Canidae All Life Stages dog food
November 3, 2008
Filed under Canidae, Dog Food Reviews
Canidae All Life Stages dog food
Canidae All Life Stages dog food is made and manufactures by, CANIDAE Pet Foods. Canidae All Life Stages dry dog food comes in 5lb, 15lb, 35lb and 44lb bags.
Canidae All Life Stages dog food review.
Canidae All Life Stages dog food is a great food. This brand of Canidae has grains unlike the Grain Free formula. Some consumers actually prefer a small amount of grains with higher quality protein dog food.
First five ingredients of Canidae All Life Stages dog food:
- Chicken Meal
- Turkey Meal
- Lamb Meal
- Brown Rice
- White Rice
The first, second and third ingredients of this formula are all named meat ingredients. Dogs are natural carnivores and need plenty of meat and protein in their diet. Some lower quality dog food brands will have plenty of protein, but the proteins not coming from meat. We know that this protein is coming from meat, which makes this a premium brand of dog food.
The forth and fifth ingredient are in the form of rice. These grains are lower allergenic and have not cause many cases of allergies in dogs. Rice is also a good source of carbohydrates and additional protein.
We would definitely recommend this brand of Canidae dog food. If you had your dog on the Grain free version and it was too much protein we would recommend this brand as the grains help with the higher protein levels.
Canidae All Life Stages dog food Ingredients:
Chicken meal, turkey meal, lamb meal, brown rice, white rice, rice bran, peas, potatoes, oatmeal, cracked pearled barley, chicken fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), millet, tomato pomace, natural flavor, flaxseed meal, ocean fish meal, choline chloride, sun cured alfalfa meal, inulin (from chicory root), lecithin, sage extract, cranberries, beta carotene, rosemary extract, sunflower oil, yucca schidigera extract, dried enterococcus faecium, dried lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried aspergillus oryzae fermentation extract, dried bacillus subtilis fermentation extract, saccharomyces cerevisiae fermentation solubles, vitamin E supplement, iron proteinate, zinc proteinate, copper proteinate, ferrous sulfate, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, potassium iodide, thiamine mononitrate, manganese proteinate, manganous oxide, ascorbic acid, vitamin A supplement, biotin, calcium pantothenate, manganese sulfate, sodium selenite, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin B6), vitamin B12 supplement, riboflavin, vitamin D supplement, folic acid, cobalt proteinate, organic selenium, papaya, pineapple.
Canidae All Life Stages dog food Guaranteed Analysis:
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Crude Protein
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(min.)
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24.00%
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Crude Fat
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(min.)
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14.50%
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Crude Fiber
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(max.)
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4.00%
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Moisture
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(max.)
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10.00%
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Linoleic Acid (Omega 6)
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(min.)
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3.70%
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Calcium
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(min.)
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1.20%
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Phosphorus
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(min.)
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0.90%
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Vitamin E
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(min.)
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200.00
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IU/kg
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Alpha Linolenic Acid (Omega 3)*
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(min.)
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0.50%
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Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C)
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(min.)
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50.00
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mg/kg
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Lactobacillus Acidophilus*
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(min.)
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100 million
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CFU/lb.
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Cellulase* (a)
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(min.)
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100
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CMCU/kg
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Review
IMPORTANT: Please update this information. The nutritional analysis is no longer correct since Canidae changed the formula about 5 months ago. Many dogs, including my 2 yr old Shephard, are experiencing severe, life threatening symptoms on the new formula. It is very scary what’s going on with this formerly high quality food. Check out this website: http://www.consumeraffairs.com/pets/canidae.html
In June ’08, Canidae changed their ALS formula without any sufficient warning, causing our our dog to develope a terribly irritated bowel for two and a half months. They did it because the price of brown rice went through the roof last spring and they didn’t want to lose market share by having to raise the price of the product, so they replaced most of it’s brown rice component with a varity of cheaper ingredients. Despite every other reason they might give for the formula change, the real reason was just a desparate and underhanded attempt to hang on to market share in an already bad economy. However enlightened or responsible they like to think they are, they’re still a bottom line corporate entity. Please understand: this constituted a radical formula change, but, and this is key, they kept the name and overall appearance of the bag, virtually identical to the original packaging. At the very least they should have put a big bright sticker on the front of every new bag, to alert long time purchasers of this product (i.e. loyal customers!!) that the formula they had been using for years was signifigantly changed, AND maybe they should have given these same customers the ability to pay extra to keep using the original formula if they’re dog didn’t respond well the crappy (literally) “new improved” fomulation.
These comments about life threatening reactions to the new Canidae formula are total BS. I know dozens of people that feed it including me from time to time and not one reported anything.
People don’t know jack about animal nutrition, for a kibble it is still one of the better products.
I find the comments by “ss” that “…life threatening reactions” experienced by other people’s pets as “BS” to be exceptionally crude, rude and irresponsible. There is indeed validity to other people’s responses and reactions. I also had problems with their cat food and had to stop using it. We have eight indoor cats and essentially they ALL refused to continue eating this food! Based upon my own experience with the cat food buttressed by what I have read here, I think it would be foolish to switch my dogs to Canidae.
As an ol’ time fan of Canidae ALS (old formula) –
The new formula of ALS is terrible and dangerous to feed. Every member of my pack (5 dogs) experienced significant (if not dangerous) weight loss with some experiencing the reported diarrhea and vomitting reactions. I have switched to another product and will NEVER purchase or trust Canidae again!
More details of my experience are contained in another post to this site, so I won’t repeat them here.
I have fed my dog Canidae ALS or Canidae Lamb and Rice for 2 years now. When they changed the formula, his stools got a little loose for a few days after I started the new bag, but soon returned to normal. I continue to use Canidae and have a healthy, energetic dog. I use Canidae primarily because it is 100% U.S. grown and raised products and I do not trust the food supply coming from outside the US. My vet agrees that my 3 year old working dog is supremely healthy.
Well SS – how do you know what other people are experiencing with their pets.
You say you feed it to your pets from “time to time”.
Excuse me??? You clearly change the food for your dog based on what suits you!!!
We are in New Zealand and purchased this product for our dog, and fed it to her everyday. She really enjoyed it, however suffered with welts on her skin for no apparant reason. It took us a wee while to find out what it was.
We changed the food and voila, they have completely gone, they were horrid, green coloured and must have been uncomfortable for her.
We totally beleive that this change made to the ingredients of the food really afftected it and not in a good way, if this many people are having issues then it is clearly an ingredient problem.
For you to say it is all BS is totally uncalled for and everyone is entitled to their input in this matter.
I will never use Canidae again. I changed my dog to Canidae, after I could no longer locate the brand I had used for 20 years with all 4 dogs I have owned. In the 3 1/2 months I fed my dog Canidae ALS, I saw significant weight loss, HUGE amounts of gas, stomach upset and my dog was pooping 8 – 9 times daily and it was always diarrhea. I spent more money at the vet with fecal tests that always came back negative, worming meds etc. Drove 40 miles to get the brand of dog food I used to use and within 12 hours of changing brands our dog was fine. Even my vet has commented that she has had more than a vew patients who have had gastro issues with Canidae.
Soozy, I do not feed Canidea but would have no problem feeding it “with” other foods. Remember if you did not include a new food “slowly” it well always end up in diarrhea. My dogs have gotten diarrhes on a lot of GOOD foods, it just doesn’t work for them. Heck, I tried to introduce Orijen RED (THE BEST FOOD MADE in my book) TO MY GSD and it did not go good for him, so back to his old stuff(good stuff). But I well try again, knowing that he might not get along with Bison or something else thats in it. I am a total believer you should be feeding more than one brand of food. Try another high quaility food but go really slow and I mean like starting out with a tablespoon with the 1st feeding then adding 1 more a week, yes a week, slowly.
I have been feeding my 13 dogs Canidae ALS for years. Right through the “change” of ingredient(s). I personally did not notice any changes with any of them. Actually they are all very healthy and in weight. I am certain that everyone has their own unique personal experience with dog nutrition however to condemn this product over a health issue your dog experienced is not fair. If your dog(s) are that sensitive to a change in diet you should probably talk to your veterinarian.
I have fed my dog Canidae (ALS) and Canidae (chicken and rice) for the last year. I have noticed that she does much better on chicken and rice, while the ALS formula gives her bad gas and Diarrhea – I have been sticking to (chicken and rice) formula lately and she has been doing great.
After all the problems surrounding this formula switch I’m glad I didn’t buy another bag of it. ALS might work for some people, but my 2 year old aussie shep/lab mix gives it a thumbs down.
The comments about life threatening illness are not BS. I thought it was too so I disregarded them and fed the food to my dog anyway. I slowly transistioned from his old food and he began having severe bloody diarrhea and vomiting mucous and bile. A lot of blood. He is so sick I have been feeding him rice for 2 days. I don’t care if it works for some dogs, it doesn’t work for mine and I have never seen a dog this sick from dog food. And yes, it’s the dog food. He didn’t get into anything, he doesn’t have a disease, it is the food.
First off I do not feed Canidae, but for a dog to get this sick off a food seems very odd to me. I really have not heard many bad things about this food. I did hear they changed their formula and it is not the one we look at and must go to their site. I sure hope you called them or E-mailed them about your problem, remember you need to tell them or they will never know.
I’ve been feeding Canidae Platinum to my 2 older dogs and ALS to the younger ones for 14 months with absolutely no issues. None have had diarrhea or thown up, none have gone off-feed, and all have gorgeous,plush coats. I recently bred the youngest bitch and she is expecting a litter of 6 or 7 pups. I don’t know what was going on with the formula and why dogs were getting sick, but apparently it’s been corrected. My dogs are thriving on Canidae.
I feed all three of my dogs the new ALS formula and have had no problems. I switched their food slowly from Science Diet… after reading the ingredients and comparing them to Canidae. Our male dog has a very sensitive stomach and this food works. He has no problems with his stool or stomach. My dogs are happy, active and coats are very shiny. I can not speak to the old formula, but the new one works very well for them. They are very healthy and I like the price as well. It works well with our budget as all 3 are 60LB+. I am very happy with this food!
Also to be fair I do cook for them from time to time (1 or 2 meals per week) and add flax seeds, olive oil, sunflower oil to salmon, potatoes/sweet potatoes, celery, carrots, apples, garlic, avocado, turmeric, cranberries/blueberries… – they love it and hover over me with impatience :0) then lick their bawls absolutely clean!