Solid Gold Leaping Waters Sensitive Stomach Grain-Free Cold Water Salmon & Vegetable Dry Dog Food

My small poodle mixes have been experiencing stomach upset for months now. After several trips to the vet and ruling out parasites and other medical issues, I’m looking to switch their food. I did some research and Fish & Duck are the easier to digest. This food came up as a recommendation and Dog Food Advisor gives it 4.5 stars. I ordered a 4 lb bag of this dry and the canned version as well. I see the canned version has chicken as well as Salmon so I will focus on the dry first. The reality is canned food is a better option in general but I soak my dogs’ kibble anyways. I saw a few reviews mention kibble size was too large. My girls are 12 & 15 lbs and the kibble size is just fine. I also My small poodle mixes have been experiencing stomach upset for months now. After several trips to the vet and ruling out parasites and other medical issues, I’m looking to switch their food. I did some research and Fish & Duck are the easier to digest. This food came up as a recommendation and Dog Food Advisor gives it 4.5 stars. I ordered a 4 lb bag of this dry and the canned version as well. I see the canned version has chicken as well as Salmon so I will focus on the dry first. The reality is canned food is a better option in general but I soak my dogs’ kibble anyways. I saw a few reviews mention kibble size was too large. My girls are 12 & 15 lbs and the kibble size is just fine. I also saw a mention that the food doesn’t soften when soaked. You should be soaking their kibble for a minimum of 30 minutes. It should be hot. I boil water and make sure the kibble is fully emerged. As the kibble expands it can rise above the water so make sure to put enough to combat that. The kibble softens just fine. My dogs ate a few kibbles from the bag without hesitation. They have had fish based kibble before so that’s probably why. My girls have only had it in 2 meals so far (transitioning from Boiled Chicken & Rice) but no problems yet. One of my girls gets real hungry in the early morning (gurgling tummy) so I might give her a very small amount of canned tonight before bed to see if that helps. I will update my review (if possible) or will leave a new review after my girls have fully transitioned. … more

I recently made the switch from Solid Gold (Pink Bag) Salmon, to Solid Gold (Aqua/Green Bag) Cold Water Salmon. Not realizing The kibbles would be "MUCH BIGGER", therefore not good for small breed. Both of My Fur Babies are Seniors, one has digestive issue, while the other had dental issues, having to extract a number of teeth. I soaked kibbles for an hour before dinner to help soften and the 1hr soak, did nothing. The next day I soaked kibbles 3hrs and still did nothing to soften. I then soaked over nite and I can't believe how difficult it is to soften these kibbles. Makes me wonder, if it's that difficult to add moisture and soften kibbles, then this must not be idea for My Fur Babies, I recently made the switch from Solid Gold (Pink Bag) Salmon, to Solid Gold (Aqua/Green Bag) Cold Water Salmon. Not realizing The kibbles would be "MUCH BIGGER", therefore not good for small breed. Both of My Fur Babies are Seniors, one has digestive issue, while the other had dental issues, having to extract a number of teeth. I soaked kibbles for an hour before dinner to help soften and the 1hr soak, did nothing. The next day I soaked kibbles 3hrs and still did nothing to soften. I then soaked over nite and I can't believe how difficult it is to soften these kibbles. Makes me wonder, if it's that difficult to add moisture and soften kibbles, then this must not be idea for My Fur Babies, especially "NOT" for the one with digestive issues. On the search once "AGAIN", so frustrating. Any one have suggestion? … more

I highly recommend this dog food. My two huskies have extremely sensitive stomachs and this food is one of the only kibbles that does not upset their tummies! They love the flavor and it keeps their tummies happy! I recommend this to anyone with a medium to large breed dog that has a sensitive stomach.

I feed this to my border collie mix. He’s 11yrs old and weighs 70lbs. I switched him from the senior diet to this one because he often has flakey skin and occasionally gets stomach issues. His skin still gets flakey but haven’t had digestive issues since making the switch. Plus, he likes the food. He seems to like Solid Gold dog food in general as we’ve used several of their diets over the course of his life stages.

First time for my dogs to try a fish dog food. First day my larger dogs gobbled it up. By end of the week sat there all day befor they would eat it. Have 2 small older dogs. Peace’s way to large for a small dog. Has to wet it for them to be able to eat it. Didn’t see any sign of vegetables. Thought it was suppose to have vegetable sit it

this food promotes itself as a picky eater solution online so, as a dog mom with a picky eater, i got it. my dog wouldn’t even try it :( the only reason i gave two stars instead of one was because the ingredients are decent and as a brand i like solid gold’s products. but my dog did not like this food one bit, it also smells bad like you cant smell the meat. it smells like cheap kibble.

I have been trying to find a food that a) gave my dog more solid poops and 2) that she enjoys for over two years (since we got her). THIS IS IT! We had her American Journey (Salmon flavor) before this and it was okkkk, but this food lives up to it's name. We couldn't be happier.

Great for my Cockers and Labs; I have fed Solid Gold for over 20 years. Have tried other foods, but for great coat, clear skin, and healthy dogs, I always come back to Solid Gold.

Our husky has periodic bouts of colitis, and have tried many different foods for her. This is the only food she thrives on. Her coat is beautiful, she looks forward to her meals and maintains a healthy weight.

Sorry to say she didn't like the food. She eats most.of it, but I have to wonder if she would eat it more readily if it was smaller kibbles she is a small dog.