Moved from Cat board.

Southern RI--Changed from Natural Life Lamaderm due to recall of one of their products (my dogs were fine) and then  I had been feeding my 2 goldens Instinct kibble grain free for two months but I decided to change only because I had read that fat should not be in top 5 ingredients with large dogs for increased risk of bloat--I had no problems and the dogs looked great and loved it but wanted to reduce my risk of another pet catastrophe (one has cancer and both cats had ARF) and I don't even know if that's absolutely true about bloat but-----changed to Barking at the Moon (still high protein and fat not top 5) but had to change due to my husband's retching at the smell!  I had wanted grain free as we originally thought it was a rat poison (maybe in grain storage IMO)

I have added the Instinct kibble to Misty's rotation. She gets the Duck & Turkey and the Chicken. She loves the food and she is doing well on it. She has been on the dry for about 3 weeks now. I have cut out the Instinct canned since she started to gain weight on it. So its back to Kibble only with 2 slices of low fat turkey. She's back to normal weight.

I started feeding my dogs and cats a raw diet by feeding Natures Variety (2 years ago). The nugget size was very convenient to start the switch off of dry pet food. The dogs took to it right away and some of my cats gradually began to eat it. (the cats were used to dry and canned and probably were just adjusting to a new food taste/texture). All liked the rabbit, chicken and the turkey formulas. Chicken/turkey was always the top favorite flavor. Most did not care for the beef, lamb or venison (venison also has lamb ingredients).

I chose NV because it is based on only 5% plant matter and has no artificially added vitamins. It has an unusual odor that I'm not sure what ingredient(s) causes it. (not a bad or spoiled odor just an odd smell). It is pretty expensive to feed more than a few pets so I have since moved onto other frozen raw brands (without plant matter) that the cats seem to prefer. The dogs love them all! <smile>

Very quickly there was a noticeable difference in a whole range of things. My senior dog put on weight, became shiny, very frisky, and was waiting to be fed as early as 5 am!

(cats and dogs both->) All food is eaten right away. The poops are just a small little piles. They are odorless in a few minutes, eventually turm whitish or light in color. All animals drink very little water and look great.

Indiana citizens here. Gunner and Miles are switching from Nature's Variety Instinct Chicken formula. They both did well on it. They found it palatable and snarfed it down. Gunner's coat was very soft and shiny. Both had solid poops after the transition. The price was great (we got some great coupons from the company). Overall, I was happy with my experience with the dry.

Instinct Chicken wet

Dogs really like it.

5.5 ounce cans
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