VICTOR Grain-Free Active High Protein Dry Dog Food, 15-lb bag

Our boxer pup had been on Victor Active Dog and Puppy since he came to us, and it had always treated him well. He will be 2 in February 2026. He would devour anything we put in his bowl. We received a bag about 8 months ago and he suddenly did not have any interest in eating it unless it was mixed with chicken and rice or beef and rice - too much of the kibble in his bowl and he would leave it without touching it. No matter how long we left it in his bowl, he would never eat it. He also started having diarrhea and random vomiting episodes. We switched him to home cooked food and various fresh food logs since that was the only food he would eat, but he didn't even want to touch either of those options after awhile. The random vomiting and inconsistent stool continued, and the lack of appetite was bad enough that for awhile we were hand feeding him to keep his calorie count level. We had taken him to the vet after about a month of struggling appetite. The vet said he appeared healthy - some inflammation in his intestinal tract, but otherwise nothing turned up in the tests. I started quite a few different supplements for health and to firm up his stool, had him on various natural appetite enhancers, and even at one point had to give him prescription appetite enhancers on several days to get him to eat. Fortunately, through a lot of effort, we kept him in good condition. We originally put him on an antibiotic since it was suspected that he had some sort of intestinal infection. The first round helped marginally, if at all. We continued supplementation and after dealing with the general lack of appetite for about 6 months, we took him back to the vet and had x-rays done again and various tests from the blood draw. Everything came back fine, but we put him on another antibiotic and this round seems to have helped - or it was the culmination of everything we were doing for him that finally turned things around. We are still not back to his original baseline, but he is at least eating from his bowl consistently. We have him on a combination of fresh food logs, boiled chicken/ground beef/liver, and minimally processed food clusters (hint). He still won't touch the Victor kibble, not that I would give it to him now, but I tried a few pieces a couple of days ago and he sniffed them and walked away. The weird thing is his disposition never really changed. There were a few days here and there where he was a little lethargic, but overall he acted like everything was fine but he didn't want to eat, and his stool would bounce back and forth from runny/soft to solid with no rhyme or reason as to why. Now, whether the Victor was the primary cause, I do not know, I am simply telling our story in case anyone else has had the same issue and is feeding this food. I originally chose Victor because the ingredient profile is good and it appears to be a solid option without being crazy expensive. What we are feeding now is A LOT more expensive, but he is eating without a great amount of coaxing and to me that is more important than the extra expense. Fortunately, we can afford the additional cost - if we could not I am not sure what we would have done. If your furry family member does well on it, great, I am glad! Our boy does not do well on it anymore.

My Veterinarian asked what I fed my dog and when I told her she said, "Don't change what you feed him. He is doing great."