Taste of the Wild

We have been buying dog food from this place called DogSupplies.com. They have a warehouse in Huntersville, North Carolina and we've been dealing with them for 10 years. They recommended Taste of the Wild to us and we've been using it for less eight years now. So far, our dog is very healthy. He's got a little bit of hip dysplasia, but he's about 12 years old. I got him as a rescue when he was about two and he's like a puppy sometimes. He likes the different flavors. They used to tell you that if you're gonna change the food, you should give them half of the serving of the old food and half of the new, but we just go from the different flavors and he's fine. As long as it's food, he doesn't care.

I started using Taste of the Wild in 2006. At the time, I had adopted a pit bull and he had wildly sensitive skin and hot spots. He was a year and a half old when I got him and he had a lot of sores through to his tail. I quickly started experimenting with different kinds of foods for him and I did some of the Pure Vita salmon for a little bit. But that was a little bit harder to find and only one place had it. I found that Taste of the Wild worked really well for him and it was a little bit more readily available. He stayed on Taste of the Wild his whole life then eventually, my cats had it as well. I prefer it for the dog that we have right now as well just because it fills him up better. He’s more content. It feels like a healthier alternative. Taste of the Wild is just a better food for my pets. I live in the Midwest now and around my house, there are not many good dog food. I like to drive to a good dog store and get a big bag from our local place.

I have tried many of the "best" dog foods on the market, recommended by trainers, breeders and vets. I was even an authorized distributor for a very well known brand. There were many trips to several veterinarians regarding the yeast infection in my German Shepherds ears, I was convinced this yeast issue was caused by a food allergy, even though several vets disagreed. I finally found a new brand, The Taste of the Wild, free of the grain I was sure was causing the problem with yeast. This was 12 years ago, the GSD with the yeast issue cleared up within a week of changing, never refused another dish of food and was able to live YEAST FREE.

We love Taste of the Wild. We’ve been using it since our dog was a puppy. I wanted something that was grain-free, and Taste of the Wild was recommended to me by the person at the store. And it’s my first dog, and so, I didn’t know what I was doing. I rescued him from Jackson Hole, Wyoming. I wish Taste of the Wild was more available like we could go to a store and get it. It isn’t something you can find everywhere. And now that The Pet Clubs have all been closing, we’re having to order it online. PetSmart and those other big chains don’t carry it. Although, Pet Club went out of business, we were able to get a few bags at a pretty good price.

With Taste of the Wild, my dog has a good looking coat. During hunting seasons, I add a little bit of the wet food to it, which she really loves. Recently, she had a stick shoved up her nose, sneezed really hard and broke several teeth. She's gonna be on a little bit more wet from here on out to make it easier on her to chew. When she had her teeth removed, the vet asked if my dog was on a grain-free diet. I didn't get to talk with her too much about it, but she said that dogs needed grain.

We were breeders of Bulldogs, so we used Taste of the Wild for a long time, probably 10 plus years. They had the best puppy food that we could use to grind up and soak. It would soak it up really well and it ground up really well. Our experience had been really good. Bulldogs have really sensitive stomachs and skin issues. But we never had any of that with Taste of the Wild. They didn't have the allergy issues that we had with some of the dog food. We used their puppy formula pretty much all year round ‘cause we had puppy litters every year. Then, we had the salmon formula and then a meat one with the bison. Those ones were good. We’d go with this bison for five months and then we’d switch it to the salmon. When they got the salmon, they would go nuts because it was different. Then when we brought the bison back, it would be the same thing.

I used to be a Poodle breeder. I advised a client to buy Taste of the Wild with Ancient Grains. Dogs need to be on a totally grain-free diet as it has been demonstrated that humans are giving them heart attacks. In the wild though, dogs don't totally eat grain-free. So, I always make sure that there's grain in dog food that I recommend to my clients. Taste of the Wild is good quality dog food for its price point. However, the package disappoints me. They currently say that they use globally sourced ingredients from trusted partners. They didn't use to buy ingredients from out of the country. That gives me pause to not recommend their food is because it's not sourced in the United States.

My dog is kind of sensitive. I have a Weimaraner. I had been buying through a big box store. I'm paying a membership just to buy our dog food in my local food store. I cross-referenced ingredients and Taste of the Wild was able to give me a food with the same ingredients. She was considered a puppy. So, we transitioned from puppy to adult with Taste of the Wild. The one we use is grain-free. I've been using it for two years and she definitely enjoys the food. We also rotate the flavors every time we buy a bag. There’s definitely quite a lot of flavors, which is a plus. You hardly see that in dog food. You see it more in cat food, which I know that Taste of the Wild also has ‘cause we've tried the cat food as well.

My daughter has two big dogs and a African-Somali cat. She swears by Taste of the Wild and based on that, I started using it. My cats like it and so do I. I would get it from Sierra Fish & Pets and they've always got the flavors that my cats like. I don't have any problems, except for I got a geriatric cat now and I gotta mix a little bit stock food with it.

I have two dogs and they're healthier with Taste of the Wild.