Hi,

I feed my czech line male pup canidae kibble in the morning, and barf him at night, he is 5 months plus now.

I wonder anyone of u here have any experience and comments about this brand of dry food. I once put him on Back to Basics, but my region is now out of stock, so i swtich him to Canidae.

Pls advice.

I fed Canidae for years until 2 months ago when they switched the formula. My male who has allergies had done wonderfully on it, then all of a sudden yeast infections in his paws and ears again. Only happens when food doesn't agree with him. After talking with other breeders in my area they were encountering different problems as in severe itching, hot spots forming. I just went to Back to Basics and now my male is fine in just over a wk on it. I just pay the $2.99/bag shipping and order online.

Hi

I have a 5 month old Dobie pup. I was having all kinds of problems with him on Innova. After posting a question on the board about changing to a different kibble, Canidae was one of the brands that was highly recommended. He has been on Canidae for about 3 weeks, and we are very pleased. Shiney coat, cost is right, and no more pudding poop.
Another reason we chose Canidae is because it is readily available at the store where we buy our food. They also carry many of the other brands that are mentioned on Ed's web site, but they don't seem to have as much in stock as Canidae. Also found out that the people that own the grain store are also the owners of Canidae. So I know they will never discontinue carrying it. It's a good product, but as we know, every dog is different. What's perfect for one, can cause problems with another. So, if your dog has no side effects with the product, stick with it.

Would like to add one more thing.....just looked back at my original post about changing dog food, and saw that it was Angela that told me to try Canidae....thank-you for the advice. We are very happy! Sorry to hear that since then you have changed kibble. Do you happen to know what they did to change the kibble and cause problems with yeast infections?

Portia

They tried telling me it was probably a bad batch even though I had batches from 2 different production dates and the same problems from both. The only major differences I saw was the change in yeast they used as well as some of the ingredients were lower in the list originally are now higher up. Oh well. Just been too many of us in our area that have used it for awhile and noticed changes all the same time.

Thanks Angela, Portia,

Yeah the main problem for me to get Back to Basics is the availability and the stability of the stock level.

My Lab is doing perfectly ok with Canidae, my gsd pup also doing 'ok' nothing significant or improvement after changing to Canidae, may be he is on very little kibble, he mainly take raw and i barf him alot.

Well..... I will say that as of now I am a Royal Canin Convert!!!

I used to feed the Canidae and Innova, and a host of other GREAT all natural foods, but in truth, I decided to give Royal Canin a try on the breeders suggestion. I am AMAZED by how good my pup is doing on it, and she prefers to eat it over the other food! She will actually pick out other kibbles and leave them behind in her bowl!

I guess the bottom line for me is that I find it superior to Canidae, so I just thought I'd share my views <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Since she is now yet 4 mos. old, I am giving her the large breed puppy formula, but then I will switch to their GSD formula. I also feed their Maine Coon formula to my MC cat, and with the same results!

What is nice about the Royal Canin, is that you can get it at Petco as well as the specialty stores. It is one of the only quality foods carried by Petco, IMHO.
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Jeannette, do you have less poop to clean up with Royal Canine compare to the other brand?
Thanks.

When my dogs was on Back to Basics, yes definately, lees poo to clean.

Jeannette, very interesting comment on the Royal Canin. I saw it at Petsmart the other day for the first time and was very tempted to buy it. I wanted to get my dogs off of Iams and I ended up moving to Nutro. The only reason I didn't buy the Royal Canin was they only had it in 5lb. bags which I would need too many of. My older GSD has suffered with hair loss around the tips of his ears and scratching constantly, that is why I thought it might be time for a food switch.