VICTOR Gluten-Free Lamb Meal & Brown Rice Dry Dog Food, 40-lb bag

I’ve been feeding my dog this brand for several years, and it worked well for him, especially considering his sensitive stomach. However, I’ve noticed a significant decline in VICTOR’s quality control lately. I’ve opened several bags of food that contained obvious pieces from a different pet food. I sent photos directly to VICTOR but never received a response about what the foreign pieces were or why they appeared in multiple bags. Instead, they were uninterested in helping and redirected me to Chewy customer service, where I fortunately received excellent support and a replacement. Despite that, the multiple recalls and alarming posts here about moldy food have made me wary of continuing with this brand. My dog, who hasn’t had stomach issues in years, has experienced severe diarrhea four times in the last six months, which I can only attribute to the decline in quality. It’s disappointing because this food was beneficial for him for a long time. Upon researching VICTOR, I came across numerous concerning reports about their facilities, including water leaking from holes in the roof onto product and salmonella recalls. What used to be a reliable product has clearly changed. I recommend avoiding this brand and exploring alternatives. I recently switched to a similar flavor from Blackwood dog food, and I’ll share my experience with that brand as well. Good luck.

Let me start off with. My dog loves this food. It is only the 3rd food(out of about 16 different recipes/brands we've tried) that hasn't made him itch and will eat every time. He loves it! He has a chicken(protein, not fat), fish/Fmeal, and pork allergy. After about 3 weeks on this food only, his itching became much slower and hopefully will stop soon. Now, maybe this is just a new bag or something, but I ordered this for the second time and the bag looked different. Much shorter. The last bag was taller and held the food more evenly. I ended up popping two holes in the bag when I was carrying it down stairs. Likely because it so full/tight as the bag is shorter. The size of a 30lb bag with 40lbs of food in it...) I carried how I always carry bags of food and this is the only one to have ripped. My last bag also had shiny gold on the Victor logo, the lines, and the lamb silhouette, among other things. That is what every bag of victor I have seen looked like at stores as well. This bag, the victor logo, etc, was all just a tan color. I don't care what the bag looks like as long as the food is good, but I would have expected every bag to look consistently the same unless there was a total change in design. Not a big issue, I would have given it 4.5 stars if i could, but I will do 5 becuase it is a good food and aside from the bag problem it was almost perfect.

Our sensitive Aussie had some tummy issues when he was about a year old which caused frequent loose stools and for a while he was pretty hesitant to eat at all. We tried a lot of foods grain free, and protein specific but he didn't like any of them and continued to have stool issues. Our vet had him on boiled chicken and rice to get him back to normal but it wasn't until we tried Victor that he got his appetite back. He loves this food and scarfs down every bowl and his stool finally went back to normal in about 3 days. Our Aussie has been on this food for over 6 months now and he hasn't had a single problem ever since. Thank you Victor!

I buy almost all of the varieties of Victor. I have several show dogs. So I have tried most of Victor. The Lamb and Brown Rice is the go to for a dog that is a little underweight duller coat etc. I recently put my 11 year old, who had been on Beef and Brown rice, on the Lamb. To get a shiny coat is quite an accomplishment on an old dog. She is doing so much better. The Brown Rice is a good one as well. But, if you need or want the push, this is the go to. Now they say that both lamb and beef liver are the go to for iron. Perhaps its the iron of lamb that really brings up a compromised dog. While it is about $20.00 more for a bag, it is well worth keeping it on hand to help a dog that needs a lift. The nice thing about Victor is that you can change between the types without any stomach upset.