Stella & Chewy's Freeze-Dried Raw Dinner Patties - Venison Blend Recipe - High Protein Grain-Free Puppy & Dog Food - Perfect For Picky Eaters - 5.5 oz

When I adopted my puppy the breeder gave me a few of these because he liked them. I bought them during Amazon Prime day. They are more expensive than I would like to pay. I use them as a treat and give my small dogs 1 full one. They both go crazy and eat them super fast. The youngest one was so excited he wanted back in the bag for me. I love how they are freeze dried and so healthy for them. They don't have any problems breaking them up. They are the perfect size for my 2 small dogs.

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)

I’ve never seen my dog love treats as much as these. We tried these when we babysitter a dog and have been loyal customers since. We go through 2-4 bags a month. I have two yorkies and they will do anything for these. they have tried many treats before but they stop liking it after a while, but not these. They know it by the color of the bag already. I am really glad to know they are eating healthy as well with all the benefits. The size is perfect for my regular yorkies but for my mini one I break it in half. I dont think it gives them allergy relief on my mini one just the bigger one. I wish the price was a little less tho

I foster and have my own dogs. Every single dog has loved these. I don't use as food, but rather as a treat, or break it up for training. I have been buying them for years and by the big bag. One a day so it's not so expensive. I get the duck version & sometimes the lamb. When there on sale I stock up & store in my stand up freezer. Never any diarrhea, and I don't wet them. I give them dry and make sure the water bowl is full. There easy to chew, taste seems to be delicious, and they are healthy for your dog. No bowel obstruction ever, like from chews, or bones (which I never give to any dog).

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.

The dog food is fine, but like I said before IT NEEDS TO BE SHIPPED IN A BOX!!!! It is not the hard brown pellets like most dog food is. It is soft round patties which break and crumble easily. Please ship in a box only.

Our bichon loves these. Eats them in both his meals. He goes right for these first. We spread his meal on a lick mat by what we givr him and he devours these. Love stella and chewy in this house

I feed my dog these exclusively. He has a problem tummy and these are the only things that don’t bother him. He is especially fond of the Lamb and the Duck. He weighs about 22 pounds and goes through a large bag every two weeks. A bit pricey but worth it!

Feeding these to your dog as pure meals gets pretty expensive, but it is definitely a very healthy food and it's a great thing to add to your dog's diet. We have a rather picky dog who isn't always enthusiastic about her meals but she really likes the taste of these. So we use them as food toppers, crumbling up one-half a piece to add to each of her meals, where the main course is other healthy food that's less expensive and (apparently) not as tasty. This works very well and she's a lot more enthusiastic about meal times now. And one bag of these ends up lasting us 11 days so it's not cost prohibitive.

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!!