33% Off Eukanuba German Shepherd Adult Dry Dog Food 12kg at Budget Pet Products.
Was $110. Now $75
Product Expiry 05/19
It is advertised as being for German Shepherds, but Eukanuba's formulas are all so similar that it would be fine for any dogs, tbh.
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Yep!
Eukanuba used to be one of the better dry kibble products you could buy. I definitely recommend you feed your dogs raw, but if you must feed kibble this USED TO BE good.
Look carefully at ingredient lists. If the first ingredient isn't "chicken" its crap.
And I'm not talking about "chicken and chicken meal" or "chicken protein" or "chicken and chicken byproducts"… just chicken and then "," for the next ingredient.
And forget about Hills Science Diet crap as well!! That company actually gets to vets whilst still at uni to make sure they recommend their product.
They sell the notion that dogs are omnivores, just like humans. It's rubbish. Have you ever seen a wolf or dingo dig up a carrot or beetroot for dinner?!?
Dogs digestive systems has certainly evolved in the thousands of years of close living with humans and eating their off-cuts and throw aways, so definitely benefit from a little vegetable in their diet. But to have it as the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd main ingredient in food is ridiculous!
And do you know why they put "beetroot pulp" into dog food?
For designer poo! It thickens the poo and makes it easier to scoop up off the grass… and making it much drier/harder for dogs to pass through their digestive system.
The pet food industry is horrible and needs a massive shake up.
Feed your dogs fresh and raw folks! Raw meats, keep the fat on, eggs (in shell, let them eat the lot), the occasional sardine for omega 3, and a little leftover veges from dinner. Your dogs will live a long and healthy life.
@UFO
great points but as neither you nor me are vets/ vet students/ former workers at a pet store most of them won't listen :)
Have you ever seen a wolf or dingo dig up a carrot or beetroot for dinner?!?
no; but douse that carrot or beetroot in animal fat and the dog/ dingo/ wolf will love it even if he dislikes carrots!
cheaper quality foods have beef tallow or similar animal fats as this one does
Royal Canin also owned by Mars
Hill's Science is a Procter and Gamble company
do you see a pattern here?
For designer poo! It thickens the poo and makes it easier to scoop up off the grass…
That's a great selling point.
They should advertise that on the front of the bag.
I know you're being sarcastic JV, but it infuriates me that dog food manufacturers use beetroot pulp as a cheap filler that has the 'side effect' of larger/drier/less stinky poos. It's so unfair to the poor dog to have to pass these dry logs for our convenience. Seriously, its like shoveling sand. It doesn't look like healthy natural poo. How people think this could be healthy for your dog is beyond me.
Another day, another OP Eukanuba deal
OP surely you mean well, but please try to read through the ingredients list to see if it is any good.
this one has corn and wheat, and is not worth $75, let alone $110
there are many dog foods containing better ingredients that are more cost effective than the one you have posted even on special
https://www.budgetpetproducts.com.au/m/product/natures-goodn…
This is better value and grain free. I give my dog this and she loves it! Pretty decent ingredient list, 8KG more, $11 cheaper and it doesn’t expire in 8 weeks.
Not sure if it is better value as it contains poultry by products and meat digest which are not really quality ingredients despite what the packaging may claim
I wouldn’t be encouraging grain-free diets. There is literature indicating that there may be a link between grain-free diets and canine heart disease.
http://vetnutrition.tufts.edu/2018/06/a-broken-heart-risk-of…
https://www.fda.gov/AnimalVeterinary/NewsEvents/CVMUpdates/u…
There’s actually nothing wrong with what you guys are calling ‘fillers’, like corn. It’s a good source of EFAs, and high in digestible carbohydrates and proteins once it’s been processed. Same goes for other grain ‘fillers’. What grain-free foods replace ‘fillers’ with are usually worse, like tapioca.
What a load of hogwash.
Is that recommended for healthy dogs?
I didn't ever say grains are bad for dogs. Dogs are omnivores. Grain free usually means they have to put more nutrient food such as vegetables to fill it.
Also with Pet food it is important to get the balance right in terms of what the main ingredient is, mostly grains is not as good as mostly meat and veggies for dogs. Some grains are ok, but most cheap dog food is grains with bad quality meats.
Mate the food you suggested maybe grain free, but it does contain cheap fillers like poultry by products, and meat digest.
There is a reason why it may be cheaper than Eukanuba
@docians: Mate I suggest you read the review of your product
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.…
It has a lot of filler - particularly bad quality like corn. It’s not perfect much like the one I suggested has some problems too.
@frugal investigator: @frugal investigator
don't know what you are smoking
this is what I said about Eukanuba
please try to read through the ingredients list to see if it is any good.
this one has corn and wheat, and is not worth $75, let alone $110
there are many dog foods containing better ingredients that are more cost effective than the one you have posted even on special
to which you responded by presenting to us with Natures Goodness, which in your own words
is better value and grain free. I give my dog this and she loves it! Pretty decent ingredient list
So according to me Eukanuba is not the best good around and certainly overpriced
According to you Nature's Goodness has a pretty decent ingredient list
Please go to google and discover what poultry by product are and what meat digest is
they are not
pretty decent ingredients
as you claim they are
I would not feed my dog either Eukanuba or Natures Goodness
and Eukanuba is not my product!
I wish you were not so frugal in your investigating :)
eg pointing out that Eukanuba has corn, three days after I have posted the same, in the same thread :)
My dog eats Eukanuba, the vet said he has a perfect weight and he will live a long and happy life, and to keep him eating what he is eating.
Plus, the Vet was happy when I told him I used Eukanuba… So which one of you guys are vets?
All dogs are different.
So which one of you guys are vets?
If we all went to doctors for advice on food why would dieticians exist?
The argument here is that Eukanuba is overpriced for its ingredients.
If you are happy feeding your dog cheap fillers, for the same price as foods with animal proteins, then more power to you!
and he will live a long and happy life
Your vet sounds like an idiot. Don't get me wrong, I hope your dog does live a long and happy life, but there are no guarantees, even if he is the perfect weight now.
I’m a vet student, not a vet, but I’ll chime in anyway.
Like your vet said, if your dog has a good BCS, a shiny coat, is bright and hasn’t had any health concerns, then there’s no reason to change foods.
This is my logic too. People know their pets better than anyone else, and if a food works for them and they have shiny coats and good health, then there's no logic to changing to another brand. I used to work at a pet store so I'm definitely no expert, but we had a lot of customers who fell for the grain-free hype and ended up having to return the bags because their dogs got sick or ended up with allergic reactions. Not because the food was bad or anything, but because certain ingredients didn't agree with them, the food was too rich due to the higher protein content, or they just didn't like it. What works for one dog won't always work for another.
Until its too late.
You put this crap into your pets gut today, and regardless of shiny coats and no weight issues it dies of cancer or a tumor or kidney failure… all because you put all this junk that is NOT FOOD into its stomach.
It's like playing Russian roulette. You are safe the 5 out of six times but that bullet will get cha.
My dog eats Eukanuba, the vet said he has a perfect weight and he will live a long and happy life
More like your vet will now be able to buy that second Range Rover.
@Mahyarj
My previous dog died from kidney failure at 8 years old… was fed a diet almost solely on Eukanuba.
It was apparently one of the best dry kibble you buy, because at the time it was made with an ingredient list starting with actual chicken meat.
A kelpie cross with no predispositions. Not overweight, shiny coat, bright eyes, great teeth.
Just because your dog doesn't show signs of health issues, doesn't mean the food you are feeding it is dangerous.
My current two dogs have never touched dry kibble. Do some online research mate. RAW food is all that is required. Nothing processed.
Vets or 'vet students' who tell you that dry kibble (whatever the brand) is perfectly fine are either sold on the marketing machine, or haven't researched what they actually put in this stuff. It's horrible what can be classed as 'pet food'.
In a few years when they finally do an official enquiry and stipulate controls on what they are allowed to put in pet food, your head will spin… and so will all these vets and vet students who get 'taught' by the very companies who peddle this crap. No way will you ever feed your pet this crap once you know.
This makes 0 sense, I don't buy from the vet, nor does my vet overcharge. What food shall I buy then? He's a 3 year old Border Collie. :P
If you did your online research you'd find studies pointing against a raw diet too dude. Do your own research, one of the most recent studies done in University of Melbourne said raw food can cause paralysis in dogs.
I hope your dog lives a very long life. That's the only bit I liked from your comment..
Looks like I'll be changing dog foods :P
My dog means more to me than the world so if there's this many testimonials against it, I'll be changing.
Purchased a bag for my chi hua hua
My dog eats chi hua huas.
She is the perfect weight and has a shiny coat.
Hopefully those chi hua huas weren't reared on Euk anu ba
main ingredients: Dehydrated poultry protein, maize, rice, wheat, animal fats, beet pulp
cost on special: 6.25 per kilogram
regular cost: $9.20 per kilogram
reason for being so expensive despite none of ingredients individually not costing even $3 per kilogram:
Owned by an American Multinational Corp Mars (the same mob who make Mars chocolates), whose aim as any large corp is profits
If I am spending $6.25 per kilogram I would expect better than dehydrated poultry protein (is it chicken ? is it duck?), corn, rice, wheat, animal fat and beet pulp
If you want to keep spending that money on feeding your dog this for $6.25/ or $9.20 per kilogram, then more power to you!
Personally I wouldn't like to be served a burger, after having paid steak prices.
Just my 2c
TL DR: for $6.25 you can do heaps better than fill the pockets of an American Owned Multinational who presents an overpriced product :)
Any thoughts on blackhawk large breed adult dry kibble to give to my german shepherd?
blackhawk usually has a good rep here
however there has been something fishy about their grainfree salmon recently
http://www.foodanddrinkbusiness.com.au/news/another-petfood-…
"A parliamentary inquiry into Australia's $4 billion pet food industry was recently approved"
I wonder how many years that will take…
Try a raw diet.
It's full of fillers. I wouldn't give this to my dog.