Arkwrights Sensitive Complete Dry Dog Food – Adult Dogs, 15kg

Arkwrights Sensitive Complete Extra Chicken – 15kg

Sensitive Complete is the wheat-free recipe in the Arkwrights line, and the one to reach for when a dog does well on everything except wheat. Meat and animal derivatives run to 26% of the food, of which 14% is chicken, and the analysis steps up to 22% crude protein and 10% oils and fats — noticeably richer than the 18% and 7% of the standard Arkwrights recipes.

Gilbertson & Page use maize gluten as the vegetable protein extract in place of wheat, and add FOS at 0.2% as a prebiotic along with yucca extract. They describe it as a balanced food for adult and senior dogs with sensitive stomachs, and sell it in 15kg only.

Performance & Benefits

• Made without wheat, using maize gluten as the vegetable protein extract.
• Chicken at 14% within 26% meat and animal derivatives — more than double the meat of the standard Arkwrights recipes.
• 22% crude protein and 10% crude oils and fats, a richer specification for hard-working or poorly-doing dogs.
• FOS at 0.2%, included by Gilbertson & Page as a prebiotic to promote healthy digestion.
• Yucca extract in the recipe.
• Wholegrain cereals for slow energy release, in a crunchy kibble that helps keep teeth clean.

Suitable For

• Adult and senior dogs with sensitive stomachs — Gilbertson & Page's own description of the food.
• Dogs that react to wheat specifically.
• Working dogs needing more protein and oil than the standard Arkwrights recipes supply.
• Not grain-free and not hypoallergenic: cereals and maize gluten remain, so a dog reacting to grain generally needs a grain-free diet instead.
• Gilbertson & Page publish a wheat-free claim only. They make no dairy-free or soya-free claim for this food, so it should not be chosen on that basis.

Feeding

• Gilbertson & Page use one guide across the Arkwrights range: up to 200g daily under 10kg, 200–370g for 10–20kg, 370–680g for 20–45kg, and above 680g over 45kg.
• This recipe is richer than the standard ones, so start at the lower end of the band and adjust on body condition.
• Two meals a day suits most adults; split it further for a dog with a delicate stomach.
• Change over slowly — a sensitive dog is exactly the one that reacts to a sudden switch.
• Fresh drinking water at all times.

Composition & Analysis

• Composition: cereals, meat and animal derivatives (26% including 14% chicken), oils and fats, vegetable protein extracts (maize gluten), minerals, FOS (0.2%), yucca extract.
• Analytical constituents: crude protein 22%, crude oils and fats 10%, crude fibre 3%, crude ash 9%.
• Sold in 15kg only. The standard Arkwrights Chicken and Beef recipes are also packed in 4kg.
• Gilbertson & Page publish no vitamin or trace element figures online for this recipe, so none are quoted here.