Halo Holistic Chicken-Free Garden of Vegan Dry Dog Food

I'm vegan and wanted my dog to be vegan as well (regular dog food is problematic to say the least if you want to look at what goes into it...), but I wanted to make sure she got everything she needed. This food has everything, B-12, omegas, and carnitine, etc. I was worried she wouldn't like the taste, but she's super food-motivated, and she loves this food just as much as her previous one. She also has a TON more energy, and her skin and coat look incredible compared to her old Science Diet food. She doesn't have dander anymore, and her fur is so soft and shiny. She's also less itchy, and she doesn't have as many eye boogers in the morning. She was a little farty during her transition off her I'm vegan and wanted my dog to be vegan as well (regular dog food is problematic to say the least if you want to look at what goes into it...), but I wanted to make sure she got everything she needed. This food has everything, B-12, omegas, and carnitine, etc. I was worried she wouldn't like the taste, but she's super food-motivated, and she loves this food just as much as her previous one. She also has a TON more energy, and her skin and coat look incredible compared to her old Science Diet food. She doesn't have dander anymore, and her fur is so soft and shiny. She's also less itchy, and she doesn't have as many eye boogers in the morning. She was a little farty during her transition off her old food: I think her gut bacteria had to adjust. But we transitioned slowly, mixing in the new food gradually. She's been eating Halo for a few months now, and she's definitely less gassy compared to when we started - like a human would be, I imagine. Before, her poops were extremely hard. Now her poops are a bit softer and have the perfect consistency. I've always given her canned pumpkin puree and green beans just to give her some variety, so I'm not sure what her stools would be like with kibble alone. Anyway, we'll continue to get this food. My dog has done incredibly well on it. … more

My husky loves this food and happily eats it. He was reluctant when I first tried several years ago so I had him on another brand but he got so he wasn't eating it hardly at all. I took a gamble and tried Halo again and he loves it. I'm happy because he's eating better and Halo has superior ingredients so it's better for him.

This is my dogs favorite food. I even use it in place of treats for training. It's a nice size for a smaller dogs teeth. And great size for training.

Our dog is allergic to everything and I finally found this dog food that has eveything she needs and nothing she is allergic to. I will be buything this dog food again.

A few years ago I had no idea that dogs can be vegan. My mini schnauzer has so many skin and weight issues so one vet suggested veggie or vegan food. At the vet they tried to sell me food that had corn and sugar in it....so I did my research and found wholesome non-gmo food - Halo. My dog loves it, but she is not picky.... One thing is for sure, my dog lost extra weight, no skin and allergy issues, more energy and looks like puppy at 9 years old. I do mix Halo ( salmon & white fish) sometimes. It Is high quality and no meal product. I highly recommend it.

One of our pups has some sort of food allergy and since eating vegan helped our health overall, we switched him to this vegan dog food and he is THRIVING! Even our other pup seems to have more energy and stopped throwing up bile

To start this review off, my dogs are not vegan. I personally believe that dogs are omnivores and should enjoy all types of food. I don't go for trendy lifestyle diets like grain-free, vegan, chicken-free, etc. They just happen to eat whatever I'm buying and if it just so happens to fall in a trendy diet category, we're eating it that week/month. I simply just like to offer them different types of food to provide variety and decrease boredom and they enjoy everything from dry, canned, fresh, frozen, raw, vegan, meat, fresh or dehydrated fruits and veggies. I have 5 Chihuahuas (3 purebred, 2 terrier mixes) ranging from 4.5 lbs to 18 lbs, between the ages 6 to 11 years old. They're all healthy To start this review off, my dogs are not vegan. I personally believe that dogs are omnivores and should enjoy all types of food. I don't go for trendy lifestyle diets like grain-free, vegan, chicken-free, etc. They just happen to eat whatever I'm buying and if it just so happens to fall in a trendy diet category, we're eating it that week/month. I simply just like to offer them different types of food to provide variety and decrease boredom and they enjoy everything from dry, canned, fresh, frozen, raw, vegan, meat, fresh or dehydrated fruits and veggies. I have 5 Chihuahuas (3 purebred, 2 terrier mixes) ranging from 4.5 lbs to 18 lbs, between the ages 6 to 11 years old. They're all healthy, at their ideal weight, have no allergies and have never had a negative reaction to any types of food so take my review with a grain of salt if your dog has a sensitive stomach or is a picky eater, because mine are neither. Palatability: We went through a 21 lb bag and every single morning and night they were ecstatic about meal times. Even sometimes if I dropped a kibble on the floor, they would all run over and try to snatch it up! The food itself smells like dried beans and veggies. I personally feel like this dry food produces far less odor than traditional meat based kibble. We've tried a lot of mid to high end dry dog foods out there and there have been times my dogs walked away from some of these other brands but definitely did not turn their noses to this vegan Halo kibble (Brands we've tried: Taste of the Wild, Zignature, Petcurean "Now", Orijen, Nulo, American Journey, Instinct Raw Boost, Acana, Fromm). Kibble Size: My smallest dog at 4.5 lbs has no trouble with the size of the kibbles and I would say the kibbles are a bit smaller than the size of a dime. I do mix this with some wet food to help soften it and ensure it goes down easier. Stool quality: With some of the meat based dry foods, my dogs have had some softer poops but when we were on the Halo vegan dry food, all of them have very solid poops! Arguably, my dogs have had the best and most solid poops on this dog food over others. Shelf Life: Maybe people don't really care about this, but I put my dry dog food in a large bin. I always clean it out in between different bags of food, and I've found that this food left the least amount of 'grease' residue in the bin, which makes me feel like this won't go rancid as easily as other dog kibbles. While I do have 5 dogs, they are all very small with two of them only needing to eat 2 tablespoons per meal. We went through all 21 lbs of this stuff and I never experienced any quality being compromised and the dog food having a short shelf life. In fact, I feel like this dog food maintained its original quality in terms of how "crunchy" it was, the smell, and the color throughout the time we took to finish the bag. Health screening: My dogs have been to the vet many times while eating this dog food. All have had full blood panels done for their yearly check-ups while on this dog food. I'm not saying that this dog food will solve health ailments or make your dog live a long time, but I will say that nutritionally everything was well balanced and they had no issues come back in their blood work. Price: If you compare this to the other vegan dry dog foods currently on the market, this stuff is very affordable and one of the better priced ones on Chewy. I'd say it comes up smack in the middle when it comes to pricing compared to other vegan brands. Overall, I'd give it a 5/5 and would definitely buy this again. We're rotating off of it shortly with maybe only 1 more week of food left, moving onto a new kibble soon (again, to provide variety and reduce boredom) but I will absolutely be adding this to my permanent food rotation. I do wish they had more flavors, but I can see how having multiple flavors of a vegan dog food isn't the wisest business decision as I personally don't know anyone else who feeds vegan to their dogs. Good work, Halo! … more

Both my shih tzus have been eating this for a long time, I mix it with organic chicken breast or organic beef and some veggies just so they have variety each day. Along with some holistic supplements they are both doing great, my 14 yr old still runs like a bullet around the yard...I highly recommend.

I must admit I was not sure how my aussies would adjust to this food. To say they love it would be an understatement! Ollie has been itchy for months now and a friend suggested a meat free diet. This one is highly rated so I got a couple of bags on a recent sale (thank you Chewy!!). They are so excited about this new food. Both of them have fallen asleep right by the bag!!! It smells good, has healthy ingredients non-GMO and have I mentioned they love it! I got some beef broth to mix it up and some Greek yogurt for the bellies. It’s gonna be awesome! Give it a try. Highly recommend.

My picky border collie loves this. This is the only kibble he has ever eaten from start to finish. We actually went through a bag of this stuff—he never finishes any of the kibble I buy him. And my husky loves it as well. It’s actually been helping him shed some much needed pounds. So it’s a win win