Senior Care Organizations

Wellness Super5Mix Dry Dog Food, Just for Seniors Recipe, 30-Pound Bag

Description

Wellness Super5Mix Just for Seniors recipe is the optimal balance of nutrient-rich whole foods to fulfill the unique health needs of your aging dog. This recipe contains carefully chosen, authentic ingredients, for the complete health of your senior dog and provides whole-body nutritional support and promotes overall fitness and longevity. Wellness ensures excellent nutrient digestibility through its "Digestool" confirmation studies - less nutrients in the stool, means more nutrients stay in the body. As dogs age their metabolism slows. To help maintain healthy body weight, this recipe contains 9% fewer calories than Super5Mix Complete Health. Wellness added sources of glucosamine hydrochloride and chondroitin sulfate to help promote hip and joint health. This recipe uses quality animal protein sources such as deboned chicken, chicken meal and deboned whitefish to help maintain lean muscle mass. Wellness uses wholesome grains and natural fiber to help maintain a healthy intestinal tract, and this recipe contains a source of live, naturally-occurring micro-organisms. Deboned chicken and whitefish are used to provide a taste that dogs love.

Reviews

Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2010-05-12
Summary: "The Best Dog Food For Seniors Look No Further"

My 13 year old Rescued Belgian Shepherd Groenendael has passed on after a short 6 year stay with me! I was a newbie to pet care when Samantha (Sammie) came into my life, initially I feed her one of the advertised dog foods (I---). The females shed twice a year, in my case it was 12 months a year, it was awful to the point of me almost going insane. I loved and hated my beautiful dog! I researched the internet and asked anyone I could if there was a solution to Sammie's problem. I even tried other brands which she wouldn't eat, this became costly.
Finally a Petco representative turned me on to Wellness Senior blend. It is as special blend minus fillers , etc., it had vitamins, plus G. Condrodin (sp) for her hip problems.
I gradually adjusted her diet over a period of a couple weeks Wellness is a very rich dog food, dogs need to adjust to the new food. She loved the taste, after a short period of time her shedding almost came to a stop along with her dandruff. After her passing I found out Groenendaels need to be brushed daily or at least several times a week, if you do this regularly they do not need bathing. That is what the experts say. The breed is really Very Special, a great family dog check them out.
There is no way you can go wrong with Wellness dog foods, be sure to go to their web site to check out their science, be sure to read the customer testimonials. You will be happy you did!!!!

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2009-09-09
Summary: "Fantastic Company"

I received my Wellness dog food very quickly, within the week. The shipping price was extremely fair considering the weight of my purchase. My shipping was both quicker and cheaper shipping than my previous source. My overall price was cheaper than my other source, even though the other company uses % off coupons. Thank you for such a smooth transaction.

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Rating: 3 / 5
Date: 2009-01-25
Summary: "used to love it, but a scary experience for my golden raised questions"

I fed my two golden retrievers and cat Wellness products for a long time with good results. I really respect the approach Wellness has tried to take and always thought their ingredients were excellent. Their ingredient list is outstanding-- human grade meats and veggies/ a holistic health approach.

Then we had a strange incident. I opened a new bag and gave it to my dog, and shortly after eating breakfast she became terribly sick for about a week---severe, severe diarrhea. I thought this was a weird coincidence, so I discarded the bag just to be safe, and went through another bag of Wellness with no problems. Then about a month later I again opened a fresh bag and my dog became terribly ill shortly after eating the first bowl-- same symptoms. (Both bags were not expired.)

I can't help suspecting that something about how the ingredients were mixed in those bags made my dog terribly sick. I stopped feeding Wellness to my pets and we have had no further problems over the last 6 months. I should add that my dog had never had any allergy problems of any kind and has always been very healthy. She has never had a bad reaction to any food-- she is a chow-hound and does not have a sensitive system.

I reported our experience to the store where I purchased the food and they agreed to notify Wellness. I don't know if the company has looked into this issue or not.

If your dog stays healthy on Wellness I would still support it as a good choice given the ingredient list. However, if your dog has symptoms like my dog's symptoms, I'd suggest to you take that seriously and switch foods.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2007-09-08
Summary: "An Excellent Food"

Pet guardians, please take the time to educate yourselves on what goes into your pet's food. That initiative will give them the gift of a longer, healthier life, eliminate many chronic health issues that pets face, save you money in vet bills in the long run... the list of benefits goes on and on.

I have done extensive research on canine and feline nutrition and I highly recommend, if you are going to feed commercial food, Welless, California Naturals or Innova. For a great complete meal, I give my dogs all one of those dry foods mixed with a little bit of canned from the same brands, water for hydration, a touch of a good quality essential oil (such as olive, flax, etc.), a touch of powdered kelp and alfalfa, a splash of organic apple cider vinegar, Prozyme digestive enzymes to unlock the nutrients in all that good food and top with a dollop of plain yogurt. It sounds like a lot, but it takes me less than 5 minutes to assemble the meals for 6 dogs - and they are ridiculously healthy an full of energy, even our 3 seniors who are 11, 12 and 13. I have two seniors with heart murmurs and at our most recent vet check, my dog with the worst heart murmur, a 12 year old beagle that I love desperately, had a 2-grade improvement in condition severity - that is HUGE. Good nutrition makes all the difference and, as an added bonus, I have yet to meet a dog that doesn't like it! My only quibble with the senior formulation of this great food is that it is very dry - I really do recommend that you add at least a touch of a good oil and water to it to prevent dry skin - dogs get most of their hydration from food.

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Rating: 5 / 5
Date: 2006-12-08
Summary: "wellness"

This food is well worth the money, my yellow lab has arthritis in his back legs and has not limped since he started wellness. He also would get a rash on his belly from allergies and hasn't broken out since!! Highly recommended!!!