charli73 Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 (edited) Hi! My 15month old GSD has a bad allergy to some foods, eukanuba and Pro-plan sensitive, she gets dandruff and scratches heaps... She was better on Advance but she doesnt like it... so Im up fot trying new things over time of course.. Does anyone have their dogs on Royal canin? Im looking at the german shepherd one but wanted to hear if anyone had any thoughts on it.... Thanks Edited November 10, 2008 by charli73 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I've used it and found it very very good - both the junior and the adult -it really is worth a try I don't work for RC any more and i still recommend it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baker_girl Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 I've used it and found it very very good - both the junior and the adult -it really is worth a try I don't work for RC any more and i still recommend it KitKat, are you able to comment on the difference between the Royal Cannin retail line to the RC Veterinarian line? Both the retail and Vet brands have a specialised GSD or Lab formula in my case. There is a price difference though and I'm wondering if the retail version is just as good or comparable? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
huski Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Cherry had a terrible rash for years until we put her on RC and it did wonders No more rash! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pockets Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Love the GSD RC.....My dogs do well on it If your pup has allergies as stated by Flava RC have a food hypoallergenic product (?) My girl gets the itchies from pro plan too and you bringing yours up only made me just realise, so in part thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff'n'Toller Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 Apparently they are abandoning the Veterinary Labrador and it will only be available in retail type. Not sure at this stage if they are doing it with any of the others. Mel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan Posted October 12, 2008 Share Posted October 12, 2008 A friend had a GSD which had incurred vet bills of over 3 grand in an attempt to sort out his chronic skin problems - skin scrapings, lab tests, creams, tablets, injections the lot. Stopped ripping himself apart in the first few days on the RC GSD food and was growing back all of his coat over the bare patches by the end of the first bag. Never needed to see the vet again. The RC rep explained that GSDs have a histamine problem that other breeds don't have, which leads to the skin problems. Apparently this food has different protein and fat composition to prevent this buildup of histamines which solves the problem. Don't know whether this is true or it's just sales hype, but the food does work. I have seen even the ordinary RC Maxi work miracles in 10 days on itchy smelly GSDs that were on supermarket food or Pal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 Ingredients: Maize, dehydrated poultry meat, maize flour, animal fats, dehydrated pork protein, maize gluten, hydrolysed animal proteins, beet pulp, minerals, fish oil, soya oil, yeast, egg powder, hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), taurine, hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin). this is in the RC Large Breed adult I turned a lot of people onto RC with stinky dogs. It has helped majority immesely, and only a few didnt improve. This is in the GSD Ingredients: rice, dehydrated poultry meat, animal fats, vegetable protein isolate*, maize flour, vegetable fibres, minerals, hydrolysed animal proteins, vegetable oils (soya and copra), beet pulp, fish oil, sodium polyphosphate, yeast extract (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), L-lysine, taurine, DL-methionine, L-tyrosine, hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), green tea and grape extracts (source of polyphenols), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin), marigold extract (source of lutein). *L.I.P.: protein selected for its very high assimilation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charli73 Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 Wow thanks to everyone for their feedbak, it sure sounds like it might help her itching, I hate to see her like this... I will order some this week... R & A Im glad I could help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charli73 Posted October 13, 2008 Author Share Posted October 13, 2008 A friend had a GSD which had incurred vet bills of over 3 grand in an attempt to sort out his chronic skin problems - skin scrapings, lab tests, creams, tablets, injections the lot.Stopped ripping himself apart in the first few days on the RC GSD food and was growing back all of his coat over the bare patches by the end of the first bag. Never needed to see the vet again. The RC rep explained that GSDs have a histamine problem that other breeds don't have, which leads to the skin problems. Apparently this food has different protein and fat composition to prevent this buildup of histamines which solves the problem. Don't know whether this is true or it's just sales hype, but the food does work. I have seen even the ordinary RC Maxi work miracles in 10 days on itchy smelly GSDs that were on supermarket food or Pal. Imagine all the dog food they could have bought with the $$ they spent on bills, poor pup.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nekhbet Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 isnt it amazing how some vets conveniently seem to forget how big an impact diet has on the dogs skin ... the amount of clients we saw that were still feeding PAL, Chum, Good-Os etc and in tears because their dog was suffering. I saw a horribly thin GSD that was on PAL dry food and her hair was, for lack of a better term, shite. Absolute shite. It was pitiful to look at her. I convinced them to buy RC Maxi and within a month they brought her back beaming that she was so beautiful. Her coat shone, it wasnt falling out and she looked like a different dog. No I dont work for the company hehehehehe I wish I did sometimes I might actually be getting some cheap food! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan Posted October 13, 2008 Share Posted October 13, 2008 isnt it amazing how some vets conveniently seem to forget how big an impact diet has on the dogs skin ... You are being very charitable - vets make an awful lot of money out of chronic skin issues! We told one owner that the diet of Pedigree Natural was causing him to shred himself - poor dog's skin was hot and smelly, covered in a red rash and coat was being torn out by the mouthful. When we had him on Proplan Sensitive he was fine, but 10 days of the supplied Pedigree and he was a mess. Owner insisted that he be taken to the vet for skin scrapings, vet insisted that there was nothing wrong with his skin apart from a bit of scurf and sent him home, still with the red rash underneath. Unfortunately this vet's word is final, so I guess the dog must have been just imagining that it was hot and itchy:mad Owner won't use a premium food, so he is now on Uncle Albers + fish oil without too many problems, but it took another bag of Proplan Sensitive to get the grain out of his system before he could go on it. People seem to think that if a food has no artificial colours or flavours it is good, but don't seem to comprehend that it is the grain that is the major issue. This dog's coat on Pedigree was coarse, matted easily and had no shine or body - a few weeks on good food had it soft, silky and gleaming - and it isn't easy to get white really shining! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean26 Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I have fed my Kaiser RC GSD Puppy. He stopped his muchy, watery poos almost straight away I was feeding him Natural Balance (Perth variety) and he kept doing muchy, cow pat like poos I believe the Corn content was responsible for it. (In Natural Balance) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 Corn and dogs don't go together - I won't even use the RC Maxi Junior as it's first ingredient is corn. Wheat seems to be the worst though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheridan Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 What are the animal fats? Chicken? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest june.andnovas Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 I was looking into putting my soon to be pup on RC puppy meduim breed. seems to have the best first few ingrediants compared to the other large puppy/adult. She is on 100% raw now but want to add dry while she's young. Also want my partner to feed her when I'm back at work and for him to feed her dry over raw makes A LOT of sense. Don't think he could handle touching raw meats! pfft. I don't think I would try another dry food until an amazing brand came out or I made my own! RC has worked wonders for my male cat too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flaves Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 4 Paws has a sale on RC today (in Melbourne) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miranda Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 I have fed my Kaiser RC GSD Puppy.He stopped his muchy, watery poos almost straight away ;) I was feeding him Natural Balance (Perth variety) and he kept doing muchy, cow pat like poos I believe the Corn content was responsible for it. (In Natural Balance) Highly likely. I can't feed two of my dogs any product containing corn (maize) because it has the same effect, it goes straight through them. I notice that Royal Canin Large Breed Adult lists corn twice in its first four ingredients and maize gluten appears as number six on the ingredients list, that's a hell of a lot of corn. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
morgan Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 Yes, you have to be selective with RC - I never fed Maxi junior or Adult, only Energy. The Medium Adult wasn't too flash from memory either. The GSD, Labrador and Giant ranges are good. The Babydog range had too high a protein level for my pups, but the Starter is brilliant. The cat food is the best on the market IME as long as you don't touch the Queen, Kitten or Babycat - too much soy and L-Lysine. Trial and error, like all dog foods Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZEPING Posted October 15, 2008 Share Posted October 15, 2008 would you say that RC is better than raw foods? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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