Food brands in Australia

[Malamum]

Can any of those living in Australia share what brand of food they use. A lot of the better ones that I've seen people suggest only seem to be available in the US.

[Malamum]

Does no one know any good brands we can get here?

I know everyone is going to jump down my throat but at the moment I am feeding Eukanumba but I want to stop and switch to something better. I know, I know IAMS is VERY bad :(

I've found a shop that sells Innova and California Natural. However it is over $150.00 for a 15kg bag. It's going to really stretch my budget but I guess I don't have much of a choice.

The other downside is that there is only one pet store chain that sells it and I am loathe to give this shop my business as they are your typical shopping mall pet chain that sells puppies grrrrrr....... again not much choice though.

[bk_blue]

I have seen Royal Canin (which I have heard is good but rich, or something). There's always BARF if you have the time to prepare it and think it's a good idea.

Aroura knows more about dog food brands available here, pm her or get her to come over to this thread. :wink:

[Aroura]

Where I live the only "good" (by good, what I really mean is "expensive") brands are Iams, Eukanuba, Nutrience, Pedigree Advance.... there's only one pet shop here so there aint much competition and not much variety.
I was feeding Lily Eukanuba for a while even though I couldn't afford it, she had stomach problems her whole life and nothing but Euk seemed to fix it. Then I found if I give her a good deal of raw food and a not quite so expensive dry food she's glowing with health and her tummy has been fine ever since.
Her big meal in the morning is a BARF style meal, with pumpkin and other veggies, at the moment she's on pumpkin and cabbage, which she loves! I also mix with it yogurt, kelp, oil etc. With that she gets about 400g of meat, chicken necks and lambs flaps. I found the chicken necks alone didn't have enough fat on them, so now she gets both and has finally gained a good amount of wieght. I also give her a smallish chunk of offal (heart, liver, tripe, kidney etc) each day.
Each night she gets a smaller meal of Pedigree Principal, with an egg added about 4 times a week.
I can't really say much for dry food in itself, although I have heard alot of good things about innova.
If you are interested in a BARF style diet though, a great aussie barf page I've just found is http://www.bluegrace.com/barf.html
I know people say not to "supplement" dry food, but if you balance each meal out the dog still gets a balanced diet :wink:
Hope this helps.