A little behind on posting but Day 30, final day, of feeding Racheal Ray Nutrish Peak Grain-Free Natural Wetlands. My overall impression is for the price ($41.98 for a 23lb bag) I’d expect a bit more but this is a high protein (30%) food, mid-high-range fat content (15%), it just seems middle of the road Read...

A little behind on posting but Day 30, final day, of feeding Racheal Ray Nutrish Peak Grain-Free Natural Wetlands.

My overall impression is for the price ($41.98 for a 23lb bag) I’d expect a bit more but this is a high protein (30%) food, mid-high-range fat content (15%), it just seems middle of the road to me.  Like there are other options out there at a better price point.  I feel like the jacked up price is due to the celebrity name.

Personally, I’m a person who doesn’t normally buy things endorsed by celebrities because I feel like it’s a marketting ploy to get people to buy their product.

We have many mouths to feed and probably will not be buying this food ourselves in the future.  Our girl didn’t have any negative effects of course but really didn’t find anything of interest that would keep me feeding it over what I was at a better price.

So, here we are, day 18 of the 30 day evaluation of Rachael Ray Nutrish Peak Grain-Free Natural Wetlands.  This is a continuation of our previous post. My girl, Chanel, is keeping her weight on with 4 cups a day.  I have been adding water to her feedings since she was waking me during the night Read...

So, here we are, day 18 of the 30 day evaluation of Rachael Ray Nutrish Peak Grain-Free Natural Wetlands.  This is a continuation of our previous post.

My girl, Chanel, is keeping her weight on with 4 cups a day.  I have been adding water to her feedings since she was waking me during the night wanting water.  I don’t know if this is because of the food or just her.  I’ve also been told that adding water to dry kibble can also help digestion, dogs (& cats) actually can benifit from wet food because dry kibbles don’t offer the amount of moister required in their diet so they must keep up with the moisture through drinking water.  Warning, TANGENT:  Today’s cat diets are extremely dry and can lead to urinary & kidney issues moreso for a cat than one who eats more wet foods.

I’m not seeing really any differences in poops, coat, etc compared to SportMix Wholesome Chicken & Rice.

Rachael Ray products are made by Ainsworth Pet Nutrition.  In doing some research on what is being said about this food from other consumers I stumbled upon Petful.com, the page I linked has some customer comments that are making me rethink this food as a long term option.  It was also found that some of their wet cat food was recalled in 2015 for potentially high levels of Vitamin D but nothing reported that I could find on any dog foods.

I also found this comment, by Tom Ryan, a year ago on the Petful.com link:

We just started our pooch on this food, “real beef and brown rice recipe”. Only a few days and she seems to like it a lot. One thing we have noticed, however, she seems to be drinking much more water since we started it. Does anyone else have this issue?

Now this has me a little concerned since I’m seeing a bit more drinking from my girl while everyone else, left on the SportMix they’ve been eating are drinking regularly.  I will keep a watch on this.

Please leave a comment about your experience with this brand below, we’d love to hear from you.

We’re excited to be doing a 30 day review of Rachael Ray Nutrish Peak Grain-Free Natural Wetlands, requested by Chewy.com.  We started feeding on April 1st, no fooling 😉 Disheartened about Ingredients… According to Dog Food Advisor, they rank Rachael Ray Nutrish Peak at a 4.5 Star food.  That ranking is based on the two Read...

We’re excited to be doing a 30 day review of Rachael Ray Nutrish Peak Grain-Free Natural Wetlands, requested by Chewy.com.  We started feeding on April 1st, no fooling

Disheartened about Ingredients…

According to Dog Food Advisor, they rank Rachael Ray Nutrish Peak at a 4.5 Star food.  That ranking is based on the two other flavors offered and not specifially the Wetlands variety which is labelled ‘New’ in the line.  The recipe is labelled as “Chicken, Duck  & Pheasant” but I’m seeing Turkey [meal] listed long before it gets to Duck or Pheasant, see below:

Viewing the ingredient list:

Chicken, Chicken Meal, Turkey Meal, Dried Peas, Pea Flour, Pea Protein, Whole Dried Potatoes, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols), Whole Flaxseed, Cranberries, Duck, Pheasant, Pork Flavor, Menhaden Fish Meal, Natural Flavor, Salt, Tapioca, Sweet Potatoes, Zinc Proteinate, Vitamin E Supplement, Iron Proteinate, L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (Source of Vitamin C), Copper Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Biotin, Choline Chloride, Niacin, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Sodium Selenite, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Calcium Iodate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid.

When reading ingrediants on a dog food bag, they are labelled in the order of abundance.  Usually the first 6 ingredents are the highest percentage within the food.  I also see Pork [flavor] & Fish meal being shown down the list.  Overall a bit dissapointed in the ingredients claimed to be in the food but so far down the list it may as well not be there, the bulk of this food is Chicken & Turkey, Turkey is’t even listed in the title of the food.

Some people have found that foods containing Peas and/or Flaxseed may have an affect on reproduction, breeders tend to try to avoid them or at least have them futher down the ingredient list (meaning less in food).  Starchy Peas can also be considered as a filler option (takes up 3 spaces in first 6 ingredients), along with Beet Pulp (#8).   A good thing is I see no mention of any extra dyes.

The Kibble

The kibble itself is a medium size, dark brown, round bite.  The food is an ‘all life stages’ and ‘all breed’ formula, the kibble is pretty standard size for other foods labelled as such.  All the kibble is a consistant color so the claim of ‘no dyes’ should hold true unlike some of the multi-colored kibbles on the market.

Price Point

At $41.98 for just 23lbs (that’s $1.83 a pound, so you don’t have to do the math), I find this price pretty pricey for our clan.  But even if we weren’t feeding a pack of dogs I doubt I’d look twice at this food at this price considering the ingredient findings, or lack there of. 

The Dog

We’re feeding one of our Berger Picards this food for 30days.  She’s a small dog for the breed and tends to run her weight off easily. She’s taken to this food well so far, we’ll see how she does as the month progresses.  

Greenies Dental Chew is a very popular brand of doggie dental ‘treat’ advertised as a breath freshener and aid in cutting down on professional cleaning.  The Greenies Smoochable Breath green toothbrush shaped bones are pretty soft in comparison to some chews on the market so not 100% sure how they are supposed to cut down Read...

Greenies Dental Chew is a very popular brand of doggie dental ‘treat’ advertised as a breath freshener and aid in cutting down on professional cleaning.  The Greenies Smoochable Breath green toothbrush shaped bones are pretty soft in comparison to some chews on the market so not 100% sure how they are supposed to cut down on professional cleaning.  I don’t feel the texture would help in the removal of tarter anymore than eating dry kibble on a daily basis. Greenies Dental Smoochable Breath chews are gobbled up quickly by my crew, I received the ‘regular’ size which is recommended for medium breed dogs, we have Rat Terriers & Berger Picards.  These treats are gone as fast as a milkbone.

Nutritional Info

Overall, I’d probably feed them again but not sure I’d go out and directly purchase them again, I’m more of a general bone fan, or pig ears etc.  I feel like the texture of pig ears and bones are more benificial to cleaning teath.  Also, if your pooch has raunchy breath it’s probably best to get checked by a veterinarian anyways because gum disease and tooth decay can turn deadly quick for your companion.  That nasty breath maybe a warning sign that something is seriously wrong, don’t just try to cover it up without looking into the potential problem. Let us know your thoughts on the Greenies!

We chose to review the Victor Lamb and Rice formula canned dog food because of the calorie count, 1540 kcal/kg, 575 kcal/can.  We have some dogs I’m looking to put weight on so giving them tasty, high calorie foods are on the list right now.  I wish this formula was offered in a cuts and Read...

We chose to review the Victor Lamb and Rice formula canned dog food because of the calorie count, 1540 kcal/kg, 575 kcal/can.  We have some dogs I’m looking to put weight on so giving them tasty, high calorie foods are on the list right now.  I wish this formula was offered in a cuts and gravy as I find it a little easier to mix with other items but we made it work by adding warm water and such.  There is a beef cuts in gravy options that offers 82% moisture, we may try that one next time even if the calories are a bit less at 1010 kcal/kg, 378 kcal/can, feel like I can mix it easier in other goodies for calorie count.

Good ingredient list:
Lamb, Vegetable Broth, Lamb Liver, Brown Rice, Dried Egg Product, Barley, Dicalcium Phosphate, Sunflower Oil, Guar Gum, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Cassia Gum, Carrageenan, Oatmeal, Flaxseed Meal, Ferrous Sulfate, Choline Chloride, Zinc Oxide, Vitamin E Supplement, Copper Proteinate, Sodium Selenite, Manganese Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Niacin Supplement, D-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Potassium Iodide, Pyridoxine Hydrocloride, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Folic Acid.
With Guaranteed Analysis of Protein: 9%, Fat 8% and fiber at 1%; Moisture 78%.

Our dogs ate it up no questions asked so obviously tasty.  The price point is a bit high though, at $2.42/can on chewy.com I think I may just watch for it to come on sale locally before I feed it again.  That can get costly with the number of pooches we have.