Austerra Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 There is a new dog food being released, Australian owned and made by Ivory Coat - Australian Natural Health. http://ivorycoat.com.au/ What are your thoughts?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 My thoughts are it is probably made in the same factory as Black Hawk. There is another factory too that makes similar food. It isn't new or different. Just the same as all these little companies producing holistic, Australian made food. Pretty packaging though. Annoying to see chicken fat included. Would get excited if someone produced a duck or similar novel meat product without chicken fat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LisaCC Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Oh bugger with the Chicken Fat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austerra Posted October 16, 2014 Author Share Posted October 16, 2014 And thoughts on the protein level?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lasareina Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Looks pretty good to me... I like that it is grain free. My pups are fine with chicken so the chicken fat isn't a deal breaker for me. I raw feed but this looks like a good option if we need to leave dry food while we are on hoidays etc. The price looks ok? I can't remember what we were paying for premium dry food before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory & Beau Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Same as all the others on the market that say they are grain free. Potato is far too high for my liking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Whats the issue with chicken fat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 The protein is quite a bit higher than BH so that is good. I woudl be interested to get some and have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ivory & Beau Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Chicken fat is a cheaper way to add fat to a dry food and it is still chicken, some dogs/cats can't eat chicken. The food will be labelled as Duck and Lamb. Ohhh no chicken!! You don't realise there actually IS chicken in the food, feed to a chicken sensitive dog/cat and they end up with a sore tummy from the chicken fat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Whats the issue with chicken fat? Just annoying if you are looking for a non-chicken food because of allergy issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Chicken fat is not chicken protein though. Dogs that are allergic to chicken protein can handle chick fat just fine in many instances - not all, but many Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anniek Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 so at that price would cost $5 a day to feed large dog can do raw for less than half that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tassie Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Protein is way too high for my guys .. and it's very expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OSoSwift Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Yep haven't yet worked out the cost. Mine need higher protein or one in particular starts tearing muscles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maddy Posted October 16, 2014 Share Posted October 16, 2014 Although protein level is higher than BH, I'm not really sold on the ingredients. There's a lot of filler stuff close to the top of the list and the third and fourth protein sources are behind two major fillers. It also seems to have a lot more leafy greens in it than BH and I'm not a fan of those sorts of things in dog food. Rabbits eat kale, greyhounds do not. I only use kibble (TotW) in treat toys and as an emergency food anyway but I think I'd buy BH over this, if I couldn't get TotW. The BH also works out $5.97 cheaper per kilo, despite being comparable in terms of ingredients. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-o Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) Looks like a decent food to me, and I wouldn't be overly concerned at the protein level - that's testament to the amount of meat in the food. This is what I think -> Ivory Coat Australian Natural Health Edited November 10, 2014 by Dave-o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 (edited) They do grain free treats too. I was only at the pet shop yesterday - might look for them when I'm there next month. Edited October 20, 2014 by Scottsmum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheena Posted October 20, 2014 Share Posted October 20, 2014 Pretty expensive @ $10 per kilo...I think I would be sticking to BH or VIP Grain Free. Though I must say the BH Grain Free one is a bit on the expensive side. I am lucky my guys don't need "grain free" :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave-o Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 Yep, it's very expensive. The ingredients justify it somewhat, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottsmum Posted October 21, 2014 Share Posted October 21, 2014 we feed Ziwi... makes everything else seem reasonable. Fussy + grain free = poor parents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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