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Originally Posted by viviansnickers  Merrick BG gave Snick the runs  I tried it way back when he was transitioning off Merrick's Puppy Plate to adult food. We ended up going with Evo at that time and used Evo for about a good 6-7 months with NV raw. Then Snick decided he was sick of Evo & NV and now we use Acana supplemented with Primal raw and he is loving to eat again.
I'm very happy with the foods I am currently feeding. Champion Foods (makers of Acana and Orijen) won pet food of the year this year. I am knocking on wood neither Acana or Primal come up with "sudden" accusations of questioning of ingredients or quality control. I'm nervous now with the recent NV issue of charcoal, and have heard "bad" things it seems about all kibbles that are out there. Even Acana apparently has changed their ingredients and some feel is for a negative effect.
Acana's grainfree formulas come in 3 types which is fantastic. I use the chicken based (Prairie Harvest) when I feed Snick poultry raw and the lamb based (Grasslands) when I feed red meat raw. Keeps things interesting for him I feel.
I've been all over this section lately due to concern, and have seen that you are trying a large array of foods. I really hope you find one soon that all your pups can stay on without fuss. It does take forever. After all the reading and investigating...it seems the only 2 kibble companies I would go with are Champion Foods and Natura Foods. Of course this is just MY opinion 
Good Luck-
Snick & Viv |
Thanks so much for responding. I have been doing a TON of research lately and just as it seems like when I find the "right" food for my dogs, I come on here and read about NV. I was very, very disappointed to read this.
I will not buy thier product untill I know more. I had been using Merricks products and was happy with what I was feeding my dogs untill they started having issues (I no you have read about..
) so Im hoping going with their grain free we wont have anymore issues. However, my dogs have had issues in the past with grain free.. they were on TOTW and EVO and didnt do very well on either. (gassy, lot of poo, rough, dry coat, itching) I need a grain free that is relativly low in protein. Right now I have them on Evangers pheasant/brown rice (but they have already lost interest, takes 3 days to empty a bowl
) and Merricks, new line of food.. whole earth farms canned untill my grain free arrives but Tucker has been itching more in the last 2 days so Im not giving them anymore of that.. I have looked into Acana, Fromms, Nautral balance and NV. I have samples coming from Fromms but they only offer 1 kind of grain free and my dogs arent "fish" eaters so thats not looking very promising and I have decided against natural balance because thier food is made at diamond. If they dont like the before grain then Acana is next on the list.. after that I have no clue..
