Affordable low fat dog food

RE: Affordable low fat dog food

denise laughlin — Mon, 28 Sep 2015 21:46:01 GMT

Always a Chappie fan but just so you know Pets At Home sell Metabolic online for cheaper than you will ever be able to sell it to him..Not great for your business but if he is not buying food from you anyway, its no loss. You did say he was elderly so depends on if computer literate but if he orders online and picks up in store its cheap as chips. Not as cheap as chappie but doing it this way brings the cost into the manageable bracket.

Talking as the owner of a chronically fat hound who has been perfectly maintained on Metabolic for years.

RE: Affordable low fat dog food

Sal the 1st — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 23:31:51 GMT

chappie

RE: Affordable low fat dog food

steph fursland — Sun, 27 Sep 2015 21:08:51 GMT

Another vote for Chappie, apparently it's the lowest fat supermarket diet around! however too many carbohydrates will make them fat too and cheap foods often contain higher carb contents to bulk them out ( and if you feed a very small amount of the food to compensate, there can be the risk of deficiencies as the cheap foods aren't always particularly nutrient dense. )

We also have some animals on 50:50 mix of a normal 'low fat' - i think we use Arden grange light a lot - with something like RC Satiety, to try and get some of the benefits of the prescription diet but reduce cost overall.

The other thing that I keep an eye on is behaviour around feeding I.e. Do they need to use treats for training, do they give a big meal to compensate as they're out all day etc as for some clients this has a big effect on calorie intake - for instance if the dog is occupied with eating his daily ration from a stuffed Kong, he's too busy to be giving them the puppy dog eyes while they have their dinner, and that means they don't give him a bowlful of chicken trimmings....

RE: Affordable low fat dog food

Kim Rathbone — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 22:59:18 GMT

Chappie is always affordable, just make sure you work out correct daily allowance.

So for 26kg dog

30 x 26kg + 70 = 850kcal per day

850kcal / 332kcal * 100 = 256 grams per day

332 is the kcal/100g of chappie biscuits.

Not sure if anyone else does it this way or not, but I have always found this calculation reliable. Also not all shop bought pet food have the kcal/100g on the packet so you may need to do some research beforehand.

Hope that helps

also if he wants to feed treats we sell Royal canin educ for 74p and one treat contains 3 calories so this are affordable and great for clients who really struggle not to treat their dog.

RE: Affordable low fat dog food

Sian Edwards — Sat, 26 Sep 2015 17:26:46 GMT

Burns do a weight control food that is probably cheaper than Hills, although a little more expensive than pedigree.