[RachelandSadie]

Originally Posted by Zanders' mom

I have been feeding California Naturals Lamb I was told prior to feeding this food, that this is an american company, all U.S products, nice big clean facility, etc. I researched the ingredients, etc. I felt it was a good choice.

Zander had tummy issues a few months ago so I put him on it first to Zander, he likes it, it has 2 main ingredients, so his stools are the size of Peanut M&Ms, sorry. Recently I put Jazzie on it, she did NOT take to it, so I started putting wet meat with it to entice her to eat, it worked but still she is not thrilled about the food.

I've been mixing the meat with the dry using my fingers, when I was done I noticed, hair on my fingers, I thought - huh?? Today upon looking CLOSELY at the kibble I SEE hairs STICKING out of the kibble WHHHHHAAATTTT???

I get on the phone with California Naturals customer service, she tells me that it is impossible to get all the hair off the meat before PROCESSING! wwwhhhhaattt?? I respond -the meat at the grocery store does not come with hair or feathers!! then she tries to tell me that dogs eat hair when they are in the wild feeding! My dog is NOT in the wild!! there should NOT be hair in the food , whhhhaatttt???

Oooooh my gosh, I am beyooooonnnddd FUMING MADDDD . She offered me a coupon! Can you saaay - Smaaaack!

Am I over reacting, because she seemed soooo calm! Perhaps I am over reacting?

It is not a bad idea for you to moisten your hands and see what comes off your dogs dry kibble. Does your lamb formula have hair? or your venison formula have hair?

I don't even know what the heck to feed anymore, I have Zero trust in any of these dog food manufacturers.

very disgusting, that's why my aunt and i do not feed kibble bought from the store, we are both believers in the home made diet. ours is a raw recipe, but it does require a little cooking (the rice and eggs) but the meat will be raw. if you are interested i am more than happy to share, for my aunt's dog, it makes her teeth cleaner, breath fresher and poop once a day about the size of a tootsie roll, so it's just great for her dog, i'm going to try it with mine, i'd rather my pup be eating people grade food, we both have a problem with feeding our pets the rotten grain and stuff that's been rotting on a chop house floor. plus all the scares that went around with dog food giving renal failure is when she switched over.

let me know if you'd like the recipe, it's rather simple and for a yorkie they only eat about a large tablespoon twice a day, you can store it in Tupperware in the freezer too, so it's really quite convenient to make a huge batch once a month or so..

just let me know!!!