Dog food

[siddlem]

I have a labradoodle aged 9 months. The vet has said I should now move him to adult food. As a puppy he has been on hills large bread puppy but does not really seem to enjoy it. Any advice on what's good out there? only the best for my little man...thanks

Mark

[jules77]

I move mine to adult food at six months, as puppy food is high in protein and has a tendency to gain too much weight. I have fed Hills for 16 years, I have rough collies, around same size as labradoodle, but only feed the adult maintenance, not large breed. I also add my own doggy stew (beef or chicken boiled up with vegetables and pasta - I make enough to last 3 - 4 days), which gives it some interest, or in an emergency use commercial dog food ..

[lankeela]

A lot of companies do a junior stage food, as you still need to keep up the protein levels while he is still growing. The problem is with crossbreeds is that you are never sure which parent they are going to take after, although I would not have said that this cross was particularly a 'large' breed.

I feed Eukanuba Adult Maintenance although mine are small dogs and so have the smallbite, although their general adult maintenance is not that big a kibble, and mine will eat it dry athough I add a little something (more for my benefit I think) such as a spoonful of tinned meat or
some chicken if I have some.

[siddlem]

Thanks, I like the idea of adding a bit of chicken and vegetables. Trust me, he's really is a large breed! he's already bigger than the Labrador I had before. His dad was a very large standard Poodle.

[Bigeye74]

Our dog gets Oscar complete food. They don't sell in shops. The business is sort of like Dell. Someone comes round with different samples to see what your dog likes and then drops off as and when needed. Our dog isn't very fussy but have a very delicate stomach. Tried all the aforementioned brands with explosive results. This stuff seems pretty good and her coat is excellent. Have no complaints about the company and am not tied into anything either.
try www.oscars.co.uk

[Bigeye74]

Actually its not like Dell.
Also its very competetively priced.

[amonty1144]

I feed Royal Canin, they do a large breed junior food and then move to adult food.
you can get it in petshops , it is expensive and you may to order it.

[leelapops]

Bigeye74, we get Jack's treats from Oscars, as they are gluten-free, ideal as he is gluten intolerant! He's a COllie who was very ill for a while 'til we worked out what the problem was, and he just loves the Oscar treats! They even make MY mouth water! It's worth checking out if Oscar's has a local rep, cos then they don't charge p&p.

He loves them, and there's a far more exciting range than the bog standard one brand, 2 flavours bone shaped biscuits that I could otherwise buy as a "treat" for him.

Mark, Jack gets Burgess Supa Sensitive, only �18 for the 15kg bag, which is very reasonable. Complete dry food with no cr*p in it!

Love to your labradoodle,

Lisa x