines poo is lovely its dry and crumbly and easy to pick up and their coats are fab and their teeth are clean

get a small bag to start to see if he likes it

so exciting waiting for a new puppy, he's lovely

 

[pippywhippet]

Hi, I think grain free or raw is a better choice, although if you lovely boy is doing ok on his food there is no rush to change it

Try looking at http://dogfoodanalysis.com

It has many UK brands in the reviews- some interesting reading.

I would try to avoid grains and things like beet pulp as they are cheap fillers which are difficult to digest. Good quality foods have names meat products high up in the ingredients list.

I feed Orijen, available from Zooplus- you can find a review on the dog food analysis site. IMO it is head and shoulders above most UK foods.

 

[whippetsrus]

Rebus was on Chudleys when we got him and he thrived. He was not hyperactive and was growing exactly as he should be. I would say it was no better or worse than any other mid price food. Once he was settled I gradually changed his food and he is now on Burns Venison and Brown Rice along with the other two. I do keep some Burns Duck and Brown Rice in as this seems to be Diesel's favourite.

In choosing a food I like to recognise the ingredients listed and also for them to be quality. I do not require additives, fillers or any added junk. That is just my personal preference.

If you are interested in Burns they have their own website and deliver free of charge. Usually I get mine within 2-3 days. I have put a link below:

http://www.shop.burnspet.com/acatalog/index.html

 

[kalougri]

Thank you for the replies. They are very helpful! I think I will go with my first thought, keep him on this food whilst he settles then change over to a better quality one! Only 2 weeks to go now (w00t)

 

[~Annie~]

I have a friend who is a dog trainer and who keeps an animal feed shop. She's a hopeless business woman as there are a fair few foods she won't stock, even if her customers ask for them. She's very concerned about the quality of the ingredients but she has also visited the factories where many of the foods are produced and looked into whether things are ethically sourced and produced etc. as she feels this is important too. And of course she gets plenty of feed back from her customers when they change to different foods. Her top recommendation (and no she's not on commission lol) for a mid priced food is always Skinners, Puppy and then Salmon and Rice for the adults, or Trophy if you are happy to pay more. She sells the Chudleys and I'm sure she'd tell you he's fine on it for now but that Skinners would be her recommendation if you wanted to change. The Skinners is maybe 40% of what my guys get (the other 60% is Nature Diet, raw tripe, sardines, yoghurt, eggs, etc. etc. - not all at once lol) - and mine are thriving on it. Trophy is another excellent food... they have a website and you can order directly from them if you can't source the food locally.

Skinners Puppy ingredients

Poultry meat meal (min 30%), maize, chicken fat, white rice, oats, maize gluten meal, sunflower meal, whole linseed, sugar beet pulp, whole dried egg, vitamins & minerals, yeast, MOS.

Skinners salmon and Rice ingredients

Whole rice (40%), salmon meal (17.50% dry weight), naked oats, peas, sunflower oil, whole linseed, sugar beet pulp, vitamins and minerals

Trophy Puppy ingredients

Supreme Basmati Rice (min. 43%), Chicken Meat (min. 30%), Oats (min. 10%), Chicken Oil, White Fish Meat (min. 5%), Brewers Yeast, Salmon Oil, Vitamins & Minerals, MOS. Antioxidants added: Tocopherol Rich Extracts of natural origin (Vit E)

 

Hope this helps ... you'll get lots of different opinions on food, sometimes it's just about what best suits your dog.

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Congratulations on your new arrival

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