Food for a senior greyhound

[ritab]

My 8 year old grey has issues with lots of foods and eventually I found Burns Pork & Potato which suits her really well. However Burns do not recommend feeding it to seniors. She gets itchy with rice, and chicken is too rich (back end suffers!). I'd like a fish and potato food if poss, but cannot find anything with low protein required for greys. I could try Burns Fish & Maize or go for a higher protein food to get the fish and potato.

What do others feed their ageing hounds with sensitive tums? I'd be really grateful for some help here. My research hasn't found the perfect food, and I did see someone had asked why Burns don't do Fish and Potato in a review. My question exactly.

[vickyb]

Personally I never switch to senior foods, if they're doing ok on what they're on thats good enough for me. Nor do I stress over protein levels.

With fish foods it's recommended that they have a higher level of protein hence you will find that most have a higher level than meat foods.

I wouldn't fed maize to a dog with a sensitive tummy or skin as it is known to cause problems in a of of dogs especially itching - even a Burns rep on a stall at a charity dog show told me that!

A lot of people find Skinners fishy food good. Foods with sweet potato in them are usually good.

[ritab]

Thanks Vicky - I was slightly concerned about so much maize. However I've looked at Skinners and their fishy food has rice in it and rice (like wheat) makes her itchy.

I've looked around a bit more this morning and found Moorlands Salmon and Potato, which also has sweet potato, and looks like a reasonable option with a level of 22% protein. I'd also probably consider Fish4Dogs white fish kibble.

To keep the protein level down I'd probably feed slightly less and add Natures Menu mixer which is oat based and both dogs seem to love. I also add some wet (one pouch per day between 2 hounds) and any veg that we are eating - not onions of course.

[Ted]

ForthGlade Have a wet food with 90% duck in it at £17..99 for a box of 18 cartons reduced to £15.99 a box if you order 4 boxes. I get mine from Berriewoods however they do charge a delivery fee for under £30 over that and delivery next day by DPD is free with DPD giving you an hours time slot when they will be delivering, they will deliver to a safe place if you let them know by answering the first email from DPD.

[vickyb]

I used to feed fish4dogs until they reformulated it and added pea protein and other stuff and it upset the dogs tummies, they never got used to it. I switched to Angell pet co's salmon and potato and they were fine again. Angell is owned by the people who started F4D and developed the recipes. When they sold out the new owners changed the recipe making it inferior by adding unnecessary stuff to save money according to Angell. 

I found Angell really helpful and they sent me a good sized sample to try. Delivery was always on time and the foods suited the dogs. The only change I made was switching to the small bite kibble which is small but the large is large and Bod wasn't happy with the size.

[ritab]

Thanks both - I don't want to feed all wet - too expensive - but I do like to add something to kibble to make it more interesting for them as Gizzi is a picky eater. I'll look at Angell as well as Moorlands and then probably go for one or the other. Then time will tell if it is going to suit Gizzi's sensitive tum.

Thanks again