Vitalin is already there - not bothering with Fishmongers because it's being discontinued.

Have a list of about 10 more foods that I'll be adding, and I wanted to include some of the good ones from Zooplus too, so will get it all sorted and add some more to the list over the weekend.

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I would like to say thankyou, I have been back and for pet shops reading ingredients and getting nowhere. At the moment I buy the reduced meat and fish in supermarkets and mix that in hoping I am doing the right thing.

I've just gone to add the listings of about 12 more foods, but I can't edit my original post and add them to the rest of the listings because it's too many words Will wait and ask a mod if the posts can be re-arranged, and I'll split the listings into two posts at the start of the thread instead of one huge long one.

I don't know who the mods are, so if there are any of you out there - is that possible?

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I just wanted to say thanks for the time and effort put into this. I am also a raw feeder but to have all of the info in one place where I can direct people (from another forum ) is fab.

Can I add a suggestion, perhaps there could be a little overview of which ingredients over all are considered rubbish and why some cereals are more acceptable than others (ie rice) I don't feel I am fully knowledgable to post that. But WHY you should try to feed better food may also help some people justify the extra expense in some cases.

Just a thought. What you have done is fab though.

Got an idea!
Do you think it may be better to list all foods that you know,starting from good to bad,with a link direct to the ingredients list etc,and also a star rating system against each food listed!
I hope you know what i am trying to suggest"sometimes i dont know what im trying to say"lol.
Tell me to shut up if you want!

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I think I get what you mean! It would be hard to list them in order from good to bad, as lots of them are so similar, but will have a think about it. I liked the idea of having all the ingredients printed here rather than links to other sites, think it's easier to compare them this way?

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Ye your right in keeping all the ingredients here,my ideas are usually crap!

I was more thinking of the amount of space the listings would need.

Your idea is great,i hope it gets made a sticky!

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Brilliant, you have certainly put plenty of time and effort into this very handy guide.

Although I feed raw now, this would have been so helpful before my dogs raw diet. I'm sure your time towards this will be hugely appreciated by other PF members too!

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I think you've done an excellent job. It must have taken you a lot of time and trouble to get there.

It's v straight forward easy to compare list that will be a great help to anyone trying to make that painstaking "which one" decision.

Well done - rep to you

Hope the mods soon pop up to help you.

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It must have taken you a little while to put that together - the only problem is (sorry) it is flawed because you've taken certain variations of a manufacturer and ommitted others - which could, in turn, unfairly undermine a company.

Such opinions are predominantly subjective; the only true reflection of any dog food is how well a dog does, or doesn't do on it and this varies enormously across brands and types therein (not to mention breeds and individual sensitivities in dogs to various ingredients).

Barking Heads for example, do a Salmon and Potato version containing a minimum of 45% salmon, so do Simpsons-Premium.

Simpsons Premium
Salmon (min 45% - Fresh Salmon (min 29%) Salmon Meal (min 16%), Potato (min 32%), Sunflower Oil, Beet Pulp, Dried Egg, Brewers Yeast, Salmon Digest, Salmon Oil, Linseeds, Minerals, Vitamins, Yucca Extract, Cranberries, Nucleotides, Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS), Glucosamine, MSM, Chondroitin.

Or their chicken and potato

Ingredients:

Chicken (min 45% - Chicken Meal (min 21%) Fresh Chicken (min 20%) Chicken Fat (min 4%), Potato (min 26%), Beet Pulp, Brewers Yeast, Chicken Digest, Dried Egg, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Linseeds, Vitamins, Yucca Extract, Cranberries, Nucleotides, Mannanoligosaccharides (MOS), Fructooligosaccharides (FOS), Glucosamine, MSM, Chondroitin.


Barking Heads

Ingredients:
Fresh Scottish Salmon (min 26%), Potato (min 26%), Ground Oats, Dried Salmon, (min 15%), Potato Starch, Rapeseed Oil, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Dried Tomato, Natural Seaweed, Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM, Vitamins.

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There are so many variations of foods, and not every dog responds well to the same one - I know of dogs who can't touch Orijen because of allergies to some (or even all) of the ingredients.

I used Chappie dried for a period of time; 4 of my gang never looked better - and I know of some breeds where Chappie is sometimes heralded as the food of choice - in dogs being shown and worked into their dotage.

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Dogs are not designed to eat grains, and in an ideal world would be fed a meat diet - sadly, we don't live in an ideal world.

As an online accessibility specialist, it may also help to write the colour of each food alongside it - otherwise, there will be a group of people unable to derive any benefit from the information as all the colours will be pretty much the same.

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