arby Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 Hey everyone I'm looking for names of dry food that are pretty good but not expensive. Its for my parents place only use kibble now and again as a snack by itself or occasionally mix it with meat and veg for his food. Our mutts diet is pretty good so dont need the complete diet dry food that the premium stuff offer. Also what dry food do you guys advise others to stay away from??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dog_Horse_Girl Posted November 11, 2006 Share Posted November 11, 2006 IMO all of the inexpensive kibbles are a waste of money and not good for your dogs to live on. The adage, "you get what you pay for" is certainly true of cheap dog foods...you get fillers, preservatives, colours, and some animal content that *may* be classified as "meat". If you want a good food, you pay a good price. If you want a GREAT food, it costs a little more again. My dogs eat raw, whole foods...my foster eats Nutrience which is a premium kibble at around $25 for a 3kg bag. All my fosters eat this brand (my choice)...and they all do well on it. I use some processed treats in training...but mostly dried liver. I would avoid supermarket foods, chain store foods, and the cheaper foods found in pet supplies shops. Aim for a food that's at least mid-range, but check the ingredients list to be sure you know what is primarily in the food. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Have a look for Great Barko. Australian made in South Oz by Laucke Mills. I pay $25.50 for 22kg. Main ingredients are meat and meat by-products (beef, lamb, chicken, pork and fish) without heaps of cereal fillers. I have spoken to the company when I had queries and they answered all of my concerns readily and without bullshite. It is excellent for gaining weight...isn't one which produces voluminous, sloppy, fluffy cr*p and most dogs seem to like it. I've had to put my fatties on a diet and my Stafford bitch looks like a fat, black, shiny seal. HIGHLY recommend it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pandii Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Ellz is there a puppy sort Would I need to go to a pet stock to get it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KitKat Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Other good kibbles that people have had good results with are... Supercoat Bonnie Optimum Purina One Pedigree Performance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sayreovi Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Ellz i would be interested in that as well, can you post contact details please.....Darcy is starting to go off his Nutro now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 Firstly I'd check wherever you can buy bulk dog food, see if they can order it in. Apparently they are sending out like 1000 pallets of the stuff each month Australia wide. Pandii, it actually says on the bag that puppies can be fed on it from 8 weeks. They don't have a puppy variety as such though. I've not fed it to puppies myself but Mr Ellz has been feeding his Stafford puppy on it (she's 6 months old) for the past couple of months and she's doing really well on it. Contact phone number is 08 8562 8140. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugerfly Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I fed Barko, couldnt get it locally when i moved though, i would recommend it. Also, mine seem to do well on Pedigree performance breeders formula. Its very reasonable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakaiba Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 I fed Barko, couldnt get it locally when i moved though, i would recommend it. Also, mine seem to do well on Pedigree performance breeders formula. Its very reasonable. so when you say locally what area is that.....so i can look around also...is it close to sydney.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arby Posted November 12, 2006 Author Share Posted November 12, 2006 thanks guys. Might see what deal my pet supply shop does with supercoat. I know our boxer does alrighty with it. (little bugger getting spoiled and going on eagle pack soon!!!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capanash Posted November 12, 2006 Share Posted November 12, 2006 We feed Coprice Working dog dry food, with lots of fresh meat as well. $25 fo 20kg, all Australian owned company and no artificial ingredients. They also make a good puppy kibble. We have 3 Standards in full show coat and constantly have comments about their coat quality and how well muscled they are. We think it is great value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunrij Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 we used to use bonnie working dog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pandii Posted November 13, 2006 Share Posted November 13, 2006 Mine get bonnie sometimes and supercoat but thanks Ellz I will try it out if I can get my hands on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarasMum Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Have a look for Great Barko. Australian made in South Oz by Laucke Mills. I pay $25.50 for 22kg. Main ingredients are meat and meat by-products (beef, lamb, chicken, pork and fish) without heaps of cereal fillers. I have spoken to the company when I had queries and they answered all of my concerns readily and without bullshite.It is excellent for gaining weight...isn't one which produces voluminous, sloppy, fluffy cr*p and most dogs seem to like it. I've had to put my fatties on a diet and my Stafford bitch looks like a fat, black, shiny seal. HIGHLY recommend it. I found my dogs coats were a bit dull and my Staffy x refused to eat it after a week. They are back on Supercoat now and other than doing loads of poo their coats are great and they have stopped farting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Other good kibbles that people have had good results with are...Supercoat Bonnie Optimum Purina One Pedigree Performance I second that..... depends on your dog as to how you would rate each one. I have found in order: supercoat purina one pedigree perf bonnie haven't used optimum but heard mixed responses Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I found my dogs coats were a bit dull and my Staffy x refused to eat it after a week. They are back on Supercoat now and other than doing loads of poo their coats are great and they have stopped farting! Ah well, each to their own. Personally, I wouldn't feed Supercoat in a pink fit having had very bad results with it over the years. I've got two breeds on Great Barko now, Staffords and American Cockers and am having no coat issues whatsoever - the Staffords are shiny and the Americans are hairy. And surprisingly, my old Stafford bitch doesn't fart anywhere near as much as she did on other foods and as I said, clean-up is much more pleasant as well. Probably the biggest recommendation for me though was my husband's 9.5 year old male Stafford who just doesn't "do" winter. He normally loses heaps of weight and comes out of the season looking like a skeleton. This year, on Barko, he not only maintained his weight, but had more energy as well and is now looking as good as he did as a 3 year old. In fact, if he had any teeth, I could probably show him! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aranyoz Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 I found my dogs coats were a bit dull and my Staffy x refused to eat it after a week. They are back on Supercoat now and other than doing loads of poo their coats are great and they have stopped farting! Ah well, each to their own. Personally, I wouldn't feed Supercoat in a pink fit having had very bad results with it over the years. I've got two breeds on Great Barko now, Staffords and American Cockers and am having no coat issues whatsoever - the Staffords are shiny and the Americans are hairy. And surprisingly, my old Stafford bitch doesn't fart anywhere near as much as she did on other foods and as I said, clean-up is much more pleasant as well. Probably the biggest recommendation for me though was my husband's 9.5 year old male Stafford who just doesn't "do" winter. He normally loses heaps of weight and comes out of the season looking like a skeleton. This year, on Barko, he not only maintained his weight, but had more energy as well and is now looking as good as he did as a 3 year old. In fact, if he had any teeth, I could probably show him! Ellz I thought you fed a raw meaty bones diet..........IMO dry food = bad gas!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ellz Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 Ellz I thought you fed a raw meaty bones diet..........IMO dry food = bad gas!!!!! One Yank of mine is on raw meaty bones (Michael)...the rest are on a combo of meat/bones and kibble. I only have 3 Yanks and the old Stafford bitch living with me (she's back on raw to lose weight)...the other two are at Mr Ellz' house...the old Stafford is on Barko and the puppy is on meat/bones (and she farts too!). Staffords are truly just a farty breed. The Yanks just don't do it at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rugerfly Posted November 14, 2006 Share Posted November 14, 2006 barko is available from North Richmond All pets pantry, but if you google it you could find the website. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arby Posted November 14, 2006 Author Share Posted November 14, 2006 on a good note dont have a problem with Taz farting...he's an outside dog. rugerfly where abouts is the North Richmond All Pets Pantry? Address wise, might check it out with the OH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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