Bakers Chicken dog food
Bakers is one of the UK's longest-running everyday dry dog food brands, and the Chicken recipe is one of its core lines. We stock it as one of the straightforward, widely available dry foods on our shelves, alongside the bigger premium and budget names either side of it. It suits an owner who wants a familiar, no-fuss complete food rather than something from the newer grain-free or raw end of the market.
What Bakers Chicken is
Bakers sits in the mainstream, widely available part of the dry dog food market. The kibble is made up of small meal-shaped pieces in a mix of colours, which is part of what makes the brand instantly recognisable on a shelf, and the Chicken recipe uses chicken as its named meat protein rather than a beef or lamb base.
It is marketed as a complete food, meaning it is intended to provide everything an adult dog needs from that bowl alone, without extra supplementing. That is a reasonable claim to expect of any complete dry food, Bakers included, and it is worth checking the pack for the specific life stage a bag is intended for before you buy it.
Who it tends to suit
This is a brand that suits owners looking for a straightforward, accessible everyday food rather than a specialist formulation. It is not marketed as hypoallergenic or grain-free, and it is not aimed at dogs with a diagnosed sensitivity, so a dog with a known food intolerance is usually better served by a more targeted recipe.
For a healthy adult dog with no particular dietary restrictions, an everyday chicken-based complete food like this one is a perfectly ordinary choice. As with any food, how well it actually suits your dog comes down to their own digestion and preferences rather than the brand name on the bag, so it is worth watching how they get on with it over the first couple of weeks.
Feeding it well
If you are switching a dog onto Bakers Chicken from a different food, introduce it gradually over a week or so, mixing increasing amounts in with what they are already eating rather than swapping the bowl over in one go. That is good practice with any new dry food, not just this one, and it is the single biggest thing owners skip when a new bag causes an upset stomach.
Treats and chews are worth thinking about as an addition to, not a replacement for, the main complete food. Keeping treat time separate and moderate means the balance in the complete food is not undone by what comes on top of it.
This range
Everything below is in stock with us, priced with delivery worked out, and packed and posted by hand in the UK.
Chicken-Wrapped Milk Stick Dog Treats
Chewy dog treats of soft milk sticks wrapped in real chicken for tasty, protein-rich rewarding.
From£12.99
Dried Catnip & Cat Grass Leaf Treats
A tub of dried catnip and cat grass leaves to sprinkle over toys, scratchers and bedding.
From£8.99
Whiskas 1+ Lamb Adult Dry Cat Food
Complete lamb dry food for adult cats in a practical 1.9KG bag
£12.39
Whiskas 1 Tuna Adult Dry Cat Food
Complete tuna dry food for adult cats, offered in several bag sizes
From£3.19
Whiskas Kitten Chicken Dry Cat Food
Complete chicken dry food for kittens, available in several bag sizes
From£3.19
Whiskas 7+ Senior Cat Complete Dry with Chicken
Complete chicken dry food for senior cats aged 7+ in a 1.9KG bag
£12.39
Catit Nibbly Jerky Chicken & Fish Treats
Soft chicken and fish jerky treats for cats, two named meats high on the list, grain free
£1.89
Catit Creamy Tuna Treats 4 Pk
Lickable 26% tuna purée tubes for cats, 4 x 10g, up to 3 a day in place of main meal
£1.89
Dreamies Meaty Sticks Adult Cat Treats with Scrumptious Salmon
Soft meaty stick treats for adult cats with salmon, individually wrapped, not for kittens
£1.59
Dreamies Creamy Adult Cat & Kitten Treats with Scrumptious Salmon
Creamy lickable salmon treats for cats and kittens, in a 40g pack with taurine
£1.59
Stop Bloody Scratching Treats Chicken Flavour 90 Tablets
Chicken-flavoured tablets from Pets Calm Down, made in the UK, ninety to a pack, given daily as a treat to support skin and coat condition in itchy dogs.
£22.99
Dreamies Shakeups Seafood Celebrations Cat Treats
Complementary Dreamies Shakeups tuna, salmon and shrimp treats, 55G
£2.05
Common questions
- Is Bakers a good brand of dog food?
- Bakers is a widely available, mainstream complete dry food. It is not marketed as a premium or specialist range, and whether it suits your dog comes down to their own digestion and any known sensitivities rather than the brand's reputation, which is true of any food you choose.
- Does Giddy Pets stock the full Bakers range?
- No. We stock a selection from the wider Bakers range rather than every recipe the brand makes. What is shown in the grid on this page reflects what we currently have available to order, and that can change as stock does.
- How do I switch my dog onto Bakers Chicken?
- Introduce it gradually over about a week, mixing a little more of the new food in with the old at each meal rather than swapping straight over. That slower transition is the main thing that prevents a new food causing loose stools in an otherwise healthy dog.
- What if my dog doesn't get on with it?
- Watch their stools, appetite and coat over the first couple of weeks on any new food. If they seem unsettled and it does not improve, or if they seem unwell in any way, speak to your vet rather than persisting with a food that clearly does not agree with them.
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Written by Matt Garnett, who runs Giddy Pets and is a lifelong pet owner — not a vet. This is general information, not veterinary advice, and it cannot replace an examination by the vet who knows your animal. How we write these guides.