NWC Naturals Total-Digestion Digestive Enzymes & Probiotics Dog & Cat Powder Supplement Twin Pack, 8-oz jars

I’ve tried many different types of enzymes and probiotics in past to add to my raw cat food recipe I’ve been feeding my cats for about 20+ years. Both these two as a combo, was expensive, but the larger quantity seemed reasonable. I’ve had no adverse effects from using these, but then I have no way of knowing if organisms are truly alive and contributing to better digestion in gut. Same for enzymes; I follow directions and no adverse effects, but I’m not a chemist so have no way if enzymes are truly helping with digestion, especially complex carbohydrates in the very limited amount of dry food I give cars, especially the strays and rescues I feed. For the most part, my cats’ stools are firm, not very smelly, and no adverse digestive problems.

I started using this product for my dog who was licking his paws alot. Vet said to add probiotic and enzymes to his diet. That's when I got a few products and settled on this one. Have been giving it since 2018 pretty regularly. I'd say there was a 6 month period I didn't use it since I didn't see any positive results. But, I started again figuring it wasn't doing harm and if it was helping with his digestion (not that I could tell), then why not. In May 2020 took the dog for annual blood workup. His liver enzymes came back high, about 2x higher than limit. Vet was concerned and decided to do ultrasound. She didn't find anything. Recommended biopsy, essentially a spay-like surgery, she would open him up and get a few samples and a look at the liver. I Didn't want to go that far yet. We tried antibiotic, as she said they help sometimes if there is an infection we haven't seen in tests. At the same time I decided to remove the probiotic/enzymes from his diet. 30 days later we got another blood test. Numbers decreased significantly but still out of the normal range. Spoke with the vet and decided to put back the probiotic/enzyme so I could be sure that was the cause (since previously we made two changes at once). Sure enough the enzymes being back for about 30 days, the liver enzymes went up again. Removed the enzymes/probiotics again. 30 days later got blood test done and the results were back down again. I have had him tested every 30 days since September/October and every time the numbers kept dropping. Now they are under the high limit. The only thing that has changed is the removal of this product from his diet. There are too many good reviews to discount them. But, if you are using this product, keep an eye on your dogs liver enzyme numbers. The test is about $55, not cheap but not that expensive either. This whole thing has set me back over $2k with all the tests, specialty hospitals, etc. I'm convinced based on my testing/experiments, this product is directly related to the issues we saw. There doesn't appear to be any permanent damage to his liver, but I will continue to monitor his numbers.

We have been buying this probiotic and digestive enzymes for 6 months. The list of ingredients is excellent, non-gmo and the serving size is measured by per cup of food. With large dogs, some supplements have you giving them between 4-6 scoops or pumps so you go through it in no time. So glad I came across these and thank you Chewy for the great service and pricing!