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Makers of Orijen brand dog food are zombies, big time.
I purchased this food, at $4/lb, desperately trying to find a dog food without grain. I read that it had pea and lentils in it, but did not think it would be a problem. I was wrong. Peas are wholly incompatible with canine digestive systems. Yet this dog food claims to be "biologically compatible."
My ass...they didn't even bother testing wolves for food allergies. If they would have tested a wolf for allergic reaction to the food; it would have eliminated all possibilities of allergic reactions by any breed.
My dog is a malamute of course. Closer to wolves than most breeds, they have all the same sensitivities of wolves. And you don't see wolves grazing marigolds, dandelions, alfalfa (which is known to be toxic!) and lentils or peas, do you?
What appalled me most was their attitude - it was MY problem that my dog had a reaction to their food, their BIOLOGICALLY APPROPRIATE dog food.
This then, is my effort to enlighten you as to Champion Pet Foods, and any other corporate source of dog food.
How can I claim such expertise in canine nutrition? Well for one, I think for myself, and conduct research. For another, I had an opportunity to study wolf diet and resultant scat, as I was responsible for feeding some 35 wolves in 5 separate enclosures, and cleaning their scat. I was the only person to do this over a period of about 6 months. I observed diet and resulting scat and have a pretty fair sense of dietary compatibility and process.
Canines eat hair when they eat fat - as fat is on the outer layers and fur acts as roughage to compensate for the fat which has a laxative effect.
Canines will occasionally eat grass or other lignin-containing plant when they need to clean out their digestive system.
Canines eat meat, only. They do not eat vegetables, they do not eat grains, and they do not eat legumes. These are poisonous, and Champion Pet Foods blatantly lied on their packaging.
I wanted to ask their nutritionist if they did allergy testing on each of the ingredients; but the women at the customer service line were quite rude, irrational, and downright mean.
This is my reaction; somewhat exaggerated because I am suffering from food allergy symptoms thanks to Albertson's covering the ingredients on something I didn't even think had ingredients - imitation crab flakes (which normally are sold bulk, not in a package; so I would normally not have had access to the ingredients.
Did you know there was sugar, egg whites, and soybean flour and oil in imitation crab flakes?
I've been in horrible pain and discomfort. I called this dog food company as a way of venting my frustrations for my allergic reaction; which caused me to sympathize with my dog and to want to vent my stress directly at those who caused my biggest frustration - the fact that I may have to give up my dog because his hips are so bad because of Orijen dog food.
All that foul language means Google is taking their time processing the video...gotta get those curse words correct in the transcript, eh Google?
