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Wellness

reviewed by GregNYC

"Old Mother Hubbard's (OMH) Wellness formula is creating a revolution in the pet food industry by taking a holistic approach that incorporates human grade deboned chicken and fish, ...
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GregNYC
09/25/2009

Wellness 1

First, I would like to preface that I am not the type of person to write reviews. Despite being a tech entrepreneur, I am rarely impressed or unhappy enough with a particular product to spend the time writing something about it. That said, I highly recommend that you do not purchase this dog food for your dog. Initially, my girlfriend and I fed our dog a very expensive wet food brand. After about a year of owning our Maltipoo, we figured we would switch to a dry dog food to save us a little time and money (defrosting and preparing the wet food could be time consuming). Having received a recommendation from a close friend, we thought we would give Wellness a try. The brand seemed to be big on the natural ingredients and it seemed like more of premium (i.e., I care about my dog) brand, and I suppose we liked that. HOWEVER, after roughly three weeks into the food, our dog got as sick as we've ever seen her in her one year life time. Thinking it was the treats we were giving her, we continued to feed her Wellness. Over the next couple of days, we stopped treating her completely and continued to give her Wellness. She continued to get sick, each time more violent than before. She was vomiting and dry heaving like we had never seen her. Extremely worried, we took her to the vet who induced her to vomit until she had nothing in her stomach. Our vet recommended we put her on a chicken and rice diet for the next week or so and monitor the results. Thankfully, our dog has been fine ever since. We have even begun to treat her again and there have been no problems whatsoever. We've thrown away every bit of Wellness dog food we've owned and have tried our best to spread the word. Vet costs included, the most troubling thing about this experience was seeing our dog as sick as she was - it was extremely scary and sad and I don't wish it upon any dog. If you are even slightly considering this dog food, the please, please consider something different for the sake of your dog. I have included links to YouTube videos that you guys can watch at your convenience. Thanks for listening and enjoy your wonderful pets.

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brandy0126 commented 66 days ago.
(Edited 66 days ago)
On behalf of Wellness, I have had absolutely no problems with the food. In fact, my cat was on an all natural food called Avoderm and got violently ill. It was not until after I switched to Wellness that he got better. Speaking from experience. It is rather hard to switch a dog/cat from wet to dry food without messing up their stomach. If you do some research you will read that ANYTIME you switch your pets food it is good to do it gradually. You dog may have just been used to wet food therefor could not handle the intensity of the dry food. Dry food is never a vets first recommendation only because dogs and cats were bred as carnivorous. A wet food diet is the best for your pet because it only contains meat and water. Dry food contains so many additives and is a cheaper way of feeding your pet. But is not the healthiest. So please think and research before giving wellness a bad review. Your dog only got sick because of your own negligence.

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Brandy
Vet

GregNYC commented 66 days ago.
Thanks for the comment, Brandy. For your information, I consulted with my veterinarian - who is a very renowned vet in NYC - about switching to a dry food. I was advised to transition over a week and a half, and it seemed to work well. It wasn't until about three weeks after completely switching to Wellness that my dog got violently ill. I also consulted with my vet after my dog got sick and he advised switching foods. If this is being negligent, I would be surprised, but considering I'm not qualified to make these types of judgments, I listen to my vet.
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