I have been feeding TOTW High Prairie for a couple of years now. We raise Scottish Terriers and I switched to TOTW from Diamond Naturals at the advice of another Scottie breeder. I noticed an immediate improvement in appetite, skin, coat, vitality, etc. At one point I tried switching back to Diamond and immediately had dogs vomiting and refusing to eat, including 2 pregnant females. I don’t usually make an abrupt change in my dogs’ diet, but considering the prospect of losing 2 litters I did an abrupt switch back to TOTW and saw an immediate improvement. I complained to Diamond about my experience and shared the product info with them in the hopes of preventing others from poisoning their dogs. They said there was nothing wrong with that batch. Funny, the extreme vomiting stopped as soon as I changed them back.
More recently I have been having issues with TOTW High Prairie adult formula. I had been feeding the TOTW High Prairie puppy formula during a breeding cycle (I feed everyone puppy formula because it’s just too much for me to mix up separate batches for the pregnant/nursing bitches), and as we finished up our litters I began switching adult dogs back over to the adult formula. It’s only been 2 days and I am once again having issues- refusing to eat, vomiting, loose stools. I am very concerned, since I recently saw that there has been a class action lawsuit filed against the makers of TOTW for deceptive advertising. Here’s a link to a pdf of the Complaint which was filed in California: https://www.locklaw.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/2018-08-28-Taste-of-the-Wild-Complaint-Grossman-v-Schell-Lampeter-In….pdf
Page 14 of the Complaint has a chart showing the results of independent testing of TOTW products for heavy metals, pesticides, etc. I’m no nutritionist so I don’t know if these levels are in fact significant, but thought I would share this info with the group.
I am switching all of my dogs back to TOTW puppy formula for now while I look into changing brands. I have had recommendations from other Scottie people – Fromm and also Royal Canin. If anyone here has had any experience with either of these brands I would love to hear about your experience.
