MERA DRY DOG FOOD - Page 1

Yes, MERA does come from Germany. I am in the UK and initially used it as it was the food the breeder used. I used to buy it direct from the them.......Tramella in the UK. I suspect that they started to import and sell it as a side line, Tramella have a pretty good reputation in the UK as one of the better breeders, their animals always do well in shows and " Tramella Orange" ( I think I got his name right) is in the running to win B.O.B at Crufts later this year.Our last two GSD's are from them. Both great dogs so I had no problems in being advised by them. At the time they told me that they often go to Germany and were very impressed with a couple of dogs they saw there. On enquiry they were told that they were fed on MERA so they started to use it themselves.

I didn't use it for long though........our  first Tramella dog "Jago" ate it at first but went off it after a couple of years. He did pretty well on it at first though, weighed in at about 105 lbs when he was 3 yrs. Good coat and condition and good energy level too. Tried a few other brands here in the UK;  Hills, James Wellbeloved, most of the top name premium foods ( NOT IAMS or EUKENABA ) at some time or another before settling on Salters Adult Maintenance which I feed to our latest GSD "Viggo". he is now 2 y.o and is fine and healthy.

I rate MERA as a decent dry food......can't really say anything bad about it.......but I would not rate it as one of the best in my opinion. It's not a bad price and if your dog likes it, is thriving, healthy and gaining the right amount of weight then why not stick with it.

I never just feed only dry food though. i always add some gravy,half a tin of Butchers of some Naturdiet  maybe or bits of meat/chicken  to his meals for a bit of variety. Some people might disagree with that.....they are entitled to their opinion I suppose. I have owned dogs for 50 yrs and none of them have died from malnutrition so I guess i must be doing something right.