Natural Instinct

[Mooch. 177]

Does anybody here use this company for dog food?

 

http://www.naturalinstinct.com/

 

Their prices seem quite reasonable.

 

 

[skycat 6,174]

From what it says on the ingredients looks OK, but I don't think that is cheap at all. Plus, a dog needs to chew on stuff, not just inhale it as mush. Maybe as part of the diet, but I'd want to be feeding bones as well: something the dog can chew on. Can you not get chicken carcases round your way? That's all they use in the chicken part of that food. I still reckon it is cheaper to make up your own food: chicken carcases and wings, lamb ribs, bit of offal (tripe, liver etc) beef mince etc, and mince up your own veg according to what is cheap and in season. Hand full of brown rice (boiled) or porridge oats, and you have a pretty good balanced diet.

[Mooch. 177]

I completely agree about the whole bones. I'd be using it as a base, about 30% of each meal, and adding offal and chicken carcasses. I'm only looking because my usual local butcher is part of a deer farm and 90% of their pet mince is venison off cuts. Unfortunately the season for venison is now over so they are producing less mince and demand is high.

 

Edited to say that on my current feeding regime a 1kg tub would last 3/4 days.

Edited April 8, 2012 by Mooch.

[planete 120]

It is good quality stuff but my fussy pup refused to eat it. But then he was refusing to eat just about everything at that time and I was hoping expensive mush would tempt him. I am glad it did not. He would be a very expensive dog to keep as he is now getting through a minimum of 800gr. of raw meat a day!

[rob190364 2,594]

From what it says on the ingredients looks OK, but I don't think that is cheap at all. Plus, a dog needs to chew on stuff, not just inhale it as mush. Maybe as part of the diet, but I'd want to be feeding bones as well: something the dog can chew on. Can you not get chicken carcases round your way? That's all they use in the chicken part of that food. I still reckon it is cheaper to make up your own food: chicken carcases and wings, lamb ribs, bit of offal (tripe, liver etc) beef mince etc, and mince up your own veg according to what is cheap and in season. Hand full of brown rice (boiled) or porridge oats, and you have a pretty good balanced diet.

do they need the rice/porridge? I feed mine a mix of meat, offal, bones etc. but no rice or porridge, is it essential?

[skycat 6,174]

I wouldn't say essential, but a small amount of carbs helps to give energy, slowly. But plenty of raw fed dogs don't get any carbs in cereal form at all and are fine. Some people just use minced veg for fibre as much as anything. I find that mine can get a bit over solid (their crap that is) if they just get fed meat and bones. I just try to offer my dogs as wide a variety as possible of different foods. Bear in mind they are probably only getting about a tablespoon full of oats or cooked rice, or a slice of brown bread. Some days they just get meat, tripe, carcases etc.

[dodger 2,765]

Does anybody here use this company for dog food?

 

http://www.naturalinstinct.com/

 

Their prices seem quite reasonable.

As said nothin better than what you can do and prepare easy enough yourself only your paying through the roof for there stuff plus yours will be fresher..