I just read the post about the lawsuit against Acana...and the other brand done by the same company. So I looked on the internet and there was a few articles about it... Made me a bit concerned as I've been feeding my puppy on that.... So now... Im thinking of moving on to another brand...quite good timing as there is only several days left of her Acana food... Have asked this sort of question before but...what would be another brand with similar ingredients...?
I wouldn't stop feeding my pets Orijen and Acana based on one class action suit (I feed my cats on Acana). If you want to switch then that's up to you, but I'd wait and see what comes out in the trial. Maybe there's something in it, maybe there's not. I've recently switched Xena from Orijen to Black Hawk grain free, but only because I was pi**ed at Orijen for lowering the size of their bags and not decreasing the price accordingly. BH is Australian, and the nutritional content is similar to Orijen, so it's probably even closer to Acana. You can also look at Addiction which is a Kiwi brand. There's a new product on the market called Feed My Furbaby, it's a subscription service, and their nutritional content is pretty good too.
Which is why I feed my dog ingredients I can see in their whole form and unprocessed. I like to know exactly what my dog is eating. It takes some effort to learn how to feed a dog a healthy diet that is appropriate to their nutritional needs, but thereafter it’s easy. Snowie has been eating raw meat, organs, and meaty bones plus raw and cooked veg for most of his life (I fed him kibble for his first couple on months), and at 6.5 yo his annual blood tests came back completely normal. For myself, I also try to eat whole food with the only processing being cooking it at home.
I've been having a look into this lawsuit as I have clients who feed both Acana and Orijen foods. The most useful information I've found so far is https://www.petful.com/food/orijen-lawsuit-2018/
Urgh! I just detest these scare-mongering stories. The trouble with having access to so much information on the 'net these days is that things are published without (possibly) the evidence to back them up, but really needing further investigation before coming to a solid conclusion. "One swallow doesn't make a summer" springs to mind. I was quite upset yesterday when a good friend of mine who is a nursing assistant shared something on FB saying that metformin causes dementia. My heart sank. Sometimes we need to just sit back, don't panic, and await further corroboration of these type of stories. (Can I qualify this by saying that I haven't looked at either the Acana/Orijen or the Metformin ones in detail as I am not qualified or able even as a medical professional to be able to assess and filter the evidence to decide whether there is good quality evidence or whether it is meaningful).
