 year round and i tell guys this all the time hey the healthiest thing you can do for your dog if you feed performance is to continue with performance through the summertime even though that's a 30 protein 20 fat the healthiest thing you can do for your dog is to keep them on that hot feed just back off the amount that you feed in the summer you bet you bet yeah all of the research shows that it takes you know a month to two months maybe even three months for a dog system