Ciji's Natural Pet Supplies in Park Hill - Denver, CO

I was in Ciji's today buying some dog food and picked up a flyer about a doggie ice-cream social that they are hosting on Saturday, June 26th. The event will be held at their store:

2260 Kearney St, Denver, CO, 80207, noon to 4pm.

I began going to Ciji's a few years ago after melamine began showing up in various brands of dog food (mine included). The employees there were very helpful in offering options and advise on switching to a natural brand.

Which brings me to another topic. Apparently I am going to have to switch brands again!

Ciji's Natural Pet Supplies may no longer carry the Innova brand, due to the recent sale of Innova's parent company to Procter & Gamble. But even if they decide to continue selling Innova, I am no longer comfortable feeding it to my dogs. (to see the other Natura brands that will also be effected by the sale visit their website: http://www.naturapet.com/)

Why, you might ask? Well, the problem with the dog food that resulted in the death of so many pets and the recall of many different brands of dog food was the source of the ingredients. The Chinese suppliers were adding melamine to boost the results of protein test.

So while P&G may not change the recipe of Innova brand dog food, they probably will have different suppliers of the ingredients. Which is a chance I'm not willing to take.

Luckily, Ciji's Natural Pet Supplies has many choices when it comes to pet food. I have already been feeding my cats Orijen, which is produced in Canada with locally sourced, human grade ingredients. So the decision to switch the dogs over to Orijen was pretty easy, and so far they seem to love it.

I will probably bring Obi to Ciji's Natural Pet Supplies for the ice-cream social to see if he also likes Nature's Variety's Sweet Spots, the 98% lactose free ice-cream for dogs. See you there!