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- Gloria on Lyka Dog Food Review: “An update since switching to Wolfit….we couldn’t be happier! The food smells so good, my husband asked if it was meant for us! It is raw, but you can steam, lightly fry or even microwave it on low power if you prefer. Meals are balanced with all healthy ingredients. I sometimes add a few extra blueberries, or some broccoli or pumpkin. Our dogs now love it raw. It was an easy transition. It also comes packaged in thin packs so storage is not a problem in the freezer. Lyka was far bulkier to store. Finally, the price! Wow! It is so much more affordable than Lyka. If you’ve tried Lyka and like it, you, your dogs and your wallet will love Wolfit!” Apr 20, 19:01
- on Canidae PURE Dog Food Review: “Great food. I cannot seem to find a retailer in Australia who sells it since the pandemic.” Apr 17, 17:05
- on Royal Canin Hypoallergenic Dog Food Review: “Hi, thanks for the review but I’m concerned how much this has impacted my decision-making for a long time and brought my dog pretty close to being hospitalised. He really does have protein allergies. We’ve tried. We’ve used top quality foods (no wheat, no grains). We’ve tried raw (very slowly but instant vomiting), we’ve tried single protein – best quality, air-dried, cooked, you name it, but still his albumin levels were dangerously close to total collapse. He was vomiting, had diarrhoea, etc. He’s now on this. As far as I’m concerned if it saves my dog’s life, I don’t much care about any opinion. I will trust my vet and internal medicine specialist.” Apr 16, 09:56
- on Baxters Dog Food Review: “Hi Sharon, firstly I’m sorry to hear this has happened to your dog, and personally I’m not surprised the treats were the cause. It’s a shame you fed them again based on the vet’s advice. It’s worth adding this information to the Baxters page on APOG – https://www.apog.com.au/recall-issue-log/woolworths-baxters/ Feel free to read the other reports on that page which are similar to what you have experienced.” Apr 10, 02:03
- on Ultimates Indulge Dog Food Review: “Hi Carol, assuming you’ve removed Ultimates from her diet, has there been any improvement? If this is something you’re yet to try I recommend 2 or 3 weeks minimum, perhaps substituting with a hypoallergenic food for a while even if it costs more.” Apr 9, 18:06
- on Vets All Natural Complete Mix Dog Food Review: “Hi Susie, many years ago I read an original study on garlic. The conclusion was garlic can harm dogs, but when fed significant amounts. I can’t remember exactly, but around 70 cloves of garlic? Needless to say, you won’t find that much garlic in a dog food, and I expect we wouldn’t feel too great either consuming that amount of it. Unfortunately the nature of the Internet and “viral” information can make “facts” such as this very widespread, misleading, and somewhat false. I can recall one person getting in touch with me a few years ago who’s dog did have an issue and her vet had concluded it was garlic in the pet food. Perhaps it was, or perhaps it was many other possible causes.” Apr 9, 18:03
- on Meals for Mutts Dog Food Review: “Hi Kylie, I find in many cases dietary sensitivities are triggered by common ingredients such as wheat, cereals, chicken etc, which usually means a hypoallergenic diet really helps. It’s a complex situation, immune/microbiome related, and for some dogs finding the right diet and getting back on track can be very tricky. In your case perhaps it’s lamb? Although it could be many things. I’d be interested to know if you’ve found a solution?” Apr 9, 18:00
- on Royal Canin Dog Food Review: “Hi Andy, that’s perfectly useful feedback and I’m glad Royal Canin works well for your dog when others don’t. It would be interested to know the issues you’ve faced with your dog on those foods, whether it’s dietary reactions or pancreatitis or anything like that?” Apr 9, 17:57
- on SavourLife Dog Food Review: “Yes, it’s definitely smart marketing. People assume they’ll buy a bag of dog food for, say, $100, and $50 will go to charity. Not so, it’s $100 minus production costs, packing costs, marketing costs, premises costs, expenses, and whatever salaries of staff and executives which are largely fluid. Sorry to hear it gave the puppies diarrhoea. Noted.” Apr 9, 17:53
- on What’s the best dog food (in Australia)?: “Hi Nina, there’s a Hypro review. It’s for the Adult formula but you’ll get a good idea from the review – https://www.petfoodreviews.com.au/hypro-premium-dog-food-review/” Apr 9, 17:50
- on ProBalance Dog Food Review: “Hi Casey, I try and keep the reviews fairly short, but the calculations I use are more in depth and we can deduce a number of factors. Carbs are around 40% dry matter, which would come from sorghum, rice, and peas. That gives an indication of the bias towards those ingredients over meat – hence the “con”. When it comes to just the protein the bias is towards meat rather than peas – stated as 68%, the remaining protein will come from the sorghum, rice, and peas. Not accounting for moisture, rice and sorghum are largely carbohydrate, and peas around 1g of protein to 3g carbohydrate generically. If you were to assume meat was 70% and the other three ingredients were 10%, that would mean 30% of the formula would result in 40% carbohydrates plus the remaining 32% protein from non-meat ingredients (100% – 68%). That isn’t possible. Or to look at it another way – 68% protein from meat in a formula which is 25% protein would mean 17% of the product is protein from meat. 17% of the entire formula sounds much worse than stating “68% protein from meat” on the packet. Poultry meal is protein dense. If we assumed poultry meal was 100% protein this would suggest 17% of the formula is poultry meal, but realistically we would need to account for percentages of fat (as part of the 14% fat), ash, at perhaps a small percentage of moisture. I’m not sure if that all makes sense?” Apr 9, 17:42
- on Be Frank Dog Food Review: “Salt MUST be under 1% in dog dry kibbles, so just because Petsyo haven’t wrote SALT in all their Ingredient lists, doesn’t mean there’s NO salt, the thing is WHERE does the SALT sit in the ingredients lists???? Pet food companies dont have to write all their ingredients & the dishonest ones leave out SALT because pet food owners know that any INGREDIENTS after SALT are under 1% in quantity..” Apr 9, 17:32
- on Warning – Australian treats imported from China: “Please do not give your dog these treats i fed my dog around 4 pieces of chicken breast jersey (Blackdog brand made in china ) unaware they were not an australian product and he was fighting for his life thankfully he lived. This whole rangeis toxic and should be banned from the shops!” Apr 8, 06:30
- on Scratch Dog Food Review: “Stop feeding your dog kibble altogether with those two ailments. Make him some brown rice & veggie stew, add raw meat to it and maybe an egg occasionally & get him supplements for arthritis such as Green lipped mussel, glucosamine etc. I give mine all of that plus 4Cyte gel. Your vet can also give him a shot of glucosamine if needed. If you aren’t comfortable making fresh food for him yourself you can buy air-dried or freeze-dried food that you add water to or fresh food from Pet stores. I realise your comment is old and this reply may be too late but other people reading this might get something from it.” Apr 7, 06:05
- on Scratch Dog Food Review: “Never had any issues with scratch my 3yo lab is on the high protein Turkey mix. Of course not all pups have same needs. If anyone wants to try discount code is REFNDC3BQVKE2” Apr 7, 05:32
- on Freeze Dry Australia 100% Raw Dog Food Review: “They also have a line of cat food. Would like to see a review of this. My cats love it and they have multiple flavours.” Apr 6, 23:17
- on Freeze Dry Australia 100% Raw Dog Food Review: “They have a line of cat food also. Would love to see a review of that” Apr 5, 23:07
- on Elevate Cat Food Review (Coles): “I got this recently for my cats because one of them were having issues with their stomach it seemed so promising. For days they’ve all been throwing up the food and it came out solid as it did in the packet. I’m so appalled and feel guilty bc I just thought they had gotten sick from outside. I wish I could refund this product it’s made my cats so sick” Apr 5, 22:18
- on ProBalance Dog Food Review: “Your article stated that “The label does say 68% of protein from meat, which means the rest of the protein comes from the other ingredients. This would suggest a bias towards meat rather than peas” But you list only one CON which is “Bias towards sorghum, rice, and peas rather than meat” seems to contradict the statement posted earlier in the article. There was a fair amount of assumption concerning the percentages of each of the top four ingredients. I guess one could just as easily assume that out of the top 4 ingredients, that meat products made up 70% and the other three 10% each. I agree that is not likely, but because it’s not listed specifically on the package and neither the writer nor myself actually contacted the manufacture, we really don’t know and as such should really make statements based on facts instead of a personal hypotheses.” Apr 4, 02:17
- on ALDI Natural Elements Dog Food Review: “We use the Aldi Natural Elements chicken grain free to stretch out the Applaws in a half half ratio. We needed budget friendly grain free and this is the winning combo for our greyhound who has a sensitive stomach. We feed him this combination with a small amount of shredded chicken. It took us a while to find the right fit for food and budget but we got there with this set up. Just wish they came in bigger bags. Also Aldi stopped the grain free for a while but they have just started back again so fingers crossed it stays that way.” Apr 2, 13:16