What Should I Feed My Dog?

Complete Dog Food or BARF (Biologically Appropriate Raw Food)?

It is a personal choice whether you wish to feed your greyhound either dried dog food or follow the BARF diet.  Which ever you choose please do not feed your dog with any food that has a high concentration of artificial colourings, flavourings and preservatives.  As a rough guide this means those foods advertised on TV.  Always check the back of the food packaging to see what you are feeding your dog.  The wrong type of food can cause digestion and/or behavioural problems.

We also do not recommend feeding commercial dog treats, as most are very high in artificial colourings and preservatives etc.

Dried Dog Food

There are many very good quality dried dog foods available which will give your dog a balance diet without filling him up with additives and preservatives.  KGR feed our dogs on Arden Grange, which is a nutritionally complete dried dog food.   All the products in the range contain either fresh chicken, grade 'A' chicken meal, fresh salmon or lamb meal as the primary protein source. All Arden Grange diets are free from wheat, beef, soya and dairy products. They also contain added prebiotics MOS and FOS, which promote the growth of friendly gut bacteria that in turn reduce the build up of harmful bowel flora. All Arden Grange products are free from artificial colourings, flavourings and preservatives and are naturally preserved using mixed tocopherols and rosemary extract.

Some good quality dog foods are manufactured by companies, which test on animals, so please try to avoid these brands.

BARF

Is the same diet that your dog would eat if he were in the wild.  Your dogs digestions system can cope with raw meat and they do not catch e coli or salmonella they way a human may from eating raw meat.

Lots of our supporters feed BARF and we can provide advice on where to purchase meat from so it is delivered to your door in bulk although this may be a problem if you have limited freezer space.  Please don’t forget that your dog cannot just eat meat, he will need a nutritionally balanced diet, which must include vegetables. You will need to understand how to fulfil his nutritional requirements to correctly feed on a BARF diet.

Dogs have died from eating bones and some vets suggest that dogs should not be fed any bones even uncooked.

Please remember NEVER to allows your dog to eat:

Chocolate
Grapes/Raisins/Onions
Gravy i.e. Bisto – it is very high in salt which could cause kidney failure