Blue Buffalo Dog Food

Blue Buffalo is one of the best, if not THE BEST pet food companies out there. They are American made and do not have corn, wheat or soy in their food. They have three different wilderness options to choose from, a whole line of small breed and large breed foods, so your pets have protein options, which is very important. You need to switch protein sources every once in a while. We change every 4 months, some people like every 6. I say do what works for you but do NOT feed the same food for over 6 months. Your pet can develop sensitivities and allergies to an ingredient, so you need to change it up. Check out this to confirm that statement: http://www.addictionfoods.com/resources/RotationFee ding.pdf

People who complain about their dogs getting sick are probably switching foods too fast. Every dog is different, we have 6 dogs, and some HAVE to switch foods slower than others. I can change some dogs over to a new/different protein source in 2-3 days and other dogs I switch slower over a week or two because they have issues.

Science Diet is a terrible food. Anyone to has tried Blue Buffalo and did NOT give their dog a chance to adjust to the food and then returns to SD is just doing their pet a HUGE injustice. Feeding a food like SD that has NO good meat protein source, is full of corn, soy and other non nutritious ingredients is NOT healthy for your pets. I don’t care what your vet says, GET ANOTHER VET! I use a holistic vet and she only recommends foods that do not contain corn, wheat or soy. I will not use a vet that sells SD in their clinic because if they do not know basic nutrition information, how can they be medically competent?

Give Blue Buffalo food a really GOOD try and then comment. Have your medium size dog go through a 30 lb bag, or have your small dog go through a 15 lb bag. If they are still having loose stool after 3-4 weeks, or a full bag, then their may be a protein or other ingredient that they have issues with. There is NO MIRACLE FOOD for every dog! They are all different just like we are! If the chicken doesn’t work for your dog, try the lamb or fish.

The have a limited ingredient diet now called Blue Basics, give that a try if have issues with the regular food.

I hope that this info helps. I love my pets, and I have used other premium brands and I like them as well, but I think that Blue is the best.

My dog was having problems with his skin and stomach, we spent a small fortune at the vets to no avail they wanted him put on an Rx dog food. So I did some research online and found Blue. He now has a realy healthy coat and is happy to eat when I put it in his bowl. When last taken to the vets he told me that my dog has the best and healthiest coat he has seen in a long time. Its all thanks to Blue Buffalo keep it up (Fish and sweet potato).

This food is amazing!!!!! It takes quite a few days to change your dogs diet or they will have an upset stomach. My dog Carter is strong and very healthy, the food is very pricey but well worth it, I wouldnt change it for anything.

We have 6 dogs & 5 cats. They have all been rescued, they all are spayed or neutered & they all are up to date on all their shots, heartworm & flea preventitive. They all eat BLUE & I wouldn't think of feeding them anything else. They range in age from 14-1 year. We have 2 fullblood Timber Wolves, Bear & Star on the Wilderness formula. Blue's Wilderness has more protein than any of the other dog foods out there. Our wolves need more protein than a normal dog. Our older mutts Red Dog & Chopper eat the Senior formula. Our other mutt Buster Brown & our Schnauzer named Kipper like the Fish & Sweetpotatoe formula. Our indoor kitties Captain Hook, Mr. Bum Bum & Ms. Pretty Kitty are on Blue's Indoor Cat formula & our outside cats Momma Kitty & Baby Kitty are on Blue's Adult formula. As you can tell the children helped name the animals. Yes Mom has a big heart when it comes to saving animals & I only want the best for my crew that's why I feed BLUE!

I rescued a puppy with extreme hair loss and mal-nutrition. I began feeding her Blue Buffalo chicken and brown rice puppy formula. Because herring oil is the primary oil it conditioned her skin, promoted hair growth, and brought her to a healthy weight within about a month. Because of the wonderful nutrition the great Jack Russel personality is bursting from every part of her body. She now spends hours chasing her cute tail and she is extremelly excited when she hears the Blue bag. Blue is a excellent product and for those of you who have to pick up the poo, worry no longer! Jackie (the puppy) now goes only 2 times a day and it is easier to maintaina and control the waste clean up.

I have been feeding the puppy formula to my 9 week old Aussie and my 1 year old Chihuahua for about a week now. My chi eats anything and is hardly touching this.. and my Aussie has been havind diarea for the past 5 days. I got her last Saturday (1/23/10) and the breeder had her on purina puppy food. I have heard that if you switch dog foods too fast it can cause problems. But I thought she would be over it by now. I'm taking her to the vet on thursday to make sure everything is ok. From reading all the bad reviews I'm probabaly going to switch her again. Probably to Halo or something of better quality. (Or at least I hope its better quality) Oh and everybody was talking about "Little Hairs" in the food and I didnt even notice until I took a closer look. It says it has "Deboned chicken, whole grains and healty fruits/veggies" Chickens dont have HAIR. Ewww. Seriously.

I have used this food in the past and my dogs did ok on it but then I found out they put garlic in their foods. I know the company says they only put a minimal amount so it does not have any negative effect on the animals but why put any at all? Most dog foods, even natural ones, do not have garlic in them. Garlic can affect the red blood cells in dogs causing illness. While many people swear by the use of garlic, even as a flea treatment, I do not agree with risking its possible negative side effects. Yes, many dogs can live their entire lives doing ok on garlic but the one time you feed it to a dog who does not tolerate the garlic is the one time you wish you never did. I think Blue Buffalo is a good dog food company and provides a quality product but because of the inclusion of garlic I do not use their products nor would I recommend them. No matter how small the amount of garlic is I am not a risk taker and have found many other natural, quality dog food brands who do not include garlic. Breakdown, I see quality in Blue Buffalo and think it is among the best dog foods out there but I wish they did not include garlic.

OK, I'm not actually reviewing this product yet since I just purchased my first bag (hence the OK rating). I really just wanted to comment on some of the negative reviews I'm reading.

Most of the "Terrible" reviews state that their dogs were either throwing up or exhibited exessive gas and/or diareah. I've discussed these issues at length with both my breeder and my vet and they basically agree that while occasionally, something in a particular food may cause a problem in a particular dog, the higher quality dog foods are not likely to be the source of significant health issues.

What I learned was that it is far more likely that the dogs who have issues after changing off a lower end dog food have developed some type of system dependency on one or more of the artificial ingredients in their previous food. Especially if that food contained alot of preservatives and/or non-natural by-products.

The vast majority of HIGH END dog foods that use high quality natural ingredients will not contain anything that would make a healthy dog sick. However, REMOVING or significantly decreasing an ingredient that your dog's system had developed a dependency on, would most definitely make them sick. This is further supported by the fact most of these reviews stated that there dogs issues ended when they returned them to their former food.

I will be posting an actual review when my two Akita puppies get through the first 30lb bag of BB puppy mix. Their former food was Flint River Ranch, which I have no complaints about other than I can't pick it up locally. I can buy BB at my local petstore which is more convenient.

DB
Phoenix, AZ

Our dog, Daisy, is an 8 year old Shepherd/Lab Mix and had been on Pedigree dog food for awhile before I met her and my husband. I convinced him she deserved better and we switched to Purina One - and it is much better than Pedigree, however... a friend suggested Blue last year and I began my research on their products and ingredients. Satisfied with what I discovered, I found that PetSmart carries the Blue product line and we switched her to the Adult Large Breed (Orange label)...

After her first meal of Blue, she began prancing and dancing at meal time! She was so excited about this new food. I've noticed a significant change in her energy level, her coat and her flexibility - she'd injured one of her front legs a few years ago and has had a limp ever since... that limp is nearly GONE since she started on Blue. We've even gotten her some of the treats, and she is just as excited about them as she is about her meals.

I cannot praise this company enough. I recommend this food to anyone who considers their pet to be a member of their family.

PS - If anyone sees this, you should know there is a facebook fan page. http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Blue-Buffalo-Company/250490128050

Grace
Ohio

I loooove Blue Buffalo!!! I have 3 dogs and a cat and they all are doing great on it. My 12 yr old lab had a tumor (3lb) in her abdomen for a year my old vet did not catch and it gave her pancreatitis and she has arthritis. She would have died I believe if not for being on Blue. Some dogs and cats, like humans can't eat all food. Some of the reviews say they had bad reactions from the food and it's possible just as humans do but overall most I'm sure will thrive on it.
Thanks Blue for such a wonderful,healthy food.

i love it and all my pets love it

We have five dogs (yes, we're certifiably crazy!), and some love the "LifeSource Bits", and others just leave it out on the floor. All in all, a great, but pricey dog food.

I have been using this food for about over a year and my dogs love it. Their coats and skin are shiny and from the ingridient list it has just the right stuff. More animal protein and better digestable carbohydrates. They are less hungry and are more energetic.

Dear Readers,
I love this food and so does my Doxie! And she is very, very picky! My sweet, happy and healthy daschund loves this food! No complaints! When I bring it home she is so excited! I usually buy both the organic dry, which has far superior ingredients and the weight control formula (yellow bag). If I leave it in range of her 4 inch legs she goes over sometimes and "asks for some' by nuzzling the bag. She's especially happy to smell the new bags, so I keep them airtight to preserve freshness by placing in an airtight container over time.

When I started giving it to her, I would carefully mix it in with the original food I was feeding her. She originally was on Purina Beneful and was having some health issues. I found out some horrible information on some of the prohibitive ingredients in there. So, I did some homework and chose Blue. Since the change of food, which I did very slowly, she's gotten slimer, has more energy and her coat is wonderfully smooth. Her health issues from the Beneful have completely cleared up.

I personnally have a very fussy dog! She thinks that she is my child! And is all girl! She even sits "sidesaddle". So when I first fed her this food, she picked out all the little vitamin bits and set them gently aside. Then she started eating them later on in the day. Whew! Personally, I feel that some foods are better for particular types of breeds. My doxie has one of the smallest intestinal tracts, so this food seems to serve her. She has never had any distress from this food!

Having been a holistic practitioner for some years now, I feel that it is important to realize that no one food should be the entire diet of a very healthy, dynamic dog! My dog loves some variety! So, she gets the carrots and veggies she loves too. Her favorite treats include the Blue apple and Yogurt biscuits, a few small carrots and something wonderful I found at Walmart believe it or not! Its an all natural dried chicken strip called Vitalife Plus with Glucosomine for her joints or one with Omega oils for her skin and coat. She loves them too! So, this way I am helping her stay healthy and keep her back strong and coat and skin healthy too!

TO THOSE OF YOU WITH INTESTINAL ISSUES IN YOUR DOGS: PLEASE START USING A PROBIOTIC!
Doggie probiotics!?! YES! If you dont already know this, most of our immune system and dogs are in the intestinal tract, so please rebuild yours and theirs, especially if they've had a bit of meds in the past.

I know the value of a good probiotic, even for dogs! My doxie gets PetDolphilus by Jarrow Formulas sprinkled on her food to give her the strong immune system. MOST DOGS AND PEOPLE WITH SENSITIVE INTESTINAL TRACTS USUALLY HAVE HAD ALOT OF MEDS IN THEIR SYSTEMS. KEEP IN MIND THAT ALL ANTIBIOTIC MEDS DESTROY ALL OF THE GOOD BACTERIA IN YOU AND YOUR PETS DIGESTIVE TRACT WHILE FIGHTING OFF 'THE BAD GUYS". Did you know that docs originally prescribed acidolphilus along with antibiotics because they would want to rebuild the balance of good bacteria in the intestinal immune system that would be destroyed by the antibiotic? Somewhere along the way, this practice was unfortunately dropped from the medical protocols.
SO IF YOUR DOG HAS HAD A HUGE REACTION, THEY COULD HAVE A VERY COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM/DIGESTIVE TRACT. So, even with changing their food, it wouldnt hurt for you to augment their food with doggie probiotics to help them get a stronger immune system. Just a thought.

I hope this helps. My Doxie and I say hi!

I had my dachshund on a brand of food with byproducts etc. She was never losing weight as the doctor wanted and the brand was Hill's Science Diet W/D and could only be purchased at the vet's. I read some reports on here of diarreha. When you start the dog on any new food you have to mix old with new and gradually get it so their system gets use to it. My dog and I are satisfied.

I was so disappointed by this food. As a consumer and pet owner, I want to feed my babies the best I can get while not contributing to the "horrible" dog food manufactures. The bag made me feel like I'd be doing just that. Such a shame it made my dogs very ill.


I purchased Blue Bufalo for my 2 bichons and 1/3 of the way thru the bag (about 10 days), one of my dogs started with soft stool which lead to bloody diarrhea. I also noticed her tear stains became very excessive. And my other dog began vomiting after each feeding. One night (the last night on that food) she vomited about 7 times. She was miserable and obviously weak. I immediately took them off that food. I returned back to Science Diet and my babies are ok again. After the first feeding cycle of SD their stool was normal again and no vomiting. I was really hopeful with this food.

A few years ago I had a similar experience with Wysong. I dont understand why a higher grade food causes such illness with my dogs? Unless its not as high grade? I tried calling Blue Buffalo but only kept getting an automated machine. sigh... at least my babies are ok again.

I have two cats and three dogs. All of my babies are on Blue. I have been feeding them Blue for about 3 years and all are very fit and healthy. They are rescued animals who came to me with skin issues (some severe) and now they all have very shiny coats and no itching!

My dogs range in age from a couple of years to over 12 years.

One of my cats is over 18 years old and the other is over 17 years old and both are in such good health, my vet can't believe they are so old.

Of course I realize that I am fortunate that my animals are so healthy because animals, like people can have health problems. If they do develop health problems in the future, it will not be because they did not receive the very best nutrition I can give them.

In the past I have fed my animals Canadae, Felidae, Natural Balance, Life's Abundance -- all good foods -- and I feel that Blue is right up there with some, and better than others.

We bought this food from Petco after hearing all of the wonderful reviews given to it and the good quality of it's ingredients, and started to gradually feed our dogs this food.

Within 3 days our Golden's and Havanese's started to get very bad diarrhea, which we suspect to be the food, since we keep a very close eye on them and their well-being.

We will be switching back to the previous food, and hopefully things will start to get better, since they have had firm stool on the prior kibble.

I can't rate your product unfortunately, because in my opinion a company that doesn't follow up on their recalls or the pets that got critically sick from the recalls, even after medical reports were sent to you providing you with all needed information , can't be trusted.. How can I or anyone else trust that you have their pet's health as the most important issue. When you won't return phone calls or even own up to your company's fault.... Even after $6,000 in vet bills and total heartbreak with my babies so sick with kidney failure,etc.. They are not right , not healthy.. Where's your concern??? Did everyone get the shaft or is it just the people who couldn't afford any attorney????????????

Man I love this food! I have NEVER owned a puppy because my parents wouldnt
allow me to have one, but as soon as I moved out a got a 2 month old yorkie. I
believe in eating good and wanted the VERY BEST for my new baby. So I went
online trying to find the best foods that was out there. I bought some Innova
and to my surprise my yorkie Armani, didnt care for it. He started loosing
weight and I was starting to be able to see his little rib cage. I was so sad, I
wanted the very best for him but I also didnt want to have to buy everything
online. So I did a little more research, and ended up finding out about Blue
Buffalo. When I 1st saw it I was thinking naw it looks too simple. But I must
say, my yorkie LOVES it, and so do I. He loves it because of the taste and
smell. I love it because it has all of the "good stuff" dogs need. I must say
its only been a week and his coat is looking healthy, hes gained some weight,
and he went from eating twice a day, to 3 times a day. After he finishs I swear
it seems like hes smiling. Another thing I love about this food, is you dont
have to buy it online, they also sell it at your local Petsmart and PetCo. So 5
stars for Blue Buffalo, I will be using this product as long as I have a dog!
Thanks!!!

I HAVE NOTICED SEVERAL POSTERS THAT HAVE DAID AWFUL THINGS ABOUT BLU BUFFALO, ALTHOUGH I KNOW THAT ALL DOGS ARE DIFFERANT SO THE TYPE OF DOG GOES A LONG WAY IN DETERMINING A FOODS VALUE. WHAT IS GOOD FOR ONE DOG MAY NOT BE FOR ANOTHER. HOWEVER WHEN SPEAKING ABOUT BLUE BUFFALO WILDERNESS YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THIS FOOD IS NOT RECCOMENDED FOR PUPPIES! I MENTION THIS BECAUSE SOME OF THE PEOPLE POSTING BAD RESULTS FROM THIS FOOD WERE GIVING IT TO PUPPIES!! A BIG NO NO, IT IS ACTUALLY A GREAT PRODUCT FOR HUSKIES ADULT HUSKIES OF WHICH I OWN ONE AND HE LOVES THIS FOOD. HUSKIES HAVE SENSITIVE STOMACHS I TRIED ALOT OF TOP FOODS ALL GREAT FOODS JUST NOT FOR HUSKIES, HE DOES GREAT ON IT. PLEASE WHEN PICKING OUT A FOOD ESPECIALLY NO GRAIN OR LOW PROTEIN MAKE SURE OF AGE RESTRICTIONS MAY NOT BE THE FOOD AS MUCH AS THE AGE IF YOUR DOG.

This food is great. I have a 4 and half month old mix. I reasearched and found out that basically bi-product equals Mcdonalds for dogs.. so Yeah, I will always look to make sure I am not feeding any bi products anymore. Also I found out that most dogs are allergic to wheat , corn and or soy, which for us is good but for dogs can cause extra shedding, dry skin, itchy skin, hot spots and a number of other issues. So I feel comfortable buying this product, makes me feel like giving my "kid" a.k.a.,, the puppy, the best. I know most dogs will eat whatever you give them, but I'd rather pay a little more per bag, I spend $30 a month on Scooby's food.. and for me he is worth it, and if it will keep him healthier and maybe live longer, why not... I had another dog, ate the wrong stuff and it only lived to be 8 yrs old, because I was un informed, Now, I am going to try to do best I can to get involved and do what I can. Anyways,, So that's my sum of the product,, At first scooby did not eat it , he was on some real cheap food when I adopted him, but I mixed the old and new and he did better. Also i mixed some can into the dry and that did the trick...
I like the food,, it's also got these lil dark bits in it, like vitamins, Life source bits i think, anyways, they are suppose to have a bunch of nutrional value in them to help as well.
I will stick with BB

I've been buying blue wilderness for a half year, & feed 5 dogs on it. They have done great on Blue Wilderness, BUT has anyone else noticed that the food looks different in each bag? sometimes the peices are bigger almost double in size and then smaller. I didn't like that because they say "precise blend" but I don't get the same thing everytime (but see for your self). Anyways I got a bag this week and it looked different then ever before with little bones & little hairs, tiny little hairs sticking out of the kibbles and my dogs 1 by 1 started to have real bad diharea and vomiting that got worse, so I stopped feeding BB and am looking for a better food now. Blue Buff was great but seemed unconsistent in each bag.

OK....I’ve never participated in an online reviewing board.....but I thought I should share my experience with yous.....I have a 5 year old Weimaraner….she had been with a friend for a bit (7months) while I was in the process of moving and getting sittuatated…..during that time she had a litter of healthy puppies…..I had always fed her Nutro Lamb and Rice (large breed) and sometimes mixed in some of the Nutro tooth and tarter control because the kibble is larger and she is forced to chew it in stead of inhaling it…..I have owned Weimaraner's for 12 years and have been an active breeder of them (6 litters over the last 10 years) my dogs have been sought after and have always been given compliments on their appearance (coat, teeth, skin, weight act)…….over the last year my girlfriend has gotten a dog for her daughter (a shitsoo or something like that)…..they put her on Blue Buffalo chicken and rice…..she has done ok on it with no complaints…..upon getting my weim back with me (finally) I decided to use the Blue Buffalo food for her since we already had it and it seemed to be good…….my weim didn’t take to it very well…and if you know Weim’s …they will eat just about anything…..after a few days she got diarrhea…I thought nothing of it as her food had been changed and she had been introduced to a new environment…..after 6 days she started vomiting and started losing weight……I was very busy with work and didn’t really notice just how much weight she had lost…it seemed to happen over night (literally)……she stopped eating all together and became lethargic…..I took her to the vets were she had to be omitted for 3 days on intervenes…I really thought I was going to loose her….she was so weak at the vets she couldn’t carry her own weight……the vet tested for everything you could think of……but nothing stood out…..her liver and kidneys were having problems and they were thinking cancer…..but her blood looked ok other than high calcium and liver enzymes…she looked awful ! It literally broke my heart…..at the vet she made a turn around ….the vet was surprised as he prepared me for the worst…(bone marel extraction and/or exploratory surgery) she came home still very weak….no muscle mass at all…literally skin and bones…..she had a special diet the vet put her on and she improved every day…..I started introducing some rice vegetables and ground beef….with a liver cleansing tea (in the rice)….I gave her children’s chewable vitamins as well…..today she is outside as I type running around the yard…still vey weak and skinny but alive…thank god…..I will be getting a bag of Nutro Lamb and Rice today and starting her back on that…..I don’t know what to say about Blue Buffalo other than I will never give it to any of my dogs….. ever! I gave it 1 star becuase I had too.....if I could I would give it 0 stars

I have a 6 month old purebred Siberian Husky puppy. She was brought up on regular kibble from the breeder, when I brought her home after talking to my vet and pet store they recommended I try the brand called Taste of the Wild. It is a very high protein diet with no wheat or byproducts. She loved this dog food. However, I recently moved and changed vets. After talking to her new vet about different dog foods I decided to change her and put her on something that had a little more veggies. I put her on the Blue wilderness with chicken...After just one day I came home from work in the morning and she had vomited up about everything she ate which was the blue dog food and could not even keep water down. I changed her back to Taste of the Wild and vomiting stopped. I am starting to think about just keeping her on Taste of the Wild and just cooking her some fresh veggie to mix in with it...Huskies have very sensitive stomachs as well so this dog food may be right for your dog, just not her!

I have a 6 month old Jack Russell and I was so excited to switch her over to Blue! Unfortunatly, though she LOVES the taste of this food, it has turned her into quite the gassey puppy! Its awful, she can clear a room! She has not had any problems with diarrhea or anything awful like that, but the gas is just too much, and I know it can't be comfortable for her. But anyhow, I am going to do some more research to find a dog food brand that fits my puppy.

I love Blue and so does my dog, but it doesn't seem to love her as much. It's just not for her, but it could be right for your dog!

I have a very picky overweight Maltese and when I heard how bad Science Diet was supposed to be I did some research and decided to go with Blue Weight Control. The first week I offered it she turned her nose up and only picked out the S.D. kibbles, after about a week she did start eating the B.B. food and I was sooo excited b/c this is so good for her... Well.... after a whole bag of food I noticed that my bouncy energetic Maltese became a lethargic , lay around looking lost zombie... all of a sudden she started vommiting and scratching at her ear and chewing her paws... After throwing up 2 to 3 times a day I did more research and found that some animals can't handle this food.. Sure she will lose weight b/c she can't keep anything down.. After being worried sick I decided to go back to the Science Diet and bingo!!! the vommiting stopped and my full of life Maltese came back!!!! It does no good to get the best food if it makes my dog sick and lazy.. I am sticking with Science Diet.. You can drive yourself nuts if you read all these reviews about the best food... Stick with what works

What a great dog food. My two mini doxie's love it. It works well with their sensitive tummy's and it's good for them. They also love the apple/yogurt treats. I don't like to feed my dogs just anything because I don't just eat anything. I am very picky and I try to eat healthy and I believe animals are a part of our family and they deserve to eat as good as we do! I don't like other brands that have all of all the preservatives, added fats and oils that can cause runny stool. But I don't have to worry about that with this food. THEY LOVE IT and I LOVE IT for them! As Doxie lovers know, sensitive tummy's can be a funny thing and you have to have the right food to accommodate and Blue does that. I have both my doxie's on the Yellow bag (Weight Control) cause we all know we have to watch their weight. And I can mix a little soft food with the dry and they love it and still doesn't cause sensitive tummy!!!!

I work with a rescue groups that uses and recommends Blue! Thanks BLUE for caring for our animals enough to produce a food that loves them back!!!

This food is fantastic. Both of my dogs are finicky eaters and they love this food. For the longest time I could only get my yorkie to eat wet food. But I bought a bag of this dry food and he loves it....he doesn't even touch wet food now. Plus, it really helped with his allergies because it does not have corn, wheat, or soy in it....and his skin and coat look amazing. His allergies are very severe, so we have to be VERY careful what we give him. I also tried BLUE treats, which they also love!! I just can't get over the transformation with both of by dogs!

I also buy BLUE for my mother's cat. Her coat looks beautiful and SO shiny. She also is not shedding as much now, and maybe we are all crazy, but it seems like some of her behavior problems have gotten a bit better.

I also noticed that my animals do not eat nearly as much since they are getting the proper nutrition they need, and their stool are perfect. During the first week or so they were a bit runny, but I think that was still all the old garbage food coming out. Now they are very small and don't smell hardly at all.

This is seriously the best food I have ever bought!

Thanks BLUE!!

There are some varied opinions about this food, and what may work for one dog may not work with another. For me, Blue has been one of the best foods I've ever fed my dogs. The reason why there are so many dog food companies is because every dog is different and their insides are different. When looking for a good dog food it's very important to take into account breed, weight, age, activity, health problems and so on. I have a mutt from the pound named Ruben, and he was severely emmaciated when I adopted him. I weaned him off of the kennel kibble and onto Blue Wilderness and he is now a very healthy and active dog. With my other two dogs it took a while to find a good food but they are now on Blue as well. Blue is a great brand, but it is not the only one! Just because it didn't work for your dog doesn't mean it's terrible. Of course there are dogs that can live a very long life on junk food, but I don't like to run that risk. Take the time to find what works for your dog, and have some patience. If Blue's not right for your dog, stop complaining and find something that is.

OK – I am going to get on my soapbox for a few minutes because if I don’t get this out I am going to explode!! We have been feeding our beautiful Newfoundland dogs Nutro Lamb and Rice for a few years now. It has been a great food because it does not have any chicken or chicken by product. Pepper, our male Landseer, is severely allergic to chicken. If he even looks at chicken pictures he gets sick – ok maybe that is an exaggeration BUT he is deathly allergic. Over the past 4 month we have noticed that he has been losing a lot of weight. Then he started losing his hair and chewing up his body. He looks emancipated and very near death. W finally looked at the food bag and they have added chicken fat as an ingredient. I still had an older bag and we compared the two lists. Nope – no chicken fat in the older bags. I mean that would be like making pancake mix and suddenly putting peanuts in the mix and not telling anyone. So anyone who loved pancakes and continued to eat them with the peanuts would be dead. How is this even legal. I guess it doesn’t matter since it is just a dog. I was not sure if we could even save Pepper because even his breathing was labored. We switched to Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice and didn't even mix it so they could get used to it. I wanted all that poison Nutro out of my house. All the dogs love the new food. Pepper is getting his shiny coat back and is gradually gaining weight. He also is not chewing up his body anymore. Blue Buffalo has a guarantee of NO chicken or chicken by product in their food.

After feeding our huskies this food for a couple of months, I just happened to be looking closely at the kibble. It contained all kinds of LITTLE HAIRS baked right into the kibble!!! No by-products? Yeah, right. They lie like every other "human grade" dog food company. I'm tired of paying $70.00 a bag for roadkill.

I've switched all three dogs to Halo. Now THAT is high quality. Pricey, but awesome.

I have an English Bulldog, who is now 1.5 years old. He has suffered since he was about 6 months with terrible scratching. He will chew on his paws, lick his legs, do the fancy 3-leg-standing belly scratch, and often would lay on the brick hearth and scrape his chin back and forth. Needless to say, this would cause his skin to be red, raw, often broken, etc. Hot Spots weren't really a problem, but we could tell he was miserable. Ear infections plagued him for about 3-4 months repeatedly...

The vet was no help - the did try to alleviate his symptoms, but never tried to find the source of the problem. I decided after researching for a while, that a food allergy was to blame. I eradicated all corn and chicken from his diet, as these are common Bulldog allergens in food. I slowly switched him to Blue Buffalo Fish and Sweet Potato formula.

Previously, he had been on Eukanuba adult maintenance formula. I had raised many dogs in my life with this food formula, and they had led long and healthy lives. With a proper, slow integration of food, he did not encounter any loose stools, and his itching has greatly subsided. i have had him on this food now for 3 weeks, now eating only this food.

Bulldogs are BIG chewers, so I traded all his chicken basted rawhides for beef basted rawhides, and changed from Milkbone treats to another one made from Cranberries and Oatmeal with NO corn or poultry products.

He was tentative at first with the food change, as he would normally eat once a day around 4:30. Now, with his new Blue Buffalo food, he eats the food as soon as it hits the bowl, and is a much happier dog. His coat is healthier, and his shedding has slowed to a crawl!!!

I highly recommend this food to anyone!

I know this is a good brand of dog food for most dogs. I purchased it because I was in a hurry and didn't have the time to go to another store across town that sells Wellness, our usual food for our English Shepherd. After one day on this, Tucker will no longer go near it. He looks at me like "Please don't make me". First day, he seemed to love it, and had no problem. Today, no way will he eat it. He backs away from the bowl and goes back to lie down. I've read that switching over to this can make a dog's digestive tract upset, and maybe that's what he's telling me. I'm heading across town to get our usual Wellness.

I only gave this food three stars because I am a bit confused about it right now. I have been feeding my 9 year old min pin the senior formula for awhile, and he loves it. He has always been a bit on the chunky side, and this food has not changed his weight, but his stools are super firm, and he only goes twice a day. His coat has improved since he has been eating it also! (had him on Nutro for YEARS prior) I adopted a lab/hound mix puppy from a shelter a little over a month ago, and was excited to start feeding him Blue. I was planning on doing the "proper" transition, but he would not touch the Science Diet the shelter had him on, so I just switched him to Blue all together. Unlike my min pin, my puppy is having terrible gas and loose stool. At first I thought this could be due to the transition, but it has been over a month now, and it still the same. He did have worms when I first adopted him, but those have since been treated. He is putting on weight nicely, and his coat looks great, but the loose poop is getting hard to deal with! I think this food ( the lamb puppy formula) just might be rich for him. I will continue to feed the senior Blue to my min pin, but I think I am needing the switch my puppy to another food. Does anyone have any suggestions? I wanted to avoid products with corn, and food that has a recall history. I always had good luck with Nutro in the past, but the recalls make me nervous!! Help!

Update- I switched Charlie from Blue over to Natural Balance- the sweet potato venison formula. After just a week, he has done a complete turn around! His stool is FINALLY firm! No more squirts!! I did change my rating of Blue to 4 stars opposed to the 3 I rated it prior. My min pin thrives on Blue, and I do not believe Charlie's issues were due to anything wrong with the Blue. I am pretty sure Charlie was allergic to something in the food. ( guessing the lamb) I considered switching him to the Blue chicken puppy formula, but opted for an LID diet with an uncommon protein after much research. Charlie and I are both happy! ;)

I have two dogs, one of which is a mix between a lab and german shephard, the other a toy breed mix of a yorkshire terrier and maltese.
Since switching to Blue Buffalo from Purina Beneful, the dogs have been incredibly more energetic and playful. Several times I had tried to feed my finicky yorktese Science Diet, Royal Canin, Nutro and Avoderm thinking she would eat and like one of them, but none of them appealed to her palette.
I ran into a saleslady at a local Petsmart who asked me if I would be willing to try Blue Buffalo since Petsmart's policy is to give a refund on a bag of food if your dog doesn't like it.
I took the chance and I could not have imagined a better response from my dogs. Both are happier and have so much more energy, and both really love the food. I never would have guessed that dog food would make such a difference in my dogs behavior, but it has.
The only negative, (and this is only for the toy breed yorktese) are the small dark bits of food which are hard for my toy breed to eat because they are apparently more dense then the rest of the food. The saleslady did tell me about this ahead of time, but the more my yorktese gets used to these more dense bits, the easier it seems it is for her to eat them and I notice less and less of them left in her bowl.
Try it out, it's health benefits are evident in the behavior of your dog(s).

I actually discovered Blue Buffalo because our local PetCo had run out of a different brand. I had researched dog food brands online and kept reading good things on another brand, Solid Gold, so once I got my puppy, I went to my local PetCo to get a bag, and when I asked an employee where it was, she casually inquired why that brand in particular. I rattled off all the pros I could remember, the natural ingredients, the lack of corn, etc, and that is when she asked, "Well how would you like a food just like that, but with the addition of digestive health?" Great, I thought! She started and continued to describe all the benefits of Blue:

All natural, cranberries to help urinary tract health, high protein levels, no animal by-product, fresh cold processed vegetables, and all the enzymes found natually in yogurt to benefit all stages of digestion!

-- all of which even far exceeded what I thought of as the best. Of course I walked out with a bag of Blue!

Now let me tell you what it has done for us! Donny is a 3 month old black lab. When I got him at 6 weeks old, he was scrawny, his fur was coarse, rough, and thin. After just a week on Blue, I could feel less of his ribs and hips, and his fur started to smooth. On his 3 month birthday 3 days ago, he is strong, energetic, and his coat is soft, smooth, and brilliantly shiny!

I feed him the chicken puppy kibble which I leave out all day, and twice a day (breakfast and dinner) I mix in a spoonful or two of Blue can food and watch as Donny excitedly munches away.

The only bad thing I can think to say about Blue Buffalo is the price! It's expensive, but I am more than okay with scrimping on other luxuries if keeping Blue will continue aiding Donny's healthy growth!

Before, my dog was being fed Purina. I thought he was in peak health. Key word: thought.

After switching to Blue Buffalo, I saw a dramatic difference in him. His somewhat mushy muscles became firm, he had a healthier energy level, and he finished his meals for the first time in a long while. The most amazing difference, though, was his fur. The shedding level went from extremely high to minimal in less than three weeks.
I'm not saying that this food can work miracles, but I'm sure most dog owners can appreciate the value of low shedding levels.

Now, the dark side: Blue Buffalo dog food is not for you if money is a problem. A 30lb bag costs around 45$. However, a bag of food last longer because Blue Buffalo is nutritionally dense compared to other brands. I feed my dog 1 1/3 cups of food daily, while I had to feed 2 - 2 1/2 cups with the leading brand.

The best way to save cash on dog food is to feed the proper amount in daily meals rather than simply pouring it into a dish and refilling it when it's empty. Also, meal feeding can help reduce stress in shy or older dogs.

I personally think that this food is AWESOME!! It has worked wonders for my toy aussie. Before I switched him top Blue I tried science diet, eukanuba, purina and even some cheapo brands of dog food seeing which he would eat, all to no avail. The food has worked wonders on his coat, he has finally gained some weight and doesn't look like he's being starved and he LOVES eating this food. Before he'd just pick at his food and NOTHING would get him to ever eat more than a few kibbles and i tried adding all kinds of stuff to enhance the flavor of his food. It does cause some runny stool for my friend's dog but she switched her to only dry food and it isn't as runny. I haven't had any problems with gas or runny stool or anythin else. Also have considered that i was paying more for foods that have all kinds of by products and other crud in them may as well pay less for something natural and somethin my dog enjoys.

I really wanted this food to work for my dogs! I think the company is honest and straightforward, I believe the ingredients are top notch. My dogs LOVED the taste! However, they had increasingly worse gas and pudding poop as the time went by. It started out great, just a little gas...and progressed to horrendous gas, belching, lip licking and very runny stool.
I bought their Wilderness formula (which they thought tasted the BEST!) and their Lamb and Brown Rice formula, which they liked, but not as much as the Wilderness.

I ended up returning the food. I know it has worked wonderfully for many dogs, just not mine.

I was desperate to give them something that would not have the same results as BB, and tried Pro Plan Select. They instantly stopped having gas and had perfect, tiny poop! Trying to very slowly switch to Canidae, as I have heard Purina is not a good brand for long term. Although, it did fix my dogs digestive problems literally over night!

After one of my dogs nearly died from eating Sam Walton dog cookies, and trying to find a dry food that did not cause hot spots, hair loss & and itching, and not finding anything, I cooked for them for a year. Then one developed pancreatitis from too much fat in his diet. The vet had told me a couple years before that the Pro Plan fat percentage was a little high, but I didn't listen, since it was better quality & cheaper than other premium brands. But then one got poisoned, so I was afraid to feed ANY commercial foods. I started looking again for a brand that did not have gluten, because that's where the melamine came from. I discovered that Blue Buffalo was the only one I available locally that did not have ANY grains in it. The more I looked at the label, the more I was convinced to try it on them, so I did. Lo and behold! All my dogs liked it. Skin problems started disappearing & hair began reappearing. We have several breeds and sizes, and though not all will eat the life bits, others will and show correspondingly better coats & energy levels.

Blue even has a variety with even lower fat for weight control, which is also ideal for my pancreatitis prone Chi. After I changed to the low fat formula, even he began improving daily. Now, the only episodes he's had come from the daddy of the house who does not listen when it comes to table food. I also learned from my vet that it probably was not my cooking that caused the attacks, since I had been feeding the Pro Plan for 7 years, most of the Chi's life, and it was the long term diet that did the damage. Thinking back, I remembered several times in the past when he had acted that way, but had got over it on his own.

I've fed it to rescue dogs that came in weighing only half of what they should, and seen their weight, energy, general health and coats all improve to an unbelievable degree in just one week. The most astounding case was a gentle female APBT with what turned out to be an advanced case of heart-worm. Had she been on it to begin with, no one would have ever suspected how advanced her case was, as she was not thin, just had an almost wire like, dull, extremely rough coat.

This is the best dogfood I've ever seen, and the safest. I will never use anything else, as long as they keep their current standards

My two goldens approve of this product. Blue Buffalo uses top of the line ingredients, human food grade-- there's a chicken version and a fish version. No yucky meat "by-products", meat and meat meals are the top ingredients, no indigestible corn or wheat, a wide variety of wholesome and varied vegetable ingredients and several probiotics to promote healthy digestion and absorption of nutrients. On top of that, this is a very palatable food.

Blue Buffalo also uses a unique process to manufacture "lifebits" which are added to the basic "kibble" food. These smaller, darker pieces are cold formed in order to better maintain nutrients. I don't believe any other company incorporates this kind of element into dog food.

I respect what they are doing, and I've changed to Blue Buffalo food for my cat, too.

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Here's the nutritional information:

-One cup contains 462.8 calories
-NO animal by-products
-NO artificial preservatives, colors, or flavors
-NO corn, wheat, or soy AND gluten-free (great to know after last years' pet food scandals and deaths with other brands, in which added glutens were contaminated with melamine)
-Crude protein 25% minimum
-Crude fat 14% minimum
-Omega 3 fatty acids 0.25% min
-Omega 6 fatty acides 3.5% min
-Glucosamine 400 mg/kg max
-Major ngredients, in order:
Deboned chicken, chicken meal, whole ground brown rice (very digestible grain source vs. the usual corn), whole ground barley, oatmeal, rye, whole potatoes, tomato pomace (natural source of lycopene), chicken fat (preserved wtih natural mixed tocopherols), natural chicken flavor, whole carrots, whole sweet potatoes, blueberries, cranberries, flaxseed, barley grass, dried parsley, alfalfa meal, kelp meal, taurine, l-carnitine, l-lysine, glucosamine hydrochloride, yucca schidigera extract, green tea extract, turmeric, garllic, sunflower oil (natural source of Omega 6 fatty acids), oil of rosemary, the whole bunch of expected vitamins and minerals, and several probiotics (lactobacillus acidolphilus, bacillus subtilis, bifidobacgterium longum, enterococcus faecium).

I hope this helps you evaluate whether or not this food would be a good match for your best pal.

I buy it from amazon because its the cheapest:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009YUGAG?ie=UTF8 &tag=googadwo082d-20&linkCode=as2&camp=1789&creative=9325 &creativeASIN=B0009YUGAG

I think I poisoned my best friend. My 14 year old Aussie died last June. He would eat anything and he didn't care for it much. He became weak and looked anemic. I thought he was just old and grouchy. He refused food, whined for 24 hours and died. I fed him the Senior dog food with the lamb and rice. I wanted to give him the best food that I could find. The Queensland seems to be doing fine, she just stinks. She gets the Adult dog food. The wolf gets the Wilderness blend and he has had a tremendous weight loss and has had diarrhea for quite some time. He pants and shakes his head more than he used to. He refuses to eat for periods of time. I feel like such a rat taken by the shiny foil packaging. I want the best for the pups, they are my children and depend upon me for survival. Where does this lamb come from? How is it treated before it is "processed"?

Thanks folks for sharing. I was just searching for the ingredients of this food product and saw similar problems that I didn't even know that I had. I feel bad for what I unknowingly put my "furry family" through.

I have 3 border collies on this food, 2 on senior and 1 on adult. The dog on adult developed diahrea, and vomitting. He became lethargic. Vet found nothing but stomach irritation. I took him off this food and put him on my own rice and ground meat mixture to rest his stomach and he is back to his active, funny self. He was refusing the food and I urged him to eat it, I feel terrible that I didn't listen to him.

It is now September and the older dogs that were on the senior formula also developed severe diahrea. I also put them on a home made dog food to rest them and now all are doing fine. We found another kibble that they can tollerate and all is well. This food is to high in protien.

I'm a big promoter of natural foods. I got started on it because one of my dogs has a corn/by-product allergy and stuck with it because I was impressed with the difference I saw in the dogs' coat/shedding/pooping. I run a small pit bull rescue and try to feed the dogs the best food that I can afford. I tried BB lamb & rice because a) it seemed like a good food and b) it was on sale. The dogs eat all of it enthusiastically, but then again, anyone who knows pit bulls knows that they will eat just about anything (my game-bred foster female eats bugs). Their coats are still sleek and shiny and they shed very little. However, they have been having the worst gas I have ever encountered. I know bull-dogs are prone to flatulence, but I swear I can SEE the gas clouds! Also, my 2 year-old 65lb male has been experiencing some vomiting and loose stools. I suspect it may be a reaction to the lamb since previously the foods I was feeding were chicken, duck or venison protein based, but I am not going to blame BB since I don't know for sure. I believe that BB is good enough to give it a shot, and if it works, stick with it. If it doesn't work for your dog, try something else. I work at a large chain pet store and we offer a 100% satisfaction guarantee on pet food... if the dog doesn't like it or doesn't do well on it, take it back and try something else.

I have 5 dogs... a 9 year old shih tzu, a 3 year old pomeranian, a 2 year old japanese chin, a 7 month old sheltie, and a 3 month old shih tzu... I had always been feeding my dogs ekuneuba the breeders recomended it so I thought it should be pretty good. But when I took my sheltie to PetSmart for puppy classes and they recomended Blue Buffalo I read the label and decided to give it a try. After PROPERLY making the transition from eku to BB... we had no problems at all... in fact things just got better. I had been noticing some age related issues with my older shih tzu, nothing major just some minor slowing down. After about a month of nothing but BB she is back to perfection and all of the other dogs started basically glowing... their coats started becoming amazing... Now its been 4 months and and WOW. I would never have believed that going from a dog food that is really good to another one would make such a difference. But even my vet agrees. Their stools are firm no problems with loose stools and no problem with constipation. They dont have bad breath or gas (not that they ever did) So when we got our new shih tzu I had no concerns about putting him on BB right from the start (again PROPERLY making the transition from what the breeder feeds) Yes BB does cost more but my dogs are part of my family I love them enough to give them the best I can give them. Some may say "get real, its a dog" To that I say Yes they are dogs... they are MY dogs and if I feel its ok to give them 2nd rate dog food then I shouldn't have them. The price difference isn't all that much anyway and clearly worth it. The health of my dogs is worth it to me.

I've only had my Yorkie/Sheltie mix on this food for a few days but he's doing great on it! He gobbles it up like there's no tomorrow. He was on Purina ONE when we adopted him and he always had bad diarrhea. We switched him to Nutro and he was okay on that for a while but his stool was still really soft. And with both he always took a couple bites and walked away and came back later. With Blue he eats it all in one sitting and he's poops are solid and brown, not soft and tan. Hopefully, it stays that way... I can't take much more of the runs!

We discovered Blue Buffalo more by accident than design. We have a new Australian Shepherd puppy. Another premium brand had been recommended. In our research we discovered nothing to dislike about Blue Buffalo. It is also readily available at a nearby chain type pet store which was a big plus for its availability. Our only concern was if the retail sales did not measure up would the product be pulled from the shelves? We took a leap of faith that would not happen. We began work with a local trainer who had not heard of Blue Buffalo. Upon reading the ingredients he commented "Mmmm, I might should look into this." Sunny is now 5 months old, we are tranistioning him over to adult food, and the trainer is giving Blue Buffalo a try.

Blue Buffalo dog food is great my Yorkshire Terriers love it, my favorite part about it is the life source bit! and that fact that the company gives back to cancer research.

high quality digestable dog food for my 13 year old Lhasa Apso and 1 year old silky