Abady Dog Food
Abady Dog Food
Abady Dog Food is made and manufactured by, The Robert Abady Dog Food Company. Abady makes products for both dogs and cats. Abady dry dog food comes in the following formulas:
Abady Dog Food Formulas Reviews
Abady Dog Food Formulas:
- Abady Maintenance/Stress and Growth Formula for Toys
- Maintenance and Stress Formula for Adult Dogs
- Abady Classic Formula for Maintenance & Stress
- Abady State of The Art Formula for Growing Puppies of The Larger Breeds
- Abady State of The Art Formula for Growing Puppies of The Giant Breeds
Abady is not a food I’d give to my dogs.
Years ago, I bought a top-of-the-line (bloodline-wise) puppy and ‘had’ to buy 60# of Abady with him. The pup was way too thin and refused his food (Abady and cooked ground beef) as in the diet sent by his breeder. I tried my other dogs on a little of the Abady and they immediately dialed the Dog Abuse Hotline.
I put the pup on Canidae which he devoured. I dumped the $120 worth of Abady at the far end of my pasture, in case any starving ‘critter’ needed food and it sat there FOR YEARS, forming a concrete-like mound. I had to chop it up with a pitchfork and rake and spread it around before it finally biodegraded. NOTHING would eat it and my area abounds in raccoons who will eat anything. Except Abady.
True story.
I agree….Abady is a very poor quality food. My dogs didn’t like it either and the quality appeared inconsistent.
Ah so nice to hear from the uninformed…..
Right – Abady is lousy. That is why a giant breed dog who was breed, raised and kept on it her entire life, set a record of living to over 14 in her breed where 10- 12 is normal – and was the 2nd in her breed in 70 years to finish in the top 28 at Westminister and went BIS at her specialty and was BIS at over 25 all-breed shows and went onto produce a bitch who was the 3rd in her breed to finish in the top at Westminster, went on to the the #10 show dog in the US of all breeds with multiple BIS wins, then got 11 performance degrees and who, at the age of nearly 10, was the first of her breed to be invited to, and successfully competed at, the Eukanuba National Agility Championships and will be running the Championships again in 2009 at 10 1/2 years old ……and her 3/4 brother (son of the 1st dog) is a Champion in 2 countries and the #1 sire in the breed……. yep, Abady dogs all and for their entire lives….. and, the kennel that uses this food for these dogs is widely known for extremely sound puppies and having virtually no health problems among the adult dogs (ear or skin infections etc.)
And then there were Bob Abady’s own Bouviers who were legendary in the show and performance ring back when he was still competing – renown for their musculature, development, fitness and endurance….
Try not letting it sit forever so the oil seeps out. And use the top of the line – the Classic granular.
Abady is amazing food. Period, next to raw there is nothing better. Period. Period. Period. Period.
Only a fool feeds another dry…
My wife and I have been using Abady for about 2 yrs. and have seen amazing results. We have a 9 year old lab and a 3 year old berenese mountain dog. The Berner has been on it for his entirity and the lab since 7. Immediately after we started on Abady we started seeing our labs mood and energy levels improve. It was amazing.
We have had nothing but great things with our dogs. They love it. One thing we do is put some water into the mix to help the consumption.
As always, people and dogs tastes do differ but for us it has been great. Our berner breeder also uses the food and they are very selective about what they put into their dogs.
I have 2 mixed breed dogs. One who will be 4, and the other 2 come February. They have both been on Canidae their whole lives. Recently, a neighbor has been giving us her leftover Abady. The dogs seem to love it. I have never had a problem with Canidae, except with my one 4 year old pup, who is Lab/Pit/Golden Mix, who scooches her but all around the house. Have had her on a certain Abady the past two days and she hasnt scooched once. Just looking for suggestions as to whether I should stick with the Canidae, or switch to Abady.
I have been using Abady as a main food for my large breed dog for years and she is in amazing condition. I do supplement the food with eggs, chicken and beef about 3 times per week at dinner. I believe any dog food should be fed this way. Abady stands behind their food and I would recommend it for any breed but particularly for large breeds or dogs who are very active as well.
Jay, this could be the worst dogfood made today. On their web site it is lie after lie. They lie so bad they even say it well fix hip dysplasia, Unreal. I don’t believe anything this company says, I feel they could be using saw dust. They even call themsleves GENIUS’S, lol they really are nothing but a bunch of lair’s
lets take a look whats in this
1.Chicken Meal – Good
2.White Rice – Brown rice is much better
3.Menhaden Fish Meal (Select Grade) – This is bad and this fish is not used for human consumption.
4.Chicken By-Products Meal – Bad, this the bottom of the barrel as far as chicken goes it can even include feathers.
5.Beef Meat & Bone Meal – Bad, for the most part this is just ground up bones.
Pork Fat – This is really bad for any animals.
Lamb Fat – More fat, most good companys would use lamb.
Menhaden Fish Fat – More fat, but it is a fat that comes from a fish that is not eatin by humans.
I really wouldn’t feed this to my dogs. Chicken meal is the only worth while ingredient and this is their “state of the art” product, UGH..
I completely agree Jim,
Usually the quality ingredients come to a high cost to consumers and most don’t understand the benefits to feeding your dog a health diet. I always use the example of Old Roy = McDonald’s French Fries and that’s usually the light switch for people.
I’d be curious to have you check out our site and ingredients and let us know your 2 cents as we’re always looking for consumer feedback and where we can make changes. http://www.pettao.com
jessica, this seems like a very good product. But there is one HUGE problem, my dog weighs 89 pounds and growing (7 months old GSD). I used the formula on the website and it would cost me 540.54 dollars a month to feed him. That would not work for me. That is almost a weeks take home pay for me.
WOW, 28% FAT….Man, I have never heard of any dog food above 20 and 20% seems awful high to me. This just has to be a baaaad dog food, I would never feed this to dogs, NEVER!!!!!. Then add in all the lies on their website, UGH…..
How some people can comment on a pet food by reading the label and applying human food standards is amazing. I have hunting dogs that run a 30 acre farm nearly every day and hold weight and look beautiful on 1/2 the amount of Abady, compared to kibble. The food you trash has been on the market for about 30 years now. How many brands of dog food are that old? Sled dog teams use it because its so dense nutritionally.
The comments on this thread are idiotic and reflect ZERO knowledge about canine nutrition, ZERO. Just a bunch of suckers.
jj, first off, I don’t believe you have a 30 acre farm and feed your so called hunting dogs “”half”" of what a top of the line kibble would be feeding. Dude, thats just down right funny. So what if it’s been on the market for 30 years, Purina, Pedagree, Friskies and Alpo have been on the market for over 40 years and they are in the same league as your abady
LARD food. I live out west and I go to Alaska regularly and I now of NO ONE who feeds their Sled dog teams this food. By the way they aren’t called sled dog teams. Their is “nothing” in the world that can fix hip dysplasia but your food web site says it can “”"LAIRS”"”. THEN THEY CALL THEMSELVES GENUIS. Ya right… Lairs.. The food is crap, end of story
Lard is pork fat. Tell me why pork fat is not good for a dog. Give me science. Again what most people do is use popular human science to make decisions on animal foods. Lard is disgusting to look at but its very very good for dogs, much better than sprayed on chicken fat. Give me science about why Abady is a poor food. I am sure you will say because there are by-products in the food. There are various grades of by-products. By-products are far better for a dog than “chicken”. You really don’t know what goes in most kibbles.
Have you ever seen a wolf kill? What parts actually get eaten?
So give me the science about Lard. Tell me why pork fat is bad for dogs?
“Unfortunately there are relatively few such formulas (compared with the bewildering and highly-advertised variety of dry nugget foods) and they can turn out to be quite expensive. Seppala Kennels for about a year fed all its dogs on one such formulation manufactured in New York state by the Robert Abady Company and found it very satisfactory nutritionally, but difficult to handle in cold weather and extremely expensive in use.”
The guy that wrote that is an expert in working dog nutrition. He was discussing the superiority of meal foods that are made in several steps rather than extruded kibble.
I don’t find it expensive because I live a few hours from the factory. I also use the raw products.
I know who you are. Anyone who thinks pork fat is good for dogs should have their head examined. Open your eyes Chicken By-Products Meal, this is the lowest grade of chicken you can get, unless you think dog SHOULD eat feathers. White rice, the worst of the two rices, unless you take him out to Chinese a lot. Menhaden Fish, heck it isn’t even used for humans, in any form. Beef Fat, just what I wanna feed my dog more fat. Beef Meat & Bone Meal, this is ground up bones. Menhaden Fish Oil,
like I say this fish this fish is not eaten by humans, Besides how many dogs went fishing in the wild ???? ZERO. PORK LARD!!!!! It’s nothing more than frying pan oil.
THIS IS WHY THIS PRODUCT IS A ONE STAR FOOD ON THE BEST REVIEW SITE ON THE NET (CLAY).
dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/
Chicken By-Products Meal (Highest Quality), White Rice, Menhaden Fish Meal (Select Grade), Lard (the finest land-based source of the longest chain Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids), Safflower Oil, Beef Fat, Dicalcium Phosphate, Beef Meat & Bone Meal, Potassium Chloride, Undefatted Beef Liver (Human Grade), Flaxseed Oil (Organic), Whey Protein Concentrate, Choline Choride, Natural Flavor, Menhaden Fish Oil, Ferrous Sulfate,
Experienced says, can you tell us what this so called “giant breed dog” was??? Anybody can say this or that, but you need to supply some proof and proof IS NOT your word. Maybe a link?
This dog food sucks!!!Just look at the first five ingredients.Would you eat chicken by-product meal???How about Lard??And pork fat?? Don’t invite me to dinner!! YUCK!!!I feel bad for your dog!!
It is quite apparent that many dog owners have minimal knowledge when it comes to dog food. It is a widely known fact that dogs are carnivores and do not need a vegetative and/or fruit diet. Unlike what most sub-standard dog food companies lead the consumers to believe.
What people fail to realize is that dogs are not people. Therefore, their diets are extremely different than ours. Dog food is a science. Science is a study of facts, some simple and some complex. Robert Abady based his processing on many, many years of study and science.
The Robert Abady Company offers canned, kibble and granular dog foods. The granular is the only dog food of its kind. The highest quality and purest dog food on the market. Many people will argue because they do not understand the science behind granular food. All I will say to them is DO YOUR OWN RESEARCH!
The commercially available brand dog foods are just that – COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE! What this means is that those dog foods use much lesser quality products because the company is making and marketing the food to make as much money as they can. Unlike the Robert Abady Company who are out to make your dog’s or cat’s life as healthy as possible.
It is easily understood why individuals would say it’s a bad food if they hadn’t started feeding it to their dog when it was a puppy. The ingredients can be somewhat harsh for an older dog. The reason being is that Abady uses very high quality ingredients, which DOES NOT INCLUDE ARTFICIAL STOOL HARDENERS. When dog owners see a hard (“stiff”) stool they believe the food is doing its job. What they don’t see are the ingredients in their dog’s food that speeds the food quickly past the digestive tract so little to no absorption occurs of basic minerals and nutrients.
I have had the pleasure of speaking to Robert Abady up until his untimely passing. This man devoted his life to cats and dogs!!! The knowledge this man had with regard to cats and dogs was absolutely astounding! To claim his dog food is not worth feeding to dogs is laughable. Just dog owners who think they know all and know better than a PhD.
I have been in business for 29 years! I have bred numerous litters and have had dogs live up to 17 years of age. I have had nine champion dogs and have bred many others. My dogs get nothing but Abady and they love it.
If you are feeding your dog anything LESS than Abady dog food, you are giving your dog a sub-standard food. That is a proven fact as indicated on the dog food bag itself.
OK, Clay… This is and always will be one of the worst foods on the market. OK, 1. Chicken Meal is fine. 2.Is just an OK grain. 3.Menhaden Fish Meal is a fish unfit for human consuption and it is preserved with ethoxyquin and that is a fact!!! 4.Chicken by product meals is the worst of the worst and includes A TON FEATHERS. 5. Beef Meat and Bone Meal is in fact just grounD up bone with the slightest bit of real meat.5. Pork fat UGG this is the lowest grade fat you can get.7. Oboy, more fat in lamb fat, why not LAMB. 8. More fat in the lowest grade fish you can get in Menhaden Fish Fat and more ethoxyquin. THIS FOOD IS RIGHT THERE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE BARREL!!!! I remember the first time I mentioned this food to the owner of our pet store, which carries only the best foods. The owner looked at me and started to laugh, he said he would close his doors before carrying this product.
Chicken Meal, White Rice, Menhaden Fish Meal (Select Grade), Chicken By-Products Meal (Highest Quality), Beef Meat & Bone Meal, Sunflower Oil (Premium Grade, Non-genetically Engineered Variety, Sunflower Oil is the Only Non-Toxic Oil in the Marketplace), Pork Fat (the finest land-based source of the longest chain Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids), Dicaclium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Lamb Fat, Whey Protein Concentrate (Human Grade), Undefatted Beef Liver (Human Grade), Choline Cloride, Flaxseed Oil (Organic), Natural Flavor, Salt (Sodium Chloride), Menhaden Fish Fat, Anmino Acid Supplement, di-Alpha Tocopheryl Acetate
Don’t you just love the wording the salesman used to try and make his low grade food seem better. I just love these statements
(Select Grade),
(Highest Quality),
(Premium Grade, Non-genetically Engineered Variety, Sunflower Oil is the Only Non-Toxic Oil in the Marketplace),
(the finest land-based source of the longest chain Omega 3 and Omega 6 fatty acids),
(Human Grade), Used twice
(Organic),
The guy who wrote this stuff must have sold used cars. All of these statements mean ABSOLUTLY NOTHING as far as dog food goes. You only have to have the slightest bit of knowlegde about dog food terminology and you realize how corupt this company is. I love that they say their dog food solves Hip-dysplsia, that has to be the most classic statement ever. Not one fact nor one link to back up any of their lie’s. George Bush, eat your heart out cause they got you beat!!
Chicken By-Product Meal-(Highest Quality) LOL !!! I guess this dude thinks FEATHERS-BEAKS-MANURE-FEET are high quality ingredients-I sure as hell don’t!!! Why is their soooo much fat in this food??? Pork Fat-Lamb Fat-Menhaden Fish Fat. Oh YEAH this is the best food on the market!!! LOL- I wouldn’t even feed this to the birds-
Oh Yeah another thing-Lab breeder said- “Robert Abady based his processing on many,many years of study and science” So have Mcdonald’s and Burger King- I don’t eat either of these and I wouldn’t feed them to my dog either.
We had a rhodesian ridgeback puppy, healthy and vibrant, go to a home a 8 weeks that feeds Abady.
At 3 months we started receiving reports that the puppy ‘elbowed out’ and had ‘bowed legs’. Slightly before 4 months we received pictures. How horrible they were! We sent them to a vet who immediately noted nutritional growth issues and indicated that they may have been caused by the high caloric content of the food along with the high calcium content.
We asked for the puppy back, and we did get it back, thankfully.
One month later, after being fed according to vet guidelines (actually, on regular Bil-Jac), the puppy no longer has bowed legs or elbows. I would be happy to share the before and after photos. The ‘crippled’ puppy we received back was now a puppy ready for the show ring (as soon as he turns 6 months!).
Our contract now warns that our health guarantees are null and void if the buyer feeds Abady.
Next to Orijen, this food has one of the faithfulest followings.
Their website is both informational and destructive. Part of me feels that if the food is truly that superb, why not just let the food speak for itself instead of defending it to the grave.
The granular idea is quite an awesome idea.
I understand what the company is trying to say about by-products and what AAFCO makes them classify ingredients as…..but unfortunately, there really is no way to tell if their by-products are really what they say they are, just like every other company and their meat sources.
I’ve been in contact with a few different individuals to try and get the real dirt on this food.
So we’ll see. Is this food a diamond in the rough….or just plain dirt? Give me a little time to research this and lab it.
Hey all you Abady dog food defenders-go to the top of the page and click on your favorite formula-and see what the reviewer has to say about it.OR even better go check out what DFA says about it- http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showcat.php/cat/7/page/1
Well Eric you just lost EVERY BIT of respect I ever had for you. This food is crap and any manufacture who says this about their product should be banned from manufacturing doog food and I quote them “”"Other than the fact that hip dysplasia can be prevented through the judicious feeding of Abady products,”"” Hello, HIP DYSPLASIA is a degerative disease of the hip joints and can be seen on X-rays after 12-14 months. This statement should have this company in court, THIS IS THE WORST STATEMENT I HAVE EVER SEEN A DOG FOOD COMPANY MAKE BAR NONE. This food is nothing but a big bag of ANAMIAL LARD.
Here is another statement they make and I quote……..
WHAT CAUSES HIP DYSPLASIA – a woefully inadequate level of nutrition.
YEAH A WOEFULLY INADEQUATE LEVEL OF NUTRITION. I have never had less respect for any company in my life. HERE………….
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_dysplasia_(canine)
http://www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+1569&aid=444
Hey Jess I just went on Great Life and posted a comment it is being held for moderation-the last time they did that was when I went to that site and asked the administrator to review it-that’s all I asked-they deleted my comment why?? If you read the first comment-some lady says that she seconds my comment about a review-but my comment is gone-it was the first comment and theirs only like 10 comments on there-I don’t get it??? Also DFA gives it a 4 star review-but theirs no review on there either.It seems like certain foods-your not allowed to say anything “Bad” about.Not that I ever did though.
lol…Jess,
Re-read my post. I’m not jumping on the Abady band wagon. I only stated it has a strong following by its faithful servants and that their granular idea is actually a pretty cool idea….cooking all the ingredients at their perspective temperatures instead of all the ingredients at one temperature.
I wasn’t stating or agreeing with anything about hip-dysplasia…the only thing about their website is that it over talks everything almost in defensive mode. And like I said, if the food were really that good, it should sell itself.
You know I’m Orijen through and through.
and can we all stop with the Dog Food Analysis ratings please. That site is only good for one thing, learning about ingredients and nutrient breakdowns in one site….but people will be caught up in the rating system instead of selecting the right food for there dog. Unfortunately, not ever dog can eat Orijen and not every dog can eat Evo. Educate people thru this site…not another. They don’t need 150 choices….maybe like 5 or 6….that’s where you come in.
Have gain back your respect Jess
Regardless, lets let science pick this food apart. Hopefully I’ll have some concrete answers about the hype on this food soon.
No!!!!! annnd absolutly for another reason, which now makes it 2. You hate Purina and others, right? well I see Abady at that level, NOTHING GOOD ABOUT THE food AND THEY CAN NOT BE TRUSTED. I am a huge fan of DFA, why? Because I love the way they give reasons for coming to their conclusions. I totally disagree with you, the different stars is perfect in my mind. Now I do disagree with were they put certain foods and that is expected with everyone. One of my fav’s they have as a 4 star, but I see their point. Just like your point of not manufacturing their own product, I agree but only to a certain point.
I spoke with the scientist and the nutritionist.
Basically was told this about Abady. It was an awesome formula 20 years ago, because Purina and all the others were churning out the crap that they are still producing today. It was the best formula they had seen to date. So the people who jumped on board are still on board. So today….20 years later….The abady formula hasn’t changed and new boutique brands…Orijen, Evo…have taken its place at the top.
All agreed with me that the way they make granular is really cool and others should do it to. (Granular – each component of the food is cooked at the correct temperature it should be cooked at, rather than cooking everything at one temperature.)
So, to give Jess a little faith in me
this food is……crap.
On a side note about DFA, you are agreeing with me that not all the foods are classified correctly?
I just think that people buy the food based on the rating system instead of reading ingredients and NA’s … when truly the only companies that even publish the whole nutrient analysis are Orijen, Acana, Innova, Evo, Cali Natural, Healthwise and Karma. If they can’t publish the NA or you can’t obtain the whole thing….there is a problem.
DFA is informative in that it puts all kibble and canned foods together in one site and re-lists available information from the companies. I just think that to many put to much trust in that rating system.