ACANA Wholesome Grains Red Meat Recipe Gluten-Free Dry Dog Food

I was looking for a lower calorie food with good quality ingredients and high fiber. I previously fed American Journey Active Life Formula which my dogs liked. My dogs would do back flips if they could for this food! They both get SO excited when it's dinner time and gobble this food up. The kibble's size is roughly 3/8 inch but both my smaller dogs (17lb and 23lb) manage the size just fine. Very happy with this purchase and will continue to keep it on the autoship. Thanks chewy for stocking such a high quality affordable food!

My Border Collie-GSD loves this food. It's helped firm up his poops, and whenever I try to switch to a different recipe for variety (even if I introduce it as a very small percentage of his meals), he gets runny stools almost immediately that don't improve until we go back to just this food. The vet complimented his coat and teeth, as well. Unfortunately, he gets flaky dandruff sometimes, only a bit that I notice when I brush him, so I supplement this food with fish oil. We tried the American Waters formula and his coat was sooo soft but his stools were the consistency of melted ice cream.

Food was packaged well but it was a bit too much on the grain side for our three dogs, especially our list sensitive GSD mix. Had to cancel autoship as a result Should probably have just stayed with raw and natural veggies as enrichment treats vs trying to use this formula of kibble as enrichment treat items. Live and learn.

As a dog owner you have to be discerning about what goes into your dog's bowl. This means watching for recalls, studying up on the pros and cons of each ingredient, figuring out what kind of protein intake is best for your dog's situation, etc.. I have learned a lot over the years owning my Husky, and have jumped from so many different foods for some reason or another, be it recalls, poor customer service, not being able to handle the food... Well, we are on this recipe from Acana now, and I am REALLY HOPING for my sanity that nothing happens in the relatively near future that forces me to change to something else. Arrow does great on this food. Good energy (and by that I mean HUSKY energy, As a dog owner you have to be discerning about what goes into your dog's bowl. This means watching for recalls, studying up on the pros and cons of each ingredient, figuring out what kind of protein intake is best for your dog's situation, etc.. I have learned a lot over the years owning my Husky, and have jumped from so many different foods for some reason or another, be it recalls, poor customer service, not being able to handle the food... Well, we are on this recipe from Acana now, and I am REALLY HOPING for my sanity that nothing happens in the relatively near future that forces me to change to something else. Arrow does great on this food. Good energy (and by that I mean HUSKY energy, but that's what you want to see, not a full-time couch potato), the ingredients impress me, and it's made in the USA. The company is *not* currently owned by some big name brand that has recalls left and right and questionable sources, though I've seen here and there that Purina has made some attempts to buy Acana, and I REALLY hope that does not happen. If it does, we know what to do... For now, I'll keep buying. Thanks Acana. We're very happy. -Haley & Arrow … more

I wanted to transition my two birder collies from Purina Pro Plan to Acana’s new Wholesome Grain line of foods. I bought three small bags testing them out before committing to larger bag. They did okay on the smaller bags so I ordered the expensive 22 pound bag. Opened it and they literally would not eat one piece of the kibble. I tried adding toppers but they wouldn’t touch it. Still looking for a good substitute for PPP.

Well, I tried this food for my 3 boxers when their other food was on back order. Within a week I could see them getting duller looking hair coat, and my white boxer has started getting tear staining. She has never had that. I think the ingredients are quality, but this food is lacking for sure. My one dog barely wants to eat this, and she has never been a picky eater.

We have been feeding Acana Red meat with grains and my pup loves it. I love that she only has two poops a day and loves her food without a lot of extra fillers and unnecessary ingredients. I try to keep her diet high in quality and few in extra additives and this food seems to fit her very well.

All I can say is that my Cockapoo dog LOVES this food. He gobbles it up and always wants more than he can have. At first I was concerned the pieces were a bit large, but that hasn't stopped him from enjoying it daily.

I have 2 pups, bother older. Rottie mix that’s diabetic (9 YO) and has cushings, and a rat terrier mix (14). We have always struggled with foods that we can feed both of our dogs because our little dog has stomach issues. Our larger dog has had pancreatitis and is now diabetic, so he requires a very specific diet. The a kind of food as far and above better quality ingredients than any of these very expensive foods by Royal Canin and hills science diet. If you look at the ingredients list of those very expensive prescription only foods a lot of them don’t even have meat as their first ingredient. Not sure how that’s good for a diabetic dog. We’ve struggled to keep our dog’s sugar under control I have 2 pups, bother older. Rottie mix that’s diabetic (9 YO) and has cushings, and a rat terrier mix (14). We have always struggled with foods that we can feed both of our dogs because our little dog has stomach issues. Our larger dog has had pancreatitis and is now diabetic, so he requires a very specific diet. The a kind of food as far and above better quality ingredients than any of these very expensive foods by Royal Canin and hills science diet. If you look at the ingredients list of those very expensive prescription only foods a lot of them don’t even have meat as their first ingredient. Not sure how that’s good for a diabetic dog. We’ve struggled to keep our dog’s sugar under control, but found it nearly impossible with most of these foods. Eventually my dog went blind due to diabetes because the dog food industry just doesn’t make an appropriate food. So I must supplement with home-cooked foods. The Acana food has changed the game, they have several different varieties of high protein foods that still contain grains but healthy ones that do not affect my dogs blood sugar. Which means I can cut back on the home-cooked supplements. It’s quite frustrating to have to cook 10 pounds of chicken every week and still buy expensive dog food. And as an added bonus, this food also pleases my little terrier mix and her stomach has tolerated it well! Compared to the prescription diet foods that I’ve been having to buy, this food is competitive in price, depending on the variety that you choose, but you get a little bit more food for your money. I like the red meat option, because so much of the dog food industry chooses chicken and, well I won’t even go into all the details about the poor quality chicken in this country. I’d like to be able to vary his diet and take poultry out occasionally and the Acana foods allow me to do this. Finally I’ll end this review with the overall Acana feeding instructions. A lot of the other dog food brands, prescription or not, recommend a feeding guideline that’s way too much for the average dog. This particular brand recommends a more appropriate feeding schedule and actually I end up needing to use less food. … more

I switched my dog to this red meat recipe over the summer because it contains grains, and was cheaper than the other brand I had been using. My dog had periodic stomach issues, so I decided to see if a food switch would help, and his stomach improved to almost perfect overnight. I'm highly satisfied with the food, and with chewy, since this is the first time I've used them. Overall, I'll definitely be using chewy for more pet supplies!