[KnKShowmom]

Tractor Supply sells a 4Health brand which is similiar to Taste of the Wild Pacific - salmon and sweet potato formula. Has anyone tried it? The price is quite a bit less which is nice but that you get what you pay for saying keeps playing in my head.

If I buy a bag and my guys don't like it, TSC will trade it back for a TOTW but I don't want to mess around with switching them over unless I have heard some good feedback.

[GoForAGallop]

I'm sure there's plenty of good feedback out there, but all the dog food ratings sites I see keep consistently rating TOTW above 4Health by at least one star.

I am always looking to find cheaper options, particularly cause TOTW keeps going up. (I started when it was $35/bag just a few years ago, now it's almost $50!!) But unfortunately it still seems to be the "cheapest best option."

[KnKShowmom]

I have read the online reviews but always skeptical of who is actually writing them - at least here I might get a reply from someone who is a regular.

My guys look great on the TOTW but agree the price keeps creeping up - A $50 bag lasts about 10 days. Not the most expensive food out there but will never turn down saving some money if I don't have to sacrifice quality.

[GoForAGallop]

I have read the online reviews but always skeptical of who is actually writing them - at least here I might get a reply from someone who is a regular.

True, you don't, but when you're looking at sites like Dog Food Analysis or Dog Food Advisor it's hard to argue with the "facts" of ingredient lists/meat percentages/etc vs someone saying "Oh yeah, I feed that and my dog hasn't died yet."

If all you're looking for is personal experience, there's a whole host of people on here who are perfectly content feeding Beneful.

[KnKShowmom]

If all you're looking for is personal experience, there's a whole host of people on here who are perfectly content feeding Beneful.

LOL - um, NO!

[Larksmom]

I even feed the salmon and sweet potato, because it is relatively cheap, gets high ratings, and the dogs will eat it. Now this last time, I noticed a new bag of beef and I think sweet potato. They LOVE that. But I notice it is 2 lbs lighter, and a dollar or 2 more money!

[LauraKY]

I feed the new grain free 4Health. I fed Taste of the Wild for a while, but the dogs had the runs with it. I just switched from the regular 4Health Fish and Potato to the grain free. So far, so good. I still have one dog on Wellness Simple Ingredients..but I'm going to try her on the grain free too.

[SonnysMom]

I have been feeding the 4Health Salmon/Sweet Potato for a few months. Everybody loves it. Coats look good, ears on lab less stinky.

Co-worker just switched her boxers to it this last weekend. Her male is apparently picky and loves it. On the other hand I think she was using Ol' Roy before. But they think her male has food allergies so is switching to the fish/sweet potato. I think the vet recommended venison or duck with potato but those brands with that protein source sent her into sticker shock. She free feeds 3 boxers. The 4Health wasn't as bad pricewise and vet said to try the salmon.

[danceronice]

Dogs get the regular Small Bites formula. The cats are transitioning to the new grain-free, though they were doing pretty well on the regular formula (including the one with a UTI history.)

And I've heard from people with dogs who have....gaseous issues...that the sweet potato formula is very helpful there!

[pompeiii]

I also feed the Salmon and Potato to my lab. We started her on in back in September, a few weeks after we got her, and she loves it (that said, she's a lab and loves everything semi edible). Within a week or so, her coat was shiny, bald patches grew in, and she started gaining weight. We've slowly gotten her weight up (she was a rescue and needed to put on about 10 lbs) and have recently decreased the amount of food she gets to maintain her weight. Regardless, she looks wonderful.

My other dog is on Blue Wilderness and is doing great on it (that said, she gets >1/2 cup 2x/day so a 24lbs bag lasts months). We went with the 4Health because the Blue just wasn't in the budget for the new dog, especially when weight gain was a goal. For the price, the 4Health was a decent enough food. New dog also had skin/coat issues (she had been treated for mange at the rescue, and she still had missing hair and dry, itchy, flaky skin) and I wanted to try and fish protein. All issues cleared up on this food. Is it the best food out there? No. But it's working for us.

[KnKShowmom]

Thank you all for your feedback - I think I am going to give it a try. TSC has already told me if they don't like it I can bring it back and go back to TOTW.

Our female lab has terrible food allergies which make her ears itch and salmon/potato formulas are usually the only ones that don't contain any form of chicken - even the duck has chicken broth in it.

Since both dogs are 100 lbs each, a $50 bag of food doesn't last very long so if I can save a bit and have them still look and feel good then that would be good.

I will let you know how it goes!

[TheHunterKid90]

The main difference between TOTW and 4health is that TOTW is completely grain free. Until about a month ago 4health was just no wheat, no corn, no soy an no by-products. Now they've come out with a grain free line which is why LauraKY noticed the bag was a couple pounds lighter and a few dollars more expensive. Still a great value for a grain free diet and much cheaper than TOTW.

I'm a TSC employee and specialize in the pet food area.

Basically, if your dog isn't allergic to grain, the 4health line is excellent. The nutritional analysis is identical to the Blue Buffalo line. I feed Salmon and Potato to my itchy beagle and the mature adult formula to my 13 y/o lab. They like the taste and do every well on it.

I also don't feed near as much of it. They each get a 1/4 cup twice a day and are a little pudgy.

If your dog IS allergic to grain than try the grain free line of 4health. I've heard excellent things from our customers about it.

[HorsesRMyTherapy]

Thank you!

Your post has been most helpful and enlightening for me. I recently took in a rescue almost completely bald from allergies. After six weeks of meds and healthy diet, she is still itchy so we're investigating "affordable" grain free food.

We'll try the 4health and if necessary switch to TOTW. Thanks again to everyone who posted their experiences. This is why I love COTH!