Greyhound Feed

[SaddlePsych'D]

As per other thread, OH and I picked up our sweet girl Ivy last night. I'm not planning any imminent changes and aware it needs to be done gradually but I'm wondering about changing her feed. She's come from the rescue on Pedigree dry food. She's eating fine but is underweight. I'm sure it was on here I initially read that Pedigree isn't great, and google search seems to turn up lots of results suggesting it's not great quality. We can go back to the rescue vet clinic to discuss further but just wondering what we're looking for in alternative brands. We'd prefer to keep her on dry I think.

Any thoughts appreciated. And her very boopable snoot because why not...

 

[Unicorn]

Such a cute snoot ?

I have no greyhound experience, but would suggest having a look at Millies Wolfheart. They have a wide range of mixes and are really helpful for a chat. It's been a great help for my fussy baggage of a dog - she struggled to keep weight on and has a rather sensitive tummy, but does really well on Millies.

 

[Clodagh]

Such a cute snoot ?

I have no greyhound experience, but would suggest having a look at Millies Wolfheart. They have a wide range of mixes and are really helpful for a chat. It's been a great help for my fussy baggage of a dog - she struggled to keep weight on and has a rather sensitive tummy, but does really well on Millies.

Seconded ?

 

[The Fuzzy Furry]

Speak to PippiPony on here (she's the chocolate queen and can be found on the good morning threads) she's currently got 2 greyhounds, had previously too, very well clued up on them x

 

[Ratface]

As per other thread, OH and I picked up our sweet girl Ivy last night. I'm not planning any imminent changes and aware it needs to be done gradually but I'm wondering about changing her feed. She's come from the rescue on Pedigree dry food. She's eating fine but is underweight. I'm sure it was on here I initially read that Pedigree isn't great, and google search seems to turn up lots of results suggesting it's not great quality. We can go back to the rescue vet clinic to discuss further but just wondering what we're looking for in alternative brands. We'd prefer to keep her on dry I think.

Any thoughts appreciated. And her very boopable snoot because why not...
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What a beautiful grey! I adore them but am over-catted now, so wouldn't be fair on either species to have another.

 

[Bellasophia]

She’s beautiful..I love the black dogs.
this may be worth reading..
https://forum.greytalk.com/forum/11-food-and-dietary-discussion/

 

[lizziebell]

Would you be open to raw feeding? As an owner of many sighthounds over the years (currently 2 Italians Greyhounds and a whippet), I’ve found raw feeding to be the best at maintaining a good weight.

Sorry, ignore me: edited to add I just re-read keeping her on a dry feed.

 

[Spotherisk]

Consider where you want to buy from (ie local pet store, Amazon, Tesco etc) then find out what they sell. Google those products. - bear in mind that a good can be called duck and rice (for instance), and the legal minimum duck is 4%!

Our lot, which includes my lurcher, is on a varied diet of Field and Trial duck, Oscars Fishand potato, and Marriages but I can’t remember which one.

 

[splashgirl45]

if you look on www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk you can find out the best foods , most of the highest rated are raw and some of the raw ones can be dry and not the cheapest. i looked around for a kibble type raw food diet and chose wolfworthy, its not as expensive as some of the others and my terriers look great on it.. 7.5kg is about £45 and lasts my 2 for about 9 weeks...but i do add a topper to moisten it, either tuna,pilchards,sardines,natures menu pouch...you can put the breed,age and weight in ( if she is underweight you may need to look up what a female greyhound weight should be.).and it works out how much it would cost you a day

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

Thanks for all suggestions so far, we'll follow up tomorrow. Including weighing her and checking in with the vet clinic to see how this compares to previous weigh in.

I don't think we'd say never to raw food but would like to try a good quality dry food in the appropriate amounts first to see where that brings us. I know they are supposed to be slim but she is ribby and not well covered over her spine. I think her coat could be better too so hoping a diet upgrade will help her.

 

[leflynn]

A bit of time and some better food and her kennel coat will come out and she'll be even more gorgeous, she may need worming again if she hasn't been done for a while. I feed Millie Wolfheart to mine, the all about dog foods website is a good comparison tool, enjoy!

 

[Escapade]

Allaboutdogfood is handy for comparing foods but keep in mind that the “nutritional ratings” can be very misleading.
Depending on her conformation some ribs, vertebrae and hips may be visible normally. Unless very pronounced, if she has good muscle mass I wouldn’t think too much of it, certainly wouldn’t want these to be well covered.

I’m not in the UK so not familiar with many of your brands but sighthounds generally do well on grain-inclusive, moderate protein diets. If her tummy is good on the Pedigree stick with it a couple of months until she’s well settled in. Good luck, she’s gorgeous!!

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

Allaboutdogfood is handy for comparing foods but keep in mind that the “nutritional ratings” can be very misleading.
Depending on her conformation some ribs, vertebrae and hips may be visible normally. Unless very pronounced, if she has good muscle mass I wouldn’t think too much of it, certainly wouldn’t want these to be well covered.

I’m not in the UK so not familiar with many of your brands but sighthounds generally do well on grain-inclusive, moderate protein diets. If her tummy is good on the Pedigree stick with it a couple of months until she’s well settled in. Good luck, she’s gorgeous!!

The website is a useful resource but yes having looked on the Greyhound forum suggested above which discusses protein content we're thinking perhaps some of the top nutritional rated products might not be the right way to go (bit confusing but we're learning!).

We weighed her this morning and it does appear she has lost some since last done with rescue vets, and at that point they had viewed her as underweight so we need to look at upping what she has or switching her over to something else. I know we don't want full coverage but we can definitely see too much ribs and spine. For now we're going to stick with what she's on and keep weighing out meals accurately then weigh again next week and see where we are then before making any changes.

 

[planete]

I have found that high protein dry food does not always agree with sighthounds and carbohydrates can be needed to put weight on. Look at the fat percentage as well, 16% fat and 25% protein seem to keep mine well covered and healthy.

 

[laura_nash]

Ours did best on a specialist greyhound feed we got in big bags from the local farm store (can't remember the brand, sorry).

They do tend to show the ribs though, especially if your not used to greyhounds I would go more on the coat quality and general appearance of health.

She looks like she's got her feet well under the table already (or rather well on the sofa). Very pretty girl.

 

[rabatsa]

I feed my greyhounds Burgess Greyhound and Lurcher. They all seem to do well on this, my GSD is also on the same feed.

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

We spotted a couple of greyhound mixes that look like they might be the route to go down. We'll stick as she is for now and keep monitoring things over the next couple of weeks before starting any changes. Picked up some low protein treats today that she loves. I think it's the cheese content, she has been pretty much perfectly behaved and calm at home but me putting the cheese back in the fridge earlier had her skidding in to the kitchen. Most energetic we've seen her, I like that she is as enthusiastic about cheese as I am ?

 

[Jenko109]

My sight hounds don't do well on grain free, high protein type foods.

Mine are on CSJ complete Tripe. Nice solid poos and no evil wind.

 

[some show]

Mine was grand with Millie's Wolfheart - he's on raw now, but Millie's was good and lots of choices of ingredients/quantities. He started out on Burns but wouldn't gain any weight on that.

 

[pistolpete]

My lurcher did well on Eden before we switched to raw because of her anal gland problem.