Dissapointing. That said it is a "good" food for a lowish price. I bet your baby will do great on the California Natural- it is a low ingredient food that "should" be easier on his tummy. Then again those pups always surprise. Natura has a frequent buyer program just like the Canidae does- get on the program so you earn a free bag every now and again. If the store you get it at does not offer it- they should. It does not cost them one thing and they can order the frequent buyer card- they are right on the order form or they can ask the food rep. Personally I would keep the card in your wallet and have them mark it each time rather then them keep it on file. The tend to get lost a lot. I hope it works out.
Only place to get CA Natural in my area is to have it delivered so I don't ever actually SEE them, they take the order over the phone and deliver it to the door, typically I am not here when they do, sometimes I am, but they deliver on a specific day of the week (Friday) and I'm almost always out grocery shopping that day. I tried California Natural chicken and rice version a few months ago with HORRIBLE results (bloody, moucus, explosive uncontrollable diarrhea), but someone pointed out to me that the fiber content is REALLY low and it seems both of my dogs need a higher fiber content. The Herring and Sweet Potato has much more of a fiber content so I'm hoping, we'll see.
Canidae does not have that program anymore, hasn't for a long time BTW. I've been feeding it for a year and looked into it a year ago and was told by Canidae the company they do not do it anymore. And it may still be a "good" food but they are supposed to be raising their price (again, they just did a few months ago) so it will be more expensive and less quality and in fact, my white pup started getting tear staining since starting on the new formula which he NEVER had (been feeding Canidae almost his entire life, minus a month or so of trying to find something else to switch it up with) so there IS some low quality ingredients in there, such as rice bran tomatoe pomace, and ocean fish meal.