*&%$ Kodee ate the mother hubbard puppy cookies - I never checked those as she hasnt eaten them in a while. but she did for 2 mths straight. how DARE wellness not tell me if their rice protein concentrate is imported from any china supplier when asked. that is irresponsible! The kibble wont be affected for those using it - but still (just my personal feelings folks) if you cant trust them to be upfront then forget them. I applaud Nature Balance they admitted it and then stated they were not going to use any china supplier. all wellness needs to do is say yes we import, no its not the affected suppliers but in light we are switching to no china suppliers and I'd be rooting how responsible and great they are. but it they do it now, its too late - they still didnt respond at time asked.Hi Debbie....I know the feeling. When I saw Monica's post this morning, I started to worry again. I switched Lily to Wellness Chicken on Saturday, even though the RC27 she was on was not on the recall list last week. When I went on the Wellness website, I was disturbed to learn that the Old Mother Hubbard puppy treats I have been feeding her since we got her include the rice protein concentrate. The last time I bought her treats I decided to buy her the peanut butter flavor, which does not include the RPC. That was only about a month ago. So she has been eating the ones with RPC for 7 months! I felt a little better when I read that they did not purchase this from Wilbur-Ellis. Now, another supplier may be involved and we don't know who bought from that supplier. What the he!! are we supposed to do???!!!
Kodee has been on the puppy cookies since day 1 and 4lbs (2 a day) but I only see brown rice protein? I though it was specifically rice protein concentrate - am I splitting issues over wording? Are they the same thing?Hi Debbie....I know the feeling. When I saw Monica's post this morning, I started to worry again. I switched Lily to Wellness Chicken on Saturday, even though the RC27 she was on was not on the recall list last week. When I went on the Wellness website, I was disturbed to learn that the Old Mother Hubbard puppy treats I have been feeding her since we got her include the rice protein concentrate. The last time I bought her treats I decided to buy her the peanut butter flavor, which does not include the RPC. That was only about a month ago. So she has been eating the ones with RPC for 7 months! I felt a little better when I read that they did not purchase this from Wilbur-Ellis. Now, another supplier may be involved and we don't know who bought from that supplier. What the he!! are we supposed to do???!!!
I actually have looked at it and agree it looks good, has good reviews. I am sticking with Canidae which has guaranteed me only home grown ingredients till this is over. But i would consider the Go Natural for Kodee later down the road when this scare is over as a 2nd kibble to use.Well, this all just sucks. With all my family has been through in the last two months, the last thing we need to worry about is poisoning our two dogs.
A lot of the product that have been recommended here are not available in Canada, or at least not in my neck of the woods.
Making our dogs food from scratch is not for a number of reasons. I have investigated "human grade" natural pet foods, but I tried a couple of those on my Brit a couple years back but for whatever reason, he didn't do so well on them. Perhaps they were simply too rich.
There is a Canadian brand of high-premium dry dog food called Go! Natural that is grain free and I'm thinking of trying that. It gets very high ratings and my vet thinks it is the best on the market - better than the Medi-Cal (made by Royal Canin) that my pooches are on currently. Anyone have any experience with it?
This is the website with info on it:
http://www.petcurean.com/index.php?page_id=44
I would trust a company that first does as much as they can to ensure their products are safe. In their case they did alot and to boot took responsibility. At least with this company I can trust them to be honest and help me when asked unlike others...Letter I sent:
At least with this company I can trust them to be honest and help me when asked unlike others...
So in essense it took them 1.5 wks to answer my question in a round about way posting it on a website and still ignoring the my personal email... Its as good as saying "dont worry its only the puppies we are gonna take a risk with..."Here's what Wellness says about it: B]
Oh face it we are all obsessing! What needs to happen is I need to win the lottery and take everybody to Finland as promised in the Who would you like to meet threadI agree...it is not an easy decision at all! I went out last weekend and bought treats that rice protein concentrate, corn and wheat gluten free. None of them had been recalled and the companies all said they were "ok." I know that her food does not contain those ingredients either. Of course, at any time, there could be a fourth ingredient and it could turn out to be in her food or the treats. At this point, she's doing very well on her food and the vet suggested that we go through another bag before switching brands. I've talked to Wellness and gotten answers that I'm currently satisfied with...if the situation changes I'll have to reconsider, though. I've spent plenty of time thinking (borderline obsessing?) about whether we're making the right choices for her...I know that many here can relate!