“My dog has been on farmers dog for about 1.5 years. Since starting this food brand her cholesterol has skyrocketed. She is in early stages pancreatitis. Her lab results were perfect prior to starting this brand of food. It’s expensive, made with seed oils and there are better healthier options.”
“The dog food is great but the last delivery March 2025 we notice the packets where thinner. We had an old packet and sure enough they were thinner by a 1/4 pound .
We have photos and scale to prove it.
I asked them about and they said to 'send them photos'. It's as if they don't know.
Don't buy Farmers Dog find something else or make it yourself.”
“Long story short: farmer's dog gave our dog pancreatitis. We almost lost him with the last episode. He had never had it before and hasn't had it since that food was totally stopped. Would never recommend it--too risky.”
“My dog is seriously ill due to the high fat content and has pancreatitis and may not make it, it is a daily struggle to get him to eat. I would not recommend this to any dog who is not needing high fat. I will never for give myself for putting my dog in this situation.”
“Like others have said, I gave them Ths Farmer's dog. At first they really liked it, and I thought that this would be much better than feeding them the Blue Buffalo that they were getting for the 4 years that I had them. The Girl started to get really sick, diarrhea and bloody smelly stools all ove the house. Her brother frequently turned away from the food, only eating it when he understood that that was all that was on offer for breakfast/dinner. After the $2K emergency vet bill, I decided to switch back to Blue Buffalo and they are very happy that I did.”
“Been using their food for almost a year. The first couple of months everything was fine. My last 2 packages I received from them were darker in color. I only get one type of food so it should have been normal like the others have been. Several times my dog got sick and would go days without eating. A couple of times my dog would just sniff it and walk away. And I'd throw it out. 60% of the time my dog would eat it and she would be fine the other 40% didn't go so well. I reached out and emailed them about the food being bad or spoiled and I never heard from them, canceled my plan with them and using something else.”
“DO NOT USE FARMER'S DOG! Our dogs became horribly sick after eating Farmer's Dog food. We even had to take one of our dogs to an emergency vet, where they informed us that they had seen many cases of very sick dogs with a common denominator: Farmer's Dog food.”
“My dog had been on farmers dog for months with no issues then suddenly stopped eating it she had constant diarrhea and when taken to the vet they said she had inflamed gastrointestines we gave her a bland diet then went back to farmers dog and low and behold she has diarrhea and it’s getting worse today she had bloody diarrhea and we need to schedule ANOTHER vet visit this is not approved by the vet and doesn’t work on every dog.”
“I stopped using Farmers Dog when my usually unpicky dog stopped eating for several days... I also noticed the food was more of a pureed greasy mess. Several boxes showed up partially defrosted and one had leaked during shipping and lost all the packages except one. It's not worth the effort.”
“Couple years using their plan. Two orders ago called and changed to phone in orders as needed, not using plan.. 1st order using this method worked fine. 2nd order I called and ordered 14 pkgs Pork and 14 pkgs beef.. They said they would ship seperately and I agreed. Assuming total cost would be $180.. Well the decided to charge $180. for each 14 pkgs or $360. for 28 pkgs..or $12.86 per pkg.. Phone call to them on 12/19/24, “that’s the way it is “ BUYER BEWARE..”
“Good food but they are making unscheduled deliveries and charging me. When I ask why? they have no answers. Its because they are trying to make their numbers before the end go the last quarter and boosting sales! Very unethical!”
“The food does not look like it does on their advertisement. It looks like moshed up food. Almost as though they used a blender. Does not look or smell appetizing so no wonder why my dog wouldn't eat it.”
“I tried Ollie, and all three of my dogs would not eat it. So I thought I would try Farmer's Dog. All three of my dogs won't eat Farmer's either. They both look like mush. Definitely doesn't look like it does on TV. The squirrels in my backyard are getting most of it after it sits on the plate untouched. Waste of money.”
“The first time I ordered the Farmers Dog, when I got it it looked like it does on the commercials"
My second order which was $267"?? The food looked like mud. The packages showed a little of the food Gatineau as the tv but mostly looked iike mud.i called to complain and got absolutely no where. I asked the young man what can be done and he used a few lines that was scripted but in one word NOTHING.”
“I would strongly advise against buying this food. Over the past 3 years the quality has significantly gone down and the packs are smaller and smaller. I've contacted customer service and they refuse to acknowledge the issue. For the price they charge, I'm not sure how they get away with this.”
“I would recommend against the Farmer's Dog for no other reason than a large amount of conflicting information about whether the product is "good", predatory marketing practices, and a misrepresentation of their nutritional certifications. We recently underwent a health scare with our older dog, and after being pelted with ads, we figured "why not? what kind of pet owner wouldn't want to feed their dog fresh food?". We got a trial, our dog loved it, but she was starving after the first few rounds. We looked around online and found others had similar issues, which led to us investigating their portioning by breed/weight, and seeing how little actual data was being shared with us. What made our Pom diet different than the recipe sent for a working dog? We then fell down a rabbit hole of people sharing accounts of long-term health problems that only appeared after switching diets for a period of time long enough to eliminate adjustment periods.
Ends up we're not alone. We found that FD did not have the same certifications that Purina and other vet-recommended foods do, which is crucial, as this is what makes the food ideal for pets of various breeds. I don't know how FD does it, but it appears to be a one-size-fits-all brand. Our vet (and a few others) were totally unfamiliar with the brand, and advised against it.
We were also presented with a slew of misinformation around alleged pancreatitis tied to long-term usage of the Farmer's Dog. The FD site has a section on this and does not address allegations beyond pancreatitis having multiple contributing factors, which while true, doesn't change the fact that there is enough correlation between diagnoses to make me extremely skeptical of the product. I don't care at this point if it does or not, but I'm extremely offput by the dismissive responsiveness from FD. Stop spending time/resources on why your product isn't responsible for the disease, and start working to get actual certifications for your food, starting with WSAVA.
You are not a bad pet owner for giving your dog processed food if the processed food is vet-approved and vetted by the various regulating bodies to make sure you are not hurting your dog. Don't fall prey to advertising.”
“We have received bad food that sickened our dogs. Farmers Dog is all about negating their responsibility and not respecting feedback or complaints. Expensive food that is not reliable at all and not worth the risk to the pets.”
“After many expensive vet bills and research we discovered that all of our dogs problems were due to malnourishment from this food. He is 12yrs old and we discovered that this food only provides half of the needed protein for his diet. It took about a year until he was having really bad skin problems and lethargy and weight loss. Once we changed the food the food and he was receiving enough protein then he perked right up. Their customer service tried helping by cutting out certain types of food, thinking it was allergies. I told them the problem once we found out but they didn't seem to be concerned or knowledgeable that this was the problem. We found many other cases of this issue with pet owners who have their older dogs on this program. They should know this and change the recipe for older dogs.”
“I have been feeding my dog off the shelf dog food all her life, she is going on 17 now.
Still jumps between the couch.
Sorry to say, some dogs live for a long time, some don't.”
