Skinner's Field & Trial Duck & Rice 2.5kg

Skinner's Field & Trial Duck & Rice – 2.5kg

An exclusion diet stands or falls on whether the dog will eat it, and 2.5kg is enough to find that out without a sack sitting in the shed. Duck meat meal at 26% is the only meat protein here, over brown rice at 39.8%, with no soya, beef or fish anywhere in the recipe.

The numbers match the chicken version closely — 25% protein, 11% fat, 358 kcal per 100g — so a dog moving across from Chicken & Rice for elimination reasons is not also changing its energy intake. That makes the result easier to read.

Performance & Benefits

• Duck meat meal at 26%, the sole meat protein in the food.
• Brown rice at 39.8% with naked oats and peas.
• 25% crude protein and 11% crude fat, at 358 kcal per 100g.
• Crude ash 5.5% and crude fibre 3%, with omega-3 at 1.14%.
• Taurine at 100mg/kg and vitamin E at 310mg/kg.
• MOS, FOS, glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate as across the rice range.

Suitable For

• Adult working and active pet dogs at moderate intensity.
• Starting an exclusion trial where chicken is under suspicion.
• Dogs avoiding wheat, maize, barley, soya, beef and fish protein.
• A short trial before moving to the 15kg bag.
• Not for puppies or growing dogs — Field & Trial Puppy Lamb & Rice 2.5kg is the sensitive option for those.

Feeding

• Feed dry, or moistened with a small amount of tepid water shortly before serving.
• Skinner's publish their daily amounts as a bodyweight chart rather than a single figure, so work from the guide printed on the bag and adjust to condition.
• On a trial, feed nothing else at all — no treats, chews or scraps — for the period advised.
• Give it at least six weeks before drawing a conclusion about skin or digestion.
• Change over gradually, mixing an increasing share of the new food with the old across several days.
• Fresh drinking water at all times.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: brown rice 39.8%, duck meat meal 26%, naked oats, peas, whole linseed, beet pulp, poultry fat, vitamins and minerals.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 25%, crude fat 11%, crude fibre 3%, crude ash 5.5%, omega-3 1.14%.
• Energy content 358 kcal per 100g.
• Nutritional additives per kg: vitamin A 13,000iu, vitamin D3 2,000iu, vitamin E 310mg, taurine 100mg, with trace elements.
• Skinner's declare it wheat, maize and barley free, and suitable for dogs with sensitivities to soya, beef or fish protein. Poultry fat is used, so the food is not free of all poultry-derived ingredients.
• 2.5kg bag; the same recipe is made in 15kg.