Orijen

I bought a 10 week old. Peke puppy a year ago. His breeder is a great lady. She has all her dogs on it and says thatit makes great coats. Well,on this pup it made big fluffy stinky turds. A friend of mine was working in a groomery that sold Orijen. I called there and the factory rep was going to be there that weekend. I went out. By this time the dog was about 3 months old. the rep said he was too young for adult food and sold me a puppy mix. Same story as above. I put the baby on raw which is what I have done for years and most of the problems sorted out. He stills gets soft once in a while but nothing like this. Does anyone know where to find the Australian deal?

Three weeks after putting our 12-year old German Shepherd on Senior Orijin, she developed severe diarrhea. The vet ran fecal and blood tests and could find nothing pathologically wrong with her. He put her on Iams low-residue until finished. The pet store owner who had recommended Senior Orijin was disbelieving that the food had caused the diarrhea. I gradually began mixing the Orijin in with the Iams.
Within a few days she had diarrhea again. As soon as I put her back on Evo, her previous food, the diarrhea disappeared. After two tries, I am sure it was the Senior Imijin that caused her diarrhea.

The only dog food my dog will eat without adding a topper. Excellent ingredients. Calcium/phosphorus ratios are spot on. High protein for lean muscle. No grains. Botanicals for various therapeutic effects and added glucosamine chondroiton for joint health. Plus Salmon Oil, this food has it all! My dog is rather inactive so I only need to feed her 1.5 cups per day, making this high quality food very affordable. I would easily recommend this food to anyone. Just make sure you transition slowly. I would do it over 14 days, at least. Many people transition too quickly from a low protein, high grain food and thus resulting in frequent diarrhea, bloody stools, negative effects, etc. But once you transition, and everything goes smooth, you'll be looking forward to smaller stools, bright eyes, soft/clean smelling coats, lots of energy and just a general well being with your dog.

dangerous. after 6 months on this my small dog (9lbs) has gained weight and his creatinine levels have gone up and he is diagnosed with mild kidney impairment. I read three other reviews that say the same thing so there is clearly a parallel here.
He is spunky and only 5 years old but not overly active.

I had my Golden Retriever puppy on Orijen for 3 months, diarhhea constant. Went on computer looked up Go dog food. Apparently Orijen has too much ash in it and this can lead to kidney problems. So switched to Go and puppy is now having normal BM's and dloin much better. My last Golden was on Orijen and dies from kidney failure at age 5 years. Go figure.

I raise English Bulldogs and also have a Bernese Mountain Dog. My dogs all LOVE Orijen. Their coats are soft and shiny and shedding is minimal. Frequently female bulldogs ‘blow their coats’ after having a litter, I’ve never experienced that extensive coat loss since switching to Orijen. One of the issues I have had with this food was weight gain, because bulldogs are rather lazy, so I mix the Red or 6 Fish with Senior and watch portions carefully. The other was loose stools in puppies between 6 weeks and 12 weeks, but when I mix a lower calorie food with the Orijen it seems to control the problem. If anyone else has an idea why or an alternative solution I’d be appreciative.

This food has been wonderful for my dog. I have an 8 year old Chihuahua that was significantly overweight to the point where he was pretty much sleeping all day. I switched him from the food he was eating to Orijen and he has been losing weight at a healthy pace ever since. The number of vet trips have also gone down thanks to the improved nutrition this has provided him with. His energy level has increased and his coat has become much softer. I can't speak for others but this has been a great choice for me!

For a dry food I really like it. I cook for their evening meal. What I like about Orijen is that it's baked not extruded. Also it doesn't contain any ingredients from China. I was very upset to learn that probably 70% of all dog foods have something in it from China. That unless you ask you are not going to know that. There is great info on choosing a food on
caninecare.org.

I was feeding our dogs (for their morning meal) both The Honest Kitchen *a dehydrated food and dry food, BY NATURE ORGANICS. I'd alternate. The dogs did very well on both and enjoyed them both. I then was told that many of the vitamin supplements and veggies are from china. I called the companies and yes, The Honest Kitchen has VEGGIES in it from CHINA. I mean buy from the USA - why ship it over from China? I won't buy organic veggies for myself from china (frozen sold in whole foods) I'm not going to get anything from China for our dogs either. Also it seems most of the companies (such as Blue Seal who make By Nature Organics) use vitamin supplements from China.
I found Orijen did not have anything from China and are all human grade. What I hope eventually will be manufactured is a dehydrated food that is organic and free of any Chinese ingredients. I did find ADDICTION FOODS free of Chinese ingredients but they have lots of potato which may be high in pesticides so I'm still looking. Meanwhile I'll cook and give Orijen in the morning.

PS the dogs LOVE it. I am anxious to try the Orijen Red

Tres

The absolute best I've ever fed my three Goldens... They are energetic, have great coats, smallish dry poops, and they love it! Also, for your older dog, try the senior...fewer calories, but great nutrition. My 8 year old eats this and looks and feels wonderful. You need to keep them slim folks and this works!

After reading all the success stories I decided to order Orijen online. I have two dogs, 1 is a 1.5 year old beagle mix and the other is a 6 month lab mix. The beagle has always been a picky eater and the lab eats anything.

I had my Beagle on Horizon legacy for about 3 months prior and the puppy on Wellness just for puppy. I ordered the puppy and adult versions of Orijen. During the slow transition the beagle did OK but the pup got looser stools. After this didnt stop after a week and I was now feeding her just the Orijen she got explosive diarrhea. It was the first time since I had her that she was waking up 4-5 times every night to go outside, she normally sleeps the entire night. After about 4 days she had blood in her stool and I took her off Orijen completely. 2 days after being back on Wellness just for puppy and her stools are firm again. She tested negative for parasites at the vet months prior but I took her again after seeing the blood and she was still negative. I even tried feeding her just one cup per day at 30lbs but it didnt help at all.

The beagle didnt get the runs but hes not crazy about the taste. Most kibble he'll devour for a month or so then lose his enthusiasm but the Orijen he walked away from the first day. He'll eventually eat it but I was hoping he'd actually like it. The only thing I don't like is he would get gunk in his eyes with Merrick and Wellness Core but on Horizon Legacy it completely went away. It may be the omission of potato but I'm not sure. Hes not crazy on the Horizons taste either so was looking for something to rotate in. I think hes just not a gluten because theres even times when I mix in fresh chicken or beef and he wont eat. He's a healthy weight though so I guess he only eats when hes hungry, which is good. Its just way less than most dog food bags suggest, including Orijens suggestion of 2 1/4cups. He's 40lbs, active, and only eats about a cup per day, some days he'll only eat half a cup.

In the end though Orijen didnt work for either dog, especially the pup. I even transferred her from wellness just for puppy to a small bag of Acana Prairie Harvest first to get used to more meat content which she did well on, but the Orijen completely threw her digestive system out of whack. So Orijen is out and I'll stick with an Acana/Horizon Legacy rotation.

After lots of research and the desire to provide my pup with the best, i decided on Orijen. I made this decision based on its quality ingredients and mostly positive reviews.
This was not a match for my dog. He began having horrible diharrea and acid reflux. This went on and off the entire time he was on this food. The vet recommended a different brand that is equally as high in quality and does not cause any digestive issues for my 1 year old Labrador. He has since ( thankfully ) been fine.
This food is extremely expensive, and the vet bills were too!

We switched on to Orijen after consulting with vet,but after 2 weeks of diarrhea(that was coming and going),he told us to stop,Orijen is definitelly not for us,and have to say was dissapointed with it,after money we payed....

I feed Orijen 6 fresh fish in both my papillons rotation diet. I couldnt be happier. Shiny coats, full of energy. Its by far my fav food in my dogs diet.

I used to work in a store that sold many high quality pet foods, including Orijen.
Evo is also a fantastic food, however, my dogs did not like the Evo, but like the Orijen.
As I am a 75% raw diet feeder, 25% of their diet consists of their morning feeding of dry Orijen. I just don't have time to police their feedings in the morning, so the Orijen is a great way to feed them to maintain their food source while I am away for 10 hours.
Grain free diets like Orijen are about as close as you can get to a raw diet. In the case of people who have trouble with their pets getting the runs from Orijen or any other high protein diet, I suggest starting with 25% new food , to 75% of your old food the first day. Then go from there, by adding more each day. Pull back a little if it is too rich in the beginning. It is like someone who eats fast food every day wanting to become an organic healthy eater. It doesnt happen overnight. Gauge your transition by the poop.
Overfeeding is the most common reason for diarrhea, and feeding should be half a cup per 10 pounds of body weight. So, if you have a 50 pound dog, that is a total of 2 and a half cups of food total per day. On a high protein diet such as Origen, usually it is 1 cup per 25-30 pounds.
That includes, treats, canned food, etc.
I know it doesnt sound like much food, but it is the proper guidelines of feeding. Think about how much food a 50 pound child eats. It would not total over 3 cups of food per day.
The less active the dog, you would cut it down just a bit.
The poop will tell you all. I also vary between the regular formula, fish and Wild boar. I just mix them slowly as I transition to a new protein.
And if you worry about high protein with older animals, I put my 14 year old cat on a 50% protein diet, and the old scrappy pain in my arse now looks like he is going to live much longer, and much happier.He acts like a young cat again!
He is definitely my reason for believing in a quality high protein grain free diet like Orijen.
Don't listen to your vet when it comes to nutrition. They study nutrition for maybe 8 weeks of their 10 plus years of education, which is I believe taught by Hills/ Science Diet.
Kind of funny the vet always pushes you towards these Vet brands.
Does your dog lick his paws constantly? You vet loves to get all that money from you to tell you your dog has allergies.
Yea, probably from the Grains & byproducts, like Corn, Wheat, and Soy. Just eliminate this for one month from their diet, and you might be quite surprised. And save yourself a lot of money. ANd rotate their proteins to avoid allergies!
If not Orijen, try Acana, Evo, Innova, Taste of the wild.............anything without glutens and CORN, WHEAT, SOY.
Sorry to be so long winded, but it is frustrating to see so many pets miserable from eating foods that say their healthy. Beneful....Ughhh! Nice try to say it's a healthy food. Pedigree........don't get me started. Just read your ingredients. That will answer all of your questions.

has anyone had trouble with there dogs being more aggressive with other dogs, we have scotties and they seem to be more aggressive after about 6 months on orijen, my step-son is having the same problem with his pit bulls, we neither one had this problem before, we are going to switch food to see if this goes away,,,,just wondering if anyone else has had this issue.,, j.baker@insightbb.com

Ok I just switched from Rachel Ray's food to Origen 6 grainless. My two boxers age 2 have a ton of energy but the gas and liquid poop not good. I know it will take some time so I will write back soon.

I would give it the highest mark, especially the new one Regional Red. My 2 beagles have been on Orijen for 2.5 years and were doing really good. Recently I switched from chicken formula to Regional Red and they adore it. Their fur is so soft and just glows, my older dog had sometimes teary eyes, with Regional Red this problem disappeared completely. I like the fact that they have fish and salmon oil added as ingredient. They are very energetic and healthy. I would readily recommend this food to anybody. LL

i have had my mastiff on orijen since she was 8 weeks old, the large breed puppy formula, love it, she has consistant solid poops, beautiful muscle definition, a great coat, thick and full, i notice she sheds very little and is very un-gassy. she is 20 months old now and i'm switching her to the fish formula, so hope it is just as well for her. We walk 4 times a week and her energy is good, but not excessive for her breed. couldn't be happier! Also my 14 year old bichon/poodle likes the food to nibble on out of "her sisters" bowl although she is now on wellnes venison formula, wet food which I must say she really enjoys, has a nice coat, doesn't get diarrhia and acts much younger, but always likes the orijen between feedings for a little snack.

Our dog Spartacus (boxer) had a lot of health issues related to his bread, genetically, (gum,teeth and mostly skin) the latest was his body carried 4 bacterias and was 6 months under treatment (antibiotics) and healing creams. We fed him Solid Gold "Barking at the moon" and cooked food (yes I cooked for him rice,fish,chicken,vegi) as told by the holistic doctor.
The discovery of this Orijen food (the 6 fishes) 3 months ago changed his life and ours. No more rashes on his body, no scratching until bleeding. His all "personality" is much better(he feeels better), he is more a sweetheart than can anybody expects from a dog. I know that is the food and I recommend it a lot. The first time I gave him he actually showed me the box to give him more. And I gave up the cooking which is a less of a job for me. We love our dog and love this food which gave him back to us. Recommend it , recommended a lot.

We feed our SAR K-9's Orijen and it's incredible the difference it's made on their performance, we love this brand!

Yes it has great taste,and great ingredients,but it is really to high in protein especially for neutered dogs,my dogs urin smelled really bad.
But that is not the reason I am giving a bad rate,it is because their price is really high,and they always promote themselves in way that no other company does,like animal lovers etc,but than I found out they knew about situation in Australia,and lied about it,turning all the blame on australian goverment.
Everyone has a right on mistake,important is how you handle it later.
That is why I give a 2 star rating.

Marlah

Does "Dax9" work for purina or hills or something? Because he makes a "review" on a food he hasn't even tried on his pets. Whatever! That's not a review at all. It is just an unqualified biased post.

Anyway, I used to feed my 2 year old Orijen. He was very healthy and vibrant on it. His hair grew in so thick and soft and nice! He got 4 walks a day and went to dog parks 3 times a week, so he wasn't super-active but he wasn't inactive/sedentary. He did well on the high protein Orijen. However, I've got to admit that he started getting bad tear staining. I also fed him other grain free foods like "Now!" and his tear stains were worse. About a year later, I switched to RAW and his tear stains are almost all gone. I do believe that food that is too high in protein was what caused my dog to have tear staining. So I probably wouldn't go back to Orijen or any other high protein food again, but otherwise in other ways, it was very good for him. I would recommend it to other pet owners. The makers of Orijen also make a lower protein version called: Acana. They have different flavors and it is very good too.

I think by far it is better than any other kibbles. Some kibbles that are good like Orijen are Now! and Evo.

I like the Orijen brand, its quality is superior. My Newfie is now 16 months old and has been on Orijen since 10 months ago. He was on Wysong Maintenance before that. The reason I shifted to Orijen is even though Wysong is a good food, its carbohydrate content is a bit high for him and it does not agree 100% with his GI. A number of months ago, I rated this brand 5 stars but now I am a bit hesitant.

This is my experience, since I shifted my dog to Orijen, he grows so much better, his coat is great, muscle tone is great and the GI problem rarely re-occurs. But last week, thru his routine bloodworks, his creatinine level is high (165 vs normal high range at 141). We re-do the bloodworks and also did an urine test, luckily the numbers back to normal but still on the high side of the normal range. Creatinine, from my understanding is a by-product of protein or some kind of metabolic waste. Kidneys will get rid of the creatinine so if the creatinine level in the blood is high, it could indicate the kidneys are not functioning sufficiently. So after this, I am a bit nervous of feeding him Orijen because its protein content is higher than other brands, 40%. And I am thinking to shift him to Acana, which is also another Champion Food brand but the protein content is around the 33% range, a bit lower.

Then after my little creatinine scare, I met a dog owner at the dog park and I told her about my dog's latest. She told me she has the same issue with her dog and she fed her dog Orijen 6 Fish. The exact same one I fed my dog. Now I put two together, it's just too coincident. Her dog is also a very young dog with an active lifestyle, dog park, doggy daycare, etc...

So I talk to my vet, he said even he likes protein, because it keeps dogs lean...40% protein content is a bit high for a regular dog's need. He said it's like a diet for a marathon runner, vs. someone who simply goes to the gym everyday. He is not too concerned because my dog's creatinine level is back to the normal range but it's in the high side of the normal range. Even the kidneys can handle it but why stresses them? So he recommends me to find something as good as Orijen but with lower protein content. I show him the Acana content and he likes it.

We are going to put my dog on Acana for few weeks and will look at the bloodworks again. Keep you posted. But don't be too concern yet! Orijen is still good food. Could be just my dog....but let's say your dog reaches adulthood and does not have an unusually high active lifestyle, do a bloodworks just be on the safe side.

About 7 months ago I adopted a husky/australian shepard mix pup and immediately started running into problems with his stool. He had diarrhea all the time and terrible gas. The lady at petco told me nutro was the best food out there and gave me all these reasons I should buy it, so I did. Still he had terrible diarrhea and gas. I switched many times, all the while my vet was giving me medicine for worms and antibiotics to help firm the stool, but nothing helped. Finally I started researching what the problem could be and found many informational sites on dog food and what goes into most commercial dog/cat foods and what problems could arise from these ingredients. I finally was able to eliminate certain ingredients he was allergic to, which is pretty much everything but fish and potatoes, and found Orijen 6 Fresh Fish formula. This food is awesome, he has perfect stools, he is no longer gassy or itchy and his coat is shiny and soft and his eyes are bright. I am so glad that there are companies out there who actually care about what they put into their foods and the animals that will be consuming it. I am going to school to be a vet, but different than most I am going to be holistic. I will and do deffinitely recommend this food to everyone. Even though it may seem very expensive, the pros way outweigh the cons. You will have less stool, more energy, a healtheir pet and feed less, so the food will last a lot longer than most of the other crap brands like Eukanuba, Iams, Hills, Purina and so forth.

I got a trial bag to mix into the food my baby is currently eating thinking it would be a great boost to her diet. Well even the puppy is too big for her to eat (she's currently 3lbs. 14oz. doxie-poo) and she wasn't as thrilled as I had hoped she'd be with it. I mixed a few pieces into her dry 2x with no ill effects except I had to put a little water on it so she could eat it. So it's still a great food IMO, but I'll wait to try it again until she's a little bigger and can eat it easier. When we do I'll be happy to update!

Update: it's been about a month now and she is eating the pieces fine now. I mix just about 15% into her other food because I know it's too high protein for my little girl by itself. I think I will continue to mix just a little into her food off and on just for variety, it's such high quality food, I'm happy with the results I see.

After six months on Orijen, my dog was quite gassy and had no interest in eating his food. I switched him to Eagle Pack Holistic Select, and his coat improved remarkably, as did his digestion. He did ok on Orijen, but I see marked improvement in his coat with Eagle Pack...

The food is very good - it was just a little too rich for our Shiba Inu. We just got a Siberian Husky puppy, however, and he kept having chronic diarrhea which no vet could figure out. I read somewhere that breeds like huskies often do better with high protein, no grain diet, especially raw, but feeding raw is too expensive for my budget, so I decided to try Orijen again. (They have a puppy formula with controlled calcium levels for larger breeds - hurray!) After a month of diarrhea on Eagle Pack and Innova - both excellent foods - he is finally perfectly solid, and I'm happy I can feed him a good, grain-free food.

I can see how this food can be too rich for some dogs, but it seems to be just right for our husky.

Upgrade: Our puppy got incredibly gassy, and after dealing with the stinker for a week, I finally decided to try raw feeding. Incredible. No more gas, and stools are beautiful. So I'm feeding raw now, but I still think Orijen is a great food --- just didn't work out for my dogs.

Another Update: I couldn't sustain raw feeding as it was getting very expensive, so I went back to quality kibble. Our husky has done best on EVO --- for some reason Orijen just made him unbelievably gassy, despite having good stools. But it is still a great food - in fact, I've switched my Shiba Inu to Acana Pacifica, made by the same people as Orijen but lower in protein and also much cheaper, and he is doing great on that.

I put my dogs on Orijen for quite a while, and now their digestion is more poor. I read about Orijen having changed their formula; I'm so dissappointed! I tried Taste of the Wild, and now their digestion is perfect again. They had on Orijen loose stool, somethimes diarrhia. It is def. from Orijen. It is ashame! I'm now going back to Taste of the Wild and Eagle Pack.

I have been looking for the best food possible for my rescue dog who has allergies, I did try Evo but it was too rich and went right though her, I stayed away from grain free for awhile, however I believe it's the grain that was making her so miserable. I bought the 6 Fish Orijen, and what a difference, no problem with her stools, she loves the taste & I can feed her a smaller amount. People comment on how wonderful she looks, her eyes are clear, her coat & body tone is wonderful. I'm very happy with this product. I'm lucky to have Alpha Nutrition here in RI as I know it can be hard to find & the cost for shipping can be high, Alpha Nutrition ships Orijen for FREE!
You can order online & they ship Orijen for free go to doggiefood.com under promotions there is a code to enter, I also find they have the best pricing on everything.

??? Any one have a chocolate lab doing well on this food? Appreciate the advice, thanks. Thinking about switching. Sounds good, but not yet totally convinced.

Hi all, (we are new to this food, follow us on our experience!)

THE CURRENT SITUATION -

We have a Min Pin who is 9 years old.

3 years ago he developed skin issues.

His previously pink belly, armpits, and anywhere else that showed a little skin..turned an angry red. He licked so much that he has black flat spots on his tummy, muzzle, and hind legs.

He has had chronic ear infections in one ear that get a little better and then come back.

His paws are so itchy and he's chewed the fur off the tops of them.

His neck (where his collar sits) is very itchy and his fur is gone from there. He scratches until he bleeds there and in his ear =(

He has dandruff and rubs his face on the carpet. His muzzle has lost fur and earlier this year he developed a pea sized red bump on his lip. I was so scared. Luckily, we got it removed and the biopsy showed that it was not cancerous. Phew!

He bites his sides and vomitted bile sometimes when on certain kibble.

Lastly, he has tried to graze on grass for the past 1 1/2 years.

OUR HISTORY -

We have always tried to feed him quality food. When he was born we had him on Innova's Lamb and Rice. He did very well on that for six years. Then when his skin issues came up, we switched him to different brands of premium food and took him to the vet many times for tests. Nothing showed up.

The last two foods we tried were Before Grain (we didn't give it long enough), and this vet ordered one, Perscription Diet Allergy. When I found out that they use BHA (sp?) which is a known CARCINOGEN, I immediately threw the rest of the bag out, shook my head in total disgust and started doing research.

OUR NEW DIET PLAN -

Well, I came across Orijen and after a few weeks of Raw, we bought a bag of 6 Fish and Sea Vegetables yesterday (Sept. 13th 2009). We intend to go 50/50 with Raw and Orijen.

Our Raw will consist of chicken wings, necks, backs. Fish, eggs, and organs. Vegetable puree with sprouts (he will not touch them otherwise) and I can have raw soup too =)

*buy a food processor, it's about $45 and raw soup with chickpeas etc. is good for everyone*

We will also give cooked food sometimes. My food supplier has a recipe that her mom used to prolonge the life of her dog with Leukemia for 6 years. Vets gave him 3 months. I'll post it here when I get it!

Our little guy also gets Acidophillus powder, organic apple cider vinegar, and olive oil in his food.

We will give this combination at least 6 months starting September 2009.

OUR ORIJEN EXPERIENCE -

We gave our guy almost a rice bowl of 6 Fish. He LOVES it and went to sleep afterwards. He scratched a little here and there, but seems a little less. One thing of note was he drank a lot of water. About 3 rice bowls of it.

We'll keep you posted!

D and V
Victoria BC Canada

This is one of two foods we've finally settled on for our Aussie and Border Collie. The other is Solid Gold Barking at the Moon. We tried and had success with Wellness products also (26 lb bag of Core is a rip off though). This is an excellent food and your success with it will depend on your dog's activity level. The amount of protein in this food is totally inappropriate for 90% of dogs. I see a lot of 1 star reviews with "I gave this to my toy poodle.." etc. Totally ridiculous, this much protein could damage their kidneys. You'd have to be out of your mind to think that your lap dog needs this much meat. If you switch from Pro Plan or Iams to this food, be prepared for some adjustment period... and by the way, you don't need to feed nearly as much with this food! The price won't even be high by the time you adjust their intake for the amount of calories in this food. Don't let a couple days of farts and diarrhea turn you away, it will pass and the results will be a beautiful coat and super high performance dog. Keep in mind broccoli would give most Americans diarrhea because they're only used to eating crap food. Again, if you have a flyball, frisbee, or chuck-it chasing dog that exercises at least 30 strenuous minutes a day, you will love this food. If that is not your dog, go with Wellness Super5, Innova, Eagle Pack, or Acana for less protein and still very high nutrition.

Although I am impressed by the quality and ingredients I am concerned about the diarrhea it is causing in my dog. She LOVES the taste (and is normally VERY picky) but she's been on it for a month and hasn't had a normal poop yet. Very soft (no form) or downright liquid. And epic gas (whew, clears the room) several times a day. I'm worried about the loose stool so I may have to take her off of it. Too bad, she's never liked a kibble so much and we've tried so many over the last 15 years!

I have a Boxer X American Pit Bull. He loves loves loves this food! I read up on getting a good food for him before I got him. I heard a lot of good things about this dog food, so I decided to give it a try, and I was so happy I did! He is happy and healthy, nice coat too! Stools are good and his BM are regular. My only issue is he is really really gassy. I have to clear the room when he lets one out. I don't know if this is related to the food... but he does pass gas a lot! I am hoping this will eventually tone down.. I am taking him to get neutered next week so I think I will discuss it with my vet. In the mean time I could not be more satisfied with this food!

I must say I love Orijen. I started buying it when my Italian Greyhound was 6 months old & have been feeding it for about a year now. He is a picky eater and does get bored so we switch it up amongst all the Orijen flavors, some Acana, Spot's Stew, and Innova EVO. Thankfully he doesn't get an upset stomach so as soon as a bag runs out, I am able to try a different one from the above without irritating him. For dogs who do get diarrhea though, I would save enough to slowly mix it in with the newer food so as not to shock their body with the amount of protein and higher quality food. I love brands that are such high quality and such high protein since we are out and about everyday running around 3-5 miles. It's a great way to keep us both in shape =)

Tried Orijen after researching and finding from dogfoodanalysis that it got a 6 Star Rating, we are owned by 3 pedigree Siberian Huskies and I'd recommend this food to anyone, it's expensive but worth it! Dogs are all looking well and you don't need to feed a lot of it, especially to Huskies, very pleased with Orijen!

I switched my 1 year old Rhodesian Ridgeback to this food a few months ago as she wash having stomach problems and loose stools on her previous food - Natural Balance Ultra. She LOVES this dry food, and now has great stools. In all honesty, she is thriving on it...... she has more energy, more stamina, bright eyes, and a glossy coat. I am very impressed with what this food has done for her, and would recommend it in a heartbeat. Orijen seems to be at the top of the heap with the grain free dog foods and I am in complete support of it. I don’t eat McDonalds…. why would I force my dog to?!

I would not say it is so low in quality,but definitelly a huge dissapointmant for the price we payed,not to mention them trying to hide the truth about what happened in Australia..I am really dissapointed with this food,really.

I have heard so much good things about Orijen, but my dog was not up to it. I had to put wet food over, and many times she ate Wetfood only.

Another thing...my dog is 6.5lb maltese/shih zhu mix, Orijen kibbles are too big her. I had to cut in half or 1/4 so she can eat, if she eats. So much work for me everyweek.

Few weeks she ate Orijen with wetfood (I was so happy) without skipping, but I really noticed she pooed every time I took her out...4, 5 times and looked like rabbit poo...many tiny balls. And her breath was a bit stinky. I didnt notice any better on coating. Few times she threw up after 7 hours breakfast, undigested kibbles came out. It was time for me to look for new dog food.

My friend's toy poddle has been eating Orijen for more than 6months and still eating it, so it is good for some dogs. But it has not been for my dog.

I started to give Tiwipeak...my dog loves it!!! She only poo twice, but not big, and nice condition=well digested. I dont have to put any wetfood!!!! It is much more expensive than Orijen, but if you find dog food your dog loves, it is all good. right?

I tried Orijen with my two dogs for about a month or two. My larger dog developed stomach problems from the food and his fur changed completely to a rough and unshiney coat. The little dog had more eye staining than ever.

I stopped feeding them the food and the dogs are now fine. My larger dog's coat returned to normal and his gas and diarhhea subsided.


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I have a 1.5 year old GSD, and she has had stomach problems and loose stools since we got her. We have made many visits to the vet to treat this issue, and tried all the boiled chicken, rice and pumpkin mixes. At times her digestion is better, like when we put her on probiotics, but it has always seemed a bit unhealthy. She has been on Royal Canin since she was a puppy, b/c many friends and trainers recommended it. But after her most recent stint with diarrhea and the vet I thought it was time to change her food. I was really nervous, as I did not want to upset her stomach any more, but after much research decided to try Orijen brand food. When I got to the pet store they had Orijen's sister line Acana, which has 30% protein instead of 40% which I decided to start her on, so not to be too rough on the stomach. Usually with a new food there is some upset stomach, but following the directions she has done remarkably well. Her stools have never been so healthy, and I am very happy with the product.

I'm currently on the puppy formula and everything seems to be great. My puppy is a Lhasa apso mix with poodle. Only thing I dislike about this product is that it makes his breath really stinky!

I am not on the grain-free bandwagon, but when it comes to grain-free foods, this is one of the best. Good proteins, good carbs, good ratio of nutrients, good supplements list.

I got my puppy this food is because I saw the tag says it's the best food I wanted to try it, two month ago we started this food for my puppy, she started terrible diarrhea, at fist I thought was something else so stopped all her other treats, but diarrhea still occurs daily, took her to the vet doctor check her poopoo doc asked me what I'm feeding her now, I gave a sample of dog food that is all I'm giving her because of the diarrhea she never had a treat for a month. doc said the dog food is too oily want me to change her food wait for few days and come back to check her poopoo, we switched to ProPac she is fine now never had another diarrhea after, now she can have all her treats back.
I don't know about dog foods only want the best for my dog, now we are not going to try new things again.

Seems to have really good ingredients and i like that it is grain free but my pit/coondhound mix wouldnt even take a bite of it...sniffed it then walked away. My pug on the otherhand loves it (course he eats dead bugs and leaves) but it made him poop like crazy. 4-5 times a day. :-( sad this food didnt work for my dogs.

I couldn't be happier with Orijen! I started feeding Orijen about 6 months ago to my two Dachshunds, and they have been absolutely thriving on it. More energy, more stamina, bright eyes, and glossy coats. My longhair Dachshund's coat, which at one point was so dry it almost looked and felt like cotton, improved unbelievably on this food, and is now soft and shiny. And my smooth, who was COVERED with dandruff before switching, now doesn't have a single flake on her! And they really seem to love the taste (even the picky one). My smooth Dachshund actually LOST weight on this food (something we had long been trying to achieve without success), and was down to her ideal weight within two months of switching to Orijen. And you should see how defined her muscles are now! Very small, very firm stools too, and each of them "go" only once a day on average.


I am very impressed with what this food has done for my dogs, and would recommend it in a heartbeat.



UPDATE - 07/31/09
I've been feeding Orijen for almost 2 years now, and I still couldn't be happier with it! I honestly don't have anything bad to say about it. I'm extremely picky about dog food, but I can't even think of a minor complaint about this food or how my dogs are doing on it.

I have now tried both Orijen Adult, as well as Orijen 6 Fresh Fish, and my dogs have done fantastic on both. They especially LOVE the taste of the Fish formula! I'll be trying the new Orijen Regional Red formula soon as well.

I have been feeding Orijen Adult for over 2 years to my Cavaliers, and occasional fosters. I was always the type who liked to buy a different food each time, rotating back and forth between Fromm Four Star, Merrick, Wellness, Eagle Pack, EVO, Natural Balance, Avoderm, the whole nine. THEN, I tried Orijen. WOW, what a difference in my dogs. Their coats are amazing, perfectly shaped and firm poops, and the best thing- I never have to have their anal glands emptied. This may seem trivial, but why do I have to have this done every 6 weeks with every other food? It can't be a coincidence. I have tried a couple new foods recently but always end up coming back to Orijen, now rotating between the Adult & Fresh fish varieties. Yes, I love Orijen for MOST of my dogs.

I will say, however, that ONE of my dogs cannot tolerate Orijen. I think the protein level is too high. He is prone to Colitis and we have flareups when he is on Orijen. So I do switch foods around with him. I just discovered that Acana is made by the same company, so we're trying the Prairie Harvest grain-free for him and so far, so good.

Please remember that any food can be the best food for your dog- if your dog does well on it, is healthy, has nice poops, and likes it, then it's probably fine!

After my dog had a bad reaction to Timberwolf Organics(see my post), I switched him to Orijen and Honest Kitchen in March 2008. Since then he's been doing wonderful and we haven't had any problems with him randomly throwing up or those nasty bouts with diarrhea. I get compliments all the time on how healthy his coat looks. I highly recommend this product.

We have a 11 yr old bully mix who has pretty severe food allergies and a sensitive stomach.

A few months ago we had rotated from TOTW Pacific Stream to Orijen 6 Fish. Our dog was doing very well on the TOTW, but seemed to be doing phenomenally well on the Orijen. His coat was remarkable, eyes clear, firm, appropriately sized stools and high energy level for a 11 yr old dog.

That was until several weeks ago when we purchased a new bag and learned that, aside from the subtle name change from 6 Fresh Fish to 6 Fish, the formula has changed some. The ingredient changes probably would have been transparent to us, but our dog is no longer able to tolerate this food as he started having horrible diarreah as soon as we started feeding from that new bag . We even purchased another bag from another lot# thinking that perhaps we just got a bad bag, but still had the same results. We took him off the Orijen and put him back on the TOTW and his stools improved overnight.

We were hoping that his issue was not related to the formula change, but apparently it was. Now as I mentioned, our dog has a VERY sensitive stomach, so slight formula changes that other dogs might never notice, can cause a major disturbance with ours.

Still, this has been a major disappointment as our dog was doing so well on this food prior to the change.

I don't know the reasons for the formula change and perhaps Orijen feels that it is an improvement over the previous formula, and it very well may be. I just wish they would have made it publically known that the formula had changed, either by indicating "new and improved formula" on the bag or at least on the Champion Foods website. It would have saved us some aggravation in trying to figure out why our dog could no longer tolerate this food. In fact, I went into 2 different stores in my area that sell Orijen and neither one of them seemed to be aware of any formula change either.

Anyway, I still think Orijen is a fantastic food and I'm not here to bash Champion Foods. If our dog could stomach the new formula, we'd still be feeding it. I just hadn't seen much discussion about the formula change and wanted to post about our experience with the new formula in case anyone runs into a similar situation.

Love this food...I have a boston terrier who has never looked better! She is active and happy, he coat is beautiful and shiny. I can't say enough about the benefits I've observed. The only downside for me is that it is on the more expensive side as far as pet food goes and therefore not carried by many stores locally in my area. I have found it at petfoodauthority.com for less than anywhere else.

We've fed our 3 Miniature Schnauzers Orijen food for the past year and they love it - they are all healthy and have nice shiny coats. We purchase the large bags and switch between Adult and 6 Fish. They love both flavors.

We use to feed them Eukanuba for the two males and Science Diet Ultra for the female because the vet said she had bad allergies. After feeding her Science Diet for 4 months, we noticed that she was losing a lot of weight and was becoming really tired and dis-interested in most everything. After doing a bunch of research on the internet about dog foods we found that the Science Diet we were feeding her (on the recommendation of our Vet) had powdered cellulose as one of the main ingredients. Powdered Cellulose is otherwise known as sawdust. The Dogfood rating web site rated the very expensive Science Diet Ultra a 1 star. The other two dogs got bored of Eukanuba no matter what flavours we triedand always had dry flakey skin . We've had very good results with Orijen, and I take comfort in knowing that it's grain free without a bunch of fillers, and all ingredients are fresh, human grade... and especially for us... its a local product (the Champion Pet Foods factory is about 20 minutes from us).

Of interest, Orijen is releasing a new formula based on Red meats called Regional Red. I gave them a call and they said that they are starting to ship Regional Red this week - July 7th.

'Loaded with premium red meats, ORIJEN’s REGIONAL RED is made with high inclusions of wild boar, lamb, heritage pork and bison—all raised ‘free-range’ within our region, passed ‘fit for human consumption’ and delivered FRESH each day."

http://www.orijen.ca/orijen/products/regionalRed.as px

I will be switching to this new Orijen flavour this week. I am very excited and looking forward about trying this new flavour. I'm sure all three of our dogs will love it.