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

This is a really good affordable dog food. I switched my dog to this after she developed kidney problems and she is bouncing right back to almost full kidney function. The vet couldn't believe the miracles that this food has caused for my dog..

I Love Blue Buffalo,It has been great for my pets and there allergies, They also like the Taste of it, I am so happy to see it in the Tractor Supply stores now as I don't have to drive 40 miles to petsmart to buy any more.

My dog was getting sick a lot. I tried many dog foods. Quite a few of them were all natural brands. Blue Buffalo is the only dog food that does not make him sick. I recommend it. We were having it shipped to us for a while. It was worth every penny in shipping.

I have 2 Portuguese Water dogs and a Chow-mix who were previously on Purina Pro Plan, which I was not happy with. My male Porti was always hungry and both Portis gained so much weight. A trainer at Petsmart recommended Blue Buffalo Dog Food and I tried it (Senior forumula, for all my dogs as they are 6,7 & 13). She advised me to feed a tablespoon of canned pumpkin (not pumpkin pie mix!) mixed with it to avoid diarrhea (from the quick change in diet), which worked. Their stool is solidly formed and healthy looking. All 3 of my dogs gobbled it up like it was caviar, and my Chow-mix is very fussy. One of my Portis leaves a few of the little black kibble, which she apparently does not like so much, and she typically eats anything. I have not been feeding it long enough to evaluate the impact on their weight. It is very expensive, but I want them to have the best ingredients possible. So far, we all seem to like it. I mix the dry and canned, which seems to fill up my male Porti.

I gave this food a 5 star rating because it appears to be a good dog food, however, I have not given my dogs this food. I am considering trying this dog food with my Basset Hound puppy (6 months) and two Labrador Retrievers( 1 1/2 yrs, and 3 yrs) , however I am reading so many mixed reviews that I don't know where this food stands. I am torn between this dog food, and Innova EVO. I know the best I can do, is just buy the food and try it for myself, but I would like someone's input on this dog food and how it has worked for their dogs. I live in a small rural area, and the closest retailer for this dog food is 2 hours away, so if I am going to go with this dog food, I am more than likely going to have to buy it in bulk, or more than one bag at a time. I am tired of settling for cheap, low quality dog food because it is easier and more convenient to give to my dogs. I know they deserve better than this, so I am willing to make the change so they can be more healthy, vibrant dogs.

As well I was wondering how this dog food compares to Innova EVO, as they are both highly ranked dog foods. Also, this dog food as I have been reading on the Internet and on the BB's website does not come in large bags of dog food? Am I correct? If one was feeding a Basset Hound puppy, and two adult Labradors, how many bags of food per month would I need to buy to feed my dogs?

Currently, they are on Purina Pro Plan (and yes, I gave this food a terrible rating), I am not proud to say I feed my dogs this, but I know this food is not good for them, and want to change. The Basset Hound puppy eats 2 cups of food, three times a day, as he gets older, we are going to be cutting out his lunch meal, so he will only be eating in the morning and at night. The Labrador Retrievers get two cups twice a day. And, what is the approximate cost per month to feed three dogs? I am just trying to compare this food in terms of price for feeding three dogs per month. As of now, we probably spend $150. I know feeding, "premium" dog food will cost a bit more, but I am willing to afford the cost to feed my dogs a more healthier dog food.

Thanks for anyone's input.

GREAT DOG FOOD!

Simply the best. All natural, all human grade, and all sourced within the US (with the exception of New Zealand sourced lamb in their lamb formulas). No corn, no wheat, no soy, no glutens, and no byproducts. Meats are the first two ingredients in the bag. Truly holistic, with whole ingredients and supporting whole health, this food has more of everything. More flavor, more nutrition, more supplements, more probiotics. I am a Blue Buffalo fan for life.

I breed and show Golden Retrievers and this is BY FAR the BEST food I have ever used. The dogs stay in beautiful, show condition, great muscle tone, amazing coats, no bad breath, minimal shedding, no hot spots or skin/ear problems. I recommend it to all my puppy people as well as all my grooming clients (I have been an all breed groomer for 13 years) and have gotten nothing but 100% positive results. I recommend this food to everyone... it is the best out there!!

would't feed it...

Hi. I purchased a Shih Tzu puppy a year and a half ago. Shih Tzus tend to have allergies, so I use only lamb and rice products. I started her on Halo lamb and rice moist food but I couldn't find Halo lamb and rice in their dry food. After talking to the Blue Buffalo rep in a Petco store, I decided to try a bag of Blue Mountain because the food does not contain filler product. My dog loves it, except for the tiny dark bits, which she eats last or leaves. My dog has no gas and her poop is solid. I just this week went to Petco to purchase more Blue Buffalo lamb and rice, but they now only carry the ten pound bag which is too much for a tiny dog. I got talked into buying Natural Balance lamb and rice. I set out two dishes of food and she ate the Blue Mountain first, later finishing the Natural Balance. This morning I mixed the Blue Buffalo and the Natural Balance and my dog picked out all of the Blue Buffalo and later finished the Natural Balance. So now I need to find a pet store who carries Blue Buffalo lamb and rice in the five pound bags.

Our black lab mix was on Nutro Nuggets, which I purchased from Costco, and he had very bad gas which was horrible for us. We switched him to Science Diet dog food for Mature (over 7 yrs.) and the gas completely stopped. We keep him on Science Diet. We are very grateful.

If you find your dog is scratching a lot, I suggest changing his or her diet to lamb and rice product.

I foster PUGS and have tried every dog food on the market-seriously. I found Nutro Lamb and Rice to work out perfectly for my dogs. It helped their coats and ear yeast infections to be without the Wheat and Corn. It had less fillers than most other brands. Upon hearing about the Nutro Lawsuit I swtiched to the "top brand" Blue Buffalo.

At first I could tell that they loved the taste- dark bits an all- but remember these are foster dogs and will eat just about anything. They have now been on it for four weeks and I have decided to throw out the rest of the bag. I expected gas at the beginning of the transistion, Pugs are kinda known for it, but this is REALLY bad. We cant even have them in the same room if there is company and it will stop you in your tracks when trying to have a conversation. The worst part has been the skin irritation, my male has scratched himself until he was bleeding and is in a constant state of distress. When he is laying still I can see his back twitching from being so itchy. Now my female is scratching and she has NEVER had itchy skin even with Science Diet!

I think that I will go back to Nutro and take my chances, hopefully they have remedied the Copper and Zinc issue now.

My one year old dachshund mix dog has been on this food for about 6 months and I'm switching to another food.

My dog has had frequent bouts of diarrhea on this food and I've had to take her to the vet several times. She also doesn't seem to care for the taste all that much - sometimes she won't eat her food, so I mix in a tiny bit of the wet formula and she tends to eat that more, but the dry formula alone is not a winner. She also seems to be scratching and shedding more often on this food. She also seems hungry all the time and eats anything off the ground - dirt, sticks, leaves, etc - as if she is starving. Despite the great sounding ingredients, I don't think its giving her what she needs.

This food did not work for my dog.

i originally fed my poms evo, which they loved, but the protein was too high & caused loose stools. pet supplies plus recommended natural balance, but my dogs hated it. the vets recommend eukanuba & science diet, but the ingredients are horrible! alot of fillers, gluten, corn, by produsts, yuck! petsmart recommended blue buffalo, my dogs absolutely love it! they are doing very well on it so far, except they hate those dark little kibbles & i find them everywhere, very frustrating! the company really needs to get rid of those & incorporate the ingredients together. also, i sincerely hope they research a good manufacturing company that wont cause their products to be recalled again like in 2007! certain ingredients were left off their lables, "rice protein", which were contaminated with melamine. i expect better from this company, they sure charge enough! ....to follow up, my dogs started having diahrea on this food.

Here's the deal...you want to go out and pay twice as much for dog food and get what might be more holistic or natural for your babies, that's admirable and there's absolutely nothing wrong with it. If you find that Nutro, Benefel or Nature's Choice...whatever...if you find that something else more economical (with OH NO, corn or a by-product as one of the top 5 ingredients!) does the trick, I don't think you are peeling away the health or life span of your dogs. I will not be purchasing Blue Buffalo again. Both of my dogs (25 - 35 lbs rescue mutts) have no problem EATING it...they're dogs, come on...but both have had excessively loose stools and my little one, who has never had issues, is now my gassy princess. It's probably an excellent product for some, Blue Buffalo, but...not for my household. I will keep an open mind for new products/ideas in dog nutrition, but...sometimes, tried and true is just fine.

Cleopatra, Cleo for short, is an 8 year old teacup size, black and tan dachshund who was introduced to Blue in 2004. She suffered from skin and ear problems. Little did I know that simply changing to Blue Buffalo would make her recurring coat, skin and ear problems disappear! She dreaded the bi-annual visits to the vet to get her ears cleaned and treated. She always came away with several prescriptions for her flaky and dry coat. After a few months on Blue, she looked and acted like a new dog. Her vet was amazed at her transformation when she went in for her next visit. He asked, “What happened?” I said, “Blue happened.” Cleo is our couch potato and been put on the senior formula recently, but she happily and patiently waits by her bowl of every morning and evening for her serving of Blue. She also loves the Apple and Yogurt flavored Health Bars.

I tried the Fish and Sweet Potato formula for my bichon, Darby, who suffers with allergies. I had heard that other people with allergy dogs had great luck with this food, so I purchased a bag to try out.

She wasn't on this food for a week and her ear is yeasty and painful, her face and chin have a yeast infection and she's back to chewing her paws and scratch scratch scratch!

The food itself appears to be holistic, doesn't smell all that terrible, even for a fish based food, but it just did not work for Darby! Back to PetGuard, which always works wonders for her.

Hershey (now 1 year old chocolate lab) was on Iams & Eukenuba lamb & rice. Her coat was flakey, she was itchy, consistantly licking herself...she soaked my bed while licking her paws. It was just gross. I spent countless visits and thousands of dollars at the vets trying to figure out what she was allergic to.

My brother mentioned BB - salmon & sweet potatoe. I mentioned it to my vet, and she said "try it", it is a very good dog food (although she thought purina one was good too, so that's not saying much).

I've used it now for 6 weeks and the results are AMAZING. No more loose stool, her coat is beautiful - her licking has stopped. Her alergies, for now, are no more!

The cost, while a bit expensive, is worth the results achieved.

I think BB is a good food, at least on paper, but I have noticed on the two different occasions that I tried to transition my dog to it that he begins to smell like rancid fat after eating it for about two weeks. Stools are pretty good and his energy seems pretty high -- I just can't figure out this smell that won't go away, even after bathing. The only way to get rid of it is transition him back off of BB.

Also, he does not like the small kibbles ("LifeSource Bits") that are mixed with the larger kibbles. He spits them out all over the place. When I mix Blue Buffalo with Orijen for trantitioning his food, ALL of the BB gets spit out next to the bowl and he only eats the Orijen. Maybe he prefers circles to triangles ... I dunno.

I have one purebred chocolate lab (6yrs), one black lab/shepherd mix(2 yrs) and one All-American mutt (9wks). My chocolate lab (since he was my first dog so obviously the one I've had the longest) has been on many different types and brands of dog food. I've tried everything from Iams large breed to Purina Pro Plan to Science Diet to Nutro Max. I've got to say, Blue Buffalo has been the most impressive so far.

Buddy (the chocolate lab) was experiencing some bladder issues while I was feeding him Nutro Max. He would leak a little urine while just hanging out in the house. He's been housebroken since the day I got him so I knew something was wrong. I took him into the vet and she ran a few tests only to find that his kidneys were showing signs of failure. This was right around the time of the first dog food recall so I immediately took him off of Nutro. His kidneys seemed to bounce back almost overnight after taking him off Nutro so I've never used the stuff since.

I then went from Science Diet to Pedigree to Iams Blue Buffalo. From Science Diet to Pedigree, I nearly died from noxious gases. He's always been a bit gassy but HOLY MOLY, he would stink HIMSELF out of a room! On Iams, his coat was dried out and his skin was extremely flaky. On everything but Blue Buffalo, I noticed that his teeth always had more build up when I would brush them.

Well, they've all been on Blue Buffalo consistently now for about a year now and yes, Buddy still has gas (he's a boy, what can you expect? I really think he prides himself on grossing my friends out :P ) but NOTHING compared to what he had on the other foods.

I use the Sweet Potato and Fish formula for the lab and shepherd and the regular puppy formula for the mutt and I supplement with Blue Buffalo canned food. They LOVE the food (at 845am and 545pm I DEFINITELY know what time it is...they all beg shamelessly until they get their food) and their coats look fantastic! Their eyes are clear and their teeth are cleaner. I couldn't be happier with the food.

I live in rural North Dakota so getting to the store to GET dog food is always a challenge....but that really is my only complaint (which has nothing to do with the food and everything to do with the fact that I live in nowhere ville.)

** I did a few little experiments the other day just so I could give a better review...

I laid out three dishes for my picky eater (the shepherd mix) that he'd never ever smelled or tasted before:
1. Chicken and Brown Rice Blue Buffalo
2. Eukanuba Premium Performance Active Formula (chicken)
3. AvoDerm Chicken Meal and Brown Rice Adult Formula

He put the AvoDerm in his mouth and spit it out. He completely refused the Eukanuba and gobbled the Blue Buffalo up like it was his last meal.

That's enough proof for me!

Blue Buffalo's Wilderness and Large Breed Adult Dog food.

If you brought home a Puppy from a breeder or a pet shop many times who is in charge is feeding low quality dog food with corn glutens and other artificial additives for example ( Puppy Chow) by Purina. I brought my Puppy home and she was nothing but a flatulance sewer plant of aroma's bloated and in distress to the point where I had to tie her outside at times. I was trying every formula I thought she would like on the market and at the same time doing my homework on Dog nutrition. I can't name them all in one review but they didn't help her. The Vet cleared her of any major issues.
I came to the conclusion it was her previous diet and that she had a sensitive stomach, but I wasn't going to feed a prescription diet. Since. It would take a book full of my experiences and foods I went through when I first got her. Blue was the best choice I ever made.
I Started her on Blue Buffalo's, *Wilderness* for 4 to 5 months. She began to recover within a few weeks from the horrible bloating and flatulance. She gained weight and started getting better. After I took her off *Wilderness* I switched her to Blue Buffalo's *Large Breed* "Life Protection Formula" in Adult. She was still doing great throughout the same brand different formula switch with no side effects taking her off *Wilderness* was something She took Very Well to.
A Month shy from a year old Her vigorous running through the yard, her immaculate muscle tone as if she's been at a doggy gym for hours, no messy but firm stools for easy clean up in the yard is a reflection on how great "Blue Buffalo" Dog food is.
She will be approaching adulthood in a month. As much as I love Blue Buffalo It is not cheap. Neither are other premium brands not easy to locate.
Out of all of the 6 star brands Blue Buffalo is the best. Blue Buffalo helped my dog tremendously not only have I probably saved in vet bills prevented by Blue's Buffalo's dog food, but my Dog is a happy, healthy girl who looks like a show dog.

Best Blue food Choices.
Blue Buffalo's Wilderness 26 lbs 4- 5 or 6 months of age 42% Protein Price $49.99
Blue Buffalo's Life Protection Formula 30lbs Price - Adult Large Breed Formula Protein 26% $48.99

This review is for the senior formula. I have a 9 year old Welsh Springer and a 10 year old Shepherd mix. They were on this for a while, and I noticed that their coats dulled, and they had alot of gas. After switching them to a combination of Merrick canned and Orijen Senior dry, I noticed HUGE improvements both in coat and in energy. The gas situation improved, and so did their bad breath. I believe that the Blue Buffalo line is quality, but for my dogs I feel that the protein in this food is too low at 18%. Not every food is for every dog.

The Best.

I met a representative in PetSmart. After talking to her, I thought I would try this. Well, I bought my poodle "Rascal" the Venison canned dinner. I mixed 1/4 cup with his Iams dry food and for the first time, he didn't leave anything left in his bowl. I plan on buying the dry bits and gradually introduce him to it by mixing it in his Iams like the website suggested. I finally found the food for him! I feel very confident that he's getting the right nutrition that he needs. Believe me, if you're used to buying top brands like Iams, Eukanoba or Royal Canin, it isn't anymore expensive. Also you feed them less. Do a compare brand analysis and you'll be sold too. Also, you feed your pet less, so in the long run, your saving $. Blue Buffalo......Good Job!

This is the BEST dry dog food you can feed your dog. Hands down. Every time I am in Petsmart buying it the workers thank me for taking such good care of my dogs and tell me that it is the best you can buy. I have had both my dogs on BB for about 2 years, at first it took some adjusting for my female to get used to. She was rescued from a puppy mill so she was most likely eating the worst food available, hence the fact she threw up after eating BB. After 2-3 days we were good to go and have never looked back. My dogs LOVE this food and they LOVE the life source bits, I actually think they are their most favorite part of the food. Since on BB my dogs coats have been amazingly shiny, my dogs have had tons of energy, they don't get sick and their eyes are so clear. My girl had the beginning of cataracts 2 years ago when we got her and honestly now I can hardly see her cataracts. She stopped shedding so much and she now acts like a puppy, I do credit the food for lots of this. I find the small breed food to be a nice shape for their little teeth to munch on and they never turn their nose on it. I highly reccomened this brand to all dog owners, I know it costs more then the average but like the worker at Petsmart said to me...'Would you feed your kids McDonalds everyday?' That about sums it up.
When starting on this food be sure to ween your dog onto it, we made the mistake of not doing that 1 day. Then we weened her onto BB over the course of a week. No problems.
If your dog has stinky breath buy the stuff to put in their water, they have it at Petsmart, it helps. Also try some breath bones which work and brush their teeth once a week.

I wanted to update my opinion on this food. I had said the BB Large Breed Adult had caused major problems (dandruff,hair loss,bumps) well come to find out my dog is allergic to chicken. I took him to an allergist and she put him on Iams KO (Kangaroo and Oatmeal) He cleared up beautifully after about 5 weeks. THen the process is to introduce a specific ingredient (trial food) back into his diet to see if it causes an issue. The chicken was the first trial food and it caused hair loss, bad dandruff and bumps on his skin. So for him the BB is out. I think for some who have posted such as I did saying how bad this food is may want to consider a simple allergy test. My vet also says the chicken allergies are very common.

My dog has been on Blue Buffalo for a year and a half. I tried several other brands before and this is the only food that agrees with her. I don't know why other dogs don't like the lifesource bits but my dog loves them. Since she's been on this food, she has less gas, firm stool, and a nice shiny coat. She is currently on the small breed formula. I've looked for other brands to rotate with, but can't find anything else that I would want to get at Petsmart.

Hi, I switched to BLUE WILDERNESS about 2 months ago starting with a 5lb bag to see if my dog would like it. She loved it and transitioned well. Yes a little gas but she was having that with the reformultion of Canidae also. I bought a full bag and noticed the kibble was a lighter color and it smelled a little bit like fish. She started to have diarrhea every couple of weeks so I decided to go back to Canidae after I had written Blue Buffalo to ask if they had reformulated also and why the differnce between bags and received no response. When I went to the store just for curiousity I looked at BLUE WILDERNESS bag and noticed that the ingredients were different than the bag I have. So I bought a new bag which has the same ingredients as the original 5lb and what is shown on the website. The diarrhea bag contains just fish meal instead of being listed what kind of fish and 2 other ingredients that are not in the current formulation. So I hoping this will make the difference. I will also be feeding her another dog food call Honest Kitchen so she will not be receiving such a high protein amount all the time.

The food may seem expensive but I only need to feed her a cup a day she has actually gained weight (40Lb average weight) so I am guessing with the bag it will last about 3 months maybe more which about what Canidae would last. I loved Canidae but my dog didn't like the new formulation. But I think they are still one of the better foods out there.

So I will update later to see if diarrhea or other distasteful problems occur with the new bag.



UPDATE: Hi, I have been feeding her the new bag for 8 days no sign of diarrhea are any other problems. Blue buffalo told me to take the food back to the original store with the portion left from my tainted bag to receive a refund. Thye also asked for date on bag and the ingredients that differed form the new bag that I bought. So I changed my rating to 4 stars.

Originally had my poodle on Lifes Abundance. I came across the DFA website before I purchased the chicken dinner in cans. While we were in Canada I stopped into Petsmart and picked up a couple cans. My dog loved if right from the start. Buying Lifes Abundance was begining to become a hassle. I am glad I can go into a store pick some up and leave. No waiting. No shipping. No delays. Blue may not be a super premium food but it is a premium middle of the road food and my girl loves it so we arent going anywhere any time soon. Her fur is fluffy like a rabbit and she has WAY too much energy but I am extremly pleased with the result. She loves the Small Breed formula but will seriously pick the life source bits out. Firm stools and a happy dog are all that's important. I'm not Miss Money bags so the food is easy on my budget. Pretty much this food is awesome

ok an update, fart ,fart, fart oh my god i cant breath. DOG get out of this room!!!GO ON ,I SAID GO ON.!! do you have to go outside?? NO then whats up???? you are killing me. needless to say i had to go to another brand. BUT his coat was VERY shiny and he looked great. but with the new food(cheaper) he still looks good. maybe not quite so shiny as before

























update, i took back my bag of puppy food and got another one. and have NO problems with this bag. puppy has always loved this food. his coat is so shiny and healthy, and he has so much energy. i believe this is a truly top notch food.i have done so much research,and believe for the price this is a good pick. now if i could just stop him from chewing on everything in my house life would be good. maybe he was just sick for that week i got the other bag.

We've been feeding our chocolate beagle blue buffalo for about 3 wks now and my dog likes the food however we have to mix it with other dog food, he also spits out the black kibble i guess he doesn't like it. Thats the con however the pros are his coat is shiny he's always full he eats 1 1/2 maybe twice a day but other than that he's always full and content and he's full of energy all the time. His gut is always fat and full its a good food over all.

I have 3 dogs a Husky, Jack Russell and a Rat Terrier they can be picky eaters especially my Rat Terrier, we had are dogs on Nature's Variety they did well on it but they keep raising the price on their food so we begin trying other quality foods at a lower price but are dogs would eat it for a little while and stop eating. At the moment they are on Blue Buffalo Chicken and Rice formula all three of are dogs really seemed to like the taste of it and we took 7 days to change them over from the other failed food they would'nt eat and now its been almost 2 weeks the've been on it, my Jack Russell has almost pure diarreha, my Husky has half solid and half diarreha, and the Rat Terrier seems to be OK, but they seem to poop more than they eat and yes there's gas that goes with it and we keep them in a fenced in area when they go out so their not getting more food. And yes! I took in stool samples to my vet to check for parasites they found none! I would have given this food 1 star but they did like the taste
so I gave it 2 stars, needless to say I will be switching again!