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Changing dog food - things to think about
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Oh help me then.
I did raw feed, but found it hard to keep up all the time. So now I'm doing a combination of raw feeding when I get to the butchers, cooked at home food (rice, potato, veg, mince or tinned dog food mixed in) and dry feeding. I'm a big fan of variety in their diet.
The dry food, I'm sorry to say, is whatever is on the supermarket shelf when I run out of fresh ingredients - simply because it was never part of the feeding plan. It never really bothered me because it happened once or twice a month. Lately however it's had to be a bit more often so I'd like to get a good quality dry in. However - it must be less than €50 a bag.
Any suggestions?
If you're still looking and assuming its just for every now again (so you don't break the bank!) have you thought of Naturediet? I've been feeding it to the puppy to bulk out her raw food and get some weight on her - she's growing like a weed so not easy lol! It's not that expensive - you can get it for less than €1 a tray and ingrediants are pretty good. Also it doesn't take up space in the fridge/freezer and won't go off in a few months like an opened bag of dry food.0 -
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Walked in to any vet recently? Plastered on every wall, pamplets in the sitting area and even in vaccination card we got was from RC. Walked in on a cat show (not attended a dog show in ages so can't speak for dogs or other animals) and were greeted with Free RC sample packages, RC banners at all prominent locations. That's all advertising.
As a side note on the RC4300 food content:
Applaws run at:
protein fat fibre
37.0% 19.0% 4.5%
ToTW
protein fat fibre
33.6% 18.0% 2.5%
I don't have an issue with rice as a main ingredient, knowing a bit about nutrition, and the digestive system of the dog, sibes in particular, and knowing lots of people who own sled dogs that feed this particular food and have done for years, with very healthy, fit dogs.
Yes, the brands are in vets etc, although having been at my vet this morning, I didn't see RC anywhere on any of the walls, they do have Hills and some others. And, without the kind of promotion you mention, i.e. the banners at shows, those shows wouldn't be able to run, they cost money to put on, and sponsorship is key. Personally I'd rather have companies putting their money into those kind of events, being part of the national microchipping month etc, than not see them run at all due to lack of money, but that's just my point of view. Massbrook are heavily involved in field trials in Ireland, sponsoring events and obviously have their name displayed around those events, they're not a large company. Maybe we should take this to pm, as I'd love to know why you hate RC as much as you do.
The fat in those other two foods you've put up wouldn't be enough for hard working sled dogs. And as far as Applaws goes, I won't buy it, I did buy some treats, but they came from Thailand, and then when I went back to the pet shop, I looked at all of their Applaws products, and so did every one of them. I have to wonder about the animal welfare aspect, the miles of transport etc.0 -
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