Comments on: Innova dog food

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 13:39:50 +0000

Before I got my dog I did a lot of research as to what dog food I wanted to feed her. I had to be extra careful when choosing because I needed something lower in protein because I have a Newfoundland and she is a giant breed and grows very quickly. She has been on Innova for 4 weeks now and she has had a few problems while on the food; he hasn’t had sold poops, she has terrible fart. I have only recently learned that Innova was recently purchases by Proctor and Gamble and has since changed the formula of the dog food. I am now looking to switch to another food. My next option is Fromm Gold Large Breed puppy food.

By: Julie

Julie — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:30:54 +0000

We got our great dane when he was eight weeks old. He is now 3 years old. I have fed my dog Innova dry dog food for his entire life. I loved Innova and never had any problems. I had a VERY healthy great dane. That is until April of this year. He broke out with little pink bumps all over his body and some of them came to a head like a pimple. He lost about 35% of his hair. Then we found out he had an ear infection, his teeth went from being white to having alot of tartar on them. He was so itchy that you couldn’t even touch him without him coming off the floor. I started eliminating everything one by one to target what was causing this. Now he was just on Innova and water. I thought for sure I would see an improvement. Not only did it continue, it seemed to get worse. The vet couldn’t figure out what was wrong with him and no one had any answers. I never thought in a million years that my beloved Innova could be the source of the problem. So I took to the internet to do some research only to discover that proctor and gamble bought natura over a year ago. I had noticed a difference in the appearance of the food but thought nothing of it. It’s color and shape was the same, but the texture changed and it had little white specks on it. I immediately decided that day to go get a different food and start the transition. I fed him 25% taste of the wild and 75% Innova for about a week, but I couldn’t take seeing him like this anymore. So by day eight, I just switched him 100% to taste of the wild. The pink bumps and itching were gone by the NEXT day! The bumps that did come to head started to heal and his hair started to return. I started asking around about Innova and I was told that proctor and gamble are under some sort of contract for two years stating that the ingredients will not change. I personally do not believe that and no one will ever convince me that they didn’t do something to ruin this food. Never again will I purchase Innova! Proctor and Gamble has a far larger interest in their pharmaceuticals.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 04:30:04 +0000

Jessica, when my dog was a pup he loved the Wellness super five mix puppy, and did great on it.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:49:45 +0000

Help!!! :’(

By: Jessica

Jessica — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 16:47:35 +0000

Hi i have a 9 week old Blue Heeler Lab cross. i have been doing a lot of research the past few days on dog food. my vet suggested Eukanuba Science diet Royal Canin and some stuff they sell at the vet. i was thinkin of putting him on Orijen Innova Wellness Go Taste of the wild Organix Fromm Solid Gold… as you can see thats a lot of different brands. i have currently narrowd it down as a lot of those brands i cant find anywhere here.
all i can find here is
Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Puppy Food( i have heard a lot of bad things about nutro so im not sure about it)
Science Diet Large Breed Puppy Original Recipe
Innova® Large Breed Puppy Food
Wellness Complete Health Super5Mix Large Breed Puppy Food
Eukanuba Large Breed Puppy Formula
Royal Canin MAXI Large Breed Puppy 32 Formula
Authority® Large Breed Puppy Food
Blue Buffalo Life Protection Large Breed Puppy Chicken & Rice Formula
Nature’s Recipe Large Breed Puppy Food
and
Organix Puppy Food Formula ( im not sure about this one as mmy vet said must be large breed specific)
also found 1 store that sells Orijen.
i did some reasurch and im not likeing the ones my vet sugested.
what one do you guys think is best?

By: Zoe

Zoe — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 12:00:24 +0000

I am looking for a healthy puppy food for my 8-week-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever. The breeders fed her Diamond Naturals Beef Meal & Rice, but based on what I am reading on this and other forums, it’s not a very good food. They were concerned about me transitioning her to Orijen because of the high protein and fat content. Is there something “in-between” Diamond Naturals and Orijen in terms of quality/protein/fat? I feed my cats Orijen and they seem to be thriving — but they are 10+ years old. Wondering what’s best for a young pup… any thoughts? I’m concerned about kidney function with high-protein diets.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 01:23:01 +0000

My dog actually got to have a little fun exercise in the yard, while some might scream animal cruelty just keep in mind no animals were harmed LOL., but I hung a bird feeder on back of my property over the weekend (Saturday), and I guess since this morning sometimes the large population of black birds we have found their way to the feeder. My Dobie was running over the scretch of the property chasing them off while ignoring the sparrows and other bird species at the feeder, I thought it was kind of fun, but I was able to utilize his training while out by getting him to recall on command and keeping him in a sit/stay position while the birds were flying in and over head. It was actually pretty entertaining for a boring country day LOL.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 21:42:47 +0000

Hey Jess,that’s really cool,too bad you didn’t have a camera.Wonder what the heck those coyotes were doing in the burbs? I saw a fox once at night,I had to hit my brakes and swerve to miss him.He was a beautiful little creature.LOL your still counting Tony’s age in months,just like a human baby.Wow,he’s almost Two already.TIME FLIES.

By: Jess

Jess — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 19:31:28 +0000

Antonio, I bet I would love it down there. But I do hate really hot and really cold weather. You can go about 70 miles east of where I live and see plenty of wild life and eastern Washington has tons of wild life. Dude this is the suburbs located between there pretty large cities in Seattle, BelIevue, and Everett. We do have raccoons and a few eagles down by Puget sound, but thats about it. When I was growing up you could hear the coyotoes and wolfs howl at nigh,t but man we have grown from a town of 15 thousand to a town of 250 thousand and all the towns around us have grown the same way. It’s just wall to wall people and most are illegal mexicans and black people. It is a real eye opener for those who have left and then come back here.

By: Antonio

Antonio — Mon, 21 Mar 2011 14:09:08 +0000

LOL, Jess you got a chance to see your first wild coyote yesterday? Man you’d really love a trip here to Arkansas LOL, we got plenty of coyotes for you guys to see running loose. I see your shepherd is nearing his 2nd bday congrats.