Blue Wilderness recall...

Cadillactaste said:
Lol which variety? We do the Pacific brand...it helped our senior bulldog with serious allergies. He was scheduled to see an allergist before switching. Cleared up all his issues.

Set a timer for the puppy. Ours never pooped in the house and we had two we brought home.
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High Prairie, venison and bison.

It is a Shitzsu, during the winter. He would poop on the piddle pads.
 
Ahhh...yeah could pose a problem having them poo indoors ,we did grain free but poop smells to a degree. No chicken byproducts. Not sure which the senior was allergic to...buy he went from being on pills and shots to nothing. Our vet passed away who had set us up with the allergist. When we went in for a booster for Lyme. The new vet was pleased at what we accomplished with the allergist. When I explained we got a new puppy and switched everyones food...and canceled the allergist. She made a note to call other pet owners to suggest a food change.
 
My bull terrier breeder feeds Taste of the Wild. That's what I've been feeding all the bullies I've had. I've noticed less allergies to grass, etc.

As for the poopy Shitzu, that mix sounds like it's a bit too rich for her. And I'm not going to comment on allowing a puppy to eliminate in the house...;-) Only this, all poop stinks, stinks less outside.
 
Rupert has eaten Purina One large breed puppy and now adult dog food his whole life.
He's strong and healthy and alert.
 
Bonsai Nut said:
When I was first out of college, I used to work in the pet food industry. It is a fascinating business because on one hand you are dealing with the challenges of making a quality product while on the other hand the buyer is not the consumer - and they have a strong emotional attachment to their pet and the purchasing decision.

When the pet food industry was first starting up the big producers were all human food companies - particularly millers - who would make pet food with by-products from their milling operations. Purina Mills, Quaker, etc. There was less of a question about ingredient quality because for the most part the company was using its own human grade by-products (corn, wheat and oat flour that was a "by-product" in the production of cornmeal, grits, oatmeal, etc). They also owned their own production facilities, employed their own quality control scientists, and in some cases had their own kennels for palatability and nutritional testing.

Now most of the "speciality brands" come from contract production, and worse yet, the ingredients come from a global commodities market where it is very difficult to 100% ascertain exactly where the commodity is coming from. I was reading an article last night about how, according to Walmart, 100% of all chicken that they source in China for human consumption is at least partly sourced outside of their approved supply chain - from farms and farmers who may or may not abide by their standards. The corruption is so ubiquitous that they are testing blockchain technology (the same encryption technology used to secure Bitcoin) to give every single chicken product sourced in China a unique digital fingerprint so that you can scan it at the end of the supply chain (the retail store) and instantly know every single participant in the entire supply chain all the way back to the farm.

Until they can guarantee the security of food supply chains outside of this country, I put a premium on "Made in America" farm goods - or countries who can guarantee similar food quality control in their supply chains. It is not always the producers who are at fault; they contract for a certain ingredient and they pay for it and are supposed to receive it. However there is currently a quantitative quality gap between commodities sourced from one country versus the same commodity sourced from another country - and the contract manufacturers will often go with the cheaper source without asking the question "why is it cheaper?".

We had a dog that died after eating chicken jerky treats sold at CostCo that were made in China. It was a big enough issue that CostCo recalled the product, we got a warning in the mail (too late in our case) and a follow-up questionnaire from the FDA.
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So sorry to hear you lost a beloved fur pet to a product on the market before it's recall. What a tragedy...I am so paranoid by dog brands after all the recalls. And I didn't lose a pet. Can't begin to imagine it...again so sorry to hear of your loss.
 
Cadillactaste said:
So sorry to hear you lost a beloved fur pet to a product on the market before it's recall. What a tragedy...I am so paranoid by dog brands after all the recalls. And I didn't lose a pet. Can't begin to imagine it...again so sorry to hear of your loss.
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I generally don't feed ANY treats other than biscuits (Milkbone or similar), and they love them - so why would I want to switch? I fell into the classic mistake of thinking with my heart instead of my head.

I love all my dogs, and this loss was particularly sad.
 
rockm said:
My bull terrier breeder feeds Taste of the Wild. That's what I've been feeding all the bullies I've had. I've noticed less allergies to grass, etc.

As for the poopy Shitzu, that mix sounds like it's a bit too rich for her. And I'm not going to comment on allowing a puppy to eliminate in the house...;-) Only this, all poop stinks, stinks less outside.
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He goes outside now. He is in acrate while we are gone, and runs for the backdoor when he is let out and sits until we open it.

He is ten months old now and little breeds have a difficult time with potty training, but he is doing much better. He still will not go out unless one of us stands outside with him. Guess being nine and a half pounds with coyotes, raccoons, opossums, and skunks in the back yard is frightening.
 
My aussie won't step foot off the deck without a command. None of our dogs are let out alone...coyote run in packs in our neck of the woods. But,accidents happen when you aren't there to at least attempt to keep them from happening. Stray dog...farmers cows get out. You just never know...better safe than sorry. Rule at our house...one must always go out with fur pups at all times.
 
Cadillactaste said:
My aussie won't step foot off the deck without a command. None of our dogs are let out alone...coyote run in packs in our neck of the woods. But,accidents happen when you aren't there to at least attempt to keep them from happening. Stray dog...farmers cows get out. You just never know...better safe than sorry. Rule at our house...one must always go out with fur pups at all times.
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No he could be all the way at the back fence playing king of the hill on a pile of dirt I need to remove, and he will be in the house if I turn towards the house before I take two steps.
 
We had a hawk take up residence in a big oak tree in our yard. After he took a couple swoops at our pomeranian, he wouldn't go outside without an escort either! He'd run around the yard, looking back all of the time to make sure someone was there with him.
 
Used to run my big (63 lbs) bull terrier in a field at night after I got home from work. Had a great horned owl size him up from a tall oak one night. He swooped down and reached out his talons, but when he got within five or so feet of the dog, retracted the landing gear and hauled ass. Guess up close the prey became the predator...Always unnerves me how silent owls are in flight, though. The damn bird flew so close over my head, I felt the downdraft from his wing stroke on my neck.
 
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