CANIDAEPure Limited Ingredient Premium Adult Dry Dog Food, Real Lamb & Sweet Potato Recipe, 12 lbs, Grain Free

This is my dog's new staple dry food and he is on his second bag. He had no stomach upset when transitioning over to this formula. He likes it plain and mixed with wet food. I researched many dry foods since I am always concerned about what my dog eats. He has very sensitive skin and does horribly on anything with grain in it. His coat is beautiful and for 11years old, quite a healthy guy.The cost... At one time I was spending close to one hundred dollars a bag to feed my dog a good dry food. I found that to be crazy expensive but paid it anyway. When that product was no longer in stock, at least when I needed it, it prompted me to try Canidae based on independent reviews from many sources including Dog Food Advisor. I'm glad I did. It's approx. half the cost of the other brand and has all the nutrients my dog needs to stay healthy and energetic. If this company keeps it's prices fair, I'll continue to buy it.

Good ingredients, dog likes it. Definitely on the expensive side.

Pure Lamb & Brown Rice: Our dog has epilepsy so we need a very limited ingredient dog food to avoid triggers, and we really like this brand. It's one of the few that don't use chicken meal or egg in some of thier recipes. However, we had to switch the formula to include a grain and some of the bags we've received from Amazon have been rancid or don't smell right (unatural chemical smell). My most recent order was good, but the previous two were not. I'm such a fan of both Amazon and Canidea products, so I hope for consistency in the future. Otherwise I'll buy from Petco directly.

Limited ingredients, not loaded with grains. My dog is very healthy and happy with this food after having digestive issues with previous foods. While Amazon would love for me to rate the flavor out of five stars, I don't think I am qualified to make that assessment, and my dog is keeping pretty tight-lipped about it.

My dogs love this food! The only problem is that it is being described as a 24 lb bag when it is actually 22 lbs.

Our shepherd has a licking/chewing problem- she constantly has torn her skin in patches randomly, and has had an issue with yeast infections in her ears. The ears were such an issue she created a massive hematoma requiring surgical repair. We had been doing benadryl thinking maybe she had an allergy, but could never narrow down what it was.Then in the last year we went to a new vet. Discussed the licking/chewing issue and she recommended that we switch her food off a chicken based kibble to duck. She explained many times it isn't that dogs need grain free (something we had her on) but rather they have an allergy to a protein found in chicken and turkey. Duck doesn't seem to create the same issue, so we thought why the heck not? It's worth a try, and it would be nice to not have her licking herself into infections and other trouble.The DUCK version of this food has done the trick. No more licking, chewing, and we can even touch her ears without her yelping! No more benadryl, either. It's quite expensive, but it's worth not dealing with the issues from infections, etc. One caveat- we did switch over slowly and our dog did need to have a "bowel" adjustment. She initially had diarrhea when we introduced a little of this into her diet, but now that we've switched over 100% it has resolved.I would definitely recommend the duck version of this food for dogs that have skin issues.

UPDATE: I noticed some reviews were commenting that the food from Amazon did not seem to be the same as the food they had purchased from Petco or another store NOT online. I want to assure everyone the food is definitely the SAME on Amazon as it is at the stores by your homes and that the kibble variety you are noticing is coming from Canidae, the manufacturer. ** On the Canidae website under FAQs they even mention or rather answer this question for pet parents** My dog Bluto is finishing his last bag 12lb bag out of a total of 3 that I bought all at once from a Petco by my house who price matched Amazon price. The 2 bags I purchased prior to these - 1 24lb from Amazon and 1 4lb from Petco (I was in a pinch due to shipping) - were the smaller kibble we’ve all been used to seeing. The 3 12lb bags we’ve just about finished are the a bit larger kibble that Canidae seems to maybe have either switched to, order did a trial with and just didn’t bother to market it. I’ve been feeding my dog Canidae for over 5 years and this is the second time I’ve seen the company do this. I can’t remember for sure, but it’s possible that the current size of the kibble is what size it once was years ago. Anyway, just to reiterate, it is NOT an Amazon issue.We love Canidae! I used to feed my dog the duck formula, but now that he’s older and his tummy is more sensitive we switched to lamb & pea. We only order on Amazon when they have a “real” deal though because this brand is more pricey when you own a 150# dog.

Be warned I ordered the 24lbs of food and only received 22lbs, looks like they might not even make 24lb bags.