Henry, no I dont think its a better kibble than Orijen, I was just looking around for alternatives that were more evenly priced. Orijens one of the best kibbles there is. A raw diet for me is a bit complicated - getting feeding amounts right, having good stocks, making the expense equal complete kibbles and remembering to order products would just let me down lol

Rainmaker - I realise what your saying about the added meat to an already complete kibble I did wonder that but then again with a kibble like this adding meat to it may well work out as cheap in the long run (only guestemating). As I say Im just considering options and Barking Heads looks good at 36 pounds... I realise that the protein in it will not all be coming from the meat sources too but on the whole it seems a good deal for the ingredients.

The one thing thats drawing me back is that with delivery it will be more or less 40 pounds and as rainmaker says Orijen with all its added benefits is delivered for only 6 pounds more and you have the assurance meats have been preserved right and are cooked to better standards than anything around etc etc etc.

edit: Henry It sounds like you were feeding exactly what I was with mine - Burns + ND then changed to Orijen The only reason why I changed is because the ND was giving him the loose stools, I eventually threw the last few packs away as they werent getting used to it. But Burns is as you say pretty digestable on the whole. Have to agree MY SPANIEL TOO!! has a much better coat - both of them lol