Optimum Adult Dry Dog Food

Another one of those brands I tried because it was on special, but the dogs only ate a bit and then refused it. Looks like they’re gonna be stuck on RC Mini and Air Dried. Was hoping for some more options, some variety, nope. Show details

Just purchased the new formula chicken vegetables and rice. Don't go near it,both my dogs have been so sick. Vomiting foul smelling gas, blood in diarrhoea,an allergic reaction, continuous chocking.something is very wrong with the batch or there are new ingredients in it. My boys have settled now but still keeping a close eye on them.

Causes allergies for dogs – This dog food should be taken off the market. Our Tibetan Terrier over a period of 3 months developed severe skin allergies resulting in sores under his chin and his stomach from the scratching he did. He also developed ear infections from the scratching. We visited our vet 3 times and our dog was on two doses of antibiotics and antihistamine and… Read more

creams. The cost was hundreds of dollars. We assumed the allergies may have been due to the plants in our garden due to spring in Melbourne. His symptoms healed after we purchased a Vet brand of dog food for 2 months. In the past week, our dog was given Optimum by a relative from the unfinished packet while we were on holidays. He has since scratched and itched himself full of sores. My heart sunk after we were able to pinpoint the cause of all his sores. It was Optimum! Our dog has been in pain and he had suffered in the past 4 months due to Optimum. I still do not understand how Chris Brown endorses such a BAD product.

Optimum Adult Large Breed is good for our Labrador – Our Labrador was originally on Eukanuba, but I changed her to Optimum Adult Large Breed about 5 years ago, because the Optimum is about half the price. I transitioned her from one food to the other over a few days, rather than making a sudden change. She did fine on the Eukanuba, and is doing fine on the Optimum. I checked the ingredients in… Read more

detail, and the calorie and protein details, they all seemed the same. Both dog foods are based on beet pulp, a good source of fibre.

I liked the Eukanuba over other dog food because her poo was firm and easy to pick up from the garden or out on walks. It is the same on the Optimum. (This is probably down to the beet pulp).

She likes her food and gobbles it down. The larger pellets are supposed to make them chew, but she just seems to swallow them whole.

The last couple of times, the vet has noted plaque build-up on her teeth, and has offered to anaesthetize her and clean them. For $500. I've started giving her daily dental chews, I think this is a safer (and cheaper) option.

OPTIMUM GRAINFREE: THIS COULD BE A WINNER! – Discerning dog lovers always want to know which is the healthiest food product on the shelf to buy! With Optimum Grainfree dry formulation, manufacturers have finally turned the corner towards producing what our pooches' physiologies dictate. They works on a logical premise that, in the wild, dogs eat very few carbohydrates, relying on what they… Read more

can kill or scrounge. Scarily, it has been suggested by researchers that a dog's diet consisting of excessive amounts of carbohydrate over a prolonged period can, in fact, lead to the dog developing cancers. Optimum Grainfree boasts one of the highest ratios of Protein (35%)/Fats (13%)/Moisture (9%)/Linoleic Acid (Omega 6)(2.5%)/Other vitamins versus the remaining carbohydrate component in the form of vegetables(approx. 40%). Add to this the fact that ingredients are listed in order of content volume, it speaks well for Optimum Grainfree that poultry, then poultry by-products are listed first, followed by vegetables, vitamins and minerals. Lastly, the manufacturers increase the credibility of their product when they admit that 'research shows that the feeding a mix of both wet and dry products has a broad range of health benefits' for your dog. At last a product, that challenges other brands on the shelves to get it right!

Great – I have a 3 yr old ASTCD she has been on this product for the last 2 yrs without any issues whatsoever before this she was on Optimum Puppy without issue from 8 weeks old. Show details

Senior won't eat anything else – My 10 year old Maltese Shitzu simply wont eat any other brand. We typically can get good deals at Coles (around the $13 mark) but even at full price its a good deal. Our dog has a super shiny coat and we've not had any significant gut or health issues. She walks 1K twice a day and we're confident that she's getting all her dietary needs from Optimum which we supplement with unprocessed chicken or beef. Show details

Our dog loves his food – Our 4 year old black lab cross border collie has been on Optimum biscuits since we got him at 10 weeks old. We cook up chicken mince with lots of veggies and put biscuits with it at night time and he loves it. Even without the chicken mince and veggies he still eat it. He always has a great amount of energy, coat looks shiny and he hasn't had any… Read more

issues with digestion or anything. We love how the biscuits come in different flavours so he doesn't get the same thing all of the time. We purchase the large 15kg bags which last up to 12 weeks!

Stay away !!!! – Day 2 watching my poor dog struggle for his life. Stay the [Content Removed] away from this brand. It’s insane how they are allowed to sell this at the store.

No interest in dry bits – We have 2 Smithfield Blue cattle dogs & we feed our own fresh food mix & a cup dry bits at night. They avoided this product for days which is unusual as they love dry bits. Show details

Food almost cost my dog his life – Immediate diarrhoea so returned to previous brand and introduced more slowly. However significant skin issues. Flaking, itching. Then yeast infection in ears and lastly and most severely collapsed with inflammation in inner ear/brain and rushed to hospital. Unable to eat drink or walk. Started to drink water but it’s taken over a week to get my… Read more

pet to eat and walk again. I nearly lost him. I’ll never use this or any related products again. I’m seeking legal advice.

Concerned about quality control of product – My dog also vomited violently and experienced rash in ear and on belly. since putting her on proplan vet diet tin food, she has improved. then started introducing optimum grainfree and her rash has flared up again. Show details

Made my dog violently ill!!! – After feeding this to my dog, he was throwing up and aggressively eating grass for a WEEK. $3000 in vet bills later I finally made the realisation that it was the food when I went to feed it to him after he had recovered (had only eaten chicken and rice for a week following the illness) and he immediately started vomiting again. DO NOT BUY THIS FOOD Show details

Used To Be Good – I used to feed this to my dogs with no issues. For the last 12 months I've been feeding them a different premium food but I ran out so grabbed a small bag of Optimum to see them through until my online order arrived. One dog has bad wind and didn't want to eat the food the second day snd the other dog was scratching and vomiting. Will never buy this food again Show details

Horrible product – The store was out of our usual dog food and resorted to buying this product later that day the horrible bloody loose stools started. Never buying again Show details

bad batch? - beware – I have fed this to my dog many times before and never had issue but last week my dog starting having extreme diarrhea with blood in his stools for days, scratching my head at what it could be, i then realised i had purchased a new bag of optimum and fed him that just the day before it started. After 4 days of my dog being sick, i bought a… Read more

different brand of food and now he is all good. Im afraid to give him the optimum again. It may have just been a bad batch but i cant see any recalls, but i am convinced it was the optimum food that caused his diarrhea.

Grain free chicken and veggies – Don't know what happened to this product over the last couple of months. But my 10 year old kelpie has become very ill on this product it's started when the big bags disappeared of the shelf then the small bags where hard to get, then all of a sudden my dog started getting bad wind after eating his dinner, in the evening that went on for 6 weeks… Read more

till the point when i purchased a new bag 5 days ago with the very first fresh cup full then 2 hours later diarrhoea for the next 6 days with this food, I don't know what they have changed in this food but it's made my dog very ill and cost hundreds of dollars at the vet, I won't be purchasing this food ever again and I spend my money on much better quality food from now on!!!!!

One dog had severe problems – Started feeding this to our three dogs on Wednesday. Two purebred Jack Russells love it & no problems so far, but our little JR/Maltese cross has had ( what we can only assume ) a terrible reaction to it. Was off his food on Thursday, Friday morning we rushed him to the vet . In lots of pain, explosive diarrhoea & vomiting ( so violent the poor… Read more

little guy wee'd himself ) & now blood in his stools. He is slowly improving after receiving medication, but will certainly not be putting him back on this kibble again.

Explosive diarrhoea – This product gave my dog explosive diarrhoea for two days. Up all night. On final day diarrhoea became bloody. Similar result with my sisters dog. This product needs to be recalled Show details

Caused hives in my furboy – Given the food shortage I had to buy Optimum dry food for my 3 fur children. Within 1 week my youngest boy broke out in hives. Considering nothing else new had been introduced into the environment or food, I deduced it was the dry food. Swapped for chicken rice home made to cleanse and within 24 hours the hives slowed down and in 48 hours gone completely. Show details

My dog has developed Lymphoma (Cancer) – Our 4 year old dog has been eating Optimum for a couple of years and has developed Lymphoma. I would suggest for all dog owners to stay away from this product Show details

POISON! – After (what seemed unexplainable at first) having a heavily sick dog (Toy Poodle) for 6 days and more than $3,000 less in my bank account due to Vet bills, suddenly my other dog (French Bulldog) started developing the same symptoms : Watery diarrhoea with blood in it. All day. Non stop. Which helped me narrow down the very possible cause of both… Read more

dogs health situation : OPTIMUM DOG & PUPPY FOOD BY [Name Removed]! Went on Google to search reviews of the product —> that ‘AHA moment’ was real! I basically was poisoning my dogs with your heavily advertised no artificial colours & flavours nutritious crap! Maybe advertise your product as rat-poison instead of dog-food. You’d make your profit by being more honest in the marketing of your product. Stop poisoning dogs with your optimum-crap.

Diarrhoea, gas – Despite the impressive ingredients and Australian origins, positive reviews elsewhere, AVOID. It gave my young dog, within a couple of days, diarrhoea, horrible gas, hunger, bile, vomiting. I've thrown it out. I had wanted an alternative to my main brand, but no more, I should have read customer reviews instead of relying on blogs and site reviews. I'll stick with Black Hawk. Show details

Grain free dry dog food- bad batch? – Dog has had this brand for a while (grain free) no probs but the new bag we just bought- dog threw up and now won’t go near it and then the cat ate some from the dogs bowl and then she threw up… something not right