Merrick Hungry Dog Value Pack - 2 lb

 (16 customer reviews)

I have purchased three of these now, and the quality and types of treats in the bag is really all over the place. The first bag I bought had a great variety of really fantastic treats that my dogs went crazy for. Several big chunks of snout, a few bully sticks, TONS of cow tails, two halves of a huge twin hoofer, a little rawhide, and other bits and pieces. I felt that this bag was an incredible value given the wide variety of chews, and the specific chews included (some of which can be expensive when bought on their own), and my dogs loved everything, so I quickly ordered two more. I was much less impressed with the second two. The second bag I got was almost exclusively rawhide, with a few cow ears and a cow tail thrown in. Needless to say, I was not very happy with this bag, and my dogs weren't impressed either. I do realize that you always run the risk of getting disappointing results when you purchase any kind of grab bag, so I guess that's just how it goes. The third bag had a...Read more

Yes I understand that these aren't perfectly cut, and some of the pieces smell a little.
That's not the problem I had with them to rate this bag only 3 stars.

Bag consisted of a lot of pig ears, a lot of cow tails, something that looks like a honey bun, a 3 inch GI bone, and a huge hoof of some sort. Most of the pig ears/cow tails are the consistency of pork rinds (human food, very fluffy and crunchy).

The pieces other than the hoof and GI bone, are NOT "long lasting" chews AT ALL. The pig ears you buy from walmart that are thin last at least 3 times as long as the ones in this package. I would rather buy those for my dog to chew on.

The only pros I could find about this bag is, because the consistency is more fluffy and crumbly, the chews are probably digested easier than the rawhides you buy from walmart. Also, the fact that I got probably 30 pieces, makes it SOUND like a good deal.

But overall, Hungry Dog was not worth the money for...Read more

Last spring, I bought a bag at a chi-chi pet store of the pretentious name "Phydeaux," and was thrilled. It came with a few high quality treats, for long chewing and snacking. It had jerky, pig ears, a pork shoulder frame with some chitlins affixed, and even some bully sticks. I bought another bag last week as a special treat since we were moving to assuage my dawgs' nerves. Lo and behold, the bag was filled with only the most pedestrian snacks. No bully stick, no ears, no jerky. Just some puffy rawhide, like the dog version of getting puffed grain as a meager substitute for jasmine grain. The dogs are not interested in anything in the bag, whereas last time they went hizzy as soon as I reached in the general direction of the bag. Oh, well. Market players try to adjust things to where they are just of a high enough quality that we will pay a premium. Sometimes, like in this case, they go too far and lose a customer.