# Orijen's new Protein!!?!

I've heard in the foodie world that Orijen is soon set to release a new formula featuring..... Buffalo.... and.... BOAR! How crazy awesome is that? Does anyone know concrete info? I'm only hearing rumors from an ad in "Modern Dog"!

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## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2009-05-19T19:30:11.000Z
I've heard in the foodie world that Orijen is soon set to release a new formula featuring..... Buffalo.... and.... BOAR! How crazy awesome is that? Does anyone know concrete info? I'm only hearing rumors from an ad in "Modern Dog"!

## Wryly Brindle · 2009-05-19T20:16:17.000Z
"boar" sounds better than "pork", doesn't it? I will be interested to know how they source the meat. My Lunar zodiac animal is the Boar, and I sure prefer saying I am a Metal Boar rather than a Tin Pig... :)

## brada1878 (admin) · 2009-05-19T21:17:43.000Z
Oh, wow, that's cool. Boar is perfect for Shika Inu! Too bad we just switched the dogs to "Now!" since Orijen and Acana is so hard to get in NM. ----

## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2009-05-19T23:34:57.000Z
Yeah, the sourcing will be interesting to see. Word is they only will release it in Canada, but I can't find concrete info anywhere... and Champion Pet Foods isn't so great getting back to emails asking what zea mays is exactly.. But my thoughts exactly "wow! perfect for a shika!" Now! is a pretty decent food! We feed their turkey/duck treats occasionally. I just ordered a small bag of Acana grain free fish to try.

## lindsayt · 2009-05-20T02:54:02.000Z
Wow, that's interesting. There must be a ton of wild boar running around somewhere creating a disturbance in large enough numbers to make it profitable to put them into dog food. Sounds perfect for shikoku, maybe a little fattier for them because all those shikoku on here are sure porkers ;)

## Darwin67 · 2009-05-20T07:21:24.000Z
I've been feeding Kahlo Acana Grasslands and am now moving her to Acana's Pacifica (fish)...so far, Acana has been a really good food for her. The Boar sounds interesting, and I think I would definately look into it if they end up selling here in Washington.

## TeamLaika · 2009-05-20T09:29:16.000Z
Well, it sounds fanciful that is for certain...but I am skeptical of US populations of wild boar in masses making it financially feasible to put in dog food. They would need to be raised in captivity to some degree. I suspect that they might just use domestic boar since the US palate does not enjoy the 'taint' of meat from uncastrated male pigs. Persons who own dogs with legitimate food allergies are soon going to be up a creek with all these 'novel' protein diets blasting through the mainstream market-place. The little lamb led the way...

## lindsayt · 2009-05-20T10:25:49.000Z
Yeh, that's what I was thinking in regards to my 1 allergy dog who is on the Orijen fish but had been eating little lammies for no particular reason until her GI tract objected. I hadn't especially sought the lamb, it just happened to be the protein in the puppy food of this brand I was dead set on.

Before all of the what once were unique diets, like beaver, pheasant and kangaroo, there was only lamb commercially available to most folks. I see some eel now, and all kinds of truely novel proteins that folks are home preparing like reindeer and antelope. I hope I haven't limited my future options by feeding lamb at one point. I honestly don't know where to find reindeer :)

## tsukitsune (moderator) · 2009-05-20T13:01:41.000Z
I talked to the manager of our local holistic pet store, he just started to get in Orijen 6 Fish... He said they sent him some literature and I can look at it (I'm going there today after work) and it's wild boar, berkshire pig, salmon, some other fish and bison. Novel, sure, but exciting nonetheless. Though, based on their protein levels and other ingredients, I might not get to try it with my shibas... Elk and antelope are too yummy, I'm not sure I'd share with my pups :)

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