IAMS Proactive Health Healthy Aging Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food for Mature and Senior Dogs with Real Chicken, 30 lb. Bag
$46.98
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Contains one (1) 30 lb. bag of IAMS PROACTIVE HEALTH Healthy Aging Adult Large Breed Dry Dog Food for Mature and Senior Dogs with Real Chicken
1st ingredient is real, farm-raised chicken in this healthy dog food
Formulated to support healthy bones and joint health with a balance of key nutrients for large aging dogs
Promotes healthy digestion with a blend of fiber and prebiotics
Supports a strong immune system with antioxidants
Veterinarians recommend IAMS
Specially formulated healthy aging dog food fits a senior dog’s specific wellness and nutritional needs
Customers say
Customers find that the dog food is a good value for money. They say it’s affordable and well-made with quality ingredients. The food keeps their dogs healthy and lively, with smaller kibble sizes suitable for small dogs.
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13 reviews for IAMS Proactive Health Healthy Aging Large Breed Adult Dry Dog Food for Mature and Senior Dogs with Real Chicken, 30 lb. Bag
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roberta yates –
Tasty. My dogs loved it
I have to buy three types of food- puppy, adult, and aging.I can’t really keep up with the expense so I’m going to stick to Blue Buffalo which I get here.
Jennica Barrera –
Dogs love
Love this for my dogs ,never had any problems, good price ,size and ingredients are clean
Elizabeth –
Good quality
My dogs seem to really enjoy this food. Since starting this food I have noticed my dogs seem to be more active and having an easier time maintaining their weight.
James T. Walczak –
Decent brand at a reasonable price.
We’ve been using this Iams blend for about 2 months now and so far my dogs seem to enjoy it and there don’t appear to be any food related health issues. We had switched to Iams after having read that Purina was now using the cheap imported chicken meat…the same meat that got national publicity in the dog treats that had resulted in the deaths of many animals (since Purina was bought out by Nestles, their products have gone straight to hell and they are apparently trying to take people’s pets with them).One of the benefits of Iams is that according to research, this food line is made by the same company that makes Eukanuba. While I suspect that the quality of the food isn’t as stellar as Eukanuba, neither is the price….compared with the majority of the premium dog foods currently on the market, many of which cost $50 and up for less than 30 lbs (with some of those boutique brands such as Blue Buffalo, it would have actually been less expensive for us to simply make our own dog food!), Iams is still reasonably priced comparatively speaking. My family had done a rather fair degree of research before settling on Iams – we read numerous reviews and compared quality versus cost etc.. For us, Iams seemed to provide the best balance of these considerations.If you’re reading this review, you’re probably already aware of this however another benefit of Iams Proactive blends is that they are not only available for different breed sizes (small, medium, large, etc) but for different age ranges as well. How significant the difference is between “7 to 10 years” and “11+ Senior” is difficult to say, however based on their association with Eukanuba, one might suspect that they do take the pets age and related nutritional needs into consideration (remember and older dog isn’t going to have the same nutritional needs as a dog in her prime, let alone a puppy). That said however, we have noticed that all of our dogs which are consider “large breeds” (50 to 70+ lbs) have shown a marked preference for the medium to small size kibble. Not sure if there’s a taste difference or if it’s simply that the smaller kibble is perhaps easier to chew, but they do prefer the smaller size food.Perhaps the only real gripe I have so far, is that with that last paragraph regarding the rather significant variety of blends available, we have in fact had problems with “supply”. When we first switched to Iams, we originally purchased the food at Walmart however when we went back for a second bag, there wasn’t any more to be found on the shelves. In fact we tried 3 separate Walmart locations and couldn’t find the same blend. We then made our second purchase at one of those Pet super stores, Pet Supplies Plus, as their prices were similar (if not identical) to Walmart, however again when we went back a couple of weeks later, again there wasn’t any more of the same blend to be found (in fact, the sales girl proceeded to tell me they never even carried that blend, even though I had purchased the previous bag only 2 weeks earlier). After this we’ve ordered from here on Amazon…whether or not they’ll have this blend a second time still remains to be seen.Clearly the problem there as any good dog owner knows is that abruptly changing food can cause issues for your dog ranging from upset stomach to diarrhea, etc.. When local stores (or even internet suppliers) are unable (or unwilling) to stock said brands/varieties on a regular basis, this can create issues for pets (one of the reasons we had stuck with Purina until they started making people’s dogs sick…you can find it anywhere). On that issue alone I have knocked one star off my rating…the folks at Iams and Procter Gamble Pets really need to do a better job of making sure their supplies property stock the shelves.As far as my purchase experience here on Amazon, I have to say it was something of a “mixed breed” (pun intended). We had ordered 2 bags of the 29.1 food, however only 1 of them was shipped promptly. While we were quite grateful that they did this (as the cupboard was running low) and more so that they didn’t charge us for the additional shipping, when the second bag finally arrived, it was in a crumpled, make-shift box that was nearly destroyed (the first bag had been properly packed in an appropriate shipping box). While this was an unusual experience for us (we’ve purchased other products from Amazon many times over the years), I sincerely hope that it never happens again…I really hate to see half a bag of dog food scattered across the state of Ohio on it’s way to our house!While it’s a safe bet that Iams doesn’t match the nutritional value of some of the more expensive brands out there, at least compared with the low cost competition (including Nestles/Purina), they do seem to use quality ingredients and are healthier for pets. For those on a budget but who still care about their pets, Iams is a good alternative.
Brittney –
Senior Food importance
I really liked this food fo my senior boy. (Lower in protein and Phosphorus). Sadly, when my local Farm and Fleet did t carry it I got a different Senior food that I subsequently found was much higher in both, so I ordered here online. I don’t know if it was the extended period of time he was on the other food, or if it was incidental. Still,y pets have always done well on Iam’s foods.
John –
It’s dog food!
Exactly the same that I buy in the grocery store, but shipped to my door!
Brainpain –
The veterinarian recommended this a few years ago and our dog hasn’t complained so far
Our dog was five pounds overweight on a different brand of dry dog food. The veterinarian advised we switch him to this. He took to it without any problems and the following year he was down five pounds and at his healthy weight. He’s still at that weight three years later.
John K –
Good
My dogs like it but the same as Ratchel Rays so not sure why it’s considered one of the best, safest. Time will tell if they do better as on is old. If it ever goes on sale, I will buy again but overpriced as I bought by subscribed but will cost a lot more next time and only 30 pounds.
RJ –
Don’t listen to the Dog Food snobs (yes, like many other consumables, there are dog food snobs nowadays) this is good stuff at a good price. Our older 7 year old dog likes the senior and since she is a larger breed she prefers the larger bite, so that’s what she gets. It’s really not that big of a chunk though. I would have thought it would be bigger, but it’s better than the normal size for a larger breed dog. It gives her that satisfying crunch, whereas the smaller stuff she just sort of swallowed it whole a lot of the time.I don’t know if it’s fresh, I can’t tell. It smells like dog food. To me all dog food smells similar, if not the same. She eats it. Her poop stinks, like it usually does. So I don’t think there’s anything wrong with it. I think part of the issue some people have with dog food is they don’t understand that you cannot just abruptly change the brand and/or type overnight. You need to do gradually wean them off their old food by mixing in more and more NEW food and less and less OLD food over a period of a couple weeks. The longer the better and easier it will be for your dob (and cats too) to adjust. The people who speak of their this giving their dog the “runs”, well, I highly suspect that’s what they neglected to do.Getting back to the Dog Food Snobs. You do not need to listen to them and buy a $100 bag of dog food. That’s just nuts. When I was a kid we had a dog that lived to 16 on some Co-op brand dog food (Co-op is a Canadian farmers co-operative store for purchasing supplies and farming related products.) Consumables, like this dog food could be purchased in bulk in massive bags, probably 40 or 50 lbs each. My dad would split a pallet with our neighbour, have it delivered and have the bags off-loaded by hand and carried into a cold storage area under our carport. A shipment would last us, to be best of my memory, about a year and a half.The quality of the dog food itself was not high. It was dirt cheap. Really cheap. Cheaper than even Purina Dog Chow which was the only other dog food brand I can recall from that time period. I know there were a few others, however. But this Co-op stuff, which came in a plain brown bag with very little written on it as far as brand recognition is concerned, would probably make today’s coddled pure breeds vomit just by swallowing a single nugget. But our dog ate it…and loved it. And her bowel movements were so regular you could set your watch to it.Anyways, she was as healthy as a horse to the day she just went to sleep one night and did not wake up in the morning. No major issues whatsoever during her lifetime and she was a Heinz 57 breed (she looked mostly like a lab but she obviously had a few other breeds in there somewhere.). And our cat lived until at least 22 years old and lived off that old IGA store brand canned cat food that came in only 1 flavour – FISH. That is all he ate his entire life (with the exception of mice and birds and whatever else he managed to catch outside).Now maybe that Cat and that Dog were the exception to the rule, I don’t know. But we had other dogs and cats with similar life experiences with no serious health issues.Over the course of MY life, the only serious health issue my pets have had is when I’ve had a PURE BREED. One when I took in two pure breed Saint Bernard adults from a client who could not care for them any longer and another when my wife brought in a German Shepherd adult into our marriage (purchased by her ex-husband who then proceeded to totally ignore the dog and let his wife train and raise the dog completely on her own).And the most recent was when we adopted a Newfoundland puppy from our local Humane Society. My wife and I both thought we best adopt him as we knew what we were getting into and were prepared for a GIANT dog.All were great dogs that I loved to death, but they all the Pure Breeds had health issues that were well known issues within their breed. So going out and spending a couple grand on a pure breed just because you want a conversation piece and to show off your social status is simply contributing to their health issues in the first place.Well, sorry for the rant. I’m just saddened by the amount of people I see who go out and pay big bucks for a pure breed status symbol dog, cage them all day long, barely spend time with them, and the dog is lucky if they live for 10 years, all the while dealing with well documented health issues brought on by the generations upon generations of in-breeding.Getting back to the task at hand. This food has quality ingredients. But if you love your dog and show him/her that love, they will be just fine. Get them the proper and recommend vaccinations. Just be aware of veterinarians who over-vaccinate. By no means am I an anti-vaxxer, but please be aware that for quite a long period of time a great deal of vets were over-vaccinating pets, contrary to what the vaccination makers guidelines recommend. Ask your vet and stress to them that you do not want to over-vaccinate your pets. Most vaccines are good for 3 years nowadays, but I am aware there are still some vets out there, in Canada at least, that insist they still need to be given annually.
Benvie –
Benvie the Standard Poodle likes this food and nice that it gets delivered to the door.
Lisa Bogard –
Product is great, this is what our se for dogs eat all the time. My review is about the price. Can find cheaper by a little but at the store.
Chris Baldwin –
I like the price and the nutition it has for the pups. They like it.Delivery to doorstep works too.
roma dworzak –
Great ingredients.