Merrick - Pet Product Review & #Giveaway

Baron needs a new food.  He is so picky that he suddenly quits eating his food before you can finish a bag.  His parents want it to be safe & healthy, yummy, and made in the USA.   I went searching for a pawsome food for Baron because I know more about dog food than he does.  He wants both a dry food and a wet food.  

Luckily my pals at Merrick were able to help me out.  They make both wet and dry dog food that have the quality we're looking for.

Merrick explains their commitment to safety and quality with their Merrick Five Star Promises.  Merrick is made in the USA with locally grown ingredients.  None of the  ingredients are from China. Since Merrick's foods are made in their own kitchen, Baron won't need to worry about cross-contamination from a shared facility.   Merrick is the first pet food company to have achieved SQF level 3 certification.   Level 3 is the best SQF certification available.  SQF levels are certified by the Safe Quality Food Institute.  

 Baron is one of those dogs who gets allergy itches, so we asked Merrick for the Grain Free Real Lamb & Sweet Potato dry food.   Baron likes wet food mixed with his dry food, and he wants the big chunks broken into smaller bites.   Did I mention that Baron is picky?   We mixed some Merrick Chunky Big Texas Steak Tips Dinner canned food with the Merrick Grain Free Real Lamb & Sweet Potato dry food.   

Merrick Grain Free Real Lamb & Sweet Potato dry food ingredients: 
Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Sweet Potatoes, Peas, Potatoes, Natural Flavor, Salmon Meal, Pork Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols), Apples, Flaxseed Oil, Blueberries, Potassium Chloride, Salmon Oil, Salt, Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Amino Acid Complex, Sodium Selenite), Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Niacin, Riboflavin Supplement, Biotin, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Thiamine Mononitrate), Choline Chloride, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Dried Lactobacillus plantarum Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus casei Fermentation Product, Dried Enterococcus faecium Fermentation Product, Dried Lactobacillus acidophilus Fermentation Product.

Merrick Chunky Big Texas Steak Tips Dinner ingredients:  Deboned Beef, Beef Broth, Beef Liver, Dried Peas, Natural Flavor, Dried Potatoes, Calcium Carbonate, Canola Oil, Potassium Chloride, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Dried Celery, Vitamins (Vitamin E Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Vitamin A Supplement, Niacin, Vitamin D3 Supplement, Riboflavin Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Biotin, Thiamine Mononitrate), Guar Gum, Choline Chloride, Minerals (Zinc Amino Acid Complex, Iron Amino Acid Complex, Manganese Amino Acid Complex, Copper Amino Acid Complex, Potassium Iodide, Cobalt Glucoheptonate, Sodium Selenite), Caramel Color, Cumin, Cinnamon, Garlic. 

 Of course Mom just had to read the ingredients to be sure there weren't any weird things in the food - there aren't any.    Now that I've found a food with the qualities Baron's family wants, let's see if it passes the taste test.

  I helped test the Chunky Big Texas Steak Tips Dinner.  Baron may prefer smaller bites, but I say bigger is better.  BOL!   Merrick is right, you can eat their chunky food with a fork!   This piece is so big I have to open real wide to fit it in my mouth.  BOL!   Mom didn't use a spoon at all, not even for the gravy, just my fork.

 After Mom finished feeding me with the fork, I licked up the gravy in my bowl.   Baron is too nervous to eat near me because I am greedy about food.  You know everything belongs to me, right?  Baron happily ate his Merrick dinner inside the safety of his crate.    Taste test passed!  Baron is now a Merrick dog. 

Chunky Flavors:  

• Merrick Chunky Pappy's Pot Roast Dinner
• Merrick Chunky Colossal Chicken Dinner
• Merrick Chunky Carvers Delight Dinner
• Merrick Chunky Big Texas Steak Tips Dinner

 Let's not forget desert!  These yummy Kitchen Bites Wingalings biscuits are just the thing to finish up a delicious Merrick meal.

Kitchen Bites - Wingalings Applewood Bacon ingredients:  Deboned Chicken, Sweet Potatoes, Potatoes, Peas, Organic Cane Molasses, Chicken Fat, Carrots, Apples, Flaxseed, Applewood Bacon Flavor, Gelatin, Mixed Tocopherols (a preservative), Rosemary, Sage, Thyme.

 

Kitchen Bites Flavors: 

• Kitchen Bites - Grammy's Pot Pie
• Kitchen Bites - Cowboy Cookout
• Kitchen Bites - Wingalings Applewood Bacon
• Kitchen Bites - Wingalings Hickory Smoke 
• Kitchen Bites - Brauts-n-Tots  
• Kitchen Bites - Turducken

 I know there is more in that big Merrick box, c'mon Mom, let me see what else is in there. 

These aren't Merrick, they are Organix, but they're in my Merrick box.  Hmm...  This is a mystery.  Mystery solved:   Organix is a Castor & Pollux brand.  Castor & Pollux is part of the Merrick corporation.   Organix products are organic, all natural, and made in the USA.  

Oatmeal & Beef Ingredients:  Organic Oatmeal, Beef, Organic Barley, Organic Brown Rice, Organic Oat Flour, Organic Peas, Organic Cane Molasses, Organic Apples, Organic Carrots, Olive Oil, Organic Caramel Color, Gelatin, Mixed Tocopherols (a preservative).

Oatmeal & Lamb Ingredients:  Organic Oatmeal, Organic Barley, Organic Brown Rice, Organic Oat Flour, Organic Peas, Lamb, Beef, Organic Cane Molasses, Organic Apples, Organic Carrots, Olive Oil, Organic Caramel Color, Gelatin, Mixed Tocopherols (a preservative).

Organix Jerky Chip Cookies are delicious.   These oatmeal cookies have chips of meat in them!  They are easy to break into small pieces for Baron, or to use as training treats.   Naturally, I want the whole cookie, or 2, or 3, or 4....   BOL!  

Organix Jerky Chip Cookie Flavors:

• Oatmeal & Beef  
• Oatmeal & Lamb  
• Oatmeal & Salmon  
• Oatmeal & chicken 

Woo! Hoo!  I got 2 whole cookies!  One was Oatmeal & Beef, and the other one was Oatmeal & Lamb.  Yum, this was a delicious day!

After eating all of those Merrick goodies, it's time to clean my teeth. 

Wait a minute, there's more in the box!  Merrick included 2 bags of dental chews.  I have Lil' Brush Dental Bones and Dental Texas Toothpicks!  Let me chew one of each, you know I like to be thorough in my taste testing.    

Merrick Dental ingredients:  Potato Starch, Vegetable Glycerin, Dried Plain Beet Pulp, Cane Molasses, Chicken Fat, Natural Chicken Flavor, Water, Alfalfa Nutrient Concentrate (source of chlorophyll), Lecithin, Dried Cultured Skim Milk, Parsley.

Styles & sizes:

•  Mini Brush Dental Bone 
• Lil' Brush Dental Bone  
• Big Brush Dental Bone 
• Dental Texas Toothpicks  
• Dental Flossie

  One lucky dog pal can win their own big box filled with delicious goodies from Merrick -  containing:

• 1 can each of the 4 new chunky can recipes 
• 1 bag of grain free food 
• 1 bag of dental chew treats 
• 1 bag of Kitchen Bites cookies

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Review Disclosure: I did not receive any monetary compensation for this review. I was given a free product to review. The opinions in this review are my own and not influenced by any outsider.

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