Dog food help please for new boy!

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We have had our lovely, gentle, relaxed greyhounds for about 3 years now, so, we thought we would upset the applecart and get another dog. A Dalmatian :eek: The Greyhounds now look at me in absolute wonder how I could be so silly :D
So, after contacting Dalmation welfare, specifying I quite wanted a bitch as they may be a bit better behaved, husband decided we would have to rescue one from Preloved. A dog :rolleyes:
So here he is, Curly :rolleyes: a one year old spotty. He has his bits, which I want off asap!

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What I need help on is what to feed him. He came with, and has been fed on, some Wagg working dog food, which I don't imagine is the best for him. I did a bit of googling and found some dalmatian feed which is incredibly expensive. The greyhounds have skinners duck and rice (if indeed this is the best thing for them??) So what would be best for him, knowing they can suffer urinary stones?
An anything else I should be forwarned about Dally's..... having had them before I know what we are letting ourselves in for, its the Greys I feel for :D
 
I have recently changed my boxers to Skinners Duck and Rice and they are looking fantastic on it. I fed James Wellbeloved for a long time because I believed it was a decent food, but my dogs always cast a lot and my youngest girl had smelly gunk running from her eyes. Since swapping to Skinners this has completely gone and it's saving me a fortune!
 
we feed all of ours a mixture of james wellbeloved large breed kibble and raw diet, they have the kibble for breakfast as its easier whilst i have 2 kids to get ready and then raw for their supper and bones through the day
 
I've had dalmatians for 17 years now and the most important thing I've found feeding wise is to avoid dried food unless you soak it first - they have big appetites and small stomachs and are very, very prone to colic (tummy ache) when the dried food swells up inside them. I found this out by feeding a small amount of dried food in a treat ball when she was left and she got tummy ache every single night after having it.

I've always fed tinned Chappie with just a tiny amount of small bite mixer to slow down their eating. Mine have done very well on this, my first was 13 1/2 when she was pts (that was as a result of damage done to her by arthritis drugs when I didn't know any better :() and my current one is now 13 and still going strong (they did overlap).

Lovely spotty by the way :)
 
Thanks for the advice everyone.

dalidaydream, thanks for replying, interesting, I have been dampening his feed and not giving him too much anyway as I wanted to make sure he would keep it down, after his emotional upheavel!
The greyhound have a small amount of chappie too, so maybe I'll mix a small amount of skinners with some of the chappie and see how we fair.
I feel I need a doggy nutritionalist!
 
mil1212 said:
Thanks for the advice everyone.

dalidaydream, thanks for replying, interesting, I have been dampening his feed and not giving him too much anyway as I wanted to make sure he would keep it down, after his emotional upheavel!
The greyhound have a small amount of chappie too, so maybe I'll mix a small amount of skinners with some of the chappie and see how we fair.
I feel I need a doggy nutritionalist!
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Just listen to him, he'll soon tell you if he's not happy. I took mine to the vet so many times with tummy ache and they didn't have a clue what was up with her - it was only when I realised it only happened after she'd had her treat ball that it clicked what was going on. We never had another problem once I'd stopped using dry food. I also keep biscuits to a minimum - only for special treats but an occasional one seems to be fine.
 
Soak dried food and research purine levels, which must be kept low for dallys. A lot of the dally owners on another forum I use avoid high purine by feeding raw.
 
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