Puppy food with no chicken

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My Doberman is allergic to chicken and I’m having a hard time finding a puppy food for a pup her size (29kg at 10 months) that won’t tear my bank in half
Any suggestions?
She eats around 600g a day so 100 euro per 12kg bag is a lot 😅
 
Have you looked at James Wellbeloved?

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I might try adult just wondering about the calcium content as she’s still growing? Her paws are still huge

James I don’t think the meat content matches the price
 
I'm not a scientist or a vet, but almost all the dogs I see that are way over-sized/have growth and associated lameness issues, are overstimulated and have allergies/are 'hot', have been fed on very expensive large breed puppy food. It's probably just a coincidence but I've never seen anything that's made me want to have my dogs on it.

I've never had a dysplastic/arthritic dog (confirmed by x-ray) and neither did we when there was no such thing as large breed puppy food, just crappy old Winalot or Favour and raw green tripe from the abbatoir.
 
CorvusCorax said:
I'd forget about puppy food and just get her onto adult, it's a bit of a marketing gimmick IMO and there's often far too high a percentage of protein.
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I usually take off puppy food at around 6 months. The Millies I mentioned is just a normal adult food though quite high protein. The nutrionalist I spoke to at Millies did recommend changing to a lower protein when she reached 12 months, but she only has a small Millies feed now, her main meal is raw, so I haven't changed it.
 
BallyRoanBaubles said:
If you are looking at adult food I’m sure dr john brought out a no chicken food and they aren’t usually too spendy
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If you mean the hypoallergenic , it has chicken fat in it . A lot of the hypoallergenic ones do which is so annoying
ETS. . I see the duck and salmon is chicken free which is great .
 
Dogs with chicken allergies are allergic to the protein of chicken. Chicken fat is unlikely to provoke an allergic response as there is no protein in fat.
 
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Well I have her on whistlers at the minute which is like €40 a 12kg bag so it’s not a overly expensive food but she has been very itchy, licking paws and itchy ears so vet think she’s allergic to chicken as oils haven’t improved her coat (rarely bathed and done with sensitive shampoo when needed)
So need to get her off chicken but will look at some adult foods! Just don’t want to drop the meat content too much
She’s currently on 40%
 
Skylos online do a large breed puppy Salmon 15 kg £65 delivered.
I find you don’t need to feed very much of this, so it doesn’t work out expensive.
They will do samples and were very helpful when I phoned up to ask a few questions.
 
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If you are looking for options available in Ireland Zooplus has plenty of options. Burns have several poultry free options, Redmills Engage Salmon and Duck options would also work. Maxi Zoo have an own brand range, Real Nature which has some poultry free options also.
 
CorvusCorax said:
I'd forget about puppy food and just get her onto adult, it's a bit of a marketing gimmick IMO and there's often far too high a percentage of protein.
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Yup, the percentage difference in many puppy/adult foods is approximately 1%. The phosphate is an issue you might want to look into. I’ve swapped pups very early onto adult food.
 
I'm in a similar boat with my dog, he's allergic to chicken too. It's very hard to find anything without chicken in it.

The Dog Food Directory

Wet, dry, big, and small we've got it covered. Browse, search and compare dog foods in the World's most comprehensive interactive dog food directory!
www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk

If you go to the filters section on the left, you can filter by "flavour" and not included chicken. Up the top you can select the age too.

Each food is rated by the canine dietician based on ingredients.

I've been using this to try figure out options for my fella.
 
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ElectricChampagne said:
I'm in a similar boat with my dog, he's allergic to chicken too. It's very hard to find anything without chicken in it.

The Dog Food Directory

Wet, dry, big, and small we've got it covered. Browse, search and compare dog foods in the World's most comprehensive interactive dog food directory!
www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk www.allaboutdogfood.co.uk

If you go to the filters section on the left, you can filter by "flavour" and not included chicken.

Each food is rated by the canine dietician based on ingredients.

I've been using this to try figure out options for my fella.
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The problem with this is it is very UKcentric, the majority of the foods are unavailable in Ireland/Europe
 
druid said:
The problem with this is it is very UKcentric, the majority of the foods are unavailable in Ireland/Europe
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Yep its is super frustrating I'm in Ireland too.

I do look at what's on zooplus.ie and compare on this site as this is all I really have access to.

I just ordered the Rocco sensitive with lamb and rice to give it a try but on vets advice I now need to put him on a very restricted diet of the Purina hydrolysed soy protein.
 
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