WellnessNatural Pet Food Simple Natural Limited Ingredient Dry Dog Food, Lamb and Oatmeal Recipe, 26-Pound Bag

After dealing with allergies and so much money in vet bills, we finally started testing food and it turns out, food was the problem! This food is the only one that completely eliminated the allergy breakouts and allowed my pup to heal. It’s great quality, very few ingredients, and comes in huge sizes! Definitely recommend!

I first switched over to Wellness Simple, the Duck and Oatmeal flavor, a number of years ago when my Golden Retriever was having stomach issues. Her stool was always a bit too soft, and often bordered on diarrhea. And every so often she'd get diarrhea. Upon switching to the Simple Wellness, and adding VetriScience Laboratories Mega Probiotic to her diet, her stomach problems disappeared. Instead of dealing with diarrhea every few months (or even weeks) I have not had to deal with it at all since changing 3 years ago.Recently, as my girl slowing down, she started putting on weight. (Side note, if you don't have a pet scale and are not regularly weighing your dog, you should. They can easily put on a lot of weight before you visually notice. And a healthy weight prevents a lot of health issues. See my Sept 4, 2016 review of the LW Measurements LVS-XL 700 for some more thoughts.) So I switched to the "Healthy Weight" formula. This allowed me to feed the same volume of food but reduce her caloric intake. Since I use a lot of food puzzles to prevent boredom, it was beneficial to not have to reduce volume. She slowly dropped the extra few pounds she had put on and then maintained her weight. But as she slowed down even more, I recently had to cut back a ⅛ cup on her daily ration.She seems to like both varieties I've used. When I first switched to the Wellness Simple she seemed a bit more enthusiastic about the Wellness than her previous food (another brand completely). So I interpreted that as it tasting good.The other thing I like about the Wellness is the kibble is a good shape, and is consistently shaped and sized. The pyramid like kibble is a good smallish size. As I use food puzzles & food dispensers (and use kibble as rewards in training), the more physical pieces per serving the better. And a consistent and good shape works best. Many years ago I tried a food I had to rule out because the flat disc like kibble would get stuck in my PetSafe Treat & Train Remote Reward Dog Trainer and some food puzzles. The wellness has never gotten stuck or jammed.Finally, as a practical note, you get 3⅞ cups per pound. So you can use that and the recommended feeding amount (available on the bag, manufacturer's​ website and possibly the product description here) to calculate a rough initial estimate of how long a bag will last. Keep in mind the recommended amount may vary by formula, especially for the Healthy Weight formula. And you may need to tweak it slightly. Also the bag size may vary by formula. For example the Healthy Weight formula is a 24lb bag whereas the previous formula I used is 26lbs.Overall, I highly recommend this food.

My geo loves this food. Great job at providing quality dog food.

It is on the pricey side for dog food but it has better ingredients for the pups. Also It is a pretty large bag so depending on how many dogs you are feeding will determine how long it last.

Our German Shepherd loves this food ... and it loves him! We adopted our big puppy from the local shelter at 9 months age and 68 pounds. He had frequent runny stools and gas which I initially attributed to stress (which there certainly was some for him with all these adjustments) but his digestive symptoms persisted after he seemed otherwise settled. He also had symptoms of skin itching though we were sure he did not have fleas. He was on the regular Wellness large breed puppy food initially, and we switched to a 'sensitive stomach' puppy food of another brand, which was plenty expensive but contained an awful lot of ingredients for limited ingredient diet: chicken, fish, and egg product, plus rice, brewers rice, and barley (no wheat or corn). After further investigative work on the topic of food sensitivities I changed back to Wellness to this wonderful stuff, a grain free true LID with a single meat source (Turkey). Problem solved! He has not had a single loose stool since starting this diet, has no more gas, and has completely stopped scratching. And he loves it to boot (probably in part simply because he feels well enough to eat). This is not marketed as a puppy food but is similarly rich with regard to protein content. My puppy is almost a year old now so his need for 'puppy' formula food is probably debatable, but his need for food he can tolerate and feel good on is not debatable. I highly recommend this food for anyone wanting to pare down or isolate ingredients for digestive symptoms. I wish I had gone straight to it. We now avoid all treats that contain grain and treat our boy with bites of cooked sweet potato instead, which he is crazy about. It is such a relief to find the right food. His energy level is noticeably better and coat is already starting to become softer and shinier. We don't know much about our sweet guy's life during his pre-shelter time but it seems likely good nutrition was not part of it. I am happy he can finally enjoy that now, because he so deserves it :)