Customer Reviews

Eukanuba Large Breed Adult Dog Food - 40 Pounds

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I have two Giant Schnauzers. When I rescued my first Giant Schnauzer over 5 years ago, I researched dog foods. I knew I was NOT going to be feeding a raw diet and preferred a dry food. After researching I went with Eukanuba Large Breed Adult Dog food. My dogs love it! My 2 dogs are muscled up, work well, are healthy, have shiny coats and plenty of energy. I don't supplement their food. The vet always comments on how healthy my dogs are. I highly recommend this dog food for anyone, especially a large breed owner. I haven't ordered the food through Amazon simply because I pass a Petco on a regular basis. Now, if Amazon would offer this on a subscribe and save plan... I'd probably order through Amazon, since it's something I need on a regular basis. I took one star off since I can't subscribe to get the dog food, very inconvenient.

I have been feeding my dogs Eukanuba for six years. They LOVE it! When I go on vacation and have to feed them something different, their fur isn't nearly as soft and shiny as when they are eating Eukanuba. Their Vet says their fur is a "10"! One of my dogs is a therapy dog. When I first adopted him, he had been abused and didn't have much fur. The Vet recommended Eukanuba because it has more Omega 3, to help my dog's sensitive and dry skin. Cooper has been going to school with me for 5 years. The students will lie on the floor and use him as a pillow. The most frequent comment, other than "Why don't you bring Cooper more often?" is "He's so soft!"

This is a really good choice for dog food and obviously so because people have been trusting it for many years. It is important that the number one ingredient is a protein source and in this case it is chicken which is good. Don't be put off by the second ingredient corn meal. For some reason people get caught up in thinking corn meal is not so easily digestible but that thought is unjustified. Corn meal is a completely acceptable source of carbohydrates just like rice and will be easily digestible to your dog. Also the omega 3 fatty acids this food contains is good to see.

While certainly not the worst dog food on the market, this is also not the best. Any dog food that lists corn, corn meal, or rice (dark/dirty or white,) as the number one or number two ingredient means it is predominantly just filler. Your dog will eat more because they cannot digest rice or corn and the food will pass through their system quickly, they will defecate more often, and because the food does not stay in their system too long, they do not get as many vital nutrients as they should. This one does say chicken as the number one ingredient, but corn meal is number two. It then goes on to list whole grains and chicken by-products (i.e. chicken livers, hearts, feet, everything you would never touch.) While the chicken is healthy, none of the rest is for a dog, and they are all the top ingredients. The nutritional value is not what they claim it to be.

I had bad luck with this dog food (my dog had loose stools all the time). I did some research at www.vastpet.com and noticed Eukanuba was part of the recent recall scandal - I thought they were one of the bests. I did my research and went with a holistic pet food.