Purina Pro Plan Calm & Balanced Dry Dog Food, Adult Dog Calming DHA Chicken & Rice Formula - 5 lb. Bag

This is my dog's favorite food. Our vet recommended it.

I gotta be honest, I didn't expect much from this when someone told me about it, but it seems to be working out and everything points to positive aspects starting coincides with the beginning of feeding this to my dogs. Someone recommended this to me for my fear reactive dog. They said many reactive dogs also have gut issues. Apparently experts aren't sure yet if the issues cause reactivity or is just very common in reactive dogs, but this person assured me it would really help. I shrugged, ordered a bag from Amazon, fed it to my dog when it came. I forgot all about it... But after several weeks I noticed my reactive dog seemed a lot calmer overall. Mind you, we've also been working with him and doing the positive reinforcement training, etc, so it's probably everything combined, but hey, if this is helping, I'll take it! Soon after, I inherited another dog from a family member who couldn't keep her anymore and started slowly switching her over to eating this food so I didn't have to buy a bunch of different dog foods. She's an old dog - 14 years old - so she had some minor flatulence issues that I think a lot of old dogs get. This stuff seriously helped a lot with that issue! Also, when we first got her a few months back, she wouldn't eat much, which I chalked up to age and maybe stress from missing her person. But I watched her and I did get the impression she wasn't actually digesting the old food very well, something again I chalked up to age. But as she slowly got switched over and the ratio in her bowl was becoming more of this rather than her old food, I noticed she was enjoying eating more. This food along with a supplement (Dasuquin) has really helped this old dog be a lot more comfortable in her old skin. The supplement is helping with her arthritis pain and the food with her digestion. So it seems she's going to have a happy retirement after all!

My dog (35lb mix) had a hard 6 weeks before he got to me and has struggled with behavioral problems his entire life. Sometimes he’s aggressive for no discernible reason, it’s like his brain chemistry is off. Could be bad genetics, could be his early puppyhood. Either way, he can snap at you at the drop of a hat and resource guards items like his life depends on it. I have noticed since starting this food 4-5 months ago tht the instances of this aggressive/insecure behavior has decreased both in frequency and severity. I also give either a calming hemp treat or hemp oil with his dinner and that helps as well. I have heard feeding this formula and adding on the calming care probiotic is more effective if you can afford to do both! :)

I bought the wrong kibble. My fault. It’s too big for my little puppers! I just didn’t think about that when I bought it. But the sellers let me exchange the whole bag to their usual pro plan food. Just like that! I’m impressed. And a happy shopper. And will pay closer attention to what I buy and will keep buying from these guys, as I have been so far. A happy dog, a happy…. Dog momma I guess 😄

We usually buy the regular variety of adult pro plan for our vizslas but I was intrigued by this variety since they are a *bit* reactive, bless their hearts. I was fully prepared to give it 6 weeks to take effect, unfortunately my dogs were not. I hadn't noticed that this variety doesn't have the shredded meat bits in it and those are their favorite parts. The first time I put this on the menu they looked at it, looked at me, nosed around in it, looked at me, then knocked the bowl over, looked at me and walked off. I stuck to my guns for a week and a half, figuring that they wouldn't starve themselves, but that is essentially what they did and vizslas don't really have any spare weight on them. So, I broke down and bought their regular variety and mixed it in with this food. Order has been restored. In the future I might buy the sachets to add to their food, but I'm a bit worried they'd just stop eating their food again. So, minus one star for no shredded meat bits.

We switched to this brand for our high energy GSP. After 4-5 months of being on this food we feel like it’s a good fit for her. While it doesn’t magically calm her, we feel like it does help! It’s also really nice to have it shipped to our door. Heavy bag but does not smell bad (typical dog food) and decent quality.

This was the food our breeder suggested and we have used until it has recently become unavailable! Our Vizsla enjoyed it, we had no problems, all the world was right (in dog food’s)…. Since switching we now see that this formula really did seem to actually work! It is unfortunate we cannot get it anymore, we switched to a Costco brand without proper blending to transition food bc we didn’t realize this was going on apparently. Now the dog has terrible gas and insane more energy and just overall anxiety behavior then we ever have seen.

I have a dog with some behavioral challenges and this food helps a lot. I did not know ho much until we changed her food and it did not take long to realize our mistake.

Great dog food ,my pups love it

My dogs love the flavor.

- her coat is shiny , she seems happy eating this. What more do I want

Unfortunately my dog disliked it.

This is a top notch food. My dog loves it and has improved her anxiety & her separation issues. Cheaper than meds ! Great quality. Would highly recommend!