Comments on: Wellness Complete Health Dog Food Review

By: Pet Food Judge (America)

Pet Food Judge (America) — Thu, 12 Jan 2023 11:38:21 +0000

In reply to Michelle. Hi Michelle, the "research" you speak of has long since been dropped due to inconclusive evidence. This can be viewed on the FDA website, and there is more information here. In fact, the theory stemmed from a Dr Lisa Freeman on the payroll of numerous corporate pet food manufacturers who manufacture grain-based pet foods. Unfortunately the nature of the Internet, viral media, and lack of individual consideration has led to many vets even today still believing this is true researched fact when it isn't. The best take-home point I can offer is most dog foods contains as much non-animal ingredients as they are legally allowed, which is more about cost than canine health. The result of this you can assume doesn't just lead to DCM as a rare condition, but many of the more prevalent conditions in pets such as renal failure, diabetes, or short lifespan.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Sat, 31 Dec 2022 00:19:47 +0000

I am a vet tech and it has been researched that grain free diets for small breeds has been connected in causing cardiomyopathy in small breeds. Not sure why grain free diets have become so popular. Most vets I know do not recommend them.

By: Sue

Sue — Fri, 15 Jul 2016 10:39:48 +0000

I feed the wellness core to my two dogs. I did the right thing and introduced the new food very slowly, only a little added at a time. One of my dogs ended up really sick and I had to take him to the vets as he became dehydrated. The vet told me my dog wasn’t the only one they had seen with the same problem. Took them off this food and they both stopped the vomiting.

By: Larisa

Larisa — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 12:33:57 +0000

Hi There, I am giving my dog Wellness Complete Health Fish Dog Food and after two weeks I’ve notice that he is getting sick, like he has a nausea and he is licking his lips as if getting ready to vomit. Also, he is drinking more water than usual! And the most peculiar things is that he is avoiding the food, meaning I’ll feed him at certain times but he is not interested to eat the food until he is really hungry and then he gets bit sick.
I really started to worry, but now I am sure it’s the food, so thank you all:)

It’s really a same as he has a terrible allergies and the food made his coat so beautiful and he is not scratching any more. He is border collie cross 🙂

By: Ellie

Ellie — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 04:39:17 +0000

I used to feed wellness, eagle pack and Holistic Select – all Wellpet brands – to my dogs and never any problems. It is important for owners to remember they need to transition their dogs onto these types of feed slowly as many dogs are very sensitive to rapid changes in diet. Wellpet uses probiotics in their foods which help stimulate digestion which if a dog or cat is not used to may cause a bad reaction. I recommend a 7 – 14 day transition period where the new food is mixed with the old food in increasing amounts. If owners are not properly transitioning their dogs onto new kibble then it could explain pets getting sick.

By: David Robertson

David Robertson — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 03:00:53 +0000

Wellness CORE also gave my dog diarrhea and vomiting. Switched brands and instantly went away. I will be avoiding this brand in future.

By: Pet Food Judge (America)

Pet Food Judge (America) — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 07:40:32 +0000

In reply to nigel.

Hi Nigel – thanks for the feedback 🙂

If your dog doesn’t suffer allergies or intolerances to any ingredients then I’d stick to Wellness Complete Health or CORE. Wellness Simple is still well formulated, but generally they’re lower in fats which your dog will use for energy and nutrition.

By: nigel

nigel — Wed, 10 Feb 2016 02:59:25 +0000

Hi, love your website, thanks for your work on this, it’s completely changed my purchasing decisions. I always thought I was relatively savvy when it came to not falling for marketing, but clearly when it came to purchasing dog food over the last 10 years I’m as gullible as the majority of people. I will be apologising to my dogs.
I’m just wondering what you think of Wellness Simple Limited Ingredient, and how different is it compared to the Wellness Complete Health range? More specifically, as it has less ingredients, does this mean in theory it’s ‘better’ or is it missing out on some essential ingredients re protein, carbs, fat etc?

By: Sarah RaJkovic

Sarah RaJkovic — Fri, 20 Nov 2015 00:30:20 +0000

In reply to Pet Food Judge (America). Hi there, we are giving Ivory Coat a go, so far so good. Will still use Canidae, Earthborn & ZiwiPeak for the kids as well. Thanks for the website, very informative.

By: Pet Food Judge (America)

Pet Food Judge (America) — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 03:11:08 +0000

In reply to Sarah RaJkovic.

Hi Sarah, I don’t know if any of their foods or ingredients are sourced from Thailand. It’s possible, many manufacturers do (inc Purina).

Some Thai food manufacturing plants are very high quality. I’d be far more concerned about foodstuffs sourced from China.