Originally Posted by Zanders' mom (Post 2731875)

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 :mad: 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 :mad:, whhhhaatttt???

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

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

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. :(

Originally Posted by bonbon (Post 2731900)

There was a thread just like this a few months ago only the food was Innova Evo. The member posted pics of a peices of kibble with stubbly hairs sticking out of it. Ugh! :eek:

Originally Posted by Mardelin (Post 2731888)

You have every right to be concerned. However, the pet food industry is not regulated as well as ours (ha, ha, ha, we all know how great that has been in the recent past). Have you seen the feathers on a frier chicken.

I mentioned to the cust. serv. rep, that at least we can remove the feathers if we find any on the chicken meat that we buy from the grocery store. The dog has no option but to ingest the hair.... unreal.
I've been researching foods, because I have a girl that appears to have food allergies. So far Merrick and Halo come out on top.

Originally Posted by ARCHIE (Post 2731906)

I remembered that and that was the first thing I thought of
but couldn't recall the food. YUK!
I went home and looked threw Bud's kibble and thank heavens
no hair.

Originally Posted by Zanders' mom (Post 2731917)

Thanks for sharing your research with me, us, I may try Merricks, will look into it. I haven't seen much about Halo but will check it out.

Originally Posted by Zanders' mom (Post 2731875)

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 :mad: 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 :mad:, whhhhaatttt???

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

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

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. :(

Originally Posted by RachelandSadie (Post 2731933)

very disgusting, that's why my aunt and i
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!!!