My boy's on a special diet of James Senior Light (though am a bit confused about the carb content - 51% rice & oats) - he gets about 200g per day in small portions and half a tin of Chappie (I swear by it... I think its best tinned dog food out there) and sometimes steamed carrots mixed in and the odd raw bone. He's looking great!

Found this...

Butchers Tripe - Review - PERSONALLY, I'D RATHER EAT A DEAD BUTCHER

he hates the nature diet stuff, will not touch it so back to jwb wet n jwb lamb n vedge cereal free dry ; )

Che: has Dr Johns Silver,

Buster: The lady who i get his dog food from has stopped doing it so now am stuck, i'm using up the last of it now and have to find another food for him. He was allergic to Chicken, but have been mixing in the Dr Johns Silver with the lOHP Robbies and he seems to like it! no signs of allergy.

I feed my dog on mainly a BARF diet but I understand it can be quite time consuming, when we are short on time we usually feed him Burns, it costs about £7 for 2kg. Best thing is, unlike things like Science Plan and Pedegree, it's not tested on animals =)
You can buy it online, I'm not sure where my mum gets it from but I know a lot of shops sell it =)

Dr. Johns is one of the worst foods on the market it really is full of rubbish, you should be thanking the lady for not getting it in any more.
Has anyone tried the new food from Orijen ( Orijen Red ) I got it for my two a few weeks ago and they love it.

Terri

Dr Johns is recommended for Shar Peis by Paul Saxton at the Shar Pei Rescue of Great Britain, it has the right amount of everything.

The lady i get the Robbies from is starting to do a new food, so am going up to see her to get a sample, but if it's the same as Robbies i wont be buying- Buster gained no weight due to the content.

Honestly it really is one of the worst foods out there.
The first ingredient is cereals, that will be the cheapest one on the market at the time they are buying, so the cereal content will change regularly.
meat and animal derivatives, derivatives are all the crap that's left over after the carcass has been stripped of meat, it's beaks, claws, skin, hooves, anything that's left of the animal gets chucked in pet food.
eec permitted antioxidants could be BHA and BHT both of which some experts believe can cause cancers.
I used to feed my last sheltie girl Robbies and she did really well on it.

Terri

I know what you mean, but animal derivatives, though not terrifically high quality protein are regulated by law. If you think about it, in the wild an animal (certainly my cat!) will generally eat 99% of what they kill, and that includes some of what we might think of as the less desirable cuts of meat!

As I see it, ingredients such as this fulfill two purposes. 1) they ensure efficient use of the food chain, in that because we are fussy about what we eat there's going to be a lot left from the slaughtering process, and if this can be a food source rather than dumped in landfill that is basically good, and green!
2) It's a cheap source of protein for those who can't afford posh nosh for their pets. It's the pet equivalent of us buying Tesco Saverburgers rather than 100% Aberdeen Angus Quarter Pounders!

I use a pet food where I know what's in it protein-wise, and choose one without the artificial antioxidants (in my case Whites Premium) but it is a bit more expensive than Dr Johns, and if I was strapped for cash I might have to go down that route!

That they will but they will also eat the meat, something that a lot of the poorer dog foods don't have in them. I've not had a cat for years but when they did catch something they tended to leave the head and the limbs and only eat the body .

Terri

It might be awful but....

The difficulty i have is that i have multi allergic Peis. It might be bad food but its about the only food i can buy (apart from Robbies and Luaths) that doesnt make my dogs face and chest go purple and swell up.

As much as i love my dogs once they are gone i won't be getting another Shar Pei. They are so much hard work in the food department.