Animal Essentials Plant Enzyme & Probiotics, Plant Based - 3.5 Oz

My fur-child began having allergy issues soon after she was full grown. It started with the chronic ear infections, and led into infections in her feet between her pads. Then the itching began. No amount of trips to the vet ever found any cause or solution, other than MORE ANTIBOITICS! and "Come back in 2 weeks.". At the suggestion of a pet store employee, I switched my pup to Grain Free food. The infections ended! When my pup was about 5, we began having non stop itching issues. We tried different foods, and found that gluten free seem to reduce itching. It was only a few months later though that the digestive issues began. For the past two years I have been trying (obviously thoroughly trying an option and slowly introducing or removing ingredients/factors) to find THE food that would make my girl 'regular' again. For about 6 months my homemade food worked wonders (turkey/pumpkin/spinach/berries/calcium/turmeric/fat free cottage cheese/chicken gizzards...etc). Then it too quit working, and it's been a downward avalanche for over a year. She always tests negative for infections or worms, but continues to have diarrhea. In the past 6 months, there has been no relief or regularity. We had newspapers down at night in case my husband I were to sleep through her needing to go outside (pet door not an option). Some nights she would have up to 4 accidents, no matter what we tried with food type, timing, size and frequency of meals, additives, and on and on. This supplement was another whim to try. Our girl has lost a couple of pounds that she didn't need to in the past few months, so we believe she may have EPI and/or colitis in some combination. She has been on this supplement now for 3 1/2 weeks. It hasn't cured her and made her perfect, but she has gained 2 pounds back (which is a huge relief and progress!! Finally!), the accidents have stopped completely, and she's 'regular' in her timing. Once in the morning, once in the evening- for over three weeks. While I still am on the hunt to get the 'perfect poo', at least with this supplement she is actually getting nutrition from her food, and maintaining control over her movements. We all sleep better at night, and I can tell that my girl is happy to have some relief. In comparison to a lot of other products that we have tried with similar claims at a much bigger price tag, I am thrilled at the results we have gotten. I am going to add in Honest Kitchen's digestion blend to see if between these two supplements I can acquire the 'perfect poo'. I will update my post if I get good results. 9/2/16 Update: My IBS EPI dog is now 'regular' and healthy with Olewo carrots, Honest Kitchen Perfect Form, and Animal Essentials Plant Enzymes. It took some trial and error to find the required dosage and mix, but my girl has been perfect and on a 2x routine for 2 months now! I found my dosage to be 1/2tsp of each supplement fed with eat meal 2x a day for my 40lb dog. 4/26/17 Update: My pup held stable for over 6 months before she started loosing weight again. No adjusting of food or supplements seemed to help, and the final scare was when she started vomiting after every meal- I made an appointment for the vet the next morning and just gave my girl pumpkin and broth until then. The very expensive lesson I learned that I want to share with anyone who is suffering through anything like this is that my malnourished dog (who eats 3lbs of food a day to try and maintain a weight of 38lbs) is unable to consume and absorb vitamin B. Initially she started with b12 and b complex shots every other day for a week, then weekly, and currently biweekly. She is finally almost her ideal weight after 3 months of getting these shots (I currently use a B Complex available at TSC for stressed livestock), and retaining her Darwins diet, with this enzyme and probiotics. I have also added LGlutamine and Colostrum (500mg 2x a day) to her regimen. 9/17/18 update: We are now going to the vet for a monthly B12-complex shot. I switched from Darwins Raw to Raw Paws Pet food, the main difference being Darwins including a good portion of their recipe with veggies, of one (or more?) that my girl was still showing sensitivities to. Raw Paws Pet food is available in a 'with veggies' recipe or just meat formula. She's now only eating about a pound of food a day (used to be 3!!!) and is 47 pounds! I do still give her a tablespoon of canned pumpkin, as well as this enzyme, and glucosamine. We've been doing this for about 8 months now.

I purchased this product after researching potential causes for my dog's random & unexplainable intestinal issues (colitis, possible IBD) which started when Hills Prescription Diet reformulated their I/D canned food. A bland homemade diet of chicken & rice failed to resolve my pet's issues, and research suggested that amongst other things, adding probiotics to your pets diet *could* help. Wanting to exhaust natural remedies before moving onto expensive tests and medications, I decided to give it a shot. I chose AEPE&P because it contained a few additional ingredients that according to research, could also be beneficial. I started adding the recommended dose to my dog's kibble (and only kibble) during each meal (2x/day). Within 2 days she seemed constipated so I cut back to 1x/day. Within another 2 days, I knew I'd struck gold. My pooch went from a mopey, listless, every-other-poop-was-a-gelatinous-and-bloody-mess pet to an animated, perky, normal pooper pet! For the past few weeks I have added the powder to her kibble every morning and watched her eating like a hawk (just to make sure nothing snuck in her mouth to ruin the happy effects). She has totally turned a corner and I am ecstatic (and relieved)! She has more energy and seems much happier - she's actually playing by herself now (before she wouldn't unless someone played with her)!!! It's only been 3 weeks and so far not a single instance of diarrhea, and even her vomiting (which was mostly water anyway) isn't as frequent. And her poop...it's the normal, smelly, semi-solid, same-color-and-consistency-every-time kind now. Hooray! Bottom line, I am totally thrilled with this product and HIGHLY recommend it for someone who wants to supplement their pet's diet with probiotics. I realize I took a risk in self-diagnosing my dog and trying this product without discussing it with my vet first, but that's a separate issue. I just want to rave about the product because it's been such a lifesaver and it's made such a huge difference in my dog's overall health. I will use AEPE&P for the rest of her natural life!

This probiotic really works. I gave a Chihuahua with a sensitive tummy and he gets 1/4 tsp a day with his breakfast. It keeps his poops firm. I also give to my two Shih Tzus a few times a week. I've been using this for years and it really works

I started buying this brand from the pet food, etc., store near my house. I know the owner won't sell anything that she wouldn't use for her own dogs. So I knew it was a good brand. I have a 10 year old Weimaraner and having been using this for a while now. And he is doing well on it. I did find it a little cheaper on Amazon than at the pet store. I put it in his morning food along with the Omega 3 I give him each day.

I have a cat whose poop has always been unbelievably stinky. When I first got him, he had a bacterial infection of the herpetic sores inside his mouth (yes, cats can get herpes sores, they can get herpes -- who knew? ya learn somethin' new every day). So he had to go on antibiotics to clear up the infection. The antibiotics, however, gave him horrible diarrhea. So I took him back to the vet after he finished the course of antibiotics and was *still* having diarrhea. The vet RXed him *more* antibiotics. That cleared up the diarrhea, but, man!! His poop became this unbelievably raunchy, nasty stench all the time. I Googled, of course, and people recommended probiotics and plant enzymes for cats and dogs with super smelly poop. So I bought some of this and began sprinkling this on his food. I bought another enzyme product, but it didn't have the probiotics in it. I tried two weeks of the other, and two weeks of this, and switched off like that for a few months. (I also had to put L-lysine powder on his food to prevent herpes outbreaks, which is the same supplement recommended to people with herpes, which I know because I'm an RN and also a friend of mine unfortunately got herpes a few decades ago and has had to supplement with L-lysine ever since. But the L-lysine keeps the cat's herpes in check and he has not had any more mouth sores or outbreaks since I first got him from the shelter/rescue group. I suspect he had such a bad outbreak because poor baby was so stressed out in the shelter environment with so many other cats.) Anyway, his poop is still way stinkier than my other cat's, but not nearly as bad as it was after his initial and second runs of antibiotics. He seems to do well on this stuff. However, I must confess, I am far less religious about this stuff or the other non-probiotic enzyme powder, than I am about his L-lysine. The vet said the other cat shouldn't catch herpes from him, unless he's immunocompromised (which he isn't), but I don't want to take any chances. So I religiously put the L-lysine powder on his food EVERY DAY... but I sometimes go days or a couple weeks without this enzyme powder. Since he was on it religously the first four months, it seems to have helped. When I do give it to him, his poop is less smelly, but ever since his original dosing on this for four months or so, his poop has not been as bad as it was after the antibiotics. So, if your pet's poo is unbelievably, horribly stinky, give this a shot for a few months. It will probably work -- it did for my stinky poo cat!

I just got this & will review it more fully in a couple weeks. Problem: My dog had acute pancreatitis last spring & a vertibrae infection last summer ... he is on antibiotics, still, ... and I want him to have probiotics to enhance intestinal flora & digestive enzymes to help his pancreas. He's been doing very well on Jarrow Formulas Pet Dophilus Powder, 70.5g & Udo's Choice Pet Essentials/dog 16-Ounces - but I thought I'd give this single product a chance, and this company has been given good review by Dr. Pitcairn's New Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats I received the product & read on the back that it contains Aspergillus orzye and also Aspergillus niger; my first concern was aflatoxin ... so I called the company and the phone was picked up, quickly, by a human, a very nice lady who was extremely knowledgable and she explained some differences to me ... so I opened my mind ... then I went on the internet and found 2 articles that laid other concerns to rest (although I am always to hear other points of view) and I was able to give this to my dogs - I will post the 2 articles below. Have a good day! Wish us luck with a new product! the articles are too long to cut & paste ... I think it's safe, used in a non-fermented state, and I'll add it wet, not powder, to my dogs' food, so they don't breath it. May 2, 2012; I have been giving this to both my dogs, one teaspoon with lunch & lunch = Honest Kitchen Preference, Grain-Free Foundation Diet For Dogs, 3lb , oatmeal & yogurt; I feel this powder should be wet, when an animal eats it so they don't inhale it into their sinuses or aspirate the powder into their lungs. I read that some people have constipation issues; I have not, both dogs are having regular & normal bowel movements, but maybe giving them extra vegetables helps. Also walking is good for constipation. I only feed my dogs canned food. [....] [....]

It seems to me that if someone else has a different opinion about a product, they tend to mark your review as unhelpful. These people need to get a life. I have stated important FACTS about this product and you're a hater and a fool to mark this review as anything other than helpful. The reason I say this is because the exact same review is also posted by me for FORTIFLORA where, so far, 8 out of 8 people find it helpful. Purina Fortiflora Feline Nutritional Supplement Box, 30gm I encourage anyone who may have questions about my trials with this product to please post them on here. I will do my best to answer you in a timely manner. Also feel free to leave any advise or findings of your own. I remember taking Twix (my cat) to the vet and thinking the worst. From birth she just never seemed as vibrant as her two siblings. Every time you would try to pick her up or hold her, you would soon get a whiff of really bad gas. Not quite a year old she lay lifeless, sick, and far too skinny. The vet ran many test and I reached my limit around the $400 range. They couldn't tell me what was wrong but upon my mention of lifelong diarrhea, had recommended Forti-Flora ($40 for 30 pkts) It was less than a week and Twix had come to life. Her gas although not totally absent, had not been that dreadful smell that made you want to drop her and hurl. For the first time in a long time she was finally using the litter box again and she was regular. A month later, and no Forti Flora she slowly went back to the way she had been. AMAZON to the rescue. I was discouraged however because I didn't plan on the extra expense and chore of administering this probiotic every day. I already went through the trouble of finding the best food for her needs. I ran across an item on Amazon (Animal Essentials Plant Enzymes & Probiotics) that promised more and the price swayed me to try it. AWEFUL MISTAKE. We let the other animals use it as well, and seemed like they all had bad side effects. Twix especially looking more sick than ever. There's just no way possible I could recommend this product. If your cat has the same symptoms as mine, I really recommend staying away from this product. I'm going to keep using Forti Flora for as long as I have my baby girl, Twix. I have to feed her seperate from her brother, Neiman. He is crazy about the taste of the product. So is Twix. I'm so glad I found it for so much less than at my vet. But even if I had to make the purchase through my vet, I WOULD! My baby girl is worth it. Also, I am a fair person. This bottle of probiotic by far a lot more product than what you get with fortflora. It just too bad it didn't work for my cat and I used as directed until we ran out. I was thankful it was gone. I had to get something that would work for Twix ANOTHER UPDATE: just to bend over backward to try and be helpful as this is my most unpopular review, I found a great product at a lower price point than fortiflora and works very well. You may see the review here: http://www.amazon.com/review/RJX90E5J8CL29/ref=cm_cr_dp_title?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B0053G8XE6&nodeID=2619533011&store=pet-supplies

We have two 55 lb pit-bull mix rescue dogs. One of them suffers from anxiety, and although it has improved greatly with the daily dose of prescribed Prozac, he still has lots of anxiety. Like humans, dogs experiencing anxiety can also suffer from digestive distress. That's where my dog comes in. Our pup would get diarrhea almost daily--sometimes multiple times a day, due to anxiety. A good friend of mine who is a fellow dog lover and longtime dog trainer suggested this product. She said it worked wonders for her dog who was having the same kind of stomach issues. We gave it to our dogs because we figured that probiotics are good for both of them regardless of whether they have stomach issues or not. It must have a funny taste to it, because we's noticed that the dogs would try to eat around the white powder probiotic. However, we rectify that situation by just putting a little bit of water into their dry food. Then, they ate it right up. With in a day, our one dog's diarrhea had almost all but completely disappeared. He also seemed much more comfortable, in general. Now we just give it to them every few days. Since we started using it, we have literally had zero issues with any kind of diarrhea and our dogs. The only exception, is if they get into something outside or get away with eating something they aren't supposed to ;)

Les enzymes ont aidé la digestion de notre chienne et ont réglé ses selles. Elles ne changent pas le goût de la nourriture. Bon produit, nous l'avons acheté 3 fois jusqu'à maintenant.

Mes chiens digèrent mieux leurs croquettes

Good product my cats don't know its in their food and they need the extra help at age 13 years...

Kitty was spitting up meals sporadically. She is older and vet suggested enzymes would help. She was right. We've been using enzymes for about a month with great success.

As described. I see a difference when I mix this in my dogs' food.