Pet food after Brexit
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TL must have a big payload allowance!😄
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When we go for 10 weeks, we take 24 tins and 15kg of biscuits along with 200 flat munchy treats, all in the car of course
Along with the rest of junk on the back seat it takes a couple of weeks for the seats to recover their shape when we return home.
She's not happy with a change of diet so a big rethink will be required, but can't see anything happening until next year now and her welfare will be top of the decision tree.
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We gave our children varied foods from a very young age - never let them get fixated on certain lthings- and adopted the principle of eat it or do without. Are dogs brought up differently?
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It depends on the owner, I feed mine a good dried all round Dog food but they do the whole Dog thing from their beginning which is they’re dustbins & recyclers too. Most folk feed Dogs what they want the Dog to have. Dogs will eat anything generally. Sloppy Dog food tends to carry to the end product I’m afraid☹️. If a grape(singular) of little bit of chocolate is dropped I don’t stress the Dogs clean it up.
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My dogs used to get changes in diet and would eat anything.
It amuses me how people say that animals are fussy (pets that is) When we had our cat after OH moved in with me he loved the garden and when we went on our travels would be left outside and would sleep on a bench under a largish covered patio as he seemed happier than being sent to a cattery. My eldest daughter used to pop in 3 times a day to feed and often spend lunch break with him. She said he would usually be at the gate waiting for her.
We decided that with possibly less food he put on more weight? Then I twigged it. Our next door neighbour thought that it was cruel to leave the cat outside rather than in a cattery - he never asked the cat's opinion though. He would go round to the neighbour when the chap was feeding their cat, claiming to be starving and getting a bowl of food alongside their cat. He would have food from my daughter about an hour later. After he had some lunchtime food he would stroll up to a lady in her 70s next door but one and be fed there. Before a feed from daughter about 5.30. All different foods. I did stop the extra feeds.
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In my experience, most dogs will eat anything (ours certainly will!) - and that's where the trouble starts. Chopping and changing their diet can result in horrible (messy) consequences which can't be good for the dog. Indeed, vet's advice is that if your dog's diet HAS to be changed, it should be done gradually.
I made this mistake some time ago - changed from her usual Salmon and Potato to Lamb and Rice - same make, manufacturer - everything the same. Thought she would enjoy the change - the opposite was the case and she was immediately ill - from both ends!
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Depends on the dog as well. Our Airedales thrived on anything, including lots of things they shouldn’t really have had, dead seagulls, books, wood, 😱 Never ailed internally at all. Curries, paella, chilli, let alone dog food.
Labradors? Totally different. Change his food too quick and it’s a vet Bill. Other Lab was same as well.
However, I too am convinced the same dog food is available overseas if you look hard enough. Purina and Pedigree branded stuff certainly is.
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If, as people are suggesting, that brands that are available in the UK are also available in Europe but perhaps under different names why not contact the manufacturer direct and ask the question as they will probably give you chapter and verse? It might also be worth asking if there are any changes between the two to suit local tastes.
David
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I see that Mars and Nestle are the major manufacturers of UK canned pet food so it would be good to find out whether they are available in the EU and the product names. It looks like most take their own pet food (we certainly would) and everyone will need to know more details.
If anyone does get in contact with manufacturers David I hope they'll pass on the information.
I've had a look but can't find anything of use.
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We buy all our dogs food online from a German company that have a distribution centre in the UK, but once ordered and paid for they would probably deliver to any caravan site in Europe. Just go to a supermarket in France and buy enough to last a few days.
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Our dog (a rescue crossbreed ) will eat anything and like others a change in diet can have consequences. I also find that the changes in tap water in various regions can also have an effect on his bowels.
OK so tinned dog food is out (even though it is 50% more costly in France) but what about round meal pellets which says “basted in” - does that count as a meat product?
Anyone had a health check yet? How much did it cost?
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It used to be our money. 😉🤔... now our vaccines 😜
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Very much so-they’re not allowed to sit at the table until they prove they can use a knife, fork & spoon👍🏻
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Some dogs can eat anything without any consequences whatsoever (this was our Airedales). Life with a Labrador is slightly different.........😱
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Until we are allowed to go I won't stress about this. Sadly I don't envisage any of us being able to go over the channel in 2021 the way things are going.
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