Not sure about Trophy they say they deliver but I was let down twice with them years ago and I know someone who used to have and they found them unreliable
hence why I use Oscars i've used them for a number of years now and never been let down once the guy who delivers to me is great and very helpful

I'm afraid that the Trophy representatives is telling you a lot of inaccurate information. The idea that cheap pet food is filled with claws, beaks etc may have been the case many years ago (and is still the case in many countries) but under EU pet food manufacturing regulations pet food has to consist of food fit for human consumption.

BTW Trophy do not manufacture the food themselves (neither do Oscars and most of the other niche brands) they are all made by 1 of 3 large dry food manufactuerers in the UK. They all use the same ingredients just each one tweeks the formulas to match the market segment that they want to target. Trophy and Oscars are franchises, where anyone gives the company a wad of cash and they get access to the branding etc. This means that the representatives that visit you are a bit like Avon, they make profit from the food but only have a limited knowledge on nutrition and only sell you the one brand.

There are many alternatives for sourcing better quality food in the Internet age, most companies will deliver to your door via courier, some suppliers (NorthWest Pet foods, Mobile Pet foods, Berriewood Wholesale, others) have a home delivery service.

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www.back-2-nature.co.uk - Raw Food for Dogs, Cats and Ferrets

www.rawfed.com - Information on Raw Feeding

If that is the case what in your opinion are are modern day derivatives?

Also Ive also found these websites which might be helpful to people: The Truth About Dog And Cat Food and UK Dog Foods - Understanding labelling practices - meat & animal derivatives, cereals, EC permitted additives

Heres a brief one on animal derivatives: http://www.best-dog-food-review.com/67901/67927.html

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I had a lovely chat with Vanessa from Arden Grange, as im thinking of changing over, as JWB seems to be giving my boys the squits.

I was really surpised this morning, when i got a free 2kg sack in the post. I only asked for a small smaple to see if they liked it. Now i will be able to test if it agree with them, as they will last a good 10 days to 2 weeks.

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November 2nd

"I'm afraid that the Trophy representatives is telling you a lot of inaccurate information. The idea that cheap pet food is filled with claws, beaks etc may have been the case many years ago (and is still the case in many countries) but under EU pet food manufacturing regulations pet food has to consist of food fit for human consumption."

Can I ask whether pet food has to consist of ingredients fit for human consumption or whether the ingredients must have come from an animal fit for human consumption.

A beak can still come from a human grade chicken althought beaks themselves aren't fit for human consumption.

I was under the impression the animal must be fit for human consumption but the cut of meat put in the food is not necessarily the same stuff you would get in sainsbury's. The scrag ends left are still from a chicken fit for human consumption but not necessarily a great quality of meat left once we've nicked our bits !

Correct! It is the animal that has to be fit for human consumption NOT the actual part of the animal, i.e hoof. The animal cannot be diseased.

Well suprise suprise!!! The woman from Trophy never turned up, So Im glad I bought the Arden grange now. Fingers crossed that it agrees with Harmony.

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Sometimes the smell of packed dry dogs food is irritating to my nose, but i realized by putting some water, the smell is eliminated, well not totally but just a little. I've also noticed that dogs really appreciate the saucy appeal of their food. cute dogs!!

I've just started feeding my greyhound the Vitalin adult maintenance diet which is a complete food and she loves it. She was suffering with a really dry coat and it seems to have made her skin and coat better too, she's stopped scratching so much which is good :-) They do quite a lot of foods with a sensitive and puppy and a bitch diet too which is good and the prices are really good too. I was feeding mine james wellbeloved but it became too expensive, this seems to be a much cheaper option but same quality, i shopped around for mine and the best price I could find was at www.luxurypetstore.co.uk/pet_food.html . its worth trying it with your dog .

I had my dogs on Science dry and they all loved it, then they went off it for some reason, then at a later date I changed to Bakers Complete and havent had any problems with it, my dogs love it. It is £5.80 for a 3Kg bag.