4health Dog Food Reviews

I use to buy our princess a top brand dog food at $70.00 per month. We switched our dog slowly and so far no issues and she loves it. She is picking this food out and leaving her old dog food in bowl. Vet approved this product also

I am not comfortable with a lot of these 1 star reviews. I am not sure that this might be the right affordable alternative for my big 5 yr. old female Great Pyrenees with health issues. They can be an expensive dog and I was hoping this might be an alternative instead of Hill Science diet. I have bought 4health canned dog food but I mix with others, Hills Science, Hill Science Prescriptives, Victor. So no problems, but of her daily diet she is only getting 1/4 of a can 4 days in a row and I do not return to that brand for 12 days.

I've fed my dogs 4Health chicken and rice for years without a problem. This last bag is different. One dog vomits undigested dogfood about 8 hours after eating it. He also has some loose stools. My other dog has diarrhea and seems listless, like she doesn't feel good.

Hi. My rescued black lab has been with 4Health Whitefish and Potato formula for at least 7 years. I have subscription with TSC. I opened a new bag two days ago and since then he has been having diarrhea. I noticed when opening the bag that the pellets are very greasy. The bottom of the bag has oily substance. I have attached two pictures, one is the production code and the other is the grease on the bottom of the bag. I called TSC and they're sending replacement. If he's still having diarrhea with the replacement bag, what food should I replace it with?

We switched our dogs to this food (beef) about 2 Months ago. Previously, we were using Blue Seal Krunchies and my dogs have done excellent on it, we’ve used it for years, and it’s much more affordable. We live in a rural area, and our local feed store has been lacking in supply. We had a TSC built about a year ago. We picked this up, and they were farting a lot (that seems to be normal when switching)… However, after two months it hasn’t stopped and our entire house constantly smells like one of them pooped in the house. It’s so staunch I cannot even breathe! I do not recommend this. I’ve never seen my dogs so sick on any other food we’ve ever tried. We have 2 male German Shepherds 8 & 4.

I started my gsp on Purina ONE Lamb & Rice since he was a puppy.. He's 2 now.. He started licking chewing his feet shaking his head scratching.. I decided to take him off all chicken products.. 4Health salmon and potato has NO chicken byproducts at all.. My dog quickly improved after about 2 weeks.. Now beautiful silky coat, NO issues at all with skin. No licking his paws scratching etc... THE best dog food ever.. Always check labels.. Even tho it says lamb and rice there is chicken meal byproducts etc.

Please, please, please, consider different dog food. I have fed my dogs 4Health Food for years! But, within the last 6-8 months or so, I have felt my 4 dogs were looking lame. No energy, not much excitement when I went outside to feed them, and they weren't really finishing their bowls. When I first noticed this, I chalked it up to the heat (AZ) since it was summer time. Well it's now winter. I have a 13yr old Lab, 6yr old Husky, 3yr old Dalmatian, and a year old Labradoodle. Well, this is where it got worse. My 3yr old Dalmatian started having a bad limp on his front left paw. No big deal. Then it worked to his back legs. After a month, it was to the point he just didn't feel like walking much. Enough was enough. Before spending a bunch of money at the vet testing my Dalmatian, I switched to Purina One.

I am writing this review, along with a lot of others. How is this still on the shelves? Both my dogs are vomiting from it and have been using for years. Seems to only be since March dogs are vomiting and having seizures. Going to buy a completely different brand today. Bye 4health. You ain't gonna kill my doggies. Not on my watch. Sickening.

This is to let consumers know what kind of company you are purchasing your dog food from. We purchased 4Health Small Bites Formula food for adult dogs from Tractor Supply on Sept. 16, 2024. After eating a small bowl of dog food my almost 2 year dog had a seizure. He had a total of four seizures. They started 20 minutes after eating the bowl of dog food. First seizure was at 12:48 pm, second seizure was at 1:21 pm, third seizure was 2:22 pm and the last one was at 3:03 pm. I was able to get Chiller in at the vet at 4:00 pm. The vet did blood work and an urine test. Test show that my dog didn't have an underlining health issues.

I decided to switch all 3 of my goldendoodles to 4Health as it was recommended to us by a store employee that seemed to know what he was talking about. After 3 days 2 of my dogs became very ill and were taken to the vet. They came to the conclusion that it was the food and after reading other reviews on here it makes me sick to my stomach I didn’t research this HORRIBLE POISON food brand before feeding it to them. My youngest dog has recovered but my middle age dog is still very sick and has been on the couch all day and will only take a drink of water if I force her and refuses to eat. This company “diamond” needs to be taken down. I will be filing a lawsuit against them if my dog doesn’t recover soon.

I really wish I would’ve came here for reviews first. I was looking for a good dog food for my great dane. I did research which was a little overwhelming because everyone has opinions. I want something that would be affordable, good quality and readily available for purchase. I decided to go with 4health because it had a 4.6 star review and the company has only had one recall several years ago. After my experience and reading other people’s experiences I do not know how more recalls have not been made. My dog had diarrhea and started vomiting specks of blood. I saw the reviews here and decided to change the food immediately. I had her on 4health for about a month and a half. I have had her off of it a week and after a couple of days she started having normal stools. She also has a skin rash that she has an appointment with the vet for and I will see if it is related as well.

I have been using 4health for all my puppies and dogs for years! I have NEVER EXPERIENCED any issues with this dog food! With a 20 year feeding structure. I like that they use less fillers such as corn, and they use a decent amount of protein. Moving forward I am very happy with this product and will continue using it!

I breed boxers. I had a litter born in March and was on Diamond ....No issues and switched to 4health lamb puppy with the litters born in April and out of those litters I had 10 puppies die from bacterial gastritis. Every single puppy got sick except for the ones that I had on Diamond. Coincidence? You tell me. They had projectile regurgitation and couldn't hold down anything in their stomach. They were 3 weeks old. It was heartbreaking and in 18 years of breeding I've never had anything like this happen.... Stay away from this food. I wish I knew what I could do to prove this. Who to call? My number is ** If anyone has any ideas.

I couldn’t believe it when I found this site today, ten days after my sweet dog died from a heart attack! I had changed from Purina 1 and had been feeding her this lamb and rice brand for at least 4 weeks. My other dog didn’t want to eat it and began limping and gaining weight. After reading this, I feel certain it was caused by this crappy dog food. Not many dry dog foods are very good.

Purchased 4Health Salmon and Potato dry dog food for my 4 dogs. All dogs started vomiting white foam, lethargic, hot spots, diarrhea and vomiting. 2 dogs got pancreatitis, and one dog almost died. Vet bills I would say easy over $2000. My mini dachshund stopped walking because of the pain in her intestines. We thought it was her back at first, but then it just turned out to be her intestines were inflamed from this food. This food is a death sentence. Once we switched their food, all their symptoms went away. Now, back to normal.

We thought this would be a good food for our German Shepherd/ Malinois. One month into it she started scratching herself a lot and her poop became soft and yellow. Soon after that it turned into diarrhea for a week. We realized it was the 4health food. Threw that away and immediately started her new diet with Diamond Naturals and today normal poop and she looks a lot better! Didn’t even bother mixing it to get her used to it! Don’t buy this crap!

Purchased 4Health Salmon and Potato dry dog food and BOTH of my dogs have been vomiting white foam for two weeks, lethargic and evidently eating a ton of grass. We haven’t changed anything else besides their dog food. I came here to check the reviews and I’m shocked. Throwing it out and switching back Purina Pro Plan Sensitive Stomach and Skin Salmon dog food. Tried to save a few bucks with the 4Health dog food and it’s cost me $$$ in vet bills. Take this food off the shelf please.

I switched my boxer mix to the 4 health salmon recipe due to his chicken allergy. He has been so sick! Vomiting multiple times over the course of two weeks. I wouldn't recommend this dog food. It's caused him to puke white foam. I stopped giving it to him for one day and he didn't vomit again. We were following the slow transition guidelines. Something is seriously wrong with this dog food. It seems great on the bag with the limited ingredients... seems...

Do not buy! Worst thing I ever did was switch to this dog food. My dog got a severe ear and skin infection. Vet bill over $300. This dog food should be taken off all shelves. It’s horrible. Do not feed it to your dog unless you are trying to kill it! It’s that bad. Had to switch to Science Diet dog food for sensitive skin and stomach. Now my dog's not eating grass and feels much better. Science Diet is way to go if you're having problems with dog foods. Ask your vet. They will recommend what type your dog needs. Science Diet saved my dog!

Bought 4 health salmon and potatoes food to try to switch our dog to who has a sensitive stomach since it has probiotics in it, and after 4 days of being on it he developed blood in his stool and had to be taken to urgent care. He was diagnosed with Acute Hemorrhagic diarrhea syndrome which can be life threatening if not caught early, thankfully it was.. The vet said it was caused by switching foods, which he wasn't fully on it yet as we were mixing it with his current food to allow his stomach to get used to it. Do not buy this food.

I have been giving my working k-9. Sheppard/Malinois 4health for two years. No issues. I have been told in past it’s a good grain free food, no preservatives. All a sudden she had been getting violent bouts of bad diarrhea. Go to chicken and rice and it came back over and over. No other food or treats were given. Changed food to Royal Canin. Although extremely expensive. It seemed to have work almost immediately. I do not recommend this food at all. Either she developed an allergy to it or they started adding something to the food that is obviously not healthy. Pay the extra money and buy better food.

My two Labrador dogs have been on 4health salmon and potato for about a year now. My chocolate lab has severe food allergies to beef and poultry (of any kind). I chose this food because it was salmon and potato with no poultry products. No issues until the newest bag 10/2023. I looked over the ingredients and "egg products" appeared as the 7th ingredient from the top. Major flare ups in his ears and paws. My yellow lab is nowhere near as sensitive and even she is having ear issues- head shaking, paw licking. Looks like they'll be going back to Diamond Naturals salmon and sweet potato.

I had a beautiful healthy red nose pit girl who was a little overweight. I switched her from the 4 Health Weight Management food to the 4- Health Healthy weight food. She ate two bowls of this food. She was coughing up mucus. She coughed. Stood up and fell over in her kennel. I let her out to monitor her where I watched her go into a seizure, vomit foam, and go stiff. She experienced labored breathing and died before I could even get a vet on the phone. My other two dogs are on the 4-Health Salmon. I’m going to be throwing $120 worth of dog food away today.

I purchased 4health Dog Food beef potato formula for large dogs, I also purchased Small breed formula and urinary tract for cats. My 13 year old healthy boxer is the only dog that ate a bowl on Friday after an hour of eating it he started foaming at the mouth and had a seizure. Then on Saturday after eating a bowl he had 15 seizures throughout the day. My other pets wouldn't eat the food. THANK GOD!! On Sunday after eating he had a really bad seizure. I never even thought it could have been the food. We bought it cause the salesperson at Tractor Supply told us it was good for Bully breeds as he has allergies to dog food with corn and junk in it is the reason we were looking for something good for him.

I've always loved ProPlan for my dogs. They happily gobbled it up with no health issues for years, and then I broke down and adopted two cats, (Then two more). I was dumbfounded at the cost and lack of decent options for food at the time. Then one day, I was scanning the aisles of PetSmart for good options that didn't cost 1/2 my paycheck and there was a cat adoption day being held. I got to talking to the woman who runs the rescue and cat food came up. Because we were in PetSmart, she lowered her voice and very quietly told me that if I wanted the best cat food on the market, and at a fraction of the cost, to buy it from Tractor Supply Co, (TSC). She told me that their brand is called 4Health, but it's made by Blue Buffalo. The difference is in the price. It's extremely reasonable! She said she only feeds that to all the animals in her shelter but didn't want the staff at PetSmart to hear her say that.

I thought it was the medication my dog was on making her throw up every day all day long. But it turns out it was this food. Very very disappointed and after reading all the complaints about how other people's dogs are doing the same thing and yet there is no recall being done I am switching brands and never coming back to this.

We thought we would try this for our 10 year old Catahoula/Rottie mix. It made her very sick with diarrhea and she was very lethargic until we stopped the treats. Going to return it to the store the next time we go there.

The ingredient list is great which is why I bought it! Then my dog started getting extremely sick and lethargic. Refused to eat her dog food but acted like she was hungry and would eat treats. She had tiny dark inconsistent poops. Throwing up and absolutely no energy. I took her to the vet, who said she ate something that gave her a bug. She literally has no access to anything. Bathroom and bedroom doors always closed and the rest of the house is dog proofed.

Been with 4 health for a long time. Recently my 6 year old rottie started to not eat it. So we had to put grated cheese on it, somewhat helpful. So I personally did a taste test with Blue Buffalo. 1st was Blue Buffalo in my mouth that had the same taste threw out the chew from the beginning. I spit it out. 2nd 4 health put in my mouth and it had a pungent more of taste but when I bit it and spit it out instantly it was nasty chemical taste [I mean nasty]. If you don't believe me try it. I have called Diamond Pet Food and have told them my experience. Rottie wolfed down the buffalo food like he was starving to death. I personally will never give the food to my dogs again.

I've been feeding this to my 14 yr old dog and my 2 year old for about 8 months. Before that, they both were on the 4 Health puppy formula. About 6 months ago, the old dog would whimper and whine when he ate and afterward. I thought he had bad tooth. I had the vet look at his teeth, there were no issues. He started barfing foam. A few years back a vet said he had acid reflux and to give him an acid reducer 1/2 hr before he eats. So I started that up. It wasnt helping, so I started mixing some instant potato flakes, cooked rice, a little canned Ole Roy, and milk in with a little dry 4 health. He doesnt cry when he eats now!