Adrian F

as it says looking for peoples experiences of Orijen dog food

dpb

I can think of better things for a satdaynight/sunday morning

Leslie

Our cat prefers Whiskas.

Les

shaunywrx

Never heard of it

Jamie

Who is Orijen ? a slave ?

Lee247

Me neither

tony de wonderful

Heat it up before you eat it.

Jaybird-UK

Ive never heard of it, however we have fed our dogs on http://www.wellbeloved.com/ forever and it suits them well.

All natural and hypo allergenic - also easy to get hold of as Pets at Home stock it among others.

Rex93

Yep, we feed Orijen to both of our Akita's.

Have tried many dog foods over the years, the dogs have shown best when on Orijen. We feed Orijen Adult and Orijen Six fish.

Good break down of different dog foods can be found here:
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_f...iews/index.php

The Orijen is in the 6star section. Best food we have found for our dogs by far.

Jaybird-UK

interesting link, thanks!

Pjamie

We've fed Orijen for years. Our labrador loves it and looks fantastic on it. We used to feed Timberwolf which had some great varieties and unqiue protein sources, but they changed the ingredients and the quality went downhill.

Orijen is a brilliant food but it can be too rich for some dogs due to its very high protein content. Our dog can't tolerate the new Fish flavour, and isn't keen on the new Red Meat version, but the large Puppy (it's the same ingredients as Adult, just more Glucosamine) is his favourite. It's a tad expensive per bag at around £46 for 13.5KG, but you don't need to feed much and the cost over a month doesn't work out at much more.

He's not working dog but does get between 2-4 hours of walking a day, with most of it spent chasing *****, swimming in the river or sea (even in the winter), and running around like a head case. When he isn't out for a walk he's usually looking to chase a ball around the garden. He has plenty of energy.

Considering that when he was nine months old he was almost completely bald and has a chronic skin condition that could only be controlled by tons of steroids (30mg per day), and other drugs and used to scratch himself until he bled. Since we upgraded the quality of his foods (it wasn't a food intolerance as such as per skin specialist, food trials, and several thousand pounds later, showed) we've got him down to 1No. 5mg steriod tablet every 2-3 days and that's it. If we run out of food and try to give him something cheaper until the new stuff arrives, within 2-3 days he's starting to scratch and we need to up his steroid intake in an attempt to stop him scratching until he bleeds. A few days back on Orijen sorts it out.

He looks great, has a full coat that gleams, and is a much happier dog. He has muscles that ripple and bulge when he walks but is a nice slim working-stock lab. My partner has some pictures of him here - http://www.scottish-borders.co.uk/photo_6110963.html.

Adrian F

Thanks Pjamie and Rex93 i have read mix views on the net about the high protein content i feed Symply Salmon Potato at the moment and i am very pleased with it, i use to feed Nuto when i could get it from America, looking for unbiased dog owners experiences and thought that Scoobynet would be a good place to ask

Glowplug

iTrader: (8)

Our 4 1/2 year old Boxer is on a BARF (Bones And Raw Food) diet and has been since 10 weeks. IMHO it is a much healthier/natural chioce for her and a much cheaper and convienient option for us, Rabbits, chickens, whole fish, racks of ribs, offal (heart,lung,kidney ect) and veg (not carrots, undigestable).
It's great to watch her crunching her way through a chicken or rabbit, it also strenthens the jaw, neck and shoulder muscles and cleans the teeth. We add a drizzle of olive or corn oil to help with the coat and a clove of garlic once or twice a week to act as a natural insect repelent and antioxydent.
She only goes to the vet for her yearly jabs and she is always being complimented on. Our friends have a GS which was under weight and had various skin complaints, they switched to BARF after seeing our Boxer and have not looked back. I don't think i will ever feed any of my future dogs processed kibble again.

b road blaster

same as bat i feed mine barf and he loves it i recomend it
the way i look at it is what did dogs eat before they started makeing and selling over priced commercial food my vet also recomends it

Markus

Yes, Lily our lab has been on Orijen for quite a few years now. She used to be on the adult version (blue bag) but we've moved her over to the senior (green bag) version. She seems to enjoy it. Certainly keeps her coat very shiny.

Snazy

I know 2 separate groups of people who are for and against barf diets, heard some horror stories about barf and kibble.
For us Wainrights and sardines is the perfect combination. Loads of energy, good health and great coats.

I have heard of orijen as being the perfect barf replacement but never looked into it properly.
Whatever you choose to feed your dogs, there will always be horror stories, but if the dog is healthy with it.... Keep doing what you are doing. Good luck on the research Adrian.

Glowplug

iTrader: (8)

Absolutly agree b road blaster and Snazy.

I had a English Springer and a Lurcher, both working dogs and both fed mainly on kibble most of their lives and both lived til 13yo with none of the kibble horror diseases' or illnesses.
It's all personal choice and whats best for the individual animal IMO (plus i like the variety). We only got into BARF because the Boxer was a little be'atch when weaning, would not touch kibble but loved sardines and chicken wings, so she made the decission really.

Snazy

Lol don't get me started on fussy dogs. My male has recently decided, no sardines and tomato sauce, no eaty dinner lol. But on the plus side he knows what he wants to eat and is in great condition for it.

On the flip, a friend was recently warned by her vet about barf. It's a very confusing picture painted by many, so whatever best suits is better than a crap diet that leads to a poorly dog.

Glowplug

iTrader: (8)

Funnily enough mine wont do them in tommy sauce only in oil, she'll do cauliflour but not broccilli funny sods Lambs ribs and a gilt-head bream just going down though.

Do you know in what respect you friend was warned re barf. Just out of interest for my info

Snazy

Lol I give mine sardines in oil too, just with a squirt of tommy sauce cheaper option, lol.

It was not really a warning, just tales of cuts to the digestive tract. A couple of deaths and another couple of expensive operations.
That's not a reason not to go the barf route, after all it's only natural right.

My only concern has ever been balance. Mine still get meaty bones etc but the base of their diet is kibble.

Glowplug

iTrader: (8)

Yeah got ya, think i'd have trouble getting her off it anyway, she love it.

Balance is a concern and i can totally understand where you are coming from

Adrian F

My vet advised not to feed RAW as my dogs have been on kibble their whole lives and dont have the anti bodies to deal with all the bacateria in raw meat like chicken

Glowplug

iTrader: (8)

Yeah, valid point i expect.

Think i've had food poisoning a couple of times since we started feeding raw, forgetting to wash hands ect

Adrian F

Another reason not to fed RAW Lol