Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 1:20 pm Post subject: Which Skinners to try? Help!
Hi
I know there have already been a number of posts about Skinners but couldn't find just the answer I am looking for so apologies for any duplication.
Poppy is coming up to 1 and is still on Wainrights puppy (I now realise i should have changed her over earlier but hindsight is a wonderful thing!) I am going to put her onto adult food and mix it in with her current food to hopefully avoid any upsets.
I see that a lot of people on here recommend Skinners and a local feed shop sells it so want to try it out. Looking at their website I see that they have an F&T range and a 'For all dogs' range. Poppy is quite small, weights about 24kg and I think she looks about right - certainly doesn't need to put weight on. She is currently walked for about an hour a day but as she gets older she will go on longer walks at the weekend. I am also planning on starting agility once a week. She has got shed loads of energy so certainly don't want to increase energy levels. I understand that I should be looking for something reasonably low in protein - any comments on %? I should probably mention that at the moment we feed her what looks like a tiny amount of the wainrights twice a day so it would be nice to use a feed that allows her to have a bit more to eat!
If anyone who knows a whole lot more about feed than me can recommend a particular type of the Skinners, or indeed another brand that isn't too pricey, I would me hugely grateful. I see that there is a maintenance brand in the F&T section which is 18% protein and chicken - would this be a good one to try?
I feed Skinner Field & Trial to all mine. Emily, Poppy, Maisie and Phoebe have maintenance and Martha the duck and rice. They all do extremely well on it. One thing I would say though, is use your own judgement on the amount you feed, if I fed the amount it suggests on the bags, mine woulod be like house-ends, despite the amount of exercise they get
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Emily, Poppy, Maisie, Phoebe, Martha, Will, Ned and Isis
Mole has duck and rice too, and is doing very well on it. I feed by eye, so alter the amounts according to how I think she is looking. At the moment she is on a mugful in the morning and the same in the afternoon.
Eddie has the Crunchy one, and really looks good on it. He is 20mths old, 35kgs and, according to the vet, is a picture of absolute health. At approx £18 for 15kg (which lasts us about 4-5wks), it's a bargain too.
Ruby has been on the F&T Duck & Rice for about 3 weeks now, it's seems to be the only dry food that she likes, her coat looks really shiney and her poo's are nice and firm
That's great - thanks everyone. Will get down to the feed shop and try and get hold of a small bag to try her. Should I feed about half and half with her old food to start with?
That's great - thanks everyone. Will get down to the feed shop and try and get hold of a small bag to try her. Should I feed about half and half with her old food to start with?
That's what I did - Tess took to the change really well, I gradually increased it over a month but that's because I was running the old bag down; think I could have done it just as easily over a couple of weeks.
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