Orijen Puppy Dry Dog Food

Orijen Puppy Dry Dog Food is a grain-free formula, containing a rich balance of premium animal ingredients (85%) with fruits, vegetables and botanicals (15%) that growing puppies and young dogs would encounter in a wilderness setting. Free-run chicken and turkey, whole eggs and wild-caught fish are farmed or fished within the Kentucky region by people known and trusted by Champion Petfoods. Quality is never outsourced! The first 5 ingredients are FRESH MEAT, which are low in calcium and phosphorus, helping to make the formula balanced! Using this high amount of fresh meat gives the kibble a unique shape, smell and color. And although your puppy may look very different from a grey wolf, they share the same eating anatomy as a carnivore with a diet rich in meat, not carbohydrates or grains.

Orijen Puppy Dry Dog Food is bursting with the protein-packed, veterinary-inspected meats that form a Biologically Appropriate diet of 38% protein and 20% low-glycemic carbohydrates. The potential oversupply of calcium and phosphorus in high-protein dog foods is cause for concern. High inclusions of chicken, turkey and fish meal used to increase protein levels also provide a rich source of minerals and push calcium and phosphorus levels to the upper allowable limits of, respectively, 1.2% and 0.9%.

Fresh chicken and turkey cartilage, not synthetic ingredients, provides a natural and high source of glucosamine and chondroitin. Non-rendered omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA) are from fresh fish, not sunflower, flax or canola oils (ALA), which are ineffective in the body of a dog. These fatty acids are essential for your puppy's developing immune and nervous systems, as well as glowing skin and hair coat.

Instead of grain, this formula contains a full complement of regional fruits and vegetables that supply important natural antioxidants and phytochemicals — including chicory root, juniper berries and turmeric —that are naturally rich in phytonutrients, B-vitamins and essential trace minerals. Veter