Anyone try NOW brand dog food?

[Christina Casper]

Hi,
My 10 month double doodle, Sparty, has been on puppy Canidae since we got her. She has never really been a big eater but has gained sufficient weight. It typically takes a lot of persuasion to get her to eat. Well, I recently went to a small local dog store that promotes "healthy" foods. At their recommendation I tried NOW brand food out of Canada. Sparty LOVES it! She gobbles her entire dish when I put it down and even licks the dish and wants more! I feel terrible that she never ate her other food like this. I'm concerned that this food may not be as substantial since she seems hungrier since I've switched. I'd appreciate any feedback on NOW dog food

Thanks so much,
Christina

[Stella]

It's on the recommended brand list :)

Maybe she appears more hungry because she is enjoying the food? What was the calorie content of her old food? You need to be sure you are feeding the same number of calories per meal, which will not necessarily be the same volume of cups.

[Christina Casper]

Thank you! I looked but didn't see it:). Makes me feel better.

[Abby and Raya]

Raya has been eating now for years. We love it! If you go online and sign up for the newsletter you can get a $5 coupon.

[Christina Casper]

Great, thanks!!

[Shelbey T.]

We have had Ollie on this food since he was a puppy. He is now 14 month old and we have just recently switched him to the adult formula, he loves it. We were considering switching him to Acana food but he gets diarrhea every time we reach the 1/2 and 1/2 ratio.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

NOW is one of the lines made by Petcurean; Petcurean is the brand, and it's on our recommended list.

There are many dogs who will gobble up any new food and seem very enthusiastic about it...for awhile. But soon enough the novelty wears off and the dog goes back to the same way she was with the old food. For this type of dog, a rotation diet is best; you rotate formulas within the same line of food, a different one with each new bag. So this bag, it might be duck and the next bag it might be lamb, etc.

In order to determine whether Sparty is getting enough to eat, I need to know her weight, the exact formula of NOW you are feeding, and how much you're giving her per day. In order to determine if this food is "less substantial" (I'm guessing you mean lower in calories? Lower in protein?) we need to know which exact canidae formula you were feeding. 

[Christina Casper]

Thank you! She is a 22lb mini and eats about 1 1/2 cups a day. It was Canidae puppy formula chicken flavor and we switched to NOW turkey, salmon, duck adult formula. I believe there's less calories in the NOW so maybe she should get more. She is a very active little girl:)

Good suggestion to switch up the flavors. I was afraid to switch it up much but she seems to handle food well.

Thanks again!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Hmm, I'm not seeing a puppy formula on Canidae's website, other than large breed puppy formulas. Their chicken meal and rice formula has 449 calories per cup. The NOW formula you're feeding does have considerably fewer calories, 378/cup, and the recommended feeding amount for an active dog weighing 20-30 lbs is 1 and 2/3 to 1 and 3/4 cups per day, so she should definitely be getting more than a cup and a half. 

Within the NOW line that you're feeding, there are 3 formulas you could rotate: the one you're using, the fish formula, and the red meat formula. I'd wait until she shows signs of being less interested in her food, and then try one of the other formulas. 

[Carolyn Shusterman]

Our two were pretty pickie eaters and I would cook up chicken to add to their kibble to get them to eat.  I discovered GO! (chicken, turkey, trout recipe) made by Petcurean that they LOVE.  They have been eating GO! without me having to add chicken since last November. I like that GO! is 34% protein.  I buy their food from Petflow and Chewy.com because our local pet stores don't carry GO!.