I really don't want to take sides... so I will just mention this and then shut up... wolves and wild dogs only live about 4-years on average in the wild and it is known they eat the whole animal including fur and hide (indigestibles) that will neatly twist around the bone fragments during its transit through the intestines (as seen in the scat they produce) and this 'fur cocoon' protects the digestive tract from having sharp bones puncturing the intestinal walls and allowing intestinal bacteria to leak into the surrounding tissue... ultimately leading to infection and death of the animal. According to at least one wolf sanctuary website, those experts there claim this (death by bone fragment puncture) is the number one cause of death in wolves living in the wild. (And here I would have thought it would have been disease or accidents.)

All I can say is WOW! I always have fed Innova, thank goodness! But thats a huge error, someone made a huge mistake. How many other people who don't go online, have access to computers etc... supposed to know? Did Champion foods release any press notices? I still think they need to be urged to go public with this so other people know. I will be contacting my local paper to try and urge them to print something about this. This is not something that should be dismissed quitely as a small mistake and kept a secret from their consumers. There could be many animals getting sick from this and their owners are totally unaware.

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Please, if you haven't already research commerical pet food... know what you're feeding your baby!!!

No statment or warning was released at all exept for those on the internet but nothing by Champion. That is a good idea RileyStar many folks read that don't have the internet do read the newpaper!!

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Here's what I sent my local newspaper:

I am writing this because it was brought to my attention from an internet site I frequent. Orijen Pet Food by Champion Foods could be hurting our pets their website is: http://www.championpetfoods.com/orijen/products/

After reading a post on GRF (www.GoldenRetrieverforum.com) here's the URL to the entire post: http://www.goldenretrieverforum.com/...ad.php?t=34536 (Orijen Concern)


It was brought to my attention that this Pet Food company released for distribution bags of Orijen pet food with cooked bone fragments in them. As described in the thread online, you could see the small white colored fragments, and some were quite large. There has been correspondence with Champion Pet Foods and it is obvious that they are trying to dismiss it as a machinery malfunction. It is evident to me that their quality control is not up to standard. As an animal lover I pride myself on providing the best quality food I can afford. Orijen had a reputation of being a great quality food source for our animals, until now.

I am very concerned because Champion Pet Foods has not notified the public. They will answer e-mails and letter's but have not made a press release or notified the public in any way of their extreme mistake. Their headquarters is in Alberta, Canada and that's where all the food is made. It is possible that the contaminated bags have hit local store shelves, and is being consumed by animals. If Champion does not go public with this how will people know if they're animals get sick? I don't believe they have notified supply stores or recalled any bags of food. People have purchased the contaminated bags and I believe the public needs to be notified ASAP. Please let me know if you can print anything regarding this and if I can do anything to help make this happen. Thanks in advance for your concern,

Casey
Moorpark, California

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Please, if you haven't already research commerical pet food... know what you're feeding your baby!!!

Sounds great - keep up posted!

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www.chantillygoldens.ca

Wow-this is bad....I recently posted about Timberwolf Organics Bison food making many dogs sick and many people returned it to various pet food stores in the Chicago area. Some of the retailers have taken it off of the shelves but nothing has been done as far as a recall on that batch from TWO or the distributor. I did get a response from TWO saying all of their tests on my sample (I never sent them a sample) came back negative. Interesting....they did without arguement, pay for my entire vet bills for 2 dogs amounting to close to $400.00. I am still following up with them because I am sure there was something wrong with that particular batch of food. I would like to cross post this but I don't know of any other forums. Can someone pm me and let me know where I can cross-post?

thanks to everyone for not letting this slip by!

Pam Murphy and Chauncey

I will be taking this to all my local dog food stores that carry this brand of food. They may not be aware of it and should know to let the consumers know.

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Here are the photos of the Orijen with bones chips I have been promising. The 1st one is of the Senior formula the 2nd of the Adult formula. Just about every kibble had pieces like this. They are very very sharp and I did slit my finger while handling these.

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www.chantillygoldens.ca

Man those are alot bigger than they indicate in their emails. That just scares me so much. I look at the food while I am making it but now will look even closer. I hope you get some better answers.

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That is amazingly scary! The way they look in the pictures makes it look like a giant salmon! I hope no animal was harmed by this!

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