Royal Canin Beagle Adult Dry Dog Food12 months and over · adult weight 12–18 kg

Beagles are scent hounds bred to work all day on very little, and the result in a suburban garden is a dog with an enormous appetite, a nose that finds every dropped crumb, and a metabolism built for an amount of exercise she is not getting. Obesity in the breed is close to universal.

Fat is cut to 12%, the lowest of any breed adult food here, with fibre raised to 3.7% including psyllium so a full-looking bowl carries fewer calories and still satisfies her. Protein at 27% holds the dense muscle a working hound carries. EPA and DHA at 3 g/kg support skin and coat, and glucosamine and chondroitin support joints under a body that is very often heavier than it should be. For dogs from twelve months.

• Weight Management
• Satiety
• Joint Support
• Healthy Skin & Coat

Ingredients

Dehydrated poultry protein, maize, rice, wheat, hydrolysed animal proteins, animal fats, maize gluten, vegetable fibres, vegetable protein isolate (L.I.P. — protein selected for its very high digestibility), beet pulp, fish oil, minerals, yeasts and parts thereof, psyllium husks and seeds, soya oil, fructo-oligo-saccharides, hydrolysed yeast (source of manno-oligo-saccharides), borage oil, hydrolysed crustaceans (source of glucosamine), marigold extract (source of lutein), hydrolysed cartilage (source of chondroitin). Additives (per kg) — Nutritional additives: Vitamin A 28,500 IU · Vitamin D3 800 IU · E1 (Iron) 41 mg · E2 (Iodine) 4.1 mg · E4 (Copper) 13 mg · E5 (Manganese) 53 mg · E6 (Zinc) 135 mg · E8 (Selenium) 0.09 mg. Technological additives: Clinoptilolite of sedimentary origin 10 g. Sensory additives: tea extract (source of polyphenols) 150 mg. Preservatives. Antioxidants.

Looking after it

Store in a cool, dry place, sealed. Use within six weeks; decant the 12 kg. Bin lids that latch, counters kept clear, and everyone in the house on side — a Beagle will eat anything reachable and a great deal that isn't. Scent games tire her far more effectively than a longer walk. You should be able to feel her ribs easily; if you can't, she needs less food rather than more exercise.