Not sure what is in the bowl? That is fixable.
Multiple foods or unsure of brand · Various
Our take
Not knowing what is in the bowl is common and fixable. Bring the bag or a photo of the panel; we will read it with you and tell you honestly if it is fine.
What the label says
Not knowing what's in your pet's food is one of the most common — and fixable — gaps in pet care. Bring the bag in (or screenshot the ingredient panel) and our team will walk through it with you, honestly. If your current food is genuinely good, we'll tell you. If we see things that concern us, we'll show you specifically what and why.
- Inconsistent diet creates gut instability
- Unknown ingredients make allergy ID impossible
- No rotation strategy — missing nutritional diversity
- Without knowing ingredients, we can't assess adequacy
- One food you can name
- A clear rotation
- Gut support during the switch
- Omega-3 on every meal
- A plan on paper
The two-minute audit: Read the first five ingredients. Are they whole, named foods? Or meals, fillers and the same grain listed three ways? That one check tells you most of what you need to know about any pet food on any shelf.
The switch at Barks N Purrs
Let's start fresh. Big Country Raw Chicken Dinner or SMACK (Winnipeg-made) is the cleanest reset. COEVO freeze-dried (BC-made) if no freezer is available.
Website prices on 2026-09-26. Cost per day is a starting estimate at 2.5% of body weight for an adult dog; your plan uses your pet's real weight and age.
Turn this into a 30-day plan for your pet
Three minutes: who they are, what is going on, what they eat now. You get the food, the first two supplements, the amount to feed and the cost per day, emailed to you as a shopping list to bring in.
Build the plan