DISCLAIMER: STRONGPOINT DOG FOOD HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED & IS NO LONGER AVAILABLE AT CHEWY OR AMAZON.
Meet Strongpoint Dog Food
Strongpoint dog foods focus on the needs of performance dogs whether a working or sporting dog. Its recipes are highly digestible and contain ingredient mixes intended to help dogs keep up muscle tone and maintain energy all day.
Strongpoint dog foods are good for dogs that are more than just the family pet, but any dog that qualifies as active could benefit from a formula like those in the Strongpoint line. Let’s see if your dog could experience better digestion and better energy with one of these recipes.
Read on for our in-depth Strongpoint dog food review.
Brand Quick Look
- Parent Company: Strongpoint
- Founded in: 2011
- Manufactured By: Perfect Pet Foods LLC
- Made in: Visalia, California, USA
- Available at: Chewy, physical stores (see locator)
- Types of Food: Dry
- Real Meat in First 5 Ingredients? : No (labeled meat meals)
- Recalled in Past? : No
Behind the Brand
Strongpoint foods use premium ingredients to create a kibble designed to keep up with sporting and working dogs. The kibble is easy to portion out and contains only the components necessary for a dog’s health and well being, no fillers or artificial flavors. The recipes are developed by pet nutritionists and veterinarians.
The line is minimal, but it has a small niche group. If your dog is the type to spend most days on the couch before going on a leisurely walk, this food could be a bit too rich for them. The calories and fat in the recipes are designed to burn off the way working or sporting dogs would.
The recipes center around a single concept. They have a recipe for true working dogs, but they also have blends designed for active dogs and those who need to maintain weight through a reduced calorie diet. The foods are manufactured in the United States and use no cheap fillers or ingredients sourced from risky sources abroad.
Strongpoint Dog Food Review
Strongpoint Performance Plus Chicken Meal Recipe
Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
First Five Ingredients:
- Chicken Meal
- Brown Rice
- Chicken Fat (Preserved with Mixed Tocopherols)
- Fish Meal
- Dried Beet Pulp
Strongpoint’s Performance Plus recipe is a densely nutritious one with plenty of protein. It uses chicken meal and fish meal to provide the building blocks for stronger muscle and better overall tone. The healthy fats could help reduce injuries in your working or sporting dog, and the serving sizes are a bit smaller than standard, cheap kibbles.
It uses essential fatty acids to help condition your dog’s skin and coat, and fresh fruit and veggies provide critical vitamins and minerals. The formula boosts your active dog’s energy with balanced protein and carbohydrates in the form of brown rice. It has plenty of fiber to encourage easy digestion, but the ingredients are more digestible overall (which could lead to fewer poops).
It’s on the more expensive side, but still a good bargain compared to some truly expensive foods. If you’ve got a pack of dogs you’re feeding, this could be a good halfway point between the expensive bulk kibbles and something wildly out of budget like a freeze-dried raw formula.
The extra protein could cause some gas at first, but that should subside once your dog’s digestion resets. Discuss with your vet before you feed a puppy this formula, and it’s probably a good idea to avoid feeding it to large breed puppies altogether.
It’s a solid recipe for those of you trying to keep up with the energy requirements of your hunting dogs, but it’s not so prohibitively expensive that the thought of feeding it to your pack is impossible.
Instead, it does strike a good balance between somewhat affordable and premium. You may even save money in the long run not having to buy supplements to keep that sporting dog or farm dog’s weight on.
Best Selling Strongpoint Dog Food Recipes
Their formulas are appropriate for dogs with high energetic needs, but there are three that could be a good option for you to start your high energy dog.
1. Maintenance
This formula is an alternative to some of the weight loss recipes out there. It doesn’t sacrifice any of the healthy proteins or oils that can prevent injury in active dogs, but it does have reduced calories and can help slim your active dog down. It uses chicken meal, a highly concentrated form of protein to fill your dog all day. It’s a good option for sporting dogs who’ve gained too much weight during the offseason or lactating dogs who’ve just weaned and need to slim down a little bit.
2. Naturally Premium
This recipe is an excellent all-purpose blend for your dog no matter the life stage or breed size. It contains chicken meal and brown rice, a concentrated energy blend with plenty of protein. Fruits and veggies provide vital minerals and vitamins for better health and digestion. If your dog isn’t exactly the most athletic but has a tendency to enjoy your long walks or casual sports, this could be a good option.
3. Performance Plus
For working or true sporting dogs, this high energy, high protein blend should be able to keep up. It features excellent healthy fats to give your sporting dog all day energy and reduce the risk of injuries. It’s a little too rich for the average dog, but it could help your athletic dog build muscle and maintain a proper weight without adding filler calories or hard to digest carbohydrate sources.
What Types of Dog Food Does Strongpoint Offer?
Strongpoint makes kibbles designed for all breed sizes and life stages. Instead, you choose a food based on your dog’s lifestyle. A high-performance recipe is for those who work all day while active recipes are for dogs with naturally high energy. Premium formula is a good all-purpose one for sporting dogs that are off-season or pregnant dogs, and the maintenance formula gives active dogs all the energy building blocks on a reduced calorie diet to slim up.
Talk to your vet before feeding any of these formulas to puppies, but for the most part, they could be suitable for all life stages with your vet’s blessing. They contain no fillers like corn or soy and no artificial ingredients like colors or flavors. The entire recipe is designed to eliminate allergy triggers and maintain proper digestion.
Strongpoint Recipes:
- Performance Plus
- Active Advantage
- Naturally Premium
- Maintenance
The Strongpoint Recall History
Strongpoint hasn’t had any recalls. Their foods are made in clean facilities in California with a strict policy governing food handling. They follow recipes closely, so there haven’t been any problems in the past ten years. It’s a good record so far.
Customer Reviews
Many customers like Strongpoint for the wholesome ingredients and higher amounts of available protein. Meat meals are concentrated protein sources, which could be an issue if the meat isn’t labeled. However, Strongpoint carefully labels all protein sources, so a meal is a source of denser protein in this case.
Customers tended to notice a difference in the energy levels of their sporting dogs, saying that dogs seemed to be less fatigued after long runs and stayed full longer. The foods rank around four stars across online providers and is favorably reviewed with trusted online reviewers.
What Customers Like and Dislike about Strongpoint?
Customers love that they finally have options that suit their athletic dogs. These recipes are denser than regular kibbles and have smaller serving sizes because of the higher levels of protein and oil. It seems to be easier for customers to maintain their dogs’ weights (avoiding both overweight and underweight issues) with the right blend of those proteins and fats.
The foods were a little too expensive for some, and those without active dogs did see weight gain and difficulty in digestion. If your dog doesn’t burn enough calories to account for the extra protein, it could cause excess gas and bloat. It could be helpful to transition your dog slowly to the new food to help reset digestion.
If you notice that your dog doesn’t appreciate the kibble, it could be a good idea to put a little bit of wet food on top to encourage your dog to eat it. The kibble is a good size for most dogs, and no one noted that the kibble was difficult for their dogs to manage.
For most, the kibble was a manageable size and passed their dogs’ taste tests. Quite a few people would order it again after trying their first bag.
Positive
- “I have been feeding Strongpoint for over 2 years, this is high-quality food. During active hunting season, performance fuels my dog. It is always interesting to watch how much more other working dogs poop compared to my dog, which is caused by their inferior food. Strongpoint performance will lead a dog to perform better, will maintain their muscle mass better, and will provide better nutrients with less filler than many other “pro” foods.” NCbirddogguy, chewy.com
Negative
- The food doesn’t have a strong enough presence online to list a negative review. However, you should talk to your local pet store if you happen to purchase from there to see what others are saying about the food.
