Hey DT,

We've heard that wet food can cause upset stomach's. I think we've decided on James Wellbeloved.

I'm really interested to see if it makes a difference. Monty seems to be calm and then all of a sudden goes mad, biting anything he can, and then 5 minutes later he's calm again. This is normally straight after eating.

Could this be to do with the Baker's puppy food or is it general puppy behaviour?

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Previously know as darrenwis

IMO that dry casuese more problems then wet.
The best you can feed your dog is BARF
The natures diet is as close as you can get to BARF (it's not in a tin by the way - it's in a pack)
And NO most tin foods I would not feed - but natural wet is good.
And often vets will recommend chappie if dogs have upset stomacks - I wouldn't touch that one.
regards
sue

ps YES the bakers could well be affecting your dogs behaviour

I hadn't realised Bakers was so bad, would I be right in assuming Pedigree, Butchers etc that you tend to buy from the supermarkets are the same?

Is Wainwrights any good?

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My blue-eyed boys - Jon & Renji

not sure about wainwrights but yeah most of the stuff from supermarkets is bad... try and stick to more natural foods. They arent that much dearer...

James Wellbeloved, Arden grange (which we use), Burns etc are all good wholesome foods x

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you need to check the ingredients - I seem to recall wainwrights is not too bad - but my brain can't remember em all!

Again I would always say that Arden Grange dry is amongst one of the best mid priced range food.

I have a very good link about beef protien (which is the scourse of may upsets - and the scourse of protien in many of the inferior quality foods) I will try and find it and post it later.

but in the meatime here's a bit about Supermarket food


Pet Food Additives
by CHRISTINE EMERSON, dog behaviourist at Drove Veterinary Hospital

THE next time you fill up your dog’s water bowl, put cherryade in it instead.

No? You couldn’t possibly do that? Why not - many of you dog owners out there are feeding them the equivalent of cherryade in their food bowl!


Yes, you are right to be horrified. What is worse is that those well-known brands of dog food on supermarket shelves often contain very poor quality ingredients (cereals, meat and animal derivatives) and to make the junk food palatable they add sugar, caramel, toxic e-numbers and colourings.


Just like children, dogs will be overenergetic and unable to concentrate if they are fed junk. Indeed, before you even try to train your dog or improve his behaviour, you need to be sure you are feeding good quality food. If he is barking, nervous or pulling on the lead, his food could be the cause. Your dog will simply not be able to concentrate on learning something new while he has toxic chemicals whizzing through his brain.

Take a look at the ingredients list on the packet or tin, avoid the ingredients mentioned above and choose one that names a cereal, like rice or barley, names a meat, like

We was feeding Monty Baker's but heard bad things and that's why i started this thread. We are now slowly changing it to James Wellbeloved turkey and rice.

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Previously know as darrenwis

I'm in Ireland, so I wouldn't have heard of most of these brands. But I'm feeding Rocky 'Royal Canin' and he's very slow to eat it for me, so I throw in half a packet of pedigree with it. Is this a foolish thing to be doing? He scoffs the lot. I suppose once he's eating, it's ok surely is it?

Half a packet of pedigree what?? You must remember that the better brands of dry food are more nourishing, so he may not eat as much as a cheaper brand
Mary
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It's Pedigree small dog Favourites. There's 8 pouches consisting of 2 chicken, 2 lamb, 2 beef, and 2 rabbit.

Ah I see just a 'taster' to get him to eat the dry food
Mary
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