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Gemma are these the normal rice cakes i would find in a supermarket, do you flavour the ice cubes, he likes marmite and peanut butter can he still have these or would they not count as hypoallergenic? need to get healthier with him

you can get rice-cakes in turkey flavor bones from the pet shop he has those and normal fair-trade ones from supermarket/ heathfood shop. He does need to have a drink with them though. Ice cubes are just water, are you planning on feeding a good complete food, ours has James Wellbeloved and he gets kibble as a treat in his kong with puppy paste

I think its more of how you give the treat then what it is, Arch has to work for it, so we will put it in a cup or under a towel etc

There seems to be an endless debate over foods and altho i would like to try hypoallergenic to see if it helps i suppose there is still the risk that make wont suit him , i have looked at arden grange as i can get it fairly local to me, i looked at burgess sensitive as a good price but dont think its hypoallergenic, i just want him sorted.

Marmite and peanut butter are both very high in salt so you shouldnt really give him those sorts of human food stuffs , although i know were all a little guilty in treating them with things they dont really need , As far as treats are concerned you could try raw carrot our labs love them they are cold and crunchy, good for teeth and gums . At first he may just chew and spit out but once they get to grips with them they love them and you dont have to worry about extra callories or allergies with carrots .Alternatively you could use his food kibble to treat with just dont allow too much extra on top of his daily allowance , any change of food should be done slowly never just awap from one to the other , you should aim for a period of about a week gradually decreasing the old food amount in favour of the new food till all new food is being fed , this enables the tummy to adjust to any new ingredients , lots of dog treats have wheat or grain of some sort as the main substance and a lot of dogs are wheat intollorant giving them soft stools so it may not so much be his main food thats giving him the problem as rather the treats on top of an already wheat containing food . Ice cubes are better left as just water no flavouring .hope this helps .

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Andrea, that was alot of information, thanks. I will defo try the carrots ( he likes apples so hes used to crunching), he does have quite a few biscuits as a reward for recall so that obviously doesnt help him, will look for some much better for him and keep the peanut butter and marmite as real treats occasionally, have you heard of the burgess supadog sensitive as was wondering if this is any good. Really appreciate the advice.

Remember apple cores/seeds are toxic to dogs!

He doesnt get the whole apple, i cut a few slices of it for him and he likes to sit in the garden chomping it, ive got enought to sort out with his food let alone adding problems with cores etc... thanks tho

Have you looked at Orijen as a food? It contains 70% meat, 30% fruit, veg & botanicals and no grains whatsover which means it's far more biologically appropriate than any other commercial food.

Or how about feeding BARF?

I feed raw now and have done for about 3 weeks , before changing to a natural diet i used to get a food called Pero it was for Labs but also for any dogs with a sensetive tum. If you google pero dog food you,l get the web site some of the other foods they do you can buy from pet stores but i never found the lab one so we ordered it from them it was £30 for a 15 kilo bag this would last you about 6 weeks . I would sudgest you fed less than the recommended amount we use to feed 300grms per day to each of our labs , The food is basec on salmon and brown rice has added glucosamine for joints and is lower in fat than most foods , they also do an organic food and working dog foods , they delivered usually after 2 days delivery was free also , if you calll them they will gladly send you some samples , Its made in wales . Ive not tried burgess so cant comment on it really . Apples are great as a treat but cut the pips out as they are toxic in high enough doses same with pears ,Stear clear of pork ( pigs ear , trotters ect ) Pork is a great one for upsetting a dogs tum .Hope this helps
Andrea

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