We've messed around with various foods but when Grace had her first knee repair and the Vet suspected there was lack of nutrients when she was a stray, he suggested Hills J/D. I can give first-hand experience that the results were apparent after about a week - especially with her ability to move around. It was too much of a mission though to try and separate the two dogs from eating each others food, so we just moved the other Dog to J/D as well. When Lucy-fer the puppy arrived we opted for Hills Puppy but after a while it was just a free-for-all looting spree (????) with each dog for himself. So we eventually settled on Hills Adult for all three. Its a good balance my Vet says - not in the Yorkshire Pork category, but definitely better than el-cheapo. We add a bit of collagen Power for the joints of the older dogs.
We also try and avoid the treats, but with a Food-Driven Puppy, training was done with treats, so the other dogs had to get too....
So now we have morning and evening Beeno biscuits. And then also (much to the disgust of my Houghton family) what we call pre-wash before the plates go into the dishwasher. We're saving water by not rinsing the plates I tell them....
