read what the other guy said about them switching to cheaper ingredients. try orijen or blue buffalo they dont cheap out

Your wheaton's got the runs because the formula is going to be richer in protein than before. On the website it states to gradually introduce it into the diet.The color is lighter because of the potato protein. If your not happy with the new formula try the Venison seems like all dogs no matter what breed do VERY well on it because its exotic and red meat. The fish is also a good one and is rich in Omega 3's for the skin but some dogs that have allergies also have IBS and fish can irritate the bowels. Ask your local petco sales person for samples of the Venison and fish and so which your dogs like best.Orijen is VERY VERY high in protein and if your dogs cant handle the new duck formula definitely dont do ORIJEN! BB is horrible please stay away

I switched all 4 of my dogs from Natural Balance and Science Diet to Innova EVO (Red Meat). My Dog that was on Natural Balance has stopped vomiting and loves it. Not sure how that will work out for her allergies but so far so good. My other 3 dogs love it as well.

Princess 21, looking at all your comments you have left it appears you are a representative of Natural Balance. Natural Balance has done a poor job communicating its formula change of Duck and Potato and based on the number of poor ratings, you should know your company dropped the ball.

Our eleven-year old golden retriever Bailey has been on Natural Balance Duck and Potato for almost a year with great success. Then they changed the formula (unfortunately there was nothing on the bag to indicate a change had been made). Bailey immediately began having diarrhea so we called the manufacturer and found out about the change. At that point, we didn't have any of her old bag to mix with the new formula so we put her on a bland chicken and rice diet and very very very slowly began to add the duck and potato formula back in. Every time we get to 100% duck and potato, Bailey gets sick again. We are back to chicken and rice for the fourth time... starting all over again!

Now that I see others are having this same difficulty, we are definitely going to make a switch to another brand. We no longer trust Natural Balance and will never go back. In fact, I found out yesterday a friend with a golden retriever also on this diet has had the same problem and spent hundreds at the vet. She has since switched to Buffalo Blue Fish and Potato diet.

princess wth are you talking about BB being horrible. its great food exactly what about it do you consider to be horrible? burnette i hope you find a good food that agrees with your doggies tummy :(

I had been using NB Duck & Sweet Potato for over a year with great success. In August my Irish Setter stopped eating entirely - took her to the Vet where she continued not to eat for 3 days. We ended up feed ing her hand to mouth with eggs and cottage cheese until her stomach returned to normal. We thought she ingested something or contracted a virus. We started her back on NB Duck & Sweet Potato again and the symptoms reappeared once more. Then I checked this blog and realized that it was the NB food. The new mix is crapola and anyone that loves their dog should stay away from it. There is a comment above that says we should have checked the bag and then to introduce the food slowly. Well I am sorry to say to that person that when you trust a manufacturer and there is not any indication warning to the consumer that the formula has been substituted with junk we feed it to our dogs out of trust of the manufacturer. Other companies put notes inside of their bags to the consumer that the formula has changed. PLEASEDON"T USE THIS FOOD and I would recommend not trusting any of the Natural Balance mixes because if they change Duck & Sweet Potato without notifying the consumer what is to say that they won't change the other formulas to 'save production costs, decrease the size and increase the cost'. One more thing - answering Jak above - I am referring to the substitution of duck meal with duck protein - furthermore duck protein could be composed of duck bills, dick feet and duck feathers.

Yeah Pinray i was talking about Blue BUffalo not Natural Balance, blue buffalo has no duck and potato formula