They used to be good, my dog loved them and I could buy a week's worth at a time but a few months ago their appearance changed, I didn't think much of it but in the last few weeks they have all smelled bad when I open the bag even when well in date, sometimes they have a really salty smell like off ham. I also discovered white mould earlier in the year as others have mentioned.
The bags used to be vacuum sealed, they don't seem to be anymore which likely has something to do with it.
After reading other reviews and seeing others are finding the same I now know it's not just me, I am choosing to cook my own dog food now.

Bought this For the first time only three weeks ago, I need his last of my two small dogs entire week. Given we also have a number of cats it will get you to almost any of the food stuff, the dogs must like it, because they never leave it for the other for animals get hold of it. They would never not eating it, but they will balk at my dog and other processes tinned foods. I have just tried them on the lamb as well and they are very happy.

This product made my Malshi very sick with tummy grumbles and not eating for over 24 hours. The product goes smelly and sticky after a few days and well before it's use by date. Should I be freezing it in small portions?

absolutely awesome my 4 dogs love them excellent nutrition for them, never had any issues but please for the love of god after opening divvy up into portions and freeze as it doesn't last long in fridge at all 3 days tops before they go off or start to grow mold

Opened a bag and fed to my shitzu ( a week before due date ) .. next day she had tummy grumbles and wouldn't eat .. checked the bag of chicken chunkers and there is a white mould throughout the whole bag, and all over the chunks .. Lucky my dog is okay, or you would have a lawsuit on your hands gggrrrr :(

My two small dogs love this food, and I have got it repeatedly as it is very affordable and I add it to their dry food for dinner.

But I have had numerous defective bags where the ziplock has come away from one side of the bag. Even with non-defective bags, properly sealed and in the fridge I have found the product does become smelly about three days after opening and probably off by the fourth day. This has meant that over time I've had to throw out 1/4 or 1/3 of a bag here and there. Your experience may vary as my dogs are small and wouldn't get through all that in four days.

My 11 month old staffy x loves them he gobbles them down and looks for more. The bags always stay fresh and the product is always moist I highly recommended them thankyou

Every bag I’ve had have been fresh, my 3 dogs, (1 adult & 2x almost adult), all love this product & have them for breakfast every morning.
Must be kept chilled & helps to stay fresh if the zip on the bag is closed properly.
I’ve never had a bad bag or had a bag go off half used - I always use the full bag right to the bottom.

It’s the only thing I can get my pug to eat and they are always the right colour and they do not make dogs sick they are probably already sick and quick to blame this product.
If the bag is closed properly with the zip lock it cannot go bad and I roll it over as well. Some of the reviews are a bit over the top and I would only listen to the good reviews as some people like to mess around with reviews.

My dog loves these! She eats them with her kibble every night. I think the problems other people might be having is the size of the portion. If we give her too many or forget to also give her kibble her poos do become soft. She has never been sick from them though.

We will continue to buy the chicken ones for a long time.

Its says on the packet that 1.5 of the net weight is "salt" so i work that out as 15 grams in 1 kg. My dog eats this meal and less than a hour later he is drinking water like hes eaten a bowl of chili peppers. Somethings not right with this dog food. The following day i give him natures gift sausage and hes a few licks at his water after eating.

Bought this for a very fussy Jack Russell puppy, she loved it at first but went off it when we bought the second pack. Unfortunately the packet was no good after 3 days. The chicken balls were off, so we decided to give the rest to our older 12 yr old dog to eat. He does eat anything, and enjoyed it.
That was the main problem for us- the product wasn't fresh enough once opened, after 3 days.

No dramas feeding mine this product find it much better than the rolls .. happy pups and I mix with good biscuits
No rotten pks or such

I find the reviews on here interesting, because there are so many bad ones. My little dog (Pug X something) things it's wonderful! He can't get it down quick enough and I've never seen him sick in any way from it.

Anyway, I searched your product online to find out the variants and came across this site with the poor reviews. I haven't thought to weigh the packet but will in future just in case and will let you know if it falls short.

Hopefully our dog will continue to love it because we'll be buying more of it.

I have two small dogs ( Maltese and schnitzel) . We have been using the chicken chunkers for the past few months and have noticed the babies bowels are great after changing from a previous wet food. They love their food. They won't even touch half of the other tin food such as Pal and my dog . A very happy customer. Keen to see what other products that may be released

We bought Chunkers chicken balls for our dog as a treat. After the first meal the diarrhea was so bad, and so fast, that we had to throw out a lounge room rug. Then again last night she had diarrhea, was incredibly sick with it and my husband had to stay up in the case he needed the emergency vet. How dare VIP keep this product on the market knowing that it is doing this to family pets! The reviews on here certainly not flattering, and food poisoning in a dog is not a matter to be taken lightly.

This product WAS great and my old dogs ate it, until I bought another couple of bags and the food smelled off (not fresh). This dog food could/should have been a wonderful alternative to dry food for older dogs with sensitive teeth etc.. Such a shame! The cost of this dog food and also wasting space in the supermarkets fridge meat dept. is ridiculous. Unhappy Customer to say the least.

These meatballs poisoned my dog. After 2 days of eating these she became to hemorrhage and vomit huge blood piles and her bowel movements were nothing but bloody liquid. After spending over $1,000 at the vet she is doing ok, but not 100%. I am not a happy person because had we not rushed her to the vet they said she would have died.

I purchased chicken flavour at woolies, when I opened the packet the odour was so bad that it spread through the house, I'm reading all these reviews and nothing has been done to solve this issue. Clearly something is not right, the used by date still had 1 month to go, I'm not happy. This product could do damage to my dog, please do something rather than replying with same comments not acceptable.

When buying at Coles most times the packets are almost out of code. My dog ate the first lot after opening the bag and now turns his nose up, will not eat them, he would rather go hungry, in desperation he now eats his biscuits. Wondering if individual bags inside a bag would work I buy him the 7 pack inside a bag opposition's product and he loves them