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imvi
Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Total posts: 1720 Location: South Jersey Gender: Female |
 Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 8:51 pm
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Ooops, I'm sorry about the poll and not much of a choice.  I thought I was giving a good choice, but then a couple didn't show up. Sheese, I must have cancelled them.  You gotta know, I am not the brightest crayon in the box.  
Connie, I just bought a bag of Taste of the Wild, too. I didn't give it to them yet, I think I'll start tomorrow and mix it with the Canidae and whatever else I have.
BTW, Canidae has raised the price per lg bag and lowered the amount of
food from 40 lbs to 35 lbs. They used to be a great bargain, good food at a good price. Now I think they have made a big mistake. I also understand that the food now swells up in water quite a bit. Which isn't good if the dogs to eat and then drink water.
Oh well.............
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| Connie Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Total posts: 3392 |
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:18 pm
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| imvi wrote: | Connie, I just bought a bag of Taste of the Wild, too. I didn't give it to them yet, I think I'll start tomorrow and mix it with the Canidae and whatever else I have.
BTW, Canidae has raised the price per lg bag and lowered the amount of
food from 40 lbs to 35 lbs. They used to be a great bargain, good food at a good price. Now I think they have made a big mistake. |
I ran out of Canidae (it was one of the old bags) and decided to let Callie & the foster Chis switch cold turkey to the ToW with duck. Callie & Woody are enjoying it - no problems with kibble size seeing that it's larger than Canidae. Angel's not sure, but it could be her teeth rather than the kibble. (I poured a tablespoon or so of water in her bowl to soften the food and she's going to town with it. The kibble doesn't puff up, but it does have a fantastic aroma now. I think the dogs may be eating better than the humans in this house...)
As for the higher price/smaller bag, I think they did that with the mid-sized bag too. (I think the old bags were 17-lbs and the new ones are only 15.)
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Sage&Sydneys Mommy
Joined: 04 Mar 2004 Total posts: 921 Location: Northern West Virginia Age: 31 Gender: Female |
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 10:11 pm
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| I had Canidae in my dogs rotation, but after the new formula came out, I haven't bought a bag. I think I'm just going to bite the bullet and switch back to Natura. Whether its Innova, California Natural or Evo, I have never been disappointed with the quality, and I have never once had to question ingredients or where it's produced. It's more expensive, but Canidae is awfully expensive now too, so a few more bucks doesn't matter. |
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Jeepsterhound
Joined: 08 Aug 2006 Total posts: 6562 Location: Western NC Age: 50 Gender: Female |
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 7:31 am
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I had gotten a bag of Canidae about a month ago and was wondering why some of the dogs poops were so icky. Sure enough it was the new formula. We'll finish off that bag and remove Canidae from our rotation. Too bad, it was a good food.
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| palmbreeze |
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:39 pm
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| Well I bought a new bag of Canidae about two weeks ago and though the kibble looked different I thought nothing of it. I had no idea they were switching formulas, isn't that nice. My one year old Shepherd/Collie has developed terrible bad breath and I have been pondering what is wrong with her all day long. Then I go to compare Canidae to Innova online and that's when I realized Canidae has switched their formula. I don't know exactly what they switched for sure. Of course online they make it sound like the greatest thing ever. I'm thinking that is the cause of my poor dog's TERRIBLE bad breath. We'll be switching to a new food soon. They could have put "Improved Formula" on the bag or something. |
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LadyLyzar
Joined: 15 Jul 2005 Total posts: 1109 Location: Texas Gender: Female |
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:10 pm
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I'm not even messing with ithe new forumla because of Sharmir's allergies. I'm hacked that they added all the extra carb sources, even on the "allergy" foods.
I went and bought a bag of California Natural last night since the girls are almost out of the old Canidae.
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| kristina |
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 2:31 pm
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cali natural is special order around here... i get it for the cats but i think it would be too pricey to special order the big dogfood bags.
i checked out that call of the wild you all are mentioning online, i dont like thier ingredients.... they also have that mystery "ocean fish meal" i am not comfortable with that.
lexi has bad gas on both solid gold and merricks so i am hoping the feed store carries something good. ive never tried wellness...
and i dont wish to choose other stores as i like to support this feed store i go to. |
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| LadyChaos |
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 10:06 pm
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| Question- Did they change the Felidae ingrediants as well? Cheza and Tsume are eating it and I wonder if this is why cheza stopped eating??? |
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| Connie Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Total posts: 3392 |
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 3:21 pm
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| kristina wrote: | | i checked out that call of the wild you all are mentioning online, i dont like thier ingredients.... they also have that mystery "ocean fish meal" i am not comfortable with that. |
Drat... I thought I read the bag carefully, but there it was in the middle of the list. I guess it's back to the drawing board.
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furperson
Joined: 19 Oct 2005 Total posts: 2085 Location: Vermont Gender: Female |
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 5:32 pm
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I had been feeding Canidae, but started my dogs on Taste of the Wild awhile ago. They're really doing well on TOTW. Their coats are gorgeous! Shiny and lush. And my allergy-prone guy has no problem with TOTW.
I've fed them Innova and CA Natural in the past and they never looked this good.
So, despite the fact that I have reservations about feeding a Diamond Company food, and the fact that some of the ingredients aren't as good as I'd like, I think I'll keep feeding TOTW for awhile. |
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dinogal
Joined: 17 May 2005 Total posts: 575 |
Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 8:35 pm
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I haven't gotten a bag of the new Canidae yet. We still have about half of the old one yet. I think I need to find something soon to switch them to but am not sure what. Give me some ideas. My husband is being a pain about this and would like nothing better than to put them on Purina which I refuse to do. What do you think a good replacement would be? Comparable in price and serving size would be nice. Wicket is almost 4 and Glory is almost 7. Neither seems to be allergic to anything, but they have been eating Canidae for about 3 years now.
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Melinda
Joined: 28 Oct 2003 Total posts: 2892 Location: Texas Age: 33 Gender: Female |
Posted: Sat Aug 23, 2008 10:13 am
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| dinogal wrote: | | I haven't gotten a bag of the new Canidae yet. We still have about half of the old one yet. I think I need to find something soon to switch them to but am not sure what. Give me some ideas. My husband is being a pain about this and would like nothing better than to put them on Purina which I refuse to do. What do you think a good replacement would be? Comparable in price and serving size would be nice. Wicket is almost 4 and Glory is almost 7. Neither seems to be allergic to anything, but they have been eating Canidae for about 3 years now. |
Anything made by Natura is a good bet. Innova, California Natural, Healthwise. They make EVO, too, but it's pretty pricey, and grain-free. |
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imvi
Joined: 18 Mar 2005 Total posts: 1720 Location: South Jersey Gender: Female |
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 4:49 am
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| kristina wrote: | | i checked out that call of the wild you all are mentioning online, i dont like thier ingredients.... they also have that mystery "ocean fish meal" i am not comfortable with that. |
That doesn't bother me, after all I take "fish" oil capsules. 
Now if it said, seafood.......that could be anything in the sea.
So for right now, I'll finish with TOTW. My gang loved Canidae, now I have to find something they love as well. I did buy the TOTW, smoaked Salmon, but to be honest with you, they aren't crazy about it. And I have one that has an allergy to chicken. So maybe I'll try CN-lamb & rice
next time. It's like doggie buffet here. I don't think they like anything with fish in it. *sigh*
Posted Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:51 am:
| kristina wrote: | | i checked out that call of the wild you all are mentioning online, i dont like thier ingredients.... they also have that mystery "ocean fish meal" i am not comfortable with that. |
That doesn't bother me, after all I take "fish" oil capsules.
Now if it said, seafood.......that could be anything in the sea.
So for right now, I'll finish with TOTW. My gang loved Canidae, now I have to find something they love as well. I did buy the TOTW, smoked Salmon, but to be honest with you, they aren't crazy about it. And I have one that has an allergy to chicken. So maybe I'll try CN-lamb & rice
next time. It's like doggie buffet here. I don't think they like anything with fish in it. *sigh*
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| goldrush Joined: 02 Oct 2005 Total posts: 434 Gender: Unknown |
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 9:46 am
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| we put our diabetic dog on Canidae a couple years ago,and he did great.this change is horrible for him.I cannot get him regulated,and he has horrible stinky runny poops.Im very disappointed.I need to now find another for him.Im not happy. |
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| poohmom |
Posted: Sun Aug 24, 2008 1:13 pm
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| I decided that I wasn't even going to try the new formula and have already switched my dog over to Innova, which she loves! |
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