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The Honest Kitchen Fish Recipe Grain-Free Dehydrated Dog Food is crafted with human grade, whole foods to provide your pet with some of the best nutrition possible! This grain-free recipe is formulated with uncompromising quality control standards using real, recognizable ingredients, like wild-caught fish, that are gently dehydrated to maintain nutrient and taste. And to meet The Honest Kitchen’s 100% human-grade standard, the same whole foods you’d recognize in your own kitchen are used to make this recipe. Plus, this dog food is made in a human food facility! To serve, simply add warm water and wait three minutes for a fur-esher, homemade meal your canine companion will go head over tail for!
Item Number | 50126 |
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Shop Conscious | Natural, Human-Grade, Non-GMO |
Lifestage | Adult |
Breed Size | Small Breeds, Medium Breeds, Large Breeds, All Breeds |
Food Form | Dehydrated |
Special Diet | High-Protein, Gluten Free, Grain-Free, No Corn No Wheat No Soy, Human-Grade, Pea-Free, Non-GMO, Chicken-Free, Natural, Flax-Free, Premium |
Dehydrated White Fish, Dehydrated Sweet Potatoes, Dehydrated Eggs, Dehydrated Pumpkin, Dried Organic Coconut, Dried Bananas, Dried Apples, Dehydrated Cabbage, Dried Parsley, Dried Cranberries, Dehydrated Salmon, Dried Garlic, Minerals [Tricalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Choline Chloride, Zinc Amino Acid Chelate, Iron Amino Acid Chelate, Potassium Iodide, Copper Amino Acid Chelate, Sodium Selenite], Taurine, Vitamins [Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), D- Calcium Pantothenate (Vitamin B5), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Vitamin D3 Supplement].
3,800 kcal/kg, 437 kcal/cup
Protein | 32% min |
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Fat | 8.5% min |
Fiber | 5.8% max |
Moisture | 8.9% max |
Taurine | 0.15% min |
Box Instructions
Breed | Weight | Activity Level | Daily Feeding (cup) | Water to Add (cup) |
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Toy | 1 - 10 lbs | Average | 1/4 - 1/2 cup | 1/3 - 3/4 cup |
Toy | 1 - 10 lbs | Highly Active | 1/2 - 1 cup | 3/4 - 1 1/2 cups |
Small | 11 - 30 lbs | Average | 1/2 - 1 cup | 3/4 - 1 1/2 cups |
Small | 11 - 30 lbs | Highly Active | 1 - 2 cups | 1 1/2 - 3 cups |
Medium | 31 - 50 lbs | Average | 1 - 2 cups | 1 1/2 - 3 cups |
Medium | 31 - 50 lbs | Highly Active | 2 - 4 cups | 3 - 6 cups |
Large | 51 - 70 lbs | Average | 2 - 2 1/2 cups | 3 - 3 3/4 cups |
Large | 51 - 70 lbs | Highly Active | 4 - 4 1/2 cups | 6 - 6 3/4 cups |
Giant | 71 - 90 lbs | Average | 2 1/2 - 3 cups | 3 3/4 - 4 1/2 cups |
Giant | 71 - 90 lbs | Highly Active | 4 1/2 - 5 1/2 cups | 6 3/4 - 8 1/4 cups |
We suggest dividing daily amount into two servings. Your individual dog�s needs will vary with age and activity. For larger dogs adjust accordingly. Refrigerate or discard any leftovers.
How to Make: Mix food with warm water, stir well and wait 3 minutes, then serve with love!
How to use: Serve alone as a complete and balanced meal OR Use as a topper: 1/2 The Honest Kitchen serving amount + 1/2 current food serving amount.
Tips: You can add slightly more or less water to your pet�s liking. Prepared food may be refrigerated for 2-3 days. Store this box in a cool, dry place.
Instructions for Cups: Tear back seal and add warm water to fill line located inside the cup, stir and wait 3 minutes for food to hydrate, pour into your pet's bowl and serve with love!
If your dog has never tried our foods before, we recommend starting out slowly. Over a period of 1 to 2 weeks or so, start by adding just a small amount of the Honest Kitchen (with water added) into your dog’s current meals. Gradually increase the amount of the Honest Kitchen while decreasing the amount of your dog’s original diet.
The Honest Kitchen may be mixed in with your dog’s current dry kibble, canned, raw, etc. However, we do not suggest adding in other extra ingredients during the transition if you can avoid it, especially if your pup’s system is very sensitive. After you’ve successfully transitioned your dog to the new food, perhaps after 2-4 weeks or so, and they are doing well, then you may consider adding in extra ingredients or introducing another honest kitchen recipe, etc.
Making our dehydrated foods is as easy as 1-2-3!
For our base mixes, follow the same steps above and also add your dog's favorite protein.
Do I have to add water to your dehydrated recipes?
Yes! It is imperative that you re-hydrate our dehydrated recipes before serving. The food swells when it comes in contact with moisture so it's important that this takes place in the food bowl before consumption, and not in your pet's tummy. When the food is hydrated with water, it will not swell further after eating, which is why our food is so great for breeds who are prone to bloat.
No, our foods may be included in our pet's diet in a variety of ways! Check out the A,B,C's of how you can use them:
A is for All Alone Feed Honest Kitchen food by itself as a complete meal (except for our Base Mixes, which you mix with meat). Just add water and it's ready to go!
B is for Base Mix Use as a base for your own home-prepared ingredients. Lots of people love to make their pets' food. Honest Kitchen recipes are an excellent starting point (with balanced calcium: phosphorus ratios) that you can mix with your own meat and other goodies.
C is for Complementary Mix with kibble as a convenient, healthy whole food topping that provides more phyto-nutrients than cooked diets. Because our foods are gently dehydrated, they retain much more of the natural nutrition that conventional pet food production methods. If you aren't ready to make the switch to 100% fresh or dehydrated food, try our recipes as toppers, so your pet can still enjoy some of the benefits of a whole food diet! Feed a and mixture of Honest Kitchen and your favorite dry food or in whatever ratio works well for your pet.
D is for Defrosting error Use as a stand-in when you forget to thaw your raw! Some of our customers feed raw food most of the time. But sometimes, schedules can be disrupted or plain old absent-mindedness can set in. Our foods are great to keep on hand as a stand-in for just such occasions!
E is for Emergencies Dehydrated foods are compact to store - you can keep our products in your emergency preparedness kit for up to 12 months and they'll be easy to take if you ever have to leave home in a hurry.
F is for Fun outdoors Take on your travels, backpacking and camping - our dehydrated foods are lightweight, and quick & easy to prepare for a tasty meal on the road. Each dry-measured cup of our food makes a whole pound of fresh food when re-hydrated.
Human Grade means food grade or fit for human consumption. For us, it's a line in the sand about the quality and integrity of the finished products we send out the door. We blend our healthy pet food in a human food facility that makes things like breakfast cereal and bakery mixes. So, we abide by the same strict standards for safety, cleanliness, record-keeping and overall quality as the place that whips up your favorite cookie dough.
Our recipes are made from dehydrated whole food ingredients, but they're not quite the same as raw. Our meats, fish, and eggs are gently steamed at about 165 degrees F before being dehydrated to make sure they're safe and free of any pathogens, without the use of harmful irradiation. The steaming process means that these ingredients are not considered raw. Our leafy greens are also steamed in a dry-steam process which takes place after dehydration, as a food safety measure. All our remaining produce is dehydrated below 104 degrees F, and is still considered raw after the drying is complete. Our potatoes and grains are flash heated (and rolled in the case of our grains) to help break down the cellulose, which aids in digestion. They are then gently dehydrated to remove the moisture.
Contrary to popular belief, kibble doesn't actually clean the teeth. For the most part, dogs (and some cats) actually swallow their kibble whole and don't chew their food at all. You'll know this if you've ever had the misfortune of seeing your pet regurgitate his kibble, when those pellets come back up the same way they went in! This means the pellets don't have a chance to come into much contact with the teeth, and even if they were to be crunched, they aren't really hard enough to have an abrasive action that's effective enough to scrape tartar from the teeth. If kibble is chewed (which may happen in some smaller dogs and cats) the sugars and refined carbohydrates are actually more likely to get impacted into the gum line, which is detrimental for the long term health of the teeth and mouth.
When dogs eat a high moisture, whole food diet such as ours, the stool will not look the same as it did when consuming a dry kibble or raw food. The stool will reflect the colorful ingredients going in. It's not abnormal to see pieces of carrots, spinach, etc. present in the stool. The nutrients, phyto-nutrients and antioxidants from the foods are still being absorbed. Since the food is high in moisture and fiber it's also common for the stool to be more voluminous. Our office dogs go 3-4 times a day.
Puppies have slightly different mineral needs. Of particular interest are calcium and phosphorus, which our bases mixes do not support the levels and ratios necessary for puppies. We have several diets that are designed to support puppies during their rapid growth months.
Once the dehydrated food has been rehydrated with warm water, you may cover and refrigerate any uneaten portions for 2-3 days. Frozen leftovers will keep for even longer. We suggest adding a little bit of warm water to the mix and stirring before serving.
No, adding other ingredients to our diets is not necessary (except for our base mixes which require protein to be added). Our foods are formulated to meet the AAFCO Nutrient Profiles and can be fed alone. However, many of our customers love to mix up their companion's meals with home-made extras. We encourage this because we think pet's deserve variety in their diets just like we humans do. Our foods have balanced calcium: phosphorus ratios to allow you to add in extras in moderate amounts without throwing these important minerals outside their optimum ratios.
Popular add-ins are meat, raw meaty bones, cottage cheese, plain yogurt, veggies and fruits. We recommend 1/2 to 1 cup of extra ingredients for each dry-measured cup of the food.A more active dog would have these quantities added to the regular food serving. For a less active or senior pet, you can cut back the amount of Honest Kitchen food to allow for the additional ingredients being included, and prevent the calories from increasing too much.
Our dehydrated foods are naturally shelf stable and should be stored in a cool, dry place - out of sunlight. We don't recommend refrigerating our food when it's dry, because this can introduce moisture. If you want to freeze the food, you should hydrate it first (some of our customers like to freeze in individual pre-made portions). If you do choose to place the dry food in the freezer, we recommend keeping the box in the freezer for the remainder of its use.Our Complete Diets have a shelf life of twelve months from the manufacturing date, depending on the ambient temperature and humidity where you live. The date of manufacture is printed on the top of every box in a specially designed tear out and keep card.
I've been serving THK dehydrated food for over 16years to my past and current dog. I do rotate flavor and grain free and all grain for variety each month. Dogs have never had any issues with the rotation. Mixes well and I do mix kibble in with it. I also add a little treat and use the HK turkey bone broth to hydrate.
I found this food that did not contain any food products that my dog is allergic to. My German Shepherd does her happy dance for the Fish grain free formula
I was very hopeful this could become my goto food for my dog. I like the ingredient list and the fact it is gently dehydrated at low temp to preserve nutrition values. Also the idea I am not paying for water as it is dehydrated. Would much prefer it to have consistency of small chunks when dehydrated and then reconstituted. Instead it is powdery in it's dehydated state and forms a pasty mess when adding water which hardens quickly or to avoid paste consistency and hardening adding a lot of water to be soupy. Either way my dog does not find it very palatable as a paste or soup. My dog does like wetted dry kibble mixed with fresh dog food that comes in in a pellet or small chunk form. Wish Honest Kitchen would make their dehydrated foods in pellet or small chunks instead of powder.
My dog loves the taste of this, but she has a chicken allergy, which is why I had bought this fish recipe. I made the mistake of not reading the ingredients to see there are eggs in it. Sad to say we won’t be buying it again, as it made her allergies flare up. Please make a true “fish only” recipe!
My pups love this food. Plus I feel good knowing I am giving them the best quality that is humanely sourced.
Only dog food my 11 yo dog with chronic pancreatitis can eat.
I will never forget the day I started Molly on this food it was February 21, 2021. She suffered from pancreatitis her whole life and I tried brand after brand that promised results only to have her get sick again and again. In February 2021 I found out about The Honest Kitchen brand and ordered it, started Molly on it the day I received it and she has not had an attack of the pancreatitis since. I am so grateful for this food and to Chewy.com for carrying it. Molly is a happy and healthy 13 year old Jack Russell Terrier.
This fish recipe was recommended by our vet. Our dog has/had cancer and the vet didn't want her to have chicken like the other dogs. She loves it and we do, too.
Our dogs love the freeze dried beef but the fish has made our small dog quite sick. We will not be ordering it again! She has thrown up every bite. The only reason we tried this kind was at the time the beef was supposed to be delivered we were told you were out! $60 waste of food!
One of my dogs has diarrhea after eating this and the other one won’t eat it. Been buying Grain-free Turkey of this brand for years and have never had any digestive issues. Only reason I ordered this was because there was no Turkey with or without grain available.