Acana dog food changing

[Carmeow]

Oh dear...we had just switched luma to Acaba pscifica!!!!! Ugh!!!! She is still itchy but that happened when we went from totw to fromm gold puppy.

Don't know what to do now...maybe ill try a different fromm formula...

[MY OSCAR]

Originally Posted by Carmeow

Oh dear...we had just switched luma to Acaba pscifica!!!!! Ugh!!!! She is still itchy but that happened when we went from totw to fromm gold puppy.

Don't know what to do now...maybe ill try a different fromm formula...

i hear ya, my oscar was on acana and doing great on it till we bought one of the "new" bags. then he suddenly started to get itchy.
after that bag was gone i swithched him to
blue buffalo wildneress duck recipe
and he is doing great

[Teresiana]

Originally Posted by Britster

So I would highly recommend Acana Grasslands which again is GRAIN-FREE but features ranch-raised LAMB -and just a tad bit of duck-
Both sources of HIGHLY hypo-allergenic and easily digestible animal protein. The first thing a vet will suggest is to switch to either duck or lamb.
Please do let champion pet foods know, but I am sure that if you follow my advice, everything should clear up if it is a food allergy.

I am completely devastated today I have just completed the "starvation technique" (food 3x/day for 20 mins) and my extremely finicky Yoshi FINALLY ate on a regular basis!!! At first, I tried to feed him Fromm Surf & Turf. He wasn't having it. So I laid out all of the kibble I had & let him choose. He picked the Acana Grasslands. I thought..."Good boy! he went for the good stuff!". He's been eating Acana Grasslands for the past 2 days on a regular basis.

Unfortunately, I've been noticing frequent itching & really runny eyes...big, thick white eye boogers. One of his eyes is even a little puffy. At first, I thought it was from playing in the grass. But with all this talk about the Acana formula change, I'm thinking that these are food allergy symptoms. He's also a little gassy. Not anything major, but enough that I notice a difference. I don't have any experience with food allergies, so I'm wondering if anyone can confirm my suspicions.

[tokipoki]

Originally Posted by Teresiana

I am completely devastated today I have just completed the "starvation technique" (food 3x/day for 20 mins) and my extremely finicky Yoshi FINALLY ate on a regular basis!!! At first, I tried to feed him Fromm Surf & Turf. He wasn't having it. So I laid out all of the kibble I had & let him choose. He picked the Acana Grasslands. I thought..."Good boy! he went for the good stuff!". He's been eating Acana Grasslands for the past 2 days on a regular basis.

Unfortunately, I've been noticing frequent itching & really runny eyes...big, thick white eye boogers. One of his eyes is even a little puffy. At first, I thought it was from playing in the grass. But with all this talk about the Acana formula change, I'm thinking that these are food allergy symptoms. He's also a little gassy. Not anything major, but enough that I notice a difference. I don't have any experience with food allergies, so I'm wondering if anyone can confirm my suspicions.

From what I understand, food allergies are somewhat rare but there does seem to be something up with the new formulas that is not agreeing with so many of our pups here on YT. You know how excited I was to transition Toki over to Orijen/Acana after this next bag of Fromm but now I'm leaning more toward just sticking with the Fromm for now and supplementing her diet with some type of raw *sigh*

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by Teresiana

I am completely devastated today I have just completed the "starvation technique" (food 3x/day for 20 mins) and my extremely finicky Yoshi FINALLY ate on a regular basis!!! At first, I tried to feed him Fromm Surf & Turf. He wasn't having it. So I laid out all of the kibble I had & let him choose. He picked the Acana Grasslands. I thought..."Good boy! he went for the good stuff!". He's been eating Acana Grasslands for the past 2 days on a regular basis.

Unfortunately, I've been noticing frequent itching & really runny eyes...big, thick white eye boogers. One of his eyes is even a little puffy. At first, I thought it was from playing in the grass. But with all this talk about the Acana formula change, I'm thinking that these are food allergy symptoms. He's also a little gassy. Not anything major, but enough that I notice a difference. I don't have any experience with food allergies, so I'm wondering if anyone can confirm my suspicions.

All I can say is that when Riley was on FROMM Chicken A La Veg and the Salmon formula, his eyes were "Runny" literally, liquid running down each cheek.... and he was Gassy... where he could clear a room. I took him to the Vet and was told it was more than likely a reaction to the grains in the FROMM... I took him off of the FROMM and those symptoms went away and have not come back.

I personally would very Highly recommend CANINE CAVIAR. He is doing Exceptionally well on it. I am soooo Happy now and so is he!! He literally shrieks when I am getting the kibble out of the bag... and this a.m. he was sitting by his food bowl waiting for it!!

[RileyDC]

One more thing.....

I was Extremely Bummed that with the last bag of Acana, Wild Prairie..... Riley got very itchy and his Tummy broke out in small nasty dark dry patches... - I switched him to CANINE CAVIAR , which he has been on for 7-days now and his Tummy has really started clearing up in that amount of time. [ NOTE: We have not changed anything else in our daily routine... we go on the same amount of walks outside as we have when we started the new bag of Acana... which actually haven't been for too long because it has been sooooo HOT here, in DC!! ]

Attaching Before and After Photos. The first two are after the new bag of Acana and before the Canine Caviar. The second two are after taking him off of the Acana and switching him to the Canine Caviar... We are on our way to a clear/smooth tummy!!

[MY OSCAR]

there is definetly somethind odd about the
"new & improved" acana.

[gracielove]

I would love to see the ingredient lists of the old and new side by side. It should isolate what the issue is and let a lot of pet owners know what is bothering their babies.

[tokipoki]

Originally Posted by RileyDC

One more thing.....

I was Extremely Bummed that with the last bag of Acana, Wild Prairie..... Riley got very itchy and his Tummy broke out in small nasty dark dry patches... - I switched him to CANINE CAVIAR , which he has been on for 7-days now and his Tummy has really started clearing up in that amount of time. [ NOTE: We have not changed anything else in our daily routine... we go on the same amount of walks outside as we have when we started the new bag of Acana... which actually haven't been for too long because it has been sooooo HOT here, in DC!! ]

Attaching Before and After Photos. The first two are after the new bag of Acana and before the Canine Caviar. The second two are after taking him off of the Acana and switching him to the Canine Caviar... We are on our way to a clear/smooth tummy!!

Wow! That is quite a noticeable difference! I'm glad that Riley is clearing up...looking good!

[RileyDC]

Originally Posted by tokipoki

Wow! That is quite a noticeable difference! I'm glad that Riley is clearing up...looking good!

Thanks!! He is such a little trooper!!

[BiewerYorkie]

Originally Posted by Britster

What did they meet by this bolded?

I am very sorry to hear that.
Although Acana Wild Prairie is from the provincial series - that neither changed the formula nor the packaging- I would encourage you to look into the issue further, as dogs present allergies to 2 basic things:
GRAIN and some source of animal protein.
As Wild Prairie is completely GRAIN-FREE I will assume chicken might be the factor that is causing it. So I would highly recommend Acana Grasslands which again is GRAIN-FREE but features ranch-raised LAMB -and just a tad bit of duck-
Both sources of HIGHLY hypo-allergenic and easily digestible animal protein. The first thing a vet will suggest is to switch to either duck or lamb.
Please do let champion pet foods know, but I am sure that if you follow my advice, everything should clear up if it is a food allergy.



They DID change that formula?!?

so confused... is that FB page even legit? Doesn't look like something they would write.

First thing I noticed was different amounts of ingredients. Chicken meal used to be #1. Now the 1st ingredient is Deboned Chicken which is a lot of water and less protein. They also made the bag smaller for the same price.

I haven't check the other ingredients, just the first ones listed for the protein content. The protein is LESS now than in the old formula.

Louise

[BiewerYorkie]

Originally Posted by RileyDC

One more thing.....

I was Extremely Bummed that with the last bag of Acana, Wild Prairie..... Riley got very itchy and his Tummy broke out in small nasty dark dry patches... - I switched him to CANINE CAVIAR , which he has been on for 7-days now and his Tummy has really started clearing up in that amount of time. [ NOTE: We have not changed anything else in our daily routine... we go on the same amount of walks outside as we have when we started the new bag of Acana... which actually haven't been for too long because it has been sooooo HOT here, in DC!! ]

Attaching Before and After Photos. The first two are after the new bag of Acana and before the Canine Caviar. The second two are after taking him off of the Acana and switching him to the Canine Caviar... We are on our way to a clear/smooth tummy!!

You need to send these pictures to the company!!

Louise

[tokipoki]

I just quickly typed up the old ingredients list from an Acana brochure that I had (excuse any typos) and I copy/pasted the new formulas below the old ones straight from Acana's website. I'm not sure if a specific ingredient change is causing the difference some of you all have been having issues with or if proportions of different things have changed or what but it's still interesting to compare

Wild Prairie:

Chicken meal, russet potato, boneless chicken, boneless walleye, whitefish meal, peas, chicken fat (naturally preserved with vitamin E), sun-cured alfalfa, chicken liver, boneless Lake Whitefish, whole eggs, salmon oil, sweet potato, pumpkin, spinach, turnip greens, tomatoes, carrots, apples, organic kelp, cranberries, blueberries, juniper berries, black currents, chicory root, licorice root, angelica root, fenugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, chamomile flowers, lavender flowers, summer savory, rosemary

*New Formula* Deboned chicken, chicken meal, green peas, turkey meal, chicken liver oil, field beans, red lentils, whole potato, deboned turkey, whole egg, deboned walleye, sun-cured alfalfa, pea fibre, chicken liver, herring oil, whole apples, whole pears, sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut squash, parsnips, carrots, spinach greens, cranberries, blueberries, kelp, chicory root, juniper berries, angelica root, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, lavender, rosemary.

Pacifica:

Boneless salmon (natural source of EPA, DHA), salmon meal, herring meal, russet potato, peas, whitefish meal, sweet potatoes, salmon oil (preserved with vitamin E), sun-cured alfalfa, boneless herring, boneless flounder, natural fish flavors, pumpkin, turnip greens, spinach, tomatoes, carrots, apples, organic kelp, cranberries, blueberries, juniper berries, black currants, chicory root, licorice root, angelica root, fenugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, chamomile flowers, lavender flowers, summer savory, rosemary

*New Formula* Boneless salmon, salmon meal, herring meal, whitefish meal*, green peas, red lentils, whole potato, boneless herring, boneless flounder, herring oil, field beans, canola oil, sun-cured alfalfa, pea fibre, natural fish flavour, whole apples, whole pears, sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut squash, parsnips, carrots, spinach greens, cranberries, blueberries, kelp, chicory root, juniper berries, angelica root, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, lavender, rosemary

Grasslands:

Boneless lamb, lamb meal, salmon meal, herring meal, russet potato, peas, chicken fat (naturally preserved with vitamin E), sweet potato, boneless walleye, sun-cured alfalfa, natural lamb flavor, boneless duck, whole eggs, pumpkin, spinach, turnip greens, tomatoes, carrots, apples, organic kelp, cranberries, blueberries, juniper, angelica root, fenugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, chamomile flowers, lavender flowers, summer savory, rosemary

*New Formula* Deboned lamb, lamb meal, duck meal, whitefish meal*, whole peas, red lentils, field beans, whole potato, deboned duck, whole eggs, deboned walleye, duck fat, herring oil, lamb liver, herring meal, sun-cured alfalfa, pea fibre, whole apples, whole pears, sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut squash, parsnips, carrots, spinach, cranberries, blueberries, kelp, chicory root, juniper berries, angelica root, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, lavender, rosemary.

Ranchlands:

Deboned beef, lamb meal, herring meal, russet potato, peas, beef liver, herring oil (preserved with mixed tocopherols), deboned bison, deboned lamb, sun-cured alfalfa, salmon meal, lamb liver, pea fiber, pumpkin, spinach, turnip greens, tomatoes, carrots, apples, kelp, cranberries, blueberries, juniper berries, chicory root, licorice root, angelica root, fenugreek, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, chamomile flowers, lavender flowers, summer savory, rosemary

*New Formula* Deboned beef, beef meal, green peas, deboned lamb, lamb meal, whitefish meal*, herring oil, field beans, red lentils, whole potato, salmon meal, deboned bison, beef liver, lamb liver, sun-cured alfalfa, pea fibre, whole apples, whole pears, sweet potato, whole pumpkin, butternut squash, parsnips, carrots, spinach greens, cranberries, blueberries, kelp, chicory root, juniper berries, angelica root, marigold flowers, sweet fennel, peppermint leaf, lavender, rosemary.

[Teresiana]

Originally Posted by RileyDC

I personally would very Highly recommend CANINE CAVIAR. He is doing Exceptionally well on it. I am soooo Happy now and so is he!! He literally shrieks when I am getting the kibble out of the bag... and this a.m. he was sitting by his food bowl waiting for it!!

Thank you. I'm definitely going to look into Canine Caviar. At this point, I have nothing to lose. I'm so sorry Riley had those itchies on his tummy! Poor little guy. But they seem to have cleared up quickly since you made the switch.

[Teresiana]

Originally Posted by RileyDC

I personally would very Highly recommend CANINE CAVIAR. He is doing Exceptionally well on it. I am soooo Happy now and so is he!! He literally shrieks when I am getting the kibble out of the bag... and this a.m. he was sitting by his food bowl waiting for it!!

I forgot to ask...what is the kibble size of the Canine Caviar? Is Riley eating one of the all life stages formulas?