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7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
 A Very Good puppy food Dec 31, 2009
By vandergraaf
We are feeding a 7.5 month-old Mini Schnuazer pup with Orijen puppy food. We very slowly transitioned him on this from Purina Pro Plan Puppy Chicken & Rice Dry - we took our time, almost a month. For the last 6-8 weeks he is eating Orijen Puppy Food only and he does very well. Very few poops are soft (expected due to high protein content). One incovenient was the smelly "gas emissions." I contacted Orijen and they promptly answered that this is also a consequence of high protein content: higher level of mercaptan and sulphuric hydrogen. I used smalled amounts of yougurt and the situation improved significantly. One very helpful result of using high protein and no wheat/corn meals is that the puppy has had no commedones/black heads for the last 6 weeks. When he was on previous diet he had 2-3 of these on his back (a condition present in Schnauzers). We also onoticed that he is not as desperately hungry or craving for food between meals. Quantity of food needed for a day is less than with previous food (corn is notorious in provifing very limited amount of calories and to fill one up for few hours). His level of energy is amazing: following a high-paced walk of 4.5 miles he is taking a short nap and ready for another round. Maybe Orijen can sell some energizer pills for owners. Overall, I believe that this is a very good food for puppies.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
 Very Rich, maybe too rich? Apr 17, 2009
By Yasuhiro Tanaka
I trust this product.
I like the company's philosophy
and admire their effort to produce
high quality food.
Transition from Eucanuba was breeze.
My miniature schnauzer, who is just over 3 months loves it.
She devoured it for the beginning.
However, it might have been a bit too early for her.
She threw up many times after switching to Orijen.
Vet said she might have experienced heart burn,
since the food is very rich.
Currently, I'm mixing Orijen with Innova.
Her stomach seems to become stable.
I believe she would grow out of it as she matures.
Once she's fully developed,
I'm thinking about feeding only Orijen to her.
4 of 5 found the following review helpful:
Best in Class Dry Dog Food Jul 19, 2010
By HTBK
Pet food has an immense range of quality that you can very roughly categorize into three levels. (1) super cheap food that's basically feeding your dog garbage (1-2 stars); (2) food that's a good compromise on price and quality, containing some ingredients that aren't ideal but overall a healthy product (3-4 stars); and (3) "price is no object" foods that make no compromises (5-6 stars). Orijen doesn't just fall into category 3, it's the best of it. It's expensive, but you will not find a better dog food anywhere. Period.
Orijen is a Canada-based company that raises its own chickens, employs its own fisherman to catch fish and deliver them fresh, uses whole eggs instead of dried egg products, and loads its products with the highest quality ingredients you'll ever find in dog food. It's good for your dog's muscles, heart, coat, skin, and is the most biologically appropriate dry dog food there is. Instead of grains for the carb content that it needs to form the kibble, Orijen uses highly digestible fruits and vegetables with nutritious antioxidants and vitamins.
Check out the first 6 ingredients in this product: Fresh deboned chicken, chicken meal, turkey meal, russet potato, fresh deboned pacific salmon (a natural source of DHA and EPA), herring meal. Meat, meat, meat, good carbs, meat, meat.
Compare that to the first 6 ingredients in Hill's Science Diet Adult Small Bites Dry Dog Food, which I just selected by picking the first large size that came up in a search for "hill's science diet dry dog food." Chicken, ground whole grain corn, ground whole grain sorghum, ground whole grain wheat, chicken by-product meal, soybean meal. Meat, grain, grain, grain, low-quality animal filler like beaks and feet, and more grain. It's loaded with grains that are cheap and known to be difficult to digest, often the cause of allergic reactions in dogs, and not nutritious.
If you want a good compromise product, go for something like Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul Dry Dog Food for Adult Dog, Chicken Flavor, 35 Pound Bag, a very good food that's a bit more affordable than Orijen. If you want the best of the best for your fuzzy-faced friend(s), get Orijen.
Final note: this is extremely rich food. Introduce it very slowly, even more slowly than you normally would a new food, and expect some loose stools during the process. We started with 1/6 new food and upped it by 1/6 every week, so we took a month a half to transition completely to Orijen. That helped a lot.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
amazing dog food Aug 28, 2010
By Sarasmith72
"SaraSmith72"
We tried California Natural, Solid Gold, Wellness, and a few other because our chocolate lab had stomach issues and this food with the 40% protein sorted it all out
Delilah Dec 30, 2011
By Pettie
fast delivery and great product. My dog love it and her coat is so shinny too. She is a very healthy dog. it's worth the money for her overall health!
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