Prescription diet dog foods are specially-designed by veterinarians to assist in surgery recovery and mild-to-chronic ailments like digestive issues, allergies, arthritis and weight management. While other kibbles focus on alleviating localized pain points directly, prescription diets aim to replenish any nutrient deficits from within rather than mask them temporarily with painkillers.
These therapeutic foods are only available with valid authorization from your veterinarian, meaning they must only be purchased with an official prescription from their office.
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Blue Buffalo Fit & Healthy
Blue Buffalo prides themselves on using only premium ingredients in their foods, featuring real meat, fish, or poultry as the first ingredient and supplemented with beneficial fruits and vegetables. Their “LifeSource Bits,” cold-formed vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants designed to retain potency are also an integral part of their offerings.
Additionally, they utilize various healthy grains like barley and brown rice to provide pet owners with essential vitamins and energy, and offer various diet plans including one specifically crafted to assist their pets in losing weight.
Blue Buffalo is known for offering quality products; however, in recent years they’ve been subject to multiple recalls due to potentially toxic levels of beef thyroid hormone; it is therefore important that consumers remain vigilant regarding this brand.
Royal Canin Veterinarian Diet – Weight Management
Royal Canin Veterinarian Diet – Weight Management provides balanced nutrition to dogs who need help losing weight, while at the same time helping prevent serious health conditions associated with obesity such as hyperlipidemia and diabetes mellitus. Veterinarians highly recommend this diet and have clinically tested its efficacy.
Royal Canin Veterinarian Diet – Weight Management features animal source protein by-product meals (chicken for dry food and pork for wet), made up of less expensive parts of animals that still provide essential nutrition. Dietary fiber helps ensure dogs feel satisfied without overeating.
Science Diet and Royal Canin each offer prescription diets, but Royal Canin has more extensive offerings for different life stages and health conditions, hypoallergenic options and limited-ingredients that may help animals with sensitive stomachs or skin, as well as weight management formulas designed with pet safety in mind.
Hill’s Prescription Diet – Metabolic
Hill’s Prescription Diet – Metabolic provides clinical nutrition to activate your pet’s metabolism to assist with weight loss and maintenance. Crafted here in America with world-class ingredients you can trust, this diet has proven itself time after time.
Hill’s nutritionists and veterinarians collaborated on this food specifically to support your dog’s metabolic health. By tailoring to each energy use pattern of each dog, this food helps them burn fat efficiently without resorting to drastic measures like restricting portions.
This food features a combination of natural fibers to promote satiety, along with antioxidants to support immunity and urinary tract health. Furthermore, its formulation supports normal pH levels and decreases risk for struvite and calcium oxalate stones while featuring premium ingredients with a delicious flavor that your pet will love.
Purina Pro Plan Veterinary Diets – Weight Management
PURINA is committed to the health and wellbeing of pets and offers formulas tailored specifically for them, created in consultation with veterinarians and nutritionists. Many diets feature innovative ingredients backed by scientific research.
Pro Plan Veterinary Diets DRM Dermatologic Management Naturals dry dog food was specifically created to support dogs with skin allergies and sensitivities, and features salmon as the first ingredient, which provides essential omega-3 fatty acids to promote healthy skin and a shiny coat.
Fiber helps promote feelings of fullness and lower calorie intake, and antioxidants promote immune system health.
Purina Pro Plan strives for environmental sustainability through various environmental initiatives; these may vary by product. For instance, some of their products contain vitamin D which may be beneficial for pets but too much consumption could be dangerous – always consult a veterinarian about appropriate doses of vitamins and minerals for your pet.
