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Jyl

by Jyl on 19 April 2015 - 07:04

Another dog food I like it from Canidae.. they have a grain free line called PURE. They just came out with several new formulas.


by Nans gsd on 19 April 2015 - 18:04

Thankyou Jyl;  not a fan of Canidae, although I have not tried the PURE.  Don't think their ingredients  are that great of quality, but who knows, PURE might be good.  Will check it out,  years ago used their products and had several dogs that got skin cysts and other weird bumps on them.  Ugh.  Not what you want.  Thx,  Nan


Boo

by Boo on 19 April 2015 - 21:04

A recently deceased elderly shepherd from my kennel, (5/23/00 - 3/15/15) did quite well on Blue Buffalo, Wilderness, Duck and Potato.  As she got older the grain free diet served her better.


by Nans gsd on 19 April 2015 - 21:04

WOW:  Boo, sorry to hear about your girl but thank you for the info and if your girl was 15 years old, well that just says a lot.  Thank you again,  Nan

 

PS:  Agree with the aging thing, I think it is easier for dogs particularly older guys to digest the grain free.  Makes sense if you think about it,  Also a single protein.  Nan


Jyl

by Jyl on 20 April 2015 - 17:04

Nans,

I did not use to be a fan of Canidae either.  But after doing some research on Canidae I changed my mind. I really do like their PURE line. All the customers that I help at work that are feeding it have great results.... with both the grain free (PURE) and also the non-grain free line.

 

 

I am NOT a fan of Blue Buffalo... far to many people complain about it be way to rich for their dogs or cats. I have talked to several people that had vet bills because of Blue Buffalo being to rich for their pet... the pets have diarrhea and vomit profusely.... until taken off Blue... then are fine.

 


Kalibeck

by Kalibeck on 20 April 2015 - 18:04

I fed Orijen when it first came out, fed the beef & my dogs looked magnificent & were super healthy & energetic. But we had a very hard time getting it then, & sometimes we couldn't get it at all, so we started searching for something we could feed consistently. We tried RC & nearly killed my pup with that. The vet surgeon asked if we had fed RC, & said more dogs have serious inflammation of their GI tract on RC that require surgery than on anything but raw. He was not a fan of raw feeding either, at least not with intact bones. We finally landed on Canidae. The dogs skin is dryer, coats not as lustrous as they were on Orijen, I add coconut oil , & when I can swing it, we mix in some Merrick Bison, which they LOVE. None of these feeds have that nice dense feel that Orijen has, but I tried a bag of 6 Fish that a generous friend gave us shortly after my diagnosis, (she is one of my puppy people), & all my dogs developed diarrhea, even with a very gradual change over. Which I never would have expected. So we are now with Canidae, with pretty good results. And since the latest bloat study I could find suggests that dogs who eat a mix of cooked food & kibble have a lower incident of bloat, we do that, & even our little EPI girl is looking great now.

jackie harris


by Nans gsd on 21 April 2015 - 22:04

Thank you for sharing that info Jackie;  don't think I will go back to Orijen any time soon.  Will look into Merrick "bison" though.  Nan

 

So the latest on bloat is raw/kibble mixed, is that at the same time or One in AM the other in PM??  Just curious as that is what I am doing right now, feed kibble AM and raw at PM meal.  So far, so good.  Nan


Kalibeck

by Kalibeck on 21 April 2015 - 23:04

The way I read it, & this was from 2012 I think, plain kibble had an increased risk, wet kibble had an increased risk, elevated dishes increased the risk, feeding cooked food with kibble (I read that as both at the same time?) in smaller meals twice a day had the lowest risk, even lower than raw feeding, which was the other lower risk option. There was also mention that they had expected kibble size to be a factor, but as I recall it didn't make as much of a difference as they expected. In short, they stated that many of the results of the study were surprising to the researchers, as well as to the general dog loving public.

We'll see what the next study says. Oh, & the designers of this study were not dog food companies, I believe they were veterinary students. I always wonder about studies that find their sponsors products as the 'solution' to any problem.

jackie harris


by Nans gsd on 22 April 2015 - 01:04

OH:  OK;  thank you Jackie  and I understand any studies that they sponsor.  Thx  Nan

 

Were there any lower rate of bloat kibbles mentioned?  i.e.;  meat kibbles, chicken, grain free or otherwise;  just curious.  Thx  Nan


Jyl

by Jyl on 01 August 2015 - 17:08

I know this is an older post... I had mentioned Merrick in the thread... So I wanted to comment about that.
I just learned that Merrick sold out to Purina. I wasn't to happy to hear about that.






 


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