Maev

3.2 48 Reviews

Maev delivers thoughtfully designed wellness products, like raw food and daily vitamins, for urban dogs.

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3.2

Is Maev good? Based on reviews, Maev appears effective for some dogs, enhancing their health and vitality, but experiences vary. Maev reviews highlight its convenience and positive impact on dogs' coats and energy levels as strengths. However, the high cost and inconsistent customer service are notable weaknesses. Potential buyers should weigh the benefits of improved dog health and easy feeding against the challenges of price and customer support issues.

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  • I wrote this as a comment underneath a commenter with a similar experience, but i still wanted to one star. This food caused rapid weight loss in my dog (A husky mixed breed) while feeding her in a calorie surplus. Maev was a more calorie dense whole food option, so we went with it as we wanted our girl to gain a teensy bit more weight. She’s unbelievably picky and liked the taste, so I was just happy to see her like a food! Within a couple months she went from 42 to 34 pounds eating around 1800 calories a day (major surplus). We didn’t have a scale at home then, she’s got thick fur, and she wasn’t acting any different, so the weight loss snuck in quickly. In that first picture on the floor I noticed her ribs seemed to show in her fur pattern, so we made a vet appointment quickly. Seeing 34 on the scale was a gut punch, I felt so bad. We performed numerous costly tests with the vet to make sure she was okay outside of her diet, but ultimately the only marker seemed to be low alkaline phosphatase on her panel (a common marker of malnutrition). When we switched to a different brand she rapidly gained the weight back and was back to normal within a few weeks (picture on the bench, no more pattern in the fur!). What a scary and costly experience, I obviously do not recommend.

  • Maev has dramatically improved my dogs life. My dog is 13 years old and has had mobility issues for years. A friend of mine recommended I try a raw food to help and I found Maev online. I started noticing improvements in about a month and my dog is back to walking and running with ease. I am so so so grateful.

  • About 10 months ago I switched my French Bulldog from a homemade beef diet to Maev weight and digestion. My 2 year old frenchie has bowel issues, and that is unfortunately common with the breed. Maev was amazing for him at first! He was never over weight, if anything, he was underweight as he was a rescue dog. When we first started him on Maev, we were very impressed with the quality! The chunks were small enough for him to eat without there being a choking hazard, the food was mixed thoroughly and there seemed to be a good balance of contents. Over the past few months the quality has declined though... What once was a great balance of food content is now predominately just a few of the ingredients. The bags we have received the past few months have been predominately all beef liver, vegetable chunks (mostly zucchini), and potatoes. There is now very little to no peanut butter, no kale, very little to no blueberries, and a sad amount of their beef. To top that off, the contents are never mixed well into the packaging nowadays. The beef liver consumes the entire top of the bag. We have to vigorously toss around the sealed bag before opening and often times stick our hands into the bag to bring some of the bottom contents to the top. The ultimate factor in us cancelling Maev was the amount of weight my dog lost. He went from 23 pounds to 18 pounds in just a few months time. When we first started to notice his weight loss, we started feeding him more than the recommended amount, (they have recommended daily portions on the back of their bags). We were feeding out then 20 pound dog the diet of a 50 pound dog and he was still losing weight! It got to the point where his spine and back ribs were showing, (you can see this in the attached photo). We knew we had to do something immediately. We switched our dog to Tuckers's Beef and Pumpkin raw dog food, added in some green beans, carrots, blueberries and a few supplements. After TWO WEEKS our dog was COMPLETELY DIFFERENT!! Running around like a puppy. Playing with toys, (he never did that when he was eating Maev!). He gained all the weight that he had lost and looks amazing. I was once an advocate for Maev. Told all my friends and family how awesome it was. Posted about it on social media. Not anymore.

  • Phil, my beloved pup, fucks with Maev. Like he literally goes nuts. My only negatives are the freezer space the bags take up and the fact that the supplements/bars are often out of stock. But, hell beggars can't be choosers. A happy Phil equals a happy me.

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Maev delivers thoughtfully designed wellness products, like raw food and daily vitamins, for urban dogs.