Hills Science Diet dog food
October 8, 2008 by admin
Filed under Science Diet
Science Diet Dog Food
Science Diet dog food is made and manufactured by Hills Pet Nutrition, Inc. Science Diet dog food comes in a wide variety and wide selection of recipes. We are going to take an in-depth look at each formula and review each one based on the information from the manufactures website.
Science Diet Puppy Formulas:
- Science Diet Puppy Original Dog Food
- Science Diet Puppy Small Bites Dog Food
- Science Diet Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Dog Food
- Science Diet Nature's Best Lamb & Brown Rice Dinner Puppy Dog Food
- Science Diet Nature's Best Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner Puppy Dog Food
- Science Diet Puppy Large Breed Dog Food
- Science Diet Puppy Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Large Breed Dog Food
Science Diet Adult Formulas:
- Science Diet Active Adult Dog Food
- Science Diet Adult Original Dog Food
- Science Diet Adult Small Bites Dog Food
- Science Diet Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Adult Dog Food
- Science Diet Lamb Meal & Rice Recipe Adult Small Bites Dog Food
- Science Diet Nature's Best Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner Adult Dog Food
- Science Diet Nature's Best Chicken & Brown Rice Dinner Adult Small Bites Dog Food
- Science Diet Nature's Best Lamb & Brown Rice Dinner Adult Dog Food
- Science Diet Nature's Best Lamb & Brown Rice Dinner Adult Small Bites Dog Food
Science Diet Mature Adult Formulas:
- Science Diet Mature Adult 7+ Original Dog Food
- Science Diet Mature Adult 7+ Small Bites Dog Food
- Science Diet Mature Adult 5+ Large Breed Dog Food
So what do you recommend instead?
I recommend Innova EVO, Wellness, Canidae and some others. There are a lot of good dog food brands out there. If you want some more information just check out the forum at: http://dogfoodchat.com/forum
It depends on what kind of dog you’re feeding and if it has any specific needs. Feel free to respond here, or join our forum to ask. SD is terrible food.
1 1/2 years ago I got talked into putting my cocker spaniel on Hills D.D. diet. Within 1 week Shadow refused to eat or drink,got lethargic and was taken to the vet.Blood test revealed she had severe pancreatitis, which is caused by extremely high levels of fat,she was operated on that day.I received a call during her surgery informing me that it didnt look good. We informed the vet to end her suffering as her recovery was not likely. After much discussion we discovered it was the PORK FAT which was the 3rd. ingredient in the food. The Hills rep. would only say if there was a pre-condition no one was aware of the food would aggrivate it.Hopefully this has not happened to anyone else. I find it horrid that a vet prescribed food can do this. My 4 dogs I own now have never been on vet food and 1 is 14, they are all healthy. Would not ever recommend any dogfood with pork fat of such high levels. Thanks for listening to me vent my frustration.
Science Diet dog food is not healthy food for dogs! I started my 8 month old puppies on Science Diet and in two months they started chewing non edible items in the house and in the yard. They had never done this before. One of them became very ill and got much worse within two days. I took the pup for emergency surgery for impacted gut, costing hundreds of dollars. They found two acorns, unchewed. These were from a Chinkapin oak in my yard. The acorns are small and slick. At first I thought it was a puppy thing. I started thinking that one acorn might have been an accident, but two…had to have been on purpose. A couple of days later when I was at a feed store I found Science Diet dog food on sale at half price. They were getting rid of it and selling other brands. Two reasons: One, they couldn’t compete with all the veternarians who were also selling it. Two, because it was not good nutrition for dogs. They told me to look at the lable…contains mostly corn…goes right through the dogs. Long story a little shorter…my pups were eating non edible items because they were HUNGRY and lacking good nutrition!! From now on I’ll be feeding Science Diet (whats left of it) to my chickens because that’s good nutrition for them, NOT my dogs!
My vet recommended Science Diet for my Siberian Husky. My dog was suffering from severe skin allergies. Loss of fur on his buttocks and around his neck. I discussed his diet with the vet and he said his diet was fine. He recommended neutering, thyroid tests and more blood work. I posted a question on another website about my dog and listed all we had done to solve the problem and listed the food he was eating. Thanks to all who responded, they told me to switch his food to a holistic brand.(They also told me Science Diet was crap and full of fillers) Switching his food to Blue Buffalo brand, I saw a difference in his fur in a matter of weeks. He is now a healthy, happy and fully coated beautiful Siberian Husky, who has also put on the proper weight and no more smelly gas problems either.
I’ve got a retriever puppy (9 months old) on Science Diet, and she does great. She eats the lamb meal and rice large breed puppy formula. She isn’t constantly eating things for additional nutrition, she has a beautiful coat, and the vet says she’s a very healthy dog. My only complaint is that they changed their recipe a couple months ago, and now the food smells bad. My dog loves it, though.
Maybe other dogs have had issues with Science Diet, but my dog is just fine on it, and so are my sisters’ dogs. When she’s done growing, I’ll probably try other foods, but while she’s still a puppy, I’m going to keep her on a food that I’m familiar with.
Stay off the junk.
Go to the Natura website Innova California Natural and others. You can do a comparison of ingredients
I have a 6 month old golden retriever (Taffy) who has been with me since she was 8 weeks old. I did some internet research and put her on Orijen Large Breed Puppy food which I slowly introduced to the food the breeder had her on. Over the next few months her stools were a pudding consistency then became runny. Her fecal exams came back normal. She finally refused to eat the Orijen. So I put her on Blue Buffalo and she had the same loose stools. Again fecals were normal. I then tried Kirkland Puppy food which showed some initial benefit, but her stools became loose again over several weeks. My vet and a friend recommended Science Diet. I had read so many bad opinions of SD on the internet that I was reluctant to try it. I asked Taffy’s trainer about it, and she said she feeds her own dogs SD and would feed them nothing else and one of her dogs is around 15 years old. So I picked up a bag of SD Large Breed Puppy Lamb and Rice. She loved it and licked her bowl clean and still does. In fact the bowl is so clean it looks like it went through the dishwasher. Her stools firmed up immediately and it’s been over a month now. Her stools have remained firm, normal in appearance and not smelly. Her coat looks great and she is full of energy. You naysayers can think and say what you want about what’s on the ingredients label, but I’m here to say that, based on my experience, that’s what Taffy will be eating from now on. Based on my experience with the other dog foods I’ve mentioned, I have come to the opinion that all the internet hype about “holistic” and human grade dog food and that the negative comments about SD is nothing but nonsense and mindless ignorance.
We are an organic dog food manufacturer who listens daily to dog and cat owners who are being told that the food they are feeding their beloved pets are the healthest, most nutritious and best ingredients available. It only cost the top 5 companies about $260 a ton to produce the food they are selling “you.” Do you really believe they are going to spend a lot of money on prime ingredients? NO.
But what has happened is they advertise in the billions of dollars and not in billions of dollars worth of good and edible food. Yes the food is cheap, at what cost to your beloved pet? Is your pet for sale!!!
i have 2 dogs one 4 yrs old one 2 yrs old. i was feeding them the recommended dose of hills science diet adult formula for almost a yr. during this year my 4 yr old wouldnt eat the food so i had to feed him a different brand my 2 year old ate the hills diet daily and many health problems excelled like seizures and many as time went on digestive problems constant vomitting and loose frequent stools. i took him to vets which promotes the hills diet food and told me he had sensitive stomach along with not to worry about the siezures as many dogs get this and it isnt a reason to worry. i decided to take him off the hills diet and started him on benefull by purina and his siezures went away completely, normal less stool, and he keeps his food and water down now. hmmm it makes me wonder if hills is all that they claim to be because i dont have no problems with the 25 dollar purina dog food vs the 80 dollar science diet. buyers beware hills is not what they claim to be it would have killed my dog i believe if i didnt discontinue the use of their food.
SD IS THE WORST DOG FOOD EVER!!!!!!!
LET’S GET SERIOUS! IT’S EASY TO PUT INGREDENTS IN AND MAKE IT SOUND GOOD FOR US BUT ITS HARDER TO PUT NUTRITON INTO A FOOD. NO OTHER FOOD IS CLINICALLY PROVEN ON THE MARKET! NONE! SCIENCE DIET DOES ON EVERY SINGLE BAG BATCH TESTING AND HAD FEEDING TRIALS ON ALL NOT JUST SOME, BUT ALL OF THERE FOODS. IT IS FDA, USDA, AND AIB INSPECTED! PLEASE FOLKS, ALTHOUGH WE LOVE OUR PETS LET’S SET A STANDARD FOR THE WE BEING OF OUR PET’S, AND STEP UP THE NUTRITON. THESE NATURAL COMPANIES ARE MOSTLY FORMULATE FOODS THEREFORE NOT FEED TRIALED ON AN ANIMAL AND DO NOT HAVE SET STANDARDS OF QUALITY. IN CANADA THERE IS EVEN REGUALTORS WATCHING WHAT PET FOOD COMPANIES ARE CLAMING ON THE BAGS.
We just recently lost our greyhound and the cause seems to be pointing at Science Diet dog food. Our male was on Sensitive stomach for a long time and we purchased a new bag of food. He was old and we noticed that he was acting strange but never crossed our minds that something could be wrong with his food. Then 2 1/2 weeks later he had a hoorible seizures, paralysis on one side. Needless to say he didn’t stop seizing, only got worst and we had to put him down the next day..heartbroken. THe emergency clinic did all kind of bloodwork but didn’t think to look at toxins until 2 days later. My other grey was on SD small bites. Both big bags of food were beside each other and not suspecting the food at this time gave her his food…2 days later…..paralsis on one side. Of course at this point, they suspected toxins. They treated her for toxins. We almost lost her and she spent 3 days at the emergency hospital. After the 3rd day, she was finally able to sit up. They went back and compared blood work then said that my male had also died of toxins…they just didn’t think to look at that. I do have a case number from Science Diet but probably will never hear anything. Please …do not feed your dog this food!!!!