Dog Food: Oscars, CSJ, Burns and Dylan's Awkwardness

We’ve been looking to switch the girls’ food for ages, and now seemed as good a time as any.

Like most pet owners, we started out with various rubbish dog foods. We tried one “expensive” brand once and it played havoc with Kim and she hated it, so no more Iams. Ever. Anyway, they were both tried on Burns for a while and neither liked it. Mollie resorted to spitting her kibble across the kitchen, and Kim used to eat half a meal and wander off. Can’t argue with that, so they went back onto whatever rubbish food they were on at the time. Pretty sure it was Bakers, which they were on for ages, but they changed the recipe and both girls turned their noses up at that. For the past couple of years they’ve been on Oscars and have done really well on it, but it has been getting expensive recently.

Finally, we have found a new one! Loads of people have been recommending CSJ to me, and I know a lot of dogs who eat it and do well on it. The girls love it, and they’ve made the switchover very happily. No change in their outward appearance (coat etc), temperament or digestion, so that’s good too. We’ll see how it goes!

Typically, of course, Dylan has to be different. He can’t eat real chicken (ie. raw or otherwise) as it sends his digestive system haywire, and he’s not great on other meat or fish either (what kind of dog is he?!). I’m not going to risk giving him an upset stomach so he’ll be staying on his current food, which has got chicken in it but somehow he can digest that (because it’s in kibbles? I don’t know, ask me another). Treats can be a bit of a problem for him as well, but we’ve found that the James Wellbeloved Crackerjacks go down well and without problems. Any other hypo-allergenic treat suggestions out there?