Dr. Harvey's Canine Health Miracle Dog Food, Human Grade Dehydrated Base Mix for Dogs with 9 Vegetables and 6 Organic Whole Grains (Trial Size 6.5 Oz)

This is a great product. The base mix of Dr. Harvey's dog food line is as close to homemade as you can get but with the assurance that all your dog's nutritional needs are being met. The best part is that my dog loves it. Before I found Dr. Harvey's, my dog just wouldn't eat for days. I tried every kind of food in the retail market at pet stores I tried top grade kibble, top grade fresh, and my dog refused it all. Finally, I received Dr. Harvey's base mix and my dog is ready to eat when I put his bowl down. He is now in the best of health. His coat is healthy looking ad shiny. My dog has more energy. I can vary the proteins added to the food too.

TLDR: Dog has liver & kidney disease. I am using this, a renal diet, immunity boosting mushrooms, milk thistle and goats milk w/probiotics. Day 1 he loved it, will update. I intend to follow up with this review as time goes on. He has a follow up vet appointment in a few weeks where I will request another blood sample to be taken and I will share the results. Background: I have a 14 year old Shih Tzu named Diesel. 14 pounds. He has been my rock and support system for all these years, best believe in his golden years I'm going to give him the best quality of life and love I can afford. He had been picky about eating, chewing/gnawing on treats, had an occasional cough/hack and random bouts of vomiting. The vet diagnosed him with a small heart murmur and his lab work showed signs of stage 2 kidney failure and liver disease. The vet recommended I change his food and provide him supplements. Science diet/KD didn't feel like a good choice to me. I did some research on his lab work (included photo) and scoured all available resources to better understand his complications. I'm NOT a vet and neither is the internet, but after hours of reading research papers and random commercial websites to understand what was going on I found Dogaware.com a thorough and easy to read resource on both kidney and liver disease. I highly recommend you give it a reading if your fur babe has the same issues. Basically, "the goal is to reduce phosphorus by feeding moderate to high fat, moderate amounts of high quality protein, and low phosphorus carbohydrates to provide calories...fed several small meals throughout the day rather than just one or two large meals." I looked at all the top rated at-home treatments for his condition and found that certain mushrooms were the main ingredient and milk thistle. I then searched for what foods are recommended for a liver and kidney cleansing/healing diet. I found this dog food and was impressed with great reviews on both Chewy and Amazon. Many of the reviews spoke of it improving their dogs kidney and liver disease issues, let's give it a shot! I have paired it with goats milk containing pre&probiotics, an organic mushroom blend (ideally for the turkey tail and cordyceps), milk thistle and bene-bac plus probiotic (for an occasional boost). This food is meant as a base, meaning YOU HAVE TO ADD PROTEIN!! So on the side I have prepared ground chicken in coconut oil paired with recommended vegetables (i.e. sweet potato, carrots, peas, green beans, kale, pumpkin, asparagus). *note* if you can get green Tripe it's supposed to be really good for them). BASICALLY MY PRINCE IS EATING BETTER THAN ME LOL 1st review 6/26/2020: Opening the food I was very impressed, it just looks "healthy." I also like that it has ground egg shell included for calcium and it balances out phosphorus. I added one scoop with hot water and let it soak. After a few minutes I mixed in the ground chicken-veggie mix I had prepared, a tiny bit of mushroom powder, his first 1/2 dose of bene-bac plus and the goats milk. (The milk thistle will be delivered in two days). Honestly, I wasn't prepared for his reaction. He's usually a bit picky and will stare me down if he doesn't like it. He chowed it down with no hesitation!!! Only time will tell if this will be a component to his recovery, but I look forward to utilizing this as the foundation to his success. Please note: I know there's a kidney supplement Dr. Harvey offers, but it had limited reviews and my intuition felt it would be best to stick with the mushrooms and milk thistle which I know are key components to many of the elixirs offered. July 24th update: TLDR: Dog is happy, energetic and fur looks great. I haven't had a chance to go back to my vet yet for lab work, hopefully soon. However, He must have been feeling sick before because within a week of his new diet he was more energetic, playful and would actually go on walks whereas before I practically had to drag him out. Also, his breath smells WAY better, his fur is looking thicker and shinier, he has an appetite now and has gained a 1.5 lbs or so. I have been meal prepping for the week. I prepare and store the meat cooked in coconut or salmon oil and Dr Harvey's mixed with the mushroom powder separately. When serving meals I add the meat to a bowl, reheat it in the microwave, take it out and add the pre-prepared dr Harvey's. I Then top it with the Epakitin, milk thistle, goats milk with probiotics and occasionally benebac plus for a boost. **NOTE: I have since included Epakitin a recommended chitosan-based phosphate binder to sprinkle on his food. If you read the articles you'll know why its important. Will update again soon xoxo

Even though there are excellent kibbles, such as VēRUS, that offer well balanced quality ingredients that meet all the nutritional needs of a dog, it's still kibble. Some serious pet owners make each of their pet's meals entirely from scratch, but I just don't have the time. Dr. Harvey's is a great in-between. Their dehydrated base mix provides all the nutrients necessary for a dog to thrive and all I need to do is add the protein. For ground beef, I cut squares in the correct quantity (my dog requires 1.5 oz of protein), by weighing the first one to exactly 1.5 oz. so I get a sense of the size and estimate the rest of the cuts (see photo). I place the squares on sheets of parchment paper and lay them on a baking sheet in the freezer for an hour until they're quite set, then place the cut sheets back the freezer in a container. When I need them for a meal I pull out one square and allow them to thaw in the refrigerator the day before or place one square in the microwave for 1 minute at 40% power. That thaws it completely without cooking it. Then I squish it into a pan and fry it. I suppose you can cook it in the microwave, too. You can do this for ground chicken and pork too. The meat pictured is actually from a farmer at my local outdoor market who grinds a blend of his grass fed beef, chicken, and ground up eggshells. I also cut up cooked chicken breast, one scrambled egg with cheese, and about any other protein I know he likes. I've been doing this for about a month and it's now quite easy and I fee good about giving him the best quality food for his health. Unlike other foods I've fed him, he never fails to eat and enjoy these meals!

My 10yr lab/bloodhound mix ho is 65 lbs was diagnosed early May 2025 with first stage or start of kidney failure- it was horrible news. The vet sent us out with 8lbs of hills Kd food for 60.00. She wouldn’t eat it. I tried adding the canned kid food to the kibble..still meh on food and the cans are 7.00 each, so I started researching- I found this base. I added about 5-6 oz of slow cooked chicken beast in water and shedded it out. Added organic steamed baby carrots…and mushroom powder along with omega 3 fish oil to her food. The big thing with kidney failure is HYDRATION…and here’s how I tweak her diet after her 1 month check up we just had. The vet thought I was definitely doing wrong by dog feeding her a “homage diet” he really put that down UNTIL her bloodwork came back 30 mins later. Her Bun was back to normal. Her protein was down 3 points and she’d lost 2lbs. So the vet was thrilled and told me to keep doing what I’m doing but reduce her to 1.5 oz of chicken per meal, add rice for carbs to keep her weight up and add beans to her food. So I’m now slow cooking her beans (more hydration) rice (more hydration) and I just hit Phos-bind In. That will attach to the proteins in blood and force it it when uses the bathroom. This reduces the phosphorus in her blood created from animal proteins- she can have all the vegetable proteins she wants. And now I’m cutting her omega 3 oil in 1/2 and using evoo or flaxseed oil to her food daily. This base mix is 50% hydration - my dog in 2 weeks from starting this diet is drinking normally again. Had not incontinence issues anymore and boy is she back to 100% of her energetic self. She loves the food, loves the rice, carrots and beans. I cook it all myself because you don’t want the sodium of pre made. We go back in 3 months and see what her bloodwork says. But this food and the trouble of cooking all her food and bathing each item separately is really worth it. I do see the improvement in her before adding the beans and carbs last night. I can’t wait to try the phosphorus binder. I just want her happy and pain free as long as I am blessed to have her. BadThe 10 lbs bag last about 6 weeks for me with a large dog. The cost of everything is about 1/2 or more than if I was buying hills kibble and canned food. Nope not healthy for them. Kibble is the devil for real. It hurts their bodies. It over cooked and not moist. I need to find her some kind of hard thing to scraper teeth to eat. Bones are no due to animal products…but she’s so much happier. No more waking me up to go out 3 times a night. Or wetting the bed (happened 2 times/ first time I took her in that week to the vet- she’s never wet the bed In Life) I hope this review helps. I wax overwhelmed and spent 1.5 weeks researching hours a day on how to best approach kidney failure/ disease in dogs. I’m glad I tried this food. It’s a life saver. I wish I’d feed her this since I got her at 7 weeks old. I doubt we’d be seeing kidney issues now if I’d known better.

Our dog really likes the food. The price is the only negative.

I have been feeding this mix for a couple of years. My dog has a sensitive stomach and had issues from when he was a puppy on kibble (a good quality one recommended by his breeder). This food along with Raw Vibrance, a protein source I cook has resolved his tummy issues for the most part. It is more economical to feed this program vs the pre-made options like Farmers Dog or Sundays. I’ve never used either, so no comment on the quality, but I did look at those options before I chose Dr Harvey’s.

My dog was diagnosed with stage 2 kidney disease back in October of this year (2025). It has been an ongoing battle since then to find a kidney friendly diet that she'll eat. She is SO picky. I was excited when I discovered Dr. Harveys canine Health. The idea of adding my own protein to the mix sounded like it would suit my girl perfectly - i figured I could rotate the proteins to keep her interested. The first day I made it, I offered it with a bit of ground turkey and she licked the bowl clean. She did the same for her other three meals of the day (we are feeding her little and often to help manage her low appetite (she's lost a lot of weight whilst in the animal hospital recently, and needs to gain her weight) so I was really excited that I'd found something that worked. Two days later, she turned her nose up. I've mixed the food with various other proteins (which she will eat just fine when fed on their own) and she won't touch this stuff when the protein is added to it. To be honest, I think maybe part of the problem is that the texture is so 'gluey' she might be actually having a hard time eating it. I've tried adding more water, but it doesn't seem to encourage her to eat it. I'll try feeding her again with this Canine Health food in a few weeks and see if I can slowly get her to finish the bag (really hate that Amazon return policy is not very friendly towards pet food and treats or I'd just send it back) but once it's gone, I won't be buying another bag. I've had better success with Forza10 renal diet for dogs (which you can also buy on Amazon). It's expensive, and my dog's (about 10lb) recommended feeding amount is four trays a day, but she LOVES it and hasn't gone off it yet. We tried the k/d prescription diet, but she wouldn't touch it.

Great product, human quality food. Exceptionally good especially for dogs with kidney issues. You add your own protein so you can adjust as needed for your pets labs. I cook ground meat with some water to add more flavor to the grains. I make enough 43 days and keep it in the glass container and the refrigerator. I also like that. I can control the amount of water to keep his water intake proper as well as to help my dog with his digestion.