New Food From Wellness
 

Wellness now has a small breed adult food, you can check it out at Super5Mix Small Breed - Adult Health



Personally I can not wait to try it, our dogs love the Super 5 Foods!!

Wellness is a great brand - they have recently undergone a massive expansion and their products will now be sold at Petco. Be wary of your purchases during this expansion as it may mean hiccups in quality control :(

For more info on the expansion, go here:
Healthy Dog Food for the Masses! | CupOFdog | Dog Site for Dog People

I so agree with you, below is a thread that was posted a while back on Wellness that is what I feed my babies now but I will have to switch if Petco is carrying it, I do not trust anything that comes out of petco including their doggie toys, in my second job I happen to do alot of importing/exporting, and you won't believe what the FDA allows to come into this country, the test that have to be conducted on products coming from over seas hardly ever get done, alot of overseas vendors use lead, cadmium and Azo in their products, including bowls, leashes, toys, etc. All of that stuff is bad for our babies, if it isn't an eco-green toy or an organic toy trust me it is probably loaded with lead, to prove my point anyone of you can go to petco right now, purchase a cheap little toy and go get it tested for all of the ingredients named above I guarantee you it is loaded with poisons to our babies!!! If it's in Petco, it's NO GOOD!!! Go to the small mom and pop stores, alot of those stores can't afford to work with big companies that mass produce their products, they have to deal with smaller companies that take their time in producing great products because they aren't over extended on time and they only produce a certain amount of product.


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Originally Posted by linda44
Ive read alot of you feed wellness, well just wanted you all to know when I went to Petco today they had a flier that said they will soon be carrying wellness. So if you all have Petcos, you will be able to get it there.

Oh noo that is BAD NEWS, if petco is carrying it then that means it is being mass produced, which means they are no longer taking the time out to make sure the best product go into the food, I will no longer buy it, anything sold out of petco is mass produced and no good for any of our babies. Call me paranoid but thanks for the info if petco is carrying it now my babies will no longer eat it. Just like the solid, it was only being sold in natural food stores and small mom and pop stores because it wasn't mass produced, now you can find solid in almost any pet store, NO GOOD!!!

*sigh* well thanks for that info.. looks like we are going to have to switch. I REALLY like Wellness... i wish they would rethink this.

I really like wellness too, I think if enough wellness buyers complain they might change their minds I mean I would hate to lost customers, especially loyal customers just because one store wants to carry my brand but then again, companies like that never stay around too long they are all looking to expand and once they do that, the care and love they put into their products go out the door once they start seeing the really big bucks then all that matters is money.

I doubt they will change their minds. The rebranding / expansion is well underway and the move is meant to make Wellness competitive with Halo, which is now sold at Petsmart. Or Petco. I can't remember - I don't shop at those chains!!

Anyway, there are some fabulous dry foods available still - the mom and pop dog shop I used to work for has phased out Merrick and Wellness b/c of the company's expansion, however, they are carrying Ziwi Peak which seems very good, Orijen which I love, and California Naturals.

There is a chance that after the hiccups of the expansion are past, Wellness will the same quality. Maybe I am being naive to think that...:rolleyes:

Although an expansion can mean a decrease in quality, that is a judgement call made by the company and I don't think that Wellness will go that route. You can be a large manufacturer and still be very strick on quality control. If I did think they were that kind of company I wouldn't feed it even without an expansion. We won't switch unless an issue arises.

Ditto, what she said. I've used Wellness in the past and now with Maggy May for almost 7 months. She's NEVER had any issues with it and I won't switch her from it unless she does or unless the quality of the food goes down.

I love the name Maggy May, we have a Brittney Spaniel that is Maggie Mae

I agree - both Wellness and Halo have expanded to be sold at Petsmart and Petco. It is in the brand's best interest to maintain quality control because any recalls would now be on a grander scale.

I am very hopeful that the expansion of these brands simply means that more people will have access to high quality dog kibble and more dogs can benefit from Wellness' and Halo's nutrition.

Here is to lots of hope!!:D

Marci, I know that you have to have dry food for Layla occasionally but have you thought about learning how to dry out your own? People do it with dog treats, so why not food?

Honestly, I don't think any kibble is good. That doesn't mean I'd never feed it but when the CDC says to wash your hands after touching it (and this is not the raw diet), I think something needs to change. Just a thought.:)

I have to say, I agree. I am a raw feeder and practice stringent hygiene, but with the dry, to have to wash your hands? Weird!

I guess my hope about the Halo/Wellness expansion is that there are pet owners that will never do non-kibble diets. I don't judge - but I am happy that there are more options for kibble feeders to do better then Science Dirt or Pedigree....

hmmm.. how would one go about doing that?

Marci -
In Canada there is a local kibble manufactured that people are raving about - its called Orijen.

Ya Layla tried that a while ago.. at the time it was only available in a fish variety and it gave Lay some horrible gas :p but i think i'll go back to our local pet store and see what she has in a grain free variety.

Not sure.:confused:
I guess you would use a food dehydrator or bake it and dry it in the oven.
Maybe someone who make treats on YT would know?
You just have to be very careful that they are completely dry and aren't going to go moldy. It would make me nervous but I know it can be done.

As for Orijen, I posted a thread a few weeks ago about bone fragments in their food. If quality control can't catch that there is something wrong somewhere.

I don't want it to sound like I think everyone needs to stop feeding kibble because if I had a big dog and couldn't afford to homecook I'd have to do the same. But I am so picky with Ellie that she will probably never go on it again (hopefully). There are always circumstances though where it might have to be used.:(

if you HAD to feed kibble.. which would you feed?

Maybe it's not such a bad thing
 

I agree......:)
I'm taking more like Petco is starting to care about what it offers to pet owners and maybe they will join the many other retailers and start carrying quality food for our little loved ones.. It's never to late to change your image and I have trust in Wellness that they would not jeopardize their product after they works so hard to establish a fine one. Lets give them a little credit.. We have many large retailers here on Long Island and they carry premium food lines (which put the little mom & pop stores out )so I believe that Petco needs to join them, so this could be a great start for everyone.;)

Personally, I feel that adding Wellness as a choice at Petco is a great idea. Valentino and Lola have eaten and enjoyed Wellness for 2 years now and it is the only food Valentino can tolerate due to his allergies to Chicken and corn.

I feel that by adding this choice to Petco, many consumers who were 1. not aware of the brand, or 2. unable to find it at a near-by location, are now able to make a good decision about a great quality food. Sadly some dog owners still buy their pet food at the local convenience store...maybe now their pets will have a chance at trying a food that is actually really healthy for them. :)

Well, I know people don't want to hear this BUT:
when I find out there are bone fragments in Orijen and there might have been a latex glove in a can of Canidae and there was hard plastic in their snap biscuits and Merrick has had three recalls within a few years over metal in the food and salmonella and nutro is causing vomiting and bloody diarrhea and possibly death I start to lose faith in more "holistic" or "natural" foods.

Because of the apparent lack of quality control in these smaller companies (because it costs money), I hesitate to recommend any of them. And even the natural brands have ingredient problems. The claim is that they don't use things like ethoxyquin but they buy their meat from somewhere and the farm could've used it. It is almost impossible to tell with some companies.

So, I have started leaning toward the newer products coming out from large companies. They aren't without problems...even serious ones (and the ingredients may come from China) but the quality control MAY (not a guarantee) be better. One of these is Science Diet Nature's Best. It isn't a great food but it is fair. If you only want to use holistic food I might consider California Natural (although Karma isn't 100% problem free either). I would also consider Natural Balance but I think there is some question about where it is made.

During the recall the "garbage foods" were mostly the problem but now it seems that as more people use holistic food there are more complaints about it.

So the food I've use is the one that I felt most comfortable with on that particular day.:rolleyes:

So true. With every food - even the holistic/natural brands, there are issues.

I haven't heard anything bad about Ziwi Peak - yet. That doesn't mean there wont be a problem - but it seems like a good option. Its actually freeze dried meat bits rather then kibble...

Ziwipeak Cuisine - Ziwipeak - Natural New Zealand Pet Nutrition

I use it as treats for my dogs who go nuts for it. Its shaped like tiny bits of jerky and is extremely pungent, enticing for the finickiest of eaters. Might be worth a shot...

Hehe, ya, it's a cute name and seems to be pretty popular!

i know this is an old post; but i recently started introducing ziwipeak to my dog. she has ibd and i tried many food and she can't tolerate any.
can anyone here that feeds it give me some feedback and how much do you feed and how many times daily. also anyone with a sick dog that got better or stable with this food. thanks

Darn it! I just bought a big bag of Wellness Complete Health for my puppies today! I'm switching them from Maei (a local brand) to Wellness because I've heard so many good things about it. Then I read in the other posts about food allergies and found out yorkies have allergies to chicken.....and I bought the chicken flavor. lol....

Guess I'll change it to Orijen? Heard lots of good things about them...hope their kibbles are small and don't smell fishy because both my dogs will pick out the fishy bits and ignore them.

Yorkies as a whole do not have an allergy to chicken. You should definitely try the food to see if it works before switching it!