Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets NF Kidney Function Formula Dry Dog Food

For a few days, my dog ate it, with a dubious tilt of her head and much pawing around the dish. She is a little dog, under 5 lbs., which may be why she isn't completely enamored of this food: It's too hard and the chunks are too big to her liking. So I have been whacking it up with a meat mallet and she will eat it if I add a little rice cooked in broth to it. Otherwise, after 3 days of reluctantly eating it, she will refuse it altogether. That doesn't make this food awful; it's prescription food, after all, and I think that she doesn't totally hate it, but isn't crazy about it. At least she will eat some if mixed with something palatable and safe. Keeping weight on a dog with kidney disease For a few days, my dog ate it, with a dubious tilt of her head and much pawing around the dish. She is a little dog, under 5 lbs., which may be why she isn't completely enamored of this food: It's too hard and the chunks are too big to her liking. So I have been whacking it up with a meat mallet and she will eat it if I add a little rice cooked in broth to it. Otherwise, after 3 days of reluctantly eating it, she will refuse it altogether. That doesn't make this food awful; it's prescription food, after all, and I think that she doesn't totally hate it, but isn't crazy about it. At least she will eat some if mixed with something palatable and safe. Keeping weight on a dog with kidney disease is very important and difficult, and she isn't losing ground there, so it's a win. … more

This food is good.It provides the right diet for my sweet boy who is suffering from degenerative kidney and liver disease. He does love it (but honestly, being a Beagle, there isn't a lot he doesn't like). I'm giving five stars because Chewy went over and above in getting me the food before we ran out. I got the first bag from the vet's office. But when I went back, they were out. And so was every place I stopped that day. I only had enough for about 3 days worth. Chewy had the food in stock but because it was Saturday I expected I wouldn't get it until after we had already run out. Considering our dog had come from the brink of death, I was really worried not having the food would be detrimental This food is good.It provides the right diet for my sweet boy who is suffering from degenerative kidney and liver disease. He does love it (but honestly, being a Beagle, there isn't a lot he doesn't like). I'm giving five stars because Chewy went over and above in getting me the food before we ran out. I got the first bag from the vet's office. But when I went back, they were out. And so was every place I stopped that day. I only had enough for about 3 days worth. Chewy had the food in stock but because it was Saturday I expected I wouldn't get it until after we had already run out. Considering our dog had come from the brink of death, I was really worried not having the food would be detrimental to his health. I reached out to customer service after placing the order asking if there was some other shipping option that would get us the food quicker, why we needed it and I that was willing to pay whatever cost was necessary. There wasn't such an option, but customer service gave us a feeding alternative and said unfortunately, we shouldn't expect the food before Tuesday (we really needed it Monday). But to my surprise, they shipped out the food on Sunday and it showed up Monday afternoon. My sweet boy had dinner. Chewy is a company with a heart and for that I and my boy are grateful. … more

My vet recommended this food for my lab whom I adopted recently that was diagnosed with stage 2 kidney disease. It was shipped to me the next day, which is impressive because it needed a vet prescription and Chewy was right on it. My lab transitioned over to it less than a week and likes it a lot!

I was diagnosed with renal disease and was prescribed a diet by my Vet. I tried to eat it. At first we just did a couple in my regular food and tampered to a full serving of this food in a month. Once I was on the diet I tried every day to eat all of my meal but couldn't. I eventually stopped eating and felt awful. My owner put me back on my regular food and I met with my Vet. I now eat the food I like and have a pill I take to help me manage my kidneys.

Kelsey really enjoys her kidney diet, along with potassium, omega threes and some warm water. Her kidney stone was tested, and a vet who specializes in kidney disease for dogs, recommended this recipe. Kelsey is twelve, full of energy and loves her food. The funny thing is that I have stage three kidney disease from medication I had to take for many years. For a few years now, I have been watching my diet and found a tea that keeps my GFR stable; so lower protein, veggies and this tea are a win-win...

My beagle, like all beagles, has always been a good eater. However, after having been diagnosed with kidney issues she was put on Sciene Diet food for kidneys, all of a sudden she didn’t want to eat. She HATED Science Diet. So we switched over to Purina and...wow, my old Ziva is back. She eats no problem, loves the Purin. And thanks to Chewy, we had it less than 24 hours after ordering.

This is a quality food, it's serving my beloved 15 yr old "Sweet Pea" well with her aging issues including kidney disease. But doing back flips to get her to eat it (or anything for that matter). Just heard about adding a bit of canned pumpkin to the food and moistening it for a few minutes for easier digestion. Adding to all 3 dogs' feed. Got the clean bowl club going on here. Amazing!

I got this food to entice my dog in stage three kidney failure, who does not like Science Diet k/d kibble. This kibble is bigger, and sort of reminds me of puffed corn (personally), which actually my dog enjoyed more. He's not a huge kibble fan, but he likes this hard or with broth, and it was enough to get him to eat a bit. It's also a bit cheaper.

Large greyhound with stage 1 kidney disease. After a year of using its kept all of his lab levels stable. He loves the food, enjoys the wet food version more. This the is the most affordable kidney diet for large dogs i've found.

My 9.5 year old golden was recently diagnosed with renal disease and needs special dog food now. I was impressed with the different varieties and also ease of ordering.