Just like people, not all dogs have the same needs when it comes to proteins, calories and fat, and many have food sensitives or allergies. Fortunately, there are lots of options available, however sorting through all of the labels and nutrition information is time consuming, and often quite confusing.
Finding the perfect food for our dogs is a daunting task, but once you find the Best Food Ever for your dog, you'll quickly realize it was all worth it!
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The Best Pet Ever Deserves The Best Food Ever. That's a powerful statement, and it's been Merrick Pet Care's philosophy for over 25 years.
Merrick, founded in 1988 by Garth Merrick and his family, has built their brand with a simple goal in mind - making the wholesome, nutritious recipes that pets deserve.
The innovative brand has grown and evolved over the years to include many recipes and special diets, making Merrick a leader in the pet food industry. Using only USDA-inspected deboned meat and fresh produce from trusted farmers, all of the recipes are still handcrafted in their Hereford, Texas kitchen where it all began 28 years ago.
Their award-winning Grain Free dry recipes were first introduced in 2004 with chicken, beef or buffalo as the first ingredient. In 2012, the "Real Food Revolution" was started and the Grain Free line was reformulated. The result was unsurpassed quality, nutrition, and taste -- the best food ever for your best dog ever!
Merrick Grain Free Recipes
Their award-winning Grain Free dry recipes were first introduced in 2004 with chicken, beef or buffalo as the first ingredient. In 2012, the "Real Food Revolution" was started and the Grain Free line was reformulated. The result was unsurpassed quality, nutrition, and taste -- the best food ever for your best dog ever!
Merrick Grain Free Recipes
- #1 ingredient is real, deboned meat
- Cooked in Merrick's own USA kitchen
- Free of corn, wheat, soy, gluten, and artificial preservatives
- Quality, locally sourced ingredients - nothing from China
- Real whole foods - no poultry by-products
- Balanced nutrition
- 11 delicious recipes to suit even the finickiest of dogs
Both of my girls have been eating Merrick Grain Free Real Chicken and Sweet Potato
for quite some time now, and both absolutely love it. 
While I chose the recipe to meet Sophie's food allergy needs, it's been a nice fit for Penny as well. The Grain Free formulas were designed to support overall health for all life stages and breeds, so it doesn't matter if you have a couch-potato senior, or a super active adolescent. The nutritional content meets both of their needs.
The all-natural, grain free recipe provides quality protein, as well as farm-fresh fruits and vegetables. Deboned chicken is the first ingredient, and helps comprise the 70% of meat sourced ingredients that help build and maintain lean, healthy muscle. The 30% fresh produce rounds out the grain free diet with sweet potatoes, peas, apples, and blueberries, offering vitamins, minerals and antioxidants.
Plus, Merrick includes industry-leading levels of Omega 6 and Omega 3 fatty acids to promote a healthy skin and coat, as well as powerful levels of glucosamine and chondroitin for healthy hips and joints.
My girls love the taste, while I love the quality nutrition they are getting. That means Merrick Grain Free hit a homerun at our house! Plus, we use their canned recipes as a mix-in at dinner time for all three dogs (Winner Winner Chicken Dinner is a current favorite), and they all love the entire treat line. I suppose that means Merrick should be considered a grand-slam?
No matter what you call it, my Best Dogs Ever are happy with their Best Food Ever... and now you have a chance to win some for your favorite pup!
GIVEAWAY!Thanks to our friends at Merrick, TEN (10) lucky winners will each receive a 4lb bag of Merrick Grain Free dog kibble! Each winner can choose the Grain Free recipe that is best for their dog: Chicken, Beef, Buffalo, Duck, Lamb, Salmon, Rabbit, Venison, Turkey, Healthy Weight, or Puppy.
To enter, use the Rafflecopter widget below. Open to US residents, 18+
Mandatory entry is to answer a question in the comments section on this post (hint: click on the Rafflecopter widget first to find out what that question is).
a Rafflecopter giveaway
No but probably chicken
ReplyDeleteWe often use Merrick canned as a topper. Duck would be our first choice. My dogs love the Merrick foods that they've tried so far.
ReplyDeleteNo I do not, any flavor my dogs like anything
ReplyDeleteno i dont currently feed Merrick dog food, however, i do use the canned food every now and then, like when my youngest gets picky or when the girls have dental treatments. i also use the Merrick treats, the beef lungs and lamb lungs. the girls love these. for the food i would choose the Grain Free Real Salmon + Sweet Potato Recipe, of the Rabbit or the venison. i would prefer the freeze dried. i feed my girls a combo of kibble and raw now.
ReplyDeleteNo, my dog does not currently eat Merrick but I think she would love the real chicken and sweet potato flavor!
ReplyDeleteMy dogs do not currently eat Merrick but I am interested in having them try it. I have a very picky eater and one who will eat anything. I need to find something that is healthy that they both will enjoy.
ReplyDeleteNo, I currently don't feed Merrick food to my dogs but I do feed them their treats. I'd love to try the rabbit formula.
ReplyDeleteMy dogs do very well on any grain-free kibble, I love that there's so many alternatives to corn, including sweet potato. It's great that Merrick has so many different flavors, I like to mix up the proteins for my dogs to keep them guessing. I've never actually tried them on Merrick, I'm sure they'd love to try it!
ReplyDeleteOh, and I'd love to see what they think of duck!
ReplyDeleteWe can't enter but good luck everyone. We know the name of Merrick by reputation here in New Zealand. Quality food is always in demand by pet owners and this IS quality!
ReplyDeleteMarjorie and the Dash Kitten Crew.
I don't know much about the Merrick brand - but their ingredients look healthy and I like that none are sourced in China or overseas. It's so important to know what our pets are eating.
ReplyDeleteI don't. I would like to try Real Chicken & Sweet Potato.
ReplyDeleteNo, my dogs have never tried. They would like the salmon & sweet potato.
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ReplyDeleteGoing to have to try Merrick
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I'm not super familiar with Merrick, but it sounds like a great dog food!
ReplyDeleteMy two love Merrick, especially their wet food! I think they'd be partial to the duck recipe; although, I'm sure there are a few others they'd enjoy from that list too!
ReplyDeleteI don't currently feed Merrick, but we have had it as part of our rotational diet for a few days here and there before. I think what we would love to try is the Duck or Venison, because the more variety in protein, the better.
ReplyDeleteOur doggie cousin doesn't eat Merrick. But maybe he should!
ReplyDeleteWe have not tried Merrick but if we won would love the turkey or duck
ReplyDeleteThe dogs all look very anxious for their dinner!
ReplyDeleteI've never tried Merrick with my dogs. It sounds like a great food. I'll certainly be checking this out because I'd like to change Keira's food soon.
ReplyDeleteI just wish we had more options of grain free diet here in India. Here is hoping that it arrives sooner here
ReplyDeleteI currently do not use Merrick for our dog. Jake is a big dog with lots of energy and we are always looking for healthy choices for him.
ReplyDeleteThey are a great company! Very generous to shelters. I think we would try the salmon and sweet potato.
ReplyDeleteI haven't tried Merrick before but if we did we'd probably try the chicken variety
ReplyDeleteWe've tried Merrick dog food & my dogs liked it a lot. I like that they have a grain free food whose ingredients are sourced in the US & locally. I'd love to try the salmon flavor if I win!
ReplyDeleteWe have never tried Merrick before.
ReplyDeleteNot yet. But we just landed that my dogs have allergies and have to change their food. I would love to try the rabbit flavor!
ReplyDeleteOur Pack LOVES Merrick dog treats! I love that they are grain free.
ReplyDeleteIm not currently feeding Merrick but I have in the past! I like to rotate my dogs food, we would love to try the raw infused and freeze dried recipes!
ReplyDeleteMerrick makes some great foods! My kitties have tried a few different wet cat food recipes from them and they loved it. Of course, chicken is a huge favorite around here. :)
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Healthy weight.. Im a bit pudgy
ReplyDeleteI do feed Merrick and would love the buffalo.
ReplyDeleteGood luck on your giveaway. Love your swag bag of goodies.
ReplyDeleteTruffle and Brulee like Merrick canned cat food. We just tried one of their new varieties this past week and will post about it in a few days.
ReplyDeleteMy dogs haven't tried Merrick, but I know I would love for them to try it. I know a lot of dogs love their Merrick food. Since Nelly has allergies, I would want a grain free food.
ReplyDeleteMy dog loves Merrick food! It has helped improve his coat so much.
ReplyDeleteMy dog loves Merrick and it has really helped improve his coat.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest I haven't heard of this brand. I would like to try the grain free formula.
ReplyDeleteWe have never tried this for our big boy. If we were to win we would try the Turkey bag! I think he would love it! starla.batesAT yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteGreat review! I think the Goldens would enjoy the Duck and Sweet Potato!
ReplyDeleteI don't currently feed Merrick. I'd choose the salmon.
ReplyDeleteI have heard a lot of great things about Merrick, but I do not currently feed it. This definitely peaked my interest though!
ReplyDeleteMy dogs luv this food wet and dry mix works best for me And they LUV the jerky treats
ReplyDeleteMy dogs luv this food wet and dry mix works best for me And they LUV the jerky treats
ReplyDeleteYes we feed Merrick to grain free dry, Merrick canned and treats to both our dog and cat. They LOVE MERRICK! They have the healthiest, shiniest, silkiest coats!!! The Grain free Rabbit would be our go to. We like to mix the flavors so they never get bored!!!
ReplyDeleteMy dogs love Merrick canned foods! I give it to them occasionally mixed in their dry food. They eat with SloBowls so dry food works better but they love the canned food treat! I'd love to try the Rabbit - that's one we haven't tried yet! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI have not tried Merrick but it looks like a great food! I would probably need to feed the Healthy Weight to Sadie since she is a little overweight.
ReplyDeleteMerrick is a great line of food and their representatives are so sweet. ☺
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