We had our two Schnauzers on this food for quite awhile (8-10 months or so). Both of them developed major health issues while on it. One began losing muscle mass and function in their back legs. The other developed seizures. We couldn’t figure out what was causing these symptoms nor could the vet. My wife’s sister also had a schnauzer that began to seize on a regular basis while on this food. The vet put both of these animals on anti-seizure meds which helped control the regularly occurring seizures. We began to wonder what the common thread was. I decided to take them off of the Honest Kitchen food and give them another quality food. My wife’s sister decided to as well. Our dog that was losing funtion in his back legs began to recover after a couple months so we decided to ween our other dog off of the anti-seizure meds. Same result, no more seizures. My wife’s sister’s dog also made a full recovery after this food was removed from their diet.

We have held some of this food back to send off for lab testing as we suspect it contains ingredients that resulted in these horrible medical issues on these three Schnauzers. I hope others read this and can relate any issues they are now having with their dogs back to this food.

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I read all the positive reviews and purchased this for my picky eaters. I read some reviews that said "it smells good enough to eat myself!" Uhhhh, I don't think so. This stuff doesn't smell horrible, but certainly doesn't smell GOOD and it looks like vomit. I tried using less water, more water, adding toppers, etc. My dogs took a couple bites and then lost interest.
But this is my biggest gripe. After already purchasing this, I read another review that said this product contains garlic, which is poisonous to dogs. Their dog got very sick as a result. This concerned me so I checked the ingredients on the box. Sure enough, garlic was on the list (this is for Turkey flavor, not chicken. I did buy/try both). I questioned how much harm it could really do, since I couldn't imagine there's that much garlic in it. But I figured I'd ask my vet since they just happened to have an appt with him the day after food arrived. When I told my vet about the garlic ingredient and showed him the box....he shook his head and said he wouldn't give this to them. Garlic IS considered poisonous to dogs and not worth the risk. Granted it might take a large consumption of it to cause harm, it's just not worth taking the risk. My dogs are my babies and I could never feed them something knowing it could make them sick. So not only did they not love this stuff, they also can't have it.
if they did. Waste of money! Although, it appears that the company is willing to refund my money when I requested to return. So I do appreciate that!

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Contains sodium selenite, not shown in the photographed ingredient list and not mentioned until the last list of ingredients in this listing. This listing has more than one ingredient list in the listing and this food additive is not disclosed until the very last ingredient list. Sodium selenite causes a toxic buildup over time in dogs and leads to muscle weakness and pulmonary edema , among other things. The smaller the dog, the quicker the buildup. Be forewarned.

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After much research into different types of dog food, I felt discouraged and began to feel I would have to home prepare the food. Then I discovered the Honest Kitchen brand. I priced all the items I would need to make the food myself and found Honest Kitchen's food was cheaper. Now they really had my attention. I began with a few samples from their direct website. My dogs ate it like it was a treat; a reaction I'd only previously received when feeding them salmon or peanut butter. So I shopped around for the best price and landed here on Amazon with the subscribe and save delivery.

I have tried two varieties so far, Keen turkey and Verve beef. One of my three dogs became disenchanted with the beef one and stopped eating it, despite my numerous attempts at coaxing her. However, they all love, love, love this turkey one. Winner, winner, turkey dinner. Personally, I also like to add a little salmon oil for their heart and skin health (I use the Grizzly brand). This is more affordable for me than purchasing the seafood Honest Kitchen variety.

Now here's how I like to make it. My 40lb dog gets a 1/2 cup (8oz) of food and my two 10lb dogs get 1/8 cup (2Tbsp/2oz). I then squirt in the appropriate amount of salmon oil. For the water, I like it hot, just below boiling. This makes the food form better and also smell better to the dogs, thus becoming more appetizing. The amount of water I put in is 50% more than the dry food, so 3/4 cup (12oz) for the larger dog and 3/8 cup (3Tbsp/3oz) for the little ones. Then I let it sit about 5 minutes to give it time to thicken and also cool down a bit. I test the temperature of the food before feeding it to them always.

Meanwhile, while I am doing this, three very eager dogs are driving me crazy. The sheepdog is crying the whole time as if waiting for the food is the worst punishment ever. The chihuahua is jumping up and scratching the back of my legs. The mini dachshund is barking demandingly and sometimes hops in circles. The entire circus act with the three of them is quite ridiculous. When they finally get their food, they go at it like crazy and lick their bowls clean. I guess that's a five star rating from them. It's a five star rating from me too!

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My dog wouldn't eat it - but I don't think that's a fair reason to give a poor review. But I do think people should be aware that the porridge like consistency may be an issue for some. I recommend trying a smaller size first. The good bit though - the ingredients seem to be very good quality. There are big bits of turkey in it and it looks really wholesome. I wish my dog would go for it because I'd love to support such a quality product. But we're back to kibble.

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My dog loves Honest Kitchen much better thank Grandma Lucy's. I went back and forth between the two products for about a year .. with my old Whippet that passed. My new boy another Whippet, came to us as a young puppy.. he is now a year old and gets an extremely high quality dry food as well as Honest Kitchen, I fed him the remainder of what I had left in the bag of Grandma Lucy's, he would leave it in his dish unless I mixed a lot of people food with it.. I feel that they (dogs) don't get enough water with the dry diet. With Honest Kitchen, I add some of what we have for dinner and mix it in, add the required amount of water and serve..he loves it. .I will sometimes pop it in the microwave to heat it up as well. He is one spoiled puppy. As far as price, I bought it here for 20 dollars less than at my pet food store.. It arrived the next day.. I was totally amazed.. great product... "it's delicious" signed Tommy the Whippet.

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My dogs love this food! They all took to it right away! The hardest part is having them wait the 3 minutes after adding water for the food to hydrate before they can eat it! The instructions on how much water to add are clear and accurate in making a good consistency. My older dog loves this food over any other that she's ever eaten in her lifetime - she was always a slow eater and now she is the first one finished at mealtime!

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My dog started out liking it but ended up refusing to eat it probably be oz of the grain inside so I exchanged it for the grain free version called embark. He had embark for a year already and he loves it. Was trying out this grain version but no success. HK is the best food for your dog be oz it allows dogs to get most nutrition and its moist. Keeping dogs well hydrated.

My dog became very skinny after eating this for two weeks

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I feed a complete raw diet but this is the only commercial food I will feed my dogs. I give Honest Kitchen to them for breakfast , often with sheep Joghourt ( digestible for dogs ) or purreed fruit.

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My dog loves this food. You can see the chunks of turkey in it. My dog suffers from violent seizures and part of trying to cope with it is improving his diet with real food. I have been preparing his meals for awhile which is both costly and time consuming. Now I am supplementing with this food and so far things are going well. Thanks for the great ingredients and easy preparation Honest Kitchen!

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Amazing food but the price has gone up by almost 30 dollars. I have even buying honest kitchen for my pugs for the last 4 years and I am shocked at the price now. Looking for alternatives because of it or I will make my own dog food.

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The product seems fantastic. All natural and it didn't smell like regular dog food at all. Unfortunately, my dog who has a very sensitive stomach couldn't handle so many new flavors at once. Had to return it. But if my dog wasn't allergic,I would have happily continued using such a great product.

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Excellent product, my dogs didn't care for the Chicken Force.. but they love the Turkey, ( I have really picky dogs)
Love that they are loving a well balanced human grade food...( we use to cook chicken and veggies and have to add all the other vitamins... obviously this is way easier, and they look healthier, their fur is so much shinier!

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