Great Life Dog Food
February 25, 2010
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Great Life Dog Food
Great Life Dog food is manufactured by “Great Life Performance Pet Products”. The company was founded in 1996 by Elliot Harvey who has authored a number of books including “The Healthy Wholistic Dog”.
Great LIfe offers a variety of premium dog food formulas at competitive prices.
Benefits of Or Great Life Dog Food:
- 40% protein, 20% carbohydrates
- Grain-free products available
- Uses high quality ingredients
- No refrigeration needed
- Meets all AAFCO nutritional requirements for all life stages.
- Decent selection, including Buffalo, Free Range Chicken, Lamb and Salmon formulas.
Great Life Dog Food Formulas:
- Great Life Grain Free Buffalo
- Great Life Grain Free Free Range Chicken
- Great Life Grain Free New Zealand Lamb
- Great Life Grain Free Wild Salmon
Great Life Dog Food Consumer Rating
| Dog Food | Votes | Consumer Rating | |
| 1 | Great Life Dog Food | 149 |
Have you fed Great Life Dog Food to your dog? Please let us know and post a comment and/or rating below!
I second Michelle’s request for “someone” to review Great Life Dog Food. Because of my dog’s severe allergies, I need specifics with regards to ingredients and the above listed protein percentage seems a little high.
Thanks!
I just purchased this. I will let you know what my picky pom thinks of it. She has allergies also.
I have been feeding this to my Male Siberian Husky who has been having some serious issues with his skin. He is around 65lbs and only needs 2 1/2 cups of this food a day. Despite the small feeding size, there are NOT that many places that sell this food. For a 25lb bag, it’s over $75.
I have seen an improvement in his skin and fur, be we also use a lot of other supplements.
If it’s grain free that your looking for their are some other brands that might be cheaper-if you can get them in your area-I have found it’s usually more expensive to order online.Some good Grain free products-Orijen-Acana-Before Grain is around 40 dollars for the 25lb bag(at the store)Evo-I’m not sure on the other prices though.
Hey Michelle, Eric, Antonino or whoever else wants to take a peek. This is what I supplement my dogs diet with, I still use the Puppy Vitys.
http://www.holisticpetcenter.com/catalog.htm#anchor155849
Seems like a pretty good food but this place sells it way cheaper.
http://www.doctorsfinest.com/Premium_Dog_Food_Natural_Pet_Dog_Foods_Grain_Free_Food_s/1.htm
Jess,
I read over the breakdown.
Here are my only questions. Why does it include calcium and phosphorus? This means you are adding even more calcium and phosphorus to your kibble that is already at its peak.
The other is that the EPA and DHA (fatty acids) are such a low dosage that they would have no significance at those milligrams. To have a decent effect you would need around 120 to 150 mg of EPA and around 80mg of DHA.
Can’t seem to remember where I read before about copper in a dogs diet. I’ll have to look that one up.
I’m not saying don’t supplement with this, these are my only questions after reading the breakdown is all.
Ohhhhhh, Great Life is that kibble with the raw coating. Haven’t read to much about this or every spoke to anyone who’s ever used it.
I’ve used this food with my dogs. I like that the first ingredient is real meat instead of a meat meal, that it doesn’t have a bunch of starchy white potatoes like most other grain-free foods and the ingredients show that the manufacturer understands nutrition as they try to cover all the bases with regards to the latest recommendations on nutrition (fatty acids, probiotics, prebiotics, antioxidants, etc). The downside is that there are so many ingredients that when one of my dogs eyes got weepy eyes from it, I really had no idea what the cause was. She’s always eaten fresh foods and we hadn’t run into a problem with allergies in the past.
I just did a little research on Great Life dog food-Here’s what I found out-Great life advertises “Potato Free”-But when I took a closer look at their ingredient list this is what I saw- in the kibble section of the ingredients-Buffalo Grain and Potato Free lists-Yams and Sweet Potatoes.And the Open range chicken lists Yams.-When you get on the page you have to scroll down to Great Life- http://www.doctorsfinest.com/Premium_Dog_Food_Natural_Pet_Dog_Foods_Grain_Free_Food_s/1.htm Also since they haven’t reviewed it on this website you can check it out on DFA-they give it a 4 star rating-just scroll down it’s the 4 th one down. http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showcat.php/cat/4/page/8
I guess we would need a better definition of the type of Yams used in their product. North America refers to the Sweet Potato as a type of Yam. But other regions around the world refer to a type of Root as a Yam, so it’s a bit unclear I wish the site was a little more definitive myself.
I’ve been using this food for the past two years for my English Mastiff and Lab. It has been wonderful, our vet recommended switching to a different protein source and grain free food due to my Mastiff having severe food allergies and this food has been a God send. We use the Buffalo formula and my Mastiff has maintained her weight, stopped shedding like mad and actually eats much less than before. The only draw-back is that it’s not easy to find in my area and quite pricy but well worth it in my opinion.
The ‘raw’ coating idea sounds good but the only way to truly feed your dog raw is to feed your dog raw. Don’t get me wrong, this is a high-quality food and grain-free is a wonderful way to go, but I think one would be better off – and the dog would be better off – by either going completely raw or by feeding a hybrid diet: raw at one meal and a high-quality, high-protein kibble at the second feeding. I’ve had wonderful success feeding my rescue pup that way using Evo and Raw Health.
I feed my Belgian Tervuren the Buffalo grain/potato free and he loves it and does very well on it.
We tried Orijen but he was allergic to it- had very bad stools- went back to Great life and immediately improved.
I was a little skeptical of the “raw” food bio-coating as it seems a bit hokey and more of a marketing device…but the results are great.
BTW- Yams and Sweet “potatoes” are not potatoes
I switched to Great Life for my new Golden Retriever. She is 3 and came to us with some dermis issues. I’d used Iams for all of my previous goldens however they all ended up with cancer and weight issues. I first heard of this food via the guide dog school we support. I figure they would know best. Our golden eats 2.5 cups a day and has diminished skin issues, her coat is red and shiny and her stools are firm and minimal. No weight issues, she a healthy streamline 67 pounds. She is on the range free chicken, it costs $57 at Noahs Ark in San Diego.