HI
Can anyone tell me which food Golden Retrievers do best on? Have a seven month retriever! Have tried Arden Grange but gave her soft stools.
She has had a sensitive stomach for 2 months and has been on Hills i/d. She is now back on track so I want to find a really good food to keep her on!
Look forward to hearing
Thanks

Keep her on a PUPPY food, as already advised, and don't keep changing, as you are going to have her problems back again.

I am by no means a fan of "complete" foods but my Golden did well on Royal Canin Maxi Junior from about 3 months until I changed her onto "Proper " food
(ie tripe!) at about 18 months. When I bought her she was on Skinners which neither she nor her siblings liked. Tum was very settled on R.C. Do any change VERY gradually. I am sure there are many choices but I wouldn't go for something stocked by a supermarket or anything cheap.

Arden Grange is stocked by supermarkets - Waitrose. Sometimes generalisations are somewhat uninformed......................... AG is a very good food.

My pup will only eat the cheapest supermarket own brand puppy food. WhenI asked the vet she said they were well balanced feeds and were better than chopping and changing food for things they wont eat. She stopped eating the stuff the breeder gave me the first day she was here and this was the only one I could get late at night. She loves it is gaining weight well and is very happy. She is a lab

I have my 14 week old goldie on Fish4dogs puppy.  She came from the breeder on that and it seems to suit her fine.  If you join the puppy club you will get a discount.  They also do packets of salmon mousse that you can mix with the kibble.

Wow, never seen it in supermarkets.

> Wow, never seen it in supermarkets.

Me neither but i do have have a petshop that sell it.  Lucky me, although I'm not a fan of Arden Grange at the moment.

Mine are now predominantly raw fed but I always keep kibble in their diets as they like it and it's useful for travel.  The puppy is currently on 50/50 raw with fish4dogs and the older dogs have Arden Grange lamb and rice.  I recently bought lamb and rice CSJ which they (and I) also like, although the kibble size is quite big which wouldn't suit all dogs.

One thing to watch when you are changing foods is they aren't always weight for weight.  When I changed from Nutro couldn't get it any more to Arden Grange I needed to feed them less.  It's worth remembering that some upset tums are to do with the volume of food not necessarily the quality of the food.  If a young dog regularly had soft stools and all other health issues had been eliminated I'd reduce portion sizes by 5 grams per meal to see what effect that had.

I don't think food decisions are necessarily breed related.  Some dogs will literally eat anything (someone on here has a youngster just eaten her wall !!) but other dogs are naturally more cautious or just never really hungry.  My gundog breed pup can teleport food from 3 paces but others in his litter are apparently less keen.  I think you need to work with what food you have easily available to you, at a price you can afford, and that your dog is willing to eat.  I rate Arden Grange very highly for food and customer service.  I'm very happy with fish4dogs and the pup has done really well on it.  CSJ regularly gets the thumbs up with people on here and my dogs agree.   For me, however, raw is by and away the best decision I ever made for the general health and welbeing of my dogs.  Although it doesn't suit every owner!

> My pup will only eat the cheapest supermarket own brand puppy food

There is the worry here in that often the crap goes into these foods, especially if they are coloured like Bakers. Full of colours and preservatives. It may actually taste very good to them, but actually its not a great food to feed. Like how good would it be for kids to eat what they want, they'd be happy eating it, but its not healthy.

Dogs A Babe has mentioned some good foods and AG is very good, the people that work there are very helpful and will help you find the right food for you and your pup. For me personally i'd be looking at AG large breed puppy/junior, you can add some sardines or tripe to her food to entice her too.

ETA: There are some good foods out there, and aside from AG being at Waitrose most supermarkets don't sell decent dog food. You need to get to a pet shop essentially or make contact direct with the companies.

>I think you need to work with what food you have easily available to you, at a price you can afford, and that your dog is willing to eat

Sorry Mistral I missed your response about cheap supermarket foods available late at night.  My comment above does NOT means cheap supermarket food.  I was referring to foods generally available at a pet shop or online.

As suejaw has said you need to be so very careful with youngsters - they should be eating what YOU decide is the best food for them not just what they happen to develop a taste for.  If you bought your dog from a good breeder you ought to take their advice about what is best.  It's not unusual for a puppy to refuse food in its new home - just imagine how disorientating it must be to leave home and travel in a car and arrive at a place with new sights, sounds and smells. 

If I didn't persist in presenting my kids with good healthy food choices they'd have happily got stuck at the 'smiley faces and baked beans' stage!  As long as you aren't feeding Bakers you'll probably be OK but it may be worth checking what you are feeding against the ingredients list of the breeders recommendation.  Don't forget that puppies have special dietary needs.  It's also well worth mentioning that what you put in comes out the other end and good food is often more pleasant to clean up again later!!