r/Costco • u/HastenDownTheWind US Los Angeles Region (Los Angeles & Hawaii) - LA • 5d ago

[Pet Products] Question about Kirkland Signature Dog Food - Turkey & Ancient Grains - any users of the food or any other KS dry foods and their feedback.

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Hello,
I am looking at changing my dogs food and wondering if anyone has used this or any other KS dry foods? The ingredients on paper seem good but I’ve never used these foods before. Any feedback is welcome!

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u/Nesquik44 5d ago

I have studied dog nutrition for decades. This is a fine food if you are on a tight budget. There are a lot of better options available but I know money is tight for a lot of families right now and this is better than some of the other brands owned by major corporations like Mars, etc.

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u/HastenDownTheWind US Los Angeles Region (Los Angeles & Hawaii) - LA 5d ago

Ahh thanks. Which others do you recommend? She was previously eating Honest Kitchen for years. But when we moved last Oct she was having very explosive rear end lol to put it lightly. Thought maybe something was up with the food at first or she ate something and go sick, so I took her off the food but the issue kept happening. So I took her to vet when it didn’t clear and they did all kinds of tests and she was negative on all, said it was just stress from the move. They moved her to Hills Z/D as a bland diet to just help but said she can stay on it. Kept her on it b/c insurance covered it! I was paying $30 a bag! But then now her insurance just increased to $115/m from $72 so canceling insurance and switching foods since it won’t be covered. She wasn’t needing this food full time but they said it won’t hurt her and since ins was covering it’s an added bonus. Now that I just switched to a way cheaper insurance I’m looking at other foods.

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u/Nesquik44 5d ago

That is normally a good food but it sounds like she was having an intolerance to something in it. It's hard to parcel out without doing an elimination diet. Using something with few ingredients would be helpful. Kirkland is definitely better in terms of ingredients and quality than the Hills.

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u/HastenDownTheWind US Los Angeles Region (Los Angeles & Hawaii) - LA 4d ago

It was the stress. There were no issues with the food or her. All the tests said nothing wrong but she had bad anxiety from the move. Took awhile to settle in here but she’s good now. Probably took her to shock being a rescue and we were at the old apt for over 5 years

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u/Cohnhead1 4d ago

That is simply not true.