Pooch & Mutt – Calm & Relaxed, Complete Dry Dog Food (Grain

 

This is now second month my dogs are on this food.
We bought this as we have two dogs that are reactive/ nervous bark when someone pass house and on walks.
I can see more of change in my cockapo she does not bark at dogs nowhere near as much when out walking and she looks much more relaxed and enjoying the walk and not paniking when meeting other dogs so we are staying with this food.

 

This food is fantastic at calming the demons in my border collie’s mind. She is a head case with extreme anxiety. She’s highly reactive, and cannot cope with strangers, unknown dogs, more than one thing happening nearby, cars or unexpected movement. After 3 years trying every training technique (terrified of the clicker, not interested in treats or toys), compression vest, hoodie etc she’d reached the point where she would launch an attack on my other dog (very patient and tolerant mastiff cross) at every opportunity. My vet prescribed selgian to increase serotonin production and that was simply a miracle in tablet form. She still hates certain sounds, she’s still very needy and she still struggles to read body language but she is now able to control her emotional response in conjunction with her training, she doesn’t just react. Selgian is rather expensive though so I continued to hunt a sustainable alternative. I found it in pooch and mutt. I can tell by her behaviour the days she’s swapped bowls with my other dog and not had her daily dose of pooch and mutt. I’ve started to give her her main meal in the morning so she’s happy throughout the day rather than getting the good stuff before bed.
In terms of nutrition, she likes the flavour and she doesn’t react badly to it despite having sensitivities with some brands in the past. Only downside is she has gained some weight since starting on it but only a little and it’s a small price to pay.

 

This product is very good, my 6 month old Labrador has runny poo with science plan and other “good quality” dog food my problem is bag size 10kg lasts 2 – 3 weeks and it’s very expensive atm I cannot justify the expense make bigger bags at better value please I’m still looking for a good alternative.

 

In fairness, my dog would happily eat a pair of smelly socks or festering squirrel he finds in the woods; so it’s very difficult to rate this based on my dogs willingness to eat it.

But, he’s been eating this food for ages, gobbles it down in the blink of the eye and has never had any adverse effect (trouble from either ends). So based on that, it seems like a winner.

From what I can see from the packaging it seems to be made from reputable ingredients and the price seems great value based on that.

With regards to the calming effect… My dog is a Labradoodle, who is as mad as bag of frogs; so it’s going to take more than a few herbs to slow him down.

 

Was feeding my Collie an excellent food,but realised that the added ginseng and green tea was making her more hyper than usual and my collie is always on edge thinking about whats happening and brains always ticking over planning her next move.So decided to try this, it has added camomile and turkey which is rich in tryptophan,both ingredients to calm her down.She loves to eat it,it seems to keep her abit calmer than the last food,and even her little companion dog who I bought the digestion food in this brand keeps sneaking over to nick this one out of collies bowl.so big success all round.