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WorkingHPRs Working Dog: Large Breed Chicken & Rice review

Name: WorkingHPRs Working Dog: Large Breed Chicken & Rice
Brand: WorkingHPRs

50.8/100Good

DryAdult

Flavour

WorkingHPRs' plainest line: four cereal-and-meat-meal recipes for busy dogs on long days. Lamb & Rice, Turkey & Rice and Large Breed Chicken & Rice sit in our Good band. Chicken & Rice Cube is a band under, its poultry meal and undeclared moisture leaving it the least to show.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Working and sporting dogs on long days, the audience the line is named for
Kennels and multi-dog homes where one simple recipe does for several dogs
A named animal: lamb meal and turkey meal, each at 26%
Big working dogs. The large breed recipe adds joint support and salmon oil
Cereal-fed dogs that have never had trouble with it

Worth watching

Poultry meal on both chicken recipes, so the bird in the name is not confirmed
Poultry fat in all four, so none keeps to one animal
Modest protein for building condition on a lean dog

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

How this scores

How we score

50.8/100Good

Protein and processingAverage

Nutritional balanceAverage

TransparencyOutstanding

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adults, the large breed recipe from a 25kg dog upward. A dog genuinely working eats more than the 15kg figures, and the bags' charts are written with that in mind.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult

Breed size

Large

Main protein

Chicken

The score, in context

Turkey 58.0
Lamb 56.1
Large Breed Chicken 50.8
Chicken 43.6

Four recipes across Good and Average. Typical dry food: Good.

The gap between the cube and the other three is mostly about what the labels tell you, not the day your dog is having.

What's in it

Poultry meal26%No bird named.
Rice26%
Barley, oats
Poultry fat
Sugar beet pulp
Chicken hydrolysateA palatant that names the bird the meal does not.
Brewers yeast
Salmon oilMarine omega 3s, so not fish free.
Minerals, vitamins
Glucosamine, methylsulfonylmethane, chondroitin sulphate0.03%, 0.03%, 0.02%The joint trio, with percentages.

Vitamins A and D3 and biotin, with iron, zinc, manganese, copper, iodine and selenium dosed per kilo.

Named ingredients

Poultry Meal (26%), Rice (26%), Barley, Oats, Poultry Fat, Sugar Beet Pulp, Chicken Hydrolysate, Brewers Yeast, Salmon Oil, Minerals, Vitamins, Glucosamine (0.03%), Methylsulfonylmethane (0.03%), Chondroitin Sulphate (0.02%)

Against the range

Fat, dry matter: 15.3%; Much the richest; 9.2% to 10.9% on the others.
Joint support: Glucosamine, MSM, chondroitin; None on the other three.
Feeding chart: Starts at a 25kg dog; The others start at small dogs.

The richest bowl in the line and the one built for big working dogs.

All four open on a meat meal at 26% and rice at 26%, with barley and oats behind. A meal has had its water driven off, so that share puts far more protein in the kibble than a fresh entry would. Poultry fat runs through every recipe, the lamb and turkey included. Cereal carries a lot: estimated carbohydrate runs from 47.0% to 55.0% of dry matter against 46.2% typical, and protein sits modestly between 21.7% and 25.1%. Fat is what separates them most, from 9.2% to 15.3% of dry matter.

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

350 kcal/100g

Protein

23%

Fat

14%

Fibre

Ash

7.5%

Moisture

8.5%

Dry weight

Protein

25.1%

Fat

15.3%

Fibre

4.4%

Ash

8.2%

Carbs

47%

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

29.5%

Carbs

63.6%

Oils

4.9%

Other

Pricing & size