Natural Balance L.I.D. Limited Ingredient Diets Dry Dog Food, Sweet Potato & Fish Formula, 26 Pounds, Grain Free

It's pretty common for dogs to gradually develop sensitivity to their food, if you stick to just one protein source, and one manufacturer. I'm a strong proponent of 'switching it up' - use different brands (always of high quality), and different protein sources, and rotate through them over time, or even just throw in a few bags of a different brand/protein source once or twice a year, then go back to your regular feed.Feeding your dog only beef, or chicken, or even lamb - at every meal, for years and years - will likely cause sensitivity eventually. Living creatures require variety. There are micronutrient even beyond the 'standard' ones of vitamins and minerals that cannot be guaranteed with single source, highly uniform foods. In nature, a dog (or cat, or darned near any creature) will eat a variety of different foods - based on their needs and availability. Manufacturers *have* to make their foods highly uniform - both in order to make it at scale, and to provide guaranteed analysis - it's just how the modern world works. But that limits variety, and can introduce micronutrient deficiencies.Because beef and chicken have been the primary protein sources used in commercial dog food for many years, even switching brands may not be enough to provide the necessary variety, if it's just one manufacturer's chicken base vs another. Plus, many 'brands' are just different names for the same manufacturer's products, with very minor variations in ingredients.So - that's a lot of preamble. Anyway, duck is a 'non standard' protein source. Far less often used as the base protein. Which makes it a good alternative to the regular stuff. Our German Shepherd Lillie developed sensitivity to the standard beef and chicken stuff - dry, itchy skin, which would cause her to 'worry' patches on her body, often her foot pads, to the point of bleeding. Switching to this cleared it up within a few weeks. We use this as our main food for her - but as above - from time to time, throw in a different brand, different protein source. Keep some variety in the diet - if even only to give that pup a new taste to enjoy!

We have a six month-old Goldendoodle puppy who already weighs 53 pounds (he's a big boy). We switched to this food from Core Wellness Puppy formula which has Turkey because he ended up with an anal gland infection (which we blame largely on Greenies treats) and our vet recommended we switch foods. She said in her experience, doodles tend to have a higher rate of allergies to foods and environment than other dogs. She also said that for some reason, doodles (and many other dogs) don't handle chicken well and sometimes not even turkey. We pressed her for a recommendation which she was reluctant to provide because she said they're really not supposed to do that. She finally broke and said she has seen great success with Natural Balance duck and potato limited ingredient. She said it works wonders for dogs with skin allergies and digestive issues. We were willing to give it a try plus it's less expensive than Core Wellness. We bought a bag of Nature's Balance here on Amazon. We slowly switched our puppy over by mixing this food with his old Core Wellness kibble until he was fully on Nature's balance. He hasn't had a problem with his anal glands since. He gobbles this food the same as the other. We like the slightly larger sized kibble because it doesn't tend to fall out everywhere when scooping it up. We have not noticed an increase in his "output" in the yard which tells us this isn't a food that is filled with fillers. So far we have nothing bad to say about it. The price seems to fluctuate on the site within a ten dollar range and that's a little irritating if it happens to be up when we need a bag. But otherwise we're happy. Our dog has a great body composition per our vet and we feed two cups in the morning, two at dinner time and usually about a half cup or so more in handfuls here and there as "treats". The vet said we'd be feeding this amount of just about any dog food so I don't understand some reviews complaining about this amount of food for a large breed dog. To be fair, he is a larger Goldendoodle than most because he was only one of four puppies to a mama with good milk and he was the largest of two male puppies & the biggest puppy from his litter. Still, this amount of food is working just fine for him. We will edit our review if anything changes with this food.

I tried this food because my dog has itching problems and it has limited ingredients in it and it was recommended by the manager at Pet Supplies Plus, who also has animals with food allergies. I buy it here only because there is a discount and its delivered.I think it is a great food because It says on the front it is limited ingredients and the label lists the ingredients as well and there is a whole line of dry, wet and cookies all with limited ingredients so its easy to tell if this will work with your dog and you can tell more easily what is causing the allergy to weed out the culprit.My dog loves this food. It costs more but it maintains her weight and still keeps her full and it keeps her from being itchy. I tried other foods she itched real bad and gained weight and got "love handles" and I was hardly feeding her anything and she was exercising in agility classes.Her stool is firm and formed but dark from the sweet potatoes. Don't be alarmed by the dark color. A similar food Wellness has (white potato I think) potato and fish (salmon) It did the same for her and I was equally happy with it but her stool wasn't as dark.Wellness was sent to me by accident so I tried it just to see. When I checked the price of Wellness it was the same as this foodI like that Natural Balance has can food to give as a treat and cookies or biscuits and use this Limited Ingredient line for my dog and she maintains weight and less itching.She has also eaten Backcountry Salmon Jerkey and loves it with no issues. Its at Petco and Pet Supplies Plus. It has limited ingredients as well.

My dog has severe allergies to poultry and grains and pretty much everything Under the sun and I had been buying a different brand of venison dog food at my local pet store. In the past year, there has been a shortage of venison(not sure of the reason they gave me) so I have to feed my dog alternatives which make her sick. I was happy to find this brand as an alternative a few weeks ago in my pet store but it was so expensive! Imagine my excitement when I decided to see if by any chance I could find the brand on Amazon! Honestly, for the convenience of home delivery and saving $8/bag vs my local pet store, it's Worth purchasing. I save money and my dog stays healthy. The food itself has minimal ingrédients and is grain free so my dogs allergies disappear quite quickly and she regains her energy. I highly recommend this brand. Well Worth it :)

The only time I have ever seen my Bichon's perfectly white coat get 'rust'-looking stains is when a neighbour was giving her a lot of Milk Bones, which have dyes in them. I hoped this food was all-natural and without colorants and I don't know for sure that it isn't. I can only say that fur around her mouth and butt has turned rust-coloured and nothing is making that better. We're going to want different food. This will cost more to ship back than the food is worth. I hope the seller has some ideas for me.Sad to see that a week later the seller did not bother to respond. Will definitely be sending this back and not dealing with them again.

Great product. Only bad thing is that the bag is not resealable.

my dog eats anything but she refused to eat this no matter what I tried.

As described. Fair price. Fast shippping.