Taste of The Wild Pacific Stream Grain-Free Dry Dog Food With Smoke-Flavored Salmon 5lb

I am on a subscription for this. It's a great food but it is hard to get sometimes. The stores have the same issue. Amazon always delivers or finds it fast for me. Great food. The price doesn't fluctuate too much like other brands. My doggies are happy campers.

I fed my dogs the cheaper dog food for years. I had no idea that the food I was feeding them was substandard at best. I feel fortunate that neither dog has been sick with anything connected to their diet because I do know that some people aren't so lucky. Searching online for information about dog food that is a better quality, I started to hear things about Taste of the Wild so I decided to check the company and their product out. I didn't have to go very far past the ingredient label to know that this is the food that I should try first. Now, I have a 13 year old Siberian Husky that is one of the pickiest eating dogs on the planet. She will even turn her nose up at potato chips when they are occasionally offered to her. She picks the meaty looking chunks out of the dog food that they used to eat and eats those first. I had to start buying smaller bags of dog food because if the bag had been opened for a while, she would refuse to eat it. I always jokingly say she likes her dogfood like a lot of people like their seafood, as fresh as they can get it. My other dog is a simple idiot. He eats chicken poop and just about anything else that he can fit into his mouth including wood, her fur when she sheds and my flowers out front. Needless to say he is not a picky eater. I wasn't concerned with him not liking it but I was a bit worried what she would think. We went ahead and ordered our first bag of this dogfood. It was delivered on time just like Amazon always does and so we started the transistion from the old to the new by subtracting a bit more of the old with the new every day until they were finally completely switched over. They LOVE this food. Both of them. Even little Miss Picky. It got to the point where they were both actually eating AROUND the old food and leaving it in the bowl. This made me extremely happy because I know that the Taste of the Wild food is MUCH better for them. There is no grain in this food. The ingredients are simple and everyone should be familiar with them. It actually smells good and doesn't have that mealy look to it like the cheaper brands that are full of corn and soy. Neither dog has had any bathroom issues which I know is a concern for some people that are worried that there isn't any fiber in the food because it doesn't contain grain. That's what the veggie material is for. Veggies have fiber. I promise! You dog will have no problems pooping while eating this food because of lack of fiber. This is our new dog food for our two monsters. They are both healthy, happy and both seem to have a bit more energy. Their coats look good and I'm happy with the results.

The first ingredient in this dog food is buffalo. Although it is a quality item, raw buffalo contains about 80% water. After cooking, most of that moisture is lost, reducing the meat content to just a fraction of its original weight. After processing, this item would probably account for a smaller part of the total content of the finished product. The second ingredient is lamb meal. Lamb meal is considered a meat concentrate and contains nearly 300% more protein than fresh lamb. The third ingredient is sweet potato. Sweet potatoes are a gluten-free source of complex carbohydrates in a dog food. They are naturally rich in dietary fiber and beta carotene. The fourth ingredient is egg product, an unspecified (wet or dry?) form of shell-free eggs. Quality can vary significantly. Lower grade egg product can even come from commercial hatcheries — from eggs that have failed to hatch. In any case, eggs are easy to digest and have an exceptionally high biological value. The fifth ingredient is pea protein, what remains of a pea after removing the starchy part of the vegetable. Even though it contains over 80% protein, this ingredient would be expected to have a lower biological value than meat. And less costly plant-based products like this can notably boost the total protein reported on the label — a factor that must be considered when judging the meat content of this dog food. The sixth ingredient includes peas. Peas are a quality source of carbohydrates. And like all legumes, they’re rich in natural fiber. However, peas contain about 25% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the meat content of this dog food. The seventh ingredient is potato. Potatoes can be considered a gluten-free source of digestible carbohydrates. Yet with the exception of perhaps their caloric content, potatoes are of only modest nutritional value to a dog. The eighth ingredient is canola oil. Unfortunately, canola can be a controversial item. That’s because it can sometimes (but not always) be derived from genetically modified rapeseed. Yet others cite the fact canola oil can be a significant source of essential omega-3 fatty acids. In any case, plant-based oils like canola are less biologically available to a dog than fish oil as a source of quality omega-3 fats. The ninth ingredient is tomato pomace. Tomato pomace is a controversial ingredient, a by-product remaining after processing tomatoes into juice, soup and ketchup. Many praise tomato pomace for its high fiber and nutrient content, while others scorn it as an inexpensive pet food filler. Just the same, there’s probably not enough tomato pomace here to make much of a difference. From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items. But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product. With four notable exceptions… First, flaxseed is one of the best plant sources of healthy omega-3 fatty acids. Provided they’ve first been ground into a meal, flax seeds are also rich in soluble fiber. However, flaxseed contains about 19% protein, a factor that must be considered when judging the actual meat content of this dog food. Next, salmon oil is naturally rich in the prized EPA and DHA type of omega-3 fatty acids. These two high quality fats boast the highest bio-availability to dogs and humans. Depending on its level of freshness and purity, salmon oil should be considered a commendable addition. In addition, chicory root is rich in inulin, a starch-like compound made up of repeating units of carbohydrates and found in certain roots and tubers. Not only is inulin a natural source of soluble dietary fiber, it’s also a prebiotic used to promote the growth of healthy bacteria in a dog’s digestive tract. And lastly, this food contains chelated minerals, minerals that have been chemically attached to protein. This makes them easier to absorb. Chelated minerals are usually found in better dog foods.

So my month border collie is fussy. I wanted a grain free alternative protein. And boy have they delivered. My pup woofed them down and was looking for seconds. Usa made! Venison/bison rather than fish. Is an awesome option.

The product seems to be made with quality ingredients, but it didn’t work for my sensitive skin & stomach Golden Doodle. There are better salmon brands out there, but be prepared to spend a little extra cash. Trust me when I say It’s Well Worth the Extra Cash. Go for the Pro Plan Salmon instead.

My dog has always she’d do much hair we vacuum everyday tried everything brushing vitamins until we used this dog food now hardly any shedding love it

My dog loves taste of the wild. It’s a good quality food.

Great value. Same as The Pet Shop at full price so always grab them when they’re on offer. Love providing my dog with different flavours for his dinner time so these smaller bags allow us to rotate his dinner flavours.

よく喰う、ウンコよし。粒がもう少し大きければなおよし。

wie viele sorten wir für unseren setter auch immer probiert haben: nach einiger zeit wurden sie verächtlich ignoriert. nun sage einer noch, hunde hätten keinen geschmack und fräßen alles. weit gefehlt, der fellgourmet begutachtet alles zunächst eingehend, ehe er sich ans vorsichtige probieren macht. bei taste of the wild fielen die proben immer positiv aus und nun wird, wenn das selbst gekochte und mit eingeweichtem trockenfutter einer schwedischen firma versehene naßfutter verspeist ist, gerne das immer bereitstehende trockenfutter geknuspert. Man hört dann aus der küche die schrapelnden geräusche... Auch der unter uns wohnende commodore, der unsere morgendliche abwesenheit zu regelmäßigen inspektionen der setterschen futterschüsseln nutzt, ist von diesem futter sehr angetan. beide hunde sind sehr sensibel, was die verdauung angeht und wir haben mit diesem futter, was ja zweifelsohne seinen preis hat, aber eben als beigabe nicht kiloweise verschlungen wird, beste erfahrungen gemacht.

My German shepherd love this!!!!

I have two Jack Russells, one of which has a particularly sensitive stomach, and food that’s too rich just doesn’t agree with him. Having had both my dogs on various different types of kibble over the years, most recently the excellent Acana Wild Prairie, I thought I’d try something else and various posters on the canine forums suggested Taste of the Wild dog food, which I hadn’t actually heard of. Some also suggested a spoonful of bran every day, so with that in mind I moved my dogs to Taste of the Wild Southwest Canyon in combination with some bog-standard wheat bran. The list of ingredients in Southwest Canyon was a factor in my choice as it contains zero grains, a good dose of fruits and vegetables, and quite a lot in the way of vitamins, including various B vitamins, vitamin D and folic acid. And although the kibble seems slightly smaller than Acana, it’s harder and my dogs have to crunch through it rather than swallowing it whole, as was sometimes the case. Both dogs wolf it down enthusiastically each time they’re given it, and often look for more once their bowls are empty. I’m not sure if it’s the size or constitution of Southwest Canyon (or just the bran) but, in the month or so that they’ve been on the new diet, my dogs’ stool has become much firmer than it ever was previously. I haven’t noticed any change in their disposition or overall health, but neither was ever a problem for me, and they seem as energetic and healthy as ever. They still get the odd upset stomach, but I’m pretty confident I can attribute this to those (very occasional) days when they get a meat meal rather than kibble. As an aside, I also tried them on Taste of the Wild’s Pacific Stream kibble, which seemed just as good for them but which they didn’t scoff with quite the same level of interest. That’s not necessarily a criticism of the food, but my dogs love fish and seafood-based kibble so I was surprised that they weren’t as keen on it as the meat variety.