Hi Guys,

Please can you give me your opinion on what you consider to be the best food out of:
Purina Pro Plan
Hills Science Diet
Nutro
Royal Canin

Thanks.

Nicki

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Whichever suits the dog the best :)
Personally don't use any of them, the only one I've used is Nutro ALONG time ago.

Agree that you need to feed what suits your dogs best.  Which of course means poo inspection, and appearance of the dog (coat etc.)

Mine are great on Royal Canin.

As said what suits your own dog, we use a new food called natural canin feast, all natural, you can pm me for details if you like

Have used pro plan before many years ago but for the price you could probably get a more natural food but like everyone else has said get whatever suits your dog.

Thanks everyone!

I have three dogs, a Border Terrier and two Irish Setters. The Border has been castrated and is not to be shown, he is in good health but I guess could loose a pound or two, one of my Irish Setters has just started showing and the other is 9 weeks and hopefully will be shown.
The adult Setter and Border are on a complete dry called Dr Johns at the moment which suits them, to be honest I am lucky in that the only food that upsets the Border is Wagg and Ruby can eat ANYTHING, but I want to feed the Setter on a better quality food to hopefully improve her coat, we have just been advised to get Nutro for her which we have done. The Setter puppy came from the breeder with Pro Plan which also suits him and he is doing nicely on, he will be staying on that until he is on adult food, then providing it suits him I want to put him on the same as the other Setter to avoid feeding three different types of food at each meal.

Sorry I know that is long winded :-) I just wanted everyones thoughts and that helps so thanks! :-)

There is no such thing as "best food."  Personally, I think that feeding any dog only one type of food is not best.  So my preferred feeding regime is about 1/3 manufactured dog food (treats and Arden Grange) and 2/3 fresh foods. 

For any manufactured dog foods, no artificial anything and high percentage of named meat or fish of some kind get my vote.  Brand name of food is not relevant.

I would opt for:

Burns, James Wellbeloved or Arden Grange and Naturediet for wet food.

Couldn't agree more Cairnmania. My lot get various raw meats, lamb rib bones, fish, occasional vegetables and fruit along with Orijen adult or adult 6 fish and sometimes the odd pack of Naturediet (different varieties). IMO grains should be low or non-existent.

Ok, thanks a lot guys.

Nicki

I would say see how he goes on Pro-plan.

Coat on top show dogs isn't always about just the food, talk to anyone and I bet they suplement the food for something to help skin & coat, regular exercise and good coat care using products while bathing, drying and trimming, a last little spray of something just before going in the ring to give that extra shine....

Hopefully that last little spray being just water as nothing else is actually allowed.

Of course. :)

The old magic water! Good stuff.

Thanks ice_queen, as in a previous post I did manage to get some linseed/flaxseed oil as recommended by yourself, and I also got some aloe vera gel for the little bald patches on her face. In between shows I use a copper coloured shampoo (doggy variety not John Frieda ha ha!) that I got at an Open Show and I use Show Groom spray in between shows as recommended by a friend, which has Mink Oil in it.

Generally speaking her coat is coming on beautifully now, its just the wispy bits and a few touches that I want to get right.

Just ordered her a beautiful hessonite leather show lead too as I was told at a show by someone that the lead I had was no good, its all spend spend spend ha ha!

Thanks again everyone.

Nicki xx

Hi Nicki,I've found that grain free foods such as Orijen work best for improving coat,also coconut oil is brilliant(must be virgin and about a teaspoon a day for a medium size dog).

Thank you helenmd, to be honest I have never heard of Orijen, will look it up now!

Thank you!

Nicki xx

Somebody recommended to me to add a splash of olive oil to her diet. I have to say my Dobe's coat, which was looking a bit dull and sparse, has improved 100% since adding Orijen, olive oil and Hilton Herbs Top Coat supplement to her usual raw diet a couple of months ago. Because I did all 3 at the same time I obviously don't know which addition has helped the most, or if it's the combination of things, but while she is looking soooo good I'm not prepared to drop any of the add-ons.

Here are some links which may help you:
http://www.hiltonherbs.com/canine/canine_coatandskin.cfm?cfid=2085575&cftoken=50398447 (see Top Coat)
http://www.orijenpetfoods.co.uk/

I changed my two Cavaliers over to Origen 6 fish around Christmas time and although they did ok on it generally - no upset tummies, great weight maintainence (I have one boy who only has to sniff food and puts weight on) and my allergic boy's skin calmed down considerably, but they both lost that lustre and where very dandruffy which I wasn't happy about. I have since moved over to Arden Grange fish and potato and must admit that I am very pleased. The dogs are loving it and look so good at the moment.

Thanks for the help guys!

Nicki xx

Hi I use Royal Canin mini sensible and tins of Natures Menu for my two poodles and am very pleased with these 2 foods as they both look extremely healthy and have excellent coats.