The Farmer's DogReviews of thefarmersdog.com

I have two dogs. One a senior Pitty and a 4 month old Saint Bernard. They both love the Farmer's Dog. I have used all mine and will be ready to order again soon. I wanted to and will try all the good frozen products out there so when I got my shipment of Farmer's Dog I cancelled because there was no way I could see to just order one box. But I have a feeling I will be back and the Farmer's Dog is going to win, but I have to be sure. I have a couple issues, but I left a 5 because 4.5 was not an option. The food comes frozen and on time The box is great. It comes with a plastic closing tray to keep the unused bag. Your tray is the best of all I have seen and believe me when I tell you I am trying them all. I can get the bags apart without a hammer (I tell you some send it so badly). I set out 3 because my dogs pretend they are starving and the rest I freeze. It is easy to freeze and make room for in my frig (again, love the tray) and freezer. The dogs love it. I toss it in the microwave for 20 seconds (thawed) and they are ever so happy. I am doing this with all the frozen I am trying and they now think the microwave means run to food. It looks good and smells good. It has the ingredients I want with one exception which I will note below. The food does not have freezer burn when you open it. Some do. Gross. Out of all I have tried so far the Farmer's dog is their favorite. Now, my little issues. My Saint Bernard is a Giant Breed dog and you don't make a recipe for Giant Breeds and this I find important, especially with a puppy who is growing so fast. I do have to supplement with wet canned Giant Breed dog food and some dry Giant Breed as well. There is just certain things they need. I don't have to do this with my Pit Bull, he is just considered Large Breed and your food is perfect for him. My second little issue is the bag. I can open it, no problem, I love the cut marks to show me where to cut for how much I want to give. But it is a tad messy, they all are so far, I have to use a spoon to get it all out and then it is on my hands. I wish you had one of those little plastic things at the bottom on the bag so I could just use that and out it would come out and the plastic tab thing (I have no idea what this is called) would just move up. I know that messes with the cut areas you have, but my pitty gets a full bag at his two meals a day. If you could do that, I would be happy to pay a wee extra for the ease. All in all I really love the Farmer's Dog. The web site is great. The customer service is wonderful and my dogs love it. So thanks for that.

My almost 10 year old mixed breed dog Skyler, has been eating Farmers Dog since November. She is visibly healthier and slimmer. People we’ve know for years have told us. The other day we were walking, and a friend who hadn’t seen her in a while said “Wow, look at Skyler!” What I wanted to share, however, is her energy level. Specifically, she’s back to playing with her toys. I’ve just recently noticed she’s is going back into to toy box, taking things out and actually playing with them! It’s been years since she’s done that. My daughter also noticed that her “utters” are gone as well, LOL 😆!!

Thank you for all you do for dogs everywhere. Our Boston Terrier Juliette was obese & could barely walk due to some neurological problems that helped to make her obese. Your food has improved her health so much, it's incredible. She lost nearly 11 pounds and now not only walks but goes up & downstairs, runs & scratches dirt over her poops! She no longer needs her wheelchair at all, nor her sling. We changed nothing except her diet. She still takes Prednisone and gabapentin but we are talking with our vet about lowering & possibly soon stopping them & seeing how she does. The pred brings its own list of problems so I'm hoping she can get along without that. So, thank you so very, very much for the miracle your food has done for Juliette & I'm sure countless other dogs out there.

Messy expensive, pup didn't like it I didn't like it. Not worth the money. Plus takes up 3/4 of your freezer 😳

I ordered 1st week of farmers dog, introduced the good according to the chart sent, my dog is 14 years old and has a delicate stomach which I specified. I started her on the food 4 days ago. I am at 50/50. Today she has had diarrhea. She has tried in the past different foods and never had diarrhea before. I am watching her closely but if she continues with the same issue, will stop giving her the food. I ended up throwing all that food away..My dog continued having diarrhea with blood. Had to put her on a blend diet. I do not recommend this food.

Switched from ProPlan. Feeding a 5 year old lab and 12.5 year old Great Dane / Hound rescue. Dane was getting picky, lab would eat most anything. After a few months Dane stopped eating Farmers Dog. Switched back to ProPlan. Lab could care less and noticed no difference in activity level but did notice periodic diarrhea. Running out Lab’s Farmers Dog and likely will return all to ProPlan.

My dogs love the food. However, my concerns are as follows: 1) their billing practice. They bill way in advance of shipping so you can be billed an extra cycle in a month. I don’t think they should bill 7 days in advance of shipment. 2) the packaging weight is inconsistent. My dogs get 2 days of food per package and I feed them twice per day, so I weigh the food on a very accurate scale and divide the number by 4. Some packages have been way under weight of previous packages. They also have been mixing up the labels on the packaging. One dog is larger and gets the bigger package, but in the last two shipments some of the packages label them the opposite. 3) one dogs packages have a lot more water in the food while the other dogs food is much drier. Not sure if this is done purposely to increase their profits. Overall, my larger dog is a very picky eater and I would have to change her kibble every 6-8 weeks because she would stop eating it. I’ve had her on Farmer’s dog food for the past 6-8 months and she hasn’t refused the food once. I am concerned that I’m starting to see quality control issues with portion sizes and labeling, though and I hope they get this under control for the hundreds of dollars I pay them each month.

It's a decent service I guess, my Beagle likes the food but has not helped her allergies. She also seems to have a never ending hunger and wants more than what the plan allows. She is not active, but clearly does not get satisfied even having the plan split in two servings per day. Food so far has mostly arrived just in time. Some of that is I was not updating how many pouches I had left to better judge next delivery. No doubt the service is one that focuses on providing a good variety of food for your dog. But for me the cost is always a consideration and at $100 a month I don't know that I find it worthy enough to keep it in my budget.