Best food for English Bulldogs

[Vabulldog]

Hello everyone,
I was wondering what the best food you would recommend feeding an adult English Bulldog and why? Bruce drags his face along the carpet and furniture because of itchy eyes. He also wiggles around like there is an itch he can't get to on his back.

I've tried:
1. Taste of the Wild (TOTW) Salmon. I don't have any complaints about TOTW. I only switched from TOTW while trying to get to the bottom of Bruce's allergies which didn't resolve anything so I would have no problem with this food if I had to do it all over again.
2. NULO Salmon was a disaster. His stools were soft at best and sometimes were just sludge.
3. Natural Balance Venison. Bruce loves this stuff and it was able to quickly return his stools to normal after the NULO experiment.

I have heard good things about Royal Canin but think I'll stick with Natural Balance for now as his allergies do not appear to be food related.

 

[helsonwheels]

Hello everyone,
I was wondering what the best food you would recommend feeding an adult English Bulldog and why? Bruce drags his face along the carpet and furniture because of itchy eyes. He also wiggles around like there is an itch he can't get to on his back.

I've tried:
1. Taste of the Wild (TOTW) Salmon. I don't have any complaints about TOTW. I only switched from TOTW while trying to get to the bottom of Bruce's allergies which didn't resolve anything so I would have no problem with this food if I had to do it all over again.
2. NULO Salmon was a disaster. His stools were soft at best and sometimes were just sludge.
3. Natural Balance Venison. Bruce loves this stuff and it was able to quickly return his stools to normal after the NULO experiment.

I have heard good things about Royal Canin but think I'll stick with Natural Balance for now as his allergies do not appear to be food related.

My dear you didn't hear right. Stay away from RC unless you own a cow.

If it's kibbles stick to Acana, Orijen, Fromm, Zignature. Or even better Raw.

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[Hankster]

I agree with above but i also agree that if he's doing well with the natural balance, hang with it if your comfortable...... Or, if you want to make a switch, mabie you just need to hang with "venison" as the protein if that seems to be good with him, then you could switch up and find even more results you like.

 

[oscarmayer]

Acana is what we feed all our Bulldogs. Single protein Duck and Pear has done best for us working for all the rescues except one.

 

[Vabulldog]

Thanks for your responses. Seems like Bruce doesn't do well with super high protein foods. When I started switching him back to Natural Balance he tightened back up in 2 days!!!

 

[Cbrugs]

Some foods I would never recommend to feed ever like the vet prescribed ones but if he’s doing well on the NB...if it ain’t broke, why fix it?


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[helsonwheels]

Thanks for your responses. Seems like Bruce doesn't do well with super high protein foods. When I started switching him back to Natural Balance he tightened back up in 2 days!!!

Acana has less protein than orijen. Idk for the others.

 

[2BullyMama]

if it works stick with it ...Natural Balance isn't horrible but RC sure is

If allergies are still an issue it could be the salmon or environmental


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[Mpillers]

New to this Bulldog pleasure palace! I'm still food experimenting. Like NBalance LI, bison sweet potato but Otis has sooo many BM's! Is that normal for bull dogs? Mostly firm but the third on a walk is loose then runny. I just want what is best for this little bundle of joy foundling.

 

[Kalyn]

Juzt wondering what makes Royal Canin so bad?

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[Vikinggirl]

Juzt wondering what makes Royal Canin so bad?

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It has a lot of fillers like corn and grains, which isn't good for dogs and it also has many chemicals. It is rated as a 2 or 3 Star food. There are many better foods listed on the Dog Food Rating Forum.

 

[Khaleesi Waa]

I don’t know how to change it in my profile, but i will update it as soon as I figure it out—-Khaleesi recently switched to acana because she was experiencing such bad allergies and yeast flare ups. I bought one bag of Origen after another and her stools seemed too hard. She’s no spring chicken and getting her to exercise is a challenge at times. So on a whim I called the 1-800 number to acana and they sent me samples of EVERY food, actually a few bags of each so i could try them out! For free! And I found that (after several weeks of trying each single protein kibble, she is doing amazing on Pork and Squash! Even her dry eye seems better! But we also got her the Cytopoint shot, so it could be that too. Nonetheless, her poop is great, she eats less too, and not so much rubbing, itching, and eye boogers!

 

[2BullyMama]

It has a lot of fillers like corn and grains, which isn't good for dogs and it also has many chemicals. It is rated as a 2 or 3 Star food. There are many better foods listed on the Dog Food Rating Forum.

Juzt wondering what makes Royal Canin so bad?

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Exactly.... grains and no real meat


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[Mom of Tucker]

I just want to say to be leery of Taste of the Wild. I have fed the Wild Bison to my bullies since they were puppies, and they have done well on it. However, I have a gut feeling that something may have changed in their recipe or ingredients that has caused Tucker's recent illness. I had just opened a new bag about the time he got sick, and the first trip to the vet show d undigested kibble in his tummy on the X-ray, 10 hours after his last meal. He then threw up the kibble almost 24 hours after the X-ray. The strange thing is, it has not affected Sophie, which is good. He just may be more sensitive. I've switched him to Earthborn Alaskan Pollock and Pumpkin.

 

[KingGeorgeTheBulldog]

Hello everyone,
I was wondering what the best food you would recommend feeding an adult English Bulldog and why? Bruce drags his face along the carpet and furniture because of itchy eyes. He also wiggles around like there is an itch he can't get to on his back.

I've tried:
1. Taste of the Wild (TOTW) Salmon. I don't have any complaints about TOTW. I only switched from TOTW while trying to get to the bottom of Bruce's allergies which didn't resolve anything so I would have no problem with this food if I had to do it all over again.
2. NULO Salmon was a disaster. His stools were soft at best and sometimes were just sludge.
3. Natural Balance Venison. Bruce loves this stuff and it was able to quickly return his stools to normal after the NULO experiment.

I have heard good things about Royal Canin but think I'll stick with Natural Balance for now as his allergies do not appear to be food related.

I just got so much negative feed back for Royal Canin... so do not try that one!! I am in search of something new for George too. Good luck cutie!!!