Black Hawk Sensitive Skin & Gut Adult Dog Food

Black Hawk Sensitive Skin & Gut is a grain free adult dog food from the Black Hawk Healthy Benefits range, created for dogs that need extra support for sensitive digestion, itchy skin, soft stools, and everyday gut comfort. This complete and balanced Black Hawk dog food is designed to help support nutrient absorption, bowel function, stool quality, and skin barrier health in one practical daily formula.

With prebiotics and probiotics to support a balanced microbiome, plus fish oil and supportive fats for skin and coat health, this recipe is a useful option for adult dogs that do not seem fully comfortable on standard kibble. Order online for fast Melbourne delivery or choose Click & Collect from our Moorabbin warehouse.

If you would like a closer look at how this formula performs in real feeding situations, you can also read our independent Black Hawk Sensitive Skin & Gut review.

If you're exploring more options in the range, you can also browse our full Black Hawk dog food collection for dry and wet formulas suited to different life stages and dietary needs.

Key Benefits

• Supports sensitive skin and gut health: Designed to help support digestion, bowel function, and skin comfort together.
• Helps improve stool quality: Includes functional fibres, prebiotics, and probiotics to support a healthier digestive environment.
• Microbiome support: Added prebiotics and probiotics help maintain balanced gut flora and digestive comfort.
• Skin and coat nutrition: Fish oil and supportive fats help maintain skin barrier health and coat shine.
• Highly digestible recipe: Includes carefully selected protein sources and hydrolysed chicken for easier digestion.
• Grain free adult dog food: Made without grains and formulated for daily feeding in adult dogs.
• Complete and balanced: Formulated to meet AAFCO nutrient profiles for adult maintenance.

Who Is This Recipe Best For?

This Black Hawk Sensitive Skin & Gut dog food is best suited to adult dogs that need more support than a standard maintenance kibble can offer.

• Dogs with sensitive digestion, soft stools, or occasional diarrhoea
• Dogs with itchy skin, dull coats, or skin flare-ups
• Dogs that get gassy or seem uncomfortable after meals
• Dogs that tend to scavenge or eat indiscriminately on walks
• Owners looking for a grain free dog food with added microbiome support
• Adult dogs that may benefit from extra support for gut comfort and skin condition

If your dog has both digestive sensitivity and recurring skin issues, this formula makes more sense than choosing a food that focuses on coat health alone.

What Makes Black Hawk Sensitive Skin & Gut Different?

Black Hawk Healthy Benefits Sensitive Skin & Gut is built around the idea that skin and digestion are often connected. Instead of relying on one “hero” ingredient, the recipe combines multiple forms of support to help adult dogs feel more stable day to day.

This includes hydrolysed chicken to provide smaller, easier-to-digest protein fragments, prebiotics and probiotics to help maintain a healthier gut microbiome, and algae beta-glucans to support gut defence and stool quality. The result is a more targeted formula for dogs that need support in both areas at the same time.

For owners comparing formulas, this makes it a useful middle ground between a standard everyday kibble and a much more specialised prescription diet.

Ingredients

Chicken (meal & fresh), field peas, chickpeas, faba beans, chicken fat (preserved with natural antioxidants), sweet potato, pea starch, natural chicken flavour, beet pulp, hydrolysed chicken, essential vitamins, minerals and amino acids, fish oil, carrot fibre, dried yeast extracts, sea kelp, probiotics (Bacillus subtilis, Bacillus licheniformis), tomato, zinc proteinate, algae β-glucan, coconut oil, emu oil, D-glucosamine, selenium yeast, Yucca schidigera extract, blueberries, carrots, cranberries, peppermint, pumpkin seeds, dandelion and rosemary.

Ingredient Highlights

• Hydrolysed chicken: Helps make the protein side of the recipe easier to digest for sensitive dogs.
• Probiotics and prebiotics: Support microbiome balance, digestive comfort, and stool quality.
• Fish oil: Provides omega-3 support for skin and coat health.
• Algae beta-glucans: Included to support gut defence and overall digestive wellbeing.
• Beet pulp and carrot fibre: Help support stool formation and digestive regularity.
• Grain free carbohydrate blend: Uses legumes and sweet potato instead of traditional grains.

Guaranteed Analysis

Crude Protein (min)	28%
Fat (min)	17%
Crude Fibre (max)	6%
Moisture (max)	10%
Calcium – Ca (min)	0.9%
Phosphorus – P (min)	0.7%
Calorie Content (calculated)	3,700 kcal ME/kg

Nutrition Profile and Practical Use

With 28% protein and 17% fat, this formula is designed as a balanced everyday adult maintenance food rather than an ultra-low-fat or extremely high-protein specialist diet. That makes it suitable for many adult dogs needing ongoing digestive and skin support in a practical daily kibble.

It may be less suitable for dogs that require a strict low-fat diet or dogs with severe food allergy cases that need a prescription elimination formula. For most adult dogs with mild to moderate sensitivity, though, it sits in a useful middle ground.

Feeding Guide

Ideal feeding quantities may vary by breed, age, activity level, metabolism, and body condition. Use this guide as a starting point and adjust to suit your dog’s needs.

Current Weight	Less Active Dogs (g/day)	Active Dogs (g/day)
Up to 2kg	Up to 45g	Up to 50g
2 – 5kg	45 – 85g	50 – 100g
5 – 10kg	85 – 145g	100 – 165g
10 – 15kg	145 – 195g	165 – 225g
15 – 25kg	195 – 285g	225 – 335g
25 – 35kg	285 – 370g	335 – 430g
Over 35kg	Add 70g per 10kg additional body weight	Add 80g per 10kg additional body weight

Important Feeding Information

• Transition slowly: Move across gradually over 7–10 days to reduce digestive stress.
• Be consistent: Gut comfort may improve earlier, but skin and coat changes often take longer.
• Activity guide: Less active = under 1 hour/day of low impact activity. Active = 1–3 hours/day of low impact activity or up to 1 hour/day of high impact activity.
• Measuring: 1 metric cup (250ml) is approximately 125g.
• Fresh water: Ensure clean drinking water is available at all times.
• Seek advice if needed: If symptoms are severe or persistent, consult your veterinarian.

Transition Tips for Sensitive Dogs

For dogs with sensitive stomachs, the transition process matters just as much as the food itself. A slow and controlled changeover helps reduce the chance of loose stools, tummy noise, or refusal during the adjustment period.

• Days 1–3: 25% new food, 75% old food
• Days 4–6: 50% new food, 50% old food
• Days 7–10: 75% new food, 25% old food
• Then move to 100% new food if your dog remains comfortable

Try not to introduce lots of new treats or toppers at the same time. Keeping the rest of the diet stable makes it easier to see whether Black Hawk Sensitive Skin & Gut is actually helping.

About Black Hawk

Black Hawk is an Australian pet food brand known for combining real ingredients with science-led nutritional design. Its recipes are developed with input from veterinarians and animal nutritionists, with a focus on practical daily feeding and long-term wellbeing.

The Healthy Benefits range is designed to offer more targeted support than a standard maintenance formula, including options focused on digestion, skin health, weight support, and overall condition. Sensitive Skin & Gut is one of the most purpose-built formulas in the range for adult dogs with overlapping gut and skin concerns.

For official product information, you can visit the Black Hawk Sensitive Skin & Gut official website.

For more detailed real-world commentary and practical observations, you can also read our Black Hawk Sensitive Skin & Gut review.

For independent customer opinions, you may also browse Black Hawk reviews on ProductReview Australia.