[tamizami]

I used to feed Stella and Chewy freeze dried raw food - much less mess than the frozen/defrosted ones. Whole Dog Journal just wrote about what high quality Stella and Chewy's is - and you can see lab results for bacteria tests on their website! If you want to try raw, this is the one to try in my opinion. http://www.stellaandchewys.com/

But, after getting high bile acid test results, our veterinary nutritionist advised against feeding raw since their livers might not be able to appropriately cleanse the bacteria. So no more raw in our house.....

Two kibbles that are closer to raw, without being raw, are Orijen and Evo. I just got the Orijen 6 Fresh Fish Formula and boy does it smell like fish! Stuart loves it. It is higher in protein (44%) and a little higher in fat (18%), but he eats much less and yes, the poo is much smaller and less stinky (same as with raw). Normally I wouldn't feed such a high protein to a maltese, but since its fish, I am a bit less concerned and am incorporating it into his food.

Good luck!