this is a really great, high quailty food. the only thing that concerns me is the high protein level because of this, I've only feed it to my dogs after they've been spayed/neutered or had any other type of sugery.

It may not be bad for all dogs, but I think everyone should be warned about the very high protein levels. My 11 yr old has eaten EVO for many years. She had a blood test frecently before going on some arthritis meds and the liver enzyme levels were very high. After a few weeks of liver meds not working, I took her off EVO and she's is improving, finally. I wish I had realized earlier. I hope I haven't caused her permanant damage thinking I was getting the best in high protein.

FYI - My rating is for the canned EVO 95% Chicken/Turkey.

I originally bought the Flex Beef and Barley by Innova. My dog devoured so fast she threw it up. I am not blaming the food at all. I should of cut it up more. I fed her the EVO, she seems to not eat it with much vigor as the Flex though. She gets very tired after eating but seems to have alot more energy than when I was feeding her other dog food. I think she gets gassy and has to rest. I trust this company though, I used to feed her Beneful by Purina and researched it and found that it was the worst possible food to give to your dog.

I may have to go back to the Flex more since she is eating it. Has anyone else tried it?
Please advise, I would appreciate your comments. Thank you!!

I have a pure breed GSD and had problems for years with upset stomach, eating grass and throwing up bile in the morning and then would not eat as her stomach was too upset. I always fed her high quality food. No purina or crap food. It finally dawned on me that due to throwing up bile in the am was that the food was not staying with her. I even tried feeding her before going to bed at night and still did not work. I tried Evo and I could not believe the change. She does not get us up at night to go outside. She was having 3-4 bowel movements every day and now she has 1 or sometimes 2. I have had her on the Evo large bites for almost a year now and she has not been sick once. It is the higher protein in this food that stays with her longer and has made all of our lives so much better. I only feed her about half of what I was feeding her and she is maintaining her weight. Unbelievable!!!! Thank you, thank you EVO!!!

P.S. I add a tablespoon or 2 of sugar free yogurt each feeding which aids in digestion. Works perfect and she loves it. Can't wait for me to get dish down in front of her.

First of all, are we rating Innova or EVO? These are two separate brands of food produced by Natura Pet yet are not the same food. I recently switched both my adult cat and dog to Innova and they are doing very well on it. I previously fed them both Science Diet until I started doing research on alternative foods and realized I was depriving both of my beloved pet's of a properly balanced diet. Innova is a great food and I'm glad I switched both of my pets to a healthier, all natural diet. Just remember when switching your pet's food to any other brand to gradually mix in the new food over a 7-10 day period to prevent any gastrointestinal upset.

This food is the best! I have a 3 year old 50/50 black lab and chesapeak bay. I was feeding him a cheep brand dog food for the first couple of years. One day he started having sezures. I read that many dogs have an alergy to gluten whitch is found in many dog foods with grain products as their primary ingrediant. I did not want to put my dog on medication so i thought i would try switching his food first. I now feed him the red meat large bites. He has been on this food for about 6 months now. He loves the taste and has not had another sezure sence. Highly reccomended for active dogs!

Evo is great. I love how I can recognize all the ingredients on the bag. I believe this is one of the few best foods in the commercial dog food market. I also like the fact that Natura makes their own food. Just make sure you DO NOT feed this to puppies. EVO does not make puppy food. Only Innova.

I have three field breed Gordon Setters, two come from Springset Kennels. I had them on PROPLAN, directly from my vet but they had skin problems and their coats were coarse and dull. I switched them to INNOVA EVO and within a month all skin problems went away (probably grain allergies as PROPLAN is considered good dog food by most)...the most obvious difference was there coats. They turned very shiny and smooth.

Innova is very expensive but it has paid for itself in the reduction of visits and medicince associated with the vet.

im very interested in changing my dog's pedigree to evo, however i have questions to ya experienced wit it. would the red meat cause sudden aggression? what is the best food to mix it with? the only time my pitbull gets diarriha is when she eats a can of wet food from pedigree. so is she considered to have a weak stomach? also, she just turned a year old and my main goal is to keep her happy with her food and get more muscle. is evo best for her? hit me back

Beware of this food (canned puppy Innova)- I know the ingredients are good, but I just got back from the emergency vet with my 12 week old puppy because I introduced this food to him with his kibble. It is VERY rich and while I may have given him a bit more than I should have, I didn't think it would cause the $400 vet bill and 2 hours of frantic worry that we just endured at the 24 hour emergency vet. I put about a soup spoon's worth in with my puppy's dinner with his regular dry food, and within about 30 minutes he was lethargic, shaky, clingy, and couldn't keep his eyes open as they drooped. He then proceeded to vomit everything that he had eaten the entire day, and then some. After vomiting 4 times, we took him in. I know that you are supposed to introduce food gradually, but he was recovering from a cold and I thought he deserved a little treat. The treat turned out to be x-rays, a peptid injection, and a doctor's note to feed him rice and ground turkey for about 2 weeks. From what I have read, food that doesn't agree with dogs causes loose or runny stools. This was completely frightening. I will never let him touch the stuff again.

Our two dogs (5 year old male German Shepherd & 7 month old female Lab/Shepherd mix) have been on on Innova EVO Large Bites for 4 weeks. I mixed EVO in with their current food, Fromm, and during the first week they both had very foul smelling feces which eventually dissipated. Initially they both ate the food with gusto and appeared to really like it, however over time, my 5 year old GSD began to walk away from the food. He is naturally thin and normally has a healthy appetite. He has been on Dr. Goodpet's Digestive Enzymes for the past 4 months which has tremendously helped with his loose stools. Since he's started walking away from EVO and he can't afford to lose any weight, I have added yogurt, canned tuna or asparagus. He goes bonkers for asparagus. :) I would have given EVO 5 stars but since he has grown to severely dislike eating it plain, it prompts me to only give 3 stars. Our 7 month old lab/shepherd mix loves any food she gets and she feels the same way about EVO; loves it. They have always had healthy and shiny coats and they still have them while eating EVO, however, the female lab now has some dandruff.

okay, so this dog food is an amazing food...just not for all dogs. The reason why the stools can be smelly and messy is because the protein content is very high unless you have an extremely active dog. sometimes the initial smelliness is because all of the bad stuff that was trapped inside your dog's intestines and colon is coming out...also you may have switched too fast. it can take up to 3 months to fully switch a dog to a high protein food. think about what detox does to us. evo is made by natura which is a great company and if evo didnt work for your dog try Innova or Healthwise (also made by natura) If your dog has a sensitive stomach evo is definitely the wrong choice for you. Natura also makes California Natural which is a great food for dogs with sensitive stomachs and skin and coat problems. When buying dog food, just make sure the first ingredient is a meat source...no by-products (heads, feet, feathers, intestines and undeveloped eggs), also only buy a food with whole grains such as brown rice (high in B1 vitamins), oatmeal (naturally good for the skin), and pearled barley which has the hull taken out...avoid brewers rice, any corn or gluten, and wheat. Also make sure the protein content is something that your dog can handle...evo is very high...try with a protein content anywhere from 26%-36% if that is a problem. EVO might not work for your dog, but it doesnt change the fact that the ingredients are high quality, the meat is real and it is grain free. its a wonderful food, unfortunately, my dogs can't handle it either...they eat healthwise mixed with Merrick dry and canned food. evo is great i give it five stars and two thumbs up =)

We just switched to this food because of the bad things we'd been hearing about Nutro. Also our dog didn't really like the food anyway. She loves EVO and eats it up so fast. Although, now after a few days she stinks! Has anyone experienced this? I'm thinking it will go away after her system gets used to it, but if not I don't know if I can take it. That being said, she definitely likes the taste, and I like the ingredients so we may stick with it. Its nice to see meat as the first four ingredients, and no corn at all!

TERRIBLE I GAVE TWO KIBLES TO MY YORKIE PUPPY
IT GIVE HER MAJOR WATERY BLOODY AND MUCUS STOOLS
TERRIBLE FOOD

Can anyone tell me why this food smells so bad when the dog does his business.

Oops, meant to post that last review in the Evo Cats section, but anyway..the results with both dogs are wonderful. I have a 10 year old Labrador who lost her vision to SARDS in summer of 07, which I really suspect was a result of the Beneful she ate more of her life. Pre-Evo, I thought we were losing her..she had no energy, looked very skinny and just would look depressed. After Evo, she wants to go walkies again, has normal BM's, her coat is very lustrous, and she is her normal weight again.

Our 18 month old Jack Russell had diarrhea and bloody stools for reasons we could not ascertain from any blood work-up. After switching to Evo (small bites), he now has firm stools, the blood is gone, and he looks very healthy. Both dogs were having skin irritations before Evo..now their fur has grown back in and they look great. The Russell has boundless energy, which is true to breed of course. But to see my elderly blind dog trying to play again is just amazing.

This may not be the best food for small breeds but I have to tell my story. Thank you Innova Evo so much! I have a German Shepherd that was so skinny and after $1800.00 in vet bills the vet told me to take her home and try to get her to eat anything. (She would not eat for 5 days at vet office.)This vet visit was due to a UTI and just trying to find out why the dog was so thin. I started feeding her a raw meat and eggs diet along with evo. I have never seen her eat dry food like this! She loves it! She is now at an almost normal weight and it has only been 2 weeks! If anyone had seen this dog before, they would have thought she was about to die and I believe she was. She now looks fantastic. I am now feeding all my shepherds raw with evo and I am amazed at how good they look. I recommend this food for all full grown large shepherd type dogs.

I received a dog that was very skinny, ribs showing, and hip bones very pronounced. I tried Canadie and he did pretty good but no weight gain at all. I switched to Wellness Core and still no change. This went on for weeks. I took him to the vet to check for parasites etc nothing. Then I switched to EVO. At first he did have very soft stools, but about a week later everything improved. His coat was shinny and coming in beautiful, he was putting weight on and filling out nicely. I feed less than with all the other dog foods. He is doing great on it. I agree do not feed to large breed puppies. My boy is a 30 pound dog.

Made BOTH my dogs constipated for over a week, ended up having to bring both of them to the vet, I took time off work, ect ect.. VERY VERY bad experience with EVO... I introduced it very very slowly but didnt work.. I think the protein content is WAY too high in EVO, its actually above recomendations... which can be harsh on organs like the kidneys.. be careful with this one.. my dogs loved the taste too but its not worth it..

I put my AmStaff on the Innova EVO Red Meat Large Bites and he loves it. I just put a little bit of warm water in his food and he eats it up no problem. This is great food just don't feed it to your Large breed puppies because the protein level will make them grow too fast and they'll have problem with their joints and muscles later in life.

I have a lab/pointer mix and he LOVES his EVO. He's never had the Red Meat EVO because he's doing so well on the Chicken/Turkey kibble. I know that there are dogs that can't handle EVO, but my dog has a stomach of steel and his poops are nice and compact and there's not much of it for a 60+lbs dog which tells me that his body is able to absorb most of the the nutrients from the food. When I first brought him home from the shelter his stools were huge, soft, and yellow which I attributed to the fact that they were feeding him Sceince Diet which is basically corn. His coat is velvety soft and he lost the doggie odor, even when he's wet, it's very mild. I would suggest to any dog owner to at least give EVO a try and if you're dog responds well to it, stick with it because it does have the BEST ingredients of ANY food that I have researched. The first 4 ingredients, which are the MOST IMPORTANT ingredients are; Turkey, Chicken, Turkey Meal, and Chicken Meal. No other food that I have researched have such strong ingredients listed on top.

This is going to sound a bit crazy. We have thirty seven skunks (kids) with free run of our home (yes, descented). Being omnivores about half of their food consists of vegetables with the other half consisted of various protiens. In the wild skunks may only live to be two to three years old. In captivity we've been looking at average lifespans nationwide which are averaging out to be about five to six years old. We've been giving Innova brand products for several years now with great results although we do use various other protiens with them. We've also been using Evo with the skunks and I love that it's available in such small bites. As you can imagine training of skunks can be a bit tricky and I've found these small bites very useful while using it as a well deserved treat and with bonding. It's also helped us in maintaning weights. We've found that average weight should be just a little over six pounds but many skunks that we've taken in were two to three times that and one even coming to us at a whopping thirty one pounds. That thirty one pounder is now weighing less than six pounds and is eight years old, climbing over baby gates and up onto the couches,,,and they say skunks can't climb. We have found that the ingredients found in the Innova and Evo are the most suitable for our kids over any others that we've researched. Stools are well formed and coats are soft and shiny. Our goal here is maintaining the best health we can give to our kids and to insure the longest lives possible. Right now twenty nine of our kids are ranging from seven to nine years old and having excellent vet checkups. We'll surely have some very old skunks cuddled up in bed with us each night as we fall asleep. We are also liscensed animal rehabbers and have found these products to be very healthy for our raccoons, young foxes,and coatimundis. I told ya this would sound crazy,,,but there are many animal rehabbers nationwide who are having great success with these products. They're not just good for dogs. Keepin dem tails up, Unkie Milt

I have a year old siberian husky. He has had chronic diarrhea since he was about 3 months old (and was on Canidae all life stages). Convinced it was a food allergy, I switched him to science diet ZD and then proceeded to introduce single source proteins and carbs back into his diet. Turns out he seems to be allergic to grains. I switched him to a 50/50 combo of Evo red meat large bites and natural balance limited ingredient (venison and potatoe) and have been amazed at the result. He has become significantly leaner, his coat softer and more vibrant (it had been dry and brittle) and his stools are finally, finally firm. I introduced the Evo slowly and have only had one or two instances of semi-soft stool (and yes, it did smell terrible). I couldn't be happier with the results of this food and would highly recommend it. Also, the high protein content of this food is not an issue unless it's being fed to a large breed puppy. For those who think otherwise, do a little research instead of spreading hearsay and rumors.

I must submit, Dogs are carnivores, the same species as wolves, Canis Lupus. While in wolf biology, We found that wolves, even cyotes diets consisted of 98% animal protien and 2% veggitation. Only in the the spring do they comsume 5 or 6 percent veggitation. It only consist of grass and a few wild berries. We also found that they eat it for roughage, while younger wolves never ate it, and it was only in the spring. Whith that being said, european wolves never ate it except the Iberian Wolf. They only stumblesd up on farmers friuts once or twice in the summer. Never has the wolf eaten grains in the wild. Study it out and you will find truth and facts. The reason our pets get kidney failure is the source of the protien that is too high which is grain. High amounts of grain does not proccess well in short intestines vs meat.Keep this in mind, Cats in the wild; first eat their preys gut, while canines very rarely eat it. In conclsion, what most vets don't tell is;After all that school, thay only get a week of education on nutrition. In PerdueUniversity Hills pet foods give it to them. This is a fact through out the US. Now a Holistic vet is a totally different story. In fact, Hills sometimes help pay for some Vets schooling, and we wonder why they push Hills product so much. So,Evo is very fine food, fact is, that it very Rich. Each dog is an indivisual.Wrether switching to, or currently on the food, we must remember U need to feed 15-30 percent less of it. And there is a product that will clean up loose stools or easy transiton. Its called EaglePack Holistic Solution, 2 or 3 tspoons, you'd be greatful.Also, no one food is the best for all pets. There are other great grain free pet foods out there.Heres a few:Taste of the Wild, Canidae Grain Free,Wellness Core,Natures Logic,Origen,FrommFamily Grain Free,Blue Buffalo Wlilderness,and HorizonLegacy. See what works for your dog,cat and particular breed. Some breeds do better on redmeat,some on poultry,and some on fish or pork, and some a combination or rotation. If U must have grains, oats, brown rice, barley and of such alike are more healthy and talerable grains, while some animals dont talerate them well. This is food for thought.

I am not one to get to excited about anything, enough to want to write about it, and if it does not have really noticeable result then I wouldn't think much of it anyway. I started getting off the main premium brand commercial dog foods (Iams, Eukanuba, Hills Science Diet), just because I wanted something (all stage) that I could use for my new pup and my much older dog, to make life simpler. I started noticing a bit of a positive difference in the older dog when I switched to an all stage dog food. But I thought maybe it was just the weather, as it was getting colder. I also noticed my older dog stopped chewing her paws, again I thought maybe there was some other explanation. But now I am completely convinced, I bought one can of Innova Evo Chicken and Turkey, just for the dogs to try out. I have spent a lot of time with my pup, as he is being trained as a working dog, I have never seen a dogs energy levels increase so dramatically over a period of one hour. My pup has a big hand me down food bowl that he likes to push around after he has finished eating. He was man handling this bowl all over the house. Also the next morning, we started his usual training, there was no doubt in my mind, he was responding better to all his commands. I am sold, I never thought that dog food played such and important role. You learn something new every day.

xJoKeRx, you should get your dog off EVO.  it is the worst food and doesn't sit well in a lot of dog's stomachs.  I tried it on my dog a while back and got sick for weeks.  I introduced it slowly to him too.  There are so many better dog food brands especially for those dogs with sensitive stomachs like my rottweiler.  I highly recommend Orijen.  It is the best dog food ever!!  My dog loves it and he's picky, and he has never looked better.  I'm telling you - try it, you and your dog will be so happy and no more diarreah!!

My american staffordshire (pitbull) is 13 weeks and still get's diarrhoea. We got the puppy at 8 weeks and have been feeding him EVO Red Meat Small bites ever since. The diarrhoea was looked at by a vet to make sure it wasn't parvo and everything came back negative. I am convinced it has something to do with the food, but I'm hesitant on switching to something else because i've heard such great reviews about EVO. I tried a suggestion by adding some plain yogurt, but that appeared to make the stool more watery.

The stool is more of a soft, ice-cream type base. I feed my puppy about a cup 3 times a day. I do not know what i should try at this point. Any suggestions? Should i try mixing the food with something else?

Started feeding the EVO Large bites Chicken/ Turkey formula. I have a Belgium Malinois and a German Shepherd. At first they had loose stools, but I continued to feed with a 1/2 and 1/2 ration of their old dog food and the EVO. This was for about a month. Now, today, (they have been eating it for about two years) they have shiny coats, firm stools and high energy levels. My only consideration is the food is very calorie dense and feeding too much will cause an overweight dog. Other than that, I and the dogs love the food! BTW... also great since the Malinois has food allergies and he can only tolerate the EVO grain free diet.

My boston was on nutro natural blend high energy dry food and seemed to be doing well. I purchased a new bag of food and immediately she developed severe case of diarrhea. I returned the bag and purchased innova adult small bites. I did not have any of the old food left; therefore, I was not able to mix the foods together. She loves the innova but still has the diarrhea. What should I do?

We feed both regular Innova kibble with Evo 95% canned as a topper (about half the can). Not that it needs a topper, but we love to see the dog dance around and quiver with excitement while we prepare it. He loves the Innova but LOOOOVVVVES the Evo canned even more. Yes, I too have noticed some gas, this is very rich food. However, I would not change foods solely based on this. I'm surprized any vet would recommend Iams, a low ranking 1 star food, according to dogfoodanalysis.com. I can admit being uneducated about dog food, until we got our dog and I did some research online. However, you would think that a trained vet ought to know better. If a dog truly needed more fiber, then use regular Innova more than Evo, as it does contain some fiber.

my dog loves this food, but he has terrible gas all the time.  my vet is telling me it's because he needs more fiber in this diet and is recommending that i switch him to Iams.  Anyone else having this problem?  Other than that we really like this food

we only feed our dogs Innova...it cost more , but whats your dogs health worth? You will stave off early death due to cancer , liver, or heart failure..even our vet still recommends Science Diet...we must educate her. Go to dirty secrets of dog food , you'll be SHOCKED!!!
If you want your best buddy to eat euthanized pets from shelters,and 4D animals and road kill...and also patronize companies that do research on companion animals , then feed Iams.We raise Bostons and they are like our children..needless to say we ONLY feed Innova.

Enjoy seeing a food with less controversial ingredients (i.e. corn and beet pulp)However, I do feel the need to respond to those touting the high protein source. Yes, dogs are wolves. And yes, wolves do eat meat in wild, as well as roots, leaves, grass,etc. It is important to remember that in the wild wolves do NOT have a steady diet. Wolves do eat primarily hoofed mammals or rabbits depending on if it is a grey wolf or red wolf. However it is extremly important to remember that wolves do NOT eat every day. Wolves have a very low hunting success rate. Most domestic dogs do not hunt and are on a steady diet. So while in the wild a wolf needs a very protein rich diet. For the average domestic dog, 42% is just too much. There are other foods out there with premium ingredients and a more accurate protein count.

We have had our harlequin male great dane for two years. When we brought him home, we put him on Innova Large Breed Puppy and fed him that for the first 1.5 years of his life. We mixed in a 1/4 can of Innova Wet Puppy Food every meal. This gives him a more delicious meal than just dry food alone. We have recently switched him over to the Innova Large Breed Adult and his stools seem to be thickening. He has NEVER had a gas problem or digestional problems. He has done great on this food. I HIGHLY recommend Innova to any giant breed. Our only issues, as most, is the high price - $65.00/33lb bag every 3 weeks. Yikes!

I have to say that this is a really great food. The main problem is that it's very expensive. When I first bought it, I was warned not to give my dog too much, because it's so high in protein, she'd get diahrrea. She's been on this food since she was 12 weeks old, and we swapped her off it while we were low on cash. Her coat wasn't as shiny, and the other food ran out faster or didn't fill her up. As a dog food, this will always be my first choice. Especially since there are no by-products and very little, if any, grain. I don't want my dog eating beaks or hooves (or other euthanised animals, that I read can be under the term by-product).

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I have been feeding my dog EVO since the day I got him. from the beginning,he had soft poo,because i switched him from Iams to EVO immediately,but somebody told me that i need to mix 2 kind of food together so my dog can adapt to it. now,his coat is beautiful, energy level are great.

Does any one knows what's a good food for my 5 months old Min Pin, I had him on Royal canin before, then some one recomended me EVO small bites, he start getting softer poos  than before, then last sunday he got really bad with a really bad diharreha and vomit, we had to take him to the vet and he was there for 24hrs on fluids because he stop eatting, after that the vet gave me a bag of Medi-cal and thats from Royal canin too, after spending CAN$700 in this hospitalization and medicines i'm thinking in going back to Royal canin puppy 33, he was perfect with that befor I gave him that EVO crap.  Any other ideas please.......... Thanks

The quality of this food is the best you will see besides orijen. The main fat source is Sunflower oil which is a very consentrated form of omega fatty acids. So thats good and bad. I gave it a 4 because with recent science and research says that super high protein can cause kidney failure.

Even since feeing my 2.5 year old Golden the reduced fat Innova, he has had mucosy stool. We fed it to him months ago and it happened, then forgot about it and bought another bag and the same thing happened. We are trying to switch him back to the regular food. He had gained a few lbs but feeding him this and him waking me up in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom isnt the way for him to loose weight. Be careful with this product. Causes upset tummy and bad mucous.

I rescue/foster, and own several different mix-breed dogs varying in age and size. My dogs are raised on a mixture of homecooked diets and regular kibble. I tried Innova on a few of my dogs. My larger, younger dogs did well on this food; They were more charismatic, stools were small, and coats were nice and thick. I prefer to give Innova as snacks for some of my energetic dogs that burn a lot of calories like my Border Collies and Australian Shepherds. My older, or smaller dogs did not do well on this food; The food seemed to intensify behavior issues(aggression, anxiety), their stools were loose, and they had excessive anal gland buildup. I didn't really like the texture of the food as well.

I have an 11 month old English Bulldog who has reacted poorly to Evo. I put him on this food due to his allergies. I transitioned him over slowly over an entire month, but he stillhad diarhea. I also agree with the earlier post that it's bad for smaller dogs kidneys due to the high protein content. This will be the second food with a 42% protein content I've put my bully on and both times he's become unable to "hold it" and this is a dog who was potty trained at 9 weeks. It's probably fine for husky's, labs, and other large breed dogs, but not the smaller guys.

I have an Alaskan husky (think sled dog) and German Shepherd. Both love the taste of Innova EVO. My AK husky has been eating it from 10 weeks, to his current age of six months. Only problem he has is loose stools, but his weight and energy are great, so I'm not too bothered. We tried Wellness and he rejected the food completely. The German Shepherd loves the food, maybe too much. She is a BIG eater, and will eat four bowls a day given the chance. The ingredients are quality, and great for dogs that run 2 or more hours a day. Their coats are beautiful, energy levels are great. Price is an issue because this food is expensive, but for the quality it is the best food you could buy. My dogs are performance athletes so I want to feed them only the best. I've settled on Innova due to the high calorie content, quality ingredients, and my trust in the Natura company. I'll keep feeding, unless it becomes too expensive, where I'll switch to a high energy sled dog specific food. Right now, we're doing well.

After trying several brands I've settled on Innova/Evo. Purina One and Royal Canin were causing excessive shedding, and I had to feed large amounts to keep the dog healthy.  Blue Buffalo caused continual diahrrea.  Now I'm feeding Innova (regular) and Evo, and my Lab/Beagle mix is doing great (good stools, fur is good, energy is high, maintaining weight).

in reading all of these comments i am amazed at the sheer number of ignorant responses. Evo is the FIRST grain free dog food ever on the market. The next "grain free" food on the market didn't come until several years later. Natura has a full 5+ years of scientific research and formulation testing over all grain free diets. Secondly, yes, the protein levels are high in Evo, but these do not lead of kidney problems. What leads to the problem of kidneys is not the level of protein but the QUALITY of the protein. A very low quality protein (think "chicken by-product") is harder for the kidneys to process than a more pure protein like "Chicken" or "Chicken meal". Also a lack of adequate water intake leads to an increase insistance of kidney related problems. Typically is is recommended to add canned food to the diets of aging dogs and cats to help increase water intake to keep kidneys functioning.

Of course if you've been feeding your dog something like dog chow or canidae, switching to Evo can be difficult. You're going from junk food to a very healthy pure food. It can be rich and you should only switch your dog to the food gradually.

Also whoever wrote this evo description is completely incorrect. Evo is not made of "chicken and turkey parts." That would suggest a by-product. It is made of fresh chicken and turkey meat as well as chicken and turkey meal ("chicken meal" is dehydrated chicken meat. They remove the water because chicken is about 70% water. Removing the water makes the amount of chicken heavier.)

Finally Evo is not high in Ash. It is fine for cats who need low ash, although California Natural chicken and rice would be better.

When my wife and i bought our akita pup from a breeder,she was feeding him Iams and we switched him to blue buffalo,with blue buffalo he wasn't crazy about the little chicken pieces and his coat was getting full of dandruff,my wife and i went on the computer and started researching dog food and came across EVO no grain dog food red meat and thought we would try Kuma on it....that was the best decision we ever made he loves it and gets excited every feeding time and he never did before,the dandruff has gone from his coat and its now shiny and vibrant,he has more energy and his stools are smaller and more firmer...All my wife and i can say now is THANK-YOU INNOVA.

I tried a sample of EVO's Red Meat large bites on my 2 year old Golden Retriever. Without more than a second of hesitation, she gobbled it down. She usually checks out her dry food, sniffs a few times, walks away and comes back to nibble... as if forcing herself to eat it. With the Ancestral Diet Red Meat, there was no toying around. She was happy to eat it. I bought a small bag to try out this week. In just a few days, she is burping and farting less, and seems more active. She weighs 97 lbs and needs to lose a little weight, so I'm only feeding her about 2 cups per day, more in the morning and less at night. I am not really concerned about the protein level being too high because I'm cutting the portions back. Plus, carnivores typically would eat more protein than we think if left to their own survival. I will post again to provide an update.