Merrick Backcountry Freeze-Dried Raw Grain-Free Great Plains Red Recipe Big Game Recipe with Beef, Lamb & Rabbit Dry Dog Food

I have been feeding my two dogs a mixture of raw meat and kibble their entire lives. They have always been less than excited about the kibble portion. I decided to switch it up to see if I could entice them to eat more kibble and I was blown away by their response. I always dump the entire contents of the bag into a sealed plastic container (mice like to come in from the field and chew through the bags) and as I did so, my youngest started eating mouthfuls of the kibble straight from the container! He has NEVER done that! I was so happy to him excited about kibble for a change! The texture is much more moist than what they are use to kibble-wise and the raw chunks are almost like a little treat I have been feeding my two dogs a mixture of raw meat and kibble their entire lives. They have always been less than excited about the kibble portion. I decided to switch it up to see if I could entice them to eat more kibble and I was blown away by their response. I always dump the entire contents of the bag into a sealed plastic container (mice like to come in from the field and chew through the bags) and as I did so, my youngest started eating mouthfuls of the kibble straight from the container! He has NEVER done that! I was so happy to him excited about kibble for a change! The texture is much more moist than what they are use to kibble-wise and the raw chunks are almost like a little treat for them! The price is high but I'm used to spending $60-80 a bag as both of my dogs have food allergies we have to keep in check. This is well worth the price if my dogs are going to enjoy eating it. I'm so glad I switched! Thanks! … more

My French Bulldog has some allergy issues, so I was hoping that a better dog food would help. The food had very little freeze dried beef chunks in it. They didn’t seem to like the kibble. My Bulldog who eats everything, had food left over of kibble every time he ate. I tried two 20 lb bags and then went back to their other brand. I like the fact that this is made in the USA and is the only reason I’m giving it a 2. Not worth the money though. Don’t purchase if you are buying for the freeze dried beef chunks.

I purchased this bag of food and it only had the kibble in it and no raw freeze dried meat in it. I contacted the company and they apologized there was a problem with the machine. It apparently got plugged and didn't release the raw dried meat. Only have a coupon coming for a small bag for the inconvenience.

I bought a 4lb. Bag after checking the reviews on the amounts of freeze dried pieces. There were literally 2 pieces in the 4 pound bag. I figured people were just being over critical lol… nope. With that being said my golden did like the dry food. I had also bought 2 other 4 pound bags of instinct that’s he likes. I put them all in front of him at once and let him have a go at them to see which he chose. I don’t feel I’m getting bent over with the instinct. I’ll be sticking with that brand.

I have bought the other Merrick backcountry varieties before and they were full of the meat chunks. This bag in particular did not have a single piece of meat mixed in with the kibble. I feel like this had to be a mistake or some lapse on quality control at the factory. The back country varieties are roughly an extra $20 per bag for the freeze dried meat so you can imagine my disappointment upon opening the bag.

Finicky eater liked the freeze dried pieces. Tough to find dry food without chicken and grains. This one is good.

My dogs like this food. I put one piece of the raw food in their bowls each meal. I wish there was a little bit more of the dried raw pieces.

I am so sorry to see that some of you didn’t have the amount of raw bites you expected from the bag. It seems like all of the raw bites you missed have came in to the bag I bought : ‘ Dwe got more than efficient amount of raw bites in the bag and I think my dog is enjoying it a lot.

I can't believe I paid $70 for this dog food. Upon opening I was so excited to see the frozen bits, it seemed to be a substantial amount so I really thought I was getting my money's worth. However, after I fed my 2 big dogs the bag (20 pounds doesn't last very long with these goobers btw, so this needed to be worth it) I realized all of the frozen bits were only at the top, therefore making it completely overpriced. Won't be buying this again.

My dog was very excited when I changed over to this new food as it had chunks of freeze dried raw meat after I had purchased a small bag from a feed store locally to see if she'd like it. When I ordered the larger bag of the same Merrick Back Country from Chewy, I was very disappointed. There are NO chunks of the raw freeze dried meat in the entire 20lb. bag. And this is not a cheap dog food! I am beyond extremely upset over this. Is Chewy buying top quality of this brand or is it some kind of brand reject? I believe that there is another complaint of this sort about the same food. I'm very disappointed in Chewy.