I switched my dog from Purina ProPlan shredded chicken formula to Wellness Super 5 Mix Whitefish and Sweet Potato about 2 weeks ago. He has environmental allergies and I was concerned that the constant itching could also be related to his food. After much research and cost/benefit analysis at the pet store, I decided on this one. Unfortunate choice. Even though Purina is supposed to be nothing short of "poisonous" according to the dog food police, the dog's coat was progressively getting softer and shinier while he was eating it. I wrote it off to the fact that he had previously been a shelter dog and who knows what he had been eating! Anything would be a step up. I figured he would be 100% better once he started eating Wellness.

In fact, his coat is becoming progressively duller and he is shedding for the first time since I rescued him two months ago. He is gassy and after several days of making weird retching noises, he finally started to throw up yesterday. I would never think of blaming the food, of course! After all, I was making sacrifices to afford Wellness! Anyway, after a $250 vet bill for a visit showing absolutely nothing wrong with the dog, I was plagued by the burning question... What did happen to this dog?!? After ruling out everything I could think of, I started googling the food and, after getting past all of the sites I had looked at already (all with glowing reviews) I found a couple of websites where people had similar experiences.

I am so angry at this company! I will return the bag to the store tomorrow and demand my money back. It is outrageous for a company to charge double the amount of a premium grocery store brand and effectively make a dog sick while the "evil" food was just fine. I will now buy a small bag of California Natural Lamb and Rice formula after reading that this formula has actually passed food trials and it not merely a formula put together to meet the AAFCO protocols and using my dog as the guinea pig. If he was not prone to allergies, I swear I would go right back to Purina ProPlan... If you have a healthy dog, don't go for the hype, do your own food trials before committing to expensive foods just because they seem to be great.