Yourdog shikoku pup

Yourdog Shikoku ensures the holistic health and well-being of your dog. All Yourdog varieties contain tasty buffalo and chicken. We combine this with carefully selected vegetables, fruits, and herbs to create the perfect nutrition for your Shikoku.

Why Yourdog Shikoku

• Rich in buffalo and poultry
• Specially made for the Shikoku
• Contains Nettle, Chondroitin, and Spirulina
• Promotes a healthy, shiny coat
• Maintains healthy gut flora
• Free from artificial fragrances, colours, or flavourings
• Also suitable for sensitive Shikokus

Our ingredients

To make our feed, 10.6 kg of meat is dried for a 12 kg bag, making it easier to process into our kibble. With the right amount of vegetables, fruits, and herbs, Yourdog is a healthy, nutritious choice for dogs.

Buffalo

At Yourdog, we use meat from free-range and grass-fed buffalo. Buffalo meat is known for its creamy, fresh taste and rich colour, and it's packed with vitamins and minerals. With lower cholesterol and fat content, and fewer calories, this tender meat is bursting with health benefits.

Poultry

At Yourdog, we use duck, chicken, and turkey, which together create a delicious taste and aroma for the kibble. The highly digestible proteins in the poultry ensure good muscle development and are rich in vitamins and minerals.

Vegetables

To provide dogs with extra valuable nutrients, super-healthy vegetables have been added to our food. Vegetables are not only nutritious but also have other healthy properties. The crude fibre in vegetables is good for the intestines and can contribute to digestion, among other things.

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Fruits

We add a unique combination of fruits to Yourdog, ensuring that your dog receives all essential, natural antioxidants. Fruit can be good for the dog's immune system, and it can also contribute to fresh breath or maintaining healthy digestion. These natural ingredients promote the dog's health.

Herbs

The healthy herbs that enrich our food come from European plants. The use of herbs, roots, flowers, plants, and seaweed, among others, dates back thousands of years. These ingredients support the natural processes in the dog's body, such as digestion. Every ingredient we add to our dog food is carefully selected for its positive properties. Depending on the dog's size, breed, or breed group, specific ingredients are highlighted. Breed-specific issues can be reduced by using herbs, roots, flowers, and plants.

Shikoku-specific vegetables, herbs, and fruits

We have carefully researched the breed characteristics of the Shikoku. We have also researched the characteristics of the FCI breed section and the FCI breed group to which the Shikoku belongs. From these studies, in consultation with leading Dutch nutritionists, ingredients have been selected that optimally benefit the health and well-being of the Shikoku.

Nettle

Nettle is a genus of plants found in the Netherlands and Belgium, including the common nettle and the small nettle. Nettle is known for its cleansing and blood-purifying effects. According to various sources, nettle is antibacterial and therefore very suitable for infectious diseases. The leaves are also suitable for diarrhoea or other digestive disorders.

Nettle supports the function of the liver and kidneys by stimulating the breakdown of waste products. In addition, it supports the bladder and hair growth in dogs.

Nettle also contains silicic acid, or silicon. This is a building block that is part of connective tissue in bones, tendons, ligaments, skin, hair, and nails, among other things. Silicon supports the natural production of skin (cells) and helps maintain healthy skin.

At Yourdog, we add nettle to our dog food because it can positively contribute to preventing breed-specific complaints related to the dog's coat, skin, and bones, as well as preventing digestive and/or urination problems.

Chondroitin

Chondroitin occurs naturally in the dog's body and is one of the main components of cartilage tissue. In dogs, chondroitin is able to attract and retain moisture, which should provide a sponge-like cushioning in the cartilage.

Chondroitin improves the flexibility of cartilage and also has pain-relieving and anti-inflammatory effects. In addition, it stimulates the production of the building blocks needed for healthy cartilage.

If chondroitin is given in combination with glucosamine, it supports and strengthens the effect of glucosamine. It is therefore often given as a dietary supplement for people and animals suffering from osteoarthritis.

Spirulina

Spirulina is a dietary supplement with an exceptionally high nutritional value, made from blue-green algae found in tropical and subtropical regions. It belongs to the family of microalgae. Did you know that spirulina can be grown in space and consists of 60 to 70% protein?

It is rich in vitamins, including B12, minerals such as calcium, iron, zinc, magnesium and potassium, and all essential amino acids. Spirulina can generally contribute to the health and well-being of dogs. In addition, it can contribute to supporting the immune system and promoting healthy skin and a shiny coat. The algae also has a detoxifying effect and promotes digestion.

Puppy, adult or senior?

To help you make the right choice between our Shikoku dog food varieties, you can use the following guidelines. If your Shikoku is younger than 11 months, choose the Puppy variant. For a Shikoku older than 7 years, we recommend Yourdog Shikoku Senior. If your dog is older than 11 months and younger than 7 years, you can choose the Adult variant.

Palatability Guarantee

We are convinced of the quality of our food. Therefore, we provide a palatability guarantee on all Yourdog packages. If your Shikoku does not seem to like its Yourdog dog food, please contact us. We will help you analyse the problems. If we cannot resolve it together, you will receive a refund of your purchase amount.

Feeding advice

	Age in months
Adult weight (kg)	1	2	3	4	6	12	18
2.5	30	60	70	65	55	x
5	55	100	100	115	110	95	x
7.5	75	135	140	155	145	125	x
15	100	180	235	235	290	265	215
25	105	190	285	305	380	385	315
30	110	215	320	410	425	395	360
35	115	230	345	445	470	440	405
45	135	250	385	500	550	530	485
60	140	265	420	560	665	815	605
80	150	255	460	580	760	1010	750

Transition advice

If you are switching to Yourdog from another feed brand, we recommend following these steps. For the first step, feed 25% Yourdog and 75% of the old dog food. The dog can get used to this for two days. Then feed 50% Yourdog and 50% of the old dog food. It is important that you let the dog get used to this for another two or three days. After that, mix 75% Yourdog and 25% of the old dog food. The dog will now be almost entirely on Yourdog. Do this for 2 days. After your own discretion, you can then start feeding 100% Yourdog Shikoku dog food.

Storage advice

After opening the Yourdog packaging, the food is exposed to oxygen, moisture, and light, which can affect its shelf life and taste. Therefore, it is important to store the food properly after opening the bag, preferably in an airtight storage container or bin in a dry, cool, and dark place. It is best not to pour the food loosely into the bin, but to place the entire bag, which you seal as tightly as possible again, into the bin.

Composition

Maize, dried chicken (30%), poultry fat, peas, dried buffalo (3.5%), choline chloride, glucosamine, chondroitin, vegetable mix (including tomato), fruit mix (including cranberry), herb mix (including nettle, spirulina)

Analytical constituents

Crude protein 28%, crude fat 16%, crude fibre 3.3%, crude ash 6.8%, Calcium 1.7%, Phosphorus 1.3%

Nutritional values

Vitamin A 20,000 IU (E672), vitamin D3 1,400 IU (E671), vitamin E as all rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (3a700) 500 mg, E1 Fe as iron(II) sulphate, monohydrate: 50 mg, E2 I as calcium iodate, anhydrous: 1.5 mg, E4 Cu as copper(II) sulphate, pentahydrate: 5.0 mg, E5 Mn as manganese(II) oxide: 35 mg, E6 Zn as zinc oxide: 70 mg, E8 Se as sodium selenite: 0.2 mg.

Composition Maize, dried chicken (30%), poultry fat, peas, dried buffalo (3.5%), choline chloride, glucosamine, chondroitin, vegetable mix (including tomato), fruit mix (including cranberry), herb mix (including nettle, spirulina) Analytical constituents Crude protein 28%, crude fat 16%, crude fibre 3.3%, crude ash 6.8%, Calcium 1.7%, Phosphorus 1.3% Additives Vitamin A 20,000 IU (E672), vitamin D3 1,400 IU (E671), vitamin E as all rac-alpha-tocopheryl acetate (3a700) 500 mg, E1 Fe as iron(II) sulphate, monohydrate: 50 mg, E2 I as calcium iodate, anhydrous: 1.5 mg, E4 Cu as copper(II) sulphate, pentahydrate: 5.0 mg, E5 Mn as manganese(II) oxide: 35 mg, E6 Zn as zinc oxide: 70 mg, E8 Se as sodium selenite: 0.2 mg.

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