The Good: Very nutritious, Great ingredients, Myah absolutely loves it!
The Bad: Very expensive
The Basics: Myah exhibits a real desire for Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley adult dog food; a desire my finances cannot keep up with!
Myah, my soon-to-be six year-old Siberian Husky is a fan of variety and I have to be honest; I have gotten off comparatively cheaply since getting her. So, it is a rare thing that I would shell out $55 for a bag of dog food. Even so, Myah is worth it and I felt because the ingredients in Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food were so good – it was the only bag of dog food in my new local grocery store where the first ingredient was actual meat (in this case chicken) – Myah would enjoy it and it would be worth the expense.
And it was!
The 30 pound bag has lasted over a month and Myah still comes for this food eagerly in a way she seldom does for a food after a month!
Basics
A single serving of Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food is three to four cups for a big dog like Myah and she is supposed to get a single such serving each day, so a 30 pound bag lasts about two months. Getting about two months out of the $55 bag does not work for my budget, though it was not as bad as I initially thought when I shelled out the money for it. Each piece of Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food is light tan disc that is very mealy and hard in its texture. They are approximately 7/16" in diameter and 3/16” thick. These pieces are very hard and textured to help remove plaque from teeth and the dog’s tongue. Myah often eats these several pellets at a time.
Ease Of Preparation
As a dry dog food, preparation of Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog is as easy as opening a bag and measuring out the pellets inside. There is no further prep needed.
Myah’s Reaction
Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food smells exceptionally meaty. In fact, the scent is so strong that Myah comes running when I open the bag of this food. Myah seems intrigued by the scent as well and she devours as much of this as she can when it is put in front of her.
In fact, the Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food is one of the few dog foods that Myah will both actually defend her bowl and eat all of the contents of her bowl when it is set before her. When this food has been in regular rotation or when it is mixed in with a lesser food, she comes running for it and eats all of the pellets of Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food out of her bowl. The way she prioritizes this food makes it clear she loves the taste of it.
Each time she started eating it, Myah rushed for her bowl when she thought she was getting Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food! This is one of the dog foods that I had to get more rigid with measuring out for her as she would devour all I put in front of her, regardless of her initial hunger level!
Nutrition
Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food smells very much like meat, but not spices, which makes sense because it is made with real chicken. Made primarily of chicken meal, brown rice and barley, the ingredients are about half natural, the rest are minerals and preservatives. According to the guaranteed analysis, Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food has at least 26% crude protein, 14% crude fat, but no more than 3.4% crude fiber and 10% moisture. As a dry dog food, it is highly recommended that you have adequate water available for your dog when serving it Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food.
Overall
Nature’s Variety Prairie Chicken Meal & Brown Rice Medley dog food is made with great ingredients and it might be Myah’s favorite from this brand. Sadly, though, it is at least as expensive as other premium dog foods, which makes it harder for me to replenish than other Purina dog foods. Given how much Myah loves this food, though, it is one I have to recommend!
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