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Stella & Chewy’s Freeze-Dried Raw Dinner Patties – Chicken Recipe – High Protein Grain-Free Puppy & Dog Food – Perfect For Picky Eaters – 14 oz
3.84$ – 19.15$Price range: 3.84$ through 19.15$
Rated 4.73 out of 5 based on 37 customer ratings
(37 reviews)
- EXCEPTIONAL FOR PICKY EATERS – Consistently entices even the most finicky dogs to eat when other foods fail — our freeze-dried raw patties deliver irresistible taste that transforms mealtime for selective dogs.
- 95% CAGE-FREE CHICKEN & ORGANS – Premium freeze-dried raw nutrition with whole-prey approach delivers muscle-building protein, enhanced digestibility, and natural nutrients that support coat, skin, and overall health.
- VERSATILE SERVING OPTIONS – Perfect as complete meals, crumbled food toppers, or high-value training treats — ideal for puppies and adult dogs with options to serve dry or rehydrated with water.
- BALANCED NUTRITION FOR ALL LIFE STAGES – Complete and balanced diet for growing puppies and adult dogs with probiotics for digestive health and omega fatty acids for skin and coat — free from grains, gluten, fillers, and artificial preservatives.
- MADE IN USA WITH PREMIUM INGREDIENTS – Small-batch production with 100% organic fruits and vegetables, responsibly-sourced ingredients, and no artificial preservatives, colors, or flavors — trusted by thousands of pet parents.
Then I introduced her to Stella and Chewy's and SHE LOVES IT! She gets so excited when she sees me preparing it. She eats every last last bite. It's important to me that her food is high quality and good for her. It's also important that she loves it. With Stella and Chewy's, I can check those boxes off.
This is very healthy food and grain-free. Dogs LOVE IT.
I originally tried this with my last dog and she loved it, now my Gracie loves it too.
My dog absolutely loves Stella & Chewy’s! Mealtime has never been easier. The flavor keeps her excited and the ingredients are clean, high-quality, and great for her digestion and energy. I’m on a subscription because it’s become a staple in her routine. The only reason I’m not giving it five stars is the packaging: the zipper sometimes doesn’t seal properly, which can be frustrating. Still, the product itself is excellent and I’ll keep buying it!
Size:
Biggest
Breakability:
Easy to chop
Portion size:
2 pieces per serving
I don't feed these exclusive as I have 8 dogs but these patties are great for puppies and for dogs that have to eat something on long hauls to a dog show or camping.
(We do both).
When traveling I give pieces dry so they are forced to drink more water, not recommended by the manufacturer so understand what you are doing before you just do what I do.
My subscription is every two bags every month so you can guess my obsession with my dogs.
So far they haven't added a bunch of filler and the protein is still high which I love.
Again I don't just feed the Stella's Super Beef Dinner Patties to my dogs but the Super Beef Dinner Patties from Stella and Chewy are the only freeze dried food I feed my dogs.
That get kibble from a different company and occasionally a supplement from a third company.
If you are thinking of getting a freeze dried food I highly recommend this one.
But the patties He DEVOURED, and always wants more. I’ve never seen him so excited for meal time, can’t wait to see all the health benefits that are sure to come soon!
I have an extremely fussy Chihuahua who hates just about everything, I bought a bag of Lamb patties
and a bag of Surf and Turf to see if he would like these, and to my Suprise, He LOVED them!!!!!
I am still in shock!!!!!!
Thank You Stella and Chewey
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However, this new packet that I received smells totally different from previous batch!! My dog refused to eat!!
Cons: expensive product. Believe worth cost yet as disabled & elderly monthly income barely provides essentials to sustain life. Would be great if coupons or discounts provided for those of us who can easily prove needs. Pep is my service animal; able to detect brain seizures, respiratory issues, sinus & dental infections. I believe he deserves THE BEST as he provides His Best to care for me. Thank you!
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See pictures to see how I’m feeding it. I already have so much food because I have been trying out different brands of dry dog food, but she never likes any for longer than a week. Now I put in a quarter of a patty crushed up and rehydrated, then I Mix in her dry kibble. I like to keep the kibble dry so she still gets the dental benefits of chewing dry food.
She get so excited and anxious to eat that she scratches the food bag and runs around to her playpen and back to me and whines until I feed her! I know those aren’t typical good things, but it makes me so happy that she’s excited to eat for more than 2 meals! She used to smell food and walk away!
My only downside is that even with a quarter of a patty, she had diarrhea the first week, which is why I put 4 stars.
Flavors:
- My original review was about the Beef flavor. She liked it but got bored of it about 2 weeks in.
- I tried chicken and she didn't like it from the start
- I will continue trying new flavors and will update!
I have a brand new dog. My Silkie is actually SILKY. Of course, my grooming charges will now go up, but he looks so healthy. Read the list of ingredients. Freeze dried is not cheap, but we don't waste any of it.
Rated 4 stars because 1 of the 2 packages arrived completely pulverized and not in patty form. If I had been purchasing from a store, I would have completely bypassed this package of crumbled product and selected a package that contained whole patties. I don’t want to eat crumbled food and neither does my pup! SEE ATTACHED PHOTOS
I had added this product to my monthly auto-shipment but I will likely remove it now that I see that the likelihood of getting a quality product worth the $13 price tag is a gamble.
This is extremely expensive, so it ends up as a treat topper for kibble.
When I adopted my Gidget, she was was a terrified former stray who nibbled uninterestedly at the various kibble I tried to give her. Her stomach would also get upset very easily, which was making potty- training a lot more difficult. But then Stella & Chewy's saved us!
The patties can be broken apart and mixed with another raw food (like Sojos) or sprinkled on top of a kibble. At the recommendation of our local pet food store, we started with a grain-free, single rare protein kibble, so we could rule out most of the common digestive sensitivities. With some Stella & Chewy's sprinkled on top, along with some water, she gobbled up her kibble and sat patiently by her bowl waiting for more. :-)
After a couple of months with her new food and a happy home, Gidget has become a beautiful and happy pup!
HINT: To save time, I break apart several patties at once and put them in a sealed jar and use a tablespoon to scoop it out for each meal.
I looked to food......I found Stella and Coco, and now our second puppy Winston, have been nothing but healthy. Their eyes are beautiful and every year they have great reviews from the vet. It is so worth the money!!!!!
It would be nice to see a little more transparency with how their line of foods/treats is quality-assured since there isn't much regulation for pet foods and even less for freeze-dried raw pet foods according to our vet. We're still big fans of Stella & Chewy's and will continue to order these!
♦Summary
Wrigley has been quite selective when it comes to food ever since we adopted him 2.5 years ago. It’s my opinion (and I’m not in the veterinary field) that Stella & Chewy’s is one of the highest quality commercial dog foods available; the ingredients are second to none. It was also the first real food we offered to Wrigley that he would eat right away without any encouragement. For a short period of time, we fed Wrigley exclusively Stella & Chewy’s brand freeze-dried raw food, but now I also buy Orijen and Primal. This would be an easy 5-stars BUT… (see my comment below for explanation).
•IMPORTANT: A negative review mentioned bone fragments in the food. I actually found one today, so I wanted to mention this as well. I do crumble the patty and remember having found fragments previously (not too often, but more than once), so I will be specifically looking for them in the future and I would recommend that you do the same. I have not noticed bone fragments in the other freeze-dried raw patties Wrigley has tried from Orijen or Primal.
♦Our Journey to Freeze-Dried Raw Food
•Food 1: We purchased a bag of mid-priced kibble from a well-known pet store on the night we adopted him. Wrigley refused to eat it, except if I hand fed him the pieces, one by one. It would sit in the bowl until the next day, even when he was fed nothing else.
•Food 2: Wrigley was recovering from knee surgery and our trainer recommended the Natural Balance Lamb Roll because we could sneak in his liquid medication that he wouldn’t take any other way. He snarfed it down at every meal. Before ordering it for the third time on Amazon, I read the reviews and realized that the ingredients held very little nutritional value, including sugar towards the top. I would possibly buy this again as a rare treat for Wrigley, but never a full meal.
•Food 3: After seeing commercials for Blue Buffalo, I purchased a bag of their Small Breed kibble. Wrigley would only eat it if I hand fed him a piece or two at a time. Furthermore, the mix has two shapes and he would avoid eating one of them.
•Food 4: Next was Blue Buffalo Divine Delights, mini containers of wet stew-like food. I would stock up on all of the flavors when they were on sale for a buck. Sometimes Wrigley would eat the whole container. Mostly he would spit out the chunks of potatoes and carrots on the floor and sometimes not even finish the rest of the meat and gravy. I’m not as environmentally conscious as I’d like to be, but going through so much plastic waste bothered me.
•Enter Stella & Chewy’s: sometime during all of this, we were given a sample patty of Stella & Chewy’s Duck Duck Goose Freeze-Dried Raw Food at a Farmer’s Market. Wrigley is my first dog and I never even heard of this kind of food. I put it in a bin with all of his treats and forgot about it for a while. Eventually, I gave the patty to Wrigley and he devoured it. I thought the texture was gross (thinking about ground up animals) and didn’t want to touch it with my bare hands, but Wrigley loved it.
•Food 5: A local pet store somehow convinced me to try the frozen Stella & Chewy’s raw food. They even said that feeding him high quality food like this would eliminate his tear stains. Wrigley refused to eat the hamburger patty-like raw food that needed to be kept frozen.
•Never Going Back
At this point, I bought a full-size bag of Stella & Chewy’s freeze-dried raw food. Wrigley loved it and I decided I was never going back to lesser-quality food. Wrigley has bad knees and had surgery for luxated patella (dislocated kneecap, a condition common in small dogs).
He is still very young, and we want him to be as healthy as possible so he will not suffer as much pain from his knee condition and eventual arthritis. We want him to enjoy a long life with us that includes lots of snuggling and playing. The vet also emphasized the importance of keeping him at a healthy weight to avoid additional stress on his joints. Feeding him size-appropriate portions of high-quality food helps keep him that way. Selfishly, I also hope that paying more for food now will mean spending less on expensive vet bills in the future.
♦Stella & Chewy’s
Wrigley has enjoyed many of the Stella & Chewy’s freeze-dried raw varieties: Duck Duck Goose*, Phenomenal Pheasant, Surf n’ Turf, Dandy Lamb Dinner*, Absolutely Rabbit, and possibly more that I’m forgetting. Asterisks denote Wrigley’s Favorites.
Wrigley weighs about 7-8 lbs. When I feed him freeze-dried raw, he gets one patty per meal. We crush it into little pieces and put it in a bowl for him. Some people mix in warm water, but we give it to him plain.
I found a site called DogFoodAdvisor and Stella & Chewy’s Freeze-Dried Dog Food is given the highest available rating. They evaluate dog foods based off the ingredients listed on the package (not actual samples) and are far more knowledgeable than I am.
&Diams;Cons(iderations)
•It’s very important to give the dog access to plenty of water when feeding freeze-dried raw.
•Stella & Chewy’s recalled several varieties of food for listeria on December 10, 2015, several days before I am writing this. It didn’t affect the Duck Duck Goose Freeze-Dried for Dogs. That’s not something I want to read, but it won’t stop me from choosing Stella & Chewy’s in the future.
•Expensive – especially for larger dogs.
•Despite what the pet store employees told me, feeding Wrigley exclusively top-quality food (except for occasional treats) has done nothing to reduce his tear stains.
&Diams;What Wrigley Eats Now
For a period of time, Wrigley was eating Stella & Chewy’s freeze-dried raw for every meal. Please see comment below why we purchase additional brands as well now.
To save money, Wrigley eats Orijen kibble for his morning meal. Orijen is the first brand of kibble that he will often (but not always) eat right after we pour it in his bowl. We’ve purchased these varieties: Adult Dog http://amzn.com/B00BK2XSL0, Six Fish http://amzn.com/B00A4KFOS4, and Regional Red http://amzn.com/B00BK2XLKS. I believe them to be of equal high quality to Stella & Chewy’s.
Wrigley gets a freeze-dried raw patty for his night time meal. I’ve recently been buying mostly Orijen brand freeze-dried raw but I also buy Primal brand and Stella & Chewy’s occasionally, depending upon where I purchase his food. Wrigley likes Orijen and Primal just as much as Stella & Chewy’s and the quality is on par. We’ve purchased these Orijen varieties: Adult Dog http://amzn.com/B00EB7N924, Regional Red http://amzn.com/B00E5A7S6A, and Tundra http://amzn.com/B00E5A7U2C. These are the Primal ones that we’ve bought: Lamb http://amzn.com/B00BC4BIKE and Duck http://amzn.com/B00B68V7RA. I think Orijen is a Canadian company and Primal is based in San Francisco. Primal was kind enough to send me a sample of several of their varieties for Wrigley to try.