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I cannot say enough about Jessie and her wonderful Tail Waggers! She has definitely made my dogs tail wag again. My poor dog Diego had a skin allergy, he was tormented and so was I. I brought him to the vet twice, both times injection and steroids. I felt these were only masking the symptoms not getting to the root of the problem.
So I did some research on the internet and found Jessie's blog on www.tailwaggers.ie So relieved that there were other things I could try for him as the vet said that there was nothing else I could do. I now have him on Natures Menu and gave him Quercetin supplement as recommended by Jessie.
All my three dogs are now on this diet. Diego has already started to relax and scratches not even a quarter as much as he used to. Owner and dog very relaxed and very happy!
Before picture After Picture
Before - You can see all the rusty red colour on his coat
After - The after shot his coat has turned to a silky soft black from a rusty red colour. His skin was itchy and hair would shed everywhere.
A huge difference, so happy with his food. Great food Natures Menu.
For people who wish to feed BARF diet (Bones and Raw Food) Natures Menu Traditional food is a completely balanced food which helps people who may not have the knowledge to create their own Barf diet. You have the secruity of knowing your dog has all it needs for growth, maintenance and repair throughout it's whole life without the toxicity of commercial food.
I have used and sold Natures Menu Traditional since it's inception many years ago. I have had 8 Dobermans in a pack and they have all eaten this food ALL their lives. From tiny puppies, the food in liquidized and they lap it up giving them all the growth ingredients the puppy requires. In teenage and middle age, the food provides the maintenance needed and in the old age the repair takes over, but no specialised food is necessary.
As there is no bulk there is no strain on the internal organs. The stools are properly formed, small and natural.
Turning from feeding commercial food to natural food I found all those ghastly skin and internal problems disappeared. No more vets bills - just happy, contented dogs with the knowledge that we humans no longer support commercial animal experimentation. All money spent on this food provides 100% nutrition. What could be better than that!!!!
Ornella Benson, Worcestershire
I first started feeding the AMP products several years ago when I was having a lot of difficulty finding a kibble that my dogs would like. Irish Wolfhounds can be very picky eaters, but from day one of feeding the BARF diet using the products from AMP, I've never had to worry. They sit at the gate whilst I am preparing it and I put it down and it's gone! Our Collie dances around on her hind legs waiting for her meal as soon as I get the tubs out of the fridge. She is ten and a half and people comment that they can't believe her age.
Breakfast usually consists of poultry necks and wings and then for supper it's one of the Free Flow minces with some wholegrain brown rice & fresh vegetables. The pups were tearing at raw chicken wings at four weeks old, excellent muscle exercise.
The health benefits are enormous and very few vet bills very welcome. No routine teeth cleaning (wings do that), no upset tums, no anal gland squeezing, no itchy skin and no slimy evil smelling poo!!
Feeding a natural diet is really easy but it is incredibly easy especially now that there are the 'complete nuggets' and blocks that just need to be taken out of the freezer and defrosted.
I know that by feeding the AMP products, my dogs and cats are getting a healthy, natural diet and look fantastic as a result. Sheena Evans - Braewisan Irish Wolfhounds
Macey loves her Natures Menu so much that she likes to spend time in her empty box.
She has been eating too much Natures Menu and cannot fit in the box anymore.
I have 2 dalmations, George and Tara which require a low protein diet . I have put them onto the Natures Menu and they love it. They don't mind if it is the lamb one or the beef one, I don't think they actually realise which flavour is down as it is gone in seconds and a clean plate every time which is good as there is no fussy eating with it. In fact asking them to sit and wait for their meat for breakfast can be hard as the excitement kicks in and they sit but you can see they are getting ready to tuck in as soon as the word go on then comes. I love the fact it has natural ingredients, rice, meat, vegetables and a nice low protein level for them. You can actually see the vegetables and rice in the meat and you know you are feeding them good food. They also love the tripe sticks as a treat and the Natures Menu meat treats are great for training them and for recalls down the park, they will come back to you for one of those compared to other treats and that is saying something for a dalmation who loves to run off and have selective hearing when you call on them even if they do have a BAER test claiming full hearing like my two!
I have a great dane named Rhys who loves the Natures Menu, he needs quite a few packets to keep him satisfied being a puppy but I know I am feeding him a good natural diet and I don't need to give him anything extra as it is all in the meat and a he is getting a balanced diet. He loves tripe sticks as a treat too, why are those things so smelly and yet my lad loves them! No kisses after he has munched through one of those, that is for sure! Natures Menu is also a good price which in these economic hard times is very good to know you are feeding good quality meat and it doesn't hit you hard on your pocket when you own such a large breed of dog. It comes in nice sized packets that fit easily in the freezer. I would definitely recommend this food to anyone who has a great dane with a big appetite. Also it is all delivered right to your door what more could you ask for.
I have a lovely little crossbreed dog called Neo, he is a dalmation cross Lhasa Apso. We have to be careful with the protein levels because of the dalmation side of him and also he is a small dog so we want to make sure he is eating a good well balanced diet so as not to put too much weight on. He is very energetic and we find a packet of Natures Menu a day keeps him going. He is a tough, strong little dog who is happy and healthy and I put that down to the Natures Menu. I definitely feel if you give your dog good food from the start you are looking after their future health and therefore vet bills later on in life. A very good food at a really good price. I wouldn't feed him anything else. Kind Regards Yvonne.
I would like to thank you for making my cat very happy after trying your food and treats. My cat is usually a fussy eater but she is better since she was introduced on your food.
Thank You, Naomi Black
I was so pleased to see that you now do the multi complete blocks in the Natures Menu and even better you do them in the multipacks. I used to buy the Prize Choice and the vegetable nuggets separately, as I have not got much room in our freezer so found the bags of nuggets taking up too much room. It will now save me time cooking her rice and putting everything together myself.
Thank you from a very pleased customer. The Natures Menu 300g blocks are perfect size and stack up and do not take up much room. Kind Regards Lesley :-)
I am a breeder of Miniature Poodles and love the breed. My husband and I also caravan when we can, between litters. The puppies are reared on both natural foods, raw food and Natures Menu Puppy food. The puppies are weaned at 4 weeks on raw chicken and then at 5 weeks are introduced to raw beef and tripe and Natures Menu Puppy food mixed in, as they grow they can then eat either raw food or Natures Menu puppy food. They grow fast and their coats are glossy and thick, they are bonny babies. At 8 weeks old the puppies are ready to go to new homes. Some people are squeamish about feeding or touching raw dog food, there is no problem, they are given a pack of both. One packet of Natures Menu Puppy food and one pack of Anglian Meats Tripe and Beef, they can then choose which to feed their puppy. I give a feeding guide and tell them where their nearest stockists are. I ask them not to feed other foods when the food the puppies were raised on is the best for them. Would I feed any other food? No I would not, why change when the food the puppies and other dogs are getting the best. When we caravan the dogs are fed on Natures menu, the packs are easily stored in the caravan and easy to feed to the dogs as well. Loretta Garner FLEURTESS POODLES
I took all 4 Tibetan Mastiffs to Crufts 11th March. Jampo came 1st in both his classes (Post Graduate dog & Good citizen dog)
Milo came 2nd & 3rd in his class (Good citizen dog & Post Graduate dog)
Casper came 3rd in his (Good citizen dog)
Saffie came 3rd in both her classes (Post Graduate bitch & good citizen bitch)
All Tibetan Mastiff clases - Left to Right in picture; Jampo, Saffie, Milo, Caspar & the collie x Dylan.
All dogs are fed on your products!
I have a very sick Golden Retriever. She had a caesarean and ended up being admitted to a referral centre (the equivalent of intensive care) for six days with her puppies. She was vomiting, had no peristalsis and was unable to empty her bladder for herself. The referral centre syringe fed her with a well known prescription diet which I continued on her return home. Unfortunately her bladder problem hasn't improved but the referral centre did manage to get her peristalsis working and stop the vomiting. She had no appetite and day after day of force feeding a dog you love is so upsetting, I can't tell you the pain it caused me. I tried to feed her on everything from scrambled eggs to fillet steak but she wasn't interested in anything. The problem was obviously made worse by the fact she was feeding six puppies. Someone suggested I tried your Natures Menu pouches. What a difference. She eats six sachets a day on her own with no help from me. She is now stable and starting her long road to recovery. I can't thank you enough. Sue Page
Murphy - I had to let you know how natures:menu has made a difference to our dogs life!!
He was a typical lab until he reached about 12 months and then he just wouldn't eat - of course he still ate treats and wotsits and cheese but would not touch his usual food. We tried all sorts of different brands - mostly dried complete foods and also some moist products. He would eat something new for about 3 days and then stop. We took him to the vets and they confirmed there was no problem with his health. He was so depressed everytime we put his food down and it was also making me and my husband upset.
I was surfing the internet and came across your website and so we picked up a few bags of nuggets from our local supplier. Murphy was so intrigued and was sitting in his bed anxiously waiting for the go ahead to eat as he knew he had something different. The difference was unbelievable - he bounded down the kitchen to his bowl and ate the lot! He has been on your nuggets menu for over 3 months now and he still eats every last morsel. He now sits in his bed waiting for his food to be served, drooling and runs to his bowl when we give him the go ahead!
We are so pleased that he has now put on weight and looks so healthy and wanted to thank you so much. Amanda.
I have started to feed Natures Menu to my 15 1/2 year old beardie collie. As she is a very old lady she has numerous health problems and her appetite was poor. I have tried lots of food including specialist vet diets (which she soon got fed up with) as I was worried as to how to help her. I tried the Natures Menu and was rewarded with a clean plate, I can even hide her medication in the food and it's all gone. What a difference seeing her enjoy her meals. She loves the vegetable medly too. I felt that I must let you know how pleased (and relieved) that she is eating again.
Many thanks Kathleen Keddie.
Happy customer - Just a note from a happy customer whose Hungarian 
Vizsla has been brought up on chicken wings and Banquet Nuggets. Even when we've been on holiday with Freddie to Dorset it is easy to take the frozen nuggets and just defrost however many we need each day for him. (Although he has been known to eat them BEFORE they thawed out!) It just goes to show how keen he is to eat them!
Many people have commented on how shiny and healthy his coat is and I tell them about the BARF diet he is on. Freddies sister, Raphie is also a Natures Menu fan, thanks to great breeders. They made sure all their pups got the best start in life, with BARF and recommended the Banquet Nuggets. We've carried this on and have not regretted it. Freddie is Fabulous!! Thank you for a great product. Mrs Penny Marshall.
Huge Thankyou - My name is Bob Appleton and I had to contact you to say 
a HUGE THANKYOU To you! I have been trying to find a food that Hermes – my cat, thoroughly enjoys for about 2 years. At last, thanks to my local pet shop – PET FAYRE – in Lower Earley I have found it. Your Chicken salmon and tuna is an absolute hit. The aforementioned CST variety would be the most perfect food in existence. Hermes’s happiness is absolutely paramount to me and we can see that no other food has produced such an emotional response from him. He thanks you and so do we. Well done, and buy your recipe team a beer from me!!! Love and best wishes to every one of your staff. Now a faithful customer for ever. (I can’t see him tiring of this)
Raphie - Here is Raphie, Raphaella formally, enjoying her chicken wing. 
Raphie is a Hungarian Vizsla puppy. She's on the BARF diet, which keeps her healthy, shiny and gorgeous! The BARF diet is really easy to make up, because it's so simple. She is 9 weeks old, having 3 chicken wings and 12 banquet nuggets a day! Breeders are Cathy and Rich Austin.
Happy Dog - I felt I had to write to you and tell you what a difference your meals have made to my dog. I used to feed him another well known brand of dog food which he used to leave. Since I have been feeding him your dog food it is a clean bowl every night. In fact he sits and watches me putting it into his bowl something he never did before. Yours Sincerely, Mrs CA Thomas.
Well done - Just had to let you know how pleased I am with your products. 
I feed my dogs on the pouches, my 8 month old on the junior and the other 2 on the adult. I love that it's all good wholesome ingredients, and only 60% meat, far too many dog foods have a high percentage of meat and that usually upsets my dogs stomachs. They devour ever morsal, chasing their bowls around the kitchen, then checking the other bowls in the vain hope that they have left a scrap (no chance). Very well done. I forgot, it is also very reasonably priced, bonus.
Brilliant Cat Food - I have a 12 year old burmese cat who has spent most of his life with allergic dermatitis in varying degrees. I tried everything, as did the vet. I changed carpet for wooden floors, stopped using chemicals etc. You name it, I did it. The day I started to feed him your food was the start of a new life for him! No more scratching, even the bald patches are growing back.He has no dried lumps of skin on him anymore (there was always great clumps of his hair around with the dried skin lumps on the end.. yeugh)His coat is shining, lump free. His appetite has increased and he has more energy. He has stopped moaning, and is even more loving. I could never have believed it. I have taken him off any dried food totally and only feed him your packets, of which he now eats 3 a day. He never ate more than 1 and half of the other stuff. I never normally write to anyone about things like this, but the change in him is nothing short of a miracle. The pet insurance company will notice I wont be claiming any more money for tests and examinations! My friend has two dogs and has started to change her pets too on my reccomendation. Already one of her dogs who was always at the vet with tummy problems is improving. Thank you - I will definitely tell the vet next time I see him. Years of discomfort and expense all over thanks to a simple change. Yours Jane Holden.
The puppy in the picture was one of twelve born on 2nd July 2007. They 
were given the treats as a night time snack, they just loved them. Each of the puppy owners were given a box of the treats and a box of the 400gm meat to encourage them to feed naturally and give natural treats. The treats are also great to use when training and I also use them as light snack when I go to dog shows. Irish Setters are a lovely Demonstrably affectionate breed, which makes them a fabulous family dog. They must be racy, balanced, handsome & refined in looks with a deep rich chestnut coat.
Mollie was born 24 January 2005 and the breeder is a committed BARF 
feeder so she was weaned on minced chicken. When we got her home at 7 weeks we continued the BARF feeding (as her older sister Hattie was already on the same diet). They are both as fit as the proverbial 'butcher's dogs' on their AMP Meat and Veg Mix for breakfast and then raw chicken wings or turkey necks for supper.
At her first attempt, Mollie, having qualified by winning her group at a champ show, won a second in Special Puppy Bitch at Crufts 2006. Then this year she beat that with a first in Post Grad Bitch at Crufts 2007. The pictures show her relaxing in the garden and then beating all the competition at Crufts 2007. What a girl! But most of all, like her sister Hattie (although really they are not related at all) they are happy healthy pets thanks to AMP.
Cat Treats - I am writing on behalf of my cat, Leida. About how much she loves your Chicken & Liver Mini Treats. I've tried various makes of treats 
and Leida either turns her nose up at them or loses interest after a short time. From the first time she tried them she loved them and now she demands them twice a day. As you can see from the photo, she'll sit by my feet while I'm on the computer and stare at me unti I give her some Mini Treats. She then goes off a very happy cat. This letter is to thank you from both Leida and myself for your wonderful product
Barf Diet - This is our 16 year old Golden Retriever enjoying a walk in a 
local field. He has been fed a BARF diet since we rescued from Dogs Trust 8 years ago. I strongly recommend Natures Menu products, he loves them and has never refused a meal or a walk! We also use Prize Choice products and fresh vegetables but sometimes it is more convenient to use Natures Menu. Max is a very willing ambassador for your products. Thank you. Maggie Roberts.
Raising a litter the BARF way - couldn't be easier. Mum, of course is on the 
BARF diet, so has oodles of lovely milk for her babes. At 3 weeks old I introduce the pups to chicken wings. They can't eat them at that age, but they can have a lovely suck and tear at the, and also exercise a lot of their muscle structure in the process. Then mum eats what they leave, which is excellent extra nutrition for her to aid in producing an overflowing milk bar! Gradually, as the days go by, the pups will manage to eat more of the flesh, then bits of bone, until a couple of weeks later they are able to eat the whole wing. As they start to get really inquisitive and need more to eat, I introduce them to various minces and pulped fruit and veg, yoghurt, eggs etc. So they get used to a variety of tastes and textures. And what lovely sturdy pups it produces - Great Stuff! - Mags Holt, Tovarysh Siberians.
My lovely 3 and a half year old German Shepherd Alfie just shows what a raw 
food diet will produce. He's fun, gentle - although can be a bit of a thug (doesn't realise he's 7 and a half stone of sheer muscle) as he thinks he is a Jack Russell, but is fin, happy and a loyal companion. Love him to bits. Jools.
Cat Food - I have two cats, Muffin (6years) and Cookie (8months), and I wanted to write to you about how much they enjoy your products! They are always waiting for me when I come home at night and there is always clear plates after meals! I also think your food is much better for them than the '4% meat' cat food you find elsewhere. Muffin will even sit down via hand signals and voice commands after being trained by eating your food! I hope you keep making your products, else you are going to have 2 very disappointed cats on your case! Many thanks, Pippa McGuinness
Success of BARF - I would like to share with you my BARF journey. I own and show 3 field spaniels, my eldest is 11 yrs old, he has been fed the BARF diet since he was 1 and a half since bringing him home from the breeders armed with puppy packs from various large food companies. I found he had continual digestive upsets and he looked and I'm sure felt continually miserable. My friend then handed me Ian Billinghursts books, I have never looked back. I reared my litter on the BARF method and to see them enjoy and grow steadily and strong was encouraging. I had seen and heard the horror stories of pups with skeletal problems because of 'overloading' their young bodies on 'alien' ingredients in commercial foods. We take all our frozen meat to the kennels when we holiday without our dogs and when we holiday in Scotland with the dogs, we take all their food with us and find out just incase we run out where we can buy Prize Choice food but we are usually well prepared. My dogs walk a minimum of an hour a day and are all an excellant advert for the way and what they are fed. THANKS FOR PRIZE CHOICE MEATS. Yours Michelle Elliott.
The benefits I found - I would like to email you to inform you on the great success of your products. We were feeding out 6 month old American Bulldog on a mix of dry food and tinned meat. However, he went off it pretty quickly and we looked at other foods. We started feeding him your frozen meats, chicken, beef, tripe etc. Almost immediately we noticed the following benefits: Increase in appetite, he eats every last bit! Excitement at feed times, he really looks forward to eating. His coat now has a lovely sheen. He was quite a sleepy dog, but not his energy levels have gone up ever since feeding him your feed. Drinks less - he was drinking constantly before. Better poops, more solid and less smelly. So all round a very good result! Thanks Natalie Parsons.
Awful skin problems - Molly our airdale is 12 years old and for the first 
ELEVEN years suffered with the most awful skin problems. Weeping sores, weals and lumpy scabby lumps that irritated her so much she would rub herself on any wall or hard surface until she bled. "Grandma.... Molly's eating herself again" was a constant cry. She also suffered from IBS, offen sick and passing blood. Veterinary drugs, potions, steriods, antidepressants cost a fortune and was of no use. I smothered her in anti itch cream, sudocream, vick! which was supposed to stop her, (but she liked that one) I did everything humanly possible. In May of last year she was so sad and totally depressed taking a prescribed drug, that I seriously thought of putting my beloved friend to sleep. She went to our favourite boarding kennels, where she is truely loved, and they suggested Natures Menu.... They started her off and I contiued. I made biscuits without any additives and cut out all dog products. Within 3 weeks she was so much better and continued daily. Today in the new year, she is a completely happy well dog with perfect skin and tummy much better. She loves raw meat, vegetables of any sort...... and bananas! And I imagine grateful! As she hated the specialist dried food I gave her. I assure it works and doesn't cost the thousands of pounds that I have spent on bill. Sincerely, Liz Dollah
Mini Treats - I have had to write to you as my mum and dad don't know 
what to do. My problem is, I am addicted to your mini treats. Mum and dad call them sweeties and they only have to mention the word and I'm there, bottom down (sitting) and paw up. Yes I am a very well mannered dog. Please keep making the mini treats. Best wishes Tommy B Goode.
My little Chihuahua is proof of the quality and effectiveness of your Natures Menu. She loves the Tripe, Heart and Liver and eats it with great relish. She always cleans her dish promptly. In the past I had difficulty finding a food that suited her, she was so pernickety, but Natures Menu is the one and only one she will eat and enjoy. As she is ten years old it keeps her in fine fettle, she is no fool and will not just eat anything. She is in 'tip top' health, has lovely shiny coat, such energy and still goes on her daily walks, she gets out of the door quicker than me! She is extremely alert too. I know and she knows it is down to the natural food - Natures Menu.
I am so pleased I discovered it, we are both content as a result. Robina Akalin from Redditch.
