A dog that spends its day actually working - herding, running trials, covering ground at a trot rather than a stroll - burns through calories a sofa-based dog never will, and the honest way to feed that difference is more fat in the bowl, not more bowl.

Autarky's Succulent Salmon here is built for that: salmon is a minimum of 35% of the recipe, and oil sits at 13.5%, noticeably higher than a general maintenance food. Poultry meal and chicken fat are also both in the composition alongside the salmon, and the recipe carries omega 3 at 1.1% and omega 6 at 2.8%. It's described as a complete food for adult working dogs up to around the onset of old age at 7 years.

• Salmon minimum 35%, plus poultry meal and chicken fat
• Protein 24%, oil 13.5%, fibre 3%, ash 6%
• Omega 3 at 1.1%, omega 6 at 2.8%
• Complete food for adult working dogs up to around 7 years old
• Yucca schidigera and a range of herbs included
• 12kg bag

On the name, again. Salmon is the largest single ingredient at a minimum of 35%, but poultry meal and chicken fat are both also in the composition - Autarky don't say how much of either. This is not a poultry-free option even though salmon leads the ingredient list and the name on the front.

Who it's for: owners of active or working adult dogs, up to around the age of 7, who want a higher-fat recipe built around salmon - and specifically not owners trying to avoid poultry altogether.