Keeping Your Hound Healthy: Five Top Dry Dog Food Brands

If you’ve decided to feed your dog dry food and you’re deciding which brand to give them, it’s well worth spending that little bit more. Of course you don’t have to shell out huge amounts: if you buy your dog food online you can often get bulk discounts for premium brands such as Symply dog food or Barking Heads, which tend to use more natural ingredients and contain the right nutrients to keep your pet healthy.

Here are five of the top dog food brands we would recommend:


Orijen: Orijen dog food is a family owned business and its biscuits are carefully manufactured using fresh ingredients with a regional slant. It follows the Biologically Appropriate concept, including only whole foods which dogs are naturally programmed to eat and excluding ingredients such as cereals, which they are not. Its offer includes a special line for puppies and its latest range, ‘Orijen 80:20’, which is well-balanced from a nutritional standpoint as it contains 80% meat and 20% fruit and vegetables.


Symply: Symply dog food is one of the most popular brands among dog lovers. The company uses 100% natural ingredients with no preservatives, so you can be sure your pet won’t be ingesting anything harmful. It also has a higher-than-average meat content which means your dog will feel fuller for longer and a sack of food will hence be more economical. It has a great range or flavours, with Puppy and Senior versions also on offer.


Barking Heads Dog Food: This dog food also uses only natural ingredients, which again is great for your dog’s overall health. However, it specialises in dog foods for pets with more specific dietary needs. Its Lamb range, for example, is very easy to digest and so is appropriate for those dogs with weak digestive systems. It even offers special ‘slimming’ ranges for overweight dogs.


James Wellbeloved: Each variety of James Wellbeloved dog food contains a single source of meat protein such as turkey, lamb, duck or ocean white fish. The company avoids artificial ingredients and foods and all its products are hypoallergenic, which means they will not provoke intolerances.


K9: The K9 Natural brand is actually imported from New Zealand but it has gained popularity in the UK thanks to its innovative 100% raw, freeze-dried dog food. Based on the diet of the grey wolf, the domestic canine’s closest relative, it is free from any potentially harmful ingredients such as antibiotics, hormones, preservatives or bulking agents. It contains 85% real meat, bone and blood, 15% fruit, vegetables, raw eggs and garlic.