Tuesday, October 31, 2017

Zignature Limited Ingredient Formula Dog Food - chewy.com Product Review

This month we received Zignature Limited Ingredient Formula kibble in Turkey Formula from chewy.com. Chewy has mild allergies to mystery ingredients, so I have been buying limited ingredient formulas for him. Some limited ingredient formulas are not limited enough for him and still make his skin extra pink and his ears dirty/itchy, while others make his poop more smelly, and some don't add shine to his coat. We are still searching for the perfect brand, and that led us to try Zignature. 


Chewy was very interested in the food when I pulled it out of the chewy.com box, sniffing it and even licking the bag. He did not stray far at all when I told him to move so I could take pictures of just the product. 


Zignature Limited Ingredient Formulas are free of the most common potential canine allergens of corn, wheat, soy, dairy and chicken. The first ingredient in the Turkey Formula is turkey, followed by turkey meal, so it should be a very meaty meal, very appealing to those carnivorous tastebuds. It also contains nutrient-dense legumes (chickpeas & peas), flaxseed, sunflower oil, and numerous supplements. I would have preferred more natural sources of vitamins and minerals, but I guess that would contradict the limited ingredient-ness.


The kibbles themselves are an average size and appear very oily. Chewy seems to like the smell and taste. I have been trying to transition Chewy to this food VERY slowly because giving him too much at a time kept giving him mushy poops. Yuck. I would guess it has to do with the amount of oil. Since we haven't fully transitioned to Zignature, I can't tell yet if it's a good food for Chewy or not.



Disclaimer: We received a free 4 lb. bag of Zignature Limited Ingredient Formula Dog Food in Turkey Formula from chewy.com for review purposes as part of the chewy.com Blogger Program. We did not receive any monetary compensation for this post, and all opinions shared above are our own.


Monday, October 30, 2017

Broken Toe Recovery

After 6 weeks since Chewy fractured his toe, he finally has the all clear to run around again! I'm sure six weeks of limited activity felt like a very long time to Chewy. He did a lot of lounging around for most of it, and got plenty of belly rubs and pettings.


Soon he was back to his usual rolling-on-the-couch antics, which technically was not "running."


His limit per bandage was exactly 1 week. He kept ripping up the bandage on the 7th day, and we'd have to get a last minute drop-off appointment at the vet the next day to get it fixed up.


Eventually, around week 3.5, he decided to rip off the whole splint. He ripped off a bunch of leg hair in the process. That must have hurt!


He also pooped out a cotton strip a few days later.

The splint had caused some blisters, and his paw pad started sloughing off in the following days.



But his paw is slowly returning to normal, and we finally went to the park to run around this weekend!

Total vet fees for the broken toe escapade, including an emergency vet visit, 2 sets of x-rays, and 4 bandages: $986.10