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where can we buy it from? direct from Artemis Pet Food...just email them with your delivery [email protected]

Artemis have some stock that is nearing its best before date of 21/2/14. They are offering this to individuals at a huge saving of $40.00 per bag (12.7kg)for all flavours..Salmon & Brown Rice, Duck & Brown Rice and Lamb & Brown Rice. Its a single source protein so very suitable for dogs with skin & digestive issues. Please also feel free to email them with your nominations for rescue groups for donations, they have already donated a significant amount to rescue groups.

I didnt go through the whole posts so it may have been mentioned but an update to Countrywide cottages in Bambra Vic ( listed under Vic at the start) they do now have fully fenced HUGE yards. The yards can be accessed from the decks if you dog is fine going up and down stairs or ther is also a gate at the fron if your dogs cant do stairs. Fantastic location and VERY dog friendly.

Listed on Ebay is a Genuine single door car barrier from Puppy Bars for Huyundai Santa Fe.

Unfortunatey they all have chicken fat in them. I actually thought you said he wasnt allergic to chicken though, also 99% of dogs that are allergic to a meat are allergic to the protein source, not the fat. Having vast experience with an allergy dog myself I'd highly suggest you get your dog allergy tested to determine exactly what the triggers are, I did the SPOT blood test for my girl which can actually determine potential food allergies too. She is allergic to chicken meat ( protein) but is fine with chicken fat in the food. She reacts to many other things and has been on the desensitizing injections for the past 4 years,with great success I might add, it would be physically impossible to remove all the allergens from this dogs life, grasses, plants, etc etc. unless I locked her up in a sterile environment and that is no life for a dog.

Happy to send you out some samples of the new Artemis Osopure Grain Free and the SOS single source protein for your clients to try, both have moderate levels of protein and fat, pm me for more details.

The new osopure grain free varieties from artemis are getting terrific feedback. Might be worth a try.

Just to clarify and get a tad more technical:) Ash is not actually added back into foods. Ash is what is left after the total food ( meat and anything else in the food)is completely incinerated, i.e. protein, fats and carbs are completely burnt away leaving only minerals, which include calcium, phosphorus, zinc, iron and many others. These minerals are the food's ash content, which is just a way of describing the mineral content of the pet food. The general accepted amount of ash in a high quality pet food is between 5 & 8% much higher and you have to ask how much bone is in the food compared to actual meat.

Holistic Select have a grain-free version of their Salmon, Sardine & Anchovy formula, which became available in the US last November... I'm not sure when it becomes available in Australia, though... I think it takes two years to get here/to go through our strict AQIS requirements (that's what they told me at TOTW). Sorry but that info re the 2 years / AQIS is absolute rubbish. Artemis released there 3 new Grain Free products in the USA in Sept 2012 and the first shipment arrived here on 4th Jan 2013.

Same scenario here with our two - with dandruff to boot unfortunately I know when it comes down to it BH is a business, but I must admit I was a tad disappointed to see a huge promotion for it in Pets Parasites today I'd heard good things about Evo which I'm led to believe was a PP only product until recently, so there's really not much that's turning me away from giving that a try now I think I can safely say that out of all the Major brands of pet food available in Australia, Artemis is the only 1 that you will not find in a pet shop selling puppies & Kittens. Thanks for the "heads up" regarding Artemis. I was unaware of that & I am very pleased that they don't. I am dead against anything with a heartbeat being sold in a Pet Shop. I was going to give Artemis a try with my guys too as they have a new grain free variety available & see how they go as they are quite fussy at times :) I am not sure if this is true or not, but I was told once, that under the Rules of the Dept of Fair Trading, it is unlawful to refuse to sell your product to a business that has an ABN number. Something to do with with the Restrictive Trades Act. So if a certain pet shop wants to buy a certain product, legally, there is nothing the manufacturer can do. Let me set you straight Sheena if you are not sure :) http://www.accc.gov.au/content/index.phtml?itemId=304569 As the ACCC states "There are a few circumstances only when a refusal to deal is made illegal by the Trade Practices Act. These are dealt with in this leaflet. In general, businesses may decide for themselves with whom they wish to deal. No one has the absolute right to be supplied. Artemis' policy has always been to not supply Pet Shops who sell puppies & kittens.

Same scenario here with our two - with dandruff to boot unfortunately I know when it comes down to it BH is a business, but I must admit I was a tad disappointed to see a huge promotion for it in Pets Parasites today I'd heard good things about Evo which I'm led to believe was a PP only product until recently, so there's really not much that's turning me away from giving that a try now I think I can safely say that out of all the Major brands of pet food available in Australia, Artemis is the only 1 that you will not find in a pet shop selling puppies & Kittens.

Thanks very much. All the new Artemis formulas will also be here early Jan, there is a Grain Free Salmon & a Salmon & Rice included in these.

Shepherds it is obvious to anyone who reads your posts that you care for this dog very much and as such you will make the right decision in the end, we just have to go through all these terrible feelings and self doubt to get there:) Be guided by the vets also, my vet said that 1 of the reasons he respects Charles so much is because he will be honest if he doesnt think it would be in the dog's best interests to operate. We were lucky with Trinta as it was still very small ( I actually found it by chance when I was expressing her anal glands)and a CT scan showed it hadnt spread. I had to let Becky, another GSD go at 8 due to cancer that was inoperable, I hated that so much but loved her too much to make her stay with me and yes I do beleieve they know when they are sick. Becky wanted to go I am sure, Trinta just isnt ready yet. I know you will do whatever is best for your baby. Hugzzzz