People will doubtless shout at me, but cheap smelly Chappie has saved me from pricey prescription foods for m y springer with gut probs. I was using JWB lamb and potato which is excellent, but stopped working for us because it is very bland flavoured. The flavour couldn't mask the nasty powder we have to mix in even when soaked. She wouldn't eat it except off a spoon, and lost weight and had pain and loose poo. I checked with vet, who approved, saying before the new special foods were invented, vet school taught them chappie,chappie,chappie! You could always supplement it. Dogs love it, and its working a treat for us.