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Happy customer - Just a note from a happy customer whose Hungarian Vizsla has been brought up on chicken wings and Banquet Nuggets. Even when we've been on holiday with Freddie to Dorset it is easy to take the frozen nuggets and just defrost however many we need each day for him. (Although he has been known to eat them BEFORE they thawed out!) It just goes to show how keen he is to eat them!
Many people have commented on how shiny and healthy his coat is and I tell them about the BARF diet he is on. Freddies sister, Raphie is also a Natures Menu fan, thanks to great breeders. They made sure all their pups got the best start in life, with BARF and recommended the Banquet Nuggets. We've carried this on and have not regretted it. Freddie is Fabulous!! Thank you for a great product. Mrs Penny Marshall.

Huge Thankyou - My name is Bob Appleton and I had to contact you to say a HUGE THANKYOU To you! I have been trying to find a food that Hermes – my cat, thoroughly enjoys for about 2 years. At last, thanks to my local pet shop – PET FAYRE – in Lower Earley I have found it. Your Chicken salmon and tuna is an absolute hit. The aforementioned CST variety would be the most perfect food in existence. Hermes’s happiness is absolutely paramount to me and we can see that no other food has produced such an emotional response from him. He thanks you and so do we. Well done, and buy your recipe team a beer from me!!! Love and best wishes to every one of your staff. Now a faithful customer for ever. (I can’t see him tiring of this)

Raphie - Here is Raphie, Raphaella formally, enjoying her chicken wing. Raphie is a Hungarian Vizsla puppy. She's on the BARF diet, which keeps her healthy, shiny and gorgeous! The BARF diet is really easy to make up, because it's so simple. She is 9 weeks old, having 3 chicken wings and 12 banquet nuggets a day! Breeders are Cathy and Rich Austin.

Happy Dog - I felt I had to write to you and tell you what a difference your meals have made to my dog. I used to feed him another well known brand of dog food which he used to leave. Since I have been feeding him your dog food it is a clean bowl every night. In fact he sits and watches me putting it into his bowl something he never did before. Yours Sincerely, Mrs CA Thomas.

Well done - Just had to let you know how pleased I am with your products. I feed my dogs on the pouches, my 8 month old on the junior and the other 2 on the adult. I love that it's all good wholesome ingredients, and only 60% meat, far too many dog foods have a high percentage of meat and that usually upsets my dogs stomachs. They devour ever morsal, chasing their bowls around the kitchen, then checking the other bowls in the vain hope that they have left a scrap (no chance). Very well done. I forgot, it is also very reasonably priced, bonus.

Brilliant Cat Food - I have a 12 year old burmese cat who has spent most of his life with allergic dermatitis in varying degrees. I tried everything, as did the vet. I changed carpet for wooden floors, stopped using chemicals etc. You name it, I did it. The day I started to feed him your food was the start of a new life for him! No more scratching, even the bald patches are growing back.He has no dried lumps of skin on him anymore (there was always great clumps of his hair around with the dried skin lumps on the end.. yeugh)His coat is shining, lump free. His appetite has increased and he has more energy.  He has stopped moaning, and is even more loving. I could never have believed it.  I have taken him off any dried food totally and only feed him your packets, of which he now eats 3 a day.  He never ate more than 1 and half of the other stuff. I never normally write to anyone about things like this, but the change in him is nothing short of a miracle. The pet insurance company will notice I wont be claiming any more money for tests and examinations! My friend has two dogs and has started to change her pets too on my reccomendation. Already one of her dogs who was always at the vet with tummy problems is improving. Thank you - I will definitely tell the vet next time I see him. Years of discomfort and expense all over thanks to a simple change. Yours Jane Holden.

The puppy in the picture was one of twelve born on 2nd July 2007. They were given the treats as a night time snack, they just loved them. Each of the puppy owners were given a box of the treats and a box of the 400gm meat to encourage them to feed naturally and give natural treats. The treats are also great to use when training and I also use them as light snack when I go to dog shows. Irish Setters are a lovely Demonstrably affectionate breed, which makes them a fabulous family dog. They must be racy, balanced, handsome & refined in looks with a deep rich chestnut coat.

Mollie was born 24 January 2005 and the breeder is a committed BARF feeder so she was weaned on minced chicken. When we got her home at 7 weeks we continued the BARF feeding (as her older sister Hattie was already on the same diet). They are both as fit as the proverbial 'butcher's dogs' on their AMP Meat and Veg Mix for breakfast and then raw chicken wings or turkey necks for supper.
At her first attempt, Mollie, having qualified by winning her group at a champ show, won a second in Special Puppy Bitch at Crufts 2006. Then this year she beat that with a first in Post Grad Bitch at Crufts 2007. The pictures show her relaxing in the garden and then beating all the competition at Crufts 2007. What a girl! But most of all, like her sister Hattie (although really they are not related at all) they are happy healthy pets thanks to AMP.

Cat Treats - I am writing on behalf of my cat, Leida. About how much she  loves your Chicken & Liver Mini Treats. I've tried various makes of treats and Leida either turns her nose up at them or loses interest after a short time. From the first time she tried them she loved them and now she demands them twice a day. As you can see from the photo, she'll sit by my feet while I'm on the computer and stare at me unti I give her some Mini Treats. She then goes off a very happy cat. This letter is to thank you from both Leida and myself for your wonderful product

Barf Diet - This is our 16 year old Golden Retriever enjoying a walk in a local field. He has been fed a BARF diet since we rescued from Dogs Trust 8 years ago. I strongly recommend Natures Menu products, he loves them and has never refused a meal or a walk! We also use Prize Choice products and fresh vegetables but sometimes it is more convenient to use Natures Menu. Max is a very willing ambassador for your products. Thank you. Maggie Roberts.

Raising a litter the BARF way - couldn't be easier. Mum, of course is on the BARF diet, so has oodles of lovely milk for her babes. At 3 weeks old I introduce the pups to chicken wings. They can't eat them at that age, but they can have a lovely suck and tear at the, and also exercise a lot of their muscle structure in the process. Then mum eats what they leave, which is excellent extra nutrition for her to aid in producing an overflowing milk bar! Gradually, as the days go by, the pups will manage to eat more of the flesh, then bits of bone, until a couple of weeks later they are able to eat the whole wing. As they start to get really inquisitive and need more to eat, I introduce them to various minces and pulped fruit and veg, yoghurt, eggs etc. So they get used to a variety of tastes and textures. And what lovely sturdy pups it produces - Great Stuff! - Mags Holt, Tovarysh Siberians.

My lovely 3 and a half year old German Shepherd Alfie just shows what a raw food diet will produce. He's fun, gentle - although can be a bit of a thug (doesn't realise he's 7 and a half stone of sheer muscle) as he thinks he is a Jack Russell, but is fin, happy and a loyal companion. Love him to bits. Jools.

Cat Food - I have two cats, Muffin (6years) and Cookie (8months), and I wanted to write to you about how much they enjoy your products! They are always waiting for me when I come home at night and there is always clear plates after meals! I also think your food is much better for them than the '4% meat' cat food you find elsewhere. Muffin will even sit down via hand signals and voice commands after being trained by eating your food! I hope you keep making your products, else you are going to have 2 very disappointed cats on your case! Many thanks, Pippa McGuinness

Success of BARF - I would like to share with you my BARF journey. I own and show 3 field spaniels, my eldest is 11 yrs old, he has been fed the BARF diet since he was 1 and a half since bringing him home from the breeders armed with puppy packs from various large food companies. I found he had continual digestive upsets and he looked and I'm sure felt continually miserable. My friend then handed me Ian Billinghursts books, I have never looked back. I reared my litter on the BARF method and to see them enjoy and grow steadily and strong was encouraging. I had seen and heard the horror stories of pups with skeletal problems because of 'overloading' their young bodies on 'alien' ingredients in commercial foods. We take all our frozen meat to the kennels when we holiday without our dogs and when we holiday in Scotland with the dogs, we take all their food with us and find out just incase we run out where we can buy Prize Choice food but we are usually well prepared. My dogs walk a minimum of an hour a day and are all an excellant advert for the way and what they are fed. THANKS FOR PRIZE CHOICE MEATS. Yours Michelle Elliott.

The benefits I found - I would like to email you to inform you on the great success of your products. We were feeding out 6 month old American Bulldog on a mix of dry food and tinned meat. However, he went off it pretty quickly and we looked at other foods. We started feeding him your frozen meats, chicken, beef, tripe etc. Almost immediately we noticed the following benefits: Increase in appetite, he eats every last bit! Excitement at feed times, he really looks forward to eating. His coat now has a lovely sheen. He was quite a sleepy dog, but not his energy levels have gone up ever since feeding him your feed. Drinks less - he was drinking constantly before. Better poops, more solid and less smelly. So all round a very good result! Thanks Natalie Parsons.

Awful skin problems - Molly our airdale is 12 years old and for the first ELEVEN years suffered with the most awful skin problems. Weeping sores, weals and lumpy scabby lumps that irritated her so much she would rub herself on any wall or hard surface until she bled. "Grandma.... Molly's eating herself again" was a constant cry. She also suffered from IBS, offen sick and passing blood. Veterinary drugs, potions, steriods, antidepressants cost a fortune and was of no use. I smothered her in anti itch cream, sudocream, vick! which was supposed to stop her, (but she liked that one) I did everything humanly possible. In May of last year she was so sad and totally depressed taking a prescribed drug, that I seriously thought of putting my beloved friend to sleep. She went to our favourite boarding kennels, where she is truely loved, and they suggested Natures Menu.... They started her off and I contiued. I made biscuits without any additives and cut out all dog products. Within 3 weeks she was so much better and continued daily. Today in the new year, she is a completely happy well dog with perfect skin and tummy much better. She loves raw meat, vegetables of any sort...... and bananas! And I imagine grateful! As she hated the specialist dried food I gave her. I assure it works and doesn't cost the thousands of pounds that I have spent on bill. Sincerely, Liz Dollah

Mini Treats - I have had to write to you as my mum and dad don't know what to do. My problem is, I am addicted to your mini treats. Mum and dad call them sweeties and they only have to mention the word and I'm there, bottom down (sitting) and paw up. Yes I am a very well mannered dog. Please keep making the mini treats. Best wishes Tommy B Goode.