UK44

Hi all, my dog is very settled on Chappie Complete dog biscuits here in the UK, has anyone found a food that is an easy transition in Canada?
He’s a senior dog and tends to have a sensitive stomach when it comes to changing his food and we’re moving in 3 months so looking for ideas. Thanks

dbd33

I suppose you could try to find a brand that's sold in both countries (and has the same formula in both) and transition to that in the UK. I think though that I'd bring a sack of Chappie Complete and do the phase over on arrival. The dog is likely to be disturbed by the relocation anyway so why have two rounds of disruption.

UK44

Thanks, I think that’s what it might come to. I might take a smaller bag in the suitcase or something.

bats

have a look at the Dog Food Advisor webpage. Plenty of info there on types of food available. Performattin is a Canadian make that scores highly as does Kirkland from Costco.

UK44

Thank you, that’s really helpful.

PMM

Hi

1, You should be prepared to have the dog food seized.

See: "

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

UK44

Ah I see, thanks for that, I don’t think I’d like to risk it on that basis. I’ve just found that both countries sell Pedigree Chum, so I think I’ll be best off transitioning him here and just buying it there. Hopefully it’s similar enough to do a straight swap.