We have a golden retriever yellow lab mix which has been a great family dog, terrible bird dog but great family dog. We used to feed her the kibble route with high cost food. Switched over to the Farmers Dog and she lost weight, is happier started to get some puppy like activity back and her energy levels increased. She also gets a lot of connective tissue and meat from whatever we are cooking mixed in her food to help supplement it and lower the cost over time. I was raising quail for a while and she would get birds to eat. We have chickens so she gets eggs in her food too