I have been giving my dogs IAMS dry kibble but I am beginning to feel guilty because they eat the same thing day after day. I had my older dog on a BARF diet for a few months and he loved it of course but I got away from it because at the time I was traveling quite a bit and couldnt find the time to make his food.
I would like to add some variety to their diet and was considering going back to the BARF diet or some variation thereof and maybe mixing it with their regular food but I am not sure about it. Mainly because I dont want to make a sudden change in their diet especially for my older dog (13 years) and cause intestinal problems of any kind.
Does anyone have any recommendations for switching to this type of diet and if it would, or would not be a good idea for an older dog?

hi i would suggest that if you do go back to barf dont mix with commercial foods as the balance wouldnt be good it should be one or other and as fo a older dog on it then all i can say is my eldest is 10 he loves it and a friend of mine a vets nurse she has her 14 year old shepperd on it so you should be ok, unless he has no teeth lol, but even then he can still eat raw

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Hi i dont personally like iams,its quite a bad food and they test on animalsa lot of people on here have had a good result from feeding raw.

If your going to feed raw just do it any runs will soon disapear , its one of the ony ways of feeding that i would say shouldnt do any harm to just do a straight swap over , as with dry foods the addatives in them and different ingredients may cause upset or allergy , feeding raw has nothing that a dog isnt designed to eat so go ahead , a great place to buy the food is called Landywoods find it from google they deliver and are very competetive , minced chicken with bone is 26p for a 1lb bag , there is a minimum order but as long as you have a spare chest freezer or like we did bought a second hand one its no problem , i have been able to feed both my labs for about £6 per week with extras like veg , eggs ,and fruit .

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Wow that is so cheap,,, and so healthy too!

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i've had a quick look on site looks good, but can't see how you order?
I'm buying my first husky soon and have been looking into barf looks the best way to feed your dog, my last dog was fed on bakers and thats makes them fat lol and he only ate the meaty chunks.

Pets at home stock it.

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can't see no raw meat on pets at home site?
i've asked other site landywood if they deliever in my area but how do you tell them what you want in an email??

Pets at home sell Barf.

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i can't find it lol is it with the feeding page?