Black Hawk Working Dog Food Review

In our Black Hawk Working Dog dog food review you’ll find out why this is a very good choice, and you’ll also find out why most working dog foods are the complete opposite of what a working dog really needs. Black Hawk Working Dog is high protein and high fat, which is in stark contrast to other working dog foods which are actually high carbohydrates from excessive grains.

Why would you feed Black Hawk Working Dog dog food?

A working dog needs quality meat proteins to build and retain muscle and overall health, and quality meat fats to burn as energy (they utilise animal fats much better than we do for energy). This is basic nutrition, and the same applies in the human world. Dogs can utilise carbohydrates for energy, but it’s meat proteins and meat fats which are really essential for canine health and wellbeing. Dog’s are essentially carnivores despite what pet food marketing tells us, and their dental structure, digestive system, and natural instinct dictates this.

Take a look at other Working Dog foods. You’ll find most of them formulated with cheap grains or mill run waste and contain very little meat. The reason for this is cheap to produce products, even sold for an “affordable” price, make a staggering profit. It doesn’t mean it’s healthy or nutritious for your working dog, and you can argue they’ll burn off the excessive carbs, but for long term health and wellbeing you’re doing them a disservice from feeding them such a product.

In our Black Hawk Working Dog dog food review we’ll find out why this is formulated the right way, compared to other working dog foods which are formulated the wrong way…

Black Hawk Working Dog Products

The Black Hawk Working Dog products covered by this review:

• Black Hawk Working Dog Lamb & Beef

Black Hawk Working Dog dog food review

Black Hawk Working Dog, alternatively known as Lamb and Beef, is a high protein, high fat food. That sets it apart from most other working dog foods available in Australia. That’s a great thing, with the caveat being cost (but you get what you pay for). For canine health, muscle strength and energy, meat and meat fat is king. This formula boasts a high 32% protein, 22% fat, and we can estimate around 26% carbohydrates which is very low for a dry dog food, and especially low for a working dog dry food – that’s a definite plus point.

The first two ingredients are lamb and beef meat meals, both pre-dried protein dense sources of meat. These will amount to a significant percentage of the food as a whole, from species-appropriate meat ingredients.

The third ingredient is oats, one of the better choices of grain and a good source of slow-burning energy. Rice (white rice) is also found as the fifth ingredient, and possibly in a similar proportion. There’s widespread belief that grains are bad for dogs when they’re not, the real issue being excessive grains, particularly wheat and sorghum. Oats and rice are good selections for a working dog, and in the case of Black Hawk Working Dog are in a reasonable proportion.

Pea protein will play a part in the 32% protein and will also add fibre. Although not a meat ingredient, peas have nutritional merit and are a reasonably healthy inclusion. We find grain free dog food formulas on the market which use peas in excess, and that thankfully isn’t the case with this food.

There are many smaller inclusions which really round off Black Hawk Working Dog. Of specific note we find the inclusion of glucosamine and chondriotin, as well as emu oil, omega 3, and omega 6 fatty acids to aid joint health and overall wellbeing of your working dog. These are highly beneficial ingredients which you likely won’t find in other well known working dog foods. One final plus of Black Hawk Working Dog dog food is it’s preserved naturally with rosemary, rather than controversial (and cheap) chemical preservatives.

We’ve rated Black Hawk Working Dog dog food as a very respectable 9/10, and hope the information in this review has been of use. If it has, let us know by leaving a comment or telling your friends about how useful this website is!

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Black Hawk Dog Food Review Summary

All in all Black Hawk Working Dog Beef & Lamb sets a far better standard of working dog dog foods which historically has been nothing more than a profit-generating fallacy. As a meat-based working dog food with decent inclusions of better grains such as oats, combined with ingredients to aid joint health, it really is worth considering for your working dog.

In terms of working dog foods sold in Australia, Black Hawk Working Dog sits ahead of all the rest. Recommended.

Black Hawk Working Dog Ingredients (Beef & Lamb)

The ingredients of Black Hawk Working Dog Beef & Lamb dry dog food (as of July 2021) are as follows:

Lamb Meat Meal, Beef Meat Meal, Oats, Pea Protein, Rice, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols [source of Vitamin E], Citric Acid, Rosemary Extract), Field Peas, Fish Meal, Chicken Meal, Canola Oil, Beet Pulp, Essential Vitamins & Minerals, Eggs Dried, Fish Oil, Salt, Brewers Yeast, Flax Seed, Chicory Root, Natural Antioxidants, Emu Oil, Omega 6 Fatty Acids, Omega 3 Fatty Acids, Carrot, Yucca Schidigera, Tomato Powder, D-Glucosamine, Chondroitin, Blueberries, Cranberry, Dandelion Tea, Peppermint Tea, Kelp, Spinach, Rosemary.

Black Hawk Working Dog Guaranteed Analysis (Beef & Lamb)

The guaranteed analysis of Black Hawk Working Dog Beef & Lamb dry dog food (as of July 2021) are as follows:

Black Hawk Working Dog Recalls

There are no recorded recalls of the Black Hawk Working Dog Beef & Lamb formula.