Lastly, I noticed some customers have griped about kibble dust and crumbs at the bottom of the bag, but rest assured, it’s still safe to munch on. The optimum diet for your dog is one that supplies the correct number of calories and balance of nutrients for their size, life stage and lifestyle. A high-quality adult dog food will contain carefully balanced nutrients and dietary components – such as easily digestible protein, fat and carbohydrate – along with vitamins and minerals like zinc to support skin and coat health and calcium to support healthy teeth and bones. The best senior dog food is carefully formulated with all the essential nutrients an older dog needs. For example, to help combat digestive issues in older dogs, Burgess Sensitive Senior dog food supports:

At Burgess, all of our kibble for dogs is made using thermal extrusion. The process involves grinding down a range of quality ingredients into a fine flour and mixing them together. Composition: Rice, Salmon (26% inc Salmon 13%, Salmon Meal 13%) , Poultry Meal, Poultry Fat, Dried Beet Pulp (4.5%), Minerals, Poultry Gravy, Fish Oil (1%), Dried Alfalfa (1%), Lignocellulose, Chicory Root Extract (as a source of fructo-oligosaccharides (prebiotic FOS 0.18%)), Yucca Schidigera (0.022%).A healthy diet for an adult dog should contain good-quality meat or fish for protein, supplemented with vegetable proteins such as soya, grains or peas. And, as your dog goes through different life stages, their nutrition needs change. A puppy needs a different blend of nutrients compared to an adult or senior dog. When feeding a complete dry food to your senior dog, you may find that instead of feeding twice a day, it could suit them better to split their daily portion into three or four small servings. Provide these throughout the day, ensuring they have plenty of fresh water too. Our unique recipes are free from the usual ingredients that can upset your dog's stomach making it ideal for those with a sensitive digestion. Added beet pulp and rich sources of Omega 3 help maintain a healthy digestion, healthy skin and shiny coat.

The healthiest dog food should provide the correct number of calories, dietary components and balance of nutrients for a dog’s size, life stage and lifestyle. A high-quality dry dog food will contain easily digestible protein, fat and carbohydrate. It should also include vitamins and minerals such as zinc, to support skin and coat health, and calcium to support healthy teeth and bones. Burgess Sensitive Senior Food is ideal for golden oldies aged seven plus. It contains turkey, rice, essential vitamins, minerals and other beneficial ingredients such as glucosamine to support older bones and joints and sustain brain health. Dogs are classed as ‘seniors’ when they’re around seven or eight years old, although this depends on their breed. When they reach this stage of their life, dogs can benefit from being fed a specially formulated diet for older dogs, with ingredients that help ease the effects that ageing can bring.

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Your dog’s age is another important consideration. Nutrition plays a significant role when it’s tailored to the different stages of a dog’s development, supporting the optimum quality of life, from puppyhood to adult and throughout their senior years. And while brown rice is an energy dynamo, it doesn’t quite match the vitamin, mineral, and fibre punch of sweet potatoes. Remember to take treats into account when working out your dog’s portion sizes. The amount of senior dog food your dog needs depends on their size, breed and level of activity.

When feeding a complete dry food, split your dog’s daily portion into two or three servings, given throughout the day, ensuring they have plenty of fresh water too. Remember to take treats into account when working out your dog’s portion sizes.Dogs aren’t, as is often believed, classed as carnivores. They’re actually omnivores, which means they benefit from a diet that contains both animal and plant-based foods. Also, Burgess Sensitive opts for rice over sweet potatoes, which could trigger digestive irritations in some sensitive puppies.

Food or dietary intolerance – This occurs when something in the food doesn’t agree with the animal’s body but does not trigger the immune system to react. For example, a dog may not be able to digest cow’s milk well. Oh, and it has a whopping 45% salmon content as its main protein source, compared to Arden Grange’s 22% ocean white fish protein.

A complete dry food for puppies aged between 6 weeks and 12 months, offering calcium for healthy bone development in a hypoallergenic recipe that is ideal for sensitive stomachs.Burgess Sensitive Puppy is a complete dry dog food with a hypoallergenic recipe, perfect for young puppies with more sensitive stomachs and containing highly digestible ingredients such as lean turkey. It is free from troublesome ingredients that may cause adverse reactions in sensitive dogs, including dairy, wheat and eggs.