Feed & Insurance Q's

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I have been out of the world of finding Feed and Insurance for dogs for some time. I have had dogs all my life, until my last one died 7 months ago, but feed & Insurance were already sorted.
So, two questions.
Insurance? Yes or No? if so, who would you recommend.

Feed. As with horses, just so many feeds now. He has been on Dr John Gold, but he really does not seem keen. I'm wondering what other dry feed I could try. I won't touch Bakers, heard too much bad stuff about it. I have read lots saying thet the Pets at Home range is good. I'm not after the cheapest, but am not able to pay extortionate prices of £30/£40/£50 per bag.

Any suggestions or warnings on Insurance and Feeds then please?

For those that didn't see my post, it is a 4 year old entire Irish Setter.

Thanks
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Insurance....A must IMO and petplan are fab...a little more expensive but worth it.
Food...there are others on here that are foodies
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they will tell ya...but JamesWellBeloved, skinners and Wainrights are amongst the best quality
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Insurance is a must.

As for food thought about raw?

If you want to feed dry like cayla said JWB is a good one.

Whats that website where you can check food ingredients?

In my research pets at home stuff is not good at all.
 
My lot like Skinners better than JWB, and it is only £20 a sack as opposed to something ridiculous like £50 a sack for JWB
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(I refuse to pay that amount for dog food I'm afraid
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More pics of the lovely boy please
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My lot like Skinners better than JWB, and it is only £20 a sack as opposed to something ridiculous like £50 a sack for JWB
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More pics of the lovely boy please
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Shows how long ago it was that i got dog food!
I never knew JWB was that expensive!

Skinners all the way then.
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Thanks Katie but, no, I want to feed a dry food.
I have never had a dog that will eat JWB and at the price, I'm not wasting money trying it again.
Can't afford to feed it long term anyhow.

See, now I'm confused again, I was looking at an ingredient website and, although Pets at Home wasn't the best it was rated quite highly. Wainrights was also recommended.

Anyhow, Cayla has scared me, I will pop back later
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Have always insured my dogs with petplan and found them brilliant, but just wanted opinons from others.

Please keep your comments coming (and I may post more photos
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Tessie gets fed on a mix of JWB and Arden Grange but the big fluffball (a samoyed) couldn't get enough of Burgess Supadog - everything from their greyhound/lurcher mix to their mature(especially their beefy one). She was insured with PetPlan I think and she was a diabetic, they were especially helpful with that
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Tessie also likes Purina Beta (maintenance) but it upsets her stomach on a regular basis. She's picky though, won't touch Wainrights.
 
We definately need more piccies of the gaw-juss red boy!!
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I would feed him Skinners - its gluten free which is important for Irish Setters as they are prone to Coeliac Disease - gluten/wheat allergy - Skinners is Hypo allergenic and the big 15kg sack (around £20) should last at least 2 months if not a bit longer.
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Thanks slinky, I know they need to be fed a bit carefully, recommendations like that are great.
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Will try to get some photos out and about in the next few days. I love the gorgous man already
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Another vote for Skinners, mine are on Field & Trial Duck & Rice. Really suits them.
I used to have a breeders policy with DBI who were taken over by petplan, who at the time started putting restrictions on GSDs, so I moved to NFU and found them good. My 2 oldies are not insured now, Evie is on a very basic NFU policy, £5 a month linked to house insurance, it only covers vets fees but suits me for now.
 
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Skinners is Hypo allergenic and the big 15kg sack (around £20) should last at least 2 months if not a bit longer.
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Wow I am doing something very wrong then - a sack lasts me less than a month just feeding two ickle greyhounds
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Skinners is Hypo allergenic and the big 15kg sack (around £20) should last at least 2 months if not a bit longer.
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Wow I am doing something very wrong then - a sack lasts me less than a month just feeding two ickle greyhounds
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You plonker!!
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You are feeding 2 - now 3 skinny dogs - Donklet will be feeding one gaw-juss red dog!
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Ha, just found out why Woody is not enjoying his usual feed. Apparently he had tripe with it!!
 
I can't remember what exactly it is, but IIRC Dr John's contains a certain chemical which isn't great. My Mum bought some last year and the dogs liked it and did well, but she took them off it because of one particular ingredient.
Sorry to be so vague, I should pay more attention!
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I'm actually not liking the ingredients list of Dr J too much

http://www.gilpa.co.uk/product.php?shopprodid=6

Ardens and Skinners seem to come up a lot.

Pedigree Chum, like Bakers, are apparently two of the most popular feeds, becasue of the marketing. How many Joe Public read - or care - what the actual ingredients are?

Been recommended Gusto, so a few to check out. Thanks for all your replies.
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So, what about brands like Hills, Eukanuba,Beta, Purino?
I'm off googling.
 
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