Veterinarian Formulated Solutions Hydrolyzed Protein Skin and Digestive Support Dry Dog Food, Help with Hot Spots, Itchiness Pork Flavor 4.4lbs

My pup has been eating this food for a few months to see what she may be allergic to. She loves it! I also give it to her as a training treat on walks.

My pet loves this high protein dog food

No need for Rx. Fast shipping, and my dog likes the small bits.

My dog eats this every day and likes it. So do my cats. They're all healthy. It's solid stuff.

Unfortunately, this increased my dogs skin allergy severely. Not leaving the bad review because of that though. I know it’s going to be trial and error for a while.Amazon won’t let me return. The manufacturer won’t allow return not purchased through their website or stores.Be aware.

I can't keep using this food because it didn't resolve the issue my dogs were having (we needed to stick to a prescribed kibble at the end of the day) but the dogs really enjoyed the flavor and gobbled it up each time. The quality seemed there and after reading more about the company and the founders I think it's a sound kibble to feed pets that don't have particular sensitivities or needs. The velcro closure for the bag is really cool, I've never seen that before and it makes sealing a bag up and opening it sooo much easier.

I tried a few prescription hydrolyzed dog foods before trying this one.I have a Labrador. My last Labrador lived in z/d due to her chronic ear infections. My new Lab seems to have stomach issues and doesn’t tolerate non-hydrolyzed diets.Compared to z/d (pea and chicken), royal canin (soy based), and Purina EL (soy based)… I give this food 4.4 stars because it’s the ONLY dog food where the FIRST INGREDIENT is a hydrolyzed MEAT. I felt awful giving my dog soy based food - dogs need meat in my opinion.For a nonprescription dog food - THIS IS AMAZING! She doesn’t have stomach issues on this one. I wish it would make her excrement a bit more firm but she holds it well for her afternoon walk and never goes in her crate overnight like she does on non-hydrolyzed diets. Clean up with this one is less fun than with the soy based foods (those constipate her more). Perhaps my dog doesn’t tolerate meat well?If you don’t have a vet RX and you need a hydrolyzed dog food - definitely give this one a try! It’s priced well and I’d rather give a small company a try and hope they have better quality control than the large dog companies which realize all too late (a year later) that they have unsafe doses of d3 in dog food.HERE IS AN IDEA FOR THIS DOG FOOD COMPANY: CAN YOU PLEASE MAKE A DOG FOOD WITHOUT ANY D3? I will buy people grade FDA approved D3 and dose my dog myself. My poor dog has so many issues because larger dog food companies have overdosed her with D3. I’m happy to do it myself because I would have more control and you would have less risk for recall for that issue.I’m so tired of voluntary and non voluntary recalls of dog food from Royal Canin and Purina. My dog was really sick from D3 overdose from one of the major brands. They notified me a YEAR later that her food had been too high in D3… refunded my money but she has issues now. She couldn’t hold her bladder and drank buckets and buckets of water every day. She may have kidney damage from the D3 overdose - need to get her blood work done.Anyway, love your company mission statement. Please put good QC in place - I’m trusting you with my very expensive and beloved animal.Thank you for making hydrolyzed meat the number 1 ingredient in this formula!

My rescue dog has significant allergies. She has lost a significant amount of weight trying to find a suitable dog food. My Vet said it was likely the protein she had issue digesting & would likely need a hydrolyzed dog food. Well, I have tried many kibble style food including prescription Royal Canine (made my dog get a yeast smell, ear infections & then one day she quit eating it) yes it was soy based. Tried Purina Proplan with salmon which was for "sensitive stomach" which she also quit eating for 3 days. Then went to a Blue Buffalo turkey limited ingredient formula for "sensitive stomach", she threw up & had diarrhea. Then tried a limited ingredient beef & rice formula which also made her vomit. Tried a small bag of SquarePet brand hydrolyzed pork which she gobbled up so I purchased this bag which I could only buy online (not in local stores) but before I could even open the bag she started with watery diarrhea. I stopped the food & put her back on rice & beef broth. I am now cooking human grade bison & rice which she loves & her poop has become normal. Will see what happens. I really do not understand what is in all these dog foods causing her issues, but I do not believe it to be the "protein" source. I think it is one of the other vitamins/supplements they add to the food. Dogs are carnivores. Will try to introduce a bison kibble once she puts on weight to test my theory. This is what I like about this dog food - no prescription needed, ingenious Velcro closure is the best, convenient to purchase from Amazon, she liked the flavor, her system couldn't tolerate it, not their fault. The negatives: No easy way to figure out what their "satisfaction guaranteed" means as I would like a refund since this product is not returnable, gave my dog diarrhea. I have read a lot of sites on the internet for dog food issues. That tells me there is an issue with the dog food ingredients & no Vet really knows what is causing all the stomach issues/rashes/ear infections. I am in human healthcare not animal healthcare. What I do know, in humans the gut is very important in our immune response & I will bet the dog is no different. When you jack around with the gut flora with all the additives in pet food it can cause problems for sensitive dogs. That said my other dog is getting rashes from all the leftover foods my problem girl couldn't eat. Will be working on his food next...Good luck to all those other pet parents out there with these issues. I do feel for all of us. Not pleasant watching your pet struggle with food. Pet food manufacturers & Vets need to do a better job with research on food & nutrition supplement use in our animals. Let's all stop anthropomorphizing our pets, they are not humans & do not need the same things we need.