Belcando dog food - Highly recommended

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Just read the Bakers thread so though I would introduce some people to a new dog food I have been feeding this year - Belcando.

I came across the stand at Crufts this year and was incredibly impressed with the product.

We have been feeding it to our three dogs (one easily puts on weight, one is gluten intolerant, and one is just a picky bugger!) with really good results.

If you join the breeders club (you dont actually have to be a breeder) the price per bag works out the same price as Wainwrights.

I am very picky at what I feed my dogs ;)

Take a look at their website - http://www.bewital-petfood.co.uk/belcando.html
 
Poultry meat meal, low-ash (23,5 %); Maize; Rice; Potato starch (14 %); Herring meal (3 %); Sugar beet pulp, dried; Carob groats; Grape seeds, de-oiled (2,5 %); Brewer's yeast; Poultry fat; Vegetable oil, refined; Chia seeds; poultry liver, hydrolized; Di-calcium phosphate; Sodium chloride; Potassium chloride; Herbs (total 0,2 %: Nettle leaves, Gentian root, Centaury, Chamomile, Fennel, Caraway, Mistletoe, Yarrow, Blackberry leaves); Yucca schidigera
 
Isn't mistletoe poisonous?! Why all the cereals?

2nd, 3rd and 4th greatest ingredients are all useless fillers to make it bland and to not upset tummies, none of which dogs need.

If you're going to say a food is really great, I'd want to see shed loads of meat, zero cereals/fillers. Some dogs might do well on it, some might not, but it's not something I would feed.
 
Good grief,they must tour the rendering yards to fill their bags ,would you feed a dog on sugar beet pulp?If so,why?? Can never understand how difficult folks find it to feed proper raw dog grub,and pay through the nose to do it!
 
It stacks up better against Wainwright though -

Wainwrights
Brown Rice (38%), Duck (30%) (Duck Meal Meal, Duck Gravy), Barley (14%), Sugar Beet Pulp (8%), Rapeseed Oil (4%), Whole Linseed (3%), Alfalfa (1%), Minerals (includes Yucca Extract 200mg/kg, Marigold Meal 50mg/kg, Rosemary Extract 5mg/kg), Seaweed (0.5%).

30% duck meat meal in wainwrights, and it's not low ash so most likely mostly bones. Atleast the Belcando is low ash, she a high proportion of the meat is actual meat, not bones.

Slightly less rice in Belcando granted but it contains other beneficial ingredients that Wainwrights does not. Sugar beet pulp in wainwrights too!
 
cinnamontoast said:
Isn't mistletoe poisonous?! Why all the cereals?

2nd, 3rd and 4th greatest ingredients are all useless fillers to make it bland and to not upset tummies, none of which dogs need.
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The 1st ingredient in wainwrights is a 'useless filler' then but everyone is always raving on about wainwrights.
 
Rice is a filler but it is pretty safe & unlikely to cause reactions.

Splitting the cereals is all part of label manipulation to fudge buyers but maize is dodgy for many dogs and some of the listed ingredients have no known value and are toxic.

BTW dogs naturally eat some cereal -whenever they eat the guts of a prey that has eaten cereals.
 
I know grapes and raisins shouldn't be fed to dogs - possibly due to the tanin(???) not sure if this is in the flesh or seeds.

Also, not sure about the mistletoe - birds eat it, and spread the seeds, but it is poisonous to humans.

The is a theory (haven't read too much on it) that wild dogs etc don't tend to eat the guts of prey animals, and therefore don't ingest the grain/grass/veggies that the prey has eaten.
 
Paint Me Proud said:
It stacks up better against Wainwrights
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Paint Me Proud said:
The 1st ingredient in wainwrights is a 'useless filler' then but everyone is always raving on about wainwrights.
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Isn't that the dry, though? Never seen the dry being raved about, only the wet. And as already mentioned, rice is harmless. Belcando has some seriously dodgy stuff in it. Mistletoe is not a ground level plant so not a natural dog food.

From the vet medecine website:
http://vetmedicine.about.com/od/toxicology/qt/toxicplants

Mistletoe and Holly
A couple of holiday plants, specifically Mistletoe and Holly, are considered to be moderately to severely toxic, and you should call your veterinarian or poison control center immediately for specific advice.

If you're 'very picky', there are better foods out there without the fillers.

I'm surprised you think it's brilliant. :confused: Is it a similar price to say, Orijen or Acana?

belcando-junior-maxi-15-kg €45. Isn't that very expensive?
 
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