Great post! I would certainly be concerned regarding the protien levels, I am aware that there i vast difference between the quality of proteins! but these levels just ring bells for me! I'll stick with my arden grange me finks!

What about dogs that are fed a barf diet, that's very high in protein and very low in carbs, there are barf feeders that use Orijen as a back up if they for some reason can't feed barf, I'm thinking if they are on a camping holiday and can't have the raw food chilled properly. If I had to change I would go back to Burns but I hope that it won't become necessary.

Terri

James wellbeloved , its a complete food and good for all breeds, it appears expensive but you wont have to feed as much as you would the tinned meat to get all the nutrition. my vets recommended it to me and iv had no problems since!

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food and feeding is a personal and preferential thing.

i tried to research all the foods and my mind just turned to mush.

mine was on RC from the breeder and he seems to like it and do well on it.

thinking of trying aukurtay tho as it seems to have decent ingredients and is a whole lot cheaper, 39.99 for two 15kg sacks.

just wondering where you are getting autarky at that price from ? i want to feed my dogs and puppy on it after alot of research

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I wouldn't class myself as a barf feeder but i do feed a natural diet. I'd just feed tinned food for that time away. Problem with dry complete is switching their digestion over to a food that takes 8-10 hrs to go through compared with 3-4 hrs on a natural diet.

I'm only saying what barf feeders that I know and ones on other forums I'm a member of have said, what tinned food do you feed.

Terri

I give mine Royal Canin but it's not the main food, it's just a back up to the other stuff that I give them... raw chicken wings, raw lamb bones, raw mince, cooked foods (leftovers) such as pasta bolognaise, hotpot, sunday roast dinner leftovers.

I wouldn't have mine on just dry food alone, imagine eating dry toast every day thats what it's like for them, it's a very unnatural diet and is bound to be pretty boring.

There are so many dry foods to choose from and even though I give it as a back up, I wouldn't recommend it as a main food source. Think back to the good old days when the family dogs ate nothing but leftover table scraps and the odd raw bone from the butchers, they were healthier, lived longer and most likely a lot happier.

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I don't feed either dog tinned - there on plain meat, biscuit and gnawing bones to keep their teeth clean. If i was going away camping for a week i might feed tinned or buy supermarket mince for that time.

Tinned used to be good and easily obtainable. I tried butcher's, pedigree and chappie on my saluki cross when i first had her and have to say that she didn't keep weight on. Goodness knows what they put in any commercial food now but i'll stick plain pet mince meat from the local butcher with biscuit. 20p per bag [3lbs]. Not that cost is a consideration to me but the fact that i know what is in it.

hi all im thinking of changing my 2 staffys onto orijen,do you think this would be ok for a pregnant bitch also,as im thinking about breeding,
regards juce