Happy Dog

Happy Dog Fit & Well Senior review

Name: Happy Dog Fit & Well Senior
Brand: Happy Dog

57.1/100Good

DryAdultSenior

A rice-led senior kibble for medium to giant breeds, with fat held to 10% and L-carnitine dosed at 200 mg. Dried poultry at 9% and lamb at 4% sit behind the rice, and fish meal at 4.5% brings marine omega 3. It lands in our Good band, level with the typical adult dry food, held there by the cereal share.

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Our view

Likely to suit

Older dogs slowing down, on fat at 10% with L-carnitine added
Medium and giant breed seniors
An adult and a senior sharing one bag, which the label allows
Vitamin C on the panel at 20 mg, beside the standard vitamins
A gentler bowl: protein at 21%, chicory root extract for the gut

Worth watching

Rice heads the list, and carbohydrate is an estimated 57.1% of dry matter
Poultry, meat meal and hydrolysed protein all unnamed, so a dog with a chicken issue cannot be kept clear
Fish meal means it is not fish free

Written by our editorial team. Independent guidance, not veterinary advice.

How this scores

How we score

57.1/100Good

Protein and processingGood

Nutritional balancePoor

TransparencyGood

ValueGood

The details

Dog fit

Listed for adult and senior dogs of medium size and up. The maker's chart asks 250 grams for a 20kg dog; let your dog's shape settle where yours sits.

Food type

Dry

Life stage

Adult, Senior

Breed size

Medium, Giant

Main protein

Poultry

The score, in context

Happy Dog Fit & Well Senior 57.1

All one Good. Typical dry food: Good.

The band is a comment on a cereal-led list with several unnamed animal entries, not on a meal an older dog would find wanting.

What's in it

RiceGentle and easily digested; it sets the tone for a quieter dog's food.
Dried animal proteins: poultry, lamb9%, 4%Counted once the water has gone. Poultry gives the family, not the bird.
Maize, maize flour, barley
Fish meal4.5%Half of it salmon meal: the marine omega 3 and one of the better entries.
Oils and fats, meat meal, hydrolysed proteinNone of the three names an animal or plant, so no strict elimination trial.
Beet pulp, apple pomace
Yeasts, salts, seaweed
Linseed, dried whole egg, chicory root extract0.15%, 0.12%, 0.05%Chicory brings inulin, a prebiotic fibre.
Mussel meat0.02%A gesture towards ageing joints, not a dose.
Milk thistle, dandelion, nettle, camomile and other dried herbs0.15% in total

L-carnitine at 200 mg per kilo to help move fatty acids into the cells that burn them, plus vitamin C at 20 mg.

Moisture is not declared, so the dry-matter figures assume 8%.

Named ingredients

Rice, animal proteins* (9 % poultry, 4 % lamb), maize, maize flour, barley, fish meal (4.5 %, of which 50 % salmon meal), oils and fats, meat meal, hydrolysed protein, beet pulp* (desugared), apple pomace*, potassium chloride, yeasts*, sodium chloride, seaweed*, linseed (0.15 %), dried whole egg (0.12 %), chicory root* (extract) (0.05 %), milk thistle, mussel meat* (0.02 %), yeasts* (extract), artichoke, dandelion, ginger (0.015 %), birch leaves, stinging nettle, camomile, coriander, rosemary, sage, liquorice root, thyme, (total dried herbs: 0.15 %). *dried.

Against the range

Nutritional analysis

Declared analysis

Energy

359 kcal/100g

Protein

21%

Fat

10%

Fibre

2.5%

Ash

Dry weight

Protein

22.8%

Fat

10.9%

Fibre

2.7%

Ash

6.5%

Carbs

57.1%

As-fed composition

Estimated breakdown of the finished product by ingredient category, from the declared ingredient list and ingoing weights. These are estimates, not measurements.

Meat

29.8%

Carbs

66.1%

Veg

0.6%

Oils

Other

1.6%

Pricing & size