Nicholson's Raw Animal Foods
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Nicholson's Raw Animal Foods
We are a family run business based in Southend On Sea in Sunny Essex, with over 40 years' experience, in breeding training, and the welfare, of dog's cats and various animals. We only use human grade chicken in our raw dog food, sourced from Defra Approved plants. Our chicken mince has nothing added or taken away, we mince the whole carcase of the chicken including the skin and we do not sell rib cages as carcases as many others do.

The reason they do is they cut off the meaty backs and sell these to restaurants for chicken soup, mincing only the low grade rib cage with very little meat content, hence the prices of their products. They sell the core, we sell the apple. Look at the images of our carcases for our raw dog food and then take a look at theirs.
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The Reason we ship in batches of 10 Kilo is that we have carried out rigorous testing on a multiplicity of moulded high density polystyrene boxes that have been designed with portability in mind and offer an efficient and cost-effective means of protecting food in transit while preserving temperatures, ensuring your meat arrives at your door frozen.
I'm often asked about feeding guides customers come in and say my Xoloitzcuintle weighs 24 Stone how much should I feed it 4 times a-day? Unless your dog is between the ages of 8-weeks to 6/8-months I have never seen any benefits to feeding them twice or three times a day.

The whole concept behind the raw feeding diet is to get back to nature and to start feeding your dog not only what is good for the animal but moreover what its body was designed to eat.
On the road south of Helmsdale is the famous Glen Loth Wolfstone commemorating, at least according to Scrope in his book "The Art of Deerstalking", the spot where the last surviving wolf in Sutherland was killed.

The stone attracts many tourists, as indeed it was intended to do when it was erected in 1923, long after the wolf died so conveniently close to the A9, but such is the interest in wolves, and so important were wolves to the lifestyle of British agriculturalists that there are few countries where the memory of the last wolves is not preserved in monuments and place names.
Reviews (17)
Chelsie Chalk
Chelsie Chalk
Jan 30, 2022
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I came to Graham at Nicholsons raw animal foods just before Christmas, my golden retriever suffers with a skin condition, hair loss and bald patches after going to many different vets and being prescribed different treatments ranging from anti biotics to a range of supplements I came to the conclusion that it just is what it is and it’s something me and the dog would have to live with, I happened to bump into a fellow dog Walker on the beach and they recommended that I should feed raw and suggested Nicholsons Raw Animal Foods, So I done some research on there website and was blown away by the
Mark Askew
Mark Askew
Jan 28, 2022
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Highly recommend this facility and the products it supplied, they work hard to please and keep the work environment spotless and hygienic
Sarah Beasley
Sarah Beasley
Apr 14, 2021
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Had my first delivery of raw tripe can I say how fresh it is when defrosted.My lab has been raw fed from 8 weeks but is now struggling with her ears. After a week of been fed raw tripe all the redness has gone. Thank you so much I'm extremely impressed
Sarah James
Sarah James
Mar 01, 2021
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I have been using the online shop for just over a year now. Excellent quality food, always arrives frozen and on time. I Highly recommend.
Trenchant Heft
Trenchant Heft
Feb 07, 2021
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Raw Chicken Carcasses
Excellent online ordering and delivery service. The carcasses are individually packed in pairs, which makes for easy defrosting. Also they are extremely generous in size, so half of one of these is more than enough for my dog's breakfast. Note with their postage that their charge is the same up to 20kg, so make larger orders if you have the freezer space! Very responsive to customer contact. A quality family business that is a pleasure to spend money with.
Laura Froggie Knight
Laura Froggie Knight
Oct 31, 2020
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Today is the first day in months I've seen my dog eat his food without turning his nose up at it. He absolutely loves it.
Tommy Good
Tommy Good
Sep 02, 2020
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Heard about this place from Adam at Southend Dog Training, my dog loves the raw food, they are also very reasonably priced!
Mick Holland
Mick Holland
Apr 04, 2020
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Nicholson’s raw meat dog is the best raw meat dog food we’ve tried for our dog. The proprietor Graham is very knowledgable regarding K9s and the raw meat dog food industry & his work premises is spotlessly clean. I highly recommend his service.
Barbara Middlemast-Neal
Barbara Middlemast-Neal
Dec 03, 2019
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Helpful, knowledgeable seller. Food is excellent quality, dogs love it and are healthy, with lovely shiny coats.
Mum Park
Mum Park
Oct 22, 2019
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Not very helpful😕 very patronising, Limited range, Tried asking lots of questions about their products, made me feel like I was an inconvenience, brought some to try, Weighed when I got home supposed to be 1k tubs all were 900g or just over, suggest you check weights!!! Shop around plenty of other raw dog food provided with a much friendlier attitude
Stephen O'Connell
Stephen O'Connell
Sep 10, 2019
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I came across this company when I was looking to continue feeding our puppy with raw food after the supply from the breeder was running low.
Spotless premises, very knowledgeable and pleasant owner. A variety of meaty mixes.
Puppy wolfed it down.
What’s not to like.
Sam Bundock
Sam Bundock
Aug 02, 2019
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Best quality raw food iv used and fed my dog on since a pup. Always highest standard and great advice for anyone that's not to sure about certain things.
Matthew Davies
Matthew Davies
Nov 17, 2018
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Excellent Service/Company. Loads of different options to try.
My Dog loves the food especially the tripe and super mix
Tim Brooking
Tim Brooking
Mar 30, 2018
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Well, I've said it before in Google reviews and I'll say it again here, there is no need to go anywhere else! This is not a two star nor a four star raw food provider, it is definitely 5 stars. Hope I've made that clear.
Jo Tiller
Jo Tiller
Jan 25, 2018
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Our Sharpei is thriving on a raw food diet , her coat and skin is in good condition. Graham knows so much about dog diet and health, he's a mindfield of information. Highly recommended.
M. Dickinson
M. Dickinson
Dec 25, 2017
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Just found this company and will be using them always from now on. No foul smell, no liquid when defrosted and altogether worth the small amount extra I paid. Also being in plastic boxes of 1kg makes defrosting so much easier and less messy.
P. F.
P. F.
Nov 29, 2017
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I regularly buy tripe for my dogs from Nicholson's and both the product and service are always excellent. I've bought tripe from elsewhere before and this is the best and most reliable seller I've come across. Very highly recommended!