I have seen several dogs on this food and their coats are dry. I tried it with my pup and his coat was dry within ten days also. I've seen a lot of positive comments about how it can make the coats shine but I didn't see this happen. My dog loved the food more than anything...he just got really dull looking like he had just rolled in the dirt. His stools went from solid and dry to light brown and wet.  He was on NUTRO ULTRA and it has more of the best ingredients than any food I have compared it to.  So now he's going back to it even though he just about quit eating it before and that was the reason I switched.  It's a shame because now I have 20 pounds of it...guess the birds and fish will enjoy it