When Raw Food Just Isn’t An Option
We know and understand that a raw food diet isn’t appropriate for every dog and every household - as it is with ourselves, changing a dog’s diet is a lifestyle change and so it must be suitable for both dog and owner. with this in mind - over the years we have carefully curated a list of foods that we would feed our cavaliers should raw not be feasible. You can also find this list in our files - however, this is the most up to date version.
When feeding our dogs, there are two main things we need to consider. Protein content and moisture. therefore, because of the way dry dog food is manufactured - it’s important to always choose a food that offers the most amount of protein - and we recommend only feeding a kibble diet if healthy fresh foods are also added to the bowl. (Check out our superfood library for ideas of foods and herbs you can add to the bowl)
Our list runs from most recommended to least - including the diet types i.E Kibble would be our last recommended diet type and freeze-dried would be our most! this also includes the brands in each food type.
Occasionally, we may run offers for our members for foods and treats - these can be found by heading to our offers page.
For our USA Raw food alternatives click here
Freeze Dried/Dry Raw
● Rocketo
● Coya
● Zenoo available in; U.K., USA, Europe, & Poland.
● McAdams
Cooked Dog Food
● Boost Pets - (Some single proteins) Beef/chicken/pork/fish/turkey/Chicken & beef & pork offer Meals and meatballs variety. Use code THCKCSVIP for 10% off all of your orders and 20% off your first box
(Available in Marks & Spencer’s & Sainsburys superstores currently; Fulham Wharf, Leigh, Milton Keynes, Pepper Hill, Rayleigh Weird, Redditch, Romford, Warrington, Waterlooville and Worle. You should be able to find their food in the pet food section in a branded upright freezer. They also ship food directly from their own website)
● Monty’s Larder - beef/lamb/fish
●Teds Bowl (available from Ocado and directly from their own website)
●Fidellis Cooked Food (rice free recipes only)
● Poppy’s Picnic - only the mighty mince range.
● Years! - contains quinoa
● Phoenix Bark - contains lentils (lentil free recipes coming soon) chicken, beef, Turkey, lamb and venison recipes. Available in Ireland and England.
● Marley Bones Cooked Food available in Waitrose stores aswell as online. use code “THCKCS40” for 40% off your first order.
●Butternut box - high in legumes - Last resort option and definitely not suitable for those with MVD due to the use of legumes which are pro inflammatory.
Home cooked Recipes
● THCKCS Recipes - Check them out here
● Dr Judy Morgan Puploaf - Puploaf Recipe Here
●Dr Karen Becker recipe - Find the recipe video here
Wet Dog Food
If you are looking for wet food always look for at least 65% meat ideally 70% (Interesting wet food fact for you, any brand declaring over 70% meat content is claiming the water content as meat!)
Akela wet 70% meat (some single proteins) beef/venison/fish/lamb/duck & Turkey/chicken & goose/kangaroo/chicken & Turkey & fish
Core Wellness - 70% meat (claim 95% but this includes water content) some single protein options chicken & duck/turkey & goat/lamb/beef/turkey
Eden wet dog food 70% meat(goose & rabbit/duck & herring/salmon & pheasant)
Riverwood Mono Protein Dog Food 70% meat single protein/grain and plant matter free (lamb/beef/Turkey/wild boar/goat/horse/venison)
Naturavetal 70% meat (pollock/venison/horse/beef/buffalo/chicken/lamb/Turkey/duck)
Scrumbles wet food 70% meat *cooked in tray at higher temperatures than tins (chicken/salmon/Turkey)
Animonda gran carno superfoods 68% meat (beef/chicken/duck in 80/10/10) (chicken/lamb/Turkey/beef/ in superfoods)
Happy dog 67% single protein/grain and plant matter free meat (lamb/buffalo/duck/Turkey/kangaroo/venison/beef/ostrich/horse)
Celtic connection wet 65% meat (lamb & goat/duck & goose/chicken & turkey/salmon & trout)
Nutriwolds wet 61.5% meat chicken/beef *only brand to not use synthetic premixes
Edgard & cooper wet 60% meat (chicken & Turkey/ lamb & beef/game & duck/beef/salmon & Turkey/duck & chicken/chicken & salmon)
Miraculous Meals 60% meat (lamb & beef/ chicken & turkey/ salmon & turkey)
Foods slightly below the 60% minimum but cost friendly alternatives:
Collards wet 50% (chicken/Turkey/duck)
Naturo tins 50% (chicken/beef/Turkey/duck/beef & chicken/pork/salmon & chicken/tuna & chicken/Turkey & chicken)
The following foods state they are above the 60% but claim to be over 70% which likely means some of the meat content is actually water/broth:
Nature Diet Purely wet 92% meat *claim 92% but any brand declaring over 70% meat content is claiming the water content as meat! Single protein/grain and plant matter free
Rockster 87.5% meat *claim 87.5% but any brand declaring over 70% meat content is claiming the water content as meat! Single protein/grain and plant matter free
Country hunter (tins) 80% meat *claim 80% but any brand declaring over 70% meat content is claiming the water content as meat!
Dry Dog Food
● eden 80:20 - (use caged animals)
● Growling Tums - Superfood Adult
Cold Pressed
We have listed cold-pressed food last on our recommended list as the manufacturing process typically means the carbohydrate content is higher than the dry dog foods we typically recommend (A typical ratio of 80/20)
●Wild - Dehydrated & cold pressed
For our USA Raw food alternatives click here
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