Anyone fed fish4dogs? Tips on improving coat condition as well!

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My 15 month old cocker has just been fed on dried commercial food. I've had him a month ( he is a private rehome) and just been carrying on with this until I've had the time to research the different options properly. His coat is pretty shabby, which is perhaps unsurprising considering his diet and the fact that he lived out all winter (nothing intrinsically wrong with that) and wasn't touched with a brush in that time. I had to take him to the vets on the first day I had the poor wee chap as his back end was covered in long mud and poo infested dreadlocks so close to the skin they had to be clipped out. Anyhoo, enough of the sob story.I have ordered some fish4dogs and was wondering if anyone had any experience of it or had any other tips on improving coat condition and encouraging his hair to grow back as at the moment his back end is clipped out and his front end isn't! He looks like two different dogs!

BTW I'm not sure about going raw right now (I simply don't have the freezer facilities, more than anything), but may do in time.

Tea and swiss choccy for you all!xx
 
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To improve coat, groom regularly, add oily fish or salmon oil as already mentioned.

My youngsters have Teflon coats, nothing sticks, they're shiny and feel like silk, they're raw fed.

Fish4dogs have a lot of pea flour in their standard recipe. Their premium range is still very good. Pets at Home Fishmongers has a very good ratio of fish and seems to be a great food.
 
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I used to feed fish4dogs until they changed the menu and included lots of pea flour (tho their premium range is still the same,original recipe,as mentioned above but is quite expensive.)

I now feed Challenge dog food,which is made to the same recipe as the original fish4dogs(&their current premium recipe). Angell fish &potato dog food is just like Challenge's -same recipe again.(Breeder of our pup said they're all made at same factory but for different companies!) Both are cheaper than fish4dogs and both do the fishy treats&salmon oil.

Another breeder told us our pup looked in fab condition on it,with a beautiful coat:) We don't feed the salmon oil to the young dogs in addition but I do give our old dog a squirt of it on her dinner:D

I tried PetsatHome Fishmongers but it looked much drier and smelt a bit fusty compared to the Challenge & Fish4dogs Premium(but then,it is cheaper:)) I did a taste test on our (very greedy!) dogs-they all preferred the Challenge to the Fishmongers...
 
Well I have ordered some fish 4 dogs and some Angell, so we shall see which he prefers. On a direct price comparison Challenge comes out cheapest, so I may ask them to send me a sample as well.

I am looking forward to not having quite so many poos per day to pick up!
 
Yes we feed our springer x cocker fish4dogs, she seems to like it which is the main thing. Her coat improved after being fed it for a couple of months but I recently bought some salmon oil to add to her food as her paws were quite dry, it's helped the paw problem but her coat has never been in better condition.
 
Oily fish, tripe and eggs are all good for coat condition. Mine had tripe and eggs for breakfast, which smelled delightful.....

I like the Fishmongers, it has high fish content for the price and there's no denying there is fish in it!! I put a friend on to it, whose dog had been suffering from the runs since he was a tiny pup, his tummy is fab now and coat is gleaming.

I also swim mine a lot and groom/manipulate him which brings the oils out and gets rid of dead hair.
 
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check out www.whichdogfood.co.uk - fish4dogs gets 3 out of 5 stars for the expert rating, Angell 3.5-4 out of 5. I'm in process of switching to Eden, and the dogs absolutely love it - I was feeding Markus Muhle (4.5 out of 5 stars), but they pick out the Eden kibble and eat that first!
 
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