Topping for dry food?

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Ok, so a friend of mine is getting a rescued bearded collie soon and while her old dog (a border) used to be solely on dry food, this beardie will be getting wet mixed in with dry in the evening. She's going to have the dog on a small dry in the morning and dry and wet in the evening but she can't afford to buy jwb or naturediet/natures menu (jwb is £12 for 18 at my local store) along with the big bags of jwb(or arden grange, depending on what it prefers) it's gonna be fed on. She doesn't want to feed raw as she's squeamish about raw meat for herself, let alone the dog; she won't touch any pedigree products. I have no clue as the really decent stuff that I could recommend is too expensive for what she wants to pay.

So what would you suggest? It needs to be good quality, not raw, not pedigree and probably not over 50-60p per serving. The only one I can really think about is butchers but I'm a bit iffy about anything that has 'meat and animal derivitives' on the label - the friend's not so pickey, so long as it's not full of additives and nasties.
 
I give my dog either tuna (50p a can for non branded in tesco in oil) I does me 4 meals, but a bigger dog maybe two? Or I give him minced beef I buy I frozen bag for about £3 and put a small bit in a bowl and tiny bit of water and microwave it for 1 minute ( I only use tiny amount) that lasts me ages, he loves it and all the jiuce mixes in to make it really tasty. You also know its good quality and doesnt have that horrible tinned food smell!!
 
Why does he have to have a mix? Kibble is usually a complete, balanced food so doesn't need anything else....
 
How does she feel about mixing in like Tuna and egg and maybe some cooked chicken, oil, low sodium broth.

I have never found a good tinned meat that isn't full of **** and hardly any real meat.

She could get a tin of tuna to last over 2 or 3 meals and then maybe an egg a couple of times a week.
 
Betsy gets a wet pouch of JWB every day, they are about 70p per pouch. They can be easily split into two meals and we did this for a while with B. We use them to add variation to her diet (JWB kibble), we also use tuna and egg.
 
I give my oldie natures menu tinned food on her dry food, have to say I don't find it too expensive. She is only a whippetx but one tin lasts me 2/3 days if I keep it in the fridge. If you want something to top his food with that's cheaper I'd use either tuna/pilchards or chappie xx
 
Henny said:
I give my dog either tuna (50p a can for non branded in tesco in oil) I does me 4 meals, but a bigger dog maybe two?
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katielou_houston said:
How does she feel about mixing in like Tuna and egg and maybe some cooked chicken, oil, low sodium broth.
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I never thought of fish tbh, I always presumed that her squeamish nature over raw would extend to fish but seeing as it's not exactly meat I shall have to ask her. The cooked chicken is def. possibility, even if it's just like the pickings from a roast chicken carcass (no bones, obviously). At the moment, tinned fish in oil sounds like a good option. Would something like pilchards/sprats in oil be too full of bones do you think?

Henny said:
Or I give him minced beef I buy I frozen bag for about £3 and put a small bit in a bowl and tiny bit of water and microwave it for 1 minute ( I only use tiny amount) that lasts me ages, he loves it and all the jiuce mixes in to make it really tasty. You also know its good quality and doesnt have that horrible tinned food smell!!
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I like the sound of that, the frozen mince sounds as if it would combat her aversion to the fresh stuff (I'm pretty sure she has frozen herself, or she freezes fresh). I know she's going to be buying the cheap frozen sausages to oven-cook for treats so I might nudge her into the frozen beef section.

JoG said:
Why does he have to have a mix? Kibble is usually a complete, balanced food so doesn't need anything else....
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The dog's coming from a home where it was spoiled and got only a small amount of dry so her teeth are bad (having to have 4 taken out and she's only 4yrs). She's got to be weaned onto increasing amouts of dry and even the breakfast will have warm water poured over it. Not to mention it adds a bit of variety to the diet, keeps the dog interested :)

katielou_houston said:
I have never found a good tinned meat that isn't full of **** and hardly any real meat.
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I would have to agree, when Tessie was on tinned (before I was allowed to take over feeding) she had numerous stomach ulcers, loose motions, volatile mood swings, lethargy, rapid weight gain to mention just a few of the bad effects of the tinned **** She's a totally different dog now she's on something half-decent.

blackcob said:
Fish4Dogs salmon mousse.

Hypoallergenic, no nasties, no preservatives - 99% ethically sourced salmon. Works out at 42p if you buy it by the box. Also makes a brilliant kong filler, incidentally. :)
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Bugger the friend on that one, I think I'll use that for my next dog :D Never even heard of them before so I shall have to def. point her towards them. And investigate further myself lol
 
Is there any particular reason why you wanted to feed wet and dry, instead of just wet or just dry???

ETA - Ahhh okay seen the answer!
 
slinkyunicorn said:
Take a look at Skinners - their hypoallergenic range is the same as JWB - but half the price. Just add hot water to make a 'gravy':)
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I've already suggested Skinners to her but she won't listen
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. I've already spoken to my local pet store and he would be prepared to do a multiple bag discount on Skinners so me and her could split the price and get a discount but nooooo, she won't have any of it
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She doesn't even give me an excuse
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FrodoBeutlin said:
Interesting! Florimell would love this. They could at least spell convalescence right, though :D
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Bless 'em, they do try. :D I ought to get commission for the amount of times I've recommended them on here but it really is good stuff, their kibble is totally grain-free and has a ridiculous percentage of actual fish compared to similar brands. Every few months they do the box of 45 sachets for £17, keeps missus in healthy frozen kongs for a good while. :)
 
blackcob said:
Bless 'em, they do try. :D I ought to get commission for the amount of times I've recommended them on here but it really is good stuff, their kibble is totally grain-free and has a ridiculous percentage of actual fish compared to similar brands. Every few months they do the box of 45 sachets for £17, keeps missus in healthy frozen kongs for a good while. :)
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I have also been using the fish 4 dogs and im very happy with it, Im liking the bottle of salmon oil they sell, (not for me of course):D
 
blackcob said:
Fish4Dogs salmon mousse.

Hypoallergenic, no nasties, no preservatives - 99% ethically sourced salmon. Works out at 42p if you buy it by the box. Also makes a brilliant kong filler, incidentally. :)
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I feed this to my dog, she loves it, I also give her the salmon kible, if you buy the working dog one in the clear bag you get loads and its the same as whats in the branded bags but cheaper
 
blackcob said:
Bless 'em, they do try. :D I ought to get commission for the amount of times I've recommended them on here but it really is good stuff, their kibble is totally grain-free and has a ridiculous percentage of actual fish compared to similar brands. Every few months they do the box of 45 sachets for £17, keeps missus in healthy frozen kongs for a good while. :)
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Oy get in the queue ! I tell everyone about it too, I like to tell everyone if I find something good !

Mine will only eat the kibble by hand though ! she's a spoilt tart, although I did get her to eat it outa the dish if I held it to her face :-) she's not a greedy dog so only eats a few at a time
 
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