Recommendations for good dry dog mixers

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Finally our rescue dog, who we've had for 4 months seems to have settled on Natures Menu wet food. He's been quite picky and we've now got our fingers crossed that he stays happy with this. He does however see hungry at times and unsettled no matter how much he eats. We've been considering mixing it with a dry mixer to bulk it out and something that takes a little while to digest to see if this settles him. What's the best type of mixer to try on him? Many thanks.

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• I'm not keen on dry mixers, there's debate on whether dogs really need carbs anyway, and most mixers aren't great quality. I would bulk out meals with blended (raw) or lightly steamed veggies instead - it will mostly go through undigested so a good filler with very few calories (but blending or cooking will allow the dog to get some nutritional benefit). I rawfeed and just use frozen mixed veggies to mix with meat to occasionally make a "diet" Kong
• Dumbass dog is quite fussy too. We don't have the freezer space to feed totally raw but he gets natures menu or nature diet wet food and a couple of raw chicken wings/thighs/legs, supplemented with raw bones. He loves these and they keep his poo firm and his coat shiny.
• I have a (rescue) dog who is very fussy and really enjoyed Nature's Menu but struggled to put on needed weight with it. Vet advised we should try to move to dry food completely.
  We tried every dry food in the 'naturals' collection and he hated the vast majority of them, and he gets a bad tummy from the majority of things we have tried (trials were usually 2 weeks long to give time to settle). He won't touch vegetables or fruit.
  The only thing he seems to enjoy and can tolerate is Bakers Complete (the one that has some big chunks in) and he has nicely gained some weight on it.
  We tried mixing in Nature's Menu aswell, but the results of his tummy are unpredictable with it so we are just sticking with the dry food for now with the odd bone from the butchers.
• The best ones on the retail market are James Wellbeloved and Wainwrights. No nasties, nothing that will give your dogs illness in the long term (colitis etc) it's all good stuff recommended by vets and dog trainers... and breeders... everyone, really.
  I do know some vets will recommend lower grade dry mixers that will cause your dog long term problems purely because it means ЈЈЈ for the vet, so be cautious.
• Some people appear to be confusing dry food with mixer.
  Most dried foods (kibble) are complete and need nothing adding but mixer is just biscuit to be added to tinned, raw or home cooked 'wet' meats/foods.
  Mine get a varied diet of a few weeks on complete, then a few on tinned (usually Butchers) with mixer. I never add to the complete as this upsets the balance and also never feed as much as the amounts suggested on packs. (When my brother-in-law got his guide dog and her food supply, he was told not to feed her anywhere near the amounts mentioned on the packaging)
• Thanks for the suggestions everyone.
  Interestingly he came to us eating Wainwrights dry food, but he hated it, so pretty soon we started adding the wet to make it more palatable for him and gradually ended up totally on wet food as he used to just lick round the kibble.
  Looks like we're almost going full circle with him.
• If you want to keep it simple, add a grain free dry dog food. No harmful stuff in it
  Our Shar pei likes wainwrights Turkey and veg grain free
• Most fillers are full of crap. Wheat and oats etc. but then that's the definition of mixer really isn't it.
  Robbies holistic do a dehydrated rice mixer. Yes it's rice but it's just rice and veg and you can see exactly what's in it. I used it when I needed to get some weight on my dog last year. You put some in a cup/bowl. Add warm water and wait until it's rehydrated and mix the meat in. The reason I went for this over another mixer is you can see exactly what you're feeding.
  https://landofholisticpets.co.uk/prod...at-free-mixer/
• James wellbeloved. Quality food, no crap. They don't need huge amounts. Our dogs are in excellent shape, very healthy.
• I use James Wellbeloved, Arden Grange and Wainwrights Grain free (depending on which I find at the best deal). Can't recommend them higher, my dogs all do very well on them
  I know anyone can feed their dog what they like but please be careful with Bakers. There is so much harmful ingredients in that bag its unreal. Might seem like a fine and healthy dog right now, but what it is doing in the long term is what worries me.