When we first got our 8 week old Aussiedoodle, we tried mixing this in with his hard food.  He would only look the soft off of the hard food because he thought it was so delicious!  We were actually advised by vet to stop with the soft food for awhile, until he starts better eating the hard food.  We still have plenty and plan to start giving him more after a few weeks.  All in all, he LOVES it and we LOVE the ingredients!