Hello Everyone,

  Just a quick update.  I received my trial shipment of the farmer's dog products.  They came frozen in well packaged bags with my dogs' names on the bags as well as the correct feeding portion for each of my boys.  They have an introduction schedule for the first week to get the dog's used to the food without any issues.  So far so good.

 The food looks high quality as it should.  They use only human grade food in their products which I like.   And the ingredients are simple and provide balanced nutrition.  Here's an example of the Beef ingredients:  "Beef, Sweet Potato, Lentils, Carrot, Beef Liver, Water, Kale, Sunflower Seeds, Fish Oil" followed by all of the added vitamins and minerals.  As you can see just real ingredients no by-products or meal.

  Is it expensive?  It depends.  I fed my boys top shelf name brand canned food.  The average cost per day was app. $5.50. or app. $165.00 for 30 days.  That was for good but processed food, not fresh.  The cost of the Farmer's Dog products is ap. $185.00 per month for my two boys.  So not enough of a difference to prevent me from ordering their products.  They currently have 4 recipes to offer, Beef, Pork, Chicken and Turkey.

  One other thing when setting up the initial order, they have a list of issues that they consider when formulating your dog's food.  Like Cancer, hip and joint issues, etc.  What they didn't consider is formulations for Tripawds. I spoke with a team member, and she will be bringing up this issue in their next meeting.

  Anyway, I'm currently in the introduction week so my boys are getting 50% canned food and 50% Farmer's dog up from 75% canned food and 25% Farmer's dog.  So far there hasn't been any digestive issues, stools are firm.  And now for the big question, do they like the food?  Yes, they do.  After 4 days every time I feed the boys, I get back empty bowls and my little guy can be picky.  Bottom line is I think the new fresh food will work out nicely.  I'll provide another update when they've been on the food full time for a little while.

Best Regards,

Joe, Franklin and little Rosco in New Hampshire.

Hi, I hope everyone had a great Holiday Season.

  First, I want everyone to know that I don't work for nor am I associated in any way with the company "The Farmer's Dog".  I just wanted to see if there was better food available for my dogs than what I had been feeding them when I stumbled across a "The Farmer's Dog" Dog food advertisement.

  There was a question in the last response about if there were veterinary nutritionists involved in making the formulas:

"All of our ingredients are human-grade and sourced from reputable food suppliers, local farms, and other human food purveyors that meet USDA standards. We never use feed-grade ingredients, and we don’t process our ingredients to be shelf-stable, ensuring your dog is getting the highest quality, most natural nutrients available.

The Farmer’s Dog creates recipes that are simple in nature. Every recipe uses clean USDA proteins, mixed with simple produce, and balanced with vitamins and minerals. That’s it. Our board-certified veterinary nutritionists carefully formulate each recipe to be 100% complete and balanced according to AAFCO standards, and we use all human-grade ingredients and processes to do so."

So yes, board certified veterinary nutritionists are involved with the recipes.  Here's a listing of ingredients for my Franklin's Beef recipe: