I received email also today ,  its been a year also that I wrote to them.

      Glad you are feeling better Poco, you look great!!!    Happy Birthday!!!

                         kathy and RC

    Sending  positive thoughts to Smudge and Carol

                             kathy and RC

    Glad to hear Poco  is better, sending positive thoughts  to Poco and to you too

                                kathy and RC

                Thank You
                     kathy

     " ALL products produced from pigs slaughtered in Ireland were recalled last night due to a dioxins scare.

Consumers were warned not to eat Irish pork and bacon as an investigation was launched into the discovery of the toxic substances.

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) and the government made the announcement after pork products on several farms were found to have had between 80 and 200 times more dioxins than the safety limit.

The recall affects all pork produced since September 1.The recall also affects Irish exports of pork to other European countries. Britain, Germany, France and Italy all import significant quantities, while America and Korea are also buyers.

The investigation will attempt to identify the processors and foods involved. It is believed contaminated feed was used at a total of 47 farms. Nine of these were pork-producing. The remaining 38 were beef farms, with one of those also producing pork products. "

                     http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/ireland/article5299511.ece

                                              kathy

    Kia is in the process of building a plant in Georgia which is "scheduled to begin production in the last quarter of 2009"
                            http://www.kmmgusa.com/news_10_28_08.aspx

                                          kathy

    Happy Thanksgiving! 

Sending positive thoughts to all, Shelly, Remy, Trooper , Fragile, Gator, Sheba , Babara and you too
                             kathy and RC

Continued positive thoughts and prayers to Remy and for him to have normal bm so he can come home
                                      kathy and RC

Continued prayers and positive thoughts being sent Remy's way and to you too. 
                               kathy and RC

Sending prayers and positive thoughts to Lesliek, peg and 3cat  and to your four legged kids.
                                   kathy and rc

Hi  Trudy ,  Glad to hear everyone is well , hope you can return soon
                                   kathy

Have a few emails to share,  first I want to say I am not promoting this food by any means , nor do I mean for any one to take it negatively it is for information on product .  I wrote and asked a few questions since RC has been eating a little bit of it.  I asked if it was ok to share here is answer
               Kathy,

 

You may share any info I have sent to you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Scott Freeman

 
The first email is from a while ago in june,  from lab board I read that one of the one of owners from NL  had worked on nature variety formula, here is the answer:
             Yes, I was very much involved in creating the Nature’s Variety line but not the Instinct. I am apposed to feeding dogs or cats tapioca. In my opinion it contains too much sugar
Sincerely,

 

Scott Freeman

    The next emails  are  from asking about new facility and darker color of kibble which I asked and received answer today 9/15/08

              Dear Kathy,

 

Thanks for your email.

 

We had to start using two facilities to make our products due to production schedules at Crosswind that could not accommodate us at all times, plus the mill that mixes our products for Crosswind is a bovine free facility and could not do our new beef formula coming out.

 

The chicken you are referring to was made at Pied Piper. They do have different suppliers of some ingredients. The chicken meal they use has a specification sheet which states the product can vary in color from golden to medium brown. We are making sure their animal protein sources are hormone free and naturally preserved and meet all of our standards.

 

Pied is making our products with the exact formula that Crosswind has always made it. We have laboratory tested batches and the protein and fat level are accurate to our packaging and formula.

 

The only thing we are working on at Pied is the drying process. They have new equipment and the dryer works very well in removing the moisture from the food. So well, that a few batches have been dried below 5% moisture which makes the food more concentrate than food dried the normal level of 7% to 8% moisture. We have found if any pets experience some lose stool from the dryer product, adding a little water (which we recommend on our bag) usually in all cases corrects this.

 

Please let me know if I could further help you.

 

Sincerely,

 

Scott Freeman

      The last question I had  to do with the protein and fat % being higher on website than what is listed on the bag, here is the answer
                Kathy,

 

The bag is the guaranteed minimum as feed analysis. The website is the guaranteed dry matter basis.

 

Sincerely,

 

Scott Freeman

 

Customer Service

Nature's Logic

PO Box 67224

Lincoln, NE 68506

Sorry for the log post , just wanted to share information
                                            kathy

 edit wanted to clarify dates of emails

Sorry so long replying,  the food my vet suggested RC stop eating  was eagle pack, since his last visit he has not had any eagle pack.  It is hard to tell if it was food related or environmental since our property does not have much sun so we have a lot of dampness . As of today   RC's eyes, ears and skin are as they should be and shiny coat , he is eating home made and some NL.   He has arthritis, xrays taken long ago  and it had already started.  But do think least amount of grain will help him with weight and hips.
                                           kathy