I am currently feeding Draven on Dr johns gold award.

Barney gets Burns puppy mini bites, mixed with a little boiled chicken or lamb mince.
I've tried a few other foods but this is the only one that didn't upset his stomach.

I feed all my dogs a natural raw diet! :D

ajshep, what is your experience with that? I wish I could be brave and just dive in and try it, but I have so many reservations.

I feed a mixture of Nutro Natural Performance Formula and a homecooked diet.

Right now, I feed Marti purina puppy. I'd have her on a better food, but for some reason her systerm is sensitive to PH levels. She gets strutvie quite easily from most foods... I'll be switching to adult food soon though. =]

Goodness. I wish I could just switch to a raw diet. It would be so much better for her... but I'm scared that I'd mess it up somehow. haha

I feed raw too. Don't think I could go back to dry food now.

We mix complete dry dog food from Pet World (their own brand our vet recommended it), and burns dry dog food with Pedigree chum once a day for Poppy and Parkers tea and they have beef bones to chew on in the day which we get from our local butcher once a week and freeze.
They love the bones and they are good for the coat, teeth and keep them occupied - oh and also make the poo hard and easier to clean up. We don't give them marrowbones as they don't agree with them but ribs etc are good.

jak and holly are on arden grange senior,
harv, zig and meg on csj herbie nuts/rings
terra is currently trying out nature diet, the yuck fish one with holistic mixer for her cholesterol
and daizy is on nature diet and arden grange puppy

We feed all 5 of ours BARF - wouldnt go back!

Daisy was on Burns but that gave her the runs! so i switched her to Jameswelbeloved Duck and Rice, now she is settled i am switching her on to supadog sensitive.. its a bit cheaper!!

Gilpa Kennel for my three.

CSJ Senior Lamb for 4 of them, purely because of the low oil content - keeps the weight down. They are aged between 4 and 9 - breeds from JRT to hound cross.
Kye the 2 year old manic collie either gets the same or CSJ Fit n Fast.

None of them have any dietary problems at all - can eat absolutely anything (except hard rubber toys - but that's another story).

Pam

Kai and JC on Genesis lamb and rice
Wren on Arden Grange puppy with Natures Harvest puppy

I started Shep on Burns Puppy but he occasionally got the runs and kept leaving it to try to steal Sooty's Bakers so I changed him to Bakers Puppy. Sorry folks! They lick their bowls clean every time and their poo is 'if I dare say' fantastic.

Sorry to say that, but it is the worst you can feed them :(

As if you would feed your kids on McD daily. Full of artificial colourings, perservativs and E numbers.
I wouldn't want to feed that to my dogs. I am sure my children would like to go to McD every day, but in the end it is my decision and I rather feed them healthy, dogs and children :)

Monty is on Vitalin crown working food and Storm is on Gusto puppy food. Vitalin sponsor our flyball team. Storm will go onto the Vitalin puppy food when the next order comes.


Kat

When we first got our first dog, we fed Pedigree as we assumed it was the best of the bunch. She was having fits which the rescue hadn't mentioned to us, but we didn't relate the two until I did a bit of research into good foods and swapped them to Burns. The fits stopped and she has never had another, all I can assume is that she was allergic to an ingredient or something.

They looked a bit scrawny on Burns, although I fed it for a good 2 years, so have recently swapped to CSJ and so far I really like it. Really nice shiny coats and even nicer price :P

Raw is brilliant, I would never go back to dry food now, Milo seemed generally in good health before we switched but the differences are incredible, he doesn't smell (apart from when he's rolled in fox poo :D), breath is fresh and gums healthier, stools are firm and small and not smelly and he has bags more energy. Not sure if the last one is a good or bad thing, lol. :D

If you want to feed raw, buy a few books and have a search around the net, there's plenty of information widely available. I wouldn't jump into it without doing lots of research first though. :)

Don't get me started on commercial foods or you'll never hear the end of it. If I ever had to feed dry again I would go with Orijen as it's biologically appropriate (70% meat, 30% fruit&veg, 0% grains/cereals) and has no links to animal testing. :)

Where do you get your raw from? Vince was weened on BARF and I then moved him to dry which he hated. He is back onto BARF now and loves it - lucky I have managed to find someone who will supply small quantities and deliver to me. I can't get anything from butchers round here and Landywoods deliver in HUGE quantities

I get 20kg of really good meaty chicken & lamb bones from a wholesale butchers/caterers and beef mince and offal from the local butchers. A couple of the butchers round here have caught onto it and are making their own balanced raw meals at pretty good prices but I prefer to pay a bit extra and know exactly what I'm feeding.

mmm....all very well if you've got loads of room and a chest freezer to keep it in. With most people BARF feeding isn't practical - it certainly isn't for me. It's called 'modern living' - we can't all go out and bring a carcass back for the dogs - as much as I'd love to!! *hide*

My dogs are both on Genesis - with a little bit of tinned Chappie in. (which I swear by)

And the warm water to go with it rolleyes* :D

Of course!! *nerner*

I'd rather find the space and feed my dogs something that is species appropriate, than something from a tin that could contain literally any animal and any part of it along with many ingredient they just aren't capable of digesting.

We don't have a chest freezer and we cope just fine, we've adapted our own shoping routine to fit the dogs food in. Of all the reasons not to feed raw that has got to be the worst. :(

I don't have lots of room, but nevertheless feed raw.
I got a freezer from freecycle an upright one and once a week I get a bag of chicken and lamb bones from the local butcher. Which doesn't need to be frozen, they just eat it the next few days.
I rather use the space for my doggies ;-)

I'm not getting into a Raw vs Commercial argument....can't be bothered tbh, I'm just saying I don't have the space/time to feed raw food. I start work at 04.30 am, so I get up about 03.30, I'm not going to start fannying around with chicken wings and mince etc that early in the day.

Mmm 'rather find the space' one person said - oh hang on then I'll just move house then shall I, just so I can feed my dogs a few bones? My old dog Sally, lived til she was 17 yo, and was fed on Chappie tins and Bonios all her life.

Simple as....

Both of mine are on Wagg. Solomon is on ordinary Wagg Complete and I recently found one for older dogs (7+) called Wagg Complete Control. No adds, no colours and they even do a Sensitive one for dogs with funny tummies. They also do one called Wagg Worker - self explanatory.
No probelms with the business end either and no problems with hyperactivity.

I am pretty sure I would throw up if I had to give the dogs anything vaguely carcassy for breakfast! I just couldnt do it, not for me! My dogs seem to be doing ok on Burns, and if dogs can get past the age of about 13/14 on dry dog food it cant be that bad for em?

Didn't say you needed to move house, get a grip.

I find it easier to feed raw than feeding dry food.

Maybe before you slate something you should do a little research on it.

She didn't slate it - just said that it wasn't right for her lifestyle.
Many BARFers do their cause no favours by being smug about their choice and giving the impression that if others don't share their opinions they don't care enough about their dogs' well being.
You don't have the monopoly on caring or on healthy dogs.
I don't do shopping. I don't like planning or preparing food for myself, never mind my dogs. If other people will do the work for me then fine.
Nothing wrong with my dogs' health fed on complete dried food most of the time.
Dogs aren't people (it has to be said). Most are just concerned with filling their bellies and don't much care what with. They don't need variety like we do.
And what's wrong with dogs eating "any part of an animal" anyway? They're scavengers.
Nothing mine like better than a snack of rotting corpse - feathers, fur and all.

Pam

i feed my lot on field and trial musli

I didn't mean to be smug or suggest somebody moves house. My house is quite small, but that wouldn't be a reason for me to make a choice of food. I used to feed kibble and the 15 kg dog food bag was always in the way too, when it comes to space ;-)
Everybody should do what they think is best.
And it isn't much to prepare to feed the dogs raw, instead of opening a bag of dry food you give them some meat in their bowl....

I never was one trying to convert anybody, just pointed out that it is manageable even with little space, if that had been the only issue not to feed raw. I can understand when people cannot handle/ don't want to raw meat.

Each to their own I say!

alot also depends on budgets, im not well off, i tried 2 weeks of raw, it cost the same as a month and a half of dry food & nature diet for mine!! i know 2 weeks doesnt prove it was better for them or anything like that, my lot loved it, but i will stick with what they know and i know, they have the odd chicken wing and bone here and there to replace meals, but only as and when i can get it, our butchers arent that good about stuff for dogs!

as some one pointed out each to their own, alot of raw feeders do speak as if we are all poisoning our dogs by feeding them on such an awful thing as dry food!!

we all do our very best by our dogs, no matter what we choose to feed them on! with dry food, as long as it is looked into and contains ingredients we are happy with, and the dogs are fit and healthy along with it, i cant see a problem ::wave::

I am not well off either, but to me it seems cheaper to feed raw then multiple dogs on dry food.

I think if you feed good dry food and that fits your lifestyle better, than that's fine.
I just cannot understand people who just buy any dry food, without even reading the label and coming home with really crap dry food and then wonder about health problems or behaviour issues.

Exactly,

and by the way ajshep1984( nice name...) I WASN'T slating it - read my post again - as you obivously didn't read it properly
Well you are new here I suppose.

I might be new here but I'm quite familar with forums and I'm not so stupid that I can't tell when someone is being patronising.

I never pushed my opinion on anyone and that is exactly that, just my opinion, thought that was what forums were for, sharing opinions, maybe this ones different?

You are the one that flew off the handle about moving house etc when I was simply answering the OP question and then another question from someone else so don't try and make out I am making trouble here.

I believe raw is the best for my dogs and that is why I feed it. If you think what you are feeding is the best for yours that's fine but I have never seen a dog that eat's Chappie that looks healthy. I'm not saying yours aren't just my opinion based on my experience.

just wanted to point out.....tinned chappie is very good for dogs with bad tummys and that cant tolerate some ingredients, i always keep some in the cupboard. when harvey had his op after twisted gut in october, he was on this for a few months while his stomach healed

The Gruesomes have always eaten Arden Grange...Puppy, Graduate, Premium and they get the occasional chicken wing, Nature Diet, Nature's Menu for a treat. Veda had his booster recently and everyone commented on his wonderful coat and his general good looks...The Arden Grange suits both of them.

My dogs get feed on lucky!!
Jess used 2 get fed on bakers, but since we had sam we had to change becouse they used to get threw 3 or more boxes a week.
They now have a big sack full of food and it lasts ages !!

My pair are both fed on pro plan. Its the only dry food Robbie (the westie) will eat. Leo is fine on it to.

I dont know much about the raw food diet but i dont think i would put mine on it because surely dogs digestive systems have changed slighty since being domesticated.

Do you not risk making them ill feeding them uncooked meat?

Like i say i dont know much on that diet, thats just me opinion