So this is a food that's new to the US, but it's made in Italy for a while, so not "new".
So excited to start feeding - picky Jackson went nutso for the wild boar GF sample, so that's the first bag I bought on chewy.com, but even the low-grain foods look amazing and I'll try one of those next. It should arrive tomorrow at my house!
Just in time too since Acana continues to keep adding a bagillion lentils and peas to their foods, including their LID duck which he's always done great on, so I was disappointed to find that out (Jax does not do as well w/ tons of peas, lentils, or pea protein, etc, bigger poop, softer, etc) but at least we've got a new food! Our local store is getting a shipment in next week too.
http://www.chewy.com/s?dept=dog&query=farmina&nav-submit-button.x=15&nav-submit-button.y=26
http://usa.farmina.com/?q=content/product/grain-free-wild-boar-recipe
Their quality control seems to be in check, dehydrated meat vs. meal, low ash content, extremely palatable (according to everyone I know who got samples), large kibble size (this could be a plus to some), no vegetable protein boosters.
I e-mailed back and forth for a bit to find out more info and they answered all of my questions in depth. But basically they have 6 staff veterinarians on staff and 20 other professionals with advanced scientific degrees. Two of their people are fellows to the European equivalent of the AVMA. They do extensive testing with the University of Milan and Naples. The company has been around since 1965 and is owned by the Russo family. The food we sampled was tested for 24 months in three published studies for safety before they were put on the market.
Basically, if you care about QC but also ingredients, try this food out.
I'll report back after a few weeks of feeding the wild boar formula. It was hard to judge from a sample bag (but quite a large sample bag, I might add), but he did love it and had no ill effects even when fed cold turkey. But I guess we'll know more in a few weeks at least.
So excited to start feeding - picky Jackson went nutso for the wild boar GF sample, so that's the first bag I bought on chewy.com, but even the low-grain foods look amazing and I'll try one of those next. It should arrive tomorrow at my house!
Just in time too since Acana continues to keep adding a bagillion lentils and peas to their foods, including their LID duck which he's always done great on, so I was disappointed to find that out (Jax does not do as well w/ tons of peas, lentils, or pea protein, etc, bigger poop, softer, etc) but at least we've got a new food! Our local store is getting a shipment in next week too.
http://www.chewy.com/s?dept=dog&query=farmina&nav-submit-button.x=15&nav-submit-button.y=26
http://usa.farmina.com/?q=content/product/grain-free-wild-boar-recipe
Their quality control seems to be in check, dehydrated meat vs. meal, low ash content, extremely palatable (according to everyone I know who got samples), large kibble size (this could be a plus to some), no vegetable protein boosters.
I e-mailed back and forth for a bit to find out more info and they answered all of my questions in depth. But basically they have 6 staff veterinarians on staff and 20 other professionals with advanced scientific degrees. Two of their people are fellows to the European equivalent of the AVMA. They do extensive testing with the University of Milan and Naples. The company has been around since 1965 and is owned by the Russo family. The food we sampled was tested for 24 months in three published studies for safety before they were put on the market.
Basically, if you care about QC but also ingredients, try this food out.
I'll report back after a few weeks of feeding the wild boar formula. It was hard to judge from a sample bag (but quite a large sample bag, I might add), but he did love it and had no ill effects even when fed cold turkey. But I guess we'll know more in a few weeks at least.
