Canagan Light/Senior Free Range Chicken Dry Dog Food 6kg

Canagan Light/Senior Free Range Chicken Dry Dog Food – 6kg

Of all Canagan's dry dog recipes, this one carries the most joint support: glucosamine and MSM at 1,440 mg/kg apiece and chondroitin sulphate at 1,050 mg/kg. For comparison, the standard Free-Run Chicken has 830 and 610, and Grass Fed Lamb has 570 and 410. If a dog is on the food for its hips rather than its waistline, that is the number that matters.

The weight side is handled by cutting fat to 14% and energy to 372 kcal per 100g while leaving protein at 34%. Chicken content actually rises slightly, to 27% freshly prepared plus 27% dried. A 6kg bag covers a 20kg senior eating 220g a day for four weeks, or a 10kg senior for the better part of seven.

Performance & Benefits

• The highest glucosamine, MSM and chondroitin levels of any Canagan dry dog food.
• 34% crude protein with crude fat held down to 14%.
• 372 kcal per 100g — roughly 5% less energy per gram than the standard chicken recipe.
• 54% chicken in total: 27% freshly prepared free-range and 27% dried.
• Crude ash 8.5% and calcium 1.6%, both a little above the standard recipe.
• Grain free, with no artificial colours, flavours or preservatives.

Suitable For

• Older dogs of 15–25kg, where a 6kg bag is about a month.
• Dogs carrying extra weight that still need a full protein level.
• Dogs with early arthritic change, as a way of getting joint support in without a separate supplement.
• For adults only — Canagan do not recommend this recipe for puppies, who should have Canagan Free-Run Chicken.
• A dog that needs the calories rather than fewer of them should stay on the standard Free-Run Chicken at 391 kcal.

Feeding

• Senior maintenance from seven years: 130g at 10kg bodyweight, 170g at 15kg, 220g at 20kg, 290g at 30kg.
• Overweight dogs: 110g at 10kg, 150g at 15kg, 190g at 20kg, 250g at 30kg.
• At the top of the range, senior maintenance is 350g at 40kg and 420g at 50kg.
• Introduce gradually over seven days, working from 25% Canagan up to the full ration.
• Adjust by 10% either way and hold it for a few weeks before changing again — weight should come off slowly.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: freshly prepared free-range chicken (27%), dried chicken (27%), sweet potato, potato, peas, alfalfa, dried egg (3%), chicken fat (2.3%), chicken gravy (1.5%), glucosamine (1,440 mg/kg), MSM (1,440 mg/kg), apple, carrot, fructooligosaccharides, spinach, psyllium, seaweed, chondroitin sulphate (1,050 mg/kg), peppermint, camomile, marigold, cranberry, aniseed and fenugreek.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 34%, crude fat 14%, crude fibre 3%, crude ash 8.5%, omega 6 2.4%, calcium 1.6%, phosphorus 0.95%.
• Metabolisable energy 372 kcal per 100g.
• Nutritional additives per kg: vitamin A 15,000 IU, vitamin D3 1,200 IU, vitamin E 150 mg, taurine 1,500 mg.
• Trace elements per kg: zinc chelate 45 mg, zinc oxide 90 mg, copper 10 mg, iodine 2 mg, selenium 0.2 mg.
• Canagan publish no omega 3 value for this recipe. Sizes are 2kg, 6kg and 12kg, all identical in composition.