Dog Hill's™ Science Diet™ Adult

But, who cares about her opinion? She eats cat poop and trash. On the upside she has returned to a healthy weight and has some good juice for an old-lady-dog. A close friend (who also happens to be a Veterinarian) recommended Hills for the quality ingredients. I haven’t tried eating it myself so I cannot attest to the taste.

My guy is 10 years old and has been on this food almost non-stop since he was about 16 months old. I rescued him at 10 months old and was giving him food that a breeder recommended. It never really sat well with my pound puppy and was coming out as quickly as it went in. Fast forward to a day daycare and, for whatever reason, they gave him lunch, Science Diet Sensitive Stomach. Later that night after a near perfect poop, I started investigating the Science Diet line and chose this version, at that time it was Advanced Fitness 1-6, due to the high omega fatty acid and vitamin e content plus the incredible amino acid profile. The next day I bought a bag on my way home and never looked back. It was like night and day and we never had to rush outside anymore for a bathroom trip. After he turned 7 I switched his food to the Science Diet Adult 6+ version thinking that he should be on senior food because he was older. Shortly after starting him on the new food his nose started getting really dry and poops were getting squishy. When I asked the vet about food allergies, he waved it off and said the dry nose was common in older dogs and prescribed a cream to help clear it up. Leap ahead almost two years, he is still on the food for older dogs and the dryness never cleared up, cream was a waste and just got licked off. All during this time I still believed there was some kind of food allergy that was causing the dryness so after debating changing his food again I decided there was nothing to lose and I put him back on his original food. Within three weeks, the dryness cleared up, his coat got softer and well, poops got better too! I see no reason to change and will continue him on this food for the foreseeable future. I am glad I trusted my gut and I am pretty sure my fur baby is glad too!

Our dogs seem to like it. They both used to inhale it but now only one does. Could be because she is realizing it won't disappear if she doesn't eat it, she's getting older, she is a diva, or she doesn't like it anymore. I'm thinking diva and she wants apple slices as an augment. Any who our dogs are in good shape and have a nice coat and it's allegedly healthy than some more marketed brands so I will keep buying.

I had been using Purina Pro Plan for my puppy as it was recommended to me by multiple vets (they gave me sheets that had multiple choices of recommended food). DO NOT buy that stuff for your pet. I was giving it to my puppy for about nine months and she continually had problems with soft stool. I always chalked it up to stress or her getting into things she shouldn't... But finally I realized that was ridiculous and called my vet and they said to try Hill's science diet. My puppy is picky too so I had tried multiple foods before the Purina and she didn't like them, but she loves Hill's! And she has consistently solid stool! It is so wonderful! I will be a Hill's science customer for life!

The picture shows the size of the chunks next to a dime...nowhere does the bag state "Small Bites". This is the same food I've used for years and it was not small bites. UPDATE: I researched this on the Hill's website and this is their new formulation and size. They have added soybean meal and brewer's rice, in addition to resizing the kibble to small flat discs. I do like the resealable bag. Hill's, your packaging needs to state "New kibble size" or something similar. Like other reviewers, I first thought it was the wrong product in the same bag. My dogs love it as much as the old formulation. They are 35 and 45 pound dogs and they tend to swallow the small bites without chewing. A "puzzle" dish does help them slow down. 4 stars instead of 5 for not labeling it "new kibble size & formula".