STOP the presses!...actually saw a decent food at Target

[ruckusluvr]

our walmart (very small town walmart!) has a food comparable to diamond naturals.

Maxximum nutrition is the name. it is actually a walmart brand.

[RCTRIPLEFRESH5]

thanks. in all honesty i feel the same. i sent champion an email and they neverf responded, but csanidae and wellness had sam[les sent to my house right away. chsampion didnt even respond to my messages.

its HARD to find a perfect kibble company/

i know of orijen having 2 serious issues.
the first is the salmon bone issues. there were large sharp bones in a few lots of their foods. this was correcgted i n a few weeks i think, but stilll..

the second issue is how austrailia forced champion to irradiate the food before they could sell it to aussies. champion decided not to tel lthe public about this. they knew the public would not buy the food!! as a result many pets died or got paralysed.

canidae has 2 issues as well..
changed formula with little notice
is manufactured by diamond.

but they were never recalled and none of their foods have actually had problems besides cold turkey switching their foods seem good to me!

heres some links on champions problems you might be interested in!

YouTube - Orijen Irradiated food Cat deaths illness this is hard to watch.

Orijen Concern - Golden Retrievers : Golden Retriever Dog Forums

[RawFedDogs]

I don't want to sound stupid but I guess I will - - What is irradiated food and how do you irradiate food? Is this the same thing as microwaving food? Why would food be irradiated?

[wags]

Found a couple articles on irradiated food not knowing this myself!

Australia Bans Cat, Dog Food Irradiation

Food irradiation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Isn't this though mostly about cat foods from what I am reading?

[RCTRIPLEFRESH5]

I don't want to sound stupid but I guess I will - - What is irradiated food and how do you irradiate food? Is this the same thing as microwaving food? Why would food be irradiated?

hey im ''stuipider'' i thought the correct wording was radiating not irradiating but i guess they mean the same ;)

austrailian customs or something would no allow orijen to import the food into austrailian stores without irradiation. i hink its to kill trhe bacteria but i am guessing.

[RCTRIPLEFRESH5]

Found a couple articles on irradiated food not knowing this myself!

Australia Bans Cat, Dog Food Irradiation

Food irradiation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Isn't this though mostly about cat foods from what I am reading?

the title says cat, dog foiod so i assume its both.

[PM82]

Did the OP ever return to Target to get the name of the food? I'm curious as to what it was.

[stajbs]

RFD, we have friends in Australia with BC's. They were trying to switch to Eagle Pack Holostic Selects back when Eagle Pack still owned them and she emailed me about how almost all foods shipped there were irradiated. I couldn't believe it. Till doing the research.

[kevin bradley]

Did the OP ever return to Target to get the name of the food? I'm curious as to what it was.

PM, no I haven't returned to THAT Target. Its over in Kalamazoo(about 30 minutes from me) and I haven't been in the area in awhile.

I swear to you guys, it was a decent food...at least in line with some of the Diamond stuff.

I may be over there in the next few weeks, I'll try to swing in.

One issue...it is one of the bigger Target stores that seems to carry more stuff....the Target in my town(Battle Creek) is smaller and carries the typical garbage foods we all know.

[Shamrockmommy]

It's PetGuard Lifespan. I am a HUGE fan of it, my bichons do the best on it than any other dry food- even orijen. I had major tear and beard staining on orijen vs. none at all on petguard.
I do add raw meat and plenty of variety to it, to up the amount of protein.