would like to hear you guys opinion about addiction. thnx

Arcana and orijen pls...

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Added on May 6, 2010, 11:18 pmseems to have some good review from this site

also i remember someone posted about high protein is good for your dog...but many others posted otherwise...im confused now...

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Added on May 6, 2010, 11:32 pma few google and it seems high protein is GOOD for your dog...a tldr site



This post has been edited by karwaidotnet: May 6 2010, 11:34 PM

i bought orijen...so let's see how it goes wif my pup...

i noticed her urine has become more yellowish and smell more ammonia.

she poops considerable more and it's soft. and SMELLY.
luckily in the morning - my nose kinda stuck but still the smell is like sh1t. LOL


at first she kinda poop like machinegun - she'll poop the first large one, then some minor2 one around the area. as most of it is soft, so it's kinda messy and smelly to clean up.

this morning - i think it's improving oredi in the sense 1 large poop and just 1 small poop nearby. still smelly.

good thing is - i dont notice her vomitting anymore. i can only now hope her poop will improve.

This post has been edited by karwaidotnet: May 17 2010, 11:08 AM

gradually...but only for three days as the old kibbles stock lasted that long only....

i suspected my mom gave her rice to eat with the kibbles, when im out for work, as that was what she been adviced by her frens...coz last night she went out poop-machinegun again. the damage area is wider this time. all the small poops were soft. except for the large one.

i imagine CJ7

read the prev thread. byaku-chan tried it before...

where did u get the Addiction Salmon? i was trying to get it myself but couldnt find in 3 petsmore branches. they have it but it's for kittens. not puppies.

after about 2 weeks of feeding her with orijen (not the fish package) i dun think she or even me and my family can take it.

for her - the stool remains soft and smelly. some of it is a bit watery as well.

for us - hard to clean up and smelly of course. worse is when she spread it around.

need to get a need kibble today...

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Added on May 23, 2010, 10:05 amsummary of her diet.
nutri-edge - the kibbles she was feed wif when she was born. stool is firm and nice. no smell.

oven-baked - stool is ok but it causes her to drinks LOTS of water and she'll vomit brown, foamy fluid afterwards. vet gave her some medicine. after the med is finish...she continue to vomit once in a while.

orijen - no more vomitting but the stool is nightmare.

i guess her stomach couldnt take some much meat (protein) at a time...pity i would say.

This post has been edited by karwaidotnet: May 23 2010, 10:05 AM

hmm...dont c canidae at the petsmore shop i went to. but i found addiction salmon that i initially wanted to purchase. let's c how she goes now wif smoked salmon

i hope she do fine wif it...

after two days of feeding her wif addiction salmon bleu...her poops have only gone to worse. (it was serve on a proportion amount of around 70/30, 60/40 wif orijen being the larger amount).

and what breaks my heart is when she has to wake up in the middle of the night several times just to poops watery stools...

and it dawns upon me that her stomach most probably can only accept chicken. coz that's the main ingredients of previous kibbles that gave her firm stool. (though the oven-baked makes her vomit and the initial one is a low-quality kibbles - nutri-edge)

orijen makes her stool a disastrous may be bcoz it has fish ingredients in it.

question: should i continue to monitor her or should i just go now and get a kibble wif chicken as the main ingredient. and if im going to get a new kibbles, any recommended brand? the only good quality brand that comes to my mind now is natural balance but i can only recall seeing it labelled as Lamb and Rice.

hmm...hey if i'm ever going to get a new kibbles packet today...anyone want to buy my addiction salmon? i only scoop out max 1 cup from it.

else...i'm thinking of feeding it to all the stray dogs near my area...and i'm imagining the next day it will be a havoc when smelly watery poops are found everywhere....gahhh...LOL

thanx divas. i would try to look for those if i c it. but problem is i dun think petsmore have it and for my convenience, petsmore has almost as much branches around as 7-11.

i've been to other shop but they don't look as clean and bright as petsmore which gives me sense of trustworthy.

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Added on May 25, 2010, 3:26 pmabout the worm thing - on her 3rd vaccination, i was introduced by the vet to use this new product called Revolution that suppose to kills fleas,ear mites, worms and even prevent heartworm. i bought it and use it on her. no tick/flea is found till today. (previously we did found few). so i'm assuming it works.

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Added on May 25, 2010, 9:35 pmok i confirm the petsmore branch i went to doesnt have Canidae nor Go!

i browse around and noticed Arcana has Chicken as the main ingredients...but wif whitefish meal as the 5th ingredient...thinking of getting this IF she doesnt improve by this weekend...

and about the Natural Balance...the Chicken package has salmon meal as the 6th ingredient. there's an organic package wif chicken as the only meat...but the rest is all organic stuff...which kinda put me on a situation

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Added on May 25, 2010, 9:51 pmjudging by this website for Canidae Canidae Chicken Meal and Rice Formula it seems like a perfect food for my dear poodle...problem is i'm not sure where i can get it.

divas, where u get urs from?

This post has been edited by karwaidotnet: May 25 2010, 09:51 PM

i got it from the Segar Veterinary Hospital @ Tmn Segar, Cheras. the frenly vet recommended it to me for its convenience as a all-in-one product. it's not display at their shelf...so maybe it does need a prescription. not sure.

i read thru the instructions guide pamplet again and i can confirm that it did mentioned about preventing roundworms for dogs but nothing about hookworm for dogs.i guess i should confirm this wif the vet and get a hookworm prevention for her, if this Revolution really doesnt prevent it.

and about canidae...maybe i try search at this petslover (?) or other pet shops...else...i think i might go for Arcana.

This post has been edited by karwaidotnet: May 26 2010, 01:20 AM

finally her stool has become solid....and i dun think it smell....need more observation. but for tonight i'm glad for that

nope. still the addiction mixing wif orijen. have increased to 60/40 portion today, wif addiction as 60. if it's remain solid, then i'll be happily using it till she become 1 year older. which is when i need to hunt for adult kibbles...

if your pup sheds since you fed it with the new kibbles - then it might be the kibbles that's causing it. common sense would tell u to switch to another kibbles and c how it goes.

unless you're hoping there's a med that needs to be taken together wif the kibbles so that it does not shed after taking the meal....which i find it kinda troublesome to u and to the pup...i mean our pups shud be eating happily and healthily without the need of medication...

or it might not be the cause of the kibbles - which you need a vet to confirm that. hope your pups get well soon...

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Added on June 2, 2010, 10:28 amaddiction salmon seems to work well wif my pup so far. no noticeable smell. the poops is in solid shape that's easy for picking/cleaning up. albeit a bit wet and soft. possibly cause i'm still putting in 10-20% of her kibbles wif orijen. trying to finish what's little left of it.

This post has been edited by karwaidotnet: Jun 2 2010, 10:28 AM

actually how do we know if our pups is having a genuine problematic itchy body?

i mean its norm for them to scratch/lick their body right? please guide me...

i've tried it b4. it makes my pup very thirsty for water. and she'll vomit out brown bubbly liquid after 5-6 hours of meal.
even after taken medication. now have switched to addiction and it has been great so far.

what do u guys think about feeding cooked rice to your pups?