Cheaper alternatives to MWH (dry food only), has anyone used...?

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Looking at the dry food index if I'm going to move Daisy off MWH it will have to be onto orange band foods. This is purely a cost saving exercise as she is doing really well on MWH. Please do not bother replying to suggest raw or tinned foods, for various reasons it needs to be kibble. The two that might be worth a try from what I can see are:
- country kibble - grain free salmon
- Sainsbury's hypoallergenic lamb
Has anyone used either of these with success for a very active dog?
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V
 
I find ‘all about dog food’ website is very useful as also shows cost on amount.
I currently use mwh and have looked at alternatives but always find I feed way more to keep weight on if they are cheaper. Or it compromises too much on quality
 
Skinners Duck and Rice/Skinners Salmon and Rice for my dogs - I've fed it for years, they look and do very well on it. I've tried MWH (low protein) which didn't do anything for my dogs, I've also tried Barking Heads which I like the idea of but isn't that cheap and again didn't make much difference at all to my hounds

Maybe it's because I have skinny pointy dogs but I've never found I can feed less volume of a more expensive/supposedly better quality dog food than I do of the Skinners, or they simply lose condition
 
I use the Sainsburys Lamb one and have done for the last couple of years.

No problems whatsoever with it. Small poos, dog loves it and became champion terrier racer at last year's local show. He is a VERY active terrier ...

My other terrier, who I had PTS due to various health issues, kept his weight well on it at the age of 14 and I think this is my only concern with it in that my 5 YO is carrying just a fraction more weight than I would like.
 
Levrier but mine do very well on it too but are opposite build to yours.
it costs around £30 a sack and lasts 5-6 weeks for my 38 and 20 kg 2dogs.
but only the skinners d&r or s&r varities.

i have bought the odd harringtons from the super market to tide me
over when have run out but find they do more poos and are hungrier on it,
as the rubbishy bulk goes through quicker?
mine also get any scraps or some chappie wet or sardines added and are deff not couch potatoes :)
 
Levrier said:
Skinners Duck and Rice/Skinners Salmon and Rice for my dogs - I've fed it for years, they look and do very well on it. I've tried MWH (low protein) which didn't do anything for my dogs, I've also tried Barking Heads which I like the idea of but isn't that cheap and again didn't make much difference at all to my hounds

Maybe it's because I have skinny pointy dogs but I've never found I can feed less volume of a more expensive/supposedly better quality dog food than I do of the Skinners, or they simply lose condition
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I would agree for a cheaper option Skinners is good, I always used to feed it.
 
I got Skinners for a good while and was pleased with it. The sprollie got bladder crystals while on it though so we switched back to Burns Alert once he could come off the ridiculously expensive veterinary diet! It probably wasn't the Skinners to blame or it just didn't agree with sprollie for some reason. They do very well on Burns Alert. Not sure how it compares cost wise or in terms of perceived quality. But mine have never got on with high meat, low grain kibbles. Just seem to get tummy upsets and bad skin on anything good quality!
 
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