Dog food review of Dr Marty’s Dog Food

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Youtube video of review

If you have been following me, you know that I am a big fan of Dr Harveys dehydrated food, my own daughter feeds it to her rescue dog and I refer all my clients to Dr Harveys if they can not home cook.

Dr Martys is another dog food out there that my clients get confused with Dr Harveys because the names are similar.

Dr Martys is a freeze dried raw food. Looking at the ingredients, it looks great!

Let’s first talk about the difference of dehydrated food (Dr Harveys) verses freeze dried food (Dr Martys).

There is a lot of confusion between the two methods of preserving the food. Dehydrated food (Dr Harveys) goes through some of a cooking process to remove 90-95% moisture and it can loose anywhere from a minimal amount up to 40% of the nutrients. To rehydrate, you add hot warm and need to wait 10 minutes for it to hydrate.

Freeze Dried food takes out 98-99% moisture without any cooking (heat). This process preserves more of the nutrition of the raw ingredients. It only takes 3 minutes to rehydrate.

I do like that with Dr Martys, you add warm water and only wait 3 minutes opposed to Dr Harveys you add hot water and have to wait 12 minutes. For those working folks who are hurried in the morning, 9 minutes longer wait time is a big deal.

Dr Martys food has no added vitamins because they are using real food and species appropriate food for dogs and I love that. That is a good sign when a dog food does not have to add vitamins. In my personal opinion I do not like that they mix the proteins together, I am a firm believer that a dog needs a variety of foods rotating proteins during the week. If you were to buy this food, I would only use it in a rotation.

This food does not include a probiotic, so I would definitely add a probiotic, my suggestion would be Adored Beast Fidos Flora

The only source of Omega 3 fatty acids is from the kelp. My protocol is to always add an oil at time of serving and I rotate between MCT3 oil, EVOO and a salmon oil. Omega Fatty 3 acids are crucial for brain health and skin/coat health.

I did call them up to ask where is the calcium source. They said it was from the meat. I asked if bones were included and they said yes however the ingredients list does not read “meat with bones”, I find that odd.

At the time of writing this, there website is not up to date. Supposedly they sell a food for sensitive stomachs but it is not on the website. Also they have recently changed packaging (the picture at the top of this review is the new packaging) but supposedly have not changed ingredients. I find it suspicious why go through the expense to change packaging if you are not changing ingredients. I did see on line that one customer had their dog eat this food for two years and when they changed the “packaging” the dog refused to eat it, so again I am suspicious of a different formula.

So lets get down to cost. Dr Marty became famous for being on Oprah and Martha Stewart and it is reflected in the price tag. For a 10 pound dog it would cost $28 for 8 days or $112 per month. You do the math if you have a bigger dog!!! My home made recipes cost around $50 per month.

If I had to choose between the two brands, I would go with Dr Harvey’s. It is less expensive (for a 10 pound dog it is aproximatley $84 per month). Also, I am not sold on the concept of how freeze dried preserves more of the nutrients just because I home cook and cook the meat/veggies and Bella is doing great all 13 year of her.

Bottom line, Dr Martys is a good food but he is definitely taking advantage of his exposure with Martha Stewart and Oprah.`If you can afford this food, it is good but I would recommend rotating with another food for variety.