Hill's Prescription Diet k/d Kidney Care with Chicken Wet Dog Food, 13-oz, case of 12

To be honest, I used to be very skeptical of Hill's Science Diet Brand, because so many people used to tell me it was just something vets endorse due to business partnership. I have two senior dogs and they always had organic high protein, no grain, premium dog food from dry, wet, rolls, etc, made in USA or Canada, throughout their lives. I spent more money on their food than my own. Then not too long ago, i found out one of my dogs was having kidney failure, I was so devastated as my vet told me the kidney can't heal itself. And her bun/creatinine levels were VERY high. By then, she had lost so much weight. Just bone and skin, peeing every 1 hour and sooo weak. But i just didn't want to give up without trying. My vet told me to give her Hill's presctiption k/d food meanwhile, along with few other supplements. But he told me not to have high hopes as she is 14 years old and he said kidney failure can't be 'healed' though i can at least prevent from it getting worse fast. It's been about over 2 months since her diet changed to the k/d. The vets are down right SHOCKED with her recent bloodwork. It shows that all levels are back to normal range. The chart still shows she has kidney disease present (mildly), but all her blood levels are normal and that's what matters most. She gained her weight and energy back. I thought she was just mellow as senior dog, but she got her young dog energy back too. I felt so sorry and guilty that she wasn't mellow due to old age but instead she was just sick and dying! *tears* She used to have crazy hyper bossy personality and that is back. :) Not only that, she always had sort of bald skin. She's short haired italian greyhound mix and always had very little fur or none in many areas, skin dryness. I've never seen her fur so 'luscious' (still practically nothing compared to normal dogs furs). Just. Mind. Blown. I don't necessarily regret giving her all those premium food in the past, because no one ever knows if she would've gotten kidney disease or not regardless. She might've gotten some other bad health conditions with 'less high protein' food and I still might've asked myself "what if i gave her only top notch food, could i have avoided this." I mean, i consider this presctiption diet still premium. Lol. But currently, all i care is that she's alive and healthy. And lol, I seriously have zero affiliation with this company but hill's prescrpt k/d seriously saved my girl's life and more. I am beyond grateful. I hope they keep up great work on creating life saving products. Oh and my dog LOVES the food. She chomps it down.

It’s the delivery service that’s a problem. Not the product. FedEx just throws all deliveries in the weeds at my front gate right next to the trash can. This time it was almost in the street. I’m always surprised when no one steals my deliveries from Chewy or the trash pick up folks don’t pick up the boxes thinking they’re trash. We don’t have these issues with UPS or USPS.

I hate to complain but I ordered the kidney care starter kit for my Pomeranian because he was struggling to eat the Hill’s stew, he had lost a lot of weight. I opened the starter kit and fed him the ground chicken and he really liked it. So I ordered a box of a dozen cans of chicken and it’s different from the starter one. It’s darker and strong smelling. He’s acting like it’s the same as the stew that he hates. I can smell it from across the room. Smells artificial.

Seems to be ok. My senior Yorkie was diagnosed over a year ago with kidney disease. The vet said he needed a complete diet change to get more hydration and better food for dogs with kidney disease. I wasn't sure if he would eat it being such a picky eater. Thankfully he slowly converted to it. He grazes and won't eat all at once. This patte type food oxidized fast. I will only give him a half can at a time. Once it sits over night whatever he doesn't eat his brother will make quick work of. I like that chewy makes it easy to order his prescribed diet and ships pretty quick. It usually only takes 2 to 3 days to get it.