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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Meech17" data-source="post: 9872909" data-attributes="member: 7044459">My partner is a veterinary technician, meaning not a doctor/vet, but knowledgeable in the field. So take this with a grain of salt, and she'd agree that the first step is to consult with your vet first. With that qualifier out of the way, she's not a fan of them. I think most of her concerns stem from the fact that a lot of dog parents aren't up for the added work that comes with the "real food" nature of these products. People are so used to the 'Dump the bag in an air-tight bucket and forget it' nature of traditional brown-rock style of kibble that they kind of ignore that these things are not shelf stable food products, and they do go bad. She's seen lots of issues with people playing fast and loose with expiry periods, or perhaps their dogs are the type to graze, and not eat their whole meal at once, letting it warm up in the bowl and go bad. I guess there's also an issue with dog food not being held to the same rigorous quality standards as human food, so this "human-food-like" stuff is less regulated. She's mentioned there seems to be a correlation between these types of foods and dogs developing pancreatitis. (Note, correlation doesn't always equal causation, and feeding your dog lots of table scraps and the like can also lead to pancreatitis. I often get chastised for giving the boy too many french fries.) We feed our boy Purina Pro Plan.</blockquote>