Review of UK dog Food brands, along with advice on health and nutrition
This dry food has proven to be a surprise hit with my two dogs (a cairn/jack russell cross and a large yorkie) who, generally speaking, turn up their nose at anything other than (quality) tinned dog food. The manufacturer has made no effort to make the food look appetising (to humans) but the dogs don’t care – i replaced their evening dry food meal with this and they took to it immediately. Although the pack suggests introducing this food gently, i went the whole hog and neither dog has had any adverse reaction. It’s too early to say whether the higher quality food is having an effect on their health but they’re certainly not complaining. The pack is expensive, but it will last for a long time. It would have been nice to have had some sort of resealable mechanism to keep it fresh (i’m using clothes pegs) but that’s a quibble. I’m feeding them a cup-full each per day (they have wet food in the morning) and i guess it’ll last two months at that rate. The jury’s out on whether i’ll buy a bag once it runs out – that depends on whether there’s any obvious long term benefit and whether it lasts long enough to be affordable.
Best dog food on the market by far. This is my 2nd purchase of this food. My husky is extremely fussy and i have probably been through every dry food there is on the market in the last 22 months and she will only eat bakers meaty meals which as you know is not healthy so i only feed them as treats, however i put a small handful of these in my hand and she loved them, i put another few in my hand and she took them as well. Thinking it was some kind of bluff, i left it a few days and put some in her bowl at dinner time with her wet food and she yomped them down. Hooray the ingredients are spectacular for dog dood, i dont think apart from orijen have i seen such top quality ingredients. What i really love about this however is that it is made and packed in britain, yay, i love supporting british companies. I am thoroughly impressed and will be buying yet another bag when this runs out. My husky at 23 months is only on 200g a day with 300g of wet food later on, so this bag will last her 2 months. You think wow thats expensive but it works out at just £1 a day to feed them such top of the range food.
My elderly dog is doing well on this food, no more upset stomachs, good coat and has built and maintained more muscle. I also give her you move joint supplement, i think it combines well with this food and she has less stiffness, moves more easily and is more playful. Here are the specifications for the ESSENTIAL FOODS Essential Foods Dog Food Superior Living 12:
Will be stucking with these essential dog foods. Excellent ingredients,have tried the small kibble nautical which my eight year old jack russel enjoyed. She is a rescue and was fed bakers all her life,plus really bad human food,(boiled sweets,cheese strings,chips) as soon as we got her we ve got her on decent food,initially try macadams but it was abit rich for her,this superior living had her interested from the first bowl. She now has a,shiny coat,proper formed stools,gone are the smelly gloopy ones,and no more ear infections and scabby skin sores. My other dog a collie,will pretty much each any thing,he was on canagen,but ive found this range to be just as good and cheaper, a lot of thought gone in to making of the product, and also like the fact they help out various dog charities by donating some of their foods. Ive also just ordered estate living which has gone down just as well.
Well the dog seems to think sobeing a fussy eater its always a touch and go moment whether megan ( the dog) will take to new food wehn its offered. She usally aproaches with caution, gives us a knowing look of ‘ you`ve changed my food’ and then she will decide whether she is going to eat it or not. Well with this stuff there seemed to be no problem, even ate it as treets before i gave it as her main meal which again is unusual for her. Looking at teh ingriedients list it would seem that this is very high quality feed and not the stuff supermarkets sell which is full of fat. Well as far as megan is concerned she likes it and i suppose thats all that matters. . I wont get it unless im in the doghouse.
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This product has a very high meat content (compared to other brands i am familiar with, some of which have only 4% meat), which i think must be good for a dog. I think that justifies the relatively high cost – but others may not think it so critical for their dogs to have a high meat content in their food, so i guess it depends how important this is to you. It seems to be appealing to the canine palate, so if you have a fussy eater, this may be a good option. Low odour, appears to be nutritionally complete – so the only thing to fault is the cost, which isn’t really fair to fault given the high meat content and all the exotic ingredients (antioxidants, fruits, vegetables etc).
This dry food has proven to be a surprise hit with my two dogs (a cairn/jack russell cross and a large yorkie) who, generally speaking, turn up their nose at anything other than (quality) tinned dog food. The manufacturer has made no effort to make the food look appetising (to humans) but the dogs don’t care – i replaced their evening dry food meal with this and they took to it immediately. Although the pack suggests introducing this food gently, i went the whole hog and neither dog has had any adverse reaction. It’s too early to say whether the higher quality food is having an effect on their health but they’re certainly not complaining. The pack is expensive, but it will last for a long time. It would have been nice to have had some sort of resealable mechanism to keep it fresh (i’m using clothes pegs) but that’s a quibble. I’m feeding them a cup-full each per day (they have wet food in the morning) and i guess it’ll last two months at that rate. The jury’s out on whether i’ll buy a bag once it runs out – that depends on whether there’s any obvious long term benefit and whether it lasts long enough to be affordable.
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