The old fashioned way of feeding

Manufacturers: Landywood Pet Foods
Reviewed by Helen Fletcher

Description: Landywood Pet Foods produce and distribute high quality, natural foods for dogs and cats in the UK. All meats have been passed fit for human consumption. The company specialises in supplying to breeders and owners who prefer to feed a natural and/or full barf diet.

 

Fresh meat product range includes:-

Minced Tripe (100% beef) Minced Meat Mix Minced Washed Tripe (100% beef) Shin of Beef (chunks) Minced Chicken (coarse or fine including bone) Minced Puppy Tripe (100% beef) ideal puppies & small breeds Chicken Wings Beef Tripe Chunks Chicken Backs/Carcasses Minced honeycomb tripe (extra lean) Meat & Veg Mix Minced Lamb Tripe Minced Tripe & Meat Mix Chicken & Veg Mix Minced Tripe & Lamb Mix Lamb & Veg Mix

Minced Tripe & Chicken Mix (with bone) Whole Breast of Lamb Minced Ox Tripe and Organ meat Fresh Marrow Bones (approx. 18) Minced Lamb Meaty Rib Bones (approx 15) Hearts (Lamb or Ox) whole or chunked Pigs Trotters (subject to availability) Liver (chunked) Turkey Necks Economy Mince (lungs & heart) Turkey Wings Best Minced meat Minced Turkey with Bone Minced Beef & Kidney Kidneys Chunked

Best features: I have been feeding BARF foods to my dogs for more years than it has been called BARF. None of my dogs ever have ‘complete meal’ or ‘mixer.’ I don’t feel I need to try to ‘enhance’ their performances in the agility ring, just mine.

I found the Landywoods raw meat products to be good quality at reasonable prices. All meats are British reared and come from EEC regulated plants in England. No animal derivatives, water, preservatives nor additives are used.

There is a wide choice of raw meats available.

Could be improved: Would store better in the freezer if it was packed in square sachets.

Design and packaging: Meats products are available in individual, clearly labelled  454gm (1lb) packets which are boxed in 36lb tray boxes.

Prices: Various depending on the variety of meat. Price start at 22p per packet. Minimum order £50. Delivery £2.50.

Delivery: Regular door-to-door delivers to many parts of the UK. Also available on-line from Agilty Warehouse.

Value for money: Very good.

Overall rating: 9/10. Would get a 10 if the packaging was better.

From Tracy Sowden...
I have been feeding my four dogs on Landywoods Pet Foods for just over a year now and I am very impressed with them. The dogs used to be fed on another brand of frozen mince products but I became unhappy with the quality of the beef mince - it seemed very fatty. A friend recommended Landywoods and I haven't looked back. They even phone me up when they are making a delivery to my area to see if I need anything. Like Helen, the only quibble I have is with the packaging. It would be much better if it was square! I could fit more into the freezers then. (12/06/06)

From Christine Short...
I am lucky enough to live a couple of miles from Landywoods and call in on my way to the supermarket. Janet and her staff are so helpful and they don't mind how small my order is. I have been really really pleased with the quality of everything I have had from them and there is such variety. (13/06/06)

About the manufacturers...
Landywood Pet Foods is a family run business. They started producing raw meat products and supplying natural biscuits for dogs and cats over seven  years ago, initially for their own use but then for friends and other people wishing to revert to a more natural way of feeding. The company manufactures and distributes fresh and frozen British meats and natural biscuits to customers in most parts of England and Wales.

About the Reviewer
Helen Fletcher has worked her dogs in Obedience for over 25 years with good success. She also shows her dogs successfully in the breed ring, making up two champions including BOB at Crufts 1991. She has another youngster waiting in the wings to be shown and he is now training to compete in agility too.

Helen has been ‘into’ agility for the last four and a half years, winning out of Elementary and Starters.

During the day, she does dog walking for other people who have to go out to work, and who feel happier if their dogs are getting some relief from the boredom of staying at home. She also runs ‘pet dog’ training classes, where she concentrates on control and fun rather than the rigid discipline of KC type obedience clubs.

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