Comments on: Black Hawk Working Dog Food Review

By: Samantha

Samantha — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 06:25:57 +0000

My two very active cattle dog x staffy’s do so well on this working dog formula. Tried them on different supermarket/pet store products and couldn’t get much weight to stick to them. They now have this working dog formula along with pre-packaged raw food and they have filled out more. A bonus is that their farts don’t smell so much! Regarding what others have said about stomach upsets, I haven’t found my dogs to have any issues. When I’ve fed them other products, they’ve had loose stools but none of that when on the Black Hawk Working Dog.

By: Pet Food Judge (America)

Pet Food Judge (America) — Thu, 22 Jun 2023 09:03:08 +0000

In reply to Trish.

Hi Trish, it’s a weird one with Black Hawk. Many dogs are fine, some aren’t. With the Working Dog formula it’s really good recipe-wise, especially when you consider the real truth about most working dog foods being packed with cereals and cereal by-products. I don’t get much negative feedback about the Working Dog formula, but then again it’s sold in far fewer numbers than the main brands.

I would recommend if your dog has any gastro issues on it, then switch to something else.

By: Trish

Trish — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 09:56:23 +0000

Hi there, thank you so much for your hard work and research! We’ve just transitioned from MfM puppy to Blackhawk working dog to up our vizslas protein as he is in incredibly active and seems to not retain weight. He has a combo of kibble plus fresh veg/bones. Based on your rating, this seems like a great kibble but I’ve just recently come across the diarrhoea concerns with some other formulas. Have you had any more recent feedback on this for BlackHawk? Thanks!

By: Pete

Pete — Sat, 13 May 2023 10:22:03 +0000

I’ve transitioned my Kelpie to black Hawk working dog formula in the last month from supermarket products .ie. Supercoat / Wooofn Good / Farmers Market which I thought were good/good to a certain degree. They have their place in the food chain.

He looked/done well on the supermarket stuff just a few kg underweight.

Caveat, he is the highest energy Kelpie I’ve ever had since the early 80’s.
Cant sit still from sun up until to nearly midnight.

Now he’s finally started to fill out a bit and not so ribby on the working dog formula. 1yr 8months old.

By: Pet Food Judge (America)

Pet Food Judge (America) — Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:35:19 +0000

In reply to Kim.

Hi Kim, interestingly I can’t recall any reports of sickness on the Working Dog formula, but I strongly suspect that to be about numbers – the original and grain free formulas are sold significantly more than the working dog formula.

It’s an interesting one with Black Hawk and the reports of diarrhoea. There never seem to be any reports which are more serious, only loose stools and smelly farts. Hence the warnings on the other two reviews. I think I should add one to this review as well…

By: Kim

Kim — Tue, 18 Jan 2022 21:23:06 +0000

Does this working dog formula cause diarrhoea too?