I love the list that WDJ puts out. I think its a fantastic starting point for choosing a good food.

Thanks for posting.

 

Orijen isn't on there

 

CHAMPION PET FOODS (ORIJEN & ACANA) Champion Petfoods | Home

It's lumped in with Champion.

 

Not a Verus fan but it's better than most.

 

Why not? I haven't fed it, wasn't even aware of it until I moved to PA, but it seems like a decent food for a decent price. Was considering it for my hound mix.

 

I always look forward to that magazine or should I say that letter a sort of type of magazine can't quiet call it a magazine there!!!!!

 

I actually liked the 2nd part of the article where they explained why several brands did NOT make the list.

Wish they would also highlight which ones they dropped and why.

Is my memory bad or wasn't Nutro on the approved list in 2010 or 2009? I notice Natura is still on there (no, I'm not confusing the two).

 

I notice Natura is still on there (no, I'm not confusing the two).

As it should be unless any hard evidence (not anecdotal "I fed Evo and my dog got sick" evidence) of an unacceptable quality decline occurs in Natura foods. Which, to my knowledge, hasn't occurred.

 

Best dried dog food for Australia and New Zealand?

I think I have just found the best dried dog food I've ever had the pleasure to read the ingredients panel for!! It's called ZiwiPeak and is made from grass-fed, hormone-free, raw New Zealand meat, liver and organs that has been air dried! Yes, not cooked!!! It even has Green Lipped Mussel in it. It's grain-free, of course.

For these fine reasons it's staggeringly expensive :shocked:. OK if you have a tiny dog or a large bank account :redface:. I bought it to use as treats.

I am blown away by how good this stuff is. It even smells great to my nose - very fresh and flavoursome. The formula I bought is 'Daily Dog Cuisine' Venison. Game meat, hooray! Please buy this product folks, to help bring the price down!

BTW, no, I am not working for / dating / related to / friends with / invested in or have any other association with the manufacturer by any twist that I am aware of! This is a consumer review - or, technically, an 'owner of the consumer' review.

The web site is: Ziwipeak - Natural New Zealand Pet Nutrition They do cat food too...

 

I think I have just found the best dried dog food I've ever had the pleasure to read the ingredients panel for!! It's called ZiwiPeak and is made from grass-fed, hormone-free, raw New Zealand meat, liver and organs that has been air dried! Yes, not cooked!!! It even has Green Lipped Mussel in it. It's grain-free, of course.

For these fine reasons it's staggeringly expensive :shocked:. OK if you have a tiny dog or a large bank account :redface:. I bought it to use as treats.

I am blown away by how good this stuff is. It even smells great to my nose - very fresh and flavoursome. The formula I bought is 'Daily Dog Cuisine' Venison. Game meat, hooray! Please buy this product folks, to help bring the price down!

BTW, no, I am not working for / dating / related to / friends with / invested in or have any other association with the manufacturer by any twist that I am aware of! This is a consumer review - or, technically, an 'owner of the consumer' review.

The web site is: Ziwipeak - Natural New Zealand Pet Nutrition They do cat food too...

Ahhhh, no. I could buy all the meat ingredients in the food, raw from a store, and it would be cheaper. There is expensive, and then there is ZiwiPeak. As awesome as it is, I can't figure out why it seems to cost more than gold pound for pound. I don't think 10-30-50 more people buying it is gonna drive the cost down.

 

For the hell of it, the raw version of Daily-Dog Cuisine 5kg/11lb Ziwi Peak Venison:

(65%) 7.15 lbs of venison -- (Cost $0.00 per lb) $0.00 Free from many a deer processor
(19.5%) 2.14 lbs of liver, tripe, heart, and kidney -- (Cost $1.50 per lb) $3.21 and that is on the very very very high side
(4%) 1 can of sardines to substitute for green lipped mussels -- (Cost $0.59 per 5 oz) $0.59

Rest of stuff that I left out because it's probably not even needed: Chicory Inulin, Fish Oil, Lecithin, Kelp, Vitamins and Minerals, Parsley, Naturally preserved with mixed tocopherols, additives: Vit. D3 592 IU/kg, Vit. E 7.4mg/kg, Copper (copper proteinate) 9.8mg/kg.

Grand Total: $3.80 for 11 lbs of raw knock-off version of Ziwi Peak (with the right connections at the meat processor).

Sounds like a fair deal to me.

 

Very interesting analysis of the alternatives, thanks, but note the thread topic: List of Approved dry dog foods. That's the point.

I feed primarily raw. Maddeningly, game meat is not available to me here in any form other than Kangaroo. No deer processors around here! Not even rabbits. And organ meats for $3/kg? - you are very lucky! Meat products seem to be amazingly cheap in the US - the benefit of a huge population.

And Sardines, as fabulous as they are, still can't compete with the wonders of the Green Lipped Mussel for joint health.

So, back the original point ... if someone needs to use a dry food for convenience, ZiwiPeak have done a grand job of formulating and manufacturing theirs.

 

Very interesting analysis of the alternatives, thanks, but note the thread topic: List of Approved dry dog foods. That's the point.

Agreed. And as much as I know those who exclusively feed raw like to "evangelize" about its benefits, I'd like to think that unless someone asks here, in the "dry and canned" forum there would be less emphasis on winning converts to raw and more emphasis on discussing (and asking/answering questions about) dry and canned dog food.