Orijen Adult Formula Dry Dog Food
Technical Details
Product Description
ORIJEN Adult Formula Dry Dog Food:
Biologically Appropriate for all Breeds
By nature, all dogs are facultative carnivores, thriving on a varied diet of meats with smaller amounts of fruits, vegetables and grasses and biologically adapted to metabolize proteins and fats - not carbohydrates - as an energy source.
High-protein and low-carbohydrate, ORIJEN ADULT's grain-free formula replicates the same rich balance of meats, fruits, vegetables and grasses that dogs would
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Customer Reviews
"bad diarrhea" 2010-09-25
By
H. wiboonpong (PA)
My 7 year old beagle loves this food. When we first got it i mixed with her old food for 2 weeks, she would eat all of Orijen before her old food. Her stool was fine during that 2 weeks, but once we were out of her old food her stool became liquidy that it was impossible to pick up. Now it has been 7 weeks and we see no sign improvement... still bad diarrhea.
"Feeding Costs and Guidelines" 2010-09-17
By
SilverMare (Fairfax, VA)
Orijen seems to be what experts want us to feed to our dogs. It smells nasty so we keep it sealed and the dog loves it more than Newman's Own (N.O.) Organic dry (no bad smell, dog doesn't like it). We've always mixed N.O. with some (decidedly stinky) wet food. Anyway, I've read that some dogs have intestinal upset with the Orijen food due to high protein content. Others quote the high price of the food. I agreed, but changed my mind when I read the feeding guidelines. Here is a big tip from the Orijen people. "We recommend that you feed twice daily. Simply divide the amount suggested on the feeding guide into two meals, spaced eight to twelve hours apart. You may need to adjust portions as you learn your dog's ideal daily "maintenance" amount, always keeping in mind that a lean dog is a healthy dog!
TRANSITIONING FOODS
"Dogs are often fed the same food, which means a sudden food change makes it difficult for their digestive systems to adapt. That's why it's important to introduce the new food gradually. Going slowly will give your dog or cat time to adjust to their new food and will also reduce the chances of digestive upset.
"Start by mixing 25% new food with 75% old food. Slowly change the proportions over the next three to five days by gradually increasing the amount of ORIJEN and decreasing the amount of old food. At the end of this transitioning process, you should be feeding 100% ORIJEN." ~Quoted from the website of the Orijen dog food.
COST PER SERVING
We plan to continue the small amount of Orijen and see how our 30 pound Border mix rescue handles eating about 1/2 cup of food twice a day instead of the 1 and-a-half cups of N.O. that sits all day until she decides to eat it. So far, the transition period is going very well. She does a pretty nice job picking out the Orijen kibble and leaving the N.O.. So, for 1c. per day, if a 1/2 c. measure of kibble weighs approximately 1 oz on my non-scientific kitchen scale, then 30 pounds of food for 63 dollars is about 16 servings per pound or 480 servings per bag - which is 63/480... about 13 cents per serving @ 2 per day = 26 cents per day? N.O. is (subscribe&save .11 cents per ounce, but my dog needs (but won't eat unless mixed with wet) needs 3 times the amount (1 and-a-half cups per serving which is 6 oz. on my kitchen scale "20-40 pound dog 1-1/3 to 2-1/4 cup) per serving or per day, I don't know, but we feed her 1.5 cups twice a day (6 oz. x .11 cents per oz.= 66 cents x 2 = $1.32 N.O. per day) is still more costly than Orijen at .26 cents per day. So for us, at least, the transition is cost-effective.
Given that a half cup of food per serving is so little food, I'll probably supplement her meals with something else. Should I let go of the N.O. kibble just yet?
"worth every penny" 2010-08-08
By
dog lady
I compete with my dogs in agility trials, and wanted to give my dogs every benefit that
I could to try to enhance their performance and quality of life. I tried the six year old on it first, he had always been fed very good foods and eats well on anything, so it didnt surprise me that he loved it. After a few months, I have seen a positive change in his
overall attitude and energy levels. His "summer" coat is still decent too. I recently switched my 10.5 year old to the same food. He is more fussy, but he liked it too.
The first week he was on it 100%, I noticed he seemed to act a bit younger. I really feel
the higher levels of quality protein and fat,in addition to the lack of grain, have made a difference in my dogs happiness and energy levels.
"orijen" 2010-08-05
By
skh (NB Canada)
This is a super premium dog food, but if you are a first time user, beware, it can cause stomach upset and diareah. Add slowly to your dogs old food. Orijen has a high protein level and if your dog is used to lots of carbs, too much Orijen initially will be hard on the dogs stomach. Once you incorporate this food slowly into your dogs diet, it is a great food that will make your dog healthy and happy
"Best in Class Dry Dog Food" 2010-07-19
By
HTBK (San Francisco, CA USA)
Pet food has an immense range of quality that we like to roughly categorize into three levels. (1) super cheap food that's basically feeding your dog garbage; (2) food that's a good compromise on price and quality, containing some ingredients that aren't ideal but overall a healthy product; and (3) "price is no object" foods that make no compromises. Orijen doesn't just fall into category 3, it's the best of it. It's expensive, but you will not find a better dog or cat food anywhere.
Orijen is a Canada-based company that raises its own chickens, employs its own fisherman to catch fish and deliver them fresh, uses whole eggs instead of dried egg products, and loads its products with nothing but the highest quality ingredients. It's good for your dog's muscles, heart, coat, skin, and is the most biologically appropriate dry dog food out there. Instead of grains for the carb content that it needs to form the kibble, Orijen uses highly digestible fruits and vegetables with nutritious antioxidants and vitamins.
Check out the first 6 ingredients in this product (the whole list is good, but I have to stop somewhere so this review doesn't get too long): Fresh deboned chicken, chicken meal, turkey meal, russet potato, fresh deboned pacific salmon (a natural source of DHA and EPA), herring meal. Meat, meat, meat, good carbs, meat, meat.
Compare that to the first 6 ingredients in Hill's Science Diet Adult Small Bites Dry Dog Food, which I just selected by picking the first large size that came up in a search for "hill's science diet dry dog food." Chicken, ground whole grain corn, ground whole grain sorghum, ground whole grain wheat, chicken by-product meal, soybean meal. Meat, grain, grain, grain, low-quality animal filler like beaks and feet, and more grain. It's loaded with grains that are cheap and known to be difficult to digest, often the cause of allergic reactions in dogs, and not nutritious.
If you want a good compromise product, go for something like Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul Dry Dog Food for Adult Dog, Chicken Flavor, 35 Pound Bag, a very good food that's a bit more affordable than Orijen. If you want the best of the best for your fuzzy-faced friend(s), get Orijen.
Final note: this is extremely rich food. Introduce it very slowly, even more slowly than you normally would a new food, and expect some loose stools during the process. We started with 1/6 new food and upped it by 1/6 every week, so we took a month a half to transition completely to Orijen. That helped a lot.
