Sensitive stomachs in dogs: how to relieve your pup's discomfort
Uncover the secrets behind your pup's tummy troubles and discover how a real food diet is key to restoring gut health and vitality.
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Border Collies are energetic pups with unique nutritional needs for their sensitive skin, joints, and digestive health.
Lyka's healthy meals contain anti-inflammatory ingredients to promote skin and joint wellness, along with gentle, easily digestible nutrients for sensitive stomachs.
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How real food keeps your Border Collie healthy
The best dog food for Border Collies is made from high-quality proteins, healthy fats, and nutrient-dense ingredients that nourish them from the inside out.
Developed by Co-founder and Integrative Veterinarian Dr Matthew Muir alongside board-certified veterinary nutritionists, Lyka meals are made with fresh ingredients to promote better digestion, mobile joints, and healthy skin.
Promotes good gut health
Contains fermentable prebiotic fibre from fresh fruit and vegetables to nourish the microbiome – a key factor in gut and skin issues.
Rich in skin-loving ingredients
Improves skin health by protecting cells from damage with nutrients from leafy green vegetables like green cabbage, kale and bok choy.
Features anti-inflammatory agents for healthy joints
Supports existing or predisposed joint issues, with powerful anti-inflammatory omega-3 from sardines and fish oil to reduce painful inflammation.
Avoids allergy flare-ups
Free from wheat, corn, soy, lectins or dairy that can cause diet-driven inflammation, food allergies, and intolerances that lead to skin and gut flare-ups.
Choose from 5 meals for targeted support
Meeting AAFCO and FEDIAF standards is just the start. Lyka meals are formulated by an expert team of board-certified veterinary nutritionists to ensure they're balanced for all life stages.
Hear why Lyka’s experts recommend real food for Border Collies
"Lyka includes wholefood prebiotics for a healthy gut microbiome, and antioxidants to reduce inflammation while supporting coat and joint health. Our food is well-placed to help your Border Collie stay active and healthy."
“Lyka has essential benefits for your Border Collie’s skin, gut, and joints. Each meal is packed with omega-3 fatty acids to support mobility, and ingredients that promote healthy digestion and skin with the avoidance of common allergens.”
Better for them. Easier for you.
Healthier dog food, delivered conveniently on a flexible plan.
Perfectly portioned.
Just peel and serve.
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Choose your flexible meal plan
Get a custom meal plan based on your dog’s health needs.
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Cooked daily, delivered direct
Meals are prepared daily, snap-frozen and delivered direct.
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Enjoy total flexibility and control
Switch up meals, skip an order, pause, delay or cancel.
Lyka Supplements for stronger joints
Lyka’s Joint Supplement is formulated to amplify the benefits of Lyka meals, with potent active ingredients to promote mobility. Protect your Border Collie’s joints from stress and cartilage degradation, with green-lipped mussel (rich in omega-3), natural antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory additions like curcumin and Boswellia extract.
Real food. Real results.
With over 27 million Lyka meals devoured around the country, hundreds of Border Collies are thriving with a healthy gut, supple skin, and strong joints.
3.5 years of Lyka
I am very happy with Boston's health and shiny coat. If you can avoid health problems by feeding a fresh, well-balanced food then that has to be the goal.
Kim and Boston
Totally worth every penny
"Our Border Collie was very anxious and had a sensitive tummy. We tried all brands of food wet, dry and home cooked with mixed results. We moved him over to Lyka and have never looked back. Lyka have been so easy to deal with. They let us choose the meals he loves and no hiccups with our recent move. They have been a dream. I can not recommend them enough."
Rebekah and Spark Plug
Since Lyka, she's first out the door
"Heather was a very anxious dog. She’d been on anxiety meds for nearly four years, and I had to coax her out from under the table — sometimes putting a lead on — to go for a walk. Since eating Lyka, she’s first out the door."
Angela and Heather
Your Border Collie FAQs, answered
How does Lyka help Border Collies with digestive issues?
Lyka meals are gently steamed to promote healthy digestion, reduce risk of pathogens, and maximise the gut-friendly phytonutrients in your Border Collie's diet.
Our food is formulated with highly digestible ingredients full of fibre, with an emphasis on low-glycaemic index carbohydrates to avoid blood sugar spikes that cause damage to the gut lining.
Lyka’s real food formulation includes prebiotic and probiotic ingredients, and contains the optimal omega 6:3 ratio to encourage gut lining health and repair. A diet rich in omega-3 fats can help reduce inflammation in the intestines, which could contribute to digestive issues. A food intolerance is more common than a food allergy, but they often have similar symptoms, so speak to your vet for advice and treatment.
The best way to address your Cavoodle’s allergy is by identifying and avoiding the trigger. If the problem is their food, a vet-directed elimination trial can help to identify the ingredient.
Allergies activate your dog’s immune system, which is mostly regulated by their gut microbiome.
Lyka real food is designed to promote your Cavoodle’s microbiome, improve their immune function and nourish their skin. Each ingredient is selected for its health benefits like anti-histaminic shiitake mushrooms, anti-inflammatory spirulina and omega-3 from fish oil. Lyka meals also include skin-loving zinc, omega-6 from safflower oil and vitamin E oil to boost their skin barrier.
What’s causing my Border Collie’s itchy skin?
Certain ingredients in highly processed dog food — like grain-fed proteins and cereal grains — can cause inflammation, making skin issues worse for dogs with allergies or intolerances.
Switching to real food like Lyka that’s low in carbohydrates and free of common allergens, can reduce flare-ups and boost skin health with healthy amounts of omega-3 and targeted ingredients.
What is the best dog food for my Border Collie with arthritis and joint problems?
The best dog food for Border Collies with joint issues is one high in anti-inflammatory ingredients, antioxidants, and omega-3 fatty acids.
These diets can ease the pain or discomfort of inflammation, while encouraging tissue repair and improved mobility.
Can poor nutrition lead to obesity in Border Collies?
Obesity can affect breeds with even the highest levels of activity: this includes Border Collies. Border Collies are more susceptible to joint issues, which can be made worse by carrying extra weight.
Highly processed foods often use high glycaemic index carbohydrates, which has been linked to obesity in dogs. Lyka avoids these ingredients, with custom serving sizes and lean proteins in our line-up to support weight management.
What is the best food for my Border Collie puppy?
Puppies need food that contains the right amount of nutrients to support their physical and mental growth at a healthy rate.
Contrary to popular belief, puppies don’t need special puppy food if their diet is already nutrient-rich and contains an appropriate amount and balance of calcium and phosphorus, making Lyka the ideal food.
Lyka meals are custom portioned to suit your Border Collie puppy’s breed and growth milestones, so they get the right nutrients for their age.
Deep dive into Border Collie health issues
Lyka's nutrition philosophy
100% real ingredients
All our ingredients are made for human consumption. Yes, we taste-test them ourselves!
Vet-formulated
Each meal is designed by our co-founder and Integrative Veterinarian, Dr. Matthew Muir, alongside a team of Board-Certified Veterinary Nutritionists.
Australian-made & owned
Every meal is made locally, with 85-97% of ingredients sourced here in Australia.
Delivered fast & fresh
Cooked fresh and delivered snap frozen to lock in nutrition and taste without preservatives. Meals are delivered directly to your door, delivery included.
Green in name & nature
Proud to be a Certified B Corp and Australia’s only carbon and plastic-negative dog food company.
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