Pet Nutritionist Reviews The Honest Kitchen | Dehydrated, Clusters, and More!
Pet Nutritionist Reviews The Honest Kitchen | Dehydrated, Clusters, and More!
You asked, I listened. I reviewed The Honest Kitchen so you have all the information you need to make an informed decision of your dog’s food. Is it the best? Let’s find out!
Formulas featured in this video:
The Honest Kitchen Dehydrated Whole Grain Beef Recipe (Verve) Dog
The Honest Kitchen Whole Food Clusters Grain Free Chicken Dog
The Honest Kitchen Dehydrated Grain Free Turkey Recipe (Grace) Cat
The Honest Kitchen Butcher Block Pate Chicken & Super Greens
The Honest Kitchen One Pot Stew Simmered Salmon & Chicken Stew
The Honest Kitchen Chicken Superfood Pour Over
The Honest Kitchen Meal Booster 99% Salmon and Pollock
I am a certified dog trainer and pet nutritionist and focus on holistic wellness and force-free, positive reinforcement based training methods. I have been training dogs and horses for the last 7 years or so, and training/consulting full time for the last 3 years. I am very passionate about animal health and wellness and my goal for all of my clients is to have their dogs as healthy and happy as possible.
If you have any nutrition questions or wish to get a customized nutritional consult form me, you can get in contact with me at:
www.topdogbehavior.com
topdogbehavior@gmail.com
*The topics discussed into this video are my opinions, formed by my own personal research and professional experience. Differing opinions are always welcome on this channel, as long as discussions are civil and science-based research is available to support factual claims. My advice does not replace veterinary care and I am not qualified to diagnose or treat medical conditions.*
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FAQs
Where are you from?
Oregon
How many tattoos do you have?
11
How many piercings do you have?
11
What kind of pets do you have?
I have dogs, birds (cockatiels), turtles, frogs, a scorpion, a leopard gecko, and a variety of fish.
What kind of dogs do you have and what are their names?
Tiki (15), Lhasa Apso / Poodle mix
Luna (2), Silver Lab (Lab / Weimaraner mix)
Misty (1.5), Husky / Shepherd mix
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How about smalls for cats
how do you feel about the just add water cat food formulas?
how do you calculate the carb?
I like that it’s human grade. That’s kinda a must. And I don’t understand when you said, you’d rather see sweet potatoes instead of russet potatoes, because they have less sugar??? The sweet potato has 14X the sugar that a russet has. They are both nutritious. Nothing wrong with the russet potatoes
CAN YOU PLEASE REVIEW ESSENCE DOG FOOD…. KIBBLE AND CAN DOG FOOD…. THAT’S WHAT I FEED MY DOGS ALONG WITH SOME TOPPERS AND GOATS MILK, BUT, I WOULD LOVE TO KNOW IF I’m DOING GOOD BY CHOOSING THAT KIBBLE…. THANK YOU!!
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I just started using the honest kitchen limited ingredient fish recipe. I also not a fan of potato 🥔 In dog food. This LI formula does not have potato. Any thoughts on this formula vs the other HK dehydrated foods. Also their cup measurements are 8oz correct ? Love the videos, thanks so much for any feedback
I thank you for your review on the HK. I have three labs and My youngest Maggi, 6 and Holli is 12 eat the grain beef dehydrated and Maggi will have the beef clusters in the morning. Tucker, our middle pup eats science Diet Derm complete. sever environmental allergies. what do you recommend as a topper if has high kidney (SDMA) blood results?
Thanks good review
I’ve been happy with the honest kitchen puppy formula
I started feeding my dog Acana in February (switched from science diet), she is a pit/lab mix and just turned 10, well just yesterday she started having bloody stool and I don’t know if it’s linked to the Acana dog food but I’m thinking about switching her to the honest kitchen since it could be better for their digestion. Thank you!
I read sweet potato causing Cancer in dogs.
What’s your credentials just wondering
Is Honest Kitchen still better than your "chefs kiss" dog kibble? I can’t decide Honest Kitchen or Carna4
Love your videos! I’ll appreciate your review with the new Open Farm Epic Blend Chicken/beef Salmon & Superfood Dry Dog Food <3 I’m changing my dogs from Hills pet nutrition to The Honest Kitchen, I have two dogs, I’m transitioning them now to the cluster, and now I have the dehydrated option for the next order. But since I like the brand open farm too, now I’m thinking if that one that is new, would be better. Thank you so much and I hope you are doing well!
If using HK I add meat
This Brand was not reviewed on your kibble and canned reviews. Curios why. TY
I would like to have some information on NutriSource dog food please?
comparison between the honest kitchen clusters vs stella and chewys raw coated kibble?
The Honest Kitchen also chooses women led suppliers/companies if there are any in that market. Lucy Postins is one of my favorite ppl that I haven’t met yet.
Instinct (be natural)!
Can you tell me the difference between high protein vs grain free cat food?
I came across this video while doing research on the idea of dehydrating my homemade dog food. It’s nice to see that HK has a dehydrated food available to feed but after clearing my recipe with my vet, I’d genuinely like to maintain my current recipe. I’m just trying to figure out if HK dehydrated each ingredient separately then mixed them together or if I’d be able to continue to cook his recipe as I normally have, then place it in the dehydrator, then powder it once dehydrated. My dog’s health has improved considerably since I started cooking his food rather than feeding kibble so I don’t want to mess that up. Just looking for a way to preserve it, rather than keep it in the freezer, in case of a power outage.
Any ideas about Royal Canine kibble
Its now (July 2024) $104.00 for 20lb bags, a couple weeks ago it was $88, don’t want to spend that amount, it’s ridiculous, can you please tell us the best to purchase on a budget?
reccomend the cheapest clean non kibble dog food please you said its expensive
Is this a good second choice to go if I want a cheaper version of CARNA4?
Can I add the pour overs toppers to the honest kitchen clusters? Would that help out the over all product
Given that the cat food options had a better protein to carbohydrate ratio, would you recommend feeding a small dog the cat food option?
Can you review just food for dogs vs honest kitchen?
How much protein should I add? Replace maybe 1/4 of the dry mix with the same amount of protein?
Thank you for this review! Super thorough and informative. I picked up some of the dehydrated food for my picky puppy today without doing any prior research and I wanted to make sure I made a decent choice. So relieved now, though as you recommended, I will be sure to include extra protein.
Dose The honest kitchen organic grain dog food dose it keep the stones away like is it for urine care for risk of most common urinary bladder stones and is it only the wet dog food for the honest kitchen organic grain dog food or can it be dry dog food of the honest kitchen organic grain dog food as well that keeps the stones away as well
I have that exact same blanket on my couch! LoL
What about in comparison to the Stella and chewy brand? Thinking of switching but also interested in fresh diet, raw or cooked and balanced
Could I add a freeze dried topper and if so what kind.
Glad I found your channel
Review open Farm
I dont think it costs more than a specialized vet kibble diet, cost is about the same, and it probably saveing in vet visits in the long run.
We found Honest Kitchen in 2013, we had four dogs at the time, put them all on this food and within a few months we saw marked improvements in their health: bright eyes, shiny and softer coat, better teeth, more energy, etc
We never give our dogs any other brand
I was constantly meal prepping for my dogs, making home made food for them. But i have small children and it was getting hard and timely for me. I’m glad I found this brand and my dogs love it!!!
I have a 1 year old rat terrier / mountain curr mix. We got her when she was 7 months old and was found homeless and infested with parasites, worms and was malnourished. I first started with Petcos whole hearted and quickly learned she needs smaller kibble instead of the all breeds kibble size and then found out she doesn’t chew her food either so we got a slow feeder and she was okay on kibble but her bowel movements were very inconsistent and I knew she needed more so I would put salmon oil in her kibble or bone broths to soften the kibble and it was better. Years ago I worked at Petco and I gave our family dog at the time the honest kitchen and she loved it. She was so old to the point where she was hard to motivate to eat daily and this got her excited to eat again all the way till the end so I got the honest kitchen dehydrated powder food while grain for my dog and her bowel movements are so much better and consistent now, she doesn’t get car sick anymore, no stomach issues and is very well hydrated the point where she’ll drink from her water bowl but not as much anymore cause she gets a lot of water from her food. She’s always been food motivated and liked her food but this was a game changer! I still give it to her in her slow feeder bowl and she actually takes time to eat now instead of scarfing it down and I still put salmon oil and bone broth in her food and I actually make 3 days worth of breakfast and dinner at a time and just keep it refrigerated and it’s cheaper to get the big box on Amazon than going into a pet store to get it and I just have it shipped to me every 2 months
Only problem I have witnessed…dogs don’t like it! What good is it if dogs refuse to eat it!
What about the Chicken and Duck recipe? It doesn’t contain potatoes, is the carb content lower in this formula?
i think you calculated wrongly. read online that you should not subtract fiber, since fiber is a carb
I do fresh with base mix n half dehydrated mix
I support the brand and what they stand for. The food smells wonderful when I add warm water. However, I have a big dog and feeding the recommended amount(dehydrated or clusters) made my dog need to go outside to poop about 4 times a day. I currently feed the grain free chicken clusters but I have to mix it with a majority of freshpet.
When I used the dehydrated mix, I had to use very hot water and let it sit for 10 minutes rather than the 3 minutes it said on the box. My dog did not digest it well until I started doing this. I also had to mix it with freshpet to not feed the recommended amount of THK but still meet caloric requirements.
We are feeding her honest kitchen thank you for this review. I am curious on your thoughts on Badlands and on probiotic choices. Thank you!
Can you recommend a bak e d dry food that doesn’t have peas,flax,corn rice and oat?
What are your thoughtS about the GRAIN free my vet disagrees with the grain fee label? TIA
I second the comment about doing a video on fresh pet!
Trying to add more fresh food to my dogs and cats diets.
I know it’s not the best but would be great to do a deep dive and use as a jumping step into higher quality ones!
For me it’s that it’s so easily available at my local pet store and other fresh type foods I’ve seen are subscription based which I don’t want.