arcticgun 4,548 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Looking at both Eukanuba and Orijen, does anyone have any feedback on either product? is it ok to mix a bit of raw meat in with these feeds? obviously i would reduce the amount of feed accordingly? Also who would be the cheapest supplier of these foods, atvb Richard P.s the dogs are a saluki (7 month)and BeddyxGrey (6 month), they gets ton's of exercise and will be worked well once old enough to enter. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clover 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Looking at both Eukanuba and Orijen, does anyone have any feedback on either product? is it ok to mix a bit of raw meat in with these feeds? obviously i would reduce the amount of feed accordingly? Also who would be the cheapest supplier of these foods, atvb Richard P.s the dogs are a saluki (7 month)and BeddyxGrey (6 month), they gets ton's of exercise and will be worked well once old enough to enter. I've heard a lot of people being very anti Eukanuba because of alleged animal testing. I've only ever heard good things about Orijen but haven't actually used it. I'm feeding my 7 on James Wellbeloved and have been really impressed with how good they look. However, I'm about to start adding some meat to it, mainly tripe, just to increase the calories a bit as they are needing to eat a fair bit more because of the cold weather, even though they live in the house. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JPTfellterrier 65 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Looking at both Eukanuba and Orijen, does anyone have any feedback on either product? is it ok to mix a bit of raw meat in with these feeds? obviously i would reduce the amount of feed accordingly? Also who would be the cheapest supplier of these foods, atvb Richard P.s the dogs are a saluki (7 month)and BeddyxGrey (6 month), they gets ton's of exercise and will be worked well once old enough to enter. I've heard a lot of people being very anti Eukanuba because of alleged animal testing. I've only ever heard good things about Orijen but haven't actually used it. I'm feeding my 7 on James Wellbeloved and have been really impressed with how good they look. However, I'm about to start adding some meat to it, mainly tripe, just to increase the calories a bit as they are needing to eat a fair bit more because of the cold weather, even though they live in the house. blooming heck clover that must cost you a fair bit to feed them on james wellbeloved as its expensive but top quality stuff....there is a cheaper alternative which the only diffrence is they use cheaper cuts of meat cant remember the name of the brand (work in a pet shop you see so you can compare ingredients) but its about £10 a bag cheaper i feed my lurcher on a mix of supadog greyhound and lurcher and raw rabbit (£14 a bag) and the terriers get cheap working dog mix, i dont recomend the working dog mix as it makes them fart an awful lot and it stinks Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Clover 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 (edited) "blooming heck clover that must cost you a fair bit to feed them on james wellbeloved as its expensive but top quality stuff....there is a cheaper alternative which the only diffrence is they use cheaper cuts of meat cant remember the name of the brand (work in a pet shop you see so you can compare ingredients) but its about £10 a bag cheaper i feed my lurcher on a mix of supadog greyhound and lurcher and raw rabbit (£14 a bag) and the terriers get cheap working dog mix, i dont recomend the working dog mix as it makes them fart an awful lot and it stinks " Yup - costs me a fortune. But I prefer to feed them something where the first ingredient is meat rather than cereal. And one of mine is allergic to chicken and most of the foods use poultry meal or poultry fat so they're no good. And they are in great condition. They range in age from 1 1/2 to just off 11, and they are all full of energy. My 8 1/2 year old dog looks about half his age - and behaves about a quarter of his age Edited February 18, 2009 by Clover Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arcticgun 4,548 Posted February 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Yup - costs me a fortune. But I prefer to feed them something where the first ingredient is meat rather than cereal. And one of mine is allergic to chicken and most of the foods use poultry meal or poultry fat so they're no good. And they are in great condition. They range in age from 1 1/2 to just off 11, and they are all full of energy. My 8 1/2 year old dog looks about half his age - and behaves about a quarter of his age Thats the sort of results Im after, to me it's worth the extra pennies for good overall conditioning and knowing they are not eating filler only, hence the reason Ive always mixed some fresh mince in with th Beta Puppy i have used so far, about to step them up onto adult food so thought I'd look at a few alternatives. Regarding the Beta their is not much difference between puppy and adult packs nutrition wise, hence looking at Eukanuba and Orijen, the Origen sounds really good, 70percent meat and claims it is fit for human consumption as well! also has fruit and veg making up the last 30 percent, atb Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
azzaaah 0 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Eukanuba is indded one of the more expensive dry feed, but holds alot of un natural ingredient and is higher in derivatives, JWB as suggested is a superior higher quality diet, well worth the money, with natural ingredients, it's widely used for dogs with digestive and allergy problems, as it does not contain a bulk of the ingredients that dogs are more commonly allergic to, one being corn, which alot of the cheaper diets include. A BARF diet is the best and most natural diet, with JWB and Burns being the better dry diets. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spring 5 Posted February 18, 2009 Report Share Posted February 18, 2009 Eukanuba is indded one of the more expensive dry feed, but holds alot of un natural ingredient and is higher in derivatives, JWB as suggested is a superior higher quality diet, well worth the money, with natural ingredients, it's widely used for dogs with digestive and allergy problems, as it does not contain a bulk of the ingredients that dogs are more commonly allergic to, one being corn, which alot of the cheaper diets include.A BARF diet is the best and most natural diet, with JWB and Burns being the better dry diets. We fed our two Deerhounds on Burns and it was very good up to a point. The dogs ate it okay but they just didn't look right. We recently changed onto RAW diet and the difference is plain to see. Cleaner teeth, no smelly breath and they are filling out a bit. Our 12 month old just loves it and they look so much better. ATB Spring. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
arcticgun 4,548 Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2009 (edited) I certainley noticed a difference when i started to add raw butchers mince meat to the Beta puppy, they are fed this twice a day, coats are spot on, especially the salukix, no bad breath, I also give them tuna/beta once every two weeks, they also get pasta/raw mince once a week, they seem to like a bit of variety and the stools are spot on. I still haven't made my mind up on what to try next, there are so many contrasting opinions, i use JWB for the Ferrets, who also get plenty of raw, great gear IMHO. atvb Richard Edited February 19, 2009 by arcticgun Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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