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Canine Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA & IMHA) - Warning to Orijen Feeders
| The following post was posted on one of my golden retriever forums this morning. Ash is a long time member with tons of posts. Ash wanted us to corss post this on all forums--if one dog is saved, it is worth the effort. I don't know if anyone here feds this brand of food or not but I wanted to post the wsarning--and you can cross post to other forums if youwish. Hi Guys, To all you Orijen feeders. Today a customer came in the shop to bring back a bag of Orijen this formula was the Senior. She has claimed there were large shards of bone chips in the food. So I said well bring the bag in so I could have a look, thinking like really lady? Sure enough there were litterally hundreds of loose bone shards and slivers they are very very sharp. They almost look like maggots. So I went and opened almost every bag of Orijen we have in the shop right now sure enough in the Puppy, LB Puppy, Adult and Senior there were many bone shards and slivers stuck in the kibble and loose in the bag. Some bags from diffrent lot numbers as well. Ironically, there were none in OUR batches of 6 fish but that does not mean they are not there. So if you are feeding Orijen please carefully inspect the pieces of kibble looking for whitish bones pieces. Agian, they are very sharp. I will try to attatch a photo later. We are in Alberta and the plant is about half hour from my place. I have been trying to speak with them all day - they will not return any messages. I am very disappointed to say the least we have completely removed it from a our shelves. I will try and get a few photos later on. __________________ ~ Ash As of this afternoon Ash has not had a response from either Orijen nor Champion, the company that makes the food for Origen. |
| Sandra Slayton TExasa |
| Thanks for the heads up. My bags of Orijen are fine (the cats' and the dog's). I'll check the next bag when it comes. I was feeding Evo, but it caused Maddie to have diarrhea when she was getting over her hemolytic "event" last year. However, she had no problems with Orijen. I hope this was a fluke!! |
| Ruth Aptos |
| The maker said the supplier of salmon had problems with his machinery and bones came thru in the fish. Said that is taken care of now. But it appears a lot more hit the market than he is claiming. One on the i-dog board had just gotten 2 bags for her pugs, one bag of senior and one of adult, ordered thru Pet ?Food Direct. After reading the post she opened the bags and as she put most of the kibble looked like it had sharp teeth sticking out of it. She tried to post pictures, but they woudnt post. However, the dealer that brought this up ont he golden retriever forum did post pictures and my thought was it looked like rhino horns sticking out of the kibble. The lady even cut her finger on one of them. She is very upset because apparently a lot more of it hit the market than the compnay claims, yet the compnay has not yet posted anything about it nor warned dealers. One other on that all breed forum also reported having found them in her dog food, but didn't realize it was bones til she read the thread. A couple of others have not had a problem. I gues syou just need to watch closely. |
| Sandra |
This thread was discussed between 28/04/2008 and 01/05/2008
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