Acana dog food
Acana Dog Food
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Thank you Eric. Good advice. I do look at that when judging a dog food. Everyone thinks that I am saying Orijen is a bad product and that is not what I am saying. I was an ACANA user until they changed the ingredients and they also did to Orijen. I lost a bit of trust in them because of that. To each his own. I know that the US is much more strict on the dog food laws than CANADA. Zea mays does come from corn, your pet nutritionist should have stated it, but it is not in the product anymore. Just the definition you gave for Zea Mays was word from word of the Orijen site.
I give Evo fish to my dogs. So I am not defending any other company, but Wellness is an older company so it is bound to expand. Not all your facts about Wellness is true, but it is not about that. It is about Acana and what I learned from them and my experience. Eric if it is not stated on the bag, you can always call the company. They can always email you the information you need, which I have done in the past.
I just dont what to buy what I think is a FERRARI and be stuck with a fake. I just what to make sure that dog food companies are true on their word, doesn’t everybody. So I said what I knew about ACANA. And what does anything have to do with affording the vet bills. Why do you guys go off subject all the time. You know nothing about me. Maybe I am a person who does not have a lot of money who tries to offer the best for my dogs. I think that is the majority of the population. Does that make me a bad person. I think everyone should get what they are paying for. That is why I am not promoting Eukanuba, too expensive for what it is. And most people who feed Ol Roy is because that is all they can afford. But for 20$ a big bag, you get what you pay. I’m just concerned if Acana is priced for what it is. And for your information, I do feed my dogs the BARF diet too.
We are on the ACANA forum. I think people should know that they did change their ingriedents, that’s a FACT. Sorry if you think I’m bashing your Acana.
LOLOLOLOL Eukanuba the only awards they get are the ones they get for being in the top 5 worst dog foods made today. Oh, I heard they gave themselves one. You couldn’t be on any panel because you have no clue about whats good in a food and what isn’t…… To bad mouth Orijen says it all…….You know nothing….. The only dog foods I bad mouth are the ones that are bad. Ya, no recalls LOLOLOLOL LOOK UNDER THE LETTER E..
http://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/newpetfoodrecalls/
Michelle, I have been asking about ethozyquin and fillers like Tomato Pomace, beet pulp,,,, by-products and meals in general. I’ll tell ya I have been getting a good laff at some of these lame answers. Some of these companies respond like I am a two year old and that I have no clue about dog food. I gonna ask some of the crappy companies about their use of corn and wheat and I can’t wait to see their response. I am almost done with my questioning the good companies about ethozyquin and well be posting that at the end of the week. Boy some of these companies you can be very sure their suppliers don’t use E.
Listen Jess I only state FACTS. All these awards are stupid just like the Eukanuba one, my point exactly. I never bad mouthed Orijen. I ONLY STATE facts, then prove me wrong. You only know how to insult people, but that is not proving them wrong.
I never said Orijen was on the recall. Only the thing about Australia, which they explain on their site.
http://www.championpetfoods.com/Australia_Consumer_Release.pdf
These are FACTS. This did actually happen. Or would you like to insult me some more miss know-it-all. Why dont you start by proving me wrong. And they did change their ingredients. Hopefully what they say about the Australia thing is true because other sites do not paint the same picture.
The award Orijen got was from the Glycemic Research Institute. Other research institues have awarded other dog food companies and they also looked at all the dog food companies. It does not mean that Orijen is the best dog food EVER becasue one research company said it. Then we should believe all the research companies, but we don’t. If we did then most all the dog foods should be the best. Why should we believe this Research company and not the others, because it is Orijen. I’m not saying getting an award is not a good thing, it is great, but open your eyes. Stop focusing on one little thing.
Yeah you know your facts, you should stop because your making yourself look foolish.
http://www.championpetfoods.com/awards/
yes i do know my facts. Im not not making myself foolish if anyone checks up what I said it is all true. I said they did win an award from a reasearch company, but so did other brands of food. You still cant prove me wrong in what im saying, so no you look like the foolish one.
The Glycemic Research Institute award is the recent one they got and the only one worth mentionning. Why dont you look up the other awards, they are all stupid awards, just like the Eukanuba award. would you trust the places that gave Eukanuba awards. I wouldn’t. Do more research that just on the Orijen site. It seems like your brain washed. Orijen signs itself up so it can win these awards so the average person thinks it looks good, but not all these awards have to do do with the actual formula. Its a way for them to sell their dog food. Have you ever heard of most of these awards most of them are NOT even specialized in dog food. There is no research done on dog food that states for a FACT what dogs need, everything is in THEORY. There is no FACT about what is good for us or not. They keep on changing what is good and not good for us as humans, imagine dogs. Therefore that is why I dont believe any awards, there is no reliable source 100% sure what is good to give dogs, everything is theory. That is why there is always debate about dog food. For example giving lrg brd pups, high protien diets. There are great vets that will say its great and there are other great vets will say no good. Who do you believe at the end when there is not reliable sources that can prove 100%. I gave my dogs high protien, no grain, but that is my decision, does not make it true. Everyone has their own opinion fo what to give your dog based on what infomation they decided to use. I do believe that Holistic foods are the way to go, but it shouldnt be based on awards that most people give out to anybody. Becasue then Eukanuba should be the best food, and it is far from that, since most dog food companies have won awards, you can not judge by that.
Orijen and Acana in my opinion are great products. But they did change their formula and because they have not stated anywhere, I believe that people should know. I dont think that makes me foolish at all. I take the information that comapnies have on their website and I go beyond that. You can not take anything at face value.
I disagree with many on pet foods. I have searched and searched. Had my dog on Orijen, Acana, Blue. I have tried every holistic food out there.
Now I had a jack russell that lived for 14 years. And she was fed Eukanuba lamb and rice, that is all she ate.
Now my dog a bulldog does very well on Eukanuba. And at the moment he’s on Acana but having very loose stools etc. And itching like heck.
I don’t know. But I’m switching back to Eukanuba. My friends dog is still on Eukanuba and he’s now 14 1/2 and still going good.
With all the new foods dogs are still getting ill etc.
I’ve come to the conclusion to stick with what works.
Every pet food company out there will say something else – their brand is better.
My grandmothers dog lived past 14 years and years ago all they had was plain old dog food. For my dog he is not accepting to the human food.
I say have someone check all foods and I’m sure they will find something wrong.
There is no such thing as perfect kibble. Although there are better brands, kibble is still not natural.
Check out The Honest Kitchen products.
A couple balanced raw programs….Aunt Jeni’s Homemade and Primal. Natures Variety has a few raw program feedings, although I’m not as familiar with them.
With everything I’m reading on dry dog foods, I’m thinking I should maybe make my own dog food for my bulldog. She loves her Royal Canin but has gained alot of weight. Now I’d like her to trim down and can’t find any other product to give to her that isn’t bashed somehow. So, maybe making her food will be better. I have the time and this way I’ll know what’s in it.
Are you kidding this is great dog food.
bullymom,
If you have the time to make the food, then do it. There are some great kibbles out there, but making the food or feeding a carfully prepared raw meal is certainly the best feed.
Jess is correct in saying Acana is one of the better kibbles. I also like Orijen. For a little less money, I also like Canine Caviar.
Check out thehonestkitchen.com. Compare what purchasing this awesome food and preparing your own meal would cost to feed.
Again, Acana and a few others are fantastic kibbles, but at the end of the day, they are still processed
BUT!!!! have no fear in feeding Acana/Orijen.
Orijen Regional Red is about the highest quality dog food available on the market today…
Just switched my 2 yr old gsd from Blue Buffalo, he liked it but I wanted something better. He’s eating the grain free Wild Prairie and he loves it, I don’t even have to add anything to it. Not expensive either, only 53$ for 29lb bag.
For thousands of years people have been feeding their dogs successfully. What they ate was basically leftovers or excess from the family meal. Does anyone consider this?
These dog food factories have existed since the 1940′s – they are processing factories – trucks arrive at one side,,,bags of dog food go out the other side.
All of these dog food nutritionists are employees of the factories – they think in factory terms,,,,they think in formulas, they have defined what it is that you should feed your dog.
I don’t disagree that some dog foods are good for dogs, but there is something strange in feeding a dog a dried up swill that has been blended in a vat, and not adding to it what we eat. I do not believe in this raw food religion either. There are very few foods that humans have eaten raw in history. Fruits being one, and a few select vegetables. The other foods are either cooked or fermented – yogurts, cheeses, pickled foods, etc.
Dogs will eat raw meat – I have seen my Chesapeake Bay dogs swallow rabbits, birds, rats, mice, and groundhogs whole. They also delighted in eating rotten fish and carrion – cow and horse manure,,against my senses,,but they loved it. They also loved pears,apples grapes loaded with sugars,,pulling branches down on the fruit trees or shaking the trees themselves to get the fruits off.
The idea that dogs are not designed to eat grain – they have been eating grain products (bread – corn, wheat,barley) for as long as they’ve lived with agrarian tribes of humans. The Dog is an animal that has literally evolved with humans from the beginning.
We have to think differently about things. We are idolizing ‘experts’ and religious dog food fanatics and have traded our natural sense of things for the opinions of ‘experts’ who will all look like morons when the new ‘experts’ come along.
I have always fed my dogs with half purina dog chow – listed here as bad food – the other half was cooked chicken, steak, meats, bread, raw eggs, vegetables, pasta, rice, various deserts such as brownies, cookies, cake and pies, German and Italian pastries,, whatever we were having — along with the other things they ate listed above. Two Chessies that I raised from pups, they both lived to 16 years,,and simply died because they stopped. The three older adopted Chessies lived to about 11-12 years.
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I’ll say this one more time CORN can NOT BE digested fully by dogs and what little does can be sometimes cause major allergy issues and other problems in dogs. Dogs get very little nutrition from wheat and it is usually passed right through their system. Dude the only reason these ingredients are in dog food is because they are cheap fillers. You are incorrect in thinking a 1000 yers ago man feed dogs wheat, corn and barley. They feed them left over meats. Actually the wild dogs of New Guinea(sp)live off wild animals and not wheat and corn. For goodness sake look at their teeth,,, does those sharpe edges look like grinding tools. LOL, it doesn’t even make sense.. LOL, your dog swallowed rabbits and ground hogs whole, you really don’t think I believe that do you??? LOL, you are something. Please leave me all these links providing all these studies refecting your crazy ideas.
rich-WTF????
Rich a very disturbing and annoying comment you have left there.I was searching what dog food you were going to advertise and there it came Purina, do you really think people coming here are stupid that they would believe such nonsense.
you can live all your life by eating from leftover or a chain store like MCDONALD or you could just wait near your neighbors house for them to through something in trash and live on eating just that, the real thing is what will you really choose(by you i do not mean YOU), you wouldn’t choose any of these. while you see your dog as an extra expenditure most people here strive to give the best to their dogs who they consider their babies and take full responsibilities. You do not believe in raw because human did not eat raw meat, i have never heard such lame thing.”We have to think differently about things” you say ? what letting your dogs eat cow and horse manure ?
After reading your comment three times I finally understood, you feed your dogs with half Purina dog chow – listed here as bad food – the other half was cooked chicken, steak, meats, bread, raw eggs, vegetables, pasta, rice, various deserts such as brownies, cookies, cake and pies, German and Italian pastries,, whatever you were having and your dogs went out eating rotten fish and carrion – cow and horse manure, because they needed some real meat(even rotten poor dogs) and manure(they need minerals). I seriously wish you eat rotten fish and cow manure to survive. you should be reported to animal cruelty for letting your dogs eat such rotten things.
Jess-I bet rich’s dogs had crazy sugar rushes after all those sweets.lol. I might buy the fact that his dogs did well on Purina crap chow mixed with all the good meat eggs and veggies he said he used,but he TOTALLY lost me when he started talking about all those sugary desserts.MAYBE he had an alligator,lol-I don’t know of ANY dog that can swallow rabbits birds rats,and groundhogs whole.lol.Then he said this”Two Chessies that I raised from pups,they both lived to be 16 years,and simply died because they stopped.” Died because they stopped what??? LIVING??? lol.Oh well at least his post was good for a laugh!!
Jess- I noticed that you are very interested in only the best for your gsd(handsome boy) I have one myself and am currently feeding Acana Prairie. I want to rotate with a different protein source and am looking at trying the Pacifica variety. He doesn’t do well with lamb, what other brands would you recommend? Also, what do you think about trying Honest Kitchen with grain free, example 1 meal a day kibble, 2nd meal of day something like the Honest Kitchen?
I am so confused. I am just trying to do right by my Blue Healer. He is 4 yrs old and is itching all the time. I am trying Pacifica Fish for the first time. I just don’t know what to do. He was on Taste of the Wild but I think he might be allergic to the chicken which happens to be in the Biason if you read the ingrediants. UGhhhhhh I only want to make him feel better. Why does this have to be so confusing?????
If this doesn’t work try Califirnia Natural Lamb or Sweet potatoes and Herring. Very few ingredints and a great poduct.
My local veterinary allergy clinic recommends Natural Balance Venison and Potato for allergic dogs and green beans for treats.
I have been feeding my puppies Acana Grasslands for the past two months and they are doing great. When i first adopted them they were on Science Diet and where in pretty bad shape, they were very itchy and had really bad gas. After educating myself about dog food and trying different foods from Royal Canin to Innova to Solid Gold to TOTW with very minimal change, I finally tried Acana. My dogs no longer itch or have bad gas, also there poops are a hole lot smaller and they disintegrate quickly.
Eddie, don’t get me wrong because I am a HUGE fan of Acana, but is grasslands good for puppies ???? Science Diet and Royal Canin are down right aweful I am really glad for your dogs that you made a great choice for them. This is one of the best dog foods on the market today.
Eddie-you never said what breed your puppies are.Acana is a great food it’s calcium comes in at 1.8% which is ok for small or medium breeds but a little high for large-giant breeds.Acana is 1,000.00% better than any “puppy food” from the grocery store!!!
To anyone who has a dog that is constantly itchy! We tried every brand of food. All different raw diets. Our black lab started to get itchy around 1 year. She had multiple ear infections and the vet just kept treating her for them with ear drops and steroids and always trying to sell us their food. Our poor baby lost so much weight was scratching like crazy lost most of her hair and was always stinky. We took her to a new vet who first thing suggested we get an allergy test done. No one had ever offered before. Yes it was pricey but well worth it. She was allergic to everything around her. Unfortunately it was too late. She had lost so much weight that giving her the allergy shots was to much pain for her but I know if our stupid original vet had offered right from the get go she would still be with us today. She was 3 when we had to have her put down. So please if you ever find yourself not getting anywhere with diet get the test. And dont give dogs steroids either. I wish I had known more about all this before.
I was glad to find some discussion about diarrhea and dog food! I have 3 adults and two 7 month old large breed dogs with intermittant and recurring diarrhea for the past6 to 9 months. Numerous stool samples come back negative; test for bacterial infection on the feces of the worst affected dog came back negative; giardia DNA test came back negative. I have been feeding Acana Adult for the last year. Vet and pathologist think it may be the food, or all the dogs have pancreatic insufficiency? I don’t think either bad food or food allergies or pancreas problems come and go. The worst affected needs boiled rice or pumpkin added to diet to stop diarrhea. Numerous times I have taken away food for a full 24 to 48 hours and then introduced rice and then added boiled hamburger and then re-introduced kibble a bit at a time. Diarrhea comes back and over a week or two progresses from just the last 1/4 of the stool to a cow paddy. I am at my wits end!! I have 12 large bags of Acana food sitting in my cupboard and don’t know whether to try to find another food or to try the worst affected dog for coccidia and see if condition improves.
12 bags wow. It could be the food no doubt. I think Acana is great but if I were in your shoes I would go buy a small bag of California Natural and try that.
My 3 year old doberman was diagnosed with kidney disease after having bloodwork for dental cleaning. I had been feeding him Orijen and switched to Acana. The vet has suggested Hills K/D which I would rather not feed as I am not a fan of Hills. Any suggestions on a quality low protein/ low phosporus kibble? He is my baby and I don’t really care about the cost.
Hi out there!
Any Acana fans know if it’s possible to buy Acana Lamb and Apple in the US. If so, where?
I really want to try my shepherd on it but I can’t find it anywhere
I have fed Acana and Orijen to my 11-year-old wheaten terrier. In my glance through this forum I see that several well-intentioned persons got mired in a contentious debate on “who knows best.” Doing my best to avoid getting stuck, too, I’ll add my “two cents” on what is important when evaluating a kibble formula:
1. Every dog is an individual with a unique set of environmental and genetic factors that influence the perceived success or failure of a kibble formula. And, as factors — the dog’s age, the mix of pets in the household, the weather — change over time, the kibble may seem to work better or worse.
My dog has many allergies and food sensitivities. Known triggers, as determined by vet-supervised skin prick tests and food trials, include fleabites, dustmites, certain grasses, beef, lamb, pork, corn, soy, wheat, turkey, chicken and most dairy. Many brands offer an “Allergy Formula” but not one that I’ve investigated (read the ingredients list) would be suitable for my _individual_ dog.
2. Sometimes a particular cause and effect relationship is difficult to determine. Let’s say my dog had loose stools (or some other adverse reaction) for a few days after I changed his kibble, but am I sure that the kibble is the cause? Did he drink water from a possibly tainted source e.g, a shared bowl at a park? Did some emotional stress of mine rub off on him? What am I not considering?
3. All we can do as loving, responsible caregivers to our dogs is our best. I love my dog and I put a tremendous amount of my resources and energy into his care. But guess what? I don’t have children. I’m not married. I am financially stable. I work part-time. Basically, I have many fewer priorities to balance than many other people do.
4. Organic, fair-trade, free-ranging, humane certified, green, … These are [marketing] labels that help us make choices according to our ethics (values) and our means (ability). Personally, I have seen remarkable improvements in my health and appearance from making highly “ethical” food choices, and I make similar choices when feeding my dog. I put “ethical” in quotes because my ethics are shaped by many influences — the media, government, religion, experts, celebrities, relatives and friends — and by the times — what is “ethical” today may not be ethical tomorrow (think: car seats for children).
Ethics are also formed by knowledge. Giving people awareness of their choices and potential outcomes of those choices is the value of a forum such as this.
Hey Maegan, I currently feed my german shepherd acana prairie, I’ve been told only the grain free varieties are available in the states due to an ingredient. I dont know if thats the reason but I also wish I could try the other varieties.
Wow
There are some extremists here
First of all, you can not think of your dogs as being human. They are simply not built like humans. Yes, we love them like our babies and want to take care of them as best as we can but we can not become so freaking obsessive about it.
I do agree with a lot of things Rich said and some were a little off.
Dogs digestive systems are not like ours – they’re shorter and have stronger bacteria than we do. I feed barf. I think I’d like to feed as closely as I can to what they would eat if they were running wild with a pack of wolves. Because, people, our dogs are descendants of wolves. Yes they have evolved but only because we insist on domesticating them to extremes.
Rich was wrong in saying they eat stuff whole – uhmmm, no. I have 3 rottweilers and a german shepherd. They all bite their food into smaller pieces. I give them 3-4 chicken backs, or half a chicken, or a whole rabbit and the biting to break the bone helps to remove the tartar from their teeth. I have had no need to take my dogs to the vet for teeth cleaning. This they bite, break, chew, swallow. (Don’t feed large pieces of COOKED bone like bakes chicken as these are brittle and sharp when they snap. Raw bones are softer – don’t believe me? Try it yourself. Raw bones bend easier and cooked bones snap)
I do give them leftovers because I cook as healthy as I can for my family as a whole. They get whatever: spaghetti, mashed potatoes, steak, sardines, pork chops, mac & cheese. None of these things make them sick because it’s ALL IN MODERATION. Their diet should be varied – they shouldn’t get all their protein from one source and believe me, dogs need a lot more protein than we do and no they have no use for grains. They didn’t break into barns to eat it. They broke in to eat the chickens and piglets.
Some dogs will be allergic to different things. It’s your job to manage those allergies.
My beasts love dinner time and yes dessert time as well. I don’t hand them each a bowl of ice cream or an apple pie. Geez. But sure they get a few spoons of yogurt or fruit, or a bite of cake. When something I give them doesn’t agree with them, I make a note not to give them that again.
Common sense. Just like us. Let’s not be overly paranoid.
Enjoy your pets. They shouldn’t be an endless shore of research and calculated feedings. Lighten up. Stay on top of their health. Pay attention to their stool. And love them.