I have a dog with me. Picked her up from street when she's about 2 weeks old and feed her with milk.

At 1 month old, for starting, I used Hill's SciXnce Plan ( recommended by petshop) and the feller sapu everything. Then I found out that brand is not so good in terms of nutrient so I decided to change to Baker's Oven, of which my little furkid here refused to eat at all, not even when I mixed with the previous brand. So what I do was, I got some canned food, mixed the Baker's kibbles in it and let her eat, but the smart feller licked all the canned food, leaving and spitting out the kibbles. Eventually my brother go get a few different type of kibbles from his friends ( a handful) and mix everything with Baker's Oven then only my dog eat it.

After Baker's Oven, I go for NutriEdgX Lamb and Rice ( buying in bulk, share cost with a few friends), she loved it so much that until today when I try adding some other brands (ie. Evo, Canidae, Orijen..etc) she eats only those she like and leave the others in her bowl

What about Arden Grange? Found this brand in a vet near my house, price quite reasonable too.

The Puppy/ Junior ( Chicken)..

Has anyone tried Taste of the Wild brand dog food??

I bought a bag of 6kg+ from my vet 2 weeks back, both my girls loved it, but I'm not sure how good it is though their stool became very much lesser ( was feeding on arden grange chicken, then changed to Go! duck cuz vet ran out of AG that time..). I'm considering to put both my girls on Taste of the Wild, need some advice here..

I would also like to know whether it is ok or not to put my dogs on Orijen 6 fish & Taste of the Wild, mixed? I bought a big bag of Orijen as gift to my cousin's dog but didnt manage to pass to her ( her dog died on 428 evening *sob*).. I now have 1 big bag of Orijen at home, 13kg+ and another bag of Taste of the Wild two-third left..

This post has been edited by blackright: Apr 30 2012, 05:28 PM

I bought the roast duck formula too, but I thought the price is quite affordable? I'm planning to get the 13.6kg pack once the current one finish. Though this Taste of the Wild brand quite affordable actually, was quoted roughly around rm200 for that 13.6kg roast duck with another 20% off So what brand are your dogs having right now??

I went to my vet to get dog food, kinrara vet. 'cuz they offer quite a good price especially now they are having anniversary celebration, a lot of dog foods on 20% discount ( normal time i went i got 10% off). I'm rotating Orijen 6fishes mixed with Taste of the Wild ( 8:2 ratio), raw feeding, and also homecook stew ( lamb/ mutton+ celery + carrots+ kelp+ green peas and a couple of herbs like rosemary).. I hope I'm doing good to my dog rather than harm =/

Haha, I feed kibbles during weekdays, then weekends if got time will cook stew or prepare raw meat for my girls. I tried having the same stew I cooked for my girls, no salt but taste nice too But I'm worried if I feed homecook for long term, the nutrient not balance

Ghee¬ Thanks bro for the tips.
I'm quite concern with certain thing that my dogs eat.. Because one of my dog has seasonal allergy ( she is allergic to grass pollen and certain type of chemical/ added material used to processed pet food though not too sure which type). Usually I steam some pumpkin ( small amount), carrots ( my dogs love carrots!) for them as treats, on and off some hard boiled eggs or steam/ boiled chicken fillet with olive oil or flaxseed oil as topping..

I heard Acana is the sister brand for Orijen, am thinking of getting Acana but not sure how is the quality compared to Orijen and Taste of The Wild ( price wise too), sorry no offence, I'm trying to save some cost, but not willing to compromise on the quality of food and their living condition for my dogs..

Erm Rhika... there are recent recalls by Diamond Pet Food on a couple of brands manufactured under their plant, suspected salmonella contamination...
TOTW been also "voluntarily" recalled for certain batch.. I check mine, affected too, my vet advice me to send the remaining bag back to him as precaution and he refunded me. He said he will check with local supplier on which batch are truly affected, and not selling his remaining stock until he is certain the stocks he has is not affected.

But my dogs love TOTW compared to Orijen later they hunger strike I cry

I wonder... have anyone seen any Orijen freezed dried treats here in Malaysia??

just went to kinraravets this morning and saw a bag, huge bag. not sure about the price though

For store bought treats, I personally like Zukes' and Sunday Pets though they are a wee bit pricey compared to DIY.

Zuke's contain specified protein as the primary ingredient, along with apples, veggies, and beneficial herbs, grain free, and easy to break into bite size or appropriate size for training. Sunday Pets are mostly freeze dried treats that I would use for outdoor training, especially off leash moments since my dog would literally switch her focus from free run to sit and stay in order to get it.

DIT wise, I love dehydrating lungs, beef lungs, goat lungs, or lean meat ( chicken/ beef/ mutton/ rabbit/ venison) to trachea, ligaments, tendons as chews. You can also toss in some organs ie liver/ pancreas/ kidney/ chicken heart...etc in a pot of boiling water, or in the oven, those makes daily treats too.

That is of course, up to your personal preference. The good side of store bought treats is storage, very easy, especially I need to pack up for travelling long distance, no worries of those treats/ food turned bad ( basi). As for DIY, it is definately much more affordable, and quality assured ( you get what you toss in the machine/ pot). Have fun exploring

** I once saw Orijen Freeze Dried treats in US, and was told that it is new arrival there. Don't think they're available in M'sia yet.
** If you're up for quality and have a loose budget, do try out Primal Freeze Dried. Sunday Pets Raw Chow is a little too crumbly to my liking to be turned as treats so I fed those as part of main diet.

This post has been edited by blackright: Nov 3 2013, 04:12 PM

Green tripe can be found from your local butcher ( by way of butcher, I'm referring to either goat/ lamb or cows/ buffalo in this country) on the fact that green tripe are those uncooked/ un bleached stomach.

Best timing to get large amount of green tripe at competitive rate?
Rahmadhan month/ before raya where local butcher will slaughter cows/ buffalo for sale.
Before Deepavali, that is for local goat tripe.
Whereas for venison tripe, it all depends on luck. I manage to get only once in the past 3 years, and that was before Hari Raya Haji, and it is relatively expensive compared to the goat/ cow's tripe, but worth every single cent.

Another tips for you, if you have a kampung to go back to, try getting from those butcher who also owns the animal or who bought from local farmers, best if the animals are kept kampung style ( grass fed in plantation + able to move around) rather than those raise and kept in feedlots. Hope these helps.

Perut mentah or just describe it as perut hijau hijau tu..

emm... in my kampung, green tripe and other parts of local beef/ mutton are normally sold in wet market. I'm not so sure about KL/ Selangor area, but I have seen green tripe sold in local pasar malam near my house on and off ( I stay in Bandar Kinrara Puchong), especially before or after Raya/ Raya Haji or on any occassion when our Muslim bro/ sis have celebrations and cows are slaughtered.

Usually I bought mine in bulk whenever I go back to kampung, both cow and goat tripe, price not much difference but I'm more comfortable buying in hometown 'cuz I know they're freshy slaughtered, grass fed and run free in oil palm plantation/ rubber estate.. You can try asking the butcher in your market/ pasar malam and see if they're able to keep the tripe for you rather than cooked + bleached one. I've also heard from other forumers that they have bought green tripe from NSK Kuchai Lama before too

This post has been edited by blackright: Nov 26 2013, 08:26 PM

I think you may try a swtich to Arden Grange Hypoallergenic series, that should help improve the skin issues if it is diet related. Grab a small bag that usually cost around RM60 for 2kg.
Before I switch to raw feeding, that was one of the least expensive kibble based diet that my dog can take and doesnt cost a bomb to my wallet.

Alternatively, you may try asking friends or forumers staying around your region and see anyone is willing to share cost in grabbing the larger pack. Hope this helps.

which part of klang valley are you from? most conventional pet shops and vets do carry TOTW now.

yeah, not just 6fishes, all series.

can join this group, there are a quite a number of raw feeders there
https://www.facebook.com/groups/455374311213998/