After trying soooo many different kibbles I was loosing hope on finding something he would like. He likes this and on the plus side it really seems to be a quality food.

I have a very finicky older pup and was having a hard time finding something he would not turn up his nose to. But I also wanted to find something with less fillers and that was including raw meat. He absolutely loves it! He has some health issues and we needed to find a healthier solution as he was so tired of fish! Would recommend this food because the kibble is small yet cleans their teeth, so it is is a win win!

I have not tried it yet"¦ but my puppies like it; for me, it smells okay"¦ that's how far I'll go. But, right now - after confronted with having to judge the flavor - hold a minutes"¦

Well, I ate a pebble. It's hard in the teeth, but then, surprisingly, it grinds down much better with a sip of water. As a chef, I can taste a hint of dried hay, maybe old cereal and an indistinct side flavor; that weird aftertaste you get when licking a stone. (childhood memories) The scent immediately dissipates, however"¦ it was not awful nor was it spectacular; I did however contemplated the banality of having to consume this for breakfast lunch and dinner"¦
Back to my review; I would never get as excited and near "freak out" for this to be served to me three times a day"¦ judging by the puppies; it's f%#**# delicious!
Afterthought: it makes for compacted, medium dry poop worms, that scoops up without mush and lifts off the carpet easily! That is a bonus point in itself.

My Ernestine, Pharoah hound, loves this food.

After trying several brands of dog food such as the ones that are Grain free beef and the ones with the mix of Beef and Rice, Lamb and Rice, Chicken and Rice, I was finally able to find a substitute food that my dog would not end up drooling profusely and with a big scary seizure. For a long time, the only dog food my dog was able to tolerate relatively well without suffering from seizures was" Blue Buffalo Grain Free Freedom Beef Recipe" but this brand kept on going out of stock. The Blue Buffalo ingredients' list looks great on the bag but I do not think it is that great because my dog turds were always black like tar and hard. Besides I was never able to feed him more than 1/3 of a scoop three times a day and yet his belly was always distended like a drum and he kept on gaining weight. Because "Blue Buffalo Grain Free Freedom Beef Recipe" kept on going out of stock, I tried switching him to a more common brand easier to find such as Blue Buffalo Chicken, Blue Buffalo Lamb, Blue Buffalo Chicken and Rice, Hill Science Lamb and Rice, Nutro Lamb and Rice, Purina One, and Purina One True Instinct Wet Food. This was a long and frustrating process and expensive one too. Each time he did well for two weeks or so and then one day he came back to the drooling and the seizures and I had to discard started bags of food and cans. In trying to find my dog's problem, I took him to the veterinary and he ran scans of his head and found no abnormalities. The veterinary suggested putting him on epilepsy drugs but I turned him down. So I continued feeding him his "Blue Buffalo Grain Free Freedom Beef Recipe" food. Then during the pandemic this brand became harder to find so I started my search again for a replacement. It was then when I saw in Amazon the "Instinct Original Grain Free Recipe with Real Beef Natural Dry Dog Food" and decided to give it a try and I am glad I did. It has been two months now since I started switching my dog over slowly from Blue Buffalo to this Instinct brand and he has not had the drooling and the seizures episodes (I am glad he never reached the point of a Bloat episode). I guess the secret with Instinct is that it has more digestible and higher quality ingredients, better food processing, and better formula than other brands. I noticed Instinct's formula has a little bit of Taurine so I guess that helps too in preventing seizures. I am glad I found the "Instinct Original Grain Free Recipe with Real Beef Natural Dry Dog Food" to substitute my dog's food and I highly recommend this brand. It'd be nice if Instinct's formula had more Taurine.
Price wise with Amazon's Subscribe & Save an "Instinct Original Grain Free Recipe with Real Beef Natural Dry Dog Food" 20 pounds bag is $67.87 and a "Blue Buffalo Grain Free Freedom Beef Recipe" 24 pounds bag is $64.58.
Copper, my dog is a five years old Beagle that weighs around 30 pounds, he is very happy now and says Thank You to Instinct the Raw Brand.