Senior dog food
- Thread starter Cath
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- Location
- Malvern Worcestershire
Rourke is 11 and I have never put him onto a senior food, never thought about it! Should I?
Atemas
UK Tour Guide
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- North Cambridgeshire
When Sky was about that age we put her on senior food as her amount of exercise was reducing but her appetite in true Labrador style was still very good. We used Symply.
I suppose if they are maintaining their usual weight then it’s not a concern
I suppose if they are maintaining their usual weight then it’s not a concern
- Location
- Vlaardingen, the Netherlands
Finn is almost 10 and he gets senior food. When he was still active and was walking with us a lot we kept him on his normal food. Now is just want to sniffle and we don’t want him to walk him that much as we see he is struggling after 3 km. That’s when we decided to put him on senior food. He gets ProPlan
Jacqui-S
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- Location
- Fife, Scotland
I switched to the Senior version of Fish4dogs about 1.5 years ago for Lilly.
Never bothered with any of mine. Rorys on a diet which suits him and that was hard to do so he'll stay on that. It's low fat as many of the senior diets are so it's fine. Both are fine so I will leave it alone. I don't use puppy food either
Cath
MLF Sales Coordinator
Thank you @Anne123 and @Jacqui-S I will look into the senior food mentioned by everyone.
Thanks @SwampDonkey I suppose if it's not broke don't fix it
Thanks @SwampDonkey I suppose if it's not broke don't fix it
Snowie has always eaten raw meat and meaty bones plus fruit and veg. I make up the meals from whole body parts. It’s not ground up. He chews the bones. I have reduced the quantity, though, that he has for supper by 25% because he was getting tubby. He does a lot less vigorous exercise than he did when was younger, he’s a lot slower on walks. He’s 11.5 years old. He gets turmeric paste (mixed into the veg) for his joints plus a joint powder. But he’s always got this.
- Location
- Herefordshire, UK
Cath
MLF Sales Coordinator
Fred is on Royal Canin Max, he is not eating as much as he did. Lately he has had diarrhoea , I get him clear, then a few weeks later it comes back.
He has been to the vet and all is well with him, but the vet said it may be best to put him on Senior food. Fred coat is shiny and he still loves his walks,
he is coming up for 10.
He has been to the vet and all is well with him, but the vet said it may be best to put him on Senior food. Fred coat is shiny and he still loves his walks,
he is coming up for 10.
- Location
- Isle of Man
Coco is 9, but I haven't change him to senior, he seems fine on his regular Skinners - Meg has the same. I have looked at their senior version, but it has poultry fat in it, and as they have the same food, it would be no good for Meg. It would be a pain to have them on different kibbles, so unless I have to, I'll keep them as is.
- Location
- Cornwall , UK
I must be a norty bad doggy Mum . I did use puppy food to start but skipped the junior and went straight to adult , I`ve never used senior for any of my dogs although some of them sadly didnt make the senior stage . I`ve usually just cut down the amounts when my dogs got older and less energetic xx
- Location
- SW London UK
Homer is on Burns kibble. They do pork and potatoes which suits Homer which is on their a sensitive range. Unless there was a specific reason to change I’d keep him on his normal food and just keep an eye on activity levels and weight.
Cath
MLF Sales Coordinator
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Is this the one you mean @JES72
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- SW London UK
Yes, that’s the one I’ve used. I now need to put Homer on a hyper allergenic food with nothing else, no treats, nothing. It’s going to be hard.
We’ve been looking at food recently and I rediscovered this comparison website that might be helpful? AllAboutDogFood.co.uk
Lisa
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- Location
- Alberta, Canada
Simba is 12. He is still a good weight and hardly slowing down at all. I don’t really think of him as a senior, aside from his greying muzzle. He’s getting a wee bit stiff in one hip when he gets up from lying down but other than that he’s in great shape. I am thinking of giving him a glucosamine supplement or some such for the stiffness, but other than that, no senior food.