Hey, you had the same problem with me when my dog was on Nutro, shed so much till almost botak hahaha.

Yups, CN does make the poo a bit soft.

Hahah... same same. People thought I never groom properly or I pulled out the fur. So scary.... now I don't dare touch Nutro hahaha....

that why my very call me take RC but see prince now... 22KG only... where got fat wor but  for me fur abit darken liao

When I said Evo, I meant Innova Evo. Innova Evo has been in the market longer than Orijen. I think they are the first people to come up with 40% protein dog food. They have more votes than Orijen on dogfoodanalysis.com when you look at their 6 star dog food.

Last time it's called Innova Evo but recently, Innova and Evo name split up I think. Innova is like Acana range and Evo is like Orijen range.

Naturapet.com is the manufacturer of Innova and Evo dog food, also some other popular brands including California Natural. Other manufactured are Healthwise, Mother nature, Karma and Natura which I dont think it's available locally or I've never heard off.

I would think that Canidae is better than Acana now. I thought opposite previously but then I generally dont like dog food which labels "For all life stages."

Anyway, Casper poo doesnt smell badly BUT, it turns yellowish. I am not sure if I should continue but I will give it a few days more. The day he poo-ed yellowish and greenish is also the day I took him marathon into the hills - maybe that exercise did something to his system.

I will monitor a few days more before deciding on anything drastic.

Anyone of you who is feeding Acana realized that your dog poo aint brown / black anymore?

hahah softer poo is an understatement, as much as i would like to feed CN, it gave my two furkids watery poo... the kind that looks like a puddle... yucks

Grow worm very fast?? it that the flies egg worm...  yes my GR like it very much also after this pack now he don even bother look at it .  like hunger strike

tired of making barf. so today change to cooking. lol.
today's menu!

HOMEMADE CHICKEN & FISH MEAL

100gms fish meat, boneless [picked those big fishes where they cut into oval shaped pieces de]
half a tomato, cut into cubes
100gms minced chicken meat
quarter cup of cooked and mashed potatoes
bak choy blended puree
garlic puree
carrot puree
apple puree
6 chuncks of bananas, 1.5cm thick per chunck

1. place that 100grams of fish on a steel plate. pour 1 tablespoon garlic puree on it.
2. arrange few spoonfulls of minced chicken meat around the fish meat.
3. put those tomato cubes onto the fish.
4. steam the whole plate for 15mins.
5. take the plate out. let it cool down a bit. garnish and mix with the carrot, bakchoy puree and mashed potato.
6. devide it into two servings for two dogs.

after letting them finish the whole bowl of fish + chicken meal, feed them with some apple puree and banana chuncks.

min. preparation time : 1 hour
servings                    : 2

yea, it contains some acids. maybe u can try with some subsitudes. cabages..cherry tomatoes?
something more neutral.

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Added on November 5, 2007, 10:47 am

u can use tomatoes, but only ripe ones. luckily i fed ripe ones. the vet told me that i can = =

Natural Balance is quite good.... But it is of course more expensive. Now I got a free pack of Addiction Kangaroo and Apple.... I must say, protein % is just nice.... poo not much smell, actually, similar results with Orijen. Well, I got the free Addiction coz I loaned some pets to my friend hehehehe.... the best part, doesn't smell like dogfood also... smells like apples.

I tried Natural Balance before, got the sample. Is ok, no diarrhea for my Chelsea. I mixed with her Orijen so she won't get any tummy indigestion.

Rashes, could mean your Siu Wan allergic to the protein.... how about Acana duck and potatoes? Or another good one is California Natural Herring and potatoes.... but got fishy smell coz herring, Chelsea don't like hahahah.

Hi, i've been feeding Nutriedge to my dogs for 1.5 years... so far the best brand i've tried..
here are the reasons why:

1) The LEAST filler percentage in any dog food...
    Try soaking Nutriedge , Eukanuba, Eaglepack, Blackwood and Innova Evo kibbles in water....
    It takes 5 hours for Nutriedge kibbles to soften....
    But guess what, all the latter brands, the kibbles swollened in 15 mins!!!!!!!
    I'm very impressed with the compact ingredients Nutriedge actually contains!

2) NO preservative...
    that's why if you dont put them in air-tight and moist-free environment...
    White stains (i.e. maybe fungus) grows....

    So far, i've bought 25kg breeder pack... kept them well in air-tight containers for at least 3 months,
    never i've encountered the "white stains" and "worm" problem wor..............

3) Less smelly poo poo
    BIG difference from other brands!!!!!!!!! Less cleaning work for me too!
All in all, i've tried so many brands.... and the results that Nutriedge brings to my dogs are undeniable satisfying...
My two dogs used to get sick a lot..... Serious... I used to run them into my vet twice a week...
But after i feed them Nutriedge, they're now healthy and happy!

Belanja me next time when u see me.  I blended it into powder, then add one table spoon full into the kibbles.  Add little bit water to moist the kibbles so that the powder could stick onto the kibbles, then stir even and serve.