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My puppy eats Orijen. What healthy DCM-safe puppy food is best?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Chihuahua (Smooth Coat) | Male | unneutered | 7 months and 7 days old | 10 lbs

I read the article that came out from FDA about warning of foods that are linked to DCM. My puppy is a healthy chihuahua mix who is 7 moths old. I tried 3 different foods and finally he loves orijen for puppy- which is one of the foods on the list. I want to make sure that I feed him healthy food. Please help

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Answered By Ricardo Fernandez, DVM

Veterinarian, Veterinary Oncology Resident

Published on June 30th, 2019

Thanks for using Petco Pet Education Center, formerly Petcoach! I would love to help you. Orijen is indeed part of that list. For that reason, I would recommend you consider another diet. I really like Science Diet, Royal Canin and Purina as these are all good companies that conduct research on their diets. Any of those would work well for Milo as they are of high quality. Best of luck!

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