Natural Balance

Natural Balance dog food is built around Limited Ingredient Diet (LID) recipes: one main animal protein (or a plant protein) paired with one main carbohydrate, so you can see exactly what your dog is eating. Ashario Pets carries 8 Natural Balance formulas for dogs and cats, ranging from $25.33 to $114.15 CAD depending on bag size.

How do I choose a Natural Balance limited ingredient diet?

Start with the protein. If your dog has done poorly on common proteins like chicken or beef, a novel protein is the usual next step — the Sweet Potato & Venison dry dog food pairs a less-common meat with a single carbohydrate source. For dogs that need to avoid meat proteins altogether, the Limited Ingredient Diet Vegetarian dry dog food answers the "Natural Balance vegetarian" question directly.

If your dog has tolerated fish or lamb well, Salmon & Sweet Potato and Lamb & Brown Rice are the more familiar picks. Small dogs benefit from the Salmon & Sweet Potato Small Breed recipe, which uses a smaller kibble that's easier for little jaws to crunch.

Grain-inclusive or grain-free?

Natural Balance offers both within this collection. Lamb & Brown Rice is grain-inclusive; Sweet Potato & Venison and Salmon & Sweet Potato use sweet potato instead of grain. Neither is automatically better — choose based on what your dog has eaten comfortably in the past, and talk to your veterinarian if you're managing a specific sensitivity.

Natural Balance cat food options

The dry cat food line follows the same single-protein, single-carb approach using green pea as the carbohydrate. There are three recipes: Green Pea & Chicken, Green Pea & Salmon, and Green Pea & Duck dry cat food. Duck is the most novel of the three, which makes it a sensible starting point for a cat that has reacted to chicken or fish before.

Switching foods without upsetting digestion

• Transition over 7 to 10 days, mixing increasing amounts of the new food into the current one.
• Change one variable at a time — a new protein or a new brand, not both.
• Give any single recipe 8 to 12 weeks before judging results, especially with coat and skin.
• Buy the smaller bag first to confirm your pet will eat it, then size up.

All Natural Balance formulas here ship Canada-wide, and orders are available for same-day pickup in North York if you'd rather skip the wait. If you're unsure which protein to start with, our team can walk through your pet's history with you.