Bonnie Adult Complete Vs Bonnie Working Dog

[Pete.the.dog]

Hi guys,

I feed Pete a diet of dry food and raw bones. I have tried a quite a few different brands of dry and find that purina works best for us. Supercoat is expensive and I see Bonnie as a cheaper (probably better) alternative. From what I have read, Bonnie Working Dog has better ingredients than Adult Complete as it contains roo meat - and this all sounds good to me. My question is, Pete gets adequate excercise (which at the moment - Adelaide heatwave - means I'm getting up at 6am ) but he is by no means a 'working dog' - I'm assuming this would mean he'd eat a bit less than the feeding guide, but would he receive all his nutrients if I fed him less of the stuff that is suggested?

[KitKat]

Yup...a bit less and he still gets what he needs - mind you, you can keep him on the same amount and see how he goes...if he puts on the pud a lil drop the amount back a touch until you get the right balance

[Guest Pandii]

I feed the bonnie working dog to my shar pei who is in no way a working dog but I excersise him quiet a bit and feel he needs the extra the working dog provides, I am however currently feeding him the bonnie puppy as he has lost a bit of weight due to a change in circumstances.

I'd feed him about the same and just watch how his weight goes, if he gets a bit porky drop the amount

[Crazy Daisy]

I was wondering this too and a friend of mine who has a rotti says she alternates between the two. I want to put a bit of weight on Ruff as he is starting agility and seems to lose a lot of weight with all the extra running around. She said to feed the working dog until get gets to a good weight and then use the adult as maintenance.

[Sagittarian]

Keep in mind that cereal/grains, being carbs, puts on weight as well as fat - so any diet with a high carb content will add the kilos.

Roo is great, but with the less expensive foods it can be that there is not a whole lot of meat content, but a greater percentage of what are much cheaper to add cereals/grains.

Bonnie suits a lot of dogs, but our experience is that it is more as a part of the diet than a complete intake - eg 25% of total each day, with meat and meaty bones, vegs and fruit, and some decent supplement such as vets all natural health booster or missing link.

If you need to feed dry as a complete, it may not provide the results you and your dog want without a whole lot of increasing/decreasing intake.

Best to try a bag of each and monitor weight, overall condition, and dog satisfaction before making a long term decision.

Sags

Edited November 13, 2009 by Sagittarian

[Poodle wrangler]

I've used both, but currently get the Adult Complete because my smaller dog is more prone to weight gain and both are less active now the big poodle is post- knee surgery.

As you feed other things, the feed guide on the packet isn't any use.

Judge it by your dog- is he lean, plenty of energy- then great

If he seems constantly hungry and is very lean, just feed a little more.

[Blue Fox 001]

We fed our GSD on Bonnie working dog, it was the only thing which would put on and keep the weight on him.

Our standard poodle is also on a mix of working dog and puppy now. If I feel he is looking a bit slim he has a few days of straight puppy (he's nearing 18 months old now). Have never used it as a whole diet, they have mostly raw, but we have had nothing but success with Bonnie.

[luvsdogs]

I'm always looking for a reasonably priced good quality food. A friend highly recommended Bonnie Working Dog. But when I looked at the ingredient list I didn't get it. From memory the 1st ingredient was cereal & that was enough to turn me off it.