[cuckoo]

I feed a salmon and rice complete working dog food milled for our local pet store - at £26 / 15kg it is a premium food for a lower price and it suits my dogs.  I would also recommend Challenge Dog Food.  Despite mostly feeding dried for dare I admit convenience  I also feed raw bones, eggs, rabbit, poultry and minced offal from the abbatoir - our local one sells pet mince for 50p/lb which is good.s

[moody_mare]

We feed skinners field trial hypo allergenic. Has worked wonders on the terriers sensetive stomach. Would consider a raw diet if I was more organised, had more frezer space and could garuntee the right blend of vits and minerals.

[colliewoman]

could garuntee the right blend of vits and minerals.

You don't need to hun, feed varied over a period of time and you will have the right balance.
The balanced all in one meal idea is unrealistic for all but the dog food makers which is why they harp on about it,  nothing else demands each meal is perfectly proportioned.
If you want some lessons or a demo of raw meaty bones, Red Dog and Pi will gladly help out

[moody_mare]

I think my two would love a raw diet. They certainly love their veg and fruit too. Where do you get the meat from?

[colliewoman]

local butchers give me their trimmings and chicken wings/carcasses, Red Dog get the odd rabbit here and there. There are always more cockerels than needed and tripe is on permanent offer at the local feed suppliers 

[YorkshireLass]

Pets at Home do frozen bags of beef and tripe chunks... there are online suppliers that I've not tried yet too
http://www.woldsway.co.uk/index.html
http://www.naturalinstinct.com/brands/Pure.html

[wellies]

I feed Arden Grange, was on Roayal Canin but gradual switched over and seems to suit well. 

[HelenVF]

I'm feeding an "own" brand at the moment but wanting to change.  Bit complicated as the person we get the food from, changed suppliers and I really don't like this stuff.  We used to feed tripe and biscuit, and then Davies for the evening so looking at going down the raw route completely.  Just need to make some phone calls.

I have 1 pointer, used to have 2 and I struggled with their weight, particularly when working but the tripe really did wonders for them.

Helen

[Old Shep]

I feed mainly raw but with some mixer biscuits (Burns) just to keep the protein levels down if its not a particularly active time for the dogs.  Natural Instinct is good, and I also use Durham Animal Feeds who deliver once a month.  My lot particularly like their chicken necks and they do minced oily fish too.  DAF are a lot cheaper then Natural Instinct but packaging is less sophisticated (!)  They do a lot of tripe but I can't stand the smell