We have been busy these last few days! We have been researching dog/cat food suppliers for a while now. There are some really good foods out there and a lot different criteria to take into account.  And we came to a conclusion: We’ve chosen Champion Petfoods makers of Orijen and Acana brand of dog and cat food.

Here are some of the main reasons for choosing Orijen:

• All meats are purchased locally in order to ensure fresh, daily delivery. The food is never frozen.  Even the lamb is sourced from an Alberta free-run farm.  The majority of the other brands include lamb that humans eat are imported from New Zealand.  The main advantage for us is being able to trace back the food source in case problems occur.  Of course, having fresh food delivered daily reduces  possible issues.  Our own (human) meat sources are not this good!
• The food is 100% grain free. All ingredients are  Biologically Appropriate.  Simply put, if a dog will not eat it in the wild, then it doesn’t go into the mix.
• It is made in Canada so you will never be hit by some weird import law that could leave your dog without his favorite food.
• Orijen uses air-tight packaging to help preserve freshness – Some other companies add unhealthy chemicals like ethoxyquin and BHT as preservatives.
• Orijen uses low temperature steam processing to create its product – Many other dog foods are subjected to high temperatures during processing, which destroys some of the original nutritional properties of the ingredients.
• It has a good following here in Quebec already. So if for some reason you can not make it to our store, then you should be able to find it in some of the other stores.  The prices are all set by the manufacturer so there is no reason to “shop around”.

There are other reasons of course and we are not saying that other foods do not have their merits, however, for our small store Orijen and Acana seem to be  a good match.

Pet food is a hot topic and people have different opinion and points of view.  Please feel free to share your thoughts here in the comments!!… Actually, we insist!

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