My mom has had her shelties (the tri in my pic is one) on barking at the moon as well as other solid gold for years. Her dogs have been very healthy on it. However it seems they have cheapened their ingredients. Where barking used to say salmon it now says "ocean fish meal" in the ingredients. They also do not say they use ethoxyquin free fish sources. I decided not to use solid gold for my new puppy because I believe where this brand used to be a leader it has been surpassed but still is very costly.

My dogs were on Solid Gold Holistic for years, when I got another rescue she was loaded with allergies, ear infections, eye goop, I put her on it and wow, she was biting her feet even more, I did hear from several high end pet stores that yes the product has changed, I gave the rest of it away.
I now use 6 Fish by Orijen and very happy with the food & my rescue looks and feels great!

I have used Solid Gold for a year now, I have a Maltese and I feed him the small bits. I was not sure what was going on with his coat and now I understand. His coat was shiny and soft and now looks very dry and has lost a lot of its luster. I have not changed anything in his routine so I have been struggling to find out the cause. This change has been very recent and my dog is still a young dog.
I was not aware Solid Gold had changed its ingredients, I will no longer use Solid Gold.

Excellent choice

A really good quality food. The packaging is eye-catching, being vacuum sealed metallic mylar, and the food inside contains very good ingredients and a flavor that most dogs seem to really love. Their original formula Hund-n-Flocken Lamb and Rice contains meat as the first and second ingredient, and avoids all corn, wheat, soy, gluten, vegetable proteins, and those nasty byproducts. My one complaint with this dog food is fractions... they list rice as two of the first ten ingredients, increasing the carbohydrate load in the food. Not necessary, and not something I like to see, but Solid Gold is still a fantastic food.

Solid Gold is a great brand and one of the BEST you can buy. I personally dont feed my dog SG, but working at Petco for quite a while and reading tons of books during training I picked up a couple of things lol. Solid Gold is a holistic all natural brand for all dogs although I'd say the majority of people I've seen buy this brand, buy it for their large breed dogs. Pitbulls, boxers, ect. Really gets your dog plump(and by plump I dont mean fat!), strong and healthy!

Have had my English Bulldog for just over 5 yrs. now. He was unfortunate early on by having parvo virus and tested positive, like many others, for all kinds of allergens. Living in San Diego, CA my vet recommended Solid Gold. I get consistent compliments on how good his weight/coat is and we strongly agree this is a result of Solid Gold. Just got a 13 in. Beagle who is also on the lamb/rice meal...same situation as the Bulley! Highly recommended..

In my country there are just a few nice dog food.I am buying Chappy for my dog,and as far as I see he is pretty happy with it.He is 6 years old now,and all the time I have changed his food twice,but he wasn't happy at all.He loves just Chappy!

I have used Barking at the Moon. Very good food. Decent amount of quality ingredients. Has some filler, but overall, an excellent product. My dog did very well, firm stools, a little shedding though. But what exactly is "ocean fish meal"?

I have a 2 year old belgian malinois. For those not familiar with the breed, they are a herding dog that has become very popular as a police/military dog. They are extremely high energy (as are most herding breeds) and literally run circles around any german shepherd that I have worked with. They demand a high protein, high fat diet, and tend to not do well on red meat diets. For his infancy, I was feeding him Purina One large breed puppy food. Even my veterinarian said that it was good dog food. After a lot of research in dog food, and in the natural diet of the malinois, I came to realise that Purina left much to be desired. My mal is a male, and because of his extremely high energy levels he has always had trouble consuming enough to keep his energy levels high, and his body weight at the optimal levels. Unlike many dogs, he had a hard time keeping adequate weight on. He is 26" at the withers, but would rarely maintain a weight above 65 lbs. He would eat 5 cups of Purina one a day, in 3 meals, plus one can of purina one wet food. This is more food than my good friend's Great Dane would consume, yet the Dane had weight issues at times, and my Malinois looked starved. I tried other "Wal-Mart" brands with little success, and found that only the Purina One set well with his stomache. And even the Purina would come back up from time to time. Nonetheless, he was and is an outstanding dog, and has always had a wonderfully bright coat and teeth. About 3 months ago, I switched him over to the Barking at the Moon food from Solid Gold, and the difference is dramatic! He no longer needs wet food mixed in to entice him to eat. I have even used pieces of kibble as treats when training. He absoluely loves it, and can't wait for meal time. He has loads more energy, and his coat is even glossier than ever. This food contains very high levels of fat and protein compared to most foods (even the other solid gold offerings), and contains no grain. My dog's breed would naturally have feasted on the belgian coast, and the diet would have been mainly fish, chicken, duck, and goat, and definitely not corn byproducts. In this case, the barking at the moon diet has led to my dog having a healthier happier life, and keeping at his ideal weight of 75 lbs. His coat is glossy, his teeth beautiful ( I do brush them, though), and he has never had better muscle tone and energy. This food may not be suitable for many dogs. My parents saw the difference in my dog, and switched to the same food for their Bichon Frise, and the dog quickly put on too much weight, so they switched to another food. If you have a dog that has the energy levels to warrant this high calorie food, you will likely be delighted. It is to be used only with dogs that need it though. If you are not a professional athelete, you should probably not be consuming excess protein, and calories. Neither should your dog if he does not need them. In my experience with this food, however, it delivers outstanding nutrition to very high energy dogs, and will mak the average dog grow quickly overweight. If your dog has trouble keeping adequate weight and is very high energy (*think* fly-ball, shutzhen, ring sport, agility) I would heavily suggest trying the Bark at the Moon food by Solid Gold.

I have read a lot of reviews of Solid Gold and need to add my 2 cents into the mix. I have 5 dogs and they are all on Solid Gold foods. 3 of the older dogs are on the holitique blend and 2 are on the Hund-n-flocken blend. They are all thriving, have stopped throwing up like they had been doing on Science Diet, their coats look & feel great, & their energy level is higher. I also run a pet business and a large portion of my clients are on the Solid Gold (including puppies). I even have a couple of cat clients on their cat formulas. ALL PETS ARE THRIVING. I realize, like with ANY pet food, some animals will do great and others will not, it just happens. Much like humans, some people are lactose intolerant and some aren't. The woman who started the Solid Gold brand really cares about animals and tries to get the best ingredients and so far, NONE of their foods have ever been recalled. How many of the other pet food brands out there can say that? One of the products I have not seen mentioned is the Green Cow Tripe - this stuff is amazing. If you have a dog that is gassy or easily gets an upset stomach or has the runs - feed this to them. You really only need to use about a tablespoon with each meal so a 13.5 oz goes a long way. The dogs LOVE this and even the picky grazing kind of dogs eat their food right up - no hesitation. I do like the products (as you can tell), but I also understand that the brand might not be for every dog out there. So, give it a try. Check out their supplements too.

Solid Gold is some serious food. I have 2 dalmatians and both have beautiful, shiny coats, bright eyes and lots of energy. I also had a 15 1/2 yr old dal who was on Eukanuba all her life and she did great on it. No problems at all. So with that said, I started my dog (who is now the older of the two) also on Eukanuba. It wasn't right for her. Even as active as she was, she always kept too much weight on her with this food and even at 3 years old, she was chunky & sluggish.

I decided that what's right for one, may not be right for another. With that, I did some research & decided to make a change. I checked out the Solid Gold line and really liked what I saw. I also had friend who was feeding it to her own dog, a Samoyed. Her eyes sparkled & the coat was amazing on this dog. After doing some research, I put Abbie on Solid Gold Holistique Blendz. It is a semi-vegetarian food, fish based. She dropped her weight from 77 lbs to 66 lbs in 4 months. (Easy does it!) Feeding her 4 times per day at 1/2 cup servings also helped. I used the Seameal along with the food for nutrition absorption.

My youngest, Annie has been a Solid Gold dog from day 1. She was on the WolfKing Cub (puppy), which is Bison at first. Her bowel movements weren't exactly solid. I liked the brand and knew it was a good line so, I figured we'd try something else. Apparently, the bison was a bit much for her digestive system so we switched to Solid Gold Hund N Flocken. No problems. Tight poopies, (bettter absorption, so the nutrients are getting used and there's less waste). She 's doing as wonderfully as her "sister" is.

The people at Solid Gold really know what they're doing. If you have a white dog, you need to email them & ask them about the "white factor". The information they've collected and the dedication they have to making this food is just amazing. It's crazy that the OWNER will take the time to email you back and SHE WILL!

I have a young Australian Shepherd (2.5) and slightly younger Border Collie and alternate feeding them Solid Gold Barking at the Moon and Orijen Adult chicken formula. I spend no time blending between the two, just switch. These are very high energy frisbee dogs that get 30 minutes a day of hard play in the Nevada desert. This food is fantastic and for 33 lbs its not a bad price. Their coat is much better now than it was on Wellness Super5 (which we would still use without hesitation) and that was a noticeable improvement from Blue Buffalo. Their performance is noticeably better and they seem to last a lot longer at play. They do need PLENTY of water with this food as it is high in protein, but its not a problem if you keep fresh water available. To anyone with problems with their dog vomiting on this brand of food, try a different flavor or formula before trashing the whole brand.. and if you're coming from Iams or science diet, be patient. This high nutrition food may be a shock to their system for weeks so blend slowly or work your way up through better and better food. My Aussie vomits within minutes of eating Canidae for some reason (my Border Collie doesn't), yet I know it is a good brand with many loyal fans. Not all doggies are the same and you have to try different things. (5 brands for us to find 2 that we love).

NEVER AGAIN! Was recommended by a family member who has a Chocolate/Yellow lab mix and has the most beautiful coat....I have an 11 week old yellow lab....thinking I was giving him the best I was very excited. My lab is potty trained and after 1 week of this food he began to have no control of his stool. He eliminated inside the house EVERYWHERE! I would rather feed my dog his own stool than to ever use this food again. I WILL be getting my money back. For 55 dollars a bag I expected LITERAL gold.

My dog was eating Solid Gold for months with no issues when I heard they were changing the ingredients. What used to have salmon meal would soon have ocean fish meal, or so I read. After buying our first bag of the new, salmon-free Solid Gold (and slowly adding it to the old) my dog began to vomit. He vomited 1-2 times daily and had some very unpleasant, room-clearing gas. We switched him to another brand and the vomiting (and gas) went away.

Months later we tried Solid Gold again and experienced vomiting right away. He could not keep down Wolf King or Hund N Flocken. We have since dinscontinued the use of Solid Gold dog kibbles.

Like a lot of folks, probably, I went searching for a new dog food for my English Springer Spaniel when the tainted Chinese dog food story broke. After doing some research I settled on Solid Gold. I've tried three of the formulations, Holistique, Hundnfloken, and Millennia Beef & Barley. Make sure you check the ingredients, as each formula has a significant difference in protein sources. Another issue is that the pellets of each formulation are different in shape & size (at least in the three I've tried). I'd advise buying a small bag of whatever formulation you decide on at first, just to make sure your dog will eat it. My springer ate all three, but the Holistique formulation didn't seem to be her favorite (fish meal is the primary protein source for that one) but the pellet shape & size might have been part of the problem as they were flat and kind of small. I generally feed my dog the Hundnflocken, but occasionally mix in a bag of Millennia. She likes both of those. It's really improved her skin/coat, and she isn't nearly as gassy as when she was on a lesser quality food.

I heard from so many people who use solid gold food, that their dogs have digestive problems. I don't like their sources of fish and meat...or what sources...i don't see anything being free roaming meet, or pesiticite free..the fish might come from poluted atantic ocean vs. eagle pack gets it from pure alaskan waters...
I believe, eagle pack/wellness is more safe, but I prefer orijen the most. The ingredients in these foods are very pure. I would not trust solid gold, there are better foods available for your pet. Also they don't have acidophilus in it, the youghurt bacteries found in colon, and important for natural flora/colon and for digestion.

I absolutely LOVE Solid Gold. I got my Yorkie, Zakkie in January of this year & he was in pretty bad shape. His coat was dull & he was always scratching. I asked the previous owner what she had fed him & she said it was whatever was the cheapest from Walmart. I didn't really know anything about dog food as he is my first dog so I listened when someone advised me to feed him Rachael Ray's Nutrish. After feeding him that for about a month or so I went online & looked up the reviews on it & found out it is pretty much junk. That's when I really started doing my research & came across Solid Gold. I liked everything I read about it so I went out & bought a bag of Solid Gold Just A Wee Bit. The first few times I gave it to him I mixed it in with the Nutrish & he would stand there for the longest time picking the Solid Gold out with his tongue. He left all the other stuff every time. He obviously loves the stuff! Now his coat is much shinier & he rarely ever scratches. His eyes are more clear & he seems much happier overall. I definitely recommend everyone to try Solid Gold. It really is great stuff.

My dog loves this dog food. It's the only thing that allows him to have firm stool. We've tried Innova and other premium foods but it gave him runny, watery diarrhea. I highly recommend this food. It's free of by products and the ingredients are great!

My sons female blue pit..had a horrible skin condition.. After just 3 days on Solid Gold "wolf"..A 100% improvement in her skin!!!

I've known of, and used, Solid Gold for almost 15 years. The ingredients are fantastic, but the multiple sources for protein and carbohydrates makes allergic reactions more common than some foods with single source protein/carbs. If your dogs/cats have no allergic reactions to this food, I would highly recommend it. I've had great outcomes with it, but I have had one dog that did have a poor reaction to this food (and several others). As some have said, the owner is a bit "flaky", but then again so are many people in history who have produced great products.

I feed our Collie Hund N Flocken , it has been a great food for the skin and coat, I have had problems in the past with Collies on other "premium" Lamb and Rice foods.

My Mom's Pom was suffering form seizures and not given long to live. She began using only Solid gold when the dog was 8 and the dog stopped having seizures and lived to be 17. Also scabs on the nose dissappeared.

I think Solid Gold is a wonderful food for many dogs; mine was just not in the group of many. I have a 5 month old Enlish Mastiff who has difficulty gaining weight on the wolf cub (I know, hard to believe....a mastiff with an actual metabolism :) He was being fed increasing amounts up to 8 cups per day; I was concerned with increasing this as I have already lost one to bloat. The vet noted he was to thin and needed more calories. I decided to get Orijen large breed and mix it with the wolf cub. This would provide increased calories, fat and protein. I noticed immediately a change in his coat; it was dandruff free. We now have some cover over the ribs and maybe, just maybe a roll forming around the neck...We are so happy with this yet want to be careful as the weight/joint issue can be very concerning. It seems that high calcium levels in food and too much food in general is sure to contribute to joint and bone problems. The Orijen dog food is high in Protein (kinda scary high for a giant breed) yet after reading their informaiton and some research we might be ok. If he is not limping by the time he is six months I think we have found our food..................

I switched to solid gold hundchen flocken puppy food after wellness just for puppy gave my puppy diarrhea for almost a month. so far so good, her stools are much more solid and have less odor. the only downside is that solid gold doesn't mail coupons like wellness does.

The only thing I love about this brand is the beautiful packaging. It almost makes me want to buy it for my kids, almost. However, it's 'fishy' that fish isn't the first ingredient listed on their Holistique Blendz Adult Fish. The fish is actually listed as the 4th ingredient.

This food really made my english bulldog puppy fill out nicely and he devoured it every time i fed him.  I only stopped feeding it to him bc I think he may be allergic to lamb or one of the many grain ingrediants in it ie. barley and millet.  He had really bad gas too but that's sort of a bulldog thing or it could be related to the barley?

Solid Gold has been a great food for my dog since the food contamination occurred. But in the past three weeks my shitzu (we live in Tennessee) and my mom's shitzu/lhasa (they live in Oregon) have both been urinating blood and have bladder stones. Our dogs are not related and are on the same diets. My mom's dog has had her stone removed and it has been sent off for testing, my dog's urine was tested today and positive for stones. This has all happening in the past 3 weeks, my mom's dog's lab work all came back normal. Has anyone had any issues with solid gold and bladder stones recently. And does anyone know if there have been any changes in the food? I read about the salmon change earlier this year.

I recently switched my two dogs to Solid Gold Wolf King and have noticed the following: Increased energy, endurance, shiny coat development, clearer eyes, calmness and eagerness to follow follow commands (less anxiety), and great overall playfulness. As a plus they love the food and I feel good knowing that I am feeding them a healthy food. Read about the pet food industry and you will want to switch too.

While it's still too early to tell, I have some belief in this product.  I tried Solid Gold (puppy) when my 9 month old was about 7 months old.  His stool was loose and he wouldn't eat it.  He is now neutered and older, and I believe that also has a lot to do with the success we are now having.  Of course in addition to the food change.  He is eating the lamb kibble now. 

When I transitioned him from Kirkland food, I did not have the usual several days of loose stool.  I had a few but it seemed less than any other food. He seemed to only want to eat the cheapest of all the brands we had tried before, now that I look back, hence the Kirkland.  We also adopted a Senior boxer recently, so he is on it too.

I feel like such a bad momma now that these areas are improving.  I may have to switch again, but I'm hopeful right now.  It's hard to keep switching foods because it's such a long process and I just want the best for them.  Here are a few positives that I noticed in both of them. 

The volume, not frequency, of their stools has decreased.  It smells less and is pretty firm, firm enough for me to pick up without it breaking all apart.  I use biodegradable bags, not a pooper scooper.  So, I get pretty close to the stuff when picking it up. 

The discharge from their eyes has decreased significantly.  Although really early to tell, I feel like my older guy's paw redness and irritation seems to be decreasing.  That was the major reason I forked out the money for this food. 

With two guys (80 lbs and 55 lbs), it can be expensive.  I tried to pick a food on the same level as the other high quality foods, but on the lower end of the price range. I also wanted to be able to find it easily.  So, this is what I chose for the time being.

If you are looking for a small bite food then look no further. My 3-yr old dachshund is a picky eater and never really cared that much about eating any type of dog food until I tried the Wee Bit. Have been a dedicated Solid Gold user for over 20 years.

Have have now switched over to a 100% Wolf Cub diet for our 5 month old St. Bernard. The breeder which we received the dog through was feeding him Pro Plan which she uses for all her dogs. Our saint loves the food. His coat is getting softer everyday and he has stopped biting at his tail like he used to even though he didn't have any fleas. It's nice to actually be feeding less food, better quality, and seeing better stools. I am very happy with the food and plan for him to stick with it, transferring to Wolf King as he gets older. The best giant breed dogfood I have found. Worth the extra money.

My dachshund came to me when he was about 3.5 months. He was being fed Pedigree by his previous owners and his coat was dull and flaky, he was also quite thin and otherwise a bit unhealthy looking. I switched his food to Nutro Ultra and only saw small change in his appearance. I got in touch with a local breeder and she told me about Solid Gold...told me it cost a ton but that it was worth it for the dogs health. Let me tell you, my guy is thriving. His coat his beautiful, he has amazing musclesly legs and looks great (not too thin but not over weight. The first 3 days we had him on he had explosive diarrhea, which was due to the high meat content. Mix it slowly and expect there to be that reaction. It's worth it.

I have 3 little chi's one of them I resuced from a breeder she is 2 yrs. old and does not weigh a pound. She is healthy but skinny as a rail, no gloss to her coat. I started her on the solid gold and WOW what a tremendous difference, she has a sparkle in her eye and a shinny coat. She looks great, I dont think she will ever be over a pound but she sure looks great. I am wondering why our Vets don't know about these great dog foods. dog food analysis.com is a great source of knowlede. Maybe our Vets should check it out.

I have a boxer puppy that will be 4 months old July 6th and since I bought him he has been on Solid Gold Hundchen Flocken for puppies. He has alot of loose stools and I thought it would change so today I went back to the breader and she gave me holistic fiber. Now I always thought fiber was for constipation. Could she be right? Does anyone else have this problem. I asked her if it could be the food, she said no with no doubts. So, I am not sure about the fiber, I do like the ingrediants, but if the loose stools do not change in a week or two I will be shopping for different dog food.

Has anyone noticed that the new version of Wolf King does not have salmon??? Its now ocean fish..any reviews? My pointer has been on this food for a year now and loves it...just not sure if he will like the new version!!!

I feed Solid Gold WolfKing to both my husky and old english sheepdog. They have wonderfully shiny coats, maintain weight on a reasonable amount of food, and love this stuff. My husky did experience loose stools right when he first started this food but that happens anytime he has new foods (average dog treats included). My only possible complaint would be the price, but for all the benefits I have seen I really can't complain : )

  I have used Solid Gold Wolf King with my English Mastiffs as a switch brand when I am not feeding them PMI Exclusive. While they are only on Wolf King for two months, they do great on it and their weight and coats do not deteriorate. The dogs have always seemed to love it..I didn't know however the ingredients were changed...how long ago was that? I fed my dogs Wolf King a several months ago now, but at that time, they didn't chow down on it like they used to.

I don't keep them on it any longer than two months as I switch back to PMI Exclusives Chicken or Lamb for the following three months.

Solid Gold is just too expensive to keep all of my Mastiffs on it as their primary diet.

Owner of Solid Gold is a New Age Nut Job. Not to mention my Akita Husky mix wouldn't touch Solid Gold WolfKing Bison Dry Dog Food. He prefers Orijean and Timber Wolf. I met this lady at a dog show in Greeley Colorado years ago when I had my dog on a raw diet and I had just purchased some Norwegian dried Kelp. She happened to see that and started ripping on the vendor who sold it to me saying "everyone knows that the seas around Norway are contaminated from nuclear fallout from Chernobyl." The Jet stream and winds generally go West to East and at about a 1000 miles or so North West not to mention everyone in Poland would be dead if what she claims happened. I have no respect for a vendor slamming another vendor with lies to sell her product. If she would make up such a tall tale about radio active Norwegian kelp how can someone believe how her food is made????? She is a New Age Scam Artist.

My two dachshunds were previously eating Science Hill WD (based on my vet's recommendation) to maintain their weight; however, after months of running to the vet because of excessive scratching, rashes and even staph infections - I decided to switch their food to see if that was the problem. I switched to Solid Gold Beef (bright blue bag) and it has made all the difference. Their coats looked better immediately (within 24 hours) and was much softer. Gone are the rashes and skin infections and they have not put on weight. I highly recommend this food.

Swapped my 2 JR terriers to Hunden Flocken from Science Diet, horrible effects, both coats degraded so poorly I took them to the vet. I threw out (2) 15lb bags of food and a $20 box of the treats. I wouldn't feed this food to my dogs if it was free.

I have been using solid gold adult and puppy food for over a year now for my Yellow Lab and Lab/German Sheppard mix. I am so pleased with their coats and teeth along with good weight for both of them. The food is wonderful and they eat it up. My Yellow Lab is 17Mos and is 90lbs while my Lab mix is 50lbs at 7Mos. Keep up the good work

They have awesome ingredients BUT, I run into a lot of breeders who are unhappy.  Solid Gold changed their ingredients without informing people and then blatantly denied it for months before being truthful!  I have run into a lot of very unhappy people!  I personally, don't use this for my dogs BUT it's list of ingredients are great!

Solid gold hund n flocken puppy is an excellent puppy food especially for dogs with allergies to corn and other grains or to chicken. Excellent food for westies, I switched my 5 month old westie to this from nutro lamb puppy and while I was mixing the two she would not eat the nutro and would pick out the solid gold. The proofs not just in the pudding, read the ingredient list,  Lamb | Lamb Meal | Ocean Fish Meal are the top 3 ingredients. It also has salmon oil which contains DHA and recent research has shown how good DHA is for humans. There are better foods then this but this is definitely a worthy dog food.

I have a east german shepherd on a heavy rotation of premium foods due to his allergy, nothing worked but the grain free "holistique blendz". It has a low protien content so i can add protein and supplements as i wish and according to his activity level which is great.

i have two westies and have been using solid gold weebits for one year. what a huge difference in their coats. such a great product

My 17 wk. old german shepherd is doing great on Solid Gold's Wolf Cub food. He is growing quickly but seems to be maintaining a shiny coat, and a lean body with no signs of allergies. He is at 50 pounds now and I am very happy I chose your food versus a commercial puppy food with higher protein, fat and calcium.

I have been feeding Wee Bits to my Tibetan Spaniels soon after it came out. I have been given many samples of other kibbles, but given the choice my dogs still will eat the Solid Gold. Some tibbies are "poop eaters", in fact my first one was when I got her. That stopped when I began feeding Wee Bits, and I have not produced any poop-eating puppies.
Vicki Sabo
Calirose Tibetan Spaniels
Buford, GA

it is the best stuff.My dog loves it and it helps his coat alot

My very tiny Min Pin male who was a premature puppy gets the Just a Wee Bit food for small dogs. He has a much easier time eating this than he does the Canidae or Nature's Variety that we feed our other dogs, and he is quite healthy.