ZiwiPeak Venison Dog Cuisine (11lb)

We finally settled on this brand after a year of testing various foods for our 2 shih poo rescues. It has helped with some dietary sensitivities as well as minimizes tear stains; our one dog (pictured) gets awful tear stains from certain types of foods, but they are mostly clear on Ziwipeak.They prefer to graze throughout the day, so mixing dehydrated/powdered foods with water just turned into a gross situation where the wet food would eventually dry out again and cement itself to the dog bowl.We like Ziwipeak because the dehydrated squares are easy to portion and transport with us, and they don't require rehydration. The dogs still really enjoy their food, whereas they would tire of other kibble-based products. Quality control seems to be superb for Ziwipeak, the actual ingredients are healthy (very little filler at all), and our dogs eliminate much better on this than any other food.Their preferred flavor of Ziwipeak is the Venison, but every dog is different. The 11b bag lasts us about 1.5 months with 2 dogs @ 10lbs each.

My standard poodle puppy has been underweight since we got her. She has never "over-eaten", not picky - just not enthusiastic. She would barely eat what was recommended and then have several days that she would eat even less. The vets ran extensive blood work and checked for and eliminated anything they could think of. She was on many high-end foods such as Acana, Orijen, Primal, Grandma Lucy’s etc. She still failed to gain weight. She also started developing eye and nose congestion with much scratching that appears to be allergy related.We found that she seemed to react to sweet potatoes and bananas, which many high end foods have. Finally we found ZiwiPeak that didn’t have those, but did have good quality ingredients.She absolutely loves this food. She has eaten every bit and not had an “off-day” in 4 weeks. I have gradually increased beyond the recommended amount and she is finally gaining weight. She has gained nearly a pound now, which is saying a lot. She should weigh close to 40 and just tops 30 now. When I received the re-order she was sniffing the package and knew what it was. She likes the food so much that I can use it as a training treat.The food is not cheap, but way less than the vet bills were costing. Her nose and eye congestion is much improved. I was told it takes at least a month to really starting clearing food reactions out of a dog’s system. Her symptoms are probably 80-90% better at this time. And I am very pleased that she is gaining weight.

SO WORTH IT. And when you do the math, it's actually a bargain. More on that later....Some background: My dog is an 80 pound American Pit Bull Terrier. He is the love of my life (ok, he's a tie with my husband). He has horrible allergies, both environmental and food. Because of this, his doggie dermatologist (yep, there's dermatologists out there just for animals!) has him on an elimination diet of just venison. Being that I completely spoil my dog I've been looking for high quality venison treats to feed him when I stumbled upon the ZiwiPeak venison on Amazon. I'd not heard of ZiwiPeak, but when I looked at how few ingredients were in there and did a little research, I decided it sounded about as close to bambi in a bag as I could get (sorry, I know that's a sad visual...). So, I ordered a few bags of the ZiwiPeak Venison treats. Titan went mad for them. It was as if I was sprinkling him with magical venison fairy dust and he would do anything so long as I would continue to shower him with those heavenly venison squares.Titan suffers from a tiny case of separation anxiety, so recently when I had to leave him alone for a while and I was fresh out of bambi bones, I put a handful on top of his food and tip toed towards the door. He barely lifted his head from the bowl. For insurance, I threw a half empty bag of the ZiwiPeak Venison treats on the floor just as I slipped out the door...he noticed the bag, but kept eating from his bowl, pushing it around and digging through the kibble with his nose to sniff out the ZiwiPeak squares as if a pig searching for truffles in the south of France. When I returned a couple of hours later, I searched the house for evidence that he wasn't pleased with my departure. Apart from the garbage being knocked over (my fault for leaving it full, bad mom!) the place was fine.Later when I went to put down his dinner, Titan sat at the entrance of the kitchen and stared at the cabinet where the venison treats were kept. When I told him to go and eat, he stayed put, staring at the cabinet. I added a little canned venison to entice him. No go. Finally I poured a little bit of the ZiwiPeak Venison on top and he ran to his bowl and started eating. Now, he will not go near the bowl unless there is a hefty portion of ZP in there. Figuring I could save some money, I moved up from the treats to the 2.2 pound bag. Once I went through that in a week, I moved on to the 11 pound bag. I haven't made the complete transition to just ZP in his bowl, as I'm still mixing it in with his old stuff, but it's just a matter of time. The vet has had Titan on one of those vet prescribed diets, which, when I looked at the ingredients on that bag, not only could I not pronounce most of them, but the list was HUGE and the first ingredient was POTATO!But back to my point: I've bought venison treats for Titan that were anywhere from $10 for 5 or 6 ounces, (which translates to $30 per pound) to $44 per pound for venison jerky (and I paid it!!). So, at $9 a pound, the ZiwiPeak Venison is actually a bargain. And, it is a lot of food packed into those tiny squares. Not to mention, you know how sometimes your dog eats a bowl of food and then throws up and the vomit looks like a mixture of spongy kibble and foam? Titan's never had that with this stuff. I think it's because the ZP is so close to the natural thing that there isn't anything in there to cause it to expand which then causes him to throw up.So yes, overall, I'm very happy with the product line. I think it's a pretty cool thing that I can use his food as treats and he still goes mad for it (much like a toddler with cheerios!). I'll be experimenting with some of the other varieties once I'm allowed to introduce other foods per the doggie dermatologist; and I will be trying out the ZP canned as well.

我が家の超小型犬たちにとっては粒が大きいのか、消化までに時間がかかっているようで吐き戻しをしてしまいました。それ以来、フードプロセッサーで細かくしたものをお湯で柔らかくして与えたり、細かくせずにお湯で柔らかくしたり、その時々の体調に合わせて調整しています。他の超有名フードを食べていた頃に軟便になって食糞癖がついてしまった仔がいるのですが、このフードのおかげで便が安定し、またリモナイトで便の臭いを減らしたことで食糞癖が治りました。また、超有名フード時代に悲しい毛量・毛艶になっていた被毛が、フサフサ、ツヤツヤに戻りました。ウルウル涙目も涙焼けも少しマシになりました。ただ、多頭飼いの我が家では価格がキツイです。その為、これだけを与えることはできず、他のフード（家禽・穀類不使用）と併せて与えています。ということで、価格の面で☆－１です。もっと安価になりませんかねぇ。安価になったらもっと認知度が上がって売上も伸びるような気がするんですけどね。それは余計なお世話でしたね。私の狭い交友関係内の話ではありますが、ワンコ仲間は誰もこのフードのことを知りませんでした。毛艶で悩んでいたワンコ仲間にこのフードの話をしたら、予想通り「高過ぎ！」と拒否られました。そうなのですよ、私もそこがネック。このフードおススメなんですけどね。