I was thinking of trying my labs on this as it's cheaper than Burns.
Arden Grange is good but i found the weight was creeping on the Labs and they were on the light version!

I also mix in Nature diet

Hi, i have tried and tested loads with my staffy, And nothing seem's to have worked for a long while, We was being sick if we gave him, the dearer brand named dry food and even tried him on these's meaty mircowave dinners you can get from pets@home £0.60 for one! But after 2 months of him eating that the sickness came floodin back, So after Months of trying my OH took him to the vets, Everything came back fine, So we was back to hunting for more dog foods! Then we found a cheaper brand name WAGG'S its does all depend on where you buy it but the last month asda have been selling a 15kg (i think) for around £15.50 and tesco's done the same brand but bigger bag (17kg) for £15.29 This stuff is great! No more sickness and my dogger loves it! Pets@home does sell it but the smallest bag (12kg) was around a week ago £16.99..... Maybe this could be something your dog gets on with!

Hope this has helped!
sorry for the essay! lol xx

I'm going to try my Ellie (Rottie x Lab) on James Wellbeloved LARGE kibble just to try and stop her gulping her food down. Tried her with a handful the other week and it seemed to work. She has to chew it!!

Hi Elliesboss


Instead of changing the food, have you ever seen something called a "Brake-fast bowl" ?

Our spud used to practically inhale his meals and he's on Burns adult food which isnt small, but since serving it in a brake-fast bowl, it now takes him a good 5 minutes to eat his meals.

The other good side to it is that the bowls are designed to actually slide around the floor, thus making them work for it more and slowing down their eating.

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I'd endorse the view that a large kibble does the trick. We fed ours on Wainwrights Light which is a larger kibble than Burns and most of the others, and it really does slow down the eating process, which I guess is better for digestion as well!

morning all
i am having problems finding a suitable dry food for our Ckcs the only problem with trying different types of dried food the cost of the packets only to find that the puppy will not eat it wouldnt it be good if the manufacturers were able to make up small packets so if the puppy likes the product we could then purchase the bigger packets

If you contact the companies, most of them will send you out a free sample.

Only thing with the free samples is that they are barely a meal. I've had them to see what the kibble is like.

I suggest deciding which manufacturer you like and buying one of their smaller packs [2.5, 3.0, 4.0 KG] rather than the 15 KG. Skinners, Burns, Wagg do them. That way you won't buy a 15 kg and then discover they don't like it.

i'm pretty much a novice dog breeder, but my bro breeds labs.
I should tell him to get hi ass on here!

ANYWAY here is his list of GOOD dog foods...

The more expensive:
Burns
Arden Grange
Nutrience
Hills
Pro-plan
Eukanuba
Orijen
Almo Nature
Robbies
Royal Canin
JWB
Nutro (although after reading some reports he has his reservtions at the moment)
Laughing dog

Cheaper but still good brands

Pero organic (more of a medium price brand)
Beta
Autarky
gusto (very very cheap - made by autarky - still a v good food!)
Chappie!!!!


My brother feeds all his pups and pregnant/nursing bitches on Burns, His stud on Autarky, to get the into show condition he feeds burns, but their main maintenance diet is actually GUSTO! cheap as chips, but beatiful coats, beautiful teeth, small poops, no smelly wind (a blessing with 7 labradors!) etc you gt the idea... Its the budget version of autarky which in itself isnt expensive, (like beta is purinas budget brand). And better still he has it elivered each week with his tesco shopping! its around £5 for a £10 kg bag!

I'm trying to get my pup to accept dry burns, but he will still only eat it if its soaked and mixed with pet mince. So i' looking at swapping him to naturediet wetfood. Typicl fussy stubborn terrier so i'm told lol!

hi everyone,my first post. i've a staffie cross with god knows what that we got from our localish blue cross centre.anyway when we got him he was fed on hills science plan so we continued him on it for a few weeks.after looking at posts on here i changed him onto jwb and he's doing great on it.
what are peoples opinions on the wagg dry foods? i aint seen alot about them to be honest,but i suspect as it is very cheap it aint gonna be very good.