Ignoring for a minute the ethical pros and cons, has anyone on here ever used Iams and what did you think of it?.  It's just that I can get it at Asdas and the way it reads it does sound quite a good quality food.  I never remember to order online and if I could get something at the supermarket it would make life a little easier ;)

I've used iams/eukanuba for my borzois for the last 15 or so years. It's the only food that would keep weight on them, their coats improved tremendously when I first changed over. I have one elderly boy still on it, I've tried other foods but he doesn't do so well on anything else.

Friends who have used IAM's for their dogs or cats say it has made them hyper which goes away when the food is changed, I therefore have not used it.

It does seem to do that with some dogs, I can't feed it to the collies (most high protein food make them hyper) but the hounds have always done well on it. Perhaps the OP just needs to try it and see.

I find royal canin great they also have a mother and puppy food for gestation weaning and lactating and they also do foods designed for different breeds

I use to feed Eukanuba  till P&G bought them out. Then switched to Nutro, they too bought them out.
Now feed Wyson, taste of The wild, Logic, Canni source ect
Can you get Orijen http://orijen.ca/ its pretty good.

Guess it all just comes down to what your crew does best on- not all foods works the same for every dog :-)

It was the only kibble we could get the picky princess to eat, and even then only mixed with expensive tinned food. She is pretty bouncy, but I don't think she's any worse than any 18 month Cavalier! We have started trying to mix in a tiny bit of JWB, which is what my other dogs eat, so if we can slowly sneak in more of that it would be nice.

I always used to feed iams and all my dogs done well on it and it seemed to suit them all. Coats were ok, not any hyper than normal, poops were ok.
Generally it seems a decent enough supermarket dog food.