Barking Heads or Orijen?

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Originally Posted by Jayspee

Ingredients:

Composition* Freshly Prepared Deboned Duck 33%, Sweet Potato, Dried Duck 14%, Peas, Lentils, Freshly Prepared Deboned Trout 5%, Duck Fat 4%, Lucerne, Duck Stock 1.5%, Seaweed, Hip & Joint Care Pack (Glucosamine 350mg/kg, MSM 350mg/kg, Chondroitin 240mg/kg)

Analytical Constituents Crude Protein 23%, Fat Content 15%, Inorganic Matter 8%, Crude Fibres 3%, Moisture 8%, Omega-6 (4%), Omega-3 (2.7%),DHA 0.3%

Nutritional Additives (Per kg) Vitamin A 16,650 IU, Vitamin D3 1,480 IU, Vitamin E 460 IU
Trace Elements as Compounds Ferrous sulphate monohydrate 617mg, zinc sulphate monohydrate 514mg, manganous sulphate monohydrate 101mg, cupric sulphate pentahydrate 37mg, calcium iodate anhydrous 4.55mg, sodium selenite 0.51mg

I have used both Orijen and Acana and love both!

The ingredients you've listed for Barking Heads don't look bad, but not having any experience with it, it's hard to say. Are they reputable in the UK? Is the cost comparable to Orijen?

Only comment I'd have is that the protein content is 23% whereas Orien is around 10% more (depending on the flavour). Some dogs have had issues with getting soft stool, possible due to the higher protein amount. Mine didn't and were fine on it. If you're switching from RC though, you'd need to do a super gradual change to make sure they don't get an upset stomach with such a change in protein amount.