Nutro Wholesome Essentials Puppy Farm Raised Chicken, Brown Rice & Sweet Potato Recipe Dry Dog Food

This is the first and only dry food my puppy had for 5 months. After hearing so many wonderful reviews I was certain it would be a quality and healthy option. With my trust in the company name and being naive as a first time dog owner, I suspected my puppy's often sensitive stomach was related to my family sneaking her scraps or her tendency to eat leaves while outdoors. After noticing flaky skin developing under her coat this week, I immediately was worried about a food allergy and switched to another brand. Her stools have improved almost immediately and she eats the new food without any coaxing. I had my head in the sand for way too long because I thought I was feeding her one of the best This is the first and only dry food my puppy had for 5 months. After hearing so many wonderful reviews I was certain it would be a quality and healthy option. With my trust in the company name and being naive as a first time dog owner, I suspected my puppy's often sensitive stomach was related to my family sneaking her scraps or her tendency to eat leaves while outdoors. After noticing flaky skin developing under her coat this week, I immediately was worried about a food allergy and switched to another brand. Her stools have improved almost immediately and she eats the new food without any coaxing. I had my head in the sand for way too long because I thought I was feeding her one of the best foods on the market. I have to live with the guilt of not catching on sooner with my first puppy but you don't have to! Please be aware of this potential issue when feeding to your pets! … more

Never had to transition a dog to nutro. I've had 6 dogs 2 were older when I got them. They loved it and never had any kind of problems. I've only had two dogs on it since they were pups. One was a German shepherd and she lived a month shy of 14 years old which is old for a GS. The other one is a miniature dachshund and she's almost 13 and going strong.

Our older dog loves Nutro Essentials and we are happy because it is hard to find a nutritious dog food that is NOT grain free. Our puppy ate Nutro Essentials in the beginning but she realized she likes fruits & vegetables better. Our puppy loves bananas, spinach, kale, asparagus, carrots, apples, pineapple, etc, and will take them over any type of meat/seafood any day; but we would prefer she get her fruits and vegetables in her dog food so we know she is getting a balanced meal. We are going to try Nutro Ultra with her and see if there are enough vegetables in that to appeal to her. Such a picky puppy.

Currently working this in off of a bland diet after transitioning to a different puppy food brand that did not agree. Hoping to stick with it, i really hate to change it any more. The ingredients are what sold me. Her last puppy food was basically enhanced corn puffs, in my eyes. NO CORN and with-grain is what made me choose Nutro, and it only costs slightly more than the other brand she was on. I can't say the same about other similar formulas. Will update on whether this agrees with her and if I would recommend!

Currently transitioning to this. The breeder was feeding the puppies low grade adult dog food. Our 10 week old chi/peki/rat terrier goes for this first! She absolutely loves it. I mix it with a little bit of water and she usually slurps that up first too. Really pleased so far with this puppy food.

My puppy is the pickiest pup with food, she wasn’t touching any kibble so I mixed wet food and kibble and she would like the wet food off the kibble and spit it out!! We tried this dry one day and she ate all of it... without wet food!! Love the ingredient list and that my pup finally found a kibble she likes!!

These fluffy puppies are enjoying this chicken and brown rice food. They gobble it up! Thank you, CHEWY, for fulfilling our needs during these uncertain times...

Great product! Puppy food I had before gave him really soft stools. He loves the food and it straightened his bowels!

My 9 week old Promise, a Shorkie (ShiTzu /Yorkie mix) tried it today, dry and straight and he LOVED IT!!! We were still in the parking lot of Pet Smart...(I know...but I had to get an emergency bag because delivery didn’t get here on time!) I didn’t even need to mix with Nutro wet food, which is what he was eating for a few weeks already...He was obsessed at first try!! I’m glad!

My great grand puppy Richie really like this food. I put a little water on it for moist or give it to him dry.