When on a tight budget in the past I have often used Super Greyhound for my (non-greyhound) dog (although now he's gettin older I give him more tins of chappie) and also my old bitch, they thrived on it - it's really high in protein, great for energy and a shiny coat, and was the cheapest dry meal I think I've ever found! Can't remember the exact price (about £9-£11 for a ginormous sack?) - although they didn't usually stock it the local pet & garden store used to order it in for me, so maybe ask your pet food supplier about it if it sounds like it'd be suitable.

It's all very well extolling the virtues of 15kg bags of food for a tenner, but bear this in mind. A 20kg dog on Wagg needs around 400g a day - a 20kg dog on the food I buy needs around 200g a day. That makes your cheap food not quite as good value, in fact the equivalent of £20 a bag compared to the £25 I pay for a natural food which does not contain cheap cereals such a wheat.
Add to that the fact that a lot of that 400g is going to come out the other end because a dog cannot digest it properly, that wheat is more likely to cause intolerance problems, and they probably use chemical antioxidants and preservatives and I think you're beginning to see that there is a difference between cheap and cheerful foods and better quality ones - and it's not just price.

Hi, after reading through nearly all 50 odd pages of this, i thought i should definately post something!!

I have 15 month male border terrier called Bodhi, when i first got him he was on a dry kibble puppy food as recommended by the breeder, Royal Canin Junior mini, i kept him on this until he was 10-11 months old, he did great on it and i didnt want to upset him stomach and change him over onto something else.

Then i started him on James Wellbeloved Lamb and Vedgetable, he has no food intolerances at all, just thought the more natural the better so picked this thinking it was THE best...now after reading all this im not so sure.

After a little while he got bored, so added hot water to it, then got bored again so bought aload of the JWB wet lamb n rice/ turkey n rice to mix in with it......and he loves it!!

He is super fit...gets about 2 hours walks a day, so SO well behaved its pretty bloody amazing actually and we love him to bits.

After reading all this though, and despite him loving it, I am now wondering if there are any even better wet foods to mix in with the JWB dry?? Like the Nature Diet brand.

...but to be honest, unless your giving him a bowl full of Evian to go with it, you'll never have complete control of what goes in!!!

Plus all this worrying about his food is probably whats giving your dog the shits anyway

What's the best cheapest food I can buy?

I'm currently spending £25 on Zeus' 15KG bags of Bakers Complete and £13 on Milo's 6kg bags of Bakers Puppy..

Yes I know Bakers are not looked at greatly on here, so I turn to you for some help.

Also my local vet says since Milo is the working type of Labrador I don't have to pay VAT on his food?

So erm... would telling you their size be any use?

Zeus is 3 years old and weighs in the region of 4-5stone.
Milo is 4months old and weighs 2stone 13lbs.

Zeus is a boxer cross, and Milo is a pure Labrador, if that helps?

So please, tell me the best cheap food that I can get.

Has anyone tried Wainwright's dry dog food?

Hi
Yes, I have fed Wainwrights and it's a good food. What I like about Pets at Home is that you can get lots of information about the foods that they sell on their website, unlike some who seem to make it difficult! At least then you can make informed choices. PAH are also quite cheap to buy online - I think they have a free delivery option on orders over £29 which is excellent.

Is Purina Beta any good?

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Beta Adult

Ingredients:

Cereals (Min. 4% Wholegrain, Min. 4% Rice), Meat and Animal Derivatives (Min. 14% Meats, Min. 4% Chicken), Vegetable Protein Extracts, Oils and Fats, Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (Min. 0.5% Beet Pulp), Minerals, Vegetables (Min. 0.5% Chicory).

Beta Puppy


Ingredients:

Cereals (Min. 4% Rice), Meat and Animal Derivatives (Min. 4% Lamb), Derivatives of Vegetable Origin (Min. 0.5% Beet Pulp), Vegetable Protein Extracts, Oils and Fats, Minerals, Vegetables (Min 0.5% Chicory).

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Also what is the best wet food? At the minute I'm giving Zeus half a can of Butchers a day. Is Butchers any good?

I have no idea what to look out for in the dry and wet food, could someone say what I should look for please?

Beta is a terrible food it's full of rubbish, I've no idea what's in Butchers so can't comment on it.

Terri

Butchers Tripe Mix: Meat and Animal Derivatives (Tripe Min. 26%), Derviatives of Vegetable Origin, Minerals.

Butchers Tripe and Beef: Meat and Animal Derivatives (Tripe Min. 15%, Beef Min. 10%), Derviatives of Vegetable Origin, Minerals.

Butchers Chicken, Ham and Rice: Meat and Animal Derivatives (Chicken Min. 14%, Ham Min. 4%), Rice (Min. 4%), Oils and Fats, Derviatives of Vegetable Origin, Minerals.

Butchers Lamb, Rice and Peas: Meat and Animal Derivatives (Lamb Min. 4%), Rice (Min. 4%), Peas (Min. 4%), Oils and Fats, Derviatives of Vegetable Origin, Minerals.

Many more flaviours but that gives you the jist of it.

It's not a food I would feed but I'm a fussy git when it comes to feeding my dogs, I might feed it to my oh but not my dogs. Derivatives are what's left of an animal once humans have finished with it, it's skin, fur, beaks, claws any old crap that's left over, it will be the same with the veg.
I've said a few times in this thread but I feed my pair on Orijen, it's a more expensive food to buy initially but it works out cheaper in the long run as you don't need to feed as much of it as you do lower quality foods, my pair ( shelties ) cost me £2.50 a week to feed.

Terri

I may totally change to Wainwright then... Since they do both Dry and Wet.