Canadian Naturals

Canadian Naturals dog food is a Canadian-made line of dry recipes built around named proteins such as red meat, lamb, salmon, turkey and chicken. Ashario Pets carries 10 Canadian Naturals formulas for dogs and cats, ranging from $13.99 to $79.49 CAD, including grain-inclusive, grain-free and limited ingredient diets. This guide explains how the recipes differ so you can match one to your pet.

Which Canadian Naturals dog food recipe suits your dog?

Start with your dog's size, age and how sensitive their digestion is. The lineup splits into three clear groups.

• Grain-inclusive everyday feeding: Chicken & Rice Dry Dog Food is the straightforward choice for adult dogs with no known ingredient sensitivities.
• Grain-free: Grain Free Red Meat Dry Dog Food suits owners avoiding grains who want a red-meat protein base.
• Limited ingredient diets (LID): Lamb, Pork & Butternut Squash, and Salmon & Sweet Potato keep the ingredient list short, which helps when you are working through a food trial with your veterinarian.

Small breeds and puppies

Small dogs do better with a smaller kibble they can chew comfortably — the Turkey & Salmon Small Breed formula is made for that. If you are searching for Canadian Naturals puppy food, look at the All Life Stages Turkey & Salmon recipe: all life stages formulas are formulated to be fed from puppyhood through adulthood, so you avoid a transition later. Households with both a puppy and an adult dog can feed one bag.

What about Canadian Naturals cat food?

Three cat recipes are available and they follow the same logic as the dog line. Chicken & Brown Rice is the grain-inclusive everyday option, Grain Free Turkey & Salmon drops the grains, and Limited Ingredient Diet Salmon narrows the ingredient list for cats who react to varied proteins. Multi-cat homes often do best starting with the grain-inclusive option and only moving to LID if there is a reason to.

How to switch foods

• Transition over 7 to 10 days, mixing a growing share of the new food into the old.
• Change one variable at a time — protein or grain status, not both.
• Buy the smallest bag first to confirm your pet accepts the flavour before sizing up.

Every Canadian Naturals recipe we stock ships Canada-wide, with same-day pickup available at our North York store. Not sure which protein to start with? Our staff can walk you through the options in person.