Avoderm Pet Foods

My two Chihuahuas have been on a vegetarian diet for 5 years. First, they were eating PetGuard Vegetarian formula. Then I discovered AvoDerm and was pleased at their glowing coats and overall strong health. I was proud to have my dogs eating such a great diet. I was ordering from Pet Food Direct with no problems. Then I ordered 2 of the largest size bags to save on shipping. Over a period of months, the dogs slowly lost weight. Their coats became dry and sparse. Recently, their ribs, spines and pelvic bones became pronounced and visible and their bellies swelled up. They have no parasites. The final straw was finding one of them wolfing down garbage in my front yard.

Last night, I stopped and bought some Canidae brand food on the way home from work as I investigated and found that it was made in the USA. They ate so hungrily that it was shocking and pathetic. These dogs were starving, although I fed them every day. This was a terrible experience for me.

I bought Avoderm natural dog food from Petco about 3 weeks ago. I keep the sealed bag in one of my closets. A few days ago, I noticed an infestation of moths in my closet. When trying to find the source, I opened the bag of dog food and it was filled with moths. The dog food is the only place the moths could have come from. I have not tried to contact the company and decided to eat the cost of the food and eliminate the moths by myself. I have never had moths and also will never buy anything from this company again.

I raise Great Danes and Cane Corso Mastiffs. I had been feeding AvoDerm Natural Lamb and Rice successfully for 2 years as it worked well with my Danes sensitive stomachs. One day I noticed a change in the color of the food,I thought this was an anomaly so didn't give it much thought. Well, my Danes stomachs noticed a difference. We began getting very loose and horribly odorous stools.

I discontinued that bag and bought another. The new bag had the same rich brown colored kibble that I was accustomed to. All the dogs stomachs settled down. I purchased another bag and again it was a lighter yellowy color. Back came the digestive upset. Over the course of 2 months we had on and off digestive upset as almost every other bag had the yellow colored kibble. Finally ALL the bags started having the yellow colored kibble and my dogs stomachs were always upset. Four months of digestive upset was just too much to handle. I will not go back to this product.