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<p class=MsoNormal>"…I began very slowly last Saturday. It took five
days for both of them to drive me around the bend with licking, scratching,
biting, flapping and being generally miserable. This occured on California
Natural Lamb and Rice. There goes…"<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Interestingly, I had exactly the same experience with this
food. When Canidae changed their formula last year, I switched Bertie to the
California Natural Lamb and Rice, preferring him to be on the "Limited
Ingredient" type of diet because of major allergy issues that seem to be
in his bloodline. Disaster! … skin issues (make that a capital S) soon
became evident … he was not a happy Basset. And given the ingredients
listed on the CN bag, there shouldn't have been any problems; Bertie had been
on the Canidae Lamb and Rice for about two years before they changed it, so I'm
almost certain it wasn't the lamb. There had to be *something* in the
California Natural that was causing a real allergic reaction.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Long story shortened … I became virtually cross-eyed
reading ingredient lists of most major dry dog foods, but could never identify
one item that could conceivably be the culprit. In the end, the Natural Balance
Duck and Potato seemed to have the simplest formulation, with fewest ingredients.
So that is what I settled on (for both Bonnie and Bertie) and have seen no
problems since.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>As far as dog food prices here in Canada are concerned, I
echo Laurie's lament. Believe me, they are absolutely ludicrous compared to the
same food's cost in the US. Free trade? Ha!<span style='font-family:"Comic Sans MS"'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";
color:#002060'>Muriel Fiona Napier<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";
color:#002060'>t: 519.362.1275<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Freestyle Script";
color:#002060'>pui me amat, amat et canems meum<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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