bats

Acana and Orijen usually come out in reviews as the best kibble but it's exoensive. Kirkland does well in reviews too . We use Performatrin

For the OP. You shoukd be able to bring a small sealed bag of whatever your dogs are eating and that will be enough to gradually change to a new brand.
Even Labradors can get the squits if their food is changed suddenly so it isn't a picky eater thing. If all esker fails use pumpkin mixed in.

dbd33

Our dogs eat Royal Canin. I don't know if it's available outside Canada but it's common here.

hannah1001

Royal Canin, Orijen and Acana are all readily available in both UK and Canada (BC at any rate). I fed Applaws in the UK but I can't get it here so switched to Acana. I dont think Acana 's quite as good but it's still very high quality. It might be worth having a look at these brands before you move. Be prepared for the prices though!! I pay around $70 for 25lb bag of Acana and $90 for Orijen

TheNorms

Can anyone tell me if raw feeding is big in Canada? our French bulldog is raw fed only because she has gastro problems and it’s the only food that doesn’t cause her discomfort. She is currently on nature’s menu chicken with bone.

dbd33

When I lived with an eco-nutter we knew a few raw feeders. They didn't feed branded products though, just chopped the head off a chicken and threw it to the dogs. Are you saying that you feed packaged uncooked chicken products? If so, don't the preservatives in the product bugger up the dogs' innards?

TheNorms

I buy it from a pets at home, it comes frozen I just measure what I need and defrost. it’s free flow minced Chicken with minced bone for added nutrition, I give them fruit and veg as a extra nutrition top up. No digestive problems both my frenchies are fed this Twice a day. It’s very popular in the U.K. some people don’t like it but it works for my two.
I’ve now found a supplier in PEI that does the same free flow chicken lucky.

Almost Canadian

Our 4 dogs are all fed raw and have been for some time.

The "basic" raw is a mash of meat and bone which my wife supplements with fish and all manner of chicken necks/feet etc. One of our neighbours is a hunter and she frequently buys deer and elk from him which she then butchers herself and feeds that to them too.

In Calgary, raw is easy to come by.

TheNorms

My wife gives them sardines, my wife wouldn’t butcher anything she’s such a wimp when it comes to things like that!

Almost Canadian

I believe that my wife feeds our dogs sardines too but, as I don't get involved in any of it, I really couldn't tell. She has 3 large chest freezers that she keeps it all in and the fish are fed to them in a frozen state.

scrubbedexpat091

It's popular in Vancouver where I am. We feed a commercially made raw, Red Dog Blue Kat which is made in Vancouver area form human grade meats.

Our dog has been on raw for 2 years and is going great.

The store we go to in Vancouver is called true carnivores, if you check their website you can get an idea of what is available in Canada for raw.

We chose a commercial raw as our dog in only 10 pounds, and its cheaper in the long run for us, and we lack freezer space. We rotate though several proteins a week, beef, chicken, salmon and tripe, kangaroo is the bulk, and sometimes I add in rabbit.

dbd33

Is kangaroo farmed in BC? If not, wonder how it's "human grade" by BC standards.

scrubbedexpat091

It's wild kangaroo according to the label.

I can also buy wild kangaroo for human consumption and some of the higher end restaurants in Vancouver serve wild Australian kangaroo.

Wild Game Products - Hills Foods

Dorothy

When we had dogs they ate raw too. Kangaroo was the protein and I added cooked pumpkin and brown rice. My golden boy was allergic to a lot of kibble and it was the veterinary school animal hospital that told us about raw feeding.

PMM

Hi

1. Because you can't import pet food.

Personal Imports

Travellers may bring into Canada a personal import of pet food (limit of 20 kg), if the import meets all of the following requirements:

• The pet food or product must be of United States origin and be commercially packaged.
• The pet food or product must be in the possession of the traveller at the time of entry from the U.S.
• The animal that will eat the imported product must accompany the traveller at the time of entry.
• The imported product is fed only to the animal that accompanied the traveller into Canada.

scrubbedexpat091

The first 6 months we had Charlee, she barely ate, she would pick a few kibble here and there, and wasn't gaining weight, we tried pretty much every high end quality kibble, wet food and mixing wetfood with kibble and she still barely ate.

The vet suggested raw so we tried it, and she ate it and showed an interest in food for the first time, so we stuck with raw, she maintains a good weight on it, and as long as we rotate proteins through the week, she keeps interest.

Overall health is better, clear eyes, no doggy breath, small poops since more of the food is used and less waste, drinks less as raw food has a high moisture rate, no dog smell, clean teeth, soft fur and good skin.