Hi my 3 year old doberman is on royal canin sensitivity control as she has an extremely sensitive stomach and she cant have any of the foods that they sell in the shops as we've tried most of them. The problem is Royal canin is very expensive so im wondering if anyone knows of an alternative thats possibly any cheaper?

My boy is on Royal Canin Sensible, and I am in process of finding an alternative (because the formula was changed recently).  So far, Fish4Dogs kibble has been good, Arden Grange (lamb and rice) wasn't, and we're just trying Naturediet Sensitive, so far successfully.  Not sure that either is all that much less expensive, though.

Raw meat and bones; offcuts from the butcher. I have a Malinois who couldn't take any dog food at all, vet couldn't find anything wrong. At 6 months of age I was advised to start him on raw meat and bones, costs virtually nothing, and he has been fine ever since. You can tell the moment he has been given a treat or stolen any dog food as he instantly gets an upset stomach, on the meat only he's 100 % perfect. He's been fed like this for 3 years now.

Try tinned Chappie original, he may even be OK with the complete

Have a look at www.workinghprs.com the duck at potato is a nice simple food with no additives etc many dogs with sensitive digestion do well on this. Price is competitive as well
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Thanks does anyone know if hills science plan is any good and what the alternative to sensitivity control would be in that range? Cause i would prefer to keep her on dry food if possible.

my girl with a sensitive tummy is going great on Acana Pacifica, i think the fact that it has no poultry products or byproducts is helping in her case.

Another thing im finding is that her coat is not that great either could this be something to do with her food?

Please, give Chappie a try, it does work I promise you.

I agree about chappie infact my gsd with a dodgy stomach was fine on dried chappie after trying loads of everything else whats more its not expensive

I'll definitely give it a try if it does the trick then im willing to try anything to be honest.

AG do a sensitive food, which is suppose to be very good, they will send out free samples for you to try as well.

Yeh ive geard about AG i was thinking about giving it a try a while back dont quite know why i didnt.

One of my girls has a really sensitive tum with bouts of collitis and she now has Vitalin Maintenance chicken and potato cereal free and it is working for her very well and quite a reasonable price for cereal free kibble.

have you tried wafcol

Depending on what the problem is with your doberman, I guess depends on what food you should be heading for. One of my collies had a bacterial overgrowth following an upset tummy, over the winter. I've tried to return her to her original food, AG, I've tried her on Wafcol, and various others. None suited and she returned to an upset tum. I considered the HUGELY expensive near pure dried meat feeds, but oil contents too high - phew :-)

I have, over the years, become a bit too bogged down in dog foods (for what was once a valid reason), what goes into them etc. Whilst obviously I don't want to do my dog harm, I was only willing to feed foods that cost tens of pounds a bag. Whilst my breeder/mentor fed her dogs Dr Johns - they are in tip top condion, beautiful silky coats, live long and extremely healthy lives, I was unwilling to feed this as felt a very sub-standard food.

My collie girl is now on tinned Chappie, the Original. Something I would probably have considered a sub-standard food until her problem. As was pointed out on a post recently, she can't read the label. She's fit, healthy, silky coat and no longer has a dodgy tummy. I do believe she's got an intolerance, and I have a few culprits in mind but I'm not fiddling. I can give her some dried Chappie, Original, but not too much. I cannot feed the Chappie with chicken & Rice though - both on my suspected culprit list! So whether you like the idea of feeding cheap and cheerful Chappie (actually, I would point out that it works out more expensive per day to feed than AG :-o, but if you combine half dried to half tinned it's more reasonable) you may well find that you doggy does very nicely on it. I'd say it's certainly worth a try. :-D

This worked for me..well the dog :)

They text and email when delivering and arrive within the stated hour time slot. I have the salmon and potato

http://www.simpsonspremium.com/sensitive-dog-food

You could try csj what and gluten free lamb and rice which is approx£20 for a 15kg bag.

One of my cavs used to have flare ups of colitis from time to time but since putting him on this about 3yrs ago so far he hasn't had another incident