Kallibear
Well-Known Member
My mother's current 1 year old lab is on Autukey Salmon and rice (after doing a bit of research) and is perfectly happy on it (she's a bit of a sensitive soul too).
She now has a second lab pup coming in April (born last week, soooo cute).
Could you recommend a good puppy food please? Needs to be readily available and not much more than £30 a big bag.
Breeder will send her home with Purina ProPlan: her vets has advised her it's an excellent diet
My mum doesn't currently want to feed raw (Im working on it but she's vegetarian, no second freezer, no garden to feed it in, it's a bit of a hassle compared to a simple bag of dry food etc) but is slowly being schooled on what a good diet is so would like a decent diet for new pup until she can join Lily on the adult salmon.
Since Lily is on the Autukey Salmon she bought , not unreasonably, the chicken puppy version. Getting her to read the back of the packet is still a work in action
It's still better than the ProPlan but after 35% chicken the next is maize (then chicken fat). After doing a bit of reading (inc that fab dog food index) it seems that any grain and cereal isn't great but, since it's unavoidable in the not-ridiculously-priced feeds, wheat is bad, maize is only a little better and rice and potato are kind of ok. Im going to go to pets at home to do some back-of-bag reading but anything to look out for (or to get the local feed store to order in for us) would be great, thanks.
She now has a second lab pup coming in April (born last week, soooo cute).
Could you recommend a good puppy food please? Needs to be readily available and not much more than £30 a big bag.
Breeder will send her home with Purina ProPlan: her vets has advised her it's an excellent diet
My mum doesn't currently want to feed raw (Im working on it but she's vegetarian, no second freezer, no garden to feed it in, it's a bit of a hassle compared to a simple bag of dry food etc) but is slowly being schooled on what a good diet is so would like a decent diet for new pup until she can join Lily on the adult salmon.
Since Lily is on the Autukey Salmon she bought , not unreasonably, the chicken puppy version. Getting her to read the back of the packet is still a work in action
It's still better than the ProPlan but after 35% chicken the next is maize (then chicken fat). After doing a bit of reading (inc that fab dog food index) it seems that any grain and cereal isn't great but, since it's unavoidable in the not-ridiculously-priced feeds, wheat is bad, maize is only a little better and rice and potato are kind of ok. Im going to go to pets at home to do some back-of-bag reading but anything to look out for (or to get the local feed store to order in for us) would be great, thanks.
