Having just said good bye to a nearly 19 year old JR that ate Abady M&S for 15 years, I can honestly say this food has no equal. During that time, she never had a hot spot, ear infection, rash, lameness, nothing. She ate 1/3rd of a cup every day for 15 years.

I have a large breed dog now that I started on an Abady/Raw diet and now is totally on Abady M&S, 2.5 cups for a 95lb dog.

People drawn into high end kibbles dont realize that even the better ones are mostly grain. Abady is 80% animal protein by weight. The proof is in the poop, because even with no fillers to form a hard stool. Abady clean-up is a breeze. You have tio give it a week though.

I wish more pet foods would use pork fat because it has no equal. Most dont due to cost and consumer reaction. Sled dogs get bacon fat when they train.

I have read some of the reviews below mentioning sub-par ingredients but those posts are from people that just read labels and The Whole Dog Journal.

Abady is protein-packed and exactly what a dog needs. If the company put the food in other than a brown paper box, they would have to build another plant to keep up with demand.

The stuff is that good.

SS

Abady has been around for YEARS - widely used by the top dog show people (think Westminster.)

Bob Abady basically introduced Bouvier des Flanders to the US after the war (as in WWII) His dogs were always in wonderful condition - on the muscle, great coats and full of energy. That was why so many show people went to using his food whwen he came out with it.

Proof is in what the dogs on Abady have done. If you watched the Eukanuba Invitational Agility Championships from '08, then you saw a nearly 10 year giant-near giant breed dog running the course who was the first in her breed to qualify (after she had retired from the show ring having made it in to the top 10 of her group nationally with lots of BIS wins including the specialty and placing in the group at Westminster - 3rd dog of her breed to do so in 70 years and her mom, another Abady feed dog, was the 2nd to do and lived 2-3 years longer than normal for her breed.)

I use Abady (Classic granular & New Frontier kibble) and Caribou Creek Gold. Gives them some variety on the kibble. I use the kibble so they have something to crunch and the granular sticks to it.

The food must still work - the 17/18 year Chow/Keeshond mix is STILL doing 2-3 miles out and then 2-3 miles back on the beach all summer. (She is trotting ahead, I'm meandering behind her!)

Thank you Dr. Abady. Your products are the BEST. I feed my Neopolitian Mastiff only your food. She went from a stinky, balding, itchy girl to a beautiful, beautiful Mastiff. Her coat is so shiny it is unbelievable. She was having quite a severe skin problem. Itching, pimples, and balding. After testing her skin and finding nothing the Vet said she had allergies. He suggested special testing, special vets etc. I called your company and not only was your staff helpful but after speaking with you I knew I had found the answer. She was cleared of all her peoblems in about a month. She is so beautiful people ask me how I do it, I tell them I don't her food does.
I have recommened your foods to everyone I know. Thank you for being one of the good guys.

I have sworn by this dog food for the past two years that I have been feeding it to my extremely healthy, extremely finicky maltese-poodle mix. Unfortunately, on three seperate occasions in the last year I have found foreign debris in the canned food, the last instance consisted of two 1/2 inch chunks of plastic. What's worse is that there is no recourse. I can't continue to feed this to my dog, because it's what is potentially in the food that I CAN'T see that really worries me. I may very well start making my own dog food, which is ultimately cheaper and healthier, just time-consuming. Sorry, Abady...but I think it's time to start paying greater attention to quality control - the price we pay for your food certainly justifies it.

Please tell me what Abady products you feed your dog. I would like to buy some, but I am confused. I don't understand the concept of granular. Do you mix it with canned? Do you all prefer granular to kibble? If you use granular, do you not use kibble?

my dogs did so awesome on abady classic dogfood,soooo worth it!no other food-none until i tried abady sounds funny,but my bullmastiff at 6yrs.old-finally had normal,firm stools,amy mouser in n.andover,ma.

i give abady the best rating it can get
it has saved my bull mastiff's life
at two years old he could no longer walk
and the vet and i were considering putting him down just because he was suffering so badly.
but before i did i searched the net and decided to try the abady. WHAT A DIFFERENCE!!! Jake is now 4 years old and moves around like a puppy!!!
Abady saved my dogs life

I went into a pet store recently to buy Innova. That is what I decided on. The salesman tried to talk me out of it and into buying Abady. I walked out with nothing. I will not go back in there. I am convinced he makes more on each bag he sells of Abady and really doesnt care about his customer needs.
I did my research and read these reviews. If a dog was in the wild, ours are not, I dont thing they would eat the heads, beaks and feet first. I think they would eat that last out of just being hungry or just to eat. How do we know that they actually need these by products. I wont feed them to my dog, just like I dont eat red meat or go to fast food chains for me.

  I have been feeding my Golden Retriever Abady Grandular for 3 1/2 years since he was 2 months old beginning with Maintence and Stress and the for the past couple of years the Competition and Stress Formula. After reading a number of articles Dr. Abady wrote about Canine health and feeding, I couldn't in my right mind imagine feeding my pup anything but Abady. I even went so far as to call the company speaking to a wonderful gal who told me her parents had goldens and were so pleased with their coats and general health.

I too have (or had) a vet that had never heard about this food, and she still doesn't after hearing about from me for three years and never doing any research on it. She's done!

My Golden certainly does not have the "usual" Golden temperment or laid back demeanor. He is Highly energetic and crazy for the sports he competes in.  In Flyball, he's our start dog running a consistent 4.4 seconds, and he hold's the current Top Nationally ranked Golden Retirever in  Dockdogs. I truly believe that I get the best performance out my dog as a result of feeding Abady.

In addttion, we are continually complemented on his appearance and muscle tone from both other dog owners as well as professionals who work with animals large and small, his Chiropractor, and Hydrotherapy Professional to name a couple we've seen that help to keep him at his peek performance levels.

I have noticed that within the past year he licks the bottoms of his feet. Some would say that is a definite sign of allergies. My vet thought beef (I know that couldn't be),  or she thought dust mites, it could be anything. But herein lies that fact that if this the only thing I have to "deal' with considering the history Goldens have for so many diseases and disorders associated with Golden history, I'm really lucky to have none of those to contend with presently. He also has Excellent hips, unlike his Mother who was given a borderline.  This could well be the food, but I know all his siblings and have not heard of any problems with them thus far.

I had great experience talking with the gals at Abady, on the numerous occasions I've called them with questions!! The possible allery and licking thing, they researched it, talked with Dr. Abady and returned my call promptly helping to eliminate all possiblities that could be the casue for this issue, with Dr. Abady finally saying I should add a special supplement to his food.

I am fortunate to be around so many people who know so much about dog food, have their opinions and suggestions about feeding, supplments, vitamins, raw vs. the others....yadda yadda yadda......and I listen to what these inidividuals say...But I certainly don't bash the food they feed as some here are doing so rudely and without merit.

I trust what Dr. Abady knows because I know he is first and foremost concerned about the health and well being of my dog.

I've been feeding my Bouvier Abady since he was one year old. I switched him off of Nutro, which was a disaster for my guy -- lots of indigestible matter and frequent stomach/bowel issues. I switched him to the Abady fresh frozen product, then the Abady NPF. There is simply nothing better. My dog has tons of energy, a beautiful coat, large size with zero hip problems and I'm convinced I've added many good years to his life (and consequently our family's life!). I can't imagine feeding him anything else and am shocked by some of the negative comments on this board. I simply do not believe they are legitimate; they must be ill-informed or purposely biased. I would never feed my dog anything other than Abady.

I have been feeding Abady since the dog food scare back in April. I have to say honestly my dogs look great!My 5 year old black and tan coonhounds health has improved. Proir to Abady I was feeding Natural Life which contains beet pulp and Ruby had an off and on problem with colitus which required expensive vet trips and x-rays. Since she has been on New York natural and canned beef muscle she is fine, no more vet trips, her coat is great and she has lost that pouchy stomach and fatty tumors and the occasional cyst. Abady is excellent!

Um..these are the ingredients in the Toy dog/puppy formula straight from the website: Poultry By-Product Meal (**protein content is inconsistent**), Menhaden Fish Meal, Pre-gelantinized Corn Meal (**A fancy way of just saying corn meal...they are all pre-gelatinized or they wouldn't be edible**), Beef Fat, Ground Kibbled Corn (**hmm..splitting? Guess this food has more corn than necessary**), Meat Meal (**What type of meat?? Beef, chicken, Fluffy??**), Cold Pressed Safflower Oil, Lamb and Mutton Fat, Flaxseed Oil, Undefatted Beef Liver, Salt, Egg Albumen, Dehydrated Carrots, Wheat Germ Oil, Torula Yeast, Menhaden Fish Fat, plus essential vitamins and mimerals.  I have NO idea how or why they can charge such outrageous prices for ingredients that are found in grocery-store brand dog foods.

I am a professional dog trainer and handler and have been involved with working dogs for nearly 30 years. I currently own a gun dog importing/breeding and training business. I handled Police Dogs for over a decade. All of my dogs have been fed Abady granular foods for the past 20 years. All of my dogs, including the 86 lb. Police Dog, worked well into their teens. I can also say that I can't remember the last time I had to take one of my dogs to the vet for anything more than a check up or treatment of an injury. My bitches bounce back from pregnancies very quickly. My litters are always very plump and healthy and develop appropriately. I have never had a puppy develop hip or joint problems. I have personally witnessed the turn around a dog takes when I import it and then put it on Abady food. In my experience dogs usually show great improvement in coat and muscle tone within a few as 8 weeks on Abady food. I am lucky enough to live in the area where Mr. Abady makes his food. I can tell you that he and his staff have always been very helpful when I've gone to them with questions or concerns. I have read other comments in which people have stated that the staff at Abady is rude. This has not been my experience at all. I think that people would probably be surprised at the results they see in a fairly short period of time if they switch their pets to Abady food by the prescribed manner. The fact is, despite the assertions by some, Abady is not much more expensive to feed than any premium feed and it gives one far more "bang for their buck".

I started feeding my healthy 6 yr old Springer, Abady Basic, in early April '07. I had just copped a serious attitude toward Nurto & Petco, after they "rewarded" a "free gift" of 3 cans of tainted wet canned food, to anyone who purchased a 35lb bag of Nutro Ultra dry dog food. Prior to that day, I had never fed wet/canned food of any kind. I had been buying Nutro Ultra for 3-4 yrs, and thought I was really doing right by dog. He loved eating Nutro Ultra, and always had a decent looking coat and loads of energy. The small, firm stool was a bonus since it was easier to pick-up the yard. The only oddity I found when he was on this food was that he would occasionally lick his right hind leg until a hotspot resulted. This started approx 1.5 yrs ago, and intermittently appeared thereafter. Following several vet visits (4 different opinions over a 9 mo period), it was thought that it must be a stinger/sliver or some other foreign object in there that occasionally caused irritation. Since there was a small black speck resembling a stinger/sliver located in the middle of the irritated area I went along with the diagnosis. Diet was never even mentioned through any of this. I set the ($350 min) surgery appt, to allow them to cut it open for exploratory purposes, remove any foreign object and the moist irritated skin, and sew him up. For some reason, I just wasn't comfortable with the diagnosis and started researching diet and allergy info on my own. I decided to go with the radically different Abady diet. My dog has only been on this food for 7-8 wks, and this is where we are at: 1. HOTSPOT - within one week he no longer licked at it and for the first time in 1.5 yrs the hair has completely grown back. 2. ENERGY - still has plenty of energy but seems calmer in his overall disposition. 3. COAT - still seems healthy and perhaps a bit more shiny. 4. DESIRE FOR FOOD - initially he seemed very excited to eat, but after a slow 2 wk weaning process, he became less and less interested in the food. Within a wk of being on 100% Abady he literally walked away from the bowl. Later that same day he vomitted after slowly picking at the food through the morning hours. That evening he began a bout of diarrhea. The following morning he had an extremely violent case of diarrhea while in his crate which continued when I let him outside. I spoke with Mr Abady directly and he said that Ultra was the worst food I could have fed my dog and that my dogs intestines have likely deteriorated to the point where he cannot handle Abady diet. He correctly stated that the dog has a bacterial infection in his stomach and recommended that I take him to the vet to obtain medication to combat the infection. My dog has just completed the ten days of meds and is much better. The vet also prescribed packets of Purina Forti Flora to aid digestion by returning the good bacteria to the stomach. Everything is currently ok and I will continue with the Abady food in hopes that his system has had enough time to adjust completely. I will report back later to let you know how things progress. From my perspective, the jury is still out as to whether or not the Abady diet is a long-term option for my Springer. Ultimately, I think we have to judge these things on a case by case basis, and not get to swayed by claims of any sort. We also must be willing to deal with some of the unpleasant experiences that go along with making a radical change in diet and give our pet plenty of time to adapt. Hopefully, in our case, a little more time will be the answer.

This dog food is awesome!  My 2 German shepherds have been on Abady now for 2 1/2 mos.  My 9 year old female has never looked or felt better.  She literally looks like a plush dog and plays with our 11 month old pup as if she were a pup again!  My 11 month old male had all sorts of skin/coat/intestinal/anal itching and autoimmune problems.  He has been a nightmare!  He was on Diamond dog food when I got him from the breeder at 9 weeks.  I changed him to Eukanuba large breed puppy and then to Blue Buffalo lamb & rice puppy thinking I was doing better by him each "upgrade".  These dog foods are full of fiber and only made him worse!  After 2 regular vets, one specialist and vet bills galore; a dog trainer and holistic vet finally led me to Abady!  Since feeding Abady, my pup is slowly getting better all the time.  This is the first time I've rated a product and it's because I feel so strongly about it!

I recently started my 14 year-old Plott Hound mix on Abady kibble (a mix of the All-star and New Frontier) and like another reviewer said, it "gave me my friend back." His long-time problem with loose stools - gone. Also, after just a couple weeks he has regained strength in his formerly-wobbly back legs. He is playing and climbing on the couch again, where he used to just stand and whine. It may not be the right food for every dog, but it is for mine, and I highly recommend it for any medium or larger naturally muscular breeds. Just mix it in GRADUALLY!

May as well feed ol'roy based on ingredients, it's cheaper.

When looking over the many formulas I was appauled at how bad the toy dog formulas were. Poultry By-Products, Lard, and Meat Meal. Yuck! First off, they are not specifying the type of poultry that they put in the food. Yes, they say it is turkey and chicken, but why don't they put that on the bag? Second, By-products are NOT organ meat, no matter how much you want to believe that it is, its not. If by-products were organ meat they would be allowed to state it on the label. Read a Nature's Variety Raw Pet Food or Dry food Label. They state Turkey Live, Turkey Heart, etc. That is great for dogs, by-products (the beaks, feet, and brains) are not! Lard is extremely high in saturated fat and extremely low in linolic acid. There is such a thing as too much fat and especially in little dogs, the high amounts of fat can lead to many problems including obesity, bloating, and even pacreatitus.

One of the worst ingredients in the food is the Meal Meal. What meat?!? Whenever a company does not state the source of meat, it could be anything from beef, lamb, rats, road kill, and even our own euthanized dogs and cats!!! Yet again, this company will try to tell you that it is turkey and chicken...then why can't they even put poultry meal on the label?

Next, many seem to beleive that their adult High Maintence formulas are good, and, while they may be of higher quality than their toy and small dog formulas they are by far from good. Most contain Poultry meal, Lard, and Meat meal and those that don't, still contain an insane over abundance of corn. Corn is not something dogs are meant to eat, corn has not nutritional value for a dog. It is meerly in the food to boost the protien. And it can lead to serious allergies in dogs. Also, as with the small dogs, there is such thing as too much fat. The MINIMUM amount of fat in most of their foods is 28%. This is the minimum, they tell you no maximum. That is way to much fat for any dog, and is caused by the high amounts of lard in the food. If you want a good food with a reasonable amount of fat but that is still high in protien, try Nature's Variety Raw Instinct or Innova Evo. They each have about 22% fat and 42% protien. They also do not contain any by-products. grains, or unnatural fats. Plus, they are actually cheaper!! Much better bang for your buck!

***Like jcolt32 I also own an holistic pet shop, but would not dare sell abady or any other food like it. Understading the needs of carnivorse is key to a good food and Abady does not do so with their formula. A food that I have never seen any bad resonse too, as well as having quality ingredients is Honest Kitchen. Look that up and compare ingredients. Kibble is fine and easy for pet owners but it is by no means a quality diet for carnivorse (i.e. Dogs and Cats) they need raw meat in their diet and Honest Kitchen is one of the best foods I have seen to provide that. If anyone has any questions about what a type of diet you may want to feed your dogs, please e-mail me at puppyloverkb@cox.net and I will be more than happy to answer any and all questions.

  Cheers,

Kate

I own a holistic Pet shop (www.njpetshop.com) and have been selling Abady products for years. I'll be very honest with everyone. If someone showed me an ingredient list from Abady, and I didn't know it was Abady, I would be hesitant to use it. In fact, I would not use it. But, the fact that it is Abady is all I need to know. It is the only food I sell that no dogs or cats have had any reactions or issues eating it. It is the best performing food I sell. Most people don't realize how essential by-products and Fat (lard) is for carnivores. I see Lard on a label and my first thought is "Thank God", someone knows what they are doing. I sell some of the best dry, canned and Raw foods in the country. And, if I am ever in doubt about what food to suggest, I always direct people to Abady. Mr. Abady is the only source I feel completely comfortable taking advide from. All these other jokers want to talk about all the vegetables and fiber that dogs and cats need. Those are the foods you need to stay away from. I am always available to help anyone anywhere in the country if they would to talk about carnivore nutrition. If you don't like Abady foods there are only two possible reasons: Either A - you never tried it before to see it out-perform other foods ... or B - You don't fully understand the requirements of carnivores. There is one other possbility...you could read some periodicals that bash ingredients. I won't mention what periodicals.

Sincerely,
Jeff Coltenback, President
Paradise Pet, Inc
Bloomfield, NJ
www.njpetshop.com

Man I have to say WOW! My old dog or should I say best friend is 10 years old now and father time has been picking on him. He has hip dysplegia, cataracts, 3 teeth, frequent seizures, and a prolapsed rectum. A friend of mine heard about Abady feed and It has been fantastic. after just 3 months feeding it Ol Buster is bouncing around like a 9 month old puppy. Thanks Abady for giving my friend back.

Our dogs have done really well on Abady granular formulas. It costs us the same as a premium dog food per month. We know this because we have one dog who we did a food trial on and had him on a venison formula for a couple months. Turns out not to be a food allergy. We feed our dogs only dog food and a couple small home made salmon based bog bones for a treat. As far as chicken feet and heads (beaks are mostly still connected to the heads in by-products) they are a good source of nutrients for animals. We live in a world where most of us have not grown and cleaned our own food animals and only know them as neatly packaged chunks of flesh. There is a whole lot of animal left after the "good" stuff is removed. Why waste parts of an animal that was killed because we humans in our Western culture find it yucky? There are tons of people who enjoy eating chicken feet, pork feet, intestines, kidneys, brains, mammary secretions of many different species, eyes and other parts of an animal. So it can't be all that bad. Well, our dogs have done wonderfully on Abady, maybe yours won't. It is up to the pet owner to give their pets what they thrive on and it can be a vastly different product for each pet. The owner has to find what his pet does well on. I've seen beautiful healthy dogs on some pretty economy brand foods too - but their poops were HUGE. But, we are very happy with the Abady so we feed it. blah blah blah

This food is GREAT. I've used Classic, Basic, and High Stress (all granular products). Cleared up my GSD's allergies, firmed up his stool, made his stool stop stinking-to-high-heaven, stopped his itching, made his coat soft and glossy and stop falling out, etc. And my Ridgebacks are healthy as can be on Abady - nearly 6 years of NO Vet visits for health reasons.

The problems people have described in comments here (people who have actually USED the product) sound like they OVER FED the product and/or switched to Abady directly w/o a transition from their previous food. With the granular product, you only need to feed 1/2 - 2/3 as much as commercial kibbles, but humans have a hard time doing that, so they feed the same amount as what they had been feeding of commercial kibble. As a result, it is too much high quality food and naturally the dogs' systems are going to have a hard time with that (resulting in loose stools, upset stomachs, and as the one person noted, gaining weight). If you discipline YOURSELF and feed the correct amount, it should be fine. But yes, it's difficult to give a 60-lb dog only 3/4 cup of food twice a day! But if they thrive on that amount, then that is the RIGHT amount, regardless of our human "need" to stuff their faces like we stuff our own.

Lastly, I am appalled that people would come on here and "review" a product they have never even tried, simply by reading the ingredients list of one or two of the dozens of products that Abady makes. My Vets "prescribed" all kinds of foods to help my dog's allergies (chicken & rice; lamb & rice; venison & rice; chicken & barley; fish & rice, etc.), and I tried them all, and I tried all kinds of supplements (fish oils, garlic, vitamins, topicals, ingestables, shampoos, etc.), and nothing took care of the problem. But ABADY did. Of course the Vets had never even heard of Abady so it was not one of their recommendations. And you know why they recommended all that other stuff? Because they told me my dog was allergic to BEEF!! My Shepherd thrived on Abady, and he wasn't allergic to beef after all. Yes, Abady is more expensive as a food, but if I had fed Abady from the beginning, I would have saved a few thousand dollars on Vet bills. So when you're evaluating "cost" you have to include the savings you will have on Vet bills when you have a healthy animal.

As an aside, for those people complaining about "chicken beaks and feet"... Do you realize that Wolves, Coyotes, Foxes, and other wild canines eat pretty much EVERYTHING when they kill animals (except feathers), including their "cow anus"? Do you realize that wild canines will often eat the gut cavity of their kill first, including intestines (and contents), organs, etc. Do you realize this is how canines get a complete and balanced diet? So when you're complaining about what goes into various dog foods, just remember that it doesn't have to be palatable to YOU to be APPROPRIATE for a canine. And specifically, regarding Abady, before you complain about "chicken beaks and feet", it might be good if you called the company and asked them whether or not they use those by-products in their foods before you complain about the terminology, which is required labelling for certain by-products, including the valuable organ meats.

The window malfunctions and left this off:

Glad to know that puppylover8 has far more expertise than vets who have been practicing over 40 years and laugh at anyone thinking a dog will have a heart attack from cholesterol..

Also glad to know that she knows more about nutrition for high performance than a vet who actively competes in dog sledding  and is one of the few vets qualified to and who does work the Iditarod race. (Go look it up – it is only about 1000 miles with a dog sled in the dead of winter.)    The dog sled race vet calls Abady superb and an excellent choice for a performance dog.

Too much information and too little knowledge from someone who is a wanna-be who is NOT a qualified vet. 

By the way, you did NOT describe cholesterol problems in dogs with a heart attack from cholesterol buildup - you described muscle failure and valve failure which are stryctural defects.

When a dog eats fresh kill and they eat an animal, they eat the FAT on the animal as well as the muscle.  Lard is rendered ANIMAL FAT. Duh!!! 

I think there are some huge misconceptions about this food. First of all, the granular product is awesome! I have two GSD's who are thriving on this food. I have never seen results like this before in other "super ultra premium" brands, but I will not bad mouth other companies, that is not the purpose. I had no problem with the customer service at Abady-quick, get to the point and honest with all of my questions. First off the granular product is not processed like kibble at high heat to produce a pellet. Instead Abady chooses to process each ingredient separately, those ingredients like rice that need to be cooked at high heat to be digestible for the animal are done so, and those ingredients that are not required to be processed with such high temperatures like meat are processed at temperatures that perserve its integrity without destroying many of the nutrients. All of the ingredients are then mixed into a granular form together including vitamins without being compromised. As far as the by-products go, there is AAFCO that requires companies to list certain things as that, by-products. The chicken by-products that are used in Abady are those of livers, kidneys and hearts-which are full of vital nutrients and minerals that are so good for our animals(not that of beaks and feet and who knows what else like some of the lesser quality foods on the market). Please keep in mind that all the ingredients used are HUMAN GRADE and USDA certified. The oils used are also health food grade and non-GMO. Vegetables and fruits are not used as fillers in their foods. When Abady states that their product has 32% protein, that protein is made up of over 95% MEAT PROTEIN. Abady does not get its protein sources from a mix of meat, grain, vegetable and fruit matter, as other comapnies do when they compile protein percentages. Vegetable and fruit matter irritate our dogs and cats stomach lining and intestines, it is not biologically appropriate for them. This leads to many problems like IBS, gas and allergies to name a few, the good flora and enzymes are destroyed because of the breakdown and overtime the animals immune system is affected. That said, I feed very little, 2c. per day each for my GSD's and I have lower waste volume. Remember, what works with one may not with another, just become an informed consumer and think outside the box. Never hesitate to call a company and question their products, you may learn something to improve the health of your pets.

I have 2 Malamutes who have been on abadys for 3 years now...and I think its the best food. My dogs love it! As a pup, my male mal was eating other foods(and i went through plenty)which he would eat and eat and eat and he had diarrhea terribly ....until someone suggested the abadys granular.It was great. He not only cut down on his eating...he finally seemed full after he ate and his stool was back to normal. Now he is 3 and still on abadys. I now feed him allstar and both my mals are doing great!!!! I want to add: my male mal is 130 pounds. he LOVES food. people think it costs a fortune to feed him, but really iput out about 3 cups of kibble and 2 cans of abadysfor both my mals. the female isn't a big eater(shes 75 lbs). i keep his dog food bowl full (they usually have to work up an appetite). it really isn't that expensive when you figure 2 dogs eating it. A 20 pound bag usually lasts me atleast a month(for 2 dogs). my neighbor feeds her dog some brand from supermarket and spends a lot more in a month than i do...of course i spend it in one day...she spends it throughout the month, but atleast i know my dogs are getting a great quality food...and knock on wood..my dogs have NEVER been sick since they've been on abadys!!!

My dog has been eating Abady for the past seven years and has been extremely healthy. As a 10-year old she is more vibrant than most dogs half her age that are her size. I am not sure of why people are so down on this food since there are numerous versions of the food, some without any of the corn and other garbage. I tried many of the other foods, such as Solid Gold, and either my dog didn't like them or in the case of Solid Gold the supply chain was suspect and I could not depend on distributors. What I can say for certain is that my dog acts like she is just out of puppyhood and is ten, and I have had no vet bills outside the normal vaccinations required in her entire life. If someone gave me a good reason to switch at this point I would entertain the prospect, but the label on the bag I buy of the Abady doesn't show the same horror story as has been reported here by others.

Abady is not a quality food for many of the reasons jlphilli states. My recommendation to those of you who feed this brand is to learn more by reading an excellent book on the industry titled: Food Pets Die For by Ann N. Martin. Another resource for information on the top brands of foods is Whole Dog Journal. Annually (January and February) they review an extensive brand list of kibble, canned and raw foods. WDJ is also an outstanding monthly quide to natural dog care and training. Foods I recommend are Nature's Variety, Solid Gold, Natura (California Natural and Evo) and Timber Wolf Organics. Although I read this evening but have yet to confirm that Timber Wolf was recently purchased by Diamond Pet Foods which is another questionable manufacturer like Abady. For those of you who are interested in exploring pet nutrtion further, read the book: K9 Kitchen Your Dog's Diet: The Truth Behind The Hype by Monical Segal. Monica is a well respected and very knowledgeable nutritionist in Canada.

MVJ- my dogs fell ill to this food because of the poultry by-product. (Poultry - not knowing whether chicken or turkey) They all got salmonella. It was the only food that they were eating. No treats, bones etc. they didn't get into anything inside or outside, it was middle of winter. All 3 were diagnosed and I paid for 3 separate tests. I did not want to believe it could've been Abady, because I fell into the trap of believing everything he says, and thinking all these other nutritionists, vets, dog food companies were wrong and he was right.

No, there was no chance of side effects switch to the food, I had already used 1 small box, opened my second box of it, and then this began, I even called and told them repeatedly that the food smelled funny and something seemed wrong, they told me it was the fish in the food, and I questioned why I never smelled this before. I had ordered 2 small boxes, so for the sake of it I opened the next box to see if that one smelled funny and it did.I've had dogs all my life and know how to transfer foods, I was asked this before, but they were already on the food.

And I did not yell about their customer service at all,they are rude and Mr. Abady after telling me to only speak to him, refused to get on the phone with me even after I called a few times. Right up until about 3 weeks ago I called and asked why I didn't hear back from them,and they said they thought someone had taken care of it because the girl I spoke with the last time was out sick so she assumed it was taken care of, well... to date still haven't heard from Mr. Abady. Yes, they are rude.
Some people love Abady and their dogs do well, and some people don't. Abady is a topic most want to avoid because there's those who love it and those that don't each will defend, it can really cause an uproar. I lived this horrible ordeal for all 3 of my dogs and it cost me a fortune to get them better. Topic will close now, unfortunately, it's too late to report them, I had a bad experience with it, and will just leave it at that, I'm just thankful I'm a cautious dog owner who watches what my dogs do and saw that something was wrong and caught it in time before they got sicker or it was passed to my family. Read some more, you'll get better educated about the philosphies, proof and the foods. Like I said, some love it , some don't
we need to respect each others opinion.

I havent tried them and I wont. There is no such thing as an artificial stool hardener this is a marketing gimmick and the rest of the world refers to this as fiber. This company likes to advertise many scare tactics and twist information to sell their products IMO and therefore I will *not* support this behavior by purchasing any Abady products. I would caution anyone looking to purchase anything to be leery of any company that writes such inflammatory, extreme adds and articles that the rest of the scientific community do not support. Oh...and dogs have also bloated on Abady foods just an FYI.

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What is it with many people who feed this food being so very rude to others? The food may not swell but IMO many of the people who feed it to their pets have their heads swell. Feeding Abady does not make someone a better pet owner or more intelligent..... FYI NOTHING digests fiber, fiber is not meant to be digested, it IS undigestable that is it's purpose ~~ roughage.

I have just started feeding my dog Abady canned food after a strong recommendation. He has elevated liver enzymes and i want to improve his diet. However, now I am really concerned at the extremes I am reading about here. This is either the BEST or the WORST food out there. My question is, why the controversy? My dog seems fine after a week of mixing Abady with his old kibble.

For those whose dogs fell ill after Abady, did your Vet tell you which particular ingredient caused it? Was the "bacterial infection" really caused by Abady or is it the side effects of recovering due to the switch? No point yelling at how rude the customer service is etc...Would you refuse a doctor to operate on you even though he is the only doctor who can save your life, just because his hospital has poor customer service & the doctor is a rude man (but who will save you)? I was 1st introduced to Abady by a passionate owner of a pet shop & who has a few dogs. In fact I asked her about it when I heard her talking to another lady about Abady in her shop. There was abosolutely no hard selling or signs of ignorance. She would even be cutting into her profits if all her customers buys Abady Products after hearing her explanation about the advantages. But her stand had been it is the only dog food that is really good for the dog & its up to me to decide. She would'nt mind if her profits were affected. I saw pictures of dogs in the before & after stage. I even noticed how "fit" her old dog was. I started adopting to this brand, because what she said made sense and which brought me back to some incidents which my dogs had a adverse reaction to due to certain harmful ingredients. As i had 2 dogs, both had a switch. However, the "stools" they excrete was somewhat different. I was puzzled as one had loose watery stools after one one week while the other continued having firm "human like stools". I concluded that the other's stomach is trying to adjust to the new food as she is the older dog of the 2 & her stomach may have been "weak" after feeding on other dog food. However, she is more energetic than before and less aggressive despite these "sick" symtoms. She is an abandoned & abused dog. I was amazed how Abady could improve her character (although not to a large extent yet). I even compared their stools and other commercial food causes stools which when u break it up, have alot of fibre strands. Dogs cant digest Fibre! That's why my dogs even eat up their stools when I fed them fruits in the past! No point telling so much about how good it is. It requires your trust to start and persists. Also, there is a special way to switch to Abady. If you really want to improve your dog's life, find out what it is, learn it and stick to. U cannot be impatient and feed alot at one go without monitoring the results gradually and expect your dog to be able to withstand the change immediately and without care! As their stomach has already been weakened. Well, just my personal experience & opinion. : )

This stuff is really bad, my dog became sick after 2 weeks with Abady!

Abady is a great food. The granular is one and only food we can find. I'm one person who doesn't believe in giving dogs vegetables, oatmeal, etc. They are just fibre and junk to dogs. Herbs are good but not as a daily feed. My dogs are active and energetic. Both have excellent muscle mass, strong and sturdy. Only by giving Abady, I can see such results. I'm sure there are other good food out there but never the same. Once you start on Abady, you stop looking elsewhere.

Abady is amazing! I read the material and was intrigued, but not Sold. I figure "the proof is in the pudding". I started my dog on it almost five years ago. She was five, her fur was coarse, and she had a horrid infestation of fleas. At the time, I fed her "premium" foods from the specialty pet store. Within a month after switching to Abady, her fur was as soft as a puppy's and glossy. Her muscles became really well defined. And, the fleas left! Parasites won't bother with healthy animals. In all the literature, Abady does not claim that their food rids dogs of fleas or parasites. I'm impressed that they don't just go spouting off "success stories" to prove that it works; rather, they cite research. Nonetheless, my Coalie is a Success Story, and I've proven to myself and my friend that it really works. She really does eat half as much Abady vs. any other food I've tried, so my dollar goes twice as far. I could have written off the literature as jargon or hearsay or "snakeoil". I can't speak for the studies or science that Abady's literature proclaims. However, I tried it for myself, and the results are what I go by. She is now an older dog, and still runs around like a puppy -- I'm hoping for a day that I can keep up with her play. No, I don't work for Abady, or sell their product, or have ever talked with the company. I'm just a dog owner who loves my pet, and loves the changes that Abady brought about in her and her lasting health. I still believe that there will be another dog food developed that will rival the results that I've seen, and I hope it does come along, because all of our best friends deserve to have many choices of that level of quality to ensure their longevity. Seeing is believing. I suggest to those who choose not to try the product because of their opinions about the literature and ingredient list to put aside their pre-conceptions. True skeptics are those who go out to prove the truth, not just pooh-pooh an idea out of personal pre-judgement. And it sounds like the product hasn't worked for some. That doesn't mean that it doesn't work. It means that it wasn't right for some. For most people, peanut butter is a great source of protein and pretty tasty, but for some, one bite could kill. Therefore, "Peanut Butter Kills and Is Bad." Agree or disagree?

i have read the ingrediants and byproduct is the worst thing you can give a dog as is corn ...dogs cannot digest corn or corn meal...i suggest you try natures valley raw instinct..it is a much better quality food....

To MyDogIsAwesome If you think I'm full of.... well you should've seen what came out of my dog's on this food. You sound a lot like someone from the company, their customer service is rude too. Mr. Abady told me he'd help me and to only ask for him, when I called withi the stool issue, he wouldn't even come to the phone! Reputation speaks for itself. BY THE WAY FOUL LANGUAGE IS NOT ALLOWED ON THIS - SHAME ON YOU! well,I tried to use this food. Canned , kibble and granular. Granular being the worst! I strongly caution anyone using this food. My dogs became extremely ill after eating it and now are on medication to try to get better, awaiting test results. Serious bacterial infection. I was told that this was "the best food" well it is awful, customer service and Abady himself are rude and won't come to the phone and answer any questions, now I have sick animals from this so called "best food". Now this so called " best" is the WORST and has made them ill. The food is over priced and the claims they make are so far fetched. Please caution using this food. My one dog gained 8 pounds eating it and also broke out in small cysts on his body. As others have stated the ingredients are not healthy like they say, no matter what they tell you, lard, poultry by products -YUCK!

Abady dog food is simply the best available commercial dog food (only freshly prepared beats it). I've been using Abady for 7 years. My Mastiff is lean, ripped and a BOOMING statement of exceptional health. I switched to Abady from the breeders' recommendation after speaking to another breeder whose Danes' life span increased an average of 3 years after using Abady. I couldn't help but notice the moronic posts from tootsie28 and um, jlphilli. YES, Abady contains by-products. That's the point, kids! Organ meat is an excellent source of a wide array of vitamins and minderals (Yo, jlphilli, ijit, humans pay a fortune for fish fat I.E. OMEGA 3, DUH!!! Yo, jlphilli, ijit, egg albumen IS pure protein. Yo, jlphilli, ijit,undefatted beef liver is a gold mine of iron and other minerals,,,, I could go on and on). Muscle meat alone is CANNOT provide the wide spectrum of vitamins and minerals. The grains used in Abady are specifically chosen NOT to absorb water and cause bloat and torsion, which is a CRITICAL factor for larger dogs. No, Abady isn't neat and clean like mediocre dog food. No, Abady doesn't contain stool hardeners so morons like jlphilii can have an easy time cleaning up after their dog. But 20,000 years ago canines were thriving on a diet that, commercially, is most closely replicated by Abady dog food. If you can't understand sound science over semantics (i.e. "by-products") then I feel sorry for your poor dog for a variety of reasons. Oh, and TOOTSIE28, either your dog has severe allergies which is NOT a statement about the quality of Abady food OR you are completely full of SH*T.

I think Abady Dog Food is the best there is. I have tried everything. I don't think they use extreme marketing ploys, they barely advertise at all! I think everything they say is true. After all my research, I think Abady has the best ingredients, mostly meat. My dogs do better on it than anything else by far I have used. I don't want my dogs eating beet pulp and oatmeal.

They say they use Beef Parts? What parts are they using? Anus? Would feel better if they used just the meat.

I have been rasing my German Shepherd on Abady and could not be happier with his growth! It exceedes all other commercial dog foods that I have tried. He has shown incredible SLOW development which is extremely important with breeds such as the GSD. He is now one year old and becoming very well defined muscularly. He has amazing energy and is the star puppy with his Schutzhund training. I wouldnt feed him anything else!

i love abady and so does my great dane who had demodex mange and on all the "premium" food he never looked healthy until abady and wow what a difference in his health and appearance he is very healthy looking his coat shines like white satin its amazing the results in my dog all his hair has grown back and he is muscular now and he is still growing so i cant wait until he is done growing to see how he looks on this great food thanks robert abady in producing such a GREAT food !!!

My dogs, cats, and ferrets love abady! They have never been so healthy! Thier coats are all glossy and sattiny and wonderful to pet. My vet bills are lower and my pets all have more energy! My german shepard had so many allergies and horrid skin and fur. After a month of feeding Abady there was a significant improvement in his allergies and skin. Now I can not believe what he used to have to go through! Thank you Abady

All of my dogs are doing great on this food. There coats are softer, they don't smell like dogs even when wet. My boxer was the biggest change she used to tip her bowl and eat off the floor, well no more see digs in right away. She stopped chewing her feet, her overall health is now at 100 percent. Since Abady doesn't add artificial stool hardners I have not had any problems with anal glands rupturing. Also there dietprotect from bloat. Please check this food out for your dogs & cats sake. They only advertise in Dog Journal and by mouth. You can call or find there Poughkeepsie NY phone number on the web to find a dealer near you...........