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- Yvonne on Billie’s Bowl Dog Food Review: “Hi I have bought Billie’s bowl biscuits but I wish I read ingredients first why is there sugar in there??? The last straw was when I found what looks like bits or plastic in the biscuits I know they need fiber but that is not what I want in a dog biscuit. Not happy will never buy them again and what is left in the pack is headed for the bin.” Dec 28, 08:21
- on Alternative dog food reviews: “Wondering how The Butcher’s Dog raw meals and treats rate. They are mostly in NSW but stocked by Petbarn in VIC & QLD.” Dec 27, 19:55
- on What’s the best puppy food?: “Me too. Was just about to buy it based on the reviews until I saw that.” Dec 26, 11:41
- on Performadog Dog Food Review: “Just started Toy Poodle on the Ocean Fish Dog. She has gone crazy for it! More than any other dry food” Dec 21, 12:22
- on Best Budget Dog Food in Australia: “I think I’ll restructure the recommendations. I’m not a big fan of Supercoat, but as it’s so popular I thought having it on this page would draw people’s attention… then hopefully get them to start reading the better recommendations as they go down the page. Applaws and Open Paddock are good options on a budget…” Dec 20, 19:31
- on Nood Dog Food Review: “Hi Cara, it’s worth keeping in mind this happens often when a dog is fed a single brand of food for a long period – it causes intolerance build up (same happens to us), then switching to a different food leads to smelly farts and loose stools. For this reason I’m a big advocate for variety in a dog’s diet to help balance their diet as well as prevent issues when adding something new to their diet.” Dec 20, 19:28
- on Nood Dog Food Review: “We had been feeding our Cavoodle just generic brand food and never had a problem but as my husband and I started to make a little more money, I wanted to try and ensure our dog got the best we could afford. I bought Nood as it looked a better quality but my goodness! The smell of his wind and poos are atrocious! I don’t feel like I did him any favours by changing to nood unfortunately.” Dec 19, 19:55
- on Black Hawk Dog Food Review: “I have been feeding my show dogs BH chicken and rice for years!!! I have one dog that can not change from chicken and rice without the worst poosplosions in the world. She was the reason I switched to BH after doing so much research. I spent so much on grain free because that was one of her triggers, most feed has grain at terribly high amounts. But they had too much protein and not enough fibre, so eventually went to BH mind you the dog I’m talking about is now 6.5 years old!!! I was so suprised that her diorheah disappeared within a week. Occasionally my dogs will get loose poops but thats from outside factors, usually a big training day with lots of treats with high protein!!! People who have had diorheah with BH what are you using as treats?? You have to take that into account when you look at a dogs daily total. If you changed to a higher fibre diet theres your answer… the treats I do have a dog Im struggling to keep weight on with BH but he burns so much energy. So looking at going with the working dog or adding more fat to his diet in other ways. Oh nearly forgot to mention. Although my price per bag went up when using BH my monthly bill went down significantly. You don’t feed as much!!!” Dec 18, 12:23
- on What’s the best dog food (in Australia)?: “I agree. My 4 dogs have had all the top dog foods and hated Lyka. All of them. Agree w/the freezer space point tho to be fair they eat Raw & Fresh (and will be trying Rogue Raw which is supposed to be next level). They love ALL of the K9Natural…MFM….which they loved Lifewise & Stay Loyal.” Dec 14, 16:06
- on Woofbix Dog Food Review: “My previous greyhound had Woofbix with raw human grade mince mixed into it and lived to 12 and was a happy healthy dog , only died at 12 because of bone cancer . My current one has a more sensitive stomach , and is currently having steamed fish and rice for breakfast and raw kangaroo and rice for dinner . I was hoping to gradually replace the rice with dry food , but they are very expensive for someone on the pension . And most sensitive ones are chicken and she reacts badly on chicken .” Dec 11, 17:38
- on Best Budget Dog Food in Australia: “I was thinking exactly the same thing, Celia. Also,both Applaws and Open Paddock have higher ratings than Supercoat when you search them individually.” Dec 11, 08:42
- on Zealandia Dog Food Review: “You can see the quality and our dog absolutely loves it! The only issue is the price, so we have it as a treat food” Dec 11, 07:25
- on Buyer’s Guide: Coles Dog Foods: “Can you do review on pups in the pantry? It’s a Coles brand apparently but so far I haven’t found any reviews anywhere” Dec 8, 17:50
- on Open Paddock Dog Food Review: “I have tried Eureka, Scratch, Lyka, Frontier Pets, Raw and Fresh and Big Dog for my fussy Frenchie but she seem to love Open Paddock the most which I mix with Premi-Yum another product I found in Woolies. She loves this and will empty her bowl whereas the others she only ate once she realised that was it. If you could do a review of Premi-Yum as well it would be appreciate but for now she seems happy and ready to eat at dinner time 🙂” Dec 8, 14:23
- on Nutripe Dog Food Review: “Hi, I’m a bit concerned about Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate being added to nutripe canned food. I thought I was buying a good food for my dog but I’m not happy with this ingredient once I googled it. What is your view as I trust your opinion. Sandra” Dec 8, 09:34
- on Meals for Mutts Grain Free Dog Food Review: “Hi David, thank you for such a useful and informative site. I’ve changed my feeding routine after feeding my dogs the same diet every day for years, on the advice of my vet. I’ve mixed it all up now and have been including Big Dog patties as well as vegetables and sardines to kibble, which I’ve been mixing brands and changing things up. I’ve been wandering the local petfood store I use to look at various brands and products within the brands trying to find products within my budget (now retired and not a lot of available funds) that would be ok for my dogs. Your site is an important resource for that. I’ve been looking at Meals For Mutts lately and wanted to know if you had any comment on their Salmon & Sardine product, please? I know you mainly base your reviews on chicken but any info on Salmon & Sardine would be very helpful. I also read your review on Ivory Coat this morning too, was looking at this brand. Your review mentions a lot of problems they had previously and your review is somewhat dated. Is this a brand you still suggest people stay away from? Cheers Wayne” Dec 6, 05:22
- on Choosing the right Senior Dog food: “Hi Helen, the weight gain is likely multifactorial – age and exercise related, and although Petzyo isn’t a bad food the gain could be related to carbohydrates from the legumes. A simple solution, if it’s a possibility, is to split her diet between the Petzyo (dry food) and a wet patty or BARF made from lean meats like kangaroo or turkey. This effectively reduces the percentage of carbohydrates in the diet. Petzyo make raw patties but as they have a mix of meat and legumes you may favour Proudi which is all meat – available in many pet stores in the freezer section. Big Dog is another option, as are the Prime100 rolls which are easy to get hold with lean options. Does that help?” Dec 4, 20:38
- on Prime100 Dog Food Rolls Review: “Thanks Deborah, I’ll hopefully review it shortly – thanks for letting me know.” Dec 4, 20:29
- on Lyka Dog Food Review: “Very disappointed with Lyka Pet Food that despite following the instructions I ran out of the dog food a week before the next delivery. The two week of reduced price delivery are actually delivered two weeks apart and there was only sufficient food to feed two dogs for one week in the delivery. When I rang to ask where the second delivery was I was told it wasn’t due for another week and they could only bring delivery forward by two days and deliver on Friday so apparently my dogs were to starve between Tuesday and Friday. When I said I could come and pick some food up, I was told that wasn’t possible and there was absolutely no empathy or solution offered. When I said I would have to go elsewhere they said “oh that’s fine.”. The lady on the phone also didn’t offer to refund my money so I’ve paid for another week even though I quickly got emails saying my order has been cancelled. There’s been no arrangement offered to return my money.” Dec 2, 10:40