SquarePet Veterinarian Formulated Solutions Low Fat Content Lean Whitefish, Highly Digestible, Dry Dog Food 22lbs

I'm not one to write reviews, but this product deserves 5 stars. I have a 14 year old GSP mix who developed chronic bouts of diarrhea, mucousy stools, increased difficulty with fats, acid reflux and sleepless nights due to the above for the past 1.5 years. Countless vet trips with no proper diagnosis or guidance given other than prilosec (made symptoms worse). Labs were always great, stool samples without any red flags. When I tell you we have tried everything under the sun to improve these issues on our own - (homemade low fat diets, food allergy tests, acid reducers, slippery elm, any and all suggestions from conventional AND holistic sources)- nothing ever provided my dog consistent relief. I stumbled upon this food randomly online, and after reading many positive reviews I ordered immediately. Having trialed so many things in the past, I kept my expectations low. Jake has only been on this food for 1 wk with it being gradually increased. We are at 50/50 homemade and this currently. He has had no ill effects during the transition and the results so far speak for themselves. Acid reflux- gone. Picture perfect stool. Every time. Sleeping through every night without panting, gulping and pacing around. LOVES the food. You might think, a week is not a huge sample size....but Jake has never gone a full week without at least one of the issues I've named above. And if your dog also deals with any of the above, then you know how frustrating this endless cycle can be. For us, a week is HUGE. We are both thrilled and relieved at the results this food has provided so far. If you're on the fence, it's definitely worth a shot.

Works great for my Frenchie with GI issues! My frenchie always suffered from loose stools, food allergies and most recently with acid reflux. The problem was mostly fat % in her food and products with common allergens. Most of low fat prescription foods have chicken and too many ingredients. This one has a novel protein and a limited amount of ingredients. After a few days of using this food her acid reflux has drastically improved (and i hope it resolves 100% in the next couple of weeks), her stool quality is great and so far no allergies.

My dog has pancreatitis and is overweight. He loves this food! It doesn't complicate his constipation.

Be aware that the recommended feeding amount shown dues not match what is on the package. I was feeding my 80 lb dog according to the picture shown here. It said 3 1/2 cups. My dog was so hungry. I read the actual bag i received. It recommended 4 1/2 to 5 cups. Once i feed the correct amount my dog's health improved. He was diagnosed with pancreatitis. He is on the mend thanks to Squarepet.

This food works so well with my dog that has pancreatitis. He loves the flavor! No flare ups with this low-fat food. Best thing….no prescription needed.

My dog loves this food. She had a pancreatitus attack and I had to switch her to a low fat food, and she's done great eating this.

Was using this food for several months with no problems, but recently I ordered a bag from Amazon and he got terrible diarrhea from it. I'm not sure if the bag was bad, the food recipe had changed, or he all of a sudden was intolerant to it, but it was clearly the food after a process of elimination. Needless to say I'll be switching brands unfortunately.

A long story far from short here, I thought I had finally located the perfect dry food for my Chi. He suffered from pancreatitis several years ago. I HAD to watch the fat content, yet I was determined to locate a nongrain version. If anyone else has tried this search? Almost impossible, or so I thought until I found this dry dog food. It met every level of wish/want/have to have/not haves I had, I thought the small bites were perfect as he had to have many teeth removed a long time ago due to recurring infections. Yes, he was rescued from a breeder who believed more is better and didn't care about the resulting massive health issues the puppies would have to suffer through. In addition to the infections, the pancreatitis, he has a horrible heart issue & now is in heart failure. Any day now may be his last, and the reason I decided to search for the absolute best flavored, superb ingredient, small-bite dry food I could find! Whatever the price. I was already paying $$$$ for the large nuggets of tasteless crap he had been prescribed these past years. My determination to provide better for him brought me here! I decided he should have the best ingredients & most flavorful taste possible. After over a week of attempting this? I found Formulated Solutions & was ecstatic. Not an inexpensive find, but I didn't care, that's how certain I was that indeed I had finally located the Holy Grail of dry dog food! I even choose the whitefish flavor as he is forever attempting to eat the cat food (both dry & wet) & the fish flavor sounded heavenly close to his forbidden dry cat food So excited! Actually called people that knew about Axel's declining health and my search for a legendary myth in doggie dry food tails & had told me I would never locate it. But AH HA! Find it I had & I called the naysayers to gloat about this perfect find! Explaining that MANY were anticipating the arrival, so excited the legendary myth had been discovered? And for Axel, his health showed improvement when he would eat, & most wanted what I wanted in long-term results. Immortality for all furry blessings. So this holy grail disguised in dog kibble arrived, then the loyal friends arrived, and all were present to view this magnificent meeting of perfect food + health-issued canine = The perfect match! And... He hates it, I mean absolutely will not eat, picked up ONE perfectly sized nugget? Only to spit it out. No matter how I attempted to coax & finally attempted pure trickery to entice his eating this ingredient-filled masterpiece, including placing it IN a cat bowl and pretending not to look when I saw him sniffing= nothing. Crickets, this has been a while ago as well, and from the delivery on April third (3) 2023 I believe to the current date he refuses to even consider eating. I am defeated as this was my only perfect storm after literally over a week and well into the second of mass search leading me to what he despises. It has nothing to do with the ingredients I assure you. I was honest when I said finding a NO grain with a low-fat content is near impossible. Hence my delight in locating this? Matters not to him, even after I explained all the fabulous reasons he SHOULD adore this kibble and ME for my dedicated search until located? But nothing, he just doesn't care. I am thinking perhaps it is the flavor? Or perhaps I should say the SMELL of the flavor from the moment you open the bag? The fish odor is apparent and full. The dry cat food is not as pungent, so perhaps it is TOO fishy to pass? Perhaps the cat's non-interest tipped him off? I have no clue but I wept when my brilliance was left uneaten in front of me. And the now nonbelievers that traveled far (I am exaggerating, across town is not that far unless it is close to 5:00 PM. Even then it is a long drive, not a far one, excuse my embellishment.) to bear witness to the first feeding with the miracle food left discouraged. They scurried off the moment my bubble of brilliance was shattered. Here are my results, but the review is this... The food has everything fabulous within the ingredients, including the low-fat venue with no grain added. Many other types to choose from, all being full of marvelous ingredients and in small bites, and larger. Various flavors provide a menu to choose from. I was so excited to locate this, and I will still sing the praises of? Just so sad and defeated in the ending of hopes in his dislike and refusal of eating. But I strongly suggest purchasing, with or without the need for low fat. They seem to have a solution-based version of what I see as almost every need I can think of. I still recommend it, but my story is a cautionary "tail" of not all thought perfect is "purr-fection" to everyone, and as you can bring a Chi to the best ingredient-filled, cat food smelling, small bite-sized kibble possible? But you can't make him try... Great food/bad dog. But not really a BAD doggy, just "nose" what he likes? And sadly, this wonderful food is NOT it...And my search continues...**Note the distasteful expression with the semi wink, says it all." In the attached picture.

My dog loved this food but it is soooo expensive