My sister is a vet and fed Orijen to her old dog until he passed away (unrelated brain tumor). She monitored his kidney functions and well as everything else and the Orijen IMPROVED all of his numbers. Also, one of her current OHs was having major issues (elevated liver & kidney issues) until she put them on Orijen. It may be high in protein, but the dogs seem to handle it very well. Get numbers on the dog, try the food and then retest. You may be surprised. Julie Degen In a message dated 04-Mar-09 11:39:29 Korea Standard Time, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: From: "Doreen Fleisher" <dfleisher@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: Orijen question Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:20:29 -0600 If you get the fish and potato version, it's very fishy smelling. The meat based ones aren't. The only caution with Orijen for an older dog is that even their senior formula is 42% protein which is too high for any dog that might be beginning to have aging kidneys as it puts too much strain on the kidneys trying to process that amount of protein. **************Need a job? Find employment help in your area. (http://yellowpages.aol.com/search?query=employment_agencies&ncid=emlcntusyelp00000005) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================