Blue Buffalo Pet Foods Reviews

Ever since I switched my cat to blue buffalo, she has started to lose hair. The vet says she does not have any illnesses, so I am assuming that this issue is from Blue Buffalo cat food, since the problem started when we started buying that brand about 4 months ago. Her obsessive grooming is also causing a lot of hairballs, which I never had to deal with before. I've noticed a lot of other reviews stating that the product has caused a lot of allergies in their cats and dogs, so I am guessing that it has caused the same issue with my cat, since excessive grooming/hair loss is a sign on allergies and discomfort. I do not recommend this brand, especially since they keep claiming that the complaints are competitors and are made up. This is so sad and is invalidating the severe problems that their product is causing to our pets. I sent the company a complaint, but since they just claimed on facebook that these complaints are not true at all, I'm guessing they will not do anything about it.

My dog has been eating Blue Buffalo for over a year. I buy toe fish and sweet potato. Suddenly with the bag I purchased at the end of June, she started vomiting and had diarrhea. We had to take her to vet and no other problems when tests and labs run. I put her on royal canine gastro food and with meds she recovered. She is still not eating much but refuses the blue buffalo completely. I am convinced this batch of food has a problem! Blue buffalo do a recall. Own up to it!!

Our 10 mo. Lab has been on Large Breed Wilderness Puppy for 7 months. During the entire time of her eating this product, she has had the worst smelling gas (extra bad!) and her waste in the yard is also extremely bad. We have another dog and it doesn't smell like that. Also, she was on a different food when we got her and never had that issue with that brand (we had to change because it wasn't a large breed and she wasn't getting the right nutrients). Her coat is gorgeous. She has been doing well on it (except the extremely stinky gas and poo) since we started - until recently.

We had been feeding our dog Blue Buffalo for almost two years. Suddenly he developed diarrhea. We brought him to the vet, he was tested for parasites, and everything came back okay. We took him off the Blue Buffalo Life Protection and now the diarrhea is gone and he's back to his old self. I don't know whether this is a bad batch or they changed the formula, but we're done with Blue. He is now on Fromm's, which is not sold in large chains, but is well worth finding at local pet stores.

To begin, I have a 7 month old Pyr, a 12 week old Pyr and a 12 week old Lab... I know my dogs <3 After a LOT of research I put my dogs on Blue Buffalo. I have always fed my dogs Beneficial or a Purina brand. Their stools because VERY watery immediately (diarrhea, which I credited the food change... up to a week anyway) My oldest Pyrenees stopped eating all together. I tried mixing it with water and he ate a little. It seemed he ate just enough to stop the hunger but not hardly anything at all. Skip another week, a new bag and here we are today. All 3 of my puppies are throwing up and won't touch their food.... So, tomorrow I will be going BACK to my Beneficial where I have had no problems. I'm sorry but to pay THAT much for dog food just for it to make my dog sick is absurd..... I call **.

Loss of energy, diarrhea, vomiting, now won't go near his food!! Few hundred dollars in vet bills only to find out from other pet owners same thing happened with feeding their dogs BB. Pissed off I have been spending good money on what I thought was a healthy food choice for my loving dog. Never again BB - you poisoned my freaking dog!

I had been feeding my dog Blue Buffalo Wilderness for quite some time until recently when his stool started to become very soft, then devolved into complete chocolate milk, then blood. Went to vet, obtained antibiotics, they worked a little, but the extreme liquid stool returned immediately after the script ran out. All tests from vet came back negative. Realized it was the food when a friend's dog ate the food and her stool turned to mush and she had extreme gas as well. Stopped the food and my dog is improving. The company MUST order an immediate recall.

My Siamese cat had been losing weight, vomiting and having diarrhea with Purina cat chow on and off for years. I changed to Blue Buffalo and he has gained weight, no diarrhea and his coat is very healthy. My other cat, a medium hair domestic, has gained 4-5 pounds over 8 months. I only feed less than a quarter cup twice daily. Is anyone else having this problem?

We have a 13-week-old French Mastiff and we thought long and hard about the dog food to put her on. So we decided on Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Large Breed Puppy. We started her on it July 4th and I noticed she didn't devour it like her previous food. She would just eat it gradually and at times not even finish what was in her bowl. As of yesterday morning she has had really bad diarrhea. We took her to the vet and they couldn't pinpoint why she was having this issue. They gave us medication for her to help with the diarrhea. She still has it and today she wouldn't even eat the food I put out for her. So I got online and saw all these similar issues. I will be taking her off this food and going back to her food she was on previously.

We have 2 lab mix puppies 8 months old. Fed them purina one puppy formula since getting them in March. They were fine but pooped a lot. A friend who works for the FDA suggested we try a higher grade food so we went to Pet Smart and bought Blue Buffalo. The male got diarrhea bad but vet visit revealed nothing. The female then also began having diarrhea so we switched to their sensitive stomach formula. No improvement. We are going to buy Iams today. Will post again soon. Also going to file a complaint with the FDA. After paying vet bills and carpet cleaning, vacation will be scant!

My dog will be turning 6 in August and she has never had any health problems. Around March/April she started having severe allergy symptoms (sneezing uncontrollably, coughing, itching like crazy) so I booked her a vet appointment whenever her little cheek started to swell up. I have been feeding her Beneful since she was a puppy because I thought it was a good brand (so the advertisements say and the bags and the price). The vet determined she has allergies and her anal glands were full so they had to be squeezed.

My cats have been eating this food since one of them had UT issues 3 years ago. Recently, he developed this again and the vet put him on Royal Canin UT food; however, he would occasionally sneak mouthfuls of the BB from the other cats if I didn't stop him. He had two episodes of UT blockage in 3 weeks and this past Monday developed a blood clot in his spine which paralyzed his back legs. He had to be put to sleep. My daughter's cat, who is two and has had BB since he was a kitten, developed a UT blockage yesterday and is still hospitalized trying to deal with it. I've spent $3200 for both cats in the past year. I know that BB recently changed their formulation for their food. I feel that this has directly injured my cats and I will NEVER buy that food again. I'm also warning everyone I know against it.

I have a 6.5 mo. old Alaskan Husky/AmStaff mix and have been feeding him Blue Buffalo Large Breed Puppy formula since adopting him at 8 wks. The Humane Society I adopted him from had been feeding him Purina One Smartblend Puppy (which, though the first ingredient is chicken, contains a significant amount of corn and animal by-products). I'd heard nothing but good things about Blue and decided to make the switch. Overall my dog is happy and healthy... soft coat, shiny teeth, very energetic and playful... however he can't seem to hold his stools. Ever since switching, it's loose or liquid each time he goes outside and has been getting progressively worse, up to and including some accidents in the house from an otherwise sufficiently potty-trained puppy.

I have three pugs, two are seniors, and I have recently begun a very slow process of switching my dogs over to Blue Buffalo. I switched my oldest female first and three days ago she began having horrible diarrhea. The oldest male is almost switched over and today, he also began having horrible diarrhea. Both are on the senior chicken and rice. My younger pug, (he's 5) is still at a 1/4 mix of the adult food and seems fine right now, but I will not be continuing with this food. I will be taking my oldest female to the vet tomorrow, although she seems to be getting a little better since I stopped feeding her Blue Buffalo one and a half days ago and have been feeding her boiled chicken and white rice. If the older male pug had not suddenly gotten sick, I might not have made the connection in time!

This company workers are pathetic and unprofessional. I submitted a resume for a job open in my area on a SUNDAY; that SAME day received a call (THEY SEEM PRETTY DESPERATE). A lady tells me she is sending out an email that I must respond to to confirm a phone interview the following day, and if I did not respond and confirm the email she told me I would not receive a call. When I asked her what email address it was sent to she could not even tell me. SO after seeing how they call me back within 20 minutes of submitting a resume online on a Sunday and how the lady could not even inform me of what email it was sent to, I decided not to confirm the phone interview for the next day. WELL when the next day comes, sure enough I received AN UNWANTED, UNCONfirmed call which I was told I would only receive once I responded to the conformation email.

Started giving my dog Blue Buffalo about 2 months ago. All of a sudden this week, my dog got sick.. both ends.. bloody stools, vomiting. After reading all this.. coincidence? Few hundred dollars in vet bills. My Best Friend started giving her dog Blue a week before me; her dog got sick last week. Now has pancreatitis.

Breeder of new poodle pup recommended Blue Buffalo so I gradually started moving all 5 of my poodles to BB. All got sick - all have runny diarrhea. One pup is 12 but others are healthy so the BB must be the cause. I will Never use this food again.

I had been feeding my 3 Italian Greyhounds the blue buffalo Senior Chicken and rice food. All 3 dogs were vomiting and had diarrhea for almost 2 weeks. Had stools checked, no bacteria. My dogs are older and one is blind so we don't go anywhere except an occasional walk but mostly my backyard. They all had to be put on medication and my vet bill was over $500. This is ridiculous. Is there going to be a recall? I have 2 bags of food and 3 bags of treats that I can't use.

I have 2 malteses that are 14 years old and weigh 7 pounds each. We have fed them Blue Buffalo diet for years. I bought a new bag of the Senior Chicken/Rice formula. My dogs stopped eating. Had diarrhea and were bleeding from their gums. $300 in vet bills. My maltese that is a heart patient was diagnosed with multiple abscessed teeth (without xrays) and recommended that I take her to a doggie dentist after she completed antibiotics. Her liver test came back abnormal which had never been an issue before. Their teeth/gums were very sore, swollen, and bleeding - and I gave them canned food for 3 weeks and no Blue Buffalo. They got better by the day. They are doing well today - but this was a scare. Something is going on with Blue Buffalo. I will no longer purchase ANY of their products as it is my opinion that this food was poisoning my dogs. It did not affect my 90 pound German Shepherd, he just refused to eat it. So after looking back on this horrible situation, the GSD has a higher sense of smell than most dogs and he must have smelled whatever was in the food that was making my little ones very sick. I really thought they were going to die. Blue Buffalo is not on my list of healthy foods ever again.

Our dog - a 13lb Maltese/Chihuahua mix aged 6 years, has suffered soft stool and mild diarrhea over the past 3 weeks. Upon comparing notes with my wife about dog's situation, she indicated that he began eating from a new bag of dog food (Blue Buffalo Senior Chicken & Rice - purchased in early June) for approximately 3 weeks. Our dog's condition has not been severe, but consistent over this time frame. We now suspect that the dog food is the cause of this problem. Presumed batch/lot information, which is shown in inkjet printing near bottom of bag reads "T4D 19:47". Previous to this past June, we have been pleased with this product.

I started switching my dog from his normal food to Blue Buffalo dog food and he became very ill. He vomited, had gas and horrible diarrhea. I had purchased the food because I heard it was so much more healthy and he had been on his current food for over a year and I heard it's good to cycle a dog's food. When I mixed it to start off with his old food, he got very ill. I didn't realize it was the new food and the next day I gave him the new food and he got even sicker. He's only a 3 pound Chihuahua so there's not a lot of weight to lose. Come to find out one of my neighbors dogs had become very ill with the same symptoms and she switched him off the Blue Buffalo and he cleared right up... hundreds of dollars in vet bills later!!!

I have a 3 year old corgi that I have fed Blue Buffalo to since he was a puppy with no problems. I recently purchased a new bag of the adult formula for small breeds around mid June. After feeding he had thrown up 6 times within 24 hours. He couldn't even hold down water and I could see small amounts of blood coming up when he got sick. I took him to the vet and they put him on fluids, tested his stool for parasites and gave him anti-vomiting meds. They told me to give him small amounts of rice for a few days then slowly introduce his regular food. He did fine with the rice but when the time came to give him his regular food he threw it up. I took him back to the vet where they did blood work and x-rays. $450 later they can't find anything wrong with him. Although the vet said he couldn't pinpoint if it was from eating Blue Buffalo, there is no doubt in my mind that this is what the problem was. After reading all of the previous post and seeing this has been an issue for a lot of people that purchased their bags of food in June, I find it hard to believe this is all a coincidence.

I got my dog as a puppy. She would not eat the food that they sent me home with. I then tried Science Diet. She ate that food reluctantly. She would nibble at the food and would "graze" rather than eat. I finally put down a cupful of kibble and just refilled it when the bowl was empty. I switched her to Wellness and the same thing happened. In fact, she just stopped eating.

I have a dog who was diagnosed with food sensitivities as a puppy and we spent months trying to find a food he could eat without digestive issues. We eventually found Blue Buffalo Basics Grain Free and he has done wonderful on this for almost two years. A few months ago I noticed they changed the packaging and I e-mailed Blue Buffalo to see if the formula changed at all and they assured me the changes were minor and would help a food sensitive dog. As we started our second bag of the new formula my dog started to refuse to eat the food and I didn't understand why.

Bought bag 6/28/2014. On Sunday she ate, by mid morning she had the runs and was hacking, but never threw up. So that evening I put her food down she wouldn't touch it. Jackie cowered away from the bowl, which she's never done. So I borrowed food from the neighbor, she ate it was very Happy. I've called the co 800 number. It's no longer in service. I trusted this co. since J was 8 weeks old. Not no more. I live in St. Petersburg, FL.

We switched both our 8 year old cat and 3 year old Lab to Blue Buffalo about a year ago and couldn't be more pleased. The cat eats better, has begun to play again and no longer has episodes of spitting up. The dog is thriving and has stopped eating his poop - he now ignores it, no longer eats rocks and has consistently regular stools with no loose stools. We have never been more pleased with a product. Thanks, Blue Buffalo.

Bad diarrhea my 4-year-old Shepherd had so off to the vet. Tons of tests and found nothing wrong. Came here and saw all the complaints. Will be changing dog food.

This food made my cats sick years ago. Any pet food developed without Vets involved on staff needs to be questioned. If Blue spent half the money they do on advertising on studies of the actual value of their food to a pet's health, they may end up making a healthy food. Instead, all they spend their money on is massive advertising on how great their food is. They are just now building their own mixing facility. Most of the problems in the pet industry comes from using outside mixing facilities. Not only do they spend massive amounts on advertising, they set up a partnership with the big box Pet Stores giving them higher profits to push their foods instead of other more proven quality pet foods available.

We switched our Lab to Blue Buffalo because of hearing it was so healthy. He's been on it for almost a year and very, very bad gas!! He's had diarrhea for a week with this new bag and just last night throwing up!! I took him to vet this morning and cost $347.65 to run blood, urine test, give him shot for nausea, and pills for intestines.

My dog has been on Blue Buffalo for around 3 years, she will be eight years old. Just June I bought a bag of the Chicken and Rice, she ate it and got extremely ill, vomiting and diarrhea for about 24 hours. We took her off and did Rice and Beef/Chicken and she improved. She would barely eat any of her Blue Buffalo and still would have vomiting occasionally and very loose stool. While my family was on vacation, she stayed with my mother, who feeds her dogs a different food and she didn't get sick one time. Now she is home and back to her Blue Buffalo and getting sick again. I've taken her off of Blue Buffalo, and we are now trying Natural Choice, I will not give her Blue again.

I started buying Blue Wilderness cans about 6 months ago. Soon thereafter, my youngest dog began to have soft stools. Thinking that it was just an adjustment to the food, I continued to feed it and believed it would resolve with time. Last week, it became bloody diarrhea and just plain old blood multiple times a day. All the tests came back negative. I spent $440 at the vet for labs, stool test, IV fluids, pro-biotics, antibiotics, prescription food, and an additional prescription for coating his stomach and intestines. It wasn't until I found the hundreds of complaints here that I realized the food was the cause. He still has me concerned because I don't think he is drinking.

We switched from Taste of the Wild to Blue Buffalo Wilderness about 2 months ago for our two rat terriers. No reason for doing it aside from switching up their food. I mixed their old food and new food together to make sure we didn't make them sick. A few weeks after switching over 100%, one of our dogs started coughing. We took him to the vet and $1000+ later, found out it was Irritable Bowel Syndrome. The vet gave him steroids/antibiotics/prescription dog food and he started improving almost immediately. He never had any issues before, although I still didn't immediately place the blame on this new Blue Buffalo food. He is 10 years old, and although he's always been healthy, strange things have happened.

Bad cat food. We had the same problem with our cat. He ended up having a massive UTI and had to have a catheter put in. The vet said that some indoor cats have more problems with food. Now that my dogs are both sick no more Blue in our household.

I have purchased this dog food for several years and have had no problems, I purchased 3 bags about a week and a half ago, and opened a fresh bag and fed my three Golden Retrievers. That night, my female had severe diarrhea and vomiting. I thought it was just a bug. By the end of the next day, all three had the same symptoms. I had to take my female to the emergency vet because she became so lethargic. They ran all the blood test everything came back normal. It's been about four days of feeding them rice and chicken and things are finally coming back to normal. I don't dare to feed them the food anymore.

My 5 year old's cat, an 8 year old tabby mix, died this morning. They slept together every night for the last three years since we got her. He is devastated. We found GLASS shards/chunks in her bowels that tore her up. We have to have all our other cats checked. I had no idea Blue sold out to China. I'm never buying this food again. I hope to God our other cats are ok. Cats are notorious for not showing signs of illness until the very last moment. She died in the bed. She slept in with my son while waiting for him to come back from a family trip. She was so, so sweet. We are blown away by her loss.

I purchased a new bag this June. My two pit bulls have been eating Blue Buffalo since they were puppies & always loved it. But since I purchased this bag of adult lamb & rice, they have had loose bowels & even went in our house & neither had EVER done that. So I checked online for recalls. Even though I found none, there seems to be a spike of complaints this month. My two dogs, female 3 years & male 2 years refuse to eat it. Tomorrow I will try another brand & hope I get quick results. I will repost with results.

Put 4 dogs on Blue Buffalo Salmon and 3 of 4 threw up and had constant runs. One dog got so sick that he refused to eat that stuff. Throwing it out immediately going to old food. I switched to it because my vet said one of my dogs was allergic to preservatives in dog food. Switched to Blue Buffalo because they claim only natural preservatives. Big mistake - two carpets in home ruined and my poor dogs have been sick for several days. Luckily, I saw the 2014 recall and got them off the stuff.

My Greater Swiss Mountain Dog had been on Blue Buffalo for years without any problems. My Bouvier des Flandres, a puppy, had been on Blue Buffalo for roughly six months. Neither dog had problems, except when I changed them to the Wilderness formulas. I noticed loose stools and was told that the high protein content in that formula sometimes caused diarrhea. Therefore, I switched their formula and everything was fine again. In the beginning of April, I boarded my dogs at our usual kennel (that I am very pleased with) and my dogs ate the food that the kennel provides. The kennel feeds the dogs a better brand of dog food than Blue Buffalo (Native Performance, Lamb) and it is very mild and sensitive to dogs' stomachs. My dogs have NEVER had an issue, in their numerous visits to the kennel before, when switching back to their own dog food once they returned home.

I purchased Blue buffalo grain free dog food. I had used this food before and my dogs had liked it. I keep my dogs on a rotation diet which works well for them. When I started using this food, my dogs became lethargic and had very loose stool movements. I stopped feeding them the food and put them on rice, cottage cheese and chopped meat until they had a normal stool movement. I then placed them back on the other grain free food I was using. They are fine now, thank god.

This used to be an industry leader until it was recently sold. My Dogue De Bordeaux was doing great on this food for a few years. Suddenly, in the last six months, he has been having very soft stool, diarrhea and more recently, vomiting and worse diarrhea. My good friend's dog is on the same food (Blue Wilderness Salmon Recipe) and his dog suddenly began throwing up, have black liquid diarrhea (a sign of internal bleeding) and then refused to eat. We have both since changed the food we feed our dogs and they are already doing better. Run away from this food, it is poisoning your dog!!!

After being unable to find the food that my cats were used to eating, I decided that maybe it was time to make a change to something healthier. I bought my first bag and fed it to my three adult cats. They seemed to like it but over the course of the next month, one of my cats began to lose weight. He wasn't behaving like his loving self so off to the vet we went. Turns out he lost over half of his body weight in a one month period. After extensive tests, nothing was abnormal. I promptly threw away the remaining food and bought his previous brand (different variety). It has been 2 weeks and he is measurably better.

I fed my schnauzers Wilderness puppy food, then the youngest got awful gas and UTI. Switched to blue basics duck, the youngest (10 months) threw up several times one night but was ok the next day, so I thought. Week and half later the 2 yr old threw up 7-8 times and was panting, just laying around-- did not pee for 9 hrs and only 1/4 cup. Took her to vet and she was hospitalized with pancreatitis. While she was in hospital took younger one in and she had horrible UTI. Neither ever eat anything but Blue treats and food. The vet stated it was the food, to not give them designer food, that she had seen a lot of dogs with problems from them. No Blue since that day. Repeat urine after antibiotics and results were ok.

I had tried Blue for my cats back in 2012 because I heard it was the best food! Well, one of my cats ate the wet food and all the hair on her head fell out. She'd never had food allergies before but now she does. I have worked at a couple veterinarians and was told that Blue Buffalo didn't have a veterinarian on staff when developing the product. I've seen many cases of dogs on Blue with pancreatitis and kidney issues and cats on Blue with kidney failure. I won't ever use this product again and everyone I meet with a pet, I discourage from using Blue.

Our beautiful family guardian had been on blue buffalo for several years. It kept him healthy and happy. Recently I had noticed some changes with him - sleeping more than normal, vomiting, not wanting to get out of his bed once he laid down. Sadly I mistook these as signs of him aging because he was an ox of a dog. A few days ago he stopped wanting to eat, again I didn't put too much thought into it the first day because his daddy was out of town and he always gets mopey when he's gone. Then he started urinating and vomiting all over the house. After running tests the vet determined his liver was not functioning properly, his bilirubin was extremely high and he was turning yellow and orange tinted. Sadly he was beyond help. We had to let our baby go. Now I am finding out it was most likely because of his food. This stuff needs to be taken off the shelves. People need to be suing this company and they should pay for all of our damages and losses.

Three weeks ago I purchased a new bag of Blue Buffalo for my two dogs. Within one day, both dogs began to vomit and have excessive diarrhea. After a week of this non-stop, we took them to the vet to run a series of tests. All results came back negative and the only change was the new bag of food. Our vet directed us to stop taking Blue Buffalo and switch to another brand of food. Within 2 days of the switch, all of the vomit and diarrhea went away but one of my dogs was extremely dehydrated from all of the vomit and diarrhea. She had to be admitted to the Veterinary Hospital for overnight treatment due to the severity of her dehydration. I hope that Blue Buffalo stands by its product and investigates the numerous issues I have read about regarding their food in May and June of 2014.

I should have known not to use this food, as it gave my kittens horrible gas and diarrhea. I have a 5 month old Boerboel and was having difficulty finding a good large breed puppy food. I switched from Wellness Core to Blue Buffalo Wilderness large breed puppy. Within 2 weeks, my dog had explosive liquid stools and/or bloody mucous. Vet did stool specimen and prescribed Flagyl. All was well while on Flagyl. One week after finishing the course, back to diarrhea etc... My poor baby just finished her second dose of Flagyl and sick again.

For years I had my cat on BB Wilderness, so when I got a dog (large breed) I naturally wanted to put her on the same. All the reports online list it as one of the best foods on the market. I tried the puppy formula when she was young and she had a bad reaction, but my dog also has a sensitive stomach so I took her off of it. Over the years I tried the Basics and Freedom formulas and while they are rated as poorer quality food, she reacted well to them. I recently decided to try the Wilderness brand again and she almost immediately had horrible diarrhea - I've literally never seen my dog produce so much liquid in her life. So much so that I thought maybe she had gotten into something in the yard.

I have had similar experiences with my dog having loose stool and his teeth were getting stained and was having oral health issues. Have now switched foods and have seen a major improvement in only a matter of weeks. I feel that I wasted my hard earned $ on the most expensive food, which in turn gave me expensive results In veterinarian bills. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON BLUE BUFFALO WILDERNESS!!!!

I bought a large bag because I have 3 cats. They were turning their noses at the grocery store brands so I thought I would try them on the more expensive. So I chose this brand. I am on my way to the vet with my Silver cat and I shouldn't have waited this long. She is severely constipated, and when she urinates, it is just a small dabble. She drinks a lot of water and just keeps running to her litter pan but not getting much out. My cats were all perfectly healthy before feeding this food. I tried doing something good for them and I hurt them with this food.

My English Bulldog had been on Blue Buffalo since a puppy. We lost him last July 2013 to pancreatitis and hepatitis due to Blue Buffalo Wilderness Salmon. I was told the company was sold March 2013 and ingredients were changed. 6 months after the change, my dog died. We did not feed him any other dog food, treats, etc. The vet did autopsy and no cancer, etc. Was told definitely the blue buffalo. Was also told many dogs and cats come in to the vet very sick with bloody stools, vomiting, etc when using blue buffalo (more than any other dog food). I heard another company is investigating blue buffalo on their claims to be "superior". If you are using this food and your pet gets sick, please switch to something else. It is horrible. I want to punch the TV every time I see one of their commercials.

I recently heard that Blue Buffalo sold out to a megacorp so I am looking at other brands such as Merrick. I prefer companies that are smaller, family owned and committed to quality foods grown, raised and processed in the US. However, I wonder if it is just the grain-free BF that is creating the problems? It seems like those are the ones getting the complaints. I get the chicken and brown rice one and they have my two dogs never had a problem.

I was looking for the "True Blue Test" site I was told to take in order to get consumer coupons. My German Shepherd was born with Mega-esophagus, it has been 5 years of hard work to keep him healthy. I finally have him on Blue Buffalo. Have to say he has done the best on this food and we have tried them all. His whole life, he hasn't been able to eat dry food...He would begin to suffocate. I've had to cook his meals every day. I have been giving him Blue Buffalo Basics Puppy, just 1/4 cup dry and amazingly, he is good after. No issues.

Chicken and Brown Rice & Fish and Sweet Potato sickened my dog - We have an 11-year old Dobie who is our pride and joy. She is often finicky with her food, so we decided to try the Blue Buffalo brand (based on the company's claims that it is a good food). Oh how we wish we had done our research first! We started by mixing a little of the food in with her normal food and she seemed to like it. That very night, she started acting weird - lethargic and avoiding contact. A day later she was vomiting and having diarrhea accidents in the house every couple of hours - black tarry diarrhea. We immediately stopped feeding her BB but it didn't matter because by then she wouldn't eat a thing - not even fresh baked chicken which is her favorite.

My 10 year old Australian Shepherd has been on Blue Buffalo dog food for 2 years, but recently after purchasing a new bag of Blue Buffalo Senior, he has twice developed diarrhea, bloody stools and vomiting. After taking him to the vet's the first time and having blood and stool samples taken which turned up nothing in the way of parasites, I was told to feed him chicken and rice which did immediately stop the diarrhea. However, when again feeding him the Blue Buffalo from the new bag, the diarrhea quickly returned. I am extremely disappointed and angered by this product. I only wish I had read the same problems that many others had experienced earlier.

I have a 4 year old westie that just checked out great at the vet. I bought blue wilderness because I heard it was quality food. My dog began throwing up and defecating in the house which he never does. Runny and loose stool. After 7 days of this I realized it could be the food and bought some taste of the wild which I really like, just wanted to try something new. That very day he stopped throwing up and hasn't defecated in the house since. Lesson learned. 40 bucks down the drain. There is definitely something wrong with this food. My dog can usually eat anything with no problem.

I bought the BB Wilderness Puppy Food in May 2014. I have 2 puppies about 10 weeks old. The female would not hardly eat the puppy food but my male pup did and he is sick and I worry that he will even make it through this night! Same complaints as others, very foul gas, bloating, diarrhea, vomiting and bloody stools/urine. He can't go to the bathroom anymore and he keeps trying. Lethargic and has lost a bunch of weight.

RUN, DON'T WALK FROM THIS DOG FOOD!! Our 120 pound Pyrenees/Bernese Mountain dog wouldn't eat for hours. We thought it was because he's hot. Then, vomiting, refusal to eat and panting!! Then bloody diarrhea and lethargic!! It was killing our boy!! Now I've read the reviews and he has it all! Now, he goes to the vet and we are suing BBC for his vet bills! This must be pulled off the market! You can feel his ribs. He's lethargic and sad!! How did these people get away with this? Ugh!! I'm so mad!! Take it all back to your store, warn them it's killing pets and get a refund in case you end up with vet bills.

My 2 dogs have been eating Blue buffalo Healthy Weight for almost 2 years now. One of my dogs has a bad heart so I researched and talked to all kinds of people to find the best food for him and ended it with that. I haven't had any issues with it. However, about 1 week ago, one dog began having diarrhea and vomiting. My second dog started a couple days later. I thought my dog had picked up a virus and then passed it to the other. I stopped their food and started doing chicken and rice. They are starting to get better. I decided to make sure there wasn't a recall on their food and stumble across all the other complaints about Blue buffalo food. The diarrhea and vomiting started after beginning a new bag of food. I purchased the bag, along with a few additional bags in March 2014. My pups are miserable!

I'm not sure if it's related but I switch my 8 months old puppy onto Blue two weeks ago. She was perfectly healthy and then suddenly starts pooping blood. I took her right in and spent 100 on meds for her. She seems ok but she's also still taking the meds. I would love to know more about what is actually in that food and why hasn't anyone sued them earlier. If my dog dies because of their food I'd sure want to.

Blue Life Protection gave my pom the runs and he ended up sick and dehydrated. My dog weighs 5 lbs and had her on Iams before switching to this brand, as I will not continue with this brand anymore.

My dog has had diarrhea four times since 4:30 this morning. It is now 2:00 pm. I am very upset!

Our dogs have been on BB for several months now. They are both French bulldogs; one is almost two years old and our puppy is about 7 months. We have been using the small-breed adult formula, and the problems started with the latest bag (purchased about 2-3 weeks ago). We have had problems with diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, and sometimes vomiting. Last weekend, we had a bad bout with all of the above. We took our puppy to the vet, and the fecal came back clear of parasites and worms. We put him on rice and cottage cheese, and the vet prescribed an anti-diarrhea/antibiotic combo. She also gave him something for the vomiting. He's been much better since we started him on the meds and bland diet. Now, our older dog is having problems with bloody diarrhea. It wasn't until I started doing research last night that I found a lot of dog owners having the exact same problem(s) while feeding BB. As soon as we are able to reintroduce kibble, we will be switching to another brand. In doing research this afternoon, I found that Purina has a lawsuit against BB. If you are interested, you can find the info at **.

We have a litter of 11 German shepherd pups. Bought a bag of Blue Buffalo dry puppy food. All pups started having diarrhea. We returned the Blue Buffalo and bought a bag of Iams... My babies had firm stools immediately after eating the Iams.

We decided to switch our cats to a better food this year. Well let's just say it did not go so well. One of our cats has been in and out of the vet since February and finally today after a long battle we had to let him go. He was suffering from a bladder obstruction with infections. We had him on Blue when he was a baby but switched it before he was 1 to Authority. I was able to catch our second cat who began showing signs. I will never purchase Blue again.

Started Barney on Blue Buffalo because I was convinced it was the best I could get for him. After reading this article, I'm not so sure! Has had runny poop off & on since. Vet says he is in good health. I thought it was just change of diet & would go away soon. Now I am totally confused as to what to do!

Changed my almost 10 y/o Pit/Vizsla mix to what I thought was a great food. I switched because as he gets older, I wanted him to have all the vitamins and nutrients possible. Chain pet stores seem to "push" this food as an excellent dog food. At this point, I'm wondering if they get kickbacks. After reading the reviews, there is something clearly wrong with this product. I experienced all the same issues as others within one week. Our normally silly, fun-loving, affectionate dog became lethargic and out of it. He slept ALL the time, acted as if his joints were hurting, and didn't want to move. He has always been gassy, but this was FOUL! You could literally smell it all the time. It literally changed his personality and I could see he wasn't happy.

I think this food is wonderful!! My cat was constantly having bladder issues but has cleared up since I've had her on this food now for 3 years. :) I also have my kitten on it. No issues with her either.

My mini dachshund has been on Blue (Small breed dry food) for 8 years and I have been happy until recently. Purchased a new bag of the same product in March 2014 and have noticed loose stools, horrible gas and lots of itching. Never attributed it to her food until a friend warned me about Blue buffalo and I started my research. Now I have to find her a safer food source or make it myself.

We have tried Blue Buffalo Wilderness dry food when we are in between bags of our normal dry food (call of the wild) because it can be bought conveniently at any local big box pet store. We have not had a problem before now, but our last bag caused our Korean Jindo to get sick. He woke us up several times because he had diarrhea (some with blood), and he vomited as well. He even went in the house one day when we were at work (he never does this as his periods of being indoors are never longer than 4-5 hours). Upon taking him off the Blue, he is getting back to normal. I don't know what happened with this food, as it had been okay for him before. We feed him Blue wet food, but now we may switch brands due to this.

We adopted a black Labrador Retriever mix 6 weeks ago and wanting to give him the best food possible, we opted to feeding Blue Buffalo for puppies. Since the day we took him home, he's had diarrhea every single day. Our initial visit to the vet resulted in the conclusion that he had worms so he was treated for that. However, even after treatment & results of stool sample came back clean (no worms nor bacteria infection), he continued to have diarrhea. We couldn't figure out what was wrong until reading other dog's negative reactions to BB similar to ours. We switched his food to Kirkland a week ago, & now his stool is normal. BB did not agree with him; perhaps this type of food is too rich for him.

We have a 6 month old Doberman puppy that we switched to Blue Buffalo when we 1st got her at about 10 weeks. The dog started with loose stools almost immediately which got progressively worse. The pup then started with excessive thirst and urination followed up with lethargy and weight loss. We ended up taking the pup to the vet where they put her on IV hydration and Royal Canin Hypoallergenic food. This stabilized the dog and stopped the diarrhea.

I started my American Bulldog puppy on Nulo Medal Series grain free chicken and sweet potato puppy food. She absolutely loves it. I was working out of town and ran out of food. I went to Petsmart, and they suggested a very close alternative would be the Blue Buffalo Wilderness grain free puppy food also a mixture of chicken and sweet potato.

My just barely 2yo Tabby cat Dexy was getting chubby. Our vet suggested switching foods. We talked to the BB rep in Petsmart and they suggested a dry food that helped with the weight. We did the slow transition over and he didn't seem to mind it too much. Dexy started to do well with the weight loss. He started to become more inactive the more he ate however. One day he was yowling and we rushed him to the vet. Turns out he had a complete urinary blockage. He was in hospital for a week.

I just took my dog to the vet for leaking blood. He has a small stone in his urinary track. We recently switched dog food from Iams to Blue Wilderness being coaxed by the commercial that it is the most natural thing for your dog. It may be why he developed the deposits but you can't say for sure. I'm switching him back to Iams to eliminate my suspicion on Blue Wilderness. Vet said that the pets that come in with urinary type symptoms a large % of those patients are on Blue, though that may not be the cause. It's only an observation.

I had a wonderful Golden Retriever who was like a kid to us. First signs of trouble started when she suddenly became incontinent. After a few trips to the vet and trying some meds, they figured out that her liver was not functioning the way that it should, so they did a biopsy and sent her samples out to two expert institutions including Rutgers University. We received a call from our vet who told us that Rutgers called her to tell us to stop feeding her whatever it was we were feeding her. Right away because it was making her sick. One week later our dog experienced complete liver failure and we were forced to put her to sleep. Blue Buffalo had our email, they always sent us coupons, but they couldn't inform us that their food was making animals sick? This is a despicable company that does not care about it's customers, only the bottom line.

I have a eight pound very healthy Yorkie dog! He had just had a complete check-up with a glowing report of great health. I had recently decided to change his food to the Blue Brand due to reviews of a good quality food. Suddenly he became very ill ... couldn't walk... vomiting... horrible stomach pain! Rushed him to the vet and $600.00 later, the vet says his stomach, intestines, and his pancreas was inflamed. This is a dog that was never ever sick. She said to stop the food immediately and give him no food or water for 24 hours. He was given IVs to give him fluids and meds to calm the condition, plus pain meds due to the severe pain. 48 hours later, he was feeling better and was able to hold down small amounts of food and water. The outcome of this story is the food caused this condition. Food was bad or contaminated with something. Pet owners beware - do not buy this food!!!! It was a horrible thing to go through and it caused such a horrible... This brand should be removed from stores.

My German Shepherd mix has been on this food for about 1 1/2 months. Within the last week, she started to have loose stools and diarrhea. We took a sample to the Vet thinking it might be a fecal parasite or giardia. Both test came back negative. I gave her a little kibble today after being on a bland diet and she vomited. I started looking at the food which is rated as 5 stars. I was surprised and appalled to see that the same issues are occurring with other dogs. It started with this most recent bag. We will immediately be switching food brands - our other dog, a Terrier mix, seems to be fine at the moment except that he is looking for grass to eat but I'm not waiting for something to happen to him.

Started feeding my dogs Blu Wilderness grain free weight mgmt. Within a week one of my dogs, a very inactive shih tzu, started showing lethargy. Took blood work and found liver problem. Right now trying to keep her alive with sub q fluids and feeding with syringe. Cannot get her to eat.

I was recommended Blue Wilderness my cat, by a Pet Smart employee. My cat is not very vocal but when I put the food in her bowl she nibbled at 5 pieces and start meowing like crazy. She was hungry but she REFUSED to eat it. When I went back to Pet Smart, they were nice enough to let me exchange the product, and I immediately put her back on Pro Plan which she loves. I know that animals don't lie and when something is wrong they do their best to communicate it. Listening to her probably saved her life and I'm so grateful. I wonder how long will it take before this product (given its level of complaints) will be pulled from the shelves?

I have fed my Weimaraner puppy with this food since she is two months old. She is 6 months old now and It seems like her health problems now started to increase. In 4 months since I have her, I visited the veterinary more than 20 times. She has been under too much medication, first diarrhea problems very frequently, which at first we thought it can be caused by things that she eats from the floor. However, we changed her diet to Prescription food for gastrointestinal problems and she improved immediately after the first meal. She also has hives throughout her skin and in two weeks of treatment still can't improve. I just finally decided to make the change and follow the vet recommendation to switch to Royal Canin hypoallergenic diet for two months until she gets better. I am really frustrated and disappointed with Blue Buffalo as I have spent too much money not only in that brand thinking that I was feeding her the best food, but also in Vet visits to cure all the issues. I can't wait to see my puppy back to normal and definitely will not getting back to Blue Buffalo food anymore.

My little chihuahua was vomiting every time she ate Blue Buffalo, and left little brown pellets of the food all over the floor. I assumed it was the vitamin. Then she started having bloody stools so I took her to vet and he asked me what she was eating. I told him Blue Buffalo and Thank God he knew about this recall so I just threw that damn food out and hope she will be better. He gave her gastro antibiotics and vit b12. I read some of the articles and saw others were having similar problems! Thank God the vet knew about this.

Before purchasing food for my American bulldog puppy I did a lot of research and this seemed to be a high quality food (especially at over $60 a bag)... Soon after she had constant diarrhea, started throwing up on occasion, severely dehydrated, and downright lethargic.... This went on for a few months with a couple of vet visits.... I thought maybe it was an isolated dogs reaction to the food... as I did more research on possible causes and I ran across all of the negative reviews on this site.

I have an 8 1/2 yr old cairn terrier with a rock hard constitution. I decided to switch from her regular food to the "healthier" Blue Buffalo. Within days she would begin only eating 1/2 her food. Within 2 weeks she had lost so much weight. I could feel her ribs, she began to vomit up almost every meal, had very loose stool and her abdomen filled up with fluid!! I panicked and took her to the vet. At this point we've run every test (liver, kidneys, heart, urine, etc.) and everything is clean. The vet has put her on a diuretic to drain off some of the fluid. He is stumped so we're going to a specialist tomorrow to rule out cancer, etc. Currently we're at $600 in vet bills - before the specialist! My normally healthy fur baby was fine until we changed to BB. After reading these posts I'm definitely throwing that stuff away! The vet tech told me that "not tested on animals" goes both ways...you also don't know how it affects your pets!!! DO NOT FEED THIS TO YOUR PETS!

First off I've been reading all these posts. So let's start off by saying this dog food is amazing. Secondly, everyone needs to realize if your dog is not a breed that requires high protein, don't give this to your dog. I have two wolf malamute hybrid and they require the higher levels of protein. I've tried other brands and always the same thing, diarrhea, vomiting and extremely lethargic. Also instant switching of dog food can cause kidney failure in your pet so don't blame the food or the company because most of these foods I've read that people are feeding their animals have been recalled within the last three years at least once. Blue buffalo hasn't been recalled in almost ten years. I'll feed my dogs this till the day they die.

I fed my 4 cats Science Diet cat food for all of their lives. One older cat started getting fat and the vet suggested food with more protein and less cereal to help him lose weight. I decided to switch all cats to BB (because of its purported high quality) slowly - mixing old food with new. All went well for a couple weeks. They loved it and their coats looked amazing. However, after feeding a full diet of BB for 2 week without a problem - the latest new bag of BB caused MASSIVE soupy diarrhea in all cats (luckily the cat box room is tiled - but what a gross mess to clean up...!!) & all cats subsequently refused to eat the food. Vet check showed no giardia or other parasites. Hard to imagine that all 4 non-related cats had a similar "allergic" reaction. Threw away the remaining BB and started them on Fromms. They acted like they were starving after refusing the BB that made them sick. Stools & appetites back to normal. Lesson learned... Stay away from the mixed quality of BB. BTW - I am not a competitor of BB - as the company always seems to claim when responding to these types of reviews. Wish I had listened to the other similar consumer complaints...

I am currently feeding Blue Buffalo Lamb and Rice Formula for Small Breeds but was previously feeding the Small Breed Salmon formula. My 8 year old Jack Russell terrier is currently suffering from lack of appetite, eating large amounts of grass, and has had bloody stools on occasion. I have suspected the food brand since a young vet near my home said he had seen problems with dogs on that diet. My small half Chihuahua tolerates it fine but the JRT does not. Both dogs love cooked vegetables and I have lots of grass fed beef so I will make my own food for them from now on. I have checked a couple of websites for recipes. I am certain with a little prep time I can create a healthier diet for them with fresh food. I can also feed small amounts of my vitamins. I am disappointed, but so glad I read these reviews.

I own a Golden Retriever and a Black Lab mix, both 6 1/2 yrs old. My Golden Retriever can get finicky with her food, so I have to change it up every 4-6 mos. My Black Lab is on Royal Canin Urinary SO because she has an issue with bladder stones. The last time I had to change food for my Golden, I decided to try Blue Buffalo brand, as their advertisements made it seem like it was the best on the market. WRONG!!!

Sensitive Solutions Formula - Duck & Potato Recipe. My cat OBED is so sick from this food. I bought it at Petsmart - He was on Hill's Science Diet before I started feeding him the Buffalo Blue food and did very well on it. THRIVED IN FACT - Full of energy, growing like a weed, his stools were absolutely normal. I was at Petsmart one day getting him some toys because he was very active at the time and loved to play hard and a lot - so I knew he was getting low on food - I looked around for about 40 minutes - reading all the labels. I wanted something comparable to Science Diet. I came across the Buffalo Blue and read the ingredients and label claims. So thought I would try it. It's still a very expensive food - I thought it had to be good.

I have a 14 month old Belgian Malinois. This is an expensive working dog. I started her on Blue Buffalo and she got sick... Bloody stool, vomiting. Vet could find nothing wrong. Switched to Blue Freedom. Conditions worsened. Bloody stool turned dark and tar looking. She got real sick. All she would do is lay in her crate and moan. I've had her on a bland diet for 3 weeks now. Vet just pumped her stomach and removed a fist sized gob of what looked like bloody tar and kibble. I'm pissed. After getting that crap out of her, she seems to feel better and even was a little playful tonight - wanting to be petted. Blue products should be banned. I don't buy for one second that anyone has good luck with this food.

I bought Blue Senior food for my 12 year old long haired dachshund. Oscar had one meal last night and vomited a small amount. I gave him a meal this morning and he seemed OK but hours later he vomited a large amount. I will not be giving him any more of the food. I have called the company but did not receive a call back yet. I'm sorry I did not check reviews before I bought 24 pounds of dog food.

I own four large healthy dogs. I felt guilty watching the BB commercial so I switched to BB, thinking it was an above quality dog food. My dogs loved it and still do. Unfortunately several months later I am frustrated wondering why my dogs are constantly sick. I decided to read the BB reviews. Every bad review sounds like it could have been written by me. Needless to say, I'm now switching back to another brand.

Two months ago, I gradually started switching my four dogs from Science Diet to BB Freedom. They completely switched to BB Freedom one month ago. Since then, all four dogs have had diarrhea, vomiting & blood in their stools. Initially, I assumed they got into something, but I am now convinced they are unable to tolerate Blue Buffalo. They've been seen by their Vet & he assumed they ate something bad. I am switching back & will never buy this food again.

I am extremely happy with Blue Buffalo's products. I have a Samoyed who is now 10 years old and have tremendous success with their products. There has never been a problem and she has been on their food since puppyhood. Now people have got to understand that just because it is a great food does not mean that it will be fantastic for their dog. I decided just a couple of days ago to try another brand and it is a great food as well but guess what, it does not work for my dog. She vomited and had severe diarrhea. My husband right now is going back to the store to change it back to Blue Buffalo.

After seeing several vets, including a renowned vet in Atlanta, paying for shots, special shampoos, medications and buying food sold by those vets, I watched several videos on how to inspect ingredients on dog food as listed on the label as well as of what to be aware. I bought Blue Buffalo as I was trying to remember how to select dog food. As I was feeding our three dogs, beginning their second small bag, I yelled at my husband that our male dog's skin welts were gone. I had just noticed it. The 2 older dogs were noticeably more active. Blue Buffalo is amazing. That is all we will ever feed, ever. I am an unbiased source except by pure, excellent results. I didn't think it would "work" but it obviously did. Blue Buffalo is great and even my tightwad husband doesn't mind the extra expense. The vet bills were killing us.

I bought a 30-lb bag of Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Chicken & Brown Rice. Both of my small adult dogs began having bouts of nausea & vomiting, excessive thirst (and I mean EXCESSIVE) and bloody stools. My vet could find nothing wrong with them but suggested a bland diet for a few days. They were fine then until I started them back on the BB, when it started again. One had a seizure. I paid a lot for that food because even though I don't have a lot of money I wanted to feed my dogs the best. Little did I know it would make them sick. I've thrown it away & the first day I quit feeding it to them again they were fine. Coincidence? I don't think so.

My cat ate Blue Buffalo canned food for two years with no problems. Then we bought three new trays of canned food last month. They were the Tasty Gravy flavors: Salmon, Trout, and Turkey. She started vomiting after most meals. At first we thought that she was simply eating too much too quickly. So we started feeding her less. The vomiting after eating continued. I switched to another brand and the vomiting stopped immediately. I think that something was very wrong with at least one batch of the Tasty Gravy canned foods. I do not think that it was food allergy related, because the new food was similar in listed major ingredients, protein levels, etc. I wanted to alert others.

I just got the Blue Buffalo Freedom Grain-Free for Indoor Cats (Dry Food) from my local pet store. The Lot number on the food is P1724 5 3A02) and I just realized that the label says it's "best by April 2, 2014," yet I purchased it on April 6, 2014 so this should have been pulled from the shelves. I mixed this with their regular canned cat food (Wellness) to avoid any dietary problems.

I happened to be reading these reviews and saw so many scathing ones that I created an account to defend an amazing product. Shortly after we adopted our heeler mix we discovered she had a bad bladder infection. She finished antibiotics only for another to return two weeks later. After her fourth consecutive bladder infection our vet recommended we put her on a Science Diet urinary health formula. We were quickly disappointed to discover that the food only seemed to aggravate the situation. That is when we saw there was a direct link between her diet and the infections. I was skeptical to put the dog on BB because I thought I was being a sucker for a holistic dog food trend. As soon as we switched her to Blue Buffalo her infections ceased within a matter of days.

We have been buying Blue Buffalo since my 7 year old dog was 2. We have 3 dogs now and all became ill after feeding them (BB Lamb small bites) a new bag we just opened. They all have diarrhea with blood and mucous. In all these years, we had no problem, but I can only assume this company is falling. We will be switching brands after we get their stomach back on track. With the money you pay, you would think they had a way of monitoring their food and sources. I am outraged that we just put money out to a vet and now wasted money on a brand new bag of food. What a crock! Don't buy Blue Buffalo, they are hiding complaints and don't own up to anything!!!

My cat is 10, he never eats litter. He ate this litter. I've spent $1500 at three different vets in two days already trying to help him. His intestines are blocked so bad from this litter that an enema isn't breaking it apart. In the small amount that has come out we can see the gritty bits of the walnut litter. One of his kidneys has stopped functioning. He's extremely inflamed and he won't eat. Tomorrow he gets to be anesthetized to have it manually removed if nothing more comes out overnight.

I adopted my Kitten from the pound and started him on BB Wilderness for kittens. First he refused to eat the food. Then when he did finally eat it, he got terribly sick and would not stop throwing up, which obviously lead him to be dehydrated and lethargic. After switching his food to Wellness Complete Health for Kitten, he is doing much better and has TONS of energy. I would not recommend Blue Buffalo to anyone.

My daughter has a pug terrier mix. She has been in perfect health until my daughter switched her food to Buffalo Blue. My daughter noticed her dog was tired and thirsty. She took her to the vet and they admitted her to the ER. She went into renal failure due to the high protein in the diet. She has lost 85% of her kidneys and liver and is not expected to pull through. The vet bills so far are over $2000 and rising. There should be a HUGE warning label on the packaging.

Our dog ate the BB Wilderness and vomited and pooped all over the house. There was blood in her stool! This is a serious problem, obviously and Pet Smart said they had never heard a complaint before. I am very upset that this is being ignored by BB and by sellers of the product.

When we first brought our cat home he had only been back at the pound a day and they didn't know what the couple that surrendered him had been feeding him. We started him on Blue Buffalo Indoor Health in the blue bag and a variety of canned Blue Buffalo flavors. Cat started to reject the Blue wet food after a week but always happily gobbled the dry. Right from the start he had bad gas and loose stools (not liquid, but not normal). His gas and the smell of his BMs improved a lot when we stopped the Blue wet, but the stool was still soft. We weren't sure if he still needed to adjust to the Blue or if we needed to switch dry brands all together. It had been almost a month at this point. Finally we switched him a different holistic dry food and within two days his stool firmed and the smell went away. It had to have been the Blue dry.

My dog loves Blue Buffalo. He's only 12lbs but eats this dog food better than any other. Was told by a vet that this food is known to cause gall stones. I've not had this issue but now I'm worried. Has anyone heard of or gone thru this issue with gall stones?

I have used Blue Buffalo food for several years for both cats and dogs with no issues. The last bag of cat food I bought, I switched to Blue Wilderness salmon mix. I have just gotten my male cat back from the emergency vet - blocked urethra, toxins backed up from bladder/kidneys back into his body. We almost lost him. It was unbelievably expensive. He's only 6.5 years old and has always been healthy. My female cat has been lethargic and not eating in the last few days also. I would never have thought the food was the problem, but after reading others' experiences, I'll never buy Blue Buffalo again. I remember the scandal about melamine in pet food that came from China causing death a few years ago. I wonder...

When I switched my dog to blue Buffalo, she started to get a skin rash and now has ear problems.

I have never taken a complaint to consumers affairs. I decided to do this as I believe every dog owner should be aware of what kind of food they are buying their dog. We recently got our new puppy and of course wanted to get the best food on the market. We were under the impression Blue Buffalo was one of the best. Our dog Riley had a scary episode of vomiting 9 consecutive times one night. As he is small in size, weighs only 3 lbs, we were worried it can be something serious. We took him to the ER and after parvo testing, X-rays, SQ hydration and $300 vet bill they all came out clear. A few days later he started having loose stools went into smelly diarrhea. Again we took him to the vet, they tested for parasites, worms and again results were negative. Like another review on here he had a lot of scratching but has no fleas. After seeing all these reviews I just couldn't believe it. We switched his food and problem solved. Riley is now a healthy puppy. Save your dog from this and don't buy this food.

I began switching my 7-year-old Lab from his current Science Diet food to Blue Buffalo. I was very careful to make sure I mixed only a small amount of the Blue Buffalo with his existing kibble as to not upset his stomach. 4 Days of vomiting, bloody diarrhea and a $600 vet bill later, I found my pooch was in great health and it had been the food that caused the symptoms. I'm not sure what it is in the food that caused this but I'm very disappointed.

I had always used Iams with great success. My Chocolate Lab lived to be 14 years old. He passed away last June. Last Nov. I decided to get a Rottweiler. He was 8 weeks old. I went to Petsmart to purchase food and right away everyone pushes Blue Buffalo. I was hesitant especially since it costs so much more than Iams. I figured I'd give it a try. We purchase the Dry Lamb for Puppies. His stool was always very wet and loose but everything seemed okay so we kept him on it. I Figured it was the best and just because he was a puppy and getting used to the food. But he never had diarrhea.

Our dog, an 11 1/2 year old Cocker Spaniel suffers from a moderate to severe skin condition. Always trying to search for something that may help her skin, my husband researched and felt confident switching our fur baby's food to Blue Buffalo. As a side note, our dog has NEVER had digestion problems after switching food as we do it often. This time was not the same case. She was at first struggling to have a bowel movement which was the first sign something wasn't right. That same night my husband woke to her whining at the front door but before he could get her out the door she had a major blow out. That was the first of many.

I have 2 older, healthy dogs. Smaller animals. I was concerned about the vitamins and nutrients they were getting aging and still being so active. I switched them to Blue Buffalo.. Going on 1 month now, both dogs have been so sick for the past couple days. Vomiting, bloody diarrhea, urinating in the house, excessive drinking.. I have had to refill the water bowl multiple times throughout the day. Today the dogs have been taken off the food, on rice and broth. Trip to the vet to be safe. No one hurts my fur kids. Be cautious, remove your animals from this food.

I decided to try Blue Buffalo Holistic Lamb stew and dry food because my dog has a sensitive stomach. I wanted something without corn, wheat, soy and by-products. I had read reviews some good more back but decided to give it a try. On the first day I gave him his old food and about 1/4th the of the Blue stew and dry, diarrhea, 2nd day I gave him 1/3rd mixture of the Blue stew and dry diarrhea and vomiting, on the 3rd day figuring maybe it was just the change and his system had to get use to it he experienced diarrhea, vomiting and started breathing really hard and really atrocious smelling gas while trying to defecate. At this point I took him outside and he vomited up hunks of the food and had watery diarrhea. That was it for me, I took the food back, put him back on his old food and the next day he ate his old food like he was starving and his stool were a little loose but not diarrhea. No Blue for me anymore.

I have a Bichon (Teddy), 11 years old. This dog eats anything and never gets sick. I switched his food from Purina Pro Plan to Blue Diamond about 6 months ago. About a week ago he started vomiting yellow bile once a day. Then 3 days ago he would vomit 5 minutes after eating Blue Diamond and all it contained was the food, lots of it. He will not eat it now. He walks away from his bowl. After reading the reviews, I fed him rice and hamburger and gave him one of his treats and he has not thrown up. I am convinced that something is wrong with Blue Diamond and I will never give it to him again! I thought since it was so expensive it would be good for him... WRONG!!! I'm going back to Purina Pro Plan and calling the vet on Monday.

Although there are only 2 types of moist dog food that my dogs will eat they will not eat any of the little dark brown pieces of food that is mixed in with the larger lighter brown food. They love the light brown food but spit out all of the little dark brown pieces all over my floor. Even if there is even one piece in the food, they will find it and it is on my floor. Is there any way that you can make packages with only the light brown pieces in the bag? My dogs are small so they eat the small dog food except for the dark brown pieces that I have to stand there and pick all of them out or I end up with a mess on my floor. Does anyone else have this problem?

Blue Buffalo divine delights wet small breed canned food - Lamb/duck with "savory sauce" give me a break my dog is NOT eating REAL LAMB OR DUCK. This is BS! When I go out to eat a piece of lamb is over $60 so is duck so I'm not buying that they have found a way to put duck or lamb into an affordable dog meal. Plus I have a Pug 15 months now. I've been feeding him on BB Divine Delights wet food for 4 months. I notice little black dots that look like pepper in the wet food when I warm, mash and mix his dry food in up in it. The food looks absolutely disgusting and I HAVE to know what those little black dots are?? Can someone help?

I'll start by saying that I can't prove that the Blue Buffalo Wilderness formula is the cause of my cat's recent illness, but if I had read the reviews on this site before I decided to switch his food, I NEVER would have picked this product or anything from the Blue Buffalo food line. My cat is 7 years old with absolutely no prior health problems, he's an active and happy boy. I decided to switch to Blue Buffalo about a year ago because I thought it was a higher quality product for my cat. It may include higher quality ingredients than some other cat foods, but I am not convinced it is a good quality food after all and like any other food it's not for every cat, especially not mine.

I had to find a new dog food for our Soft-Coated Wheaten Terrier and Blue Buffalo was suggested by the breeder. Wheatens can not eat any food with grains and I buy the lamb with brown rice. Not to be gross but I've never had a dog poop so often and not ever have an upset stomach. I think $60.00 for 30 lbs is expensive but worth it.

I started feeding my two healthy cats Blue Buffalo Wilderness grain free dry food approximately 2 1/2 years ago. In May of 2012 one of my cats, Namaste, started drinking lots more water and urinating much more frequently. Several months later Neesa stated exhibiting the same symptoms. I found this website, which states many cases similar to mine. I have taken stellar care of my beloved cats, from filtered water, nutritional supplements, homeopathic care, etc. There is a correlation with the consumption of Blue Buffalo food and my cats' symptoms. They were both healthy and then suddenly their health started deteriorating. Neesa has stabilized for now but Namaste is not doing well. They have been off the food for many months. I am very discouraged.

I know my Min Pin Isabella is getting older. She is around 14 now and of course the love of my life but I started her and my other Min Pin on Blue Buffalo several years ago and now my Bella has a large open wound like cancer under her paw pads that will not go away so I am getting biopsy soon, not sure if it is related or not but it looks like cancer. I really wish our babes could outlive us. Any help would be appreciated as what is might be and if this might be affecting her quality of life. I'm feeding her for treats now cottage cheese organic and low fat with Flaxseed oil. Wish me luck.

I have tried to contact Blue Buffalo and they do not call back and when you call you have to leave a message. I had my dog on Blue and one of the rep. recommend, because she was a schnauzer to put her on the new Wilderness lightweight. I tried it and also added a little bit of the longevity can. She got sick after about three weeks and had blood in her stool and that night I took her to the Pet ER and they took x-rays and found pockets of gas in the intestines and abdomen.

We have a 3 yr old Australian Shepherd. Since we got him at 9 weeks old, he's been on Purina Pro Plan recommended from the Breeder. Our neighbor recommended Blue Buffalo. After reading the packaging, we decided to switch. 1 week later, our dog has become severely ill. 36 hour diarrhea and 2 vet visits later, our dog is dragging his rear end and whining. Steroid shot, antibiotic and a probiotic prescribed. Warm compresses and lots of petting. He's drinking a lot and panting. We have switched him back to Pro Plan with 2 tablespoons of white rice and his stool is getting back to normal. However, his bottom is severely inflamed. What a nightmare. DO NOT GIVE YOUR DOG THIS FOOD. Our dog does not have a sensitive stomach at all, but this food almost ended his life. As soon as we switched back, the diarrhea stopped.

We started our Shih Tzu on Blue Buffalo from Purina 1. She was having a lot of itching so we were told could be the food. Started her on basic and then the watery stools started off and on for several weeks. After 4 weeks on the food she had a seizure and we rushed her to the vet clinic 24 hr service. They could find nothing except she had lost 4 pounds in the month. Stopped the food and no more seizures for 3 months now. She is on Zen and has gained her weight back and the watery stools stopped. I contacted Blue with our $331 vet bill and complained about the food. They actually told me they had never had a recall and that I can read anything posted by anyone on the internet. Told me to send copies of vet bill with diagnosis and sample of the food. That was 3 months ago and no contact. I heard someone else bought the company and they are using fillers. Has anyone else heard that?

My 11-year-old kitty threw up after eating Blue Mountain and kept making choking noises and when I came home from work he was dead. After reading this website I am wondering if it was the food. I am now scared to feed my two other cats any more of this food! This was a horrible experience and my cat was never sick before. I have been feeding them this food for over 3 years.

Our otherwise healthy dog has been extremely sick for the last two weeks - projectile vomiting (never seen a dog do that!?), watery eyes, fever, excessive thirst, diarrhea, very elevated liver enzymes after a vet visit. After reading these posts - where people list the same exact symptoms for their pets - I am pretty convinced there's a link between the kibble and her symptoms. The vomiting only stopped when we completely stopped the kibble. Once we tried to start her back on it, the vomiting came back. NOW I also see that P&G - who has bought Blue Buffalo - has placed several of its products on recall, due to potential salmonella contamination. Hmmm... Perhaps Blue Buffalo owes us an apology?

If you have a bag of food that appears to be causing an issue with your dog return it to the store that you bought it from. It could be the bag. If for some reason the bag is outdated that 'could' be part of it, but my experience with Blue as a whole is that they stand behind their product. Just because you had a bad experience with 1 bag... doesn't mean you should put a negative recommendation out there if you have not tried these other things. All stores selling Blue will return your food for a credit or a new bag. It is not uncommon to have a bag once in awhile (any brand) that something didn't sit right.

I have two German Shepherds. The oldest has pretty bad allergies. I wanted a quality food and bought Blue. The Wilderness worked for about six months, then my youngest dog refused to eat it. I switched to Blue Basics and my older dog has bad gas and liquid stools. Yesterday my youngest vomited twenty minutes after eating. He appeared hungry, but since he was "sick" I fed him oats and rice. Since he seemed to tolerate this, I fed him Blue for dinner. Twenty minutes later he threw it up. Bought a new food today... no more vomiting. Have to wait to see about the stools in the older guy.

We had been feeding our Boston Terrier BB Homestyle Recipe Chicken Dinner in the can for a few years. Previously I had cooked an all natural dog food from a veterinarian recipe. However my job had become too cumbersome to continue so we switched him to BB based on their claims stated on the can "You'll love the fact that he's getting the superior nutrition of the very best ingredients." He seemed to like it, however we did notice that he had very smelly gas and horrible breath, and he didn't previously with the food that I made for him.

Both of my dogs had been eating Royal Canin prescribed veterinary dog food. My nine year old Westie for 8 years and my Westiepoo for 7 years. Two years ago Royal Canin must have changed the formula because both of my dogs developed colitis and I was at wits end trying to cure it. At the same time we relocated to town from the country and my vet said that was the reason behind the colitis problem. The stress of the move. However the colitis problem did not clear up even after one year in our new home.

We've been feeding our 2-yr-old Pit Blue kibble since she was a pup. First the Puppy formula then either Chicken/Rice or Wild. About a month ago we bought a new bag of the Chicken and Rice. She got terrible diarrhea. Switched to boiled chicken and white rice (with probiotic from Shinto's). As soon as we added any of kibble back to her diet, the diarrhea came back. This happened 3 times. Finally vet diagnosed bacterial infection and put her on antibiotics. Just finished the treatment yesterday, added the kibble to boiled chicken, boiled rice and Shinto's wet good and diarrhea is back. It is crystal clear, it's the kibble. Formula must have changed when the company was purchased by P&G!

My 1 1/2 yr old tortie was eating Blue Buffalo when she was a year old. I thought I did my research thoroughly as far as what food to feed her. After reading several sites on the internet, I've been looking at the first 3 ingredients that are listed on the product. Blue Buffalo fit the requirement, or so I thought. Last week, she started having blood in her urine. I took her to the Vet immediately and she was diagnosed with bladder infection. Apparently her urine crystal is something like 4/4. She received a shot and her diet was changed. The Vet said that most pets that she has seen with renal problems were eating Blue Buffalo. Now she is eating Purina, food from the Vet. I have yet to take her back next week for her follow up. I have nothing against Blue Buffalo but I hope that other animals will be save by sharing my experience.

I recently got a new puppy (December 12, 2013), and as we transitioned her to Blue Buffalo Wilderness Large Puppy formula from Victor (a Texas Based holistic dog food). We already have a 2 year old dog on Wilderness and so we thought we would put the puppy on it as well, since our dog loves it so much. She loved the taste of it, wouldn't even touch Victor when we put them side by side. Well within a few days, we notice that her stool was very soft and often watery. She was having a hard time holding it, and you could tell it was hurting her a little. Since we were not giving her any people food, Blue Buffalo was the only common factor.

Switched my 9 week old Labrador Retriever puppy over to Blue Buffalo Large Breed Puppy following the instructions on the bag. It's been 1 week and had nothing but loose, mucous, smelly stool and gas. After one feeding of chicken, white rice and cottage cheese formula, he had a normal stool. I have been feeding my 2 adult Labs Blue Buffalo for quite a while. Switching all 3 dogs now to another food. I believe BB is a bunch of crap! Going to see if I can get my money back.

We have been using Blue Buffalo life protection formula adult for some time with our 8 y/o female german shepherd and were very happy with it. 7 days ago, we purchased a new bag from Petsmart Folsom, California. There is a date on the bag 1/2013 and another date that states "best before 8/2014". Dog began vomiting and having loose stools this morning, some of the vomit contains the kibble. Only other feed was boiled chicken. I am suspicious that the problem is Blue Buffalo; of course, I cannot be sure. The reason I am posting is to see if others are having the same problem. This dog has never looked like this in the past. This is a dog that is kept indoors, we have no other pets.

So, I have recently finished my second bag of Blue Buffalo Wilderness Puppy (one 4lbs and one 11lbs). My 11-12 lb Bruno (about 12-months old - we're not sure just how old exactly he is, he was found in the bushes, so we think he's at around 12 months) Jack Russell-Rat Terrier Mix has done exceptionally well on BB Wilderness Puppy. Ever since we switched him from Nutro Small Breed Puppy, his fur got shiny and soft, his skin looked pink and clear, and his stools were alright. At first he was only getting BB Wilderness Puppy and the stools were kind of soft, but his second bag we mixed with a 4-lb bag of Vets' Choice Holistic Health Extension Original and his stool has firmed up since when he was on BB only, and he only has a BM 3 times a day.

I adopted a neighborhood stray and have had him for 4 years now. About 6 months ago I started feeding him Blue Wilderness for Cats. Then I noticed he was losing his hair on his tummy, genitals, and down the insides of his back legs and it was spreading. He seemed healthy otherwise. I am always up to date on shots and teeth cleaning for him. I put 2 and 2 together and realized that the only difference was the Blue Wilderness. I stopped feeding him the and within 2 weeks he is regrowing his hair. This food is terrible.

I don't know if this is related it or not. One of my cats died mysteriously. I had started feeding my cats a dry blue product and don't know if it was the cause or not. I have 7 other cats who were eating the same food and seem to be okay. I also supplement with canned food, but the one who died was the biggest eater and favored dry food. I am going to stop using it for now until I get more information.

I thought I was using a good food. My pups were getting sick a lot and their breath was terrible. I took them off it and put them on Rachael Ray Nutrish, they love it, their breath is 100% better and they aren't getting sick....

About a year ago I started feeding my German Shepherds Blue Buffalo. I researched and found it was a 5 star food, the Best, or so I thought? I have noticed that my dogs might have loose stool occasionally, but I have been trying to get my pups stools right for 3 months? They were raised the first 6 weeks on Victor, no issues, perfect hard stools, but I wanted the BEST for my show pups, so I put them on Blue, nothing but diarrhea since then. Like one of the other reviews, the vet has tested, found nothing just keeps giving me Flagyl, as long as they take it, they are okay, but the minute I quit giving it, nasty stool.

My two, strictly indoor cats have been on Blue buffalo adult indoor formula dry cat food and treats for about 3 years. My female cat started having diarrhea and blood in her stool last year. In June, my 6 year old male began throwing up overnight (5-6 times/week), weight loss (5 lbs in 6 months), urinating a lot more than usual, thirsty all the time and had a change in his overall behavior.

Please if you are having issues w/ the cat or dog food call them! 800- 919-2833 Mon-Fri 9-5 Mountain Time Zone. Just like People, every company can get bad meat! Foster Farms just had a huge recall!!! I've been using Blue Buffalo for so long, for all my dogs and cats. They do not answer or read these links! Call them or they will never know! How can they recall something no one tells them about!

We took our two dogs to the Petsmart Banfield vets for their yearly shots and we're informed about the Blue Buffalo GI problems. We immediately switched off the product before we encountered any problems with our dogs. I recommend that you do the same.

My dog Dickens was on Blue as I thought it was the best. His pH level got out of whack, and he wasn't feeling good. The vet told me to switch food - which I did to Science Diet - problem resolved - I'm sticking w/ it for good. My cat was fed canned Blue, and started vomiting profusely - ended up at the vet overnight w/ pancreatic problems. He needed IV for dehydration, and now is on Iams low residue for life - at least he recovered, and is doing terrific on his new food. Be careful w/ what you feed your pets as we are all learning this.

My cat became ill over the weekend, so I took him to the ER. He had GI issues and he stopped eating all together. The ER vet asked me what I feed him and I told her Blue Buffalo, which I thought was the best food out there. When I told her this, she looked at me and said "I hate that stuff! I have lost count of the number of pets I have seen come in here recently with severe issue related to that food, specifically the dry food." I was in complete shock! Here I thought I was feeding my "babies" the best food on the market. BTW, this ER doctor has over 35 years of experience and she's a published author on pet health. As soon as I got home, I tossed out all of the high priced garbage and went to the store to get new food. Please think twice about ever feeding this stuff to your pets!!!

Not sure what the problem is, but put a new older kitten on BB Kitten formula and he had diarrhea for days. When I switched to ProPlan, it completely stopped.

I picked up my 8yr old cat a couple can of wet food. I fed him one yr. I woke up this morning to liquid stool with blood. I looked at the other cans of food & noticed that they were expanded. They weren't like that when I first bought them. I contacted my vet & he told me they were spoiled & that I need to come & get meds right away or I'll lose him within a few hrs. Now waiting to see if he'll recover.

I fed my 3 dogs and my rats Blue Buffalo for years and was happy with it. Recently I bought 1 new bag of Life Protection Formula Large breed kibble, 1 new bag of Life Protection Formula Senior kibble and a case of canned Turkey Meatloaf Homestyle Recipe. My Shih Tzu/Poodle mix and my standard poodle both had several bouts of bloody mucusy diarrhea that resolved after feeding boiled chicken and rice and green beans for a few days and the standard poodle was on Metronidazole. But when I put them back on Blue Buffalo, they immediately got diarrhea again that immediately resolved when I changed to a different brand of dog food. By accident I saw a post about cats being sick on Blue Buffalo and if you goggle Blue Buffalo there is a ton of similar complaints on the internet. I have to admit that this intermittent diarrhea started when I bought the 2 bags of food and a new case of canned. So I am erring on the side of caution and changed to a different brand of food.

If your pet is having diarrhea, vomiting, weight loss, smelly poop, dehydration, urinary difficulty or other symptoms, PLEASE call Blue Buffalo with the batch information on the food bag so they can get to the bottom of what is making them sick. Call them! They had this to say about my complaint. "However, if you feel that your pet is exhibiting any complications as a result of a BLUE product, please contact us (after contacting your vet first of course) to discuss. We will do everything we can to help and to get to the bottom of it: (800) 919-2833."

This is an update... We put our 7 1/2 yr. old cat Angel down. After the nausea medication wore off, she couldn't stop throwing up. We know it is from her eating Blue Buffalo. We did blood work & x-rays on her. We know one of her liver enzymes was elevated, there was no blockage. Our other cat Basso, he has been off of Blue Buffalo for 4 days. What a change in him. His fur is growing back. His urine output is down, which means his body is no longer getting rid of toxins and he has a ton of energy, having fun playing.

We welcomed our Lhasa puppy into our home on November 29, 2013. He was 10 weeks old at the time. Over a 3 week period I slowly transitioned him from the food the breeder had him on to Blue Buffalo small breed puppy chicken and oatmeal formula. He has been on that formula until about 10 days ago when I started switching him over to the Blue Buffalo freedom puppy formula. I made the switch because he has had consistent loose stools and bouts of diarrhea since going on the BB small breed chicken and oatmeal formula. Additionally he seemed to be scratching a lot (no fleas or flea bites). I thought perhaps he might have a grain allergy and tried the grain free formula.

I have had both cats on Blue Buffalo for 3 years. In the last 6 months, I have noticed 1 cat began losing his fur and now the other cat won't stop throwing up. We have noticed an increase in thirst in both cats. I just bought a new bag of Blue Buffalo and I am tossing it.

I have been feeding Blue Freedom to all of my pets. In the past two weeks my German Shepherd hasn't been too interested in his food which I noticed is when I just opened the new bag. Then in the past two days he would eat a little and then throw up within 20 minutes and yesterday wouldn't even look at any food, even chicken which is so not like him. He was vomiting yellow bile even after only drinking water. He is highly trained and has never ate anything off the ground or out of the garbage can and doesn't even have access to anything and gets leash walked.

Has anyone else noticed unknown BLACK objects in their dog's food that look very unappetizing? I'm pretty sure that they're not supposed to be in the food and I'm even more concerned after reading so many concerning reviews about BB. I thought that I was buying quality food for my beloved Golden!

On Dec 28 one of my dogs vomited the food then couldn't breathe then died before I could get to a Vet. The other 3 has vomited the food also and sounded like a choking so I have pulled all Blue Buffalo treats and wilderness and reg blue that small breed foods and changed.

Jasmine is 2 years old. When we got her, she was on Eukanuba and didn't seem to like it. I thought I would change her over to Blue since it was advertised as "the best premium organic" dog food on the market. A few months ago, I bought a bag of the Blue with Chicken and a bag of the Blue with Wilderness beef. She picked out the little round beef pieces and ate the chicken and seemed to be doing ok; however, I noticed that she ate only about 1/2 or less bowl of food a day and was extremely tired and not much energy at all. Two days ago, I purchased a can of the Blue chicken to mix with the dry and added only a tablespoon to the dry. She ate everything in her bowl.

We've fed our young Dachshunds Blue Buffalo since Feb 2013. All four are rescues Kai (born Sept 2012), Daisy (born April 2013), Finn & Oliver (born May 2013). I noticed in late June 2013 that Daisy was very gassy and Kai had horrible breath even with brushing and chew bones. Our vet didn't think it was the food. In Sept we adopted Finn and Ollie. After slowly starting BB, they also had gas, bad breath and diarrhea. After another vet visit all four had pumpkin and ground turkey until the diarrhea stopped; BB was slowly introduced again. After two weeks of BB alone, the severe diarrhea came back for all of the pups. We decided to switch to BB grain free and by early December they had the same issues. After a week of pumpkin and ground turkey, the diarrhea stopped and we started them on Wellness puppy. All of the prior issues stopped - no diarrhea, gas or bad breath. We had been advocates for use of Blue Buffalo but will not recommend or use it for our dogs.

Blue Buffalo Indoor Adult Cat Food - As a licensed veterinary technician, I am adamant about my animals getting the very best. So after reviewing many different diets (and before I found all these complaints) I had switched them to Blue. They loved the taste and ate it well. I wasn't a fan of how tiny the kibble was, they barely had to chew it at all. The food stated it also helped with odor control on top of weight control for indoor cats. Their poo smelled horrible. And on one occasion one of my cats was especially hungry so ate a little too quickly, and choked on one of the tiny kibbles. I almost had to do the Heimlich on my cat! She then coughed for 10 minutes straight.

I fed my 2 German Shepherds a mix of Blue Freedom Grain Free, and Blue Basics Grain Free. After 2 days, I noticed both dogs were very thirsty, and urinating more frequently. I took them to my vet, who did urinalysis for both, and their specific gravity was very high beyond the normal ranges. I then checked online to see if there were any problems associated with the food, and sure enough, the University of Michigan found back in 2010 that the Vitamin D which Blue Buffalo was adding to their food was causing hypercalcemia. U of M was very specific about the brand, because every complaint that people made had given this food to their pets.

I adopted two shelter rescues and wanted to provide them with the best nutrition I could offer, especially since they'd come from such dire conditions. We purchased both canned Blue and small breed 'Protection' kibble and I noticed they were often picky about the canned product, some times refusing it. Would not eat the lamb or venison varieties. Stool was always light, and one of the two simply would not gain weight. And she needed to. Then, some time earlier this year (2013) that same dog started experiencing horrible bowl movements; mucus and blood. The diarrhea would not relent, and the smell...

I had a 13-year-old cat who had eaten Wellness for most of his life. Then he just stopped eating it and got emaciated. I took him to the vet who thought it was IBD, so I switched to Blue Buffalo Basics Duck and Potato. He loved it and so did my other 4 cats. I wound up having to put him down in June of 2013. I was thinking it was something with the Wellness and kept my other cats on Blue Buffalo But changed it to the Chicken and Potato. Then in September, I had a problem with another cat. Who I thought was constipated but in another few weeks turned out to be in Liver failure and had an inflamed gall bladder. It took well over two months and $2500 to save her life and get her back to normal.

I got my puppy a few weeks ago and gradually switched her to Blue Buffalo, over 2 weeks, and she got extremely sick. Diarrhea, tired, not eating or drinking. So I called the company and told them about it and the lady had the.nerve to tell me it was my fault. She was sick that I didn't transition her properly. Well, I took my pup to the vet today and she has high counts of rod and cocci bacteria and colitis. The vet said it was more than likely her food and if she isn't better in 2 days, she has to be hospitalized. She could have died from the food and the company didn't even care. Needless to say my puppy will no longer be eating Blue Buffalo ever again!!

Dog loves the taste, poop too soft even while mixing with Puppy chow (original food), farts out of this world. Bought a 30-pound bag after reading all the reviews and receiving a $5 coupon from Blue thinking that it was the economical route. Blue warranties their product, will see if I can get reimbursed and I'll post again.

We got my puppy in mid--June this year but my husband and I talked about what food we were going to feed him and Blue was a top name. Little did we know about the negative health effects it had. We started him on Wilderness and planned to use a cheaper healthy brand when he turned a year old, simply because he wouldn't need the protein and nutrition Blue had to offer. We never put two and other together until he started getting diarrhea and I spoke to my sister whose friend's kitten nearly died because Blue screwed up her immune system. Red Flags? Oh yes? We spoke to our vet when we noticed the diarrhea wasn't going away. A bland diet took the problem and shoved it. We put our puppy back on the Blue and within hours his stool was runny. I did research and we switched him. His runny eye, fixed within an hour of him eating just a little of new dog food. Overall, he's not drinking as much, not scratching, his coat is looks healthier and he's more of the dog I brought home with me.

I got my puppy 1/1/2013 and I started him on Blue Buffalo Puppy Food. He ate canned and dry. When he got older I started him on the adult Blue Buffalo both dry and canned. He seemed to do well on it until October 2013, he got a bout of severe vomiting and diarrhea. At that time I assumed he had a stomach thing going on as dogs will sometimes get. When it didn't clear up and I took him to the vet where they gave him Flagyl and did a complete exam, stool sample, checked everything out. After taking his meds, he got better and we continued on Blue.

Blue Buffalo Wilderness Large Breed Puppy dry food - I have a 6-week old puppy. She was given to me and had been on Purina Puppy Chow without problem. When I got her, I decided to research on ingredients and decided to transition my puppy to a premium food. I picked BB because of ingredients and nearby availability, as well as the 5 star review on Dogfoodadvisor.com. In just two days, she began having many and very watery stools, which developed into diarrhea, dehydration and the protrusion of part of her rectum. She's currently (for at least 3 days) on boiled rice and chicken, antibiotics and ointments. Other signs were that she was very thirsty and very itchy to the point that she hurt herself. She was tested for parvo, etc., just to rule things out. She tested negative on all. The only change had been her food. The vet said that she's had an allergic reaction to at least some ingredient/s in this formula. So much for "premium" food!

Let me say that my 12.5 year old German shepherd has been having joint problems "not caused by Blue" BUT it got very worse a day or 2 ago, he literally couldn't lift his butt up to get up. He couldn't even go outside and he is much too heavy to lift. I had to go to his vet and get Novox medication for his joints so he could get up because my mother was saying, "He doesn't want to eat his food and won't get up, it may be time to put him down". We eventually got him outside in the snow to go to the bathroom but my husband literally had to lift his butt up all the way up the stairs so we could get him back in!

Our 5 1/2 month old German Shepherd puppy has had diarrhea for 2 1/2 days and this morning she threw up. The BB Salmon & Chicken Grill canned food has a sour smell but I thought maybe that's just normal. This morning she is refusing to eat this food and we are taking her to the vets to be checked out and see what food to feed her. I'll be calling BB to relate this situation to them and give them lot numbers off the can. I'll know more after we see the vet and hear back from BB.

Have a 14 year old Pek/Yorki/Shih Tzu mix. Been on BB canned for years. Within the past few months I've noticed an increase in water consumption, vomiting (yellow mucous), runny stools and frequent urination. Last week she developed continual diarrhea. Three days and nights of diarrhea (every 2 hours), major gas, significant increase in water consumption and continual urination. Never had a problem with bowl or urination accidents in the house, but last week was a first. Poor dog urinated twice in the house and could not hold her stool.

Started all 4 of my dogs on Blue about a month ago and am now realizing they have had a lot of health issues since. Our youngest who is 2 had an allergic reaction to something 2 weeks ago leaving her entire face swollen and since then, her and the rest of my dogs are all itching with bright red skin and are pooping something that looks like flea specks THAT I JUST SAW IN THE BLUE BASICS CAN THIS MORNING! Flaxseed is an ingredient, but I do not think Flaxseed floats around the house covering everything and anything it comes in contact with.

We have only had this rescue dog for one month and he was 7 months old when we got him. He came from North Carolina and had all his shots including Parvo and was quarantined for three days when he got here. Thinking we were doing well by him, we put him on BB Wilderness Chicken with sweet potato. To date, he has not had one bowel movement that was not watery. Last night, he threw up and had diarrhea the entire night!!! I have read many complaints about BB and want to know what to change him to.

We have a 1 1/2 yrs old Great Pyrenees who has been on BB, Innova, Wellness (during Innova recall), and now back on BB for about 3 months (on 4th bag, first 3 were regular large breed, 4th is fish large breed). Obviously she has always been on the large breed puppy, of large breed adult versions. Over the last month or two, she has been shedding a lot, pulling out the fur from her hind quarters, and been quite resistant to being brushed (which she used to love) to the point that she runs to her crate when she sees a brush. We thought maybe it was just needing omega added, but that has not helped and the problem has gotten drastically worse over the past 2 weeks.

My great Dane had diarrhea for 2 months, huge amount of stool. She would poop at least 7 or 8 times a day, had a lot of gas and she had a weird bad dog smell. I decided to switch over to TOTW, the result was almost instant. No more diarrhea, no more gas and no more bad puppy smell. She poops about 3 times a day but very little. So happy I made the switch.

I started my new Australian Cattle Dog puppy on Blue Buffalo Wilderness puppy food after a recommendation from the pet store. After being on it for a couple of months, he would vomit every few days and his stools were more soft than they were hard. The vomiting would be undigested food most of the time. He was also relatively lethargic for a cattle dog. A vet check told me he was otherwise healthy. I have since switched him to Taste of the Wild puppy formula and he has not vomited since and his stools are normal. He also has his energy back and has stopped itching so much. I wish I had read the reviews on here before purchasing the food. I will never buy BB again and I inform my animal-owning friends of the worrisome problems with the company's food.

I have used Blue Buffalo products for nearly 6 years since my dog was 8 weeks old and will soon be 6 years old and he has never suffered with any of adverse symptoms. After experiencing the dog food recall in 2006, I used to feed my dog the best "Science Diet Gold". I then found out science diet was part of that recall and my dog suffered from kidney failure. I researched many dog food brands and was satisfied this was the right choice for me and my pets and I am pleased with the results. My dog is on Blue Buffalo lite medium size kibble, and Blue Buffalo indoor cat (for over 1 year) and they have never been healthier. Until I know or see otherwise, I am happy with this product.

I work as a Veterinary Assistant and I've heard bad reviews of the food so I decided to try it on my cat. I give her the Indoor health food with life source bits. I found it to be very good for her, her blood work always looks completely normal and she doesn't get Urinary Tract Infections anymore. It's also helping her to maintain a healthy weight since she had gained on a few too many pounds! She's doing really well on this diet, as I feed her a quarter cup twice daily (What all Veterinarians recommend an adult cat should be fed.) My cat is 14 years old and just can't wait to get another meal! (She's had Urinary Tract Infections a lot, but after putting her on this food she hasn't had any) Portion control is important, sometimes the bags go way over the recommended amount Veterinarians tell to give. Consult your vet about portion control, don't go by the label since it's a widespread range. I'm very pleased with this food and she has had no intestinal upset with it even when I didn't wean her off of her old food. I just started to give it cold turkey from her other diet and no problems!

A few months ago, Joey who is now 1 yr old, had crystals in his urine. Assuming that it was because of him being a puppy, his hygiene wasn't the best. Was put on antibiotics and Hills food for 10 days. The crystals cleared up. Then on Oct 17th of this year, he developed severe diarrhea and was vomiting. I gave him an Imodium and withheld food that night. The Next morning I fed him a small amount of food and within 15 mins. he threw that up too. We were out of town at the time, so I had to take him to a vet I knew nothing about.

I've had dogs and cats my entire life and always look for and buy the very best and safest products available. I recently purchased a 14 lb bag of Blue Cat Litter which is advertised on the bag as "virtually" no dust. No greater distortion of the truth has ever been told. It's like working in a quarry every time I try and scoop this litter. The dust is just that profound. It is all over the inside of the litter box. It was all over the bag when I poured it out and all over the garbage container when I tossed the bag out. I can't imagine this is safe for humans let alone animals. I would never purchase a Blue Product ever again based solely on the extent of this lie. A woman called me from the company and did nothing more than apologize. The product should be immediately recalled.

My male cat Bianca was a happy healthy 11 year old domestic short hair neutered tabby who had always lived inside since kittenhood. His biggest and best feature was his purr... Bianca purred constantly and was always seemingly happy; I called him Happy Cat as one of his nicknames. My daughter found him as a kitten at her high school and brought him home to stay, so he was a rescue kitten. We thought he was a female at first so we named him Bianca, and the name just stuck. Prior to August 2013 my cats Bianca and JB were always fed Iams dry cat food, chicken flavor, fish flavor, or for mature cats.

My 9 yr old blue heeler was diagnosed a little over a yr ago with pancreatitis. We changed her diet to low fat chicken and rice with Beneful healthy weight. She did great. The end of Oct she began drinking water like crazy as well as urinating every 15-20 mins. I was sure she was in kidney failure. I was relieved when my vet said her pancreatic enzymes were perfect, her kidneys were fine, but her liver enzymes were slightly elevated. Not enough to be concerned with. After bloodwork and urinalysis she was diagnosed with bladder inf (WHEW). He recommended to try her on Buffalo blue low fat.

I switched my dogs to BB healthy weight small bites because my vet said they needed a good quality lower fat food. They were on Castor and Pollux grain free but she said they were getting too heavy on grain free. Yesterday after feeding them dinner within ten minutes they were vomiting all over the house, huge piles and diarrhea. It was all liquid like mucus looking. The last week my newer rescue pup has been randomly throwing up. Tonight I boiled them chicken and mixed it with brown rice. You would think for the price you pay for this brand you would not have to worry about your babies. It's not like we are feeding them Beneful, which I would never do!

My 8 year old poodle became very ill after I changed her dog food to what I was thinking was a better food. She had blood work done a month ago. Her Liver enzyme ALT was 51. I started her on Blue Buffalo for about 2 weeks. Last Friday, she started urinating all over, even where she slept. The next day, we took her to vet emergency room, thinking she had UTI. They did urine and blood tests. No UTI. Her Liver ALT enzyme was 725, which means there is dead cells. The only change in my Bella was her BB. Her internal specialist vet did many diagnostics and more blood work. Vet told me to go back to her old food. She is on antibiotics and Flagyl. Her enzyme levels are going down now. Without the help of her vet, she probably wouldn't be here. Thanks, Blue Buffalo.

My dog has all of these symptoms. She had a bladder FULL of stones, which we are trying to come up with the money to pay for surgery. I figured okay, it happens. We aren't sure what caused it. Then on Saturday of this month, I bought a new bag of Buffalo food same brand and kind I always get, and I fed her it on Saturday. Sunday, she is SICK. She throws up vile, then she has diarrhea with blood. She throws up again, purple this time. More Diarrhea.

Blue Buffalo Small Breed Adult - ALMOST KILLED MY DOG!! I have been feeding BB for 3 years and have never had any issues. I have 3 small dogs 2 Maltese & a terrier mix. This past week my 4 pound Maltese developed a sever case of colitis. She had blood spewing from her rectum & was vomiting. I had to take her to the vet where she was hospitalized for almost 2 days. Right after I got her out the other 2 dogs became severely sick. I only feed them BB products. They don't get table scraps & they didn't get into anything else. The vet recommended putting them on boiled chicken & rice along with the antibiotics. They were completely fine on the chicken & rice but when I reintroduced their BB dry food all of the symptoms came back this morning and they were chewing on their feet. I looked online to see if there any recalls but I didn't see anything listed. I then saw the HUNDREDS of consumer complaints that have come out this past month.

I switched to Blue Buffalo after he started having hairballs on Science Diet. After about a month, he began throwing up his food, wet or dry. I spent $1500 at the vet trying to determine what was wrong with my poor guy (had a dental cleaning, various blood tests, allergy tests, etc.). Finally I came across this website and switched him to another his food back to Science Diet and problem solved.

We are very unhappy with the Blue pet food. After two months of continue feeding the Blue pet food to my 8 year old dog, it caused frequent diarrhea and tearing excessively from both eyes (the tear appears to be brown color). My neighbor's dog also had the same issue. I did not link the two and two together until I asked what type of food my neighbor feeds the dog. Therefore, I stopped the food and change to another brand. The diarrhea stopped and his eyes cleared. So please be careful when feeding your pet. Watch out the reaction. It may not suitable for your dog if they experience the above symptom.

I am increasingly disturbed to hear Blue Buffalo apparently wants to increase their sales force efforts in store, sometimes under the guise of bringing customers with pets, instead of fixing their food issue! Another place to report them to have their food investigated is the Dept of Agriculture in Connecticut where they're based. The handful of positive reviews undoubtedly have to be their employees as why would anyone come on a forum where everyone is complaining to sing the food's praises when pets have died?

After reading about this food I have been feeding my two Wonderful dogs... believing I was feeding them a quality food... I wonder about the way one of them has been acting with his food. He just threw up like one of the other consumers said theirs did... undigested food. And there have been times when he would not eat. Now I know why.

I have fed my 9-year old Havanese dog Blue Buffalo Home Style Recipe Small Breed canned food for several years. On Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013, I opened a can of food and the contents were covered in mold. This can wasn't dented and the expiration date is in 2015. On Nov. 3, 2013, I filed a complaint with the FDA and I sent an e-mail to Petsmart where I purchased the food and also to Blue Buffalo. Petsmart called me on Monday to apologize for this incident and stated that this case is being turned over to their Quality Dept. They further advised me to return the food to the store for a refund.

Blue Buffalo is a joke and they are all about the money and putting out dog crap. That's what I had to deal with for days after feeding this to my dogs and cleaning up the mess. Luckily they have crates so it didn't mess up my carpet. If you think we are other dog food companies then buy this dog crap for yourself and see what happens. But let this post be a warning. Loose stools, throwing up, and not very active dogs. The only reason I bought this dog food is because the DOG FOOD ADVISOR gave this dog food 5 stars. Shame on me. This is before I found this website. I dog food rotate because I like to give my dogs different food and snacks, so this should tell you I do not work for a dog food company.

I have two 11 year old cats that I starting feeding Blue Buffalo indoor cat food. One of my cats seems to be more sensitive when I change food. It usually takes less than a week to get adjusted. My other cat doesn't usually have too many problems, maybe throwing up from time to time. Well after feeding them Blue Buffalo they both have loose stool and the cat that throws up from time to time is doing it constantly. My husband, someone that really doesn't care for my cats, is concern of what is going on.

I have 2 miniature schnauzers, one a puppy and the other a senior dog. They were both getting Blue Buffalo, one for puppies and the other adult dog food. They both had sudden onset of stinky gas, multiple soft bowel movements each day. They were waking up at night to go outside to relieve themselves. This went on for about a week and I switched them to the BB for sensitive stomach. Did not help. Spoke with vet about this twice. By now it's gone on for 3 weeks. I tried acidophilus, kaopectate, feeding smaller amounts, etc. Finally took older dog in for fecal exam. His whole system was upset. He received 2 types of antibiotics and a probiotic. The bill was $196 total with all the tests they had to run to determine the cause. My vet said she sees many cases of diarrhea with this brand. I took my dogs off of it immediately. They both seem fine and no more getting up in the night to poop. Will return the food (both bags) for a total of $83 which is only half the cost of the vet visit.

We switched our two Labrador Retriever dogs off Innova dog food to Blue Buffalo dog food after the Innova food recalls earlier this year. Our 12 year old dog is on Blue Buffalo Life Protection (Chicken) for large breed and our 15 month old dog is on Blue Buffalo Wilderness Large breed (chicken) food. Both dogs love their food and have had no problems on it at all. No vomiting or diarrhea, no itchy skin or ears. Both dogs have shiny, soft coats and are healthy and energetic. I highly recommend this food based on our experience.

A few years ago, I fed Blue Buffalo to my dogs and one of them got so sick with diarrhea and convulsions that I thought she would die. We took her to the vet and they took her off of the food and she eventually got better. I will never buy BB or any food that says it is made in China.

My 10 year old Golden Retriever had surgery in Feb 2013. My vet suggested I consider a more holistic food for him. I decided on BB. My dog has been sick ever since. He's had diarrhea like liquid, threw up a few times and absolutely NO ENERGY. His energy level decreased to the point of his back leg muscles starting to atrophy. We've been back to the vet several times testing for everything. Blood work, fecal tests, X-rays and ultrasound..... all negative!!!!! Everyone said age. I knew age doesn't hit that quick. I believe the food we feed our dogs has everything to do with their health... So I threw away almost a full bag of Blue Buffalo, large breed senior dry.

I was surprised to see all the negative reviews! My German shepherd has been eating BB Wilderness grain-free food for about 2 years with no ill effects. He is four years old. I find it hard to believe that consumers have been using BB food for four or five years and all of a sudden the pet gets horribly ill. As your pet gets older, their metabolism slows down. It is possible that they are no longer able to properly digest the food. BB is nutrient dense and older dogs do not have the ability to break it down, so they vomit. This is not BB's fault. The pet owner needs to understand his or her pet and take better care of them. It's easy to blame food, but it doesn't make sense.

I'm relieved to see some of the other posts here because I'm really concerned about my Pom. She had been eating BB for a couple of years. About a month ago she got diarrhea (as she does from time to time). This time was different though because it lasted 2 weeks. Then I noticed droplets of pure blood in the stool. I brought her to the vet. My vet found nothing wrong when she checked the fecal sample and suspected it was the food. She said she has seen many dogs who do not do well on it. She gave my baby a shot, sent me home with 24 Flagyl tablets to be given 2x a day, and a few cans of Science Diet for sensitive stomach.

This is a follow up post to the one I posted previously. Since removing my 4 dogs and cat off of Blue Buffalo products all of their symptoms (bloating, shaking, diarrhea, vomiting, foul gas, refusal to eat their food at times, drinking a lot of water) have all stopped! My younger dog is no longer urinating in her bed while asleep and all have increased energy. I’m completely convinced that Blue Buffalo was the reason my pets became ill. I previously had fed Blue Buffalo to all my pets for 4 years and recommended their product to others. Never again will I feed Blue Buffalo products!

I had switched over to Blue Buffalo from Organix because of the grain-free formulas. I was buying the wet dog food in the Wilderness Small Breed Turkey & Chicken Grill and the Small Breed Freedom Chicken Entree. Within a few months he (my pom) was getting diarrhea almost every day; he would puke up food or it would just be a bunch of spittle. He would get lethargic and would most of the time not eat the food at all until I gave him a piece of chicken or something so he wouldn't go hungry. It had been getting more and more frequent until I decided to look into the food I was giving him.

It is 5 A.M. as I just finished drying off, to sit down and type this on Oct. 31st, 2013. My dog just woke me up violently shaking and whimpering (which he has never done before, he will be 5 in Jan). I live in Overland Park, KS and if you look up the weather for the above date, you'll see that we had a big storm pass through and I have been out in it with my dog off and on since around 5 P.M. on Oct. 30th because he has horrible diarrhea and vomiting. On Oct. 29th 2013, I purchased the small pink bag of Blue Buffalo Wilderness for small breeds. I fed him one bowl, along with the same meal he has been eating for a year with no problems at all (Fresh Pet) and this is the only meal he has had and it would be a pathetic attempt to say it was anything else but Blue Buffalo that has made him this sick. I am worried sick because I have been reading about dogs that have had renal failure from this product and it looks like some have died.

Bbf Basics Fish and Potato for Cats - Both of mine began Puking Large quantities, the way a dog who overeats will do. It looked like water soaked kibble bits. The first cat developed stones and a blockage and was put down last week after being on the food for a year? He had bird anything allergies. But when the 1.5 y/o kitten began vomiting up this latest bag, I switched the food brands as she has no known allergies and I won't use a food that could be the same batch as the bad bag... Different vomits mean different things. And if a dog or cat has a food allergy and you won't spend the money to have them tested specifically, you can't really blame the foods and support one over another when you don't know What is causing the reaction to begin with...