Skinner's

Skinner's Field & Trial Junior review

Name: Skinner's Field & Trial Junior
Brand: Skinner's

48.7/100Average

DryPuppy

A plainly built junior kibble from a working dog maker, meant for the stretch between puppy food and adult food. It sits in our Average band. What sets it apart is the tail of the label, where the supplements come with doses, from MOS at 2500mg/kg down to yucca at 100mg/kg.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Growing gundogs and busy adolescents, at 384 kcal per 100g against the 376 typical of a puppy dry food
Owners who want the extras in figures: MOS, FOS, glucosamine and chondroitin sulphate all dosed on the bag
Juniors who take cereal happily
Anyone who likes the bird behind a meat meal named. This one is at least 95% chicken
A fully dosed vitamin and trace element panel, with chelated minerals alongside the salts

Worth watching

No calcium figure, so a large-breed junior's growth plan cannot be set from this bag
Wheat in the base, relevant if your dog has reacted to it before
Poultry fat that names no bird, and a meat meal whose remainder past the chicken is unidentified
Carbohydrate at an estimated 43.5% of dry matter, above the 39.0% typical of a puppy dry food

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

48.7/100Average

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceGood

TransparencyExcellent

ValueAverage

The details

Dog fit

Listed for puppies and juniors of every size. Before ordering for a large or giant breed, ask Skinner's for the calcium figure the label leaves out.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Puppy

Breed size

Toy, Small, Medium, Large, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Skinner's Field & Trial Junior 48.7

All one Average. Typical dry food: Good.

Construction earns this one its place: a named meat meal, a quantified tail and an analysis that matches the front, held back by what the label leaves unsaid.

What's in it

Poultry meat meal (min. 95% chicken)32.5%Rendered and already dry, so the share holds through the oven. The other 5% of the bird is not named.
Maize, wheatThe front of a four-cereal base. Wheat is the one that comes up most in dogs with a sensitivity.
Brown rice
Poultry fatThe added energy, and unlike the meal it names no bird.
Naked oats
Beet pulp, whole linseedGentle fibre, and plant omega 3 from the linseed.
Vitamins & minerals, marine algae meal
MOS, FOS2500mg/kg, 1000mg/kgA proper prebiotic pairing for the large intestine.
Herb blend750mg/kgThe one extra that keeps its contents to itself.
Glucosamine, chondroitin sulphate, seaweed, yucca250mg/kg down to 100mg/kgJoint support first, every one dosed.

Vitamins A, D3 and E with taurine at 100mg per kilo, and most trace elements given twice, once as a salt and once as a chelate, plus organic selenium and clinoptilolite clay.

No calcium figure on the label. For a large or giant breed junior, ask Skinner's for it.

Named ingredients

Poultry meat meal (min. 95% chicken) 32.5%, Maize, Wheat, Brown rice, Poultry fat, Naked oats, Beet pulp, Whole linseed, Vitamins & minerals, Marine algae meal, MOS 2500mg/kg, FOS 1000mg/kg, Herb blend 750mg/kg, Glucosamine 250mg/kg, Chondroitin sulphate 150mg/kg, Seaweed 150mg/kg, Yucca 100mg/kg

Against the range

One recipe: a named chicken meal over a four-cereal base, with poultry fat as the added energy and a supplement tail where every extra but the herb blend carries a printed dose.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

384 kcal/100g

Protein

27%

Fat

16%

Fibre

Ash

Moisture

Dry weight

Protein

29.3%

Fat

17.4%

Fibre

2.2%

Ash

7.6%

Carbs

43.5%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

32.5%

Carbs

61.1%

Veg

0.5%

Oils

3.5%

Other

2.3%

Pricing & size