What you feed yours

Justask

I've gone through so many threads reading about dog food. And getting nowhere. There are to many (I know im adding to them)
Thought it would be an idea to have a thread stating

Breed...
Food...
Price and size of bag....
Where you buy....

Sorry mods if this is not allowed.
W

cocker5

Justask wrote: »

I've gone through so many threads reading about dog food. And getting nowhere. There are to many (I know im adding to them)
Thought it would be an idea to have a thread stating

Breed...
Food...
Price and size of bag....
Where you buy....

Sorry mods if this is not allowed.
W

Breed: Cocker Spaniel
Food: Burns "Chicken and Rice"
Price: €110 (for 2 x 15kg bags including delivery) - lasts me 7+ months
Where: zooplus.ie

http://www.zooplus.ie/shop/dogs/dry_dog_food/burns

supplements:

Salmon oil - everyday, 1000ml for €24.... lasts me 4 months
http://www.zooplus.ie/shop/cats/supplements_specialty_cat_food/fur_skin_supplements/127318

Irishchick

Breed: Heinz 57
Age: around 2
Weight: around 10kg

Food: barking heads good hair day
Price: 13.49 for small big but bigger bags available . Lasts for 2 weeks. Bigger bag would last months.

I get it in pet world or petworlddirect.ie

No supplements required with this food

Hooked

In the middle if switching to raw (week 2)

Before raw...

Breed... 2 yr old Siberian husky
Food... Royal canin maxi adult
With yoghurt, salmon oil, egg, various extras added (not all at once) from meal to meal.
Price and size of bag.... 15kg (sometimes with 3kg free) around 55/56 euro I think WHEN ON OFFER!

Where you buy.... Maxi zoo - ONLY when on offer think its usually around 65 (so, less a tenner or 20%)


SWITCHING TO RAW these last two weeks in the evening meal as I've a bag and a half of the kibble to get thru yet.

Not really bothered if it works out more expensive, tis only gonna be about a fiver a week between the meat, fish, salmon oil, eggs, veggies etc. I made up a big bowl of raw on Sunday last (froze in batches) and it worked out at about a fiver. Gonna hit a few butchers this weekend and draw up a few recepies with the help of www.dogsfirst.ie

Have to say... The difference is noticeable already!!!

Gloomtastic!

Breed...Boxer
Weight.... 33kg
Food...Gain Retired Greyhound
Price and size of bag.... €14 for 15kg
Lasts...... about 5 weeks
Where you buy.... Ashbourne

Supplemented with boiled chicken or tin sardines <€20 per month

Breed...Yorkie
Weight...6kg
Food...all of the above plus the cats food and anything it can find, he's a greedy little sod!

meoklmrk91

Breed: Boxer.
Food: Skinners Duck and Rice
Price and size of bag: Around £20 and 15KG
Where you buy: amazon.co.uk

I very rarely supplement his food, he gets a bone from the butchers or a chicken leg every now and then, he does very well on it, can't see me ever changing food again unless he has to go in a special diet.

mymo

Breeds: Tibetan terrier and Lhasa Apso
Food: barking heads bad hair day
12kg bag is £36-38 (about €45) from amazon (use subscribe and save to get 10%off) , feeds both for approx 3months.
Also give extra veggies and some fish, occasional raw meal and weekly bones (lamb ribs at the mo from my lovely butcher)
Both doing great on it, had issues with the Tibetan terrier on other foods, he's calmer and better condition on this.

fatmammycat

Breed... GSD, 13 months old

Food...Raw

Weight: 39.4 kilos

Price and size of bag.... 5k of mince every two weeks- 10 Euros, sardines and mackerel ( 57 cent a can, about 10 week): Hearts/ livers/kidneys about 2 euros a week, chicken about 7-10 oyster legs a week- 1, 99 for 4. eggs, and rice 3 times a week. Occasional pig's ear, 1 euro. Occasional rabbit carcass, free.

Where you buy....Lawlors, Aldi, Superquinn, Tesco, pet store.

borderlinemeath

Breed - Irish Setters - female age 5 and Male age 2.
Weight - 24/25kg each.

Food - Raw

Where to buy - Dogsfirst http://dogsfirst.ie/raw-dog-food/

Price - I buy in bulk so it works out very cheaply. 10kg chicken bits €12, 20kg slab of salmon €32. I feed about 600-625g each per day. Offal mix added as well as potatoes/veg or brown rice. I do have some of the complete food chubs as well but try and keep them for days that I need them for convenience (like going on holidays)

Also get bones from the butchers (free) that they get once/twice a week. Butcher also gives me free offal when he has it.

Estimated that it works out the same as buying a €36 bag of food every month. (and they used to go through a bag every 3 weeks)

RubyGirl

Breed... 3 Labs & a Golden Ret
Food... Gain big dog
Price and size of bag.... 15kg and €32 lasts a week
Where you buy.... Petmania or Terryland Fruit & Veg

ABajaninCork

Breed: Shih Tzu.
Food: Burns. I usually buy 2kg bags as he won't be able to get through 15kg bags before the food spoils. He's also easily bored if you feed the same all the time. Pork & potato, Duck & rice, Chicken & rice. He also gets carrots, green beans, liver, chicken, fish and hearts, plus the odd pork chop.
Price: £6.90 a bag
Where bought: Zooplus.co.uk
Supplements: Psyllium Husk (from MyProtein.co.uk). £20 for a kilo bag. Seven Seas Cod Liver Oil. E2.80 for a small bottle from Dunnes. The odd Evening Primrose Oil capsule with his food too.

baktag

Breed: Cavalier King Charles
Food: Burns "Chicken and Rice"
Price: €11 for 2kg bag
Where: local vet in Lusk

bluecherry74

Breed... English Setter x 2
Weight... 21kg each.
Food... raw. Chicken legs, chicken carcasses, mince beef, liver, kidneys, heart, green tripe, mackerel, sardines, the occasional egg, plus some spuds and veg. I also buy Graw and Prize Choice raw foods from time to time.
Price and size of bag.... costs between €12 and €18 per week, depending on what I buy and where I shop. My butcher is very good to me
Where you buy.... local butcher, Aldi, dogsfirst.ie, Petstop.

angeldaisy

Breed: collie x and jrt x
Weight: 27kg and 7.5kg
Food: Skinners field and trial maintenance mix
Price: 19euro for 15kg bag
Where: Amazon subscribe and save
Lasts me approx 1 month

Extras: oil for the collie and they get leftovers occasionally, such as chicken and veggies

Themadhouse

Breed: Lab/collie cross
Weight: 21kg
Food: Happy dog supreme new zealand and Brandy chicken and rice
Size and price: €100 2x12.5 kg, €20 15kg
Happy dog bought from zooplus, brandy bought from woodies
This lasts me 12 months.

I mix the 2 types of food as it suits her and she's never had any food issues, she is slim, and healthy, shiny coat, skin perfect.

toadfly

Breed: Yorkie x 2
Size: 4kg each
Food: Barking Heads €30/6kg. They get around 100g/day between them


Breed: Staffie Cross
Size: 15kg
Food: Raw-mainly chicken legs/drumsticks, heart, some fish heads/whole fish, tin sardines. She also gets liver and veg (spuds, peas, green beans, carrots) every day. Chicken pieces cost €2/kg, fish heads free, whole fish €5kg. Costs around €8/week, more if I feed more fish. She gets around 500g/day but she needs a lot more food than most other 15kg dogs.

cjf

Breed: Doberman and Boxer x
Weight: 45 and 25 kilos
Food: Royal canine maxi adult (light)
Price: €65 for 15kg
Last: approx 4 weeks
Where: wherever on offer

Tried a few other foods but Dobie doesn't do well tummy wise. Boxer x has constitution of an ox but noticed a bit of poop eating when tried anything other than RC :-(

Cutie18Ireland

Breed...collie, pom, pom x corgi, spaniel x and an akita
Food... Burns chicken and rice
Price and size of bag.... 15kg bag €60 (per month)
Where you buy.... local pet store usually

Breed... greyhound & lurcher
Food... Gain greyhound 28
Price and size of bag.... 2x15kg bags for €34 (per month)
Where you buy.... local pet store

Renno123

Breed : Terrier cross & Pom/GSP Cross
8kg & 6.5kg respectively

Food : Burns Fish &Rice

Price and size of bag: 7.5kg = 28euro (lasts about 2 months)

Where you buy: Local Vets

The Sweeper

Breed: Bull Arab cross
Weight: 30kgs
Food: Raw
Price: Regardless of my efforts, it's more expensive than kibble
Where: Supermarkets/ex-abattoir wholesalers

Feed a mixture of beef (not for human consumption but the dog appears to love it), kangaroo (I'm in Australia - it'd be like venison), lamb liver, hearts and kidneys and beef hearts and kidneys, and whole chicken wings as a staple. Dog's condition is excellent - slim, good muscle tone, fit. Dog crap is minimal and easy to deal with. The biggest change I notice if I go back to feeding dry kibble is the dog appears to do nothing but shite.

westies4ever

breed: west highland terriers x 2
Food: Nutro natural choice Lamb & rice. 12kg bag for €49 from zooplus. last about 10 weeks.
Supplement: 5ml fish oil on their food and raw chicken legs weekly for their teeth.

ene

Breed: Westie
Weight: about 7kgs
Food: Arden Grange Lamb and rice
Price: 58 euro for a 15kg bag
Where: breffini house pets or the pet shop in deans grange!

byte

Breed: Bichon Frise
Weight: about 7kg
Food: Skinners Salmon & Rice
Where: Amazon
Price: about £25 IIRC for 15kg
Lasts about 3 months

Bikerguy

Breed: Jack Russel 1y

Food: Roayl Canin about 29.9€ for 4kg
Where: any pet store
+ fillet steak + carrots (cooked) + salmon + chicken or turkey with rice

my doggie tend to eat stuff from the street and smell everything and lick etc. vet told me to give him little human food just to make him aware of the smells. so in short my wife works in restaurant --> taking left overs home and cooking it again for him (only fillet steak, chicken or turkey --> washed--> or salmon) then cooked with carrots &rice. --> mixing with roayl canin its just perfect for him.

Bid08

Breed: 3 dogs - 2 labs and collie
Food: Mad about Dog
Price: €14 for 15Kg bag
Where: Gardiners in Coolgraney
Supplements: small amount of cod liver oil over dinner every evening

Also some eggs over dinner maybe once a week and some raw veg. Boiled rice and chicken every now and then (usually save this for when they have eating something they shouldnt have and hasnt agreed with them, this gets them back right)

Tropheus

Breed: Beagle
Weight: 12kg
Food: Was on Orijen now switching to Eden (also some raw fish to supplement about 2-3 times a week)
Size/Price: Orijen was around €80 for 12kg, but getting similar quality Eden for €60 for 15kg

15kg bag should last about 6 weeks.

Bought Orijen from Zooplus. Buy Eden from www.ireland.edenpetfoods.com.

ISDW

Breed: siberian huskies, husky cross, alaskan malamute, aussie shepherd cross, heinz 57.
Food: Massbrook Trial and Working Dog, Royal Canin 4300, raw mince and chicken
Price: €16.70 per bag of Massbrook, bought in bulk direct from company. Royal Canin won at rallies, I think around €45-€50 if bought through their sled dog scheme.
15kg bag lasts 4-5 days, fed raw 2 meals a week.

Jules_G

Breed: 2x springers, lurcher, english pointer
Food: Nature diet and perfommix (formerlly Brillies choice)
Price: Nature diet is €20 for 18 packs, perfomix is (I think) €20 for15kg
where: Nature diet is delivered from Slaney pet foods Perfomix vaious pet food stores

kylith

Breed... Cairn crosses
Food... James Wellbeloved Fish and Rice
Price and size of bag.... About €60 for 15kg (though they're doing 18kg for the price of 15kg at the moment)
Where you buy.... I buy in the place on the Longmile Road. I think it's a Petco

The mutts are doing really well on it. Ra's output is as good as can be expected. They both eat it like they've been starved for days, and it smells so nice that I'm almost tempted to try a bit myself. 15kg generally lasts me 6-8 weeks.

looking_around

Breed...: Husky cross / Some Large Cross / cross pom
Food...Lidl dry(10Kg) + flaked corn(prada?) (25KG-€14)/Once a week bone with raw meat

Where you buy....lidl/near by large feed store/ butchers

The dry is mixed, and they get fed once a day. the 35KG lasts about 4weeks, I think. I don't pay much attention, tbh.
(We can't afford to be feeding the dogs on pure meat)

All three dogs are perfectly healthy and actually enjoy the corn.