dog food ingredients and allergies - Page 2

Beepy, if we forget the tag 'premium' I still work off the quality of the ingredients and most of the so-called working dog food is full of rubbish. It may as well say floor scrapings for all the goodness it contains. There are premium foods aimed at the working dog anyway (Which he was on) but usually it's main ingredient is chicken.

I have been given a 15KG bag of food to try him on from a company that use only the best quality ingredients and are soon to be bringing out a premium working dog specific food. Yes it'll probably be expensive in comparison to most foods but then it's ingredients are in a different league entirely.

Sorry - By premium I meant the really well known brands that spend a fortune on advertising.

Beepy,

OK but Premium relates to their ingredients quality. The commercial type companies could have a similar looking tag  'Premier' simply because they are seen and heard everywhere through as you say, major advertising, and sell a lot of food, relying on the less educated to buy it.

Hi Working Dogs

I am in the UK aswell, My dog is allergic to Chicken, Turkey , White Fish, Lamb, Sheep, Beef, Venison and Dust Mites

I put mine on Skinners Field & Trial Duck & Rice in NOV 2007 its the only food that as worked for him, I also know of a Bullmastiff that is severely allergic to most meat proteins and advised his vet to swap to this so far it is working for his dog aswell.

Free from artifical flavourings, colourants and preservatives.

Whole rice (40%), duck meat meal (20%), naked oats, peas, whole linseed, sunflower oil, sugar beet pulp, vitamins and minerals. £18.50 per 15kg no VAT

Hi Wildmoor,

Thanks ever so much for that information as I've just checked their website and 2 of their products are suitable for my dog, the Duck and Rice as you say, and the Salmon and Rice. The rest of the figures look good too, not to mention the price at 50% discount on RRP to that of other suitable premium foods.

I had a diet formulated by the Nutritionist at the U............and I use ELK and Lentils and vegtable oil........yup and it works like a charm..........I supplement with Balance it and it is the purest diet I have ever seen. 

I to am in the uk and have a dog that has major allergies i feed him Wafcol complete salmon and potatoe this is recommended by the dermatologist i dont know if you can get Wafcol in the US