Stella & Chewy's Freeze Dried Raw Dinner Patties – Grain Free Dog Food, Protein Rich Simply Venison Recipe – 25 oz Bag

These patties have been a GAME CHANGER for my labradoodle's breakfast. She is a very picky eater so we have tired a lot of various brands and flavors.The quality of these patties is immediately noticeable compared to others we have tried. They're made with real lamb, and you can tell just by looking at them that they're a step above. They stay in tact and we break them up and hide them in her toys to keep her interested. We have used them with warm water also but our pup loves to push them around with her snout and then eat them broken into quarters.We have tried all the flavors but lately the lamb has been a big hit. Chicken and beef are also in the rotation for breakfast. They are also great if she is not in the mood for other food and we don't want to fill her full of traces. (she is super picky eating some stuff)I appreciate the quality of the patient and the Stella & Chewy brand is well respected in the industry. We are big advocates of the quality ingredients and are health conscious ourselves. It is important for us our dog stays healthy and has a well rounded diet. They are a bit pricier than others but I think you pay for what you get.Overall they are high-quality, super convenient, slightly more expensive, and most importantly my DOG LOVES them! If it means she eats well and is healthy then it's worth it for us. I recommend at least trying the small bag if you're unsure about the flavor. (also try Chicken and Beef)

These are a huge favorite in my house. Even the pickiest eater will love these! They are so good for sensitive tummies, too! High quality ingredients and great for sensitive skin. Anytime my dogs have had skin or bunny issues, these help get then on track. The only negative with these is that you don't get that many in a bag and are expensive-no matter where you buy them. They are cheaper on Amazon, though. If they weren't so expensive, my dogs would be given these every single day. It's a high quality product and especially great for French and English bulldogs. Highly recommend.

I have a picky eater that will go on a hunger strike if we don’t put some kind of yummy topper on her kibble. We’ve been using these patties for about 2 years now and we just crumble one on top of her bowl of kibble and add a little warm water and she will clean the bowl every single time. We’ve tried all the flavors and her favorite seems to be the Duck and Lamb. My dog is 85 lbs so using only these as her meal would have us going through the big bag every couple days which would be absurdly expensive , but just using one per meal as a topper works perfectly and the big bag will last us several weeks.

No holes 🕳️ OR marks on the bag. Clean. Arrived in good condition. 🙂

The media could not be loaded.  ♦Meet Wrigley: the 4-year-old 7lb Maltese who has us wrapped around his fluffy paws. Wrigley has no known allergies.♦SummaryWrigley has been quite selective when it comes to food ever since we adopted him 2.5 years ago. It’s my opinion (and I’m not in the veterinary field) that Stella & Chewy’s is one of the highest quality commercial dog foods available; the ingredients are second to none. It was also the first real food we offered to Wrigley that he would eat right away without any encouragement. For a short period of time, we fed Wrigley exclusively Stella & Chewy’s brand freeze-dried raw food, but now I also buy Orijen and Primal. This would be an easy 5-stars BUT… (see my comment below for explanation).•IMPORTANT: A negative review mentioned bone fragments in the food. I actually found one today, so I wanted to mention this as well. I do crumble the patty and remember having found fragments previously (not too often, but more than once), so I will be specifically looking for them in the future and I would recommend that you do the same. I have not noticed bone fragments in the other freeze-dried raw patties Wrigley has tried from Orijen or Primal.♦Our Journey to Freeze-Dried Raw Food•Food 1: We purchased a bag of mid-priced kibble from a well-known pet store on the night we adopted him. Wrigley refused to eat it, except if I hand fed him the pieces, one by one. It would sit in the bowl until the next day, even when he was fed nothing else.•Food 2: Wrigley was recovering from knee surgery and our trainer recommended the Natural Balance Lamb Roll because we could sneak in his liquid medication that he wouldn’t take any other way. He snarfed it down at every meal. Before ordering it for the third time on Amazon, I read the reviews and realized that the ingredients held very little nutritional value, including sugar towards the top. I would possibly buy this again as a rare treat for Wrigley, but never a full meal.•Food 3: After seeing commercials for Blue Buffalo, I purchased a bag of their Small Breed kibble. Wrigley would only eat it if I hand fed him a piece or two at a time. Furthermore, the mix has two shapes and he would avoid eating one of them.•Food 4: Next was Blue Buffalo Divine Delights, mini containers of wet stew-like food. I would stock up on all of the flavors when they were on sale for a buck. Sometimes Wrigley would eat the whole container. Mostly he would spit out the chunks of potatoes and carrots on the floor and sometimes not even finish the rest of the meat and gravy. I’m not as environmentally conscious as I’d like to be, but going through so much plastic waste bothered me.•Enter Stella & Chewy’s: sometime during all of this, we were given a sample patty of Stella & Chewy’s Duck Duck Goose Freeze-Dried Raw Food at a Farmer’s Market. Wrigley is my first dog and I never even heard of this kind of food. I put it in a bin with all of his treats and forgot about it for a while. Eventually, I gave the patty to Wrigley and he devoured it. I thought the texture was gross (thinking about ground up animals) and didn’t want to touch it with my bare hands, but Wrigley loved it.•Food 5: A local pet store somehow convinced me to try the frozen Stella & Chewy’s raw food. They even said that feeding him high quality food like this would eliminate his tear stains. Wrigley refused to eat the hamburger patty-like raw food that needed to be kept frozen.•Never Going BackAt this point, I bought a full-size bag of Stella & Chewy’s freeze-dried raw food. Wrigley loved it and I decided I was never going back to lesser-quality food. Wrigley has bad knees and had surgery for luxated patella (dislocated kneecap, a condition common in small dogs).He is still very young, and we want him to be as healthy as possible so he will not suffer as much pain from his knee condition and eventual arthritis. We want him to enjoy a long life with us that includes lots of snuggling and playing. The vet also emphasized the importance of keeping him at a healthy weight to avoid additional stress on his joints. Feeding him size-appropriate portions of high-quality food helps keep him that way. Selfishly, I also hope that paying more for food now will mean spending less on expensive vet bills in the future.♦Stella & Chewy’sWrigley has enjoyed many of the Stella & Chewy’s freeze-dried raw varieties: Duck Duck Goose*, Phenomenal Pheasant, Surf n’ Turf, Dandy Lamb Dinner*, Absolutely Rabbit, and possibly more that I’m forgetting. Asterisks denote Wrigley’s Favorites.Wrigley weighs about 7-8 lbs. When I feed him freeze-dried raw, he gets one patty per meal. We crush it into little pieces and put it in a bowl for him. Some people mix in warm water, but we give it to him plain.I found a site called DogFoodAdvisor and Stella & Chewy’s Freeze-Dried Dog Food is given the highest available rating. They evaluate dog foods based off the ingredients listed on the package (not actual samples) and are far more knowledgeable than I am.&Diams;Cons(iderations)•It’s very important to give the dog access to plenty of water when feeding freeze-dried raw.•Stella & Chewy’s recalled several varieties of food for listeria on December 10, 2015, several days before I am writing this. It didn’t affect the Duck Duck Goose Freeze-Dried for Dogs. That’s not something I want to read, but it won’t stop me from choosing Stella & Chewy’s in the future.•Expensive – especially for larger dogs.•Despite what the pet store employees told me, feeding Wrigley exclusively top-quality food (except for occasional treats) has done nothing to reduce his tear stains.&Diams;What Wrigley Eats NowFor a period of time, Wrigley was eating Stella & Chewy’s freeze-dried raw for every meal. Please see comment below why we purchase additional brands as well now.To save money, Wrigley eats Orijen kibble for his morning meal. Orijen is the first brand of kibble that he will often (but not always) eat right after we pour it in his bowl. We’ve purchased these varieties: Adult Dog http://amzn.com/B00BK2XSL0, Six Fish http://amzn.com/B00A4KFOS4, and Regional Red http://amzn.com/B00BK2XLKS. I believe them to be of equal high quality to Stella & Chewy’s.Wrigley gets a freeze-dried raw patty for his night time meal. I’ve recently been buying mostly Orijen brand freeze-dried raw but I also buy Primal brand and Stella & Chewy’s occasionally, depending upon where I purchase his food. Wrigley likes Orijen and Primal just as much as Stella & Chewy’s and the quality is on par. We’ve purchased these Orijen varieties: Adult Dog http://amzn.com/B00EB7N924, Regional Red http://amzn.com/B00E5A7S6A, and Tundra http://amzn.com/B00E5A7U2C. These are the Primal ones that we’ve bought: Lamb http://amzn.com/B00BC4BIKE and Duck http://amzn.com/B00B68V7RA. I think Orijen is a Canadian company and Primal is based in San Francisco. Primal was kind enough to send me a sample of several of their varieties for Wrigley to try.

These are so easy to rehydrate. My dogs devour these hydrated or not. I tried a variety of tastes using their toppers, and they are red meat fans all the way. They liked them all but red meat the best.I hope you will try them too. There's a lot of this type food on the market, and these are definitely a value for all of the benefits they provide to your four legged baies.

I make all my own pet food for our pets. So we are very picky. This is the only store brand we will buy and supplement with. The dogs love it, in fact they like it more than what we make. So I mix in a patty with our homemade food and I know they are getting very healthy tasty meals! Drawback is the price, so adding to their homemade food helps.

My dog was a very picky eater before I got these. I crumble a half a biscuit into her dry food and she gobbles it up. Before this, I was her personal chef trying to get her to eat. I agree with many who said it's expensive, but definitely worth it for me.

Easy to use but sometimes it’s quite pricey

The only thing I didn't like was the price but the dog food has suited my dog with a sensitive stomach better than anything else. I have tried many types including the Farmer's Dog which is real food and this is the best by far.

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My dogs loved these! You can give them as they are or by adding water, mine preferred them 'as is' as they always have plenty of fresh drinking water available.Highly nutritious and a complete diet. Great product!

My dog used to love and go nuts whenever her meal time. She has several allergies and is currently on a food trial. She did great with this rabbit protein. She scratching reduced by more than 50% after 3 weeks. However, this new packet that I received smells totally different from previous batch!! My dog refused to eat!!