Whats the best dog food ?

Question

Tinned meat (pedigree chum ) or a dry food such as Bakers ?? I don`t know what is the best for my labrador although he wolfs it down regardless ...

Max is 5 years old .. I want the best nutritional food for him but there are so many to choose from !

Yes , sorry we are in the UK ..

He is a little overweight too .. typical greedy lab !

Answer 1

Tinned meat is eighty percent moisture and the rest is rubbish. It is full of sugar and most contain 4% meat. Maybe a chicken waved at the tin as he passed by or a rabbit donated his tail but certainly not a lot else!
Bakers is also full of colours and rubbish.
Science Plan looks obscenely expensive but in fact isn't when you realise that you feed less because it contains very high quality ingredients and you'll pay less in vet bills and won't need as many poo bags! James Wellbeloved is also a fantastic food.
Check the ingredients. The cheaper the food, the more rubbish you'll find in it.
People that refuse to pay for decent dog food shouldn't be allowed to own pets, I mean, if you aren't prepared to spend a few extra quid on your pooch, why bother having one in the first place?
Keep away from IAMS and Eukanuba. They are good foods but Procter and Gamble are EVIL and they purchased the Iams company about seven years ago.

Answer 2

Go for a premium dry dog food if you want the best. You should only be able to buy this at a vets or in a pet shop. Brands such as Eukanuba, Royal Canin, Purina Pro Plan, Hill's Science Diet are just some of the ones available. Royal Canin do a breed specific dog food for Labradors if you wanted to try that. They are more expensive than other dog food but they tend to be made with only the best ingredients such as meat that would be the same quality that you would eat yourself. However a 15kg bag should last around a month for a labrador and when you compare the cost it is probably no more expensive than feeding tins which are usually around 80% water.

Answer 3

Home cooked!!
no pre packaged crap!
At least if you cook it yourself you know exactly what your dog is eating. It really easy too and it doesnt have to be too fancy.
Mine love chicken livers with mixed veg and pasta .
You can use just about any meat and most veggies. If you dont like cooking so often make a big batch separate it into portions and stick in the freezer and take it out either the night before or really early morning if you want it in time for dinner.
Try fish too but again not all types and make sure there are no bones.
My dog loves cod and coli fish which you can buy frozen in most supermarkets.

As a healthy treat give your dog a raw carrot or a bit of fruit like banana or apple.

Its not that I dont give her dog food at all, as I do but I try my best to give home cooked more.
Have a look on the net there are loads of recipies and different foods you can try.
Out of all the dry food I regularly give her James Wellbeloved range which is a healthy and nautral dry food.

Good luck in what ever you choose!

Answer 4

We had the same problem when we bought our dog there are so many products u just dont know whats good! We asked at the pet shop for one they would recommend and now I find my dog loves James Wellbeloved kibble! It contains the right nutrients and has different types of food so he can have a varied diet. There are also different packets which contain different food for the age of your dog and the breed. This idea is really good as a puppy will need more protein than an older dog and a dog of larger breed will need a higher energy content. At first I was really confused whether age and breed mattered but James Wellbeloved accounts for that.
Our dog also gets much human food which should only really be given in moderate supply but ensures he has a healthy diet e.g. fruit , veg and meat. A top tip for people who own dogs : research on the internet about what not to feed them. I found i was really surprised and and glad i checked as many foods e.g grapes u would think to be good for them!
We used to feed our pedigree chum but stopped after a trip to the vet she told us how bad for dogs it was. It doesnt supply them with any good nutrients and is very poor quality meat. Apparently it is like the equivalent of us having a McDonalds meal every day!!
good luck hope this helps! x

Answer 5

Go to any big dog show and you will see stall after stall selling dog food (normally dry complete meals). They all tell you theirs is the best - well they can't all be - and the daft thing is that most of them are owned by just a few large companies (a bit like human food).
Most food suits a labrador, they are pretty easy feeders, so I wouldn't worry too much.
If you use tinned food, the expensive ones like Pedigree Chum contain a lot of offal and so will give your dog the runs. Chappie original (yes the cheap and smelly one) is one of the best tinned foods.
If he is overweight he needs less food and more exercise - not a change of food. (The exercise will be good for you as well).
It sounds to me like you've been got at by the "you aren't looking after your dog properly" do gooders. Trust your judgement - you've managed ok for 5 years.

Answer 6

Hills Science Plan - it's a dry dog food with no additives and is recommended by vets all over the country. My dog loves it, although now and then I do give him the odd bit of Cesar as a special treat. Pedigree Chum tends to be very rich and is not as good for a dog.

Answer 7

Chappie. Tinned mixed with biscuits or dry. You'll find most rescue centres use this as it's low in oils and not so much water content as some tinned foods so the dog's less likely to have diarrhoea. Sciene plan is also good. Used by vets but it can be costly if feeding a Lab. There is also James welbeloved.

Answer 8

Make the diet varied - stick with one staple dried food (eg James Wellbeloved - thats a very good one), then add small amounts of raw meat, vegetables, eggs, cereals every now and then, just to make sure they're getting a balanced diet. (Most of the complete foods claim to be balanced, but a dog enjoys chomping down on a chicken wing now and again and would eat raw meat in the wild). Warning: Make sure any meat on the bone you feed is raw. Cooking bones alters the composition, making it difficult and / or impossible to swallow and digest properly. It can splinter and cause terrible problems.

Answer 9

Tinned dog food can be up to 60% water by feeding your dog dried food they will get much more nutrition just make sure you give them a good water supply, Try James well beloved,Purina pro plan,or sneyds working dog,feeding dry food is much cheaper than canned food the only difference between tinned meat and dry food is that you supply the water with the dried food but with meat you get charged for the water they put in.

Answer 10

Tin food is 80% water and a total waste of money it and those sausage meats are the biggest cause of gastrointestinal upsets in dogs. Dry food such as eukanuba, pedigree advance or hills science diet are the best quality you can buy - they are not bulked up with carbohydrates like other brands. Basically the more you pay the better the quality of food and protein in the biscuit.If you can't afford the top price stuff then buy the top of medium price range stuff.
Also try and get something that is designed for large breeds as it will be slightly lower in calories (labs tend to get overweight) and in the high quality foods it will have glucosamine for your labs joints