you folks have been brilliant helping out with my smelly dog problem and I know need to get their food sorted. I looked into Barf and to be honest the wife isnt keen on the idea and as I have 2 cavaliers decent size bones always seem to casue trouble as the bitch wont eat hers straight away, the dog eats is then trys to pinch her bone.... Always ends up with them having a barney which I am again not keen on, the dogs dont like the rain and they wife wont have them in the kitchen with raw bones on the floor.

So because of all that I am looking into decent dry foods. I will be honest and say that lately money has become tight and so ideally I could do with not spending a total fortune every month.

I have always been told JWB is great but to be honest at £40 it is a bit pricey ( i know we have to do the best for dogs but the rest of the family need my money as well) I have also been told to try Supadog active as its VAT free, Ladywoods sell Laughing dog at a great price and it seems to be good stuff (but its main ingredient is ground wholemeal flour)

So then so far I am looking at

JWB
Laughing dog
Supa Dog
Tesco own brand Premuim

Any thoughts?

put some pics of your cavs onwould love to see them

I feed all my animals well cats and dogs on james wellbeloved i have tried most dog food and this is well worth the money they are on turkey and rice large kibble for the high oil as my lab is getting old and my collie is very active my lab has come off his metacam and my collie is not holding to much weight and his energy levels are good they look fantastic but if i was going to feed them anything else it would be royal cannin but they both need different bags would feed my lab mature and some thing else for the collie.
they also have the odd thing added like tripe.

I have found that you get out what you put in and a 15kg bag would last you months with having two little dogs as i get through 1 a month on two large dogs.

My friend feeds super dog and for its money seems very good the local pet shop sell alot of it there is also alpha feeds but as its a local company i don't know how big they have got but they do good min price range feeds.

Its hard the only thing i would stay away from in ped. chum only as i have had bad results with it and know of alot of good breeders that also will not feed it.

The only thing to do is read the lables and see whats in side and then give it a try. I'm happy on jwb and cannot see me changing for any reason any time soon.

Good luck hope you find one your happy with soon

We used JWB and a 15kg bag lasted us about 8 weeks for one large Dalmatian, so works out at about 70p a day which doesn't break the bank.

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that was taken a couple of years ago, the blenheim (the boy) has put a few pounds on since then... (currently 15KG) to be honest I think he is a X simply because he is the biggest Cav I have ever seen.. when I was a kind we had a welsh border collie and my boy isnt much smaller than he was....

And to think I wanted cavs cus they are so small

Not a fan of dry food myself, but I do use it as one of my dogs does real well on it.
The one I prefer - is Arden Grange (buy mine from berriewood along with my nature diet) costs around £25 a 15kg bag so is what I would term Mid price range'
regards
sue

Forgot to add - Burns is not bad either =- comes in just a bit cheaper then JWB - but I would still choose the Adren grange if I were going to feed dry.

sure you don't need me to tell you but if switching remember to do it gradually.
regards
Sue

ps - also you can get breeder prices from Arden Grange thenselves.

Oh
By the way - I thought Laughing dog were a mixer and not a complete food! could be wrong but check it out.
regards
sue

a lot of these dog foods are made for delicate stomachs if your dog has not got a dodgy stomach why not try half minced beef or chicken or lamb with a bit of veg and some wag dry its under £10 and you can get it at tesco or pets at home my whippet looks really well on this it costs me about £4 a week to feed him we never had the likes of j.w years ago

If your on a bit of a budget. Skinners Duck & rice is a good dry, almost just as good as JWB. A 15kg bag costs around £20.

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