Help what feed do you use?

[Luvly]

 

[jann]

All 7 of mine are on Fresh food ... cooked meat ... and veggies , fish ect 

  My two are as well   

[debbie321]

I didn't know about JWB either!  I swapped Ben to this a couple of months ago purely as it's easy to get hold of and he likes it!

I think I'll be changing him back to Arden Grange 

[kookie]

Oscars

[CraftySam]

My four are all fed BARF (bones and raw food)

[Jan/Billy]

Burns here too  


I have to say the staff at Burns are the most helpful I have ever come accross, they can't do enough.

They had a stand at crufts this year and John burns himself was there working & helping buyers by giving advice about nutrition etc, I thought it was really good.

[JackieD]

Maddy is on Oscars, it is gluten free she loves it, plus it is delivered to my door.

[pamela]

Hi there, I swapped Iams for Auturky last week and have noticed the small flaky patch on Ben's coat has cleared up already. It is a natural food and cheaper than a lot of them.

[goughee]

What an amazing response! thank you all for your replies.

We have changed Poppy's feed to JWB it may have been a coincidence but the poor mite developed an allergic reaction over the bank holiday weekend, she was given an anti-histamine injection by the vet and seems to be recovering. Her face was all swollen and she could hardly open her eyes. We were really worried.

The Vet thinks that it was probably not the feed but I am watching closely. Has anyone else's baby had a reaction to JWB


Jean

[Beth]

Both my dogs were on JWB for a few months, and although they didn't have a severe reaction like you've decribed they both had poos a bit too squishy for my liking, and Lucy (my cavalier who has allergies) was very flaky. As far as i could figure out JWB only has "no added artificial colours/flavours preservatives"

I've now got them both on Autarky (which is a huge amount cheaper!) and they couldn't be better. Both really shiny, and Lucy's whole coat texture has changed, she's all soft and lovely now. Autarky is also completely free from artificial stuff.

[cazza]

Both my dogs were on JWB for a few months, and although they didn't have a severe reaction like you've decribed they both had poos a bit too squishy for my liking, and Lucy (my cavalier who has allergies) was very flaky. As far as i could figure out JWB only has "no added artificial colours/flavours preservatives"

I've now got them both on Autarky (which is a huge amount cheaper!) and they couldn't be better. Both really shiny, and Lucy's whole coat texture has changed, she's all soft and lovely now. Autarky is also completely free from artificial stuff.

They do add vitamin C tho, i was a bit intrigued and so posted - in the replies Nicola said it's added as a natural preservative    posted thread below if anyone wants to read the brilliant info that Gill found about vitamin C 

http://www.cockersonline.co.uk/discuss/index.php?topic=29675.0

[lyn]

i thought animal testing was banned in britain. i was very shocked to read the list of very well known pet food manufacturers testing on animals. i will make sure i boycott all products by all these company's.
i am off now to search for alternatives for my washing powder and stuff.

[happydog]

We would like a natural food if possible.

Like CraftySam and others I feed BARF. You can't get much more natural that that   .

[Cob-Web]

If you want to avoid additives and chemicals, and consider animal welfare issues, then raw feeding is definitely one option - but the source of the meat is an important factor 

Cheap supermarket meat tends to be intensively farmed - with the animals fed a processed, additive enriched diet, which builds up in their tissues and can still be present in the meat 
Until I found a regular supplier of free-range, additive-free raw meat and bones, I opted to feed the Burns Organic variety of feed......as I felt it was more ethical than some of the raw meat I could buy

[Jan/Billy]

i thought animal testing was banned in britain.

oh if only Lyn !!!