Natural Dog Food

Many big brand dog foods contain poor quality food. Scientifc research shows that feeding good food to dogs can extend dogs' lives. It can lower the risk of liver and kidney desease and in some cases cancer. Behaviourists will tell you that many behaiour problems can be put down to hyper-activity caused by poor feeding.

Our dog foods are delivered to your door, and even with shipping costs it works out cheaper * than many brand name natural dog foods without the hassle of having to carry it home.

* based on Pets at Home prices

Over the past few years there has been a big move towards natural feeding and many dog and cat owners have adopted the BARF approach. (Bones And Raw Food or Biologically Appropriate Raw Food, depending on which books you read). Whilst this is a very good way of to feed your dog, it involves a lot of work preparing the meals which is not practical for many people.

For those who want to feed naturally, but following a BARF diet is not a practical solution we recommend natural doog foods. It is the nearest thing to a BARF diet in a bag. All the ingredients in our foods are human grade. We offer one range of dog food, Vets Kitchen formulated by TV Vet Joe Inglis. 

Feeding your pets a natural diet

By TV vet Joe Inglis

The word ‘natural’ is used increasingly in the pet food industry, but what exactly does it mean – and are natural foods really that much better for your pets?

Pet foods described as ‘natural’ contain nothing but simple, natural ingredients – with no artificial additives such as colours, preservatives or flavours. Most traditional complete pet foods contain a range of artificial additives. For example, artificial colours are often used, but not for the benefit of the pet - your dog isn’t impressed by bright red kibbles or green synthetic peas, they are all there to convince you the pet owner how delicious and healthy the food is!

Doing without these additives demands more of the natural pet food producer, since creating tasty foods that stay fresh without additives is a real challenge. But it’s a worthwhile challenge as the health benefits of eating a diet free from artificial additives are very real. Synthetic preservatives, flavours and colours have been implicated in all sorts of health scares from behaviour to cancer, and there is very real evidence for the dangers they pose. As a vet, I see pets on a regular basis with health problems related to their diet, and it’s not just in my surgery – many pet health professionals agree that additives in pet foods can cause problems.

‘I can tell exactly what food a dog eats as soon as I see it,’ Anne Mills, an experienced dog trainer told me recently, ‘Dogs that eat food containing additives are hyperactive and much harder to train.’

Obviously, avoiding these dangerous additives is the best way to keep your pet healthy, but it’s not just what’s not in natural foods that’s so good – it’s also what is in them. Most pet foods contain surprisingly little of the quality ingredients you might expect such as meat, relying instead on chemicals to make the foods acceptable to pets, whereas natural pet foods need to use a much higher standard of ingredients as the pets can taste exactly what is in the food. For example, all of my own Vet’s Kitchen natural dog and cat foods contain at least 26% real meat along with other natural ingredients such as rice, seaweed, brewer’s yeast and yucca extract. I’ve found that by packing my recipes with top quality ingredients, there is no need to use any artificial chemicals and pets not only prefer the fresh, natural taste – they also do amazingly well on my foods and owners really notice the difference.

‘His coat has perked up and is glossy, and now he just has so much energy!’ said Carol of her cat Tushots who recently changed onto Vet’s Kitchen dry food.

Over the last decade as I’ve been practicing as a vet, I’ve become totally convinced by the evidence for natural feeding and believe that all pets deserve to be fed on a good quality, natural food. That is why I set up my own natural pet food company called Pets’ Kitchen, and created the recipes for Vet’s Kitchen. My foods are all completely natural and contain no artificial chemicals – and they’ve been tasted and approved by my pets and thousands more across the country, so they are as delicious as they are healthy!