Pet
Food Choice - Cutting Through The Marketing Hype!
Dogs, cats, rabbits and smaller animals as well are such a large
part of our lives. It makes sense to look at how we're feeding them,
as it is well documented how incorrect pet nutrition can lead to
health problems.
Pet shops can be confusing places! Holistic
pet food, natural,complete,
premium, super premium, organic, complementary - the marketing terms
used for dog, cat and small animal food are endless and need explaining.
How much of this is just marketing hype?
How do you best
feed an active dog?
One of the problems with discussing the feeding of active
or working dogs is deciding just what is a working or active
dog – in other words, defining our terms. One pet food
company famously announced that all dogs are working dogs
– even the couch potato pooch who barks when someone
comes to the door is working as a guard dog!...
There are far too many brands and products out there to do
a complete comparison of UK petfood brands, so what we've
tried to do is look at the different types of food available
and show what you get for your money.
Save money on pet food without
sacrificing quality!
Feeding
a pet can be expensive, particularly if you have a dog or
cat, and there's plenty of advertising and marketing pressure
to get you to part with a lot of money to feed the many different
foods out there on the pet shop and supermarket shelves. Add
the words 'Natural' 'Holistic' or similar to a brand and watch
the price go up!
But we've got lots of tips on how you can feed well but cheaper!
Online store Pet
Supermarket have a lot of special offers on at the moment.
For instance they are offering for cats up to £14 off
Iams, 50% off Royal Canin, 50% off James Wellbeloved 2kg bags.
For dogs they have up to 50% off Eucanuba and Royal Canin,
up to £7 off 15kg James Wellbeloved, £14 off Iams,
£7 off Beta 15kg and all 3kg Pro Plan at £9.99.
Add to this a range of manufacturers offers
and promotions and a range of 3,300 products on offer and
it's encouraging to see prices down instead of continually
rising!
New voucher code for July. 'nowps100' will get
you £10 off an order of £100
The
High Cost of Feeding Natural Food - It is becoming
increasingly expensive to feed a dog on natural food. Would
you like to save £10 on a 15kg bag??- Can manufacturers justify the £30 difference between
two brands of food? Could you feed as well and save money?
We think so! Click
here
It's a popular misconception that rabbit pellets were developed
as a convenient way for pet owners to feed their rabbits,
but in fact this way of feeding was originally developed for
the commercial breeders who wanted a cheap and convenient
way of promoting fast growth and weight gain for food production!
However, don't let that put you off feeding a pelleted food,
as of course these days the pet rabbit is well cared for by
the pet food manufacturers in this country, and concerns about
overfeeding and obesity have been addressed.