Blue Buffalo Pet Foods Reviews

I went into Petco to purchase some natural dog food for Charlie - he is a Havanese with food allergies. So I usually purchase Merrimack but I noticed some meal on their food. So I decided to look into Blue Buffalo. I was given samples. I gave my Charlie one bag. And he is up now acting really strange. He was whining and very restless. He drank more water than usual. Just really strange. Then I get on this site and see all these recent complaints. I must say I feel really sad about reading these complaints. They saved my dog's life. Blue Buffalo should be stopped.

We have two cats that have been on Blue Buffalo for a year at least. Last month, our cat Rusty started vomiting his food up. We had switched from their regular food of the BB Sensitive formula to Indoor cat formula as recommended by a BB rep at Petco. We thought the vomiting was due to the transition to the new food. It was small spit ups that were grainy and yellow. After a week or so of vomiting, we decided to switch the cats back to the Sensitive formula because we thought Rusty's stomach couldn't handle to richer formula. We bought a bag of the normal BB Sensitive formula and within half a day of feeding it to our boys, both were very sick. Here's where it gets a little graphic, people. Both cats were having severe diarrhea. Scooping out their box, I noticed that there was blood and a clear mucus in their loose stool. Both cats were excessively trying to clean their bottoms and one had blood literally dripped down his backside. I immediately threw out their bowl of food and am bringing the bag back to Petco in the morning. There is something drastically wrong with the last few productions of the product. I've left a message at BB and hope that posting this prevents someone from going through what we did with our guys. As suggested by another poster, I have kept a scoop of the food to send off to BB for testing. Ridiculous.

I have a 5yr old miniature schnauzer who was on Blue small breed for 2 years. I recently switched him to Blue grain-free. He has been hospitalized twice, has gas and breathe that smells like poop. He recently had a dental cleaning and is on probiotic. We brush his teeth 3x day and still no improvement. I've spoken to his vet who said that he was not aware of any complaints against Blue. I am so glad that I found this page. I am pulling off of Blue immediately. He has an appt with the vet on Tuesday and I am requesting that a full blood screening be run. Please post whatever info you have. I need guidance.

I have a 2 year old Pomeranian. She's NEVER had any prior digestive issues. All we give her is Blue Buffalo dry dog food. She never gets table scraps. About 4 weeks ago, her stool started to get soft. It then progressed to runny diarrhea - and anyone out there who has a long haired dog knows that diarrhea coupled with their long fur equals a HUGE, SMELLY mess. We thought that maybe she ate something outside, so we gave it a few days for it to pass through her system.

Both of my dogs seem sick after eating the chicken and brown rice formula. They are eating grass, throwing up bile and the smaller dog seems really uncomfortable.

My 11-year old dog started showing signs of what I thought was her age. Stomach issues which included vomiting along with bowel trouble and gas. She also was having trouble with tearing eyes which we thought might be the start of allergy problems. She wasn't eating like she use to either, was drinking more water, and had low energy. I also noticed her coat looked duller and her skin was flaking. They did blood work up at the vet and her kidney count had been 13 nine months ago and it had increased to 31. Although the vet wasn't too concerned, as he said that was a high normal. Then my daughter called. She lives in another state and she told me she was having the same problems with her dogs and they are both large breed younger dogs. She feeds Blue Freedom so she researched and saw all the complaints.

For several years, I have been feeding my Chihuahuas Blue Buffalo Dry Dog Food, chicken and brown rice or weight management, without any problems at all. I even recommended this food to the people I knew, as one of the best holistic food for their pooches. Two months ago, I purchased the weight management dry food for my chis, as some were a little bit heavy. And the same day that I fed them the food, all of them got diarrhea. At first, I thought that maybe it was some of the leaves from the backyard that gave them the diarrhea. But when they ate the food again and had the same issue, I thought this time that "maybe" there was something wrong with the food because it was impossible that all of my chis had diarrhea at the same time.

I'm a pet parent to 4 dogs and 2 cats. All my pets have been on Blue Buffalo products for the past 4 years. Recently, my dogs began throwing up, having loose stools, foul gas, refusing to eat their dog food at times and when they did eat, I noticed they were eating grass in the yard afterwards and drinking lots of water. 1 of my dogs appeared bloated and was panting heavily; my other dog started to urinate in her doggie bed while sleeping (she's a younger dog and had never done that before). My cats, 1 of which is no longer on BB as she had Renal Failure a year ago (we never considered the possibility it had something to do with her food at the time but I'm thinking now it might have), luckily she survived but is now closely monitored by our vet with daily pills and a prescription diet.

We've been feeding our Ocicat Blue Buffalo Wilderness Salmon dry food for the last 2-3 years. She was on Royal Canin, Science Diet and the Prescription Diet previously.... She would throw up several times a week during that time so we found BB and switched. Last week she got sick and threw up her BB dry bits twice and continued to dry heave about 10-15 minutes following the initial throwing up. I'm curious if this is because we had purchased a new bag two weeks prior and maybe something was "up" with that particular bag. I also had purchased new treats for her, one of which I didn't realize was made in China so in the trash that went..... Anyone else have a cat who's been on BB recently get sick? We took her to the vet and her BUN/CREA was unusually high but her urine gravity was normal.... Just want to be proactive and see if we need to think about switching our baby to something else. Thanks in advance!

To add to my previous post about my 3 out of 4 dogs who were vomiting and had bloody diarrhea, they have been on their new food for over a week and back to normal. A friend of mine was feeding their Akita Blue and she thought she would have to put him down. She switched him off of Blue and immediately got better. Another friend's cat was having health issues. When she heard of my issues, she switched her cat off of Blue and now her cat is back to normal. My vet has had more cases brought to him after my dogs. I reported Blue to the Better Business Bureau and got the following response from Blue (keep in mind in my complaint I mentioned the complaints from this site): "All BLUE Dog Formulas are formulated to meet the appropriate AFFCO nutrient profiles. Blue Buffalo has no reported similar complaints or issues. However, we do encourage this pet parent to contact our customer service department directly, 1-800-919-2833, so that she can provide further details and information and we can do a complete investigation." I am absolutely livid. Tons of people on here have said they have tried contacting them and they are still claiming no one has brought it to their attention!

I have a one-year-old Jack Russell Terrier that I adopted from the Humane Society about 2 months ago. He recently had a sore on him that he kept scratching/biting, so while at the pet store picking out a spray for his itching, the Blue Buffalo rep came over and was very interested in my dog's skin issues and suggested it could be a food allergy. I had been feeding him Purina One which is also what he had been fed at the shelter. The BB rep said it would make him healthier and happier and almost certainly take care of his itching. So, the first day, I only mixed a tiny bit of the new food (BB Life Protection Lamb & Brown Rice recipe) with his regular Purina One...probably 3/4 Purina to 1/4 BB as I wanted to make the transition very gradual so as not to upset his stomach.

My girlfriend and I recently got a new pup, and gradually switched him over as usual. A week / 2 weeks into it, he began having wet stool. At the time, wasn't a concern, just thought it was just him adjusting.

We picked up our new lab puppy about a month ago. Our puppy was on Iams large bred puppy food and at the time we picked her up and she didn't have any problems with Iams. But being proud-loving new parents, a friend told us to put her on Blue Buffalo (large bred) puppy chow. So we mixed the Iams with the Blue Buffalo for several days expecting a little diarrhea with it. Then we moved her completely to the Blue Buffalo and the diarrhea has not stopped. We even mixed in cooked rice with the Blue Buffalo and had her checked for worms (no worms) and she still gets diarrhea after 4 weeks of eating Blue Buffalo. So we're done with this dog food. It's expensive and we are extremely disappointed with it. So we're back to Iams pro health puppy chow and will probably keep her on this until she is an adult and we find a good brand of dog food that suits her.

Recently we started our 5 month old Catahoula on Blue Buffalo dog food, wanting a healthy and natural diet for our dog. We noticed at first his horrible gas and then diarrhea. Most recently he has become aggressive to both myself and my husband. We thought we were doing the good thing in buying him a quality dog food, but apparently we were wrong. We have stopped feeding him Blue Buffalo and will never go back.. There should be a warning label on this food "may cause serious problems with your beloved pet."

I have been feeding my cats Blue Buffalo Basics Fish and Potato for a little over a month and have not experienced the same problems as everyone else seems to be having. In fact, one of my cats, who used to always throw up right after eating with every food that I gave her (including a couple of different prescription foods), stopped vomiting after I began giving her this food and has not vomited one time since. It has really helped her.

I adopted my dog. He is a year old. I wanted to give him the best and bought Blue, every type of dry and canned to see what he liked. It was horrible for him. He lost weight, had diarrhea from the first day and horrible gas. I am not sure why but I make my own food now and he is doing really good.

My cat is 1 year old. I have had him since he was 3 months old. I started feeding him Blue Buffalo right when I got him, since the lady at Petco recommended it to me and I wanted to feed my cat what I thought was good for him. I went from feeding him the kitten food to the adult food and he has been on the adult food for a few months now. In September, I started him on the Chicken recipe of dry food and canned food. He started vomiting. I took him to the vets. They said he was fine and may have a bowel obstruction and to come back if the vomiting didn't go away or got worse. He has been vomiting 2-3x per day, bile-colored liquid and the past two days has been sleeping all day and not playful or vocal (NOT normal for this cat!).

I have a 7-month-old Bolognese puppy. He's been on BB Freedom Grain Free since I got him from the breeder. He's vomited a couple of times before the following episode. Recently, I bought a new bag and the bits (not the life source bits) were darker and had a reddish tint. BTW, he hates the Life Source balls. September 13, 2013, I came home to a puppy that was obviously not feeling well. Later that day, he vomited 3 times then aspirated. Mega vet bucks, including an internist. He's been on a bland diet for 3 weeks (doing perfectly), slowly transitioning back to the BB. The day he was on complete BB, he ate well. Later that night, he vomited. I can't say it's BB definitively, but I will be switching to a new food, especially after reading these comments and the ones on their FB page. Once a dog aspirates, the likelihood to do it again is very high. He's had "allergy" symptoms since I've gotten him and I'm just not going to chance it any longer. Again, I can't lay the blame on BB, but I'm not willing to keep feeding it to him.

Blue Buffalo needs to wake up and do a recall of their dry dog food for adult dogs, chicken. I feed it to 2 dogs, Chocolate Lab and a Pug. Purchased the $50 bag at the beginning of September. Since then, both dogs have been throwing the food up and both have loose stools most of the time. We started to mix in rice with the food to see if that helped, but the same thing. There have been numerous posts I have read with the same issue. Blue Buffalo, wake up before you begin to have dog deaths on your hands. We now have stopped feeding them the food for now to see if the symptoms go away.

I have a 13.5 year old Yorkshire. She had been eating Innova for the past 12 years or so. A few months ago, Innova was recalled and at the advice of an employee at the pet store, I switched to Blue Buffalo Senior Dog food. I began noticing my Yorkie losing weight, and pooping a lot. I then noticed her drinking a lot of water. She also began to pee in the house which was very unusual. I was going to take her to the Vet when I googled Blue Buffalo dog food, and saw all of the horrible reviews. I immediately switched her to a different dog food and will await to see the results. My Yorkie has never had any health issues.

At my local pet store, Pets Supplies Plus, I was looking at Friskies canned cat food when I heard this voice and was approached by a lady asking how my day was and the conversation turned into what I feed my cats. And she proceeded to tell me she recommends Blue Buffalo and she has a table in the back if I would like to go see and buy a bag. I was like nooo, I've heard complaints! She dismissed it saying they are a good product and tried to give me a card. I declined and just want to say it pays to do research on bad products and I'm glad I have seen and read all the complaints. Something needs to be done. And they need to stop trying to sell and pressure people into buying it.

3 out of 4 of my dogs have experienced vomiting, and pooping blood. My 2nd dog was bad to the point that when I came home from work, my bathroom looked like a murder scene, blood on the floor, the wall, and the cabinet. When I rushed her to the vet, he informed me that he had already had 5 identical cases before my dogs and all of us were feeding our dogs Blue products. He recommended using Eukanuba or Royal Canin. I started to slowly introduce the new food, then yesterday, my 3rd dog started pooping blood. I switched the food immediately, I'd rather deal with diarrhea from changing foods, than have my last dog develop the same symptoms!

I switched my dog Luke to Blue Buffalo about 2 months ago. The first bag I bought was Buffalo and he ate it without problems. I started out with the small bag to make sure he liked it. When I needed more, I went to Petsmart and they were out of the large bags of Buffalo so I bought the red meat flavor. Luke has developed the worse case of gas you can imagine. It is so bad that it almost makes me sick. At first, I thought the gas was from an antibiotic but he has been off the antibiotic for several days and the gas is unbearable. I contacted Blue Buffalo to tell them about it but they haven't responded to my call. Then I stumbled upon this website and was shocked, as I too, thought this was healthy.

I fed my dog Blue Buffalo food for three months. She began bleeding from her urinary tract and was unable to urinate. Her veterinarian ran $800 worth of tests and diagnosed her with bladder stones. The stones are caused by the high protein content of the Blue Buffalo food. My dog is on prescription food now. If that doesn't dissolve her stones, she will need surgery. Get this food off the market.

I would always spend a good amount of money on food for my dogs. I used to use Fromm food and they liked it most of the time but became rather picky. So because PetSMart and PetCo had Blue Buffalo and I didn't have to wait for the feed store to open, I started buying it. I did the typical blending of the food when I changed so there would be any issues but still had some with loose stools. I decided to go from duck to chicken thinking it was maybe a bit rich for their bellies. Mind you, I have two Dachshunds, 1 Lab and 1 Australian Shepherd. One of my Dachshunds will not eat the little life bits that are dark. Will eat around them and leave for the other dogs to eat. My Aussie is a little particular so she would only eat a little a day. The Lab will eat anything in sight.

Since I last wrote, my Beagle's tests have come back from the three universities doing the tests. There were NO traces of cancer (yay!), but the Cornell U test showed copper levels at nearly 1100. Currently, vets think that 800 or higher could be lethal. Apparently, the lethal limit used to be 1500 until animal medicine realized their threshold was too high. My dog's tests also shows him having a form a hepatitis via an enlarged liver now too. I'm of course looking at big bucks for treatment and I remain suspicious that my dog's copper levels could be elevated due to the food I was feeding him.

Our typically super high-energy 4-year-old Chesapeake Bay Retriever had similar symptoms as others on this board - lethargy, refusal to eat his food, diarrhea, vomiting and heavy bleeding from his rectum - after eating a new bag of BB Basics Turkey and Potato (purple bag). The vet ran tests/X-rays/etc. and there was no blockage and the illness was attributed to something that he ate (only thing other than his regular treats was BB). He'd been on BB for 2+ years and the exact same formula for 1.5 years... This was just a brand new bag. He'd eaten two meals from the new bag.

Blue Buffalo is clearly unresponsive on this food safety issue given all of the comments here, which has also been my experience. However, I seem to be the only one who ever complains to the right sources, and change would come about if more people spoke up. I am asking you to do that to save pets' lives! Please continue to post your complaints here but don't stop with that. Complaining amongst ourselves without further action will do nothing. Please do the following if you want Blue Buffalo to have to issue a recall. It is the only way. Since I have had almost 10,000 views of my previous post here, I know that there are thousands of other people out there who are having issues with this food. Please speak up to the powers that be! Write to the Connecticut Better Business Bureau regarding your experience with Blue Buffalo (D rating). Then PLEASE call the FDA Consumer Coordinators for your state listed here, and especially if your pet has died, so that this food is recalled immediately. Please use your bad experience and story not just to post to help others so they don't have to experience the same pain and fate.

I lost my George to this inferior, dangerous food. I have 2 adult, senior cats (both 12 years old), and recently adopted a baby kitten, 4 months old. I had switched food to Blue Buffalo Back in June. Lean, longevity. Both cats loved the food. We got our little Lucy in July, and naturally, fed her their kitten food. By August, the two 12 year olds, Peeps and George, were drinking tons of water, and urinating massive amounts in the litter box. They also had loose stool.

I have a 6-year old female Boston/Pug mix and a 3-year old male Boston/Pug mix. The female has always had digestive problems. She and the male were both on Nutro limited ingredient until the Blue sales person as Petsmart convinced us that Blue was a much better food. Over 2 years later, with no problems, dogs were doing great on the Basics Turkey and Potato dry formula. For two years, we have touted the excellence of this product to our friends and family. Fast forward to the beginning of September. Our female began having diarrhea and pooping in the house - never happens. At first, we attributed it to her sensitive tummy. Both dogs had been off of table food for a few months, and we had given them scraps from a steak dinner.

I have two kittens. I started them on Blue Buffalo Kitten. Right away they both got diarrhea with blood in it and they were becoming lethargic. I took them to the vet. No parasites were found; however, the doctor still gave them Drontal. After completing the treatment, they still had diarrhea, still lethargic. I searched on the internet and found this page. Took them off of BB immediately and within 6 hours, they started to improve. It hasn't even been 24 hours and they are playing like they should, and stools are better!

When we adopted Lady, she was an older dog, 8 years. Took her to the vet, got bloodwork and everything was normal. Fast forward to today, 6 months later and our Lady had to be put to sleep. She was in liver failure and having seizures. I have racked my brain trying to figure out what could have caused this. The only thing I can put my finger on is the food, Blue Buffalo. Her liver numbers were through the roof. How in 6 months could this happen? We also switched our cats over to Blue Buffalo for cats. We have 2 and our older cat suddenly has a skin condition; scabs and hair falling out. We took her to the vet and we were told it was probably an allergy since all tests came back normal or negative. Now, I am left wondering if my choice in pet food killed our Lady and hurt our cat. I am so distraught that my choice might have done this.

I have five cats of my own, five long term fosters (a mama and four kits) and two short term fosters headed for rescue in a few days. I have two dogs. They have all been fed Blue Buffalo. My own cats were eating Wilderness due to my eldest girl having lymphoma and needing to be grain free. No problems for a long time - then wham, diarrhea from some of my cats, and all of my fosters. A couple of my foster kittens had some blood in their stool. One foster right now has such severe diarrhea it is frightening. Yes, he is seeing a vet, just to add. Dogs are ok, *knock on wood*. A friend who feeds raw suggested that the problem is Blue Buffalo and a quick internet search and voila - I find all these complaints with very similar information.

Like everyone else, I've been feeding my puppy BB ever since I got her 5 months ago. I picked her up from boarding, and she had liquid stools. After 2 vet trips, $450, Flagyl, FortiFlora probiotics, antibiotics, and a special GI tract diet, her stools were back to normal. I started to reintroduce BB to her diet 2 days ago and now this morning her stool was loose like it was before. I didn't want to believe that it could have been BB, but after reading all of these reviews, it's very obvious that's the cause.

Was feeding my kitty, Bubo, Blue Buffalo wet food. In Sept. '11, his liver became enlarged and he went down to 8.5 lbs. We could never figure out what made him ill. He did well on liver medication but never regained the weight. He became ill again. I found this website. He's currently in the hospital on IV fluids. Now it's his liver and kidneys. I had no idea it was Blue Buffalo. I thought I was feeding him healthy food that was good for him. My boy is down to 5.5 lbs and so weak. I'm going to have to "make the decision" soon and it's all because of this food line. His twin brother never touched the wet food, only would eat dry food. Now I know why. I'm gonna lose my boy who I raised from a kitten and have had in my life for 12 yrs... Why didn't anyone from Blue warn us? They claim to care so much???

I am really shocked after reading these reviews. Today my four-month-old European Basset had exploratory surgery to determine why she was vomiting. We thought she might have a blockage but that was not the case. She had an inflamed intestine and swollen lymph nodes. The vet did a biopsy of the nodes and I am waiting on results. The vomiting started on Sunday. I have been feeding her Blue Buffalo grain free chicken/brown rice puppy food for three weeks and just bought her a new bag this past weekend. I fed her from the new bag on Sunday. She began throwing up Sunday night after two feedings. I fed her again on Monday morning and within 30 minutes, she was vomiting again. We rushed her to the vet because we thought she had swallowed or eaten something and had blockage. I am now wondering if this entire problem is a result of bad Blue Buffalo food. It makes sense to me. The food looked different from my first bag; not as many small dark pieces. Praying my puppy is okay.

I am increasingly angry every time I visit this forum and see more and more posts all very similar to my family's experience. Here's our story:

We have had our puppy on Blue Buffalo for the past 7 months (since he started eating dry food). He always loved it and did great on it. However, after purchasing this last bag, he developed problems with diarrhea and began refusing to eat. I started to research the issue and found this site with all of the other people experiencing similar problems. I was fortunate enough that my puppy began refusing to eat, leading me to discover this site. I immediately went out and bought him a different brand food. He was ecstatic for dinner, and since switching brands his stools have regulated and he has become his normal self again.

I have been feeding my 11 month old dog Blue Buffalo Freedom Chicken and Brown Rice Puppy formula (light blue bag) for about 8 months now. He's been doing well on it. A few weeks ago when I bought a new bag, the food looked different but I fed it to him anyway. He was so violently ill... vomiting and diarrhea a lot. Got some medicine from the vet and he seemed to be ok. I thought maybe he ate something outside that he shouldn't have. So I fed him the BB again and he started vomiting and diarrhea again.

Unfortunately, I am afraid that my pets too have been victims of Blue Buffalo food. We have fed Blue Buffalo Duck recipe for a year and a half faithfully to our Bengal Cats and our Dog. Last week, we opened new bags of both dog and cat formulas. Our dog suffered a small amount of diarrhea for a couple of days and within 24 hours our cats did as well. Our dog and one cat returned to normal but one cat has been hospitalized twice this week and is still refusing food. Our cat had diarrhea over the weekend and on Monday it turned to uncontrollable mucus running out of her colon. She was lethargic and was rushed to the vet.

I didn't believe it until my husband showed me all the other reviews. I can't tell you how thankful I am for you all taking the time to write here and share your experience. We had been using Blue for a few years. We also used Blue when we got our new puppy who is now 11 months. When we got this new bag of the same brand, they at first wouldn't touch it. They are picky so I told my husband to stop freaking. I should have listened to him. They finally ate the food and started slowly with very soft stool, unable to hold it, then vomiting, then passing blood in their stool, and then vomiting blood.

About two weeks ago, out of the "blue", my 10.5 year old male Beagle started throwing up and acting lethargic. After a few days of this, we took him to our vet and they put him on fluids and ran some tests on him. The vet discovered that our Beagle's liver enzymes were out of whack and gave us some anti-nausea medicine and some dog milk thistle and sent him home with a follow up appointment for a week later. I was able to get my dog eating again a day later, thanks to Hamburger and white Minute Rice, but no BB. The vomiting stopped completely and he started eating all of the food in his bowl even as the portions got larger. After about two days, I started gradually re-introducing the Blue Buffalo (yellow bag) to the hamburger rice mix and he continued to eat it, but would leave a portion of the BB food behind in the bowl. I attributed this to him loving the hamburger/rice which was formerly forbidden people food.

Blue Buffalo was fine for my dog for 2 years. Recently, after starting a new bag of Wilderness, Rocky Mountain Recipe, my 4-year-old 60-lb mixed breed developed chronic diarrhea. It took 2 weeks of special vet food to clear up. It is also probable that he is losing hair at a higher rate than his normal seasonal shedding. I was fooled by their extensive marketing campaign. Stay away from this brand. It's not just a bad batch (Petco will give a refund). It is our pet's health and lives. The costs go way beyond the cost of the food.

I am very concerned that Blue has such a high rating.... I've fed my dog Blue Buffalo Wilderness for three of his six years... I do change the flavors, hoping he will not get bored/tired of being fed the same thing all of the time. However, so many of Blue's flavors contain Chicken.. Chicken 'n Rice etc.... Recently I've read that about 90% or MORE of chicken, as well as rice contain unacceptable amounts of ARSENIC. This concerns me very much about Blue and other dog foods that use chicken and/or rice as the main ingredients.... The last couple of times that I've used a "Chicken" Wilderness product, my Pit-Boxer seems to get red bumps and itchy skin on his underbelly... Don't know if it is just a coincidence or what but it is a concern to me... Don't really know just what to give him anymore...

I am so livid I could scream! I never made the connection until reading all this... that my puppy's diarrhea and vomiting were attributed to his BB Wilderness food after starting the second bag. It required a chicken and rice diet for 5 WEEKS where I had to bring chicken as a treat to his puppy class! Even after starting on low residue vet food and probiotics flora powder and Flagyl to transition after the 5 weeks, it was slow to resolve... Then he was back on BB and it started again! I even bought special digestive treats to help as I figured this would be ongoing even after all vet tests revealed no supposed issues $150 later. But now after all the posts with almost identical stories, I see this is obviously the reason why: BB has a QC issue and apparently is doing nothing to resolve it! Shameful that companies hide behind expensive marketing for the almighty dollar and don't deliver the quality products they claim! Meanwhile my puppy's health is in jeopardy??? I don't think so. I will return the unopened new bag and better get a refund... This is worthy of a class action lawsuit!!!

I am going to make this story as short as I can, but let me make this clear, this ordeal was a nightmare. August 5th we got a new bag of Blue Senior Chicken with Brown Rice dry dog food. The following day, NEITHER dog would touch their dinner, but the older of the two dogs was clearly sick. The following day sicker --- and so on. He went diarrhea anywhere, and everywhere - he had this nasty stinky yellow vomit, he would drink, but would not eat anything and eventually (4 1/2 days later) he clearly didn't have the energy to eat. At this point my daughter and I found some creative ways to get some nourishment in him so he could get some glucose in his blood. Had we not, I know we would have lost him. As it is, he has not had what I would consider a "normal" bowel movement since he was ill. This situation has, without question, affected his general health.

We have a puppy German Shepherd that we recently switched to BB. Several years ago, I did have a Chessie and a Lab on BB without problems. She eats it well - she is a food hound - but her stools have been loose and have the worst smell. I went online and found the reviews. I went right to the pet store and bought new food. The comments are horrific, and this really needs to be looked at!

We have been feeding our cats, Blue Buffalo, for about three years with no problems. We recently started a new bag of the Blue Buffalo Adult formula cat food purchased at the Petco in our town. Within days, all four cats started having problems. Three of them having been vomiting bile, two have skin scabs (one worse than the other), and one has fur falling out. Two of them had to go in for a fluid bolus today to prevent dehydration. I will be throwing this bag of food away and switching to another brand. It doesn't seem like Blue Buffalo is too concerned about product quality.

I have fed my dogs Blue Buffalo for a few years now without any issue. Two of them eat the chicken one and one eats the salmon. Recently the two on the chicken formula had become lethargic, refusing their meals, and having diarrhea upon buying a bag with the "new and improved life bits." We, like many others, assumed the food had gone bad and went out and bought a new bag. Unfortunately, it didn't change anything so we stopped feeding it to them and started giving them the salmon. Again, unfortunately, it didn't change anything and since it was a new bag of the salmon with the "new and improved life source bits" our 3rd dog became ill. All 3 began improving once we switched them off of BB food completely.

Our family friend's vet recently went to a vet conference and she said there were many vets bringing up concerns about this brand. They said they had seen animals with pancreatitis, severe intestinal problems, and hair falling out. Turns out, the guy who created the "Sobe" energy drinks got bored, sold the company, and did research on what people WILL spend extra money on, even in a weak economy. The answer? Pet food! Of course, we all want our "babies" to be as healthy as possible so we will pay whatever we have to. So this guy makes Blue Buffalo - refuses to hire a panel of vet experts to oversee the ingredients - and puts TONS of money into marketing the brand (hence all the commercials AND those friendly people in the pet stores hired by Blue who tell you your dog will "love" BB).

I bought a bag of Blue Buffalo Small Breed Puppy food (pink bag) at PetSmart three weeks ago. My puppy has had diarrhea off and on since I began feeding her from the new bag. Sunday we were out of town and ran out of the adult food for our other dog and gave her a small amount of the puppy food. She has been hospitalized twice since -- vomiting and bloody diarrhea dehydrated her. I quit feeding it immediately to the puppy. The puppy has since stopped having digestive problems. Perhaps the other dog is more sensitive to whatever was causing the puppy problems. I tried to look for a recall to see if that might be the problem. I don't find any but I see now that others are having problems with BB.

I just purchased the second bag of Puppy Freedom for my 6-month old poodle/wheaten terrier mix. We had no issue with the first bag, so decided to continue with this food. As soon as we fed the second bag, her stool started to become inconsistent. She has had her third loose stool in 5 days. The only change in her diet has been this food. She gets no table food or bad snacks. Her snacks have consisted of carrots and a half teaspoon of peanut butter about once a week. She is also up to date with all of her puppy shots. I am assuming it must be the second bag. If there is one more loose stool incident, I will bring her to the vet.

I have had my Yellow lab on Blue Buffalo Life Support Puppy since she was 3 months old, she is now almost 4. During hunting season we split half Life Support Puppy and half Wilderness. I have never had any of the problems I have read about. She is very energetic, beautiful coat and pure muscle. She will train an hour a day without slowing down and hunt for hours. I have had several friends switch to BB and they are all happy. She has been so healthy that she only goes to the vet for annual shots.

Our mastiff had been eating Blue Basics Salmon and Potato for over a year. In May 2013, he began drinking large amounts of water and having loose stools more frequently. Urine check at the vet showed very dilute urine, otherwise fine. We continued with this food (he had been on it a year with no problems) but in August, he started having liquid stools and his coat was dull and he was losing weight and fur. Recheck at the vet showed 12-pound weight loss. Switched back to a brand he did well on before. He almost immediately started gaining back the weight and got the healthy coat back. Vet says she has seen dogs with protein in their urine on this food. This was a good dog food before but something isn't right with it now. Hope they figure it out.

Same problems and concerns as everyone is referring to. 7 month old puppy, 2nd bag of Blue Buffalo and out of the "blue" he is sick (no pun intended, okay maybe a little). Up every hour all night long, treating with meds and nothing helps. Changing food immediately. The part I wanted everyone to know about is Twitter. I tweeted @bluebuffalo and got a response within 12 minutes. The response was less than satisfying but they responded and EVERYONE ELSE SHOULD DO THE SAME.

We have fed our 2 dogs Blue Buffalo Basics for over 2 years now and never a problem. Recently both of them started vomiting yellow or clear vomit and the only thing they shared in common was their food. Our dogs do not go outside except for supervised walks on leashes and playing in our fenced backyard supervised as well. We thought maybe the food we had just gone bad and thought about buying a new bag but instead something made us purchase a new brand. 3 days have gone by since buying the new brand Simply Nourish and my dogs are playful again and no vomiting. As I read some of the reviews you will read below I just felt anger that the company we trusted to help with our dogs' sensitive skin allergies and paid $60.00 a bag for was looking out for the well being of our pets, we no longer kid ourselves with such high expectations for a company that claims no wrongdoing. We hope that someone will realize an investigation into Blue Buffalo needs to be done.

Upon recommendation from a pet store employee, I began feeding my 2 dogs (a Chihuahua and a Mutt) Blue Buffalo Salmon and Sweet Potato food about 6 months ago. The employee said that dogs "love" the food and that I would see a notice in their coat. I went home very happy and excited to have a new, healthy food for my dogs to love. I began switching their food slowly, but I found it odd that both of my dogs would eat around the Blue Buffalo kibble, trying only to eat their old dog food. But I kept at it and eventually they were completely switched over to only the BB food. My dogs went from dogs that would get excited about meal time (running back and forth) to dogs that couldn't care less about meal time - meaning I would put their food bowls down and they wouldn't even get up to go over and smell the food and the bowls would remain full, untouched for the day or even longer.

This is our second bag of BB! All of the sudden, halfway through the bag, he's got crazy diarrhea. Almost every hour. I'm stopping the food immediately after reading these reviews and scared to death! What's going on here???!

I have been feeding my English Bulldog Blue Healthy Weight for about a year and a half. He had done fine on this brand. Since the purchase of the last bag, he began having loose to watery stools. I convinced myself that it was just the breed's sensitive digestive tract. But after three days, had a fleeting suspicion that it might be his food. My Morkie is on the Blue Grain Free and has had no issues. I have begun feeding my English Hamburger and Chicken with rice to see if there is an improvement. And have already switched the Morkie's to another brand. So far so good. I will then be switching to a new brand once my English has stools that are back to normal. I threw out about $80.00 worth of Blue dog food and didn't skip a beat. I have washed and bleached the containers as well. It's rather pathetic not being able to trust what you are feeding your pets. My heart goes out to those of you who have lost your beloved best friends!

I have 2 dogs, a Cairn Terrier and Norwich Terrier. I feed them Life Protection formula. I read these horrible (!) reviews. Very concerned, I contacted my niece who is a Veterinarian in Santa Clarita, CA. She told me she has never (!) had any issues with Blue Buffalo. Not satisfied, I continued my research going to PetSmart and Petco, both places I buy my dog food. They both assured me they have zero (!) problems with Blue Buffalo and they will stand behind their product 100%. I'm really sorry for all the people who lost their dogs (Love ones)! I talk to dog owners at dog parks and dog beach and Zero problems! So my conclusion is = I think these are small dog food companies who make their sales agents write bad reviews daily in hopes of killing the giant and stealing their business.

Yesterday I filed a complaint with the BB company website pertaining to the BB dog food I purchased for my puppy. The following day, I was informed that the company has a 100% satisfaction guarantee and allowed me to return the unused portion back to PetSmart with a full refund. While the dog food caused diarrhea for weeks with my puppy, I am glad the company responded to my concern immediately and gave me a refund. I just hope my puppy will recover completely with no physical issues.

I started feeding my cats Blue Buffalo after Innova had its major recalls earlier this year. I was helped in the pet store by a Blue Representative that sold me on all the beneficial properties of the food. They were fine on it although their coats weren't as shiny as they were on Innova. For the past two weeks (today is 9/6/13) both cats have been crying and vomiting liquid right after they've fed. They have both had diarrhea. I thought perhaps it was because they like the food so much they eat it too fast. After this morning's vomit I decided to go online and I finally found this website where many people have had a similar experience or worse. I am angry and frightened!

I purchased a big bag of BB Life Protection Formula for my English Bulldog at PetSmart in Louisiana. I thought BB brand was one of the best so I gave it to my puppy. I knew puppies have runny stools in the beginning when changing their food. Since BB website provided such confidence in the brand and since I heard it was quality dog food, I gave my puppy the food for three weeks while observing any changes. However, I finally concluded that BB gave my puppy diarrhea and it never got better while she was eating BB. After reading the reviews here, now I am worried. We have had English Bulldogs in the past and have always given them Nutro, but this time we decided to try out a different brand. Unfortunately, BB is no good for my puppy so we are going back to Nutro.

After reading post after post of dogs vomiting yellow liquid, we are switching our dogs' food now! We have been feeding Blue Buffalo Basics - Salmon for two and a half years now. All 9 (yes - 9 dogs!) have done very well on the food. Healthy coats, no digestion problems - all perfect. Well, this past week we have had 4 of the 9 dogs start to vomit yellow liquid a couple of times a day. We don't use chemicals in the yard and they don't get treats or people food. I was willing to ride it out until I started reading the posts that their dogs got worse from what seemed like a simple upset stomach. The fact that we have 4 sick dogs all at once leads me to believe that it is something in their food - either a change in the BB formula, or something wrong with the manufacturing of the food. I am not willing to risk it any longer and will head to the store tonight and pick up a temporary food before my new food shipment (one that has not been recalled) comes in.

I was feeling skeptical until I read other reviews on here - so many people claiming to develop urinary problems so fast. I fed mine about a cup per day mixed in with her regular food. Her stool became soft & she developed urinary problems. Use at your own risk.

I have been trying to figure out what my cat could have gotten into that caused acute kidney failure just last week. It occurred to me today that I fed her Blue Wilderness, for only a few days, in days previous to her beginning to act oddly. I read your post regarding the vet who indicated she's seen two such cases in a short amount of time. Can you possibly provide me with her name, number, etc so that I or my vet can follow up. PLEASE.

My 7 year-old lab mix was healthy until switching her to BB. She became so ill that I had to spend around $1000 at the vet to find out her liver enzymes were over 1200. She wouldn't eat and we put her on medication. I started feeding her chicken and hamburger, until she would eat more. Then I tried to get her to eat the BB for days, but she wouldn't go near it. I then decided to feed her from the Purina dog food I still had. She didn't hesitate and ate lots of that. I then knew it was the BB. I will follow up with the vet and the store that sold it. This should be RECALLED!

My 5-yr-old Lab mix has been eating Blue Buffalo for 2 or 3 years now, with good results. Suddenly last month (July 2013), he started leaving his food uneaten. I purchased a new bag of the Chicken and Brown Rice thinking that would help, but he now refuses to touch the food at all - hasn't eaten it for three days, so I fed him people chicken and rice and his appetite was just fine. I pulled out a bag of Natural Balance that was laying around from before and he is eating that happily. He just won't touch the BB. I'm taking it back to the store and switching him to something else.

We have been using Blue Buffalo Lamb & Rice for the past year and a half and in mid July 2013 we seen on the front of the bag that BB did some changes and added some ingredients, but really never thought much of it because our dogs have always done so good with it. Well whatever they did to their food it made our dogs have the diarrhea so bad. They also were throwing up yellow. We stopped the food. We boiled them chicken breast and rice and added a tablespoon of pumpkin and after 2 days their stools are firm and the vomiting has stopped. We took the left over BB back to PetSmart where we bought it and they only reimbursed us for some of it. We will Never use Blue Buffalo products again and I suggest if you do to get them off it. Blue Buffalo need to be investigated. They have a lot of complaints...

I lost my 18-month only Boxer baby boy a few weeks ago. He had been fed Blue Buffalo since he was 4 months old, and I had just opened a fresh bag a few days before we lost him. The day before we lost him, he ate his breakfast and vomited. He was under the weather all day - not worrisome. Overnight, he began vomiting a yellow liquid with a foul smell. Repeatedly. We got the first vet appointment. Blood work was fine. His intestines were filled with gas, but they didn't see a blockage. He was dehydrated, so they put him on an IV. Three hours later, he was bleeding from his rectum (apparently his spleen burst) and he was gone. The vet was unsure exactly what happened, but we did consider the food.

My fiance and I have two beagles, aged 9 and 13. They were on Blue Buffalo Small Breed Adult kibble for awhile and then I switched them to Purina Pro Plan when the BB I wanted wasn't in stock. I started going to a convenient holistic pet store in my area and recently switched them back to the Blue Buffalo Senior Life Protection Formula.

I switched my 3 dogs to BB from Pedigree. I have a Schnauzer with a sensitive stomach so I did my research and switched them over slowly as to allow them time to adjust to the new brand. They love the food which is great, but all 3 of my dogs have had frequent soft tarry stools with obscene odor, and room clearing, make your eyes water, vomit in your mouth a little, gas. I mean horrible. The smell literally wakes me up at night, hence this 1:30am post. I called the company and they said it was probably due to the high protein levels in wilderness chicken and rice. She suggested I switch to the Basics grain free turkey. I wasn't able to find that exact kind, so I bought the 2nd suggestion they gave me which was the salmon and rice. I started switching them on it tonight, but I'm more than likely not going to continue with this brand again.

We recently switched our Boston Terrier and Pug to BB Turkey & Potato b/c our Boston was having a food allergy to the Natural Balance Bison and Potato that he was on. We went ahead and switched the pug too since we read BB limited ingredient was a good food. Our pups have been on BB about a month and my pug started breaking out in hives and facial swelling last week. This is a dog that LOVES food and she began turning her nose up at the food.

We have been feeding our 3 year old cat Blue Buffalo cat food since we adopted him three years ago. Over the past week our cat has started experiencing difficulty urinating and stopped eating. When he began to leave clear spots on the floor, we realized something was terribly wrong. We rushed him to our local vet and described to her our experiences. The first question she asked was if we were feeding him Blue Buffalo cat food. We said yes we have been since we adopted him. She informed us that our cat is the second she saw this week with urinary and kidney damage due to Blue Buffalo cat food.

On June 1, 2013, we took our Newfoundland to our vet because she had started limping a few days earlier. After an examination, our vet showed us she had degenerative arthritis. At this time, our vet did a complete blood workup to determine if her body organs were operating normally and they all were. Our vet prescribed Rimadyl and said to give her joint supplements. We then went to PetSmart to get the best food for her. PetSmart recommended Blue Buffalo Senior Kibble and Blue Homestyle Recipe Senior Chicken Dinner. I only used a small portion of the wet food to cover her Rimadyl so that she would take it. As time went by, she did not want to eat the Kibble and we could not figure out why because she had always had a very healthy appetite. We would coax her to eat it for us and she always was a dog wanting to please us. Another thing I noticed was she was not drinking as much water as she always had. Over the next 1 3/4 months, I watched her become more disinterested not only in life but her appetite too. On June 22, 2003, she threw up her food on her food bowl. 10 minutes later, I saw she was just outside the door and had thrown up again and was barely breathing. Within 10 minutes she was dead.

We began feeding our first Boston, Sassy, 5 years old, Blue when we adopted our second, Bugsey, 6 months old. About two years ago this month, she started having seizures for no apparent reason. She had 13 seizures between 11:00 pm and 2:30 am the next morning. We watched her until about midnight then rushed her to the emergency vet where she died about 2:30. We heard about the recall within day or two of losing her. We had just purchased a new bag of Blue and she was the only one of our dogs that had eaten any of it. Bugsey wouldn't eat it. We don't know for sure Blue caused her seizures, but seemed too coincidental for it to not be. Unfortunately we didn't keep any of that bag of food to be checked so we will never know for sure. We feel strongly, however, that Blue is the reason we lost our Boston.

We have used Blue Buffalo products for years without issue until now. We have two dogs with extreme diarrhea and one cat with a bladder infection. We have been able to link these back to the Blue Buffalo dog food. The complaints are real. The company has done nothing and insinuated that the posts are from their competitors. There are other food companies, I suggest you use them. There is no question that Blue Buffalo has quality issues that are impacting our pets' health. If you feed Blue Buffalo and your animals start having health problems, immediately stop feeding them the Blue Buffalo. It took two weeks for us to identify the cause. Again, we have very few health issues overall and the Blue Buffalo was fine up to now. The bags were purchased in July 2013. I can handle problems occurring but the company's response has been to do nothing. That I won't handle and means that more issues are sure to arise.

I had been feeding my cats Fancy Feast since they were born, but all of a sudden my girl cat started having diarrhea. I wanted to get food that was better nutritionally & since a lot of my clients feed their babies Blue Baffalo I bought some. Both have been great! The girl cat has had no more diarrhea. They still get their wet food at night but eat the dry during the day. I used to have to feed them at certain times because they didn't know how to quit eating... but they weren't getting all they needed from their prior food so they over ate. With Blue Baffalo, they can free feed and eat normal. The food doesn't contain wheat, corn & other fillers that cats don't need or usually eat and which makes a cat hungry faster. Their systems have been great since the change as well. Normal bowel movements & they drink more water and seem to look healthier. I'm completely satisfied as I see my clients are too. I'm a pet sitter and so I'm see all the happy fur-kids enjoying Blue Buffalo products. Highly recommend it!!

My kids have been on Blue Buffalo since 2010. My pups started on Small Bites, then I switched them to Toy Breed in 2012. My cat started on Kitten then Adult Salmon then to Wilderness Salmon. On July 13, 2013, I purchased two bags of Toy Breed (dog) and Wilderness Salmon (cat). By the 17th, they had diarrhea so bad it was like water. I took the Blue away from them and made them chicken with rice for five days. I then opened the other bag with a different expiration date and AGAIN within four days, they were sick. I took the Blue away and called the company. They said NO RECALLS and NO internal alerts on their side but that I could take the food back to the store for a refund. So disappointed because I expected them to tell me to take it somewhere to be analyzed or to send it back to them but I was mostly disappointed because they DID NOT seem to be alarmed in the least. My kids really loved Blue Buffalo.

My 2 year old bulldog always did amazing on Blue Buffalo. She had skin allergies previously and BB did the trick. I bought a new bag of BB Wilderness on August 1, 2013 and last night, she had to be rushed to the ER Vet. They didn't know what was wrong, thought pancreatitis, as other owners mentioned. Was severely dehydrated, vomit, bloody stools, 105 fever, would NOT eat. For a bullie powered by food, this was a huge red flag. Vet gave her fluids, antibiotics, but was still not sure of source. They tried to feed her and she finally ate. I brought her home but she still wouldn't eat her BB. I had a hunch and Googled BB and here we have it. This is ridiculous. I called corporate today and left a message demanding a recall. I suggest you do the same (800) 919-2833. I will call everyday until this food is tested and recalled. All of us can't be wrong!

I stopped feeding Blue Buffalo (Salmon and Sweet Potato) - I have a 10 year old Havanese that has been on Blue Buffalo for 2 years. In June 2013 I came home from work to find a very sick dog... water diarrhea and an area of blood the size of a saucer plate. $1,000 later from being placed on IV fluids and antibiotics with other meds to coat her intestines and one month of prescription dog food - at this point I didn't consider it may be her food and the road to recover was slow, but she was recovering. Mid July I reintroduced her old food. The results began differently... chewing her paws, reverse sneezing, watery eyes and then she broke out in hives, wouldn't eat or drink, diarrhea started again... Back to the vet we go.

My dog was a happy and loving pit bull puppy. I wanted him to have and eat the best food. My sons love this dog very much. I went to PetSmart off I-55, a employee recommended Blue Wilderness. I bought it for him, want a healthy puppy. Because of this dog food, I live a nightmare. He started off vomiting up yellowish clear foam, then the loose stool with a foul smell. While wait on my boyfriend to get home, we decided to take him to the vet in the morning. By the next morning, my puppy had bloody stool pouring out his rectum. My puppy (truth) died, so everyone please be careful feeding your dog Blue Buffalo products. I had to bury my sons' puppy, before they return from school. Because I didn't want them see how bad their puppy suffered and died.

My 2 Shiba Inus were fine with BB Wilderness dry chicken flavored food for years. The last bag we bought around 24JUL2013 from PetSmart in Farmington Hills, MI is different, I think. WE fed our dogs like normal with it, and my dog also developed pancreatitis. He had diarrhea for about 3 days, and then he had a single episode of vomiting. I scooped him up right away and took him to the vet. He was very dehydrated and needed subcutaneous fluids. The vet put him on an easy to digest diet of Hills prescription ID and metronidazole and a probiotic.

My brother has had his 13-year-old Gordon Setter on Blue Buffalo for years and his dog has a beautiful coat, maintains his weight and has never been sick from eating it.. So I gradually introduced Blue Buffalo into my girl's diet when she developed diarrhea and soft stools after her Innova was recalled. Lab tests confirm she is bacteria and parasite-free. A friend swore by Eukanuba so I just started her on that only to see Eukanuba has been recalled! I surrender! Now I'm going to my vet's to pick up a dog food tailored for dogs with sensitive stomachs. I won't give Blue Buffalo a negative review because of my brother's dog living so long and well on it, but I wanted to state my issue with these high-priced dog foods that did not help my girl out at all.

I am so freaked out right now not knowing if I should trust the Blue food my dog has been eating. My 6 month old Siberian Husky has been eating this puppy formula Blue Wilderness dry chicken food since he was done nursing. I adopted him from somebody who bought him from a breeder and couldn't take care of him anymore. Ok so since we have owned "Tyler" my six year old daughter's best friend he has been happy and healthy and loved his food. The last bag of this food I purchased around July 25th or 26th from PetSmart in Boynton Beach, Fla. on August 1st my puppy started vomiting yellow. I figured he may have gotten into something in the yard, maybe a frog or something and hoped he would be better tomorrow. The next day the vomiting increased and no eating or drinking at all. That same night he started having very loose stools with small amounts of blood as well as blood in his vomit.

We fed our 12 lb. Yorkie Blue Buffalo this past winter while we were in Nayarit, Mexico. When we arrived back in Vancouver, we decided to try Blue Buffalo again as she seemed to like the food and did well on it. We had used several different brands while on our travels, and this one seemed to suit her best. I noticed about halfway through the bag that she was becoming lethargic. I put it down to the heat and the fact that she needed to be groomed.

Not sure of these reviews. Anyone can sign up and it appears that there are always 1-2 1-star ratings a day on this food on this site a day. I'm thinking it's an unhappy customer with a LOT of time on their hands. If it was really so bad there would be > 2 a day posted. My Great Dane has been eating this for 5 years and Danes have very sensitive stomachs. Took forever to find a food that she didn't have the runs with.

Ever since I got my puppy back in Feb., I have fed her food that is good quality. I like to research about these food brands but I guess I didn't do it good enough. I've always heard how great Blue Buffalo is and thought okay, I'm going to start feeding my pup the best of the best and got the puppy version of this brand. A day later after feeding her this, she did not seem herself at all. I shrugged it off but then the day after that she started having diarrhea and mixed bowel movements. My friend convinced me it's normal when switching dog foods. I then noticed ever since she was on this food she kept eating like she was starving and she kept eating her poop which she never did before!! The last straw was when she started vomiting along with diarrhea many times. I did research online about this and it seemed to be very common. I brought the food back and they were very nice about it and gave me my money back. I switched her back to the food I gave her before and she was fine. Not sick at all, more energy and stopped eating her poop. Lesson learned.

Our two yorkies have been fine. But now I am nervous to use this product!!! What food are you using now?! Doesn't Ellen Degeneres own this company? I am sure she would be horrified to learn this info. Her reps at BB would have told her, right?

First my wife complained about the horrible smell from the Blue Wilderness Grain Free Beef & Chicken Grill can, but she is a health nut and always complains about smells, so I dismissed it. I feed my boxer puppy dry food mixed with a small amount of canned dog food for that extra flavor he loves. When I found that Blue was highly rated, I bought two cans. The first day my puppy ate the food down. The next day he wouldn't touch it. That day he had his last puppy shots, so I figured it was the shots that put him off the food. He had three meals in all with this Blue food, because even though he balked, he finally got hungry enough to eat it.

We have 2 dogs Airedale and great pry. Both dogs have been eating Blue Buffalo since they we puppies. They are 3 and 4 years old now. About 2 months ago both of them were throwing up and had diarrhea. We thought they got in the trash. So we feed them just chicken and rice for a couple of weeks, then add small amounts of Blue Buffalo to the rice and chicken. When we stopped add chicken and rice to the Blue Buffalo it started all over again. They had diarrhea again. So we took them to the vet and test showed high traces of bacteria. So back on chicken, rice and antibiotics. We returned the old bag of Blue Buffalo for a new one to see if it was a bad batch. Same problem again. They were on chicken and rice for 2 months with no problem.

We got our Goldendoodle in December of 2012. For the first couple of months we fed him puppy chow until we realized that it wasn't the best product out there for our dog. We switch by recommendation from local pet store to Blue Buffalo Large Puppy since he was targeted to weigh 75 pounds. He is nine months now and weighs 60 pounds. For the past 4 months he has been on it he has had mixed bowel movements (thought that it was just because he was a puppy and sometimes can have soft stool). However, for the past month he has had severe diarrhea with every bowel movement. He wakes us up in the night multiple times to be taken out as well.

I have been feeding my five dogs Blue Buffalo Basics Turkey and Potato for at least two years. All of a sudden they all stopped eating and refused to touch the food. I change their food and they started eating except for my French Bulldog. He is in kidney failure and we are going to have to have him put down. There is no other reason that could be found that it has been the food.

I began mixing Wilderness with Hills over the 14-day period as suggested. My cat is about one year old. He never shed at all before. Now he is shedding almost a handful a couple of times a week. Could the Wilderness food be responsible? I stopped using it and went back to the Hills (which he eats more of). I want to see if he stops shedding so much off the Wilderness food.

Okay, so I was a huge Blue Buffalo supporter. I had BB for my dog and cat. A few months ago I convinced my father and grandmother to start using it for their animals. These last 2 weeks have been killer. I came home to my house covered in vomit. Rushed my dog to the vet, got her on some meds and fed her chicken and rice for 3 days. I started her on her regular BB dog food.

I just wanted to write a follow-up to my review here in June. My four large rescue dogs were all sick at the same time, while eating Blue Buffalo dry and canned dog food. Lethargic, bloody and runny stools, excessive thirst and vomiting. I stopped the Blue Buffalo immediately and started them on a new dry and canned dog food. It is now August 9th, and they are all beautifully healthy again. Eating well, gained their weight back, and shiny coats. No vomiting, no loose or bloody stools and no excessive thirst and drinking of water. They have their energy back and are just perfect, no longer lethargic.

I am so glad I looked into this BB issue on this site! I have been feeding my 5-lb. Maltese BB for about 6 months. She is constantly itching (which she never did before) pulling chunks of hair out. She tries to vomit but nothing comes out. She even smells different & I groom her daily with groomer visits once a month. Her tear stains have also gotten bad! Omg ! She is off BB immediately. Now any advice as to what to switch her to??

We have been feeding our Labradoodle BB since we got him as a pup. He is 3 this year. A part of our family, he goes everywhere with us, will not have it any other way! He is the keeper of our children, any child at that. We boat every chance we can, and Rocky is quite the swimmer! He has been vomiting for the past 4 days, and we thought he may have gotten into something on the river. Lethargic, vomiting, refusing to eat and drink sure isn't our tall, dark and handsome! We have been cleaning up the little dark pellets of food off the floor for the past week! Went to the vet today for blood work... and nothing! We have pulled the BB and changed to something else. Confused, frustrated, and concerned, the answer has been right there in front of our eyes for the past week! Those little tiny brown pellets out of the chicken and rice BB, ALL over the floor, Rocky seemed to have known!

Brought our 2 year old Yellow Lab home today from the vet. Past 3 weeks she was being treated for UTI. Vet took x-ray and found huge bladder stone. She thinks it's her food. We're waiting on results of analysis of stone to confirm her suspicions. Have spent $2000 on her and vet switched her to Royal Canin S/O. Who can we report this to and how to hold the company liable?

My 2.5 year old dog and 10 year old cat have both been on Blue Buffalo chicken and rice for years (since we adopted the dog as a puppy). Our otherwise healthy pets needed food last week, so we purchased bags for both (Healthy weight formula for the cat). We run 3-5 miles a day with the dog, so he is on the regular food. The day they both started eating the new bags of food, the cat began vomiting multiple times a day and chugging water. Our normally active dog has been lethargic, and has had severe diarrhea for 4 days! Every time he comes in from outside (which is now all night and day, from the diarrhea) we have to wipe his behind, which is dripping stool all over the floor!

My poodle is in the hospital right now with the vet scratching his head over what's wrong with him. Could it be the Blue Turkey & Potato (gentle digestion) pet food I purchased last week? My dog's symptoms are so similar to those I've read on this blog - bloody stools and mucus in the vomit. It would be so cruel if this were what's wrong with him.

We have fed all of our cats Blue Buffalo Wilderness Salmon for the past 3 years, with no problems. 3 weeks ago, the youngest started vomiting once or twice a day. The other two cats seemed fine. Thought Lallo was eating too much. That Sunday morning, we woke up to him lying on the kitchen floor, labored breathing, very lethargic. We rushed him he the emergency vet. All of the tests were fine. On paper he was a healthy 9-month-old cat, but he was fading fast. They kept him overnight to keep him on IVs. The next day we took him to our vet. Still, all tests were fine but he wasn't getting better. We left him there to stay on the IVs until we could find an answer. That night, Ashki, my baby, started throwing up. Then Aubie started. We scrubbed the house looking for something. Did a complete litter change and still nothing. We brought Lallo home so we could say our good byes and I bought fresh salmon and have it to them. The next morning, he was up drinking water on his own. That's when we started looking at the food. It was a scary thing to go through, over a grand in vet bills and we almost lost a family member because the company doesn't care.

Please someone let me know where to have this food tested. My dog died and another got sick. I have the food and it looks like cat food in a x.

The manager of my local national chain pet store recommended Blue Buffalo Weight Control cat food to me after I asked him to suggest the very best kibble to feet my 5-year-old kitty her to help her lose weight. I loved her so much that I always wanted the very best of everything for her. As a result, I chose to talk with the manager for his personal recommendation. Felice seemed to like the food and ate it for 3-4 weeks, along with her usual canned food, and then suddenly refused to eat it --- which I thought was very strange. A short time later, she began to vomit occasionally and cough! After she passed, I looked online and discovered that both are symptoms of heart problems!

My dog has been eating Blue Buffalo Small Breed Freedom Grain-Free canned dog food for over a year now. Only recently has she been having loose stools and diarrhea, is itching more than usual, and been lethargic. This has happened in the previous batch of canned dog food and the most recent batch I ordered from Petco on 7/9/13.

I've been feeding BB Indoor Formula to my 9-year-old cat for almost two years now. The new bag, purchased Tuesday, July 30, 2013 and just opened yesterday has made my cat severely ill. She has thrown up all night and most of this morning (down to a foamy spittle at this point). After reading the other comments, it appears that something has recently taken place and the company is completely ignoring the health and well-being of our pets. Food was removed as soon as I woke up this morning. Hopefully her stomach will settle soon... Ah, just vomited AGAIN for like the 10th time. Yes, we're on our way to the vet. Thanks, BB, for the inferior product at a ridiculously high price.

Our 2 dogs a year old and eating blue products simply didn't want to eat a few weeks ago. Note 1 TY IS A ROTTY so she couldn't wait to eat. Lilly a Lasa has been with loose stool and vomit and Ty with loose stool. WE put our faith in Blue products so we had switch from chicken and rice to Lamb, same results and again stepped up to the Wilderness SAME THING NO CHANGE. NOW GET THIS my wife and I had emailed Blue to ask if the recipe had changed and they said, "No we have had no complaints" and asked if it was old, torn bags, storage problems and etc. As my wife replied to Blue she copied and pasted the their products were being scrutinized. How can we put our faith in a company that point blank LIED TO US? SHAME. SHAME.

We've been feeding our three cats (ages 7 and 8) Blue Buffalo cat food for a few months now. This past weekend one of them was repeatedly going to the litter box and struggling, but nothing came out. He seemed to be in a lot of pain so we took him to the emergency vet. He had a complete urethral obstruction (several crystals had formed in his bladder and got stuck when passing) and would have died in a couple of days if we hadn't done anything. After hospitalizing him for the weekend and a hefty vet bill, we brought him home today and he's doing better.

Something has definitely changed with this food, not sure if it is formula or not but they did change the size of the kibble's pieces. I have been feeding my dog this food for close to a year and this recent batch I noticed a difference in the size of the food pieces, and the smell was different. She is doing ok on it. It has been 4 days, but I am likely going to switch her and return the leftover food if I can. The reason I am switching her is because she burps up this food now. I think the reason why is because the food itself grows double or triple its size. The pieces are about 1/8 inch in size before getting wet and when they sit in her stomach about an hour she will burp up pieces that are about 1/4th or bigger.

My daughter bought this dog food for her puppies and somehow my puppy ate some. All three were throwing up, lethargic, wouldn't eat or drink. My vet didn't know what was wrong and ran all kinds of tests until we searched the symptoms and came across this information. Thank God our dogs just had four horrible days but lived. Spent almost $1,000 at the vets and lost almost a day's worth of work. I will never buy this food and warn everyone about it.

Our 10 year old Jack Russell has been vomiting, diarrhea and lethargic. Brought her to the vet beginning of this week & test came back with normal pancreas, kidneys, liver BUT with high calcium & phosphate. Doctor thought parathyroid disease (waiting on those test results still) so she's been on diet of Science Diet I/d for couple days. I ran out yesterday & fed her Blue Buffalo (New bag we opened this week) and with in hours she was vomiting & compltely lethargic AGAIN. Now after one more meal of Blue Buffalo she might have pancreatitis even though she didn't Monday. After reading these reviews & why the food was recalled in 2010 I'm convinced the food is once again causing Vit D issues & hoping after $2000 in vet bills she will make it through this weekend alive. Never feeding her this again after 2 years of no complaints.

Recently bought a large bag of BB Salmon dry dog food and in about a week both of my Shiba Inus were completely sick. No appetite, throwing up, diarrhea, tired. Went online to search for the BB Customer Service phone #, but instead found so many complaints on BB with the SAME symptoms. I’m not alone here. Something is seriously WRONG with this food. Needless to say, I will NOT be using BB any longer. I'm now feeding the dogs boiled chicken and rice until I can get their stomachs stronger then will find another dry dog food. Stay away from this brand!!!!!!

Last bag of food I bought made both my dogs violently ill and one had 2 seizures in 20 hours! Switched immediately to Natural Balance and they are both fine. I have the original Blue Buffalo bag (bright orange) and samples of the food they vomited.

I am reading many of the posts here - and I can say that I am not experiencing any of the issues others are. I am a seller of high end dog/cat foods (Blue Buffalo, Nutro, Natural Balance, Loyall, Eukanuba, Iams, etc.). My Dachshund has been on Nutro before and has been on Blue Buffalo more recently to this day & I have never had a bad experience from either feeds. "Charlie" has been responding very well to BB and has shown no signs of issues one way or the other. I've also used Science Diet as well. Charlie just didn't like that one so much...

I purchased Blue Buffalo Salmon Dry Dog food and my dog has been eating this food for only a week and a half. She is 2 years old and extremely active. She just started having diarrhea 2 days ago and I have been noticing how bloated and lethargic she has been getting. As soon as I saw how many complaints were on the internet along with this website I was shocked. I will taking my dog off this food immediately and putting her back on her other dog food. Blue Buffalo needs to be taken off the shelves from every pet store or quality control should have the food tested. I am running home to throw this dog food away!

We just recently switched to Blue Buffalo and my Boston Terrier started having seizures. I kept racking my brain what could be doing it, and then remembered we had switched dog food for him due to some skin allergies. The skin allergies went away, but now he is having seizures.... I will take some skin allergies any day over the seizures. NO MORE BLUE BUFFALO!! We were fooled by their expensive advertisements all over the TV.... NO MORE BLUE BUFFALO!

$1600.00 and still going. My 14-month-old German Sheperd hasn't eaten in a week, still at the vet, dehydrated, on antibiotics, diarrhea, and very lethargic. Just by chance I googled Blue dog food and am shocked to see the amount of serious and dire situations about the complications pets and pet owners are going through. I'm returning Blue and switching them back to Purina. This is what I get for spending more for a "quality" dog food? This may not be the exact reason why my dig is sick but X-rays, ultrasounds are negative for obstruction/foreign body. Kidneys and liver seem to be okay at this point, platelets and WBC low. Ryder is still vomiting; he has fever and the shakes as he attempts to sit or lie down. At this point the doctors are diagnosing him with gastroenteritis. I'm mortified that this can be caused by Blue!

We purchased Blue Buffalo Large Breed Puppy food for our 2 new German Shepherds. They were slowly transitioned onto the food over a week's time and the result was runny poop. Our vet tried three different courses of antibiotics and we transitioned onto Purina EN food for intestinal distress. After over a thousand dollars in vet bills we transitioned the dogs back on Blue Buffalo thinking it must have been an imbalance in their intestines. Well imagine our surprise. After 1 day, BOTH dogs again have massive diarrhea. Last night we were up every 1.5 hours for the dogs to literally explode with massive gas and watery stools. We will be returning all of the food we purchased and recommend to everyone NOT to use this food!!!!

We started feeding our 18 mo old cat Blue and his stools became very smelly and runny. After a couple of weeks he got worse with explosive diarrhea and started vomiting. Took him to the vet and they thought he had an obstruction. He had to have 2 liters of IV fluids and medication. No obstruction. We changed him to Science Diet and everything went back to normal. Don't use Blue Buffalo!

I have two normally healthy pugs. The littlest one was vomiting and weak. Her stomach was bloated and there looked like there was something seriously wrong. The vet did emergency surgery and found no foreign bodies, just lots of food. The cost was $3300. When I started transition her back to her regular food - Blue adult weight control food - she bloated again and nearly died. She is now stable and eating real chicken and rice. In the meantime, her sister has started vomiting. She is now on real chicken and rice and doing fine. My cost is now up to $4000.00.

Has caused UTI and possible stones in our 1 year old mix breed dog and there is blood and crystals. She has been on antibiotics for weeks and may need surgery. We are also worried about our cat that would sneak our dog's food at night. We are very upset to say the least. Vet bills are mounting! I would like any and all information on this brand issues or FDA complaints (if any) from other pet owners. Our vet called this brand of food "practice builders" and is sure the food is what has caused the illness in our dog. Taking our cat Wednesday morning. Thank you!

My show dog KC, a Keeshonde, was 12 year old this year 2013. The breeder had recommended I feed him Eukanuba so I did for the next 12 years of his life. I've been going to PetSmart in Pinole, CA to purchase KC's food and things when in April 2013, the store sales rep told me that Buffalo Blue is the best dog food in the market - so I switched. Soon KC stopped eating and on May 6th, 2013 he passed away. The vet said he had kidney failure, his kidneys were so enlarged that they didn't look like kidneys anymore. KC was throwing up and he lost a lot of weight. He died in my arms. I had to euthanize him. I could no longer let him suffer.

My stray kitten has died from the pneumonia and upper respiratory infection caused by inhaling the dust from the BLUE BUFFALO 100% NATURAL WALNUT BASED CAT LITTER. The label says "Virtually NO Dust", that's not true because we discovered his nose and nasal passages caked with dust from the litter. I also put a small scoop in a plastic bag to show the vet. By the time we got to the hospital, the sides of the plastic bag were covered with dust. Before he died we wanted to give him a name, we called him Rogan.

I rescued a stray kitten. As always, I took him to the vet for an exam. The vet gave him a clean bill of health yesterday. I purchased Blue Buffalo Naturally Fresh 100% Natural Walnut Based Cat Litter thinking that it would be better for a not quite 2lb. kitten. Boy was I wrong! After just one day, my kitten got sick. We returned from dinner out to find him foaming at the mouth and gasping for air. The only thing new was the Blue Buffalo Litter. My daughter, granddaughter and I rushed him to the Emergency Vet. He is in Intensive Care fighting for his life. I am so angry I could scream!! He had to be sedated and then intubated. He was also given steroids and an inhalation treatment. I will never buy another BLUE BUFFALO PRODUCT and I will tell anyone who will listen to my story. So far, I have given a deposit to the emergency vet of $500. I pray that when I wake up in the morning, he is all right.

My little puppy has been eating the chicken and rice dry food for couple months. At the beginning it was good but now she is sick with loose stools, vomit and she is bloated. I noticed the same symptoms couple weeks ago but I didn't believe her food was making her ill. I stopped feeding her BB and I switched her to real boiled chicken and white rice, and she got better. And then I put her back to BB and her symptoms came back! I am almost sure that the BB dry food is making her sick and I won't feed her ever this brand. I am waiting for a recall soon. I regret I didn't read this forum earlier. Most of the stories are very similar to our case.

I have 6 Shih Tzu dogs, 2 of them on Blue Buffalo Grain-Free. Let's just say it made them very sick and if anyone wants to contact me for more information, you can. One pet died and another is barely making it.

About one week ago, we switched our five-year-old miniature schnauzer to Blue Buffalo Lamb cereal. We decided to make the switch based on published reports on this cereal being all natural and better for our dog. Initially, he showed little interest in the new food, but finally ate it when he got hungry. He doesn't get table scraps but does get occasional dog treats, such as Puparroni or Beggin Strips.

I have a 3 1/2 month old GSD and I've been feeding her BB Chicken for Large Breed Puppy for the past 5 weeks. She has vomited 4 times during this span and I am very concerned. This morning her 25Ibs body went into a slight convulsion and she threw up again, and I'm starting to think it has something to do with the food. After reading all these complaints, I refuse to feed her anymore BB and I plan on complaining to PetSmart about the product. I am also a victim of the "excellent" reviews/hype on BB and I am very disappointed.

For a long time, I have been buying Blue Buffalo Puppy and Adult Chicken and Rice from a supplier online. I have complained for the months of May, June and July that the Adult dog food was coming with crumbled shavings at the bottom of every bag. The dog food was also causing lots of soft stools. Nothing of course was done by the supplier. I didn't see any recalls. I talked with several others and they are all saying they too think the formula has changed. We are not going to buy it anymore.

We were sold on this food when a representative from Blue told us about it while we were shopping at Petsmart. We have a 2 yr old black Lab with hip problems. The representative told us how good the food was so we got it thinking it was good for our dog. Within 6 months, our dog put on 30 lbs. THE FOOD IS NOTHING BUT FAT!!! I blame Petsmart and Blue for selling something like that!!! Thank God we have a vet that cares and helped us get her weight under control again. I would not recommend this food to anyone.

We bought Blue Buffalo to feed one of our dogs after recommendations from a rep who thought it might help with her digestion problems. During the year that we fed our one dog Blue Buffalo (specifically Chicken flavor), we had to hospitalize her three times and paid several thousand dollars to have various tests run. At not even two years old, the vets were talking to us about the very likely possibility of euthanasia. All of the tests were coming back normal, except for low white blood cells leading them to think it was an autoimmune disease; however, none of the medications worked and her condition worsened. We finally switched her food after moving and not finding Blue Buffalo easily, and she improved within weeks and hasn't been sick since. We now feed her NutriSource and couldn't be happier. I believe that Blue Buffalo is a low quality dog food marketed well, and I believe it is to blame for us almost losing our dog. I will never feed it again and tell everyone how awful our experience with it was.

Something is terribly wrong with this brand. Four of my six cats have become sick since I switched to it. One developed diarrhea almost immediately (I did introduce the new food slowly). My 17-year-old then showed signs of stomach upset and refused to eat. He was the most seriously ill. Probiotics and Pepcid helped him return to his normal weight; although he still doesn't eat much (he's being monitored for kidney function).

I have had my GSD on Blue Freedom since 2/13. At first, she was doing great on it and in the last month has been having frequent loose stools and little to no weight gain. I did notice that the most recent bag of kibble I purchased was different than the previous. The kibble is smaller and similar to that of the puppy formula. The problems seemed to happen when the new bag was started. I started to add canned Blue Freedom to her food and she improved, and when I increased the kibble, the fowl smelling loose stools seemed to return. In the past week, I've had my dog tested for EPI, B12, and Folate and a full Metabolic Panel. Everything came back normal. She is also negative for parasites.

We have two cats. The oldest one started vomiting and diarrhea. Took him to the vets. He gave him some meds. We brought him home and started on soft foods. He got better, so we thought. Now a couple of weeks later, we've started the older one back on the hard food indoor health formula weight management hairball/odor control. Well he's now vomiting again and the young one is going to the vets. She started having seizures yesterday. No test has been done on either to confirm our suspicions on the cat food, but they sound like all the other reviews. So much for "Active Nutrients and Antioxidants for Your Cat's Health & Well-Being." P.S. My husband also noted a difference in the coloring of the food, and he's color blind.

I started feeding both of my cats Blue Buffalo canned cat food about a month ago. They started vomiting a lot more about a week into the new food. I thought maybe they just needed to adjust to the food. Over the next week, the vomiting turned into diarrhea and diarrhea turned into dehydration and not eating. They both had to be brought to the vets and put on IV fluids, antibiotics, etc. They had a terrible bacterial infection in their GI tract, most likely caused by their cat food. I threw $40 worth of food I had just bought out and will never feed my cats this food again. I could have lost both of them.

My 9-year old Chow-Lab mix has been eating BB Grain Free Chicken kibble for the past four months. He had previously been on Eukanuba, which was great. It stopped his excessive shedding and his coat looked shiny, but he grew bored with it, as he will do, so we switched to BB. However, lately, he seems bloated and is defecating twice as much as usual. I cut his daily portion to two cups instead of four. He is hungry and still seems bloated and has to defecate more often. He does get a little people food, but only a little, to satisfy the "pack thing" when we all eat together. I'm taking him to the vet for a checkup anyway.

Both my cat and my dog eat Blue Buffalo products and have been for over 9 months. Both of my pets love the food and have had zero problems while eating the food. I bring my pets to the vet yearly for checkups, vaccines, and wellness bloodwork. Both just had their yearly checkup and bloodwork this month and bloodwork for both were within normal limits. Obviously, this food may not agree with every pet or budget. Likewise, other name brand food that I had tried did not agree with my pets in the past and this food happens to work for them both. Do your research and make an educated decision based on your pets' needs. Always consult your veterinarian before switching foods as well.

Well, I am freaking out. We moved "down south" and adopted a rescue; a golden pyr. She was a year old when we got her and we wanted the best for her. We have had problems in the past with Nutro and others and decided on BB. We unknowingly kept her food in (what we thought) was a safe plastic container in the garage as we buy the big bag and we have no room for it in the house. HUGE MISTAKE, as it is hot and humid here.

I created an account on this website to specifically note my concern regarding Blue Buffalo food. My 4-year-old Golden Retriever has food/skin allergies. For 3 years, he has been eating Blue Buffalo Healthy Weight Adult - the yellow bag (not the purple for large breed) and we have not had any issues with his skin or allergies since he started on this food and I recommended it to everyone!

Our almost 6-year-old pit bull has been eating BB fish and sweet potato dry food, along with 1/2 can of wet food, for over 2 years. Last week I got a new bag of the BB. Within 2 days, he was sick as the proverbial dog - diarrhea, vomiting, etc. I changed him immediately to rice and hamburger, which did next to nothing. Finally, after 3 days and the beginnings of dehydration, I called the vet, brought in a sample which was negative for parasites, picked up an antibiotic and probiotic, and he's getting better... He's still on rice and hamburg (or chicken) and still having loose stools. But he's not going every 2 hours and having accidents. He's keeping his food down. I tried some kibble mixed in this morning (NOT BB!) and that seemed fine too.

We fed BB kibble and soft food to our dog for over a year with no problems. Starting around March, she began to lose interest in her food and eventually refused to eat any flavor she had eaten previously. Shortly thereafter, she became slightly anemic, listless and lethargic with frequent vomiting and loose stools. Eventually things came to a head with large amounts of blood coming from her upper GI and seizures. This progressed to the point of requiring multiple blood transfusions, hospitalization for multiple days, many, many medications and near death. We are still waiting to see if the bleeding has stopped. So far, we have spent well over $2,000 to save her life and are unsure of the outcome. The cost could top $5,000 in the next few days.

We lost our 11-year old long-coat Chihuahua because of Blue dog food. I am still having problems with our loss.

We've been buying Blue Buffalo for a year and a half and had no problems until recently. We normally buy the Senior Chicken and Brown Rice, but two weeks ago, the Adult Chicken and Rice was on sale. Since it has the same ingredients, we decided to try it. Mixing the last of our old bag with the new bag. Tillie, our Std. Poodle, started having explosive diarrhea. So I took her to the vet, unsure of why. She was prescribed Metronidazole and her diet was switched temporarily to canned Purina gastrointestinal food. Right away, she started getting better. Then our Beagle, Tuck, started having the same terrible problem. He then started to refuse food of any sort. Once Tillie was returned to the Blue Buffalo, after getting better, her diarrhea also returned and then our beagle mix, Lumpy, joined in, making me aware of the cause.

I have read many complaints here about Blue. From what I gather, most of you do not know how to correctly change your dog food to another. TeddyBear, a 6-year old yellow lab, has been on Blue since he was born without any problems at all. Teddy eats wet and dry food from Blue. Blue is rated a 4 and 5 star food from the dog food advisory website. You should check it out. I believe it's the only place that can truthfully inform you about any food you seek. I also firmly believe that most of these reviews are not legitimate and perhaps from a competitor.

I had both of my dogs on BB food for about 8 months. I never had a problem until recently. Both of my dogs, especially my younger one, got extremely sick - high temperature, lethargic, horrible explosive diarrhea, and vomiting. This lasted almost 2 weeks. Immediately after I stopped feeding them BB, they returned to perfect health. When I went to my local store where I typically buy their food, the man who works there informed me how they've been getting frequent customers switching off of BB because of horrible reactions to it. I hadn't even told him what had happened to my 2. I told everyone I know that feeds BB to switch ASAP.

I recently switched to BB after hearing recalls on my dogs' Science Diet food she had been on for years. My 9-year old pitbull became very ill vomiting diarrhea and no longer eating. We took her to her regular vet 3x for x-ray, anti nausea and finally bloodwork which in between visits would show some improvement and offer her BB again. The bloodwork led to her liver values being so elevated they were off the charts. We had no choice but to take her to a 24-hour emergency hospital for ultrasound and IV treatments. Four days later with only the result that it may be a toxin or possible cancer with further testing, we took our dog home in much better condition. In time, we began mixing in her BB to her bland diet. The dog became violently ill, vomiting, extreme diarrhea, strange behavior drinking excessively and being lethargic.

For months now, our 9-year-old Chihuahua Terrier mix, Charlie, has had digestion problems. Around March 2013, we were feeding him Nutro Holistic, and he was getting sick daily, unable to keep down his food and sick with the runs. We brought him to the vet. He cleared his anal gland and gave us Hill Science canned food to feed him. It was at that point when all our friends told us that we need to change his food to Blue Buffalo.

I have been feeding my 2 German Shepherds Blue Buffalo for the last 2 years with no problem. They are both 14 years old. Last week, I bought a new bag and started feeding them as usual. Within 2 days, one of my dogs had awful diarrhea. I stopped feeding him the Blue and gave him only rice and chopped meat. After a day, he started to get better. Two days later, my other dog started with the bad diarrhea. Now both dogs are eating only rice and chopped meat until I get them a different food. Scary!

I had been feeding my five rescue dogs Blue Buffalo dry and canned dog food for about 8 months. All was fine until a little more than a month ago. All five of my dogs started vomiting, had bloody loose stools and began acting lethargic. They also started drinking tremendous amounts of water, more than twice the usual amount. I thought they had picked up a virus and was not sure, but did notice they stopped wanting to eat when I put out their food...They used to love eating. They started losing weight. That is when I Googled Blue Buffalo and found so many complaints exactly like mine. But why was there no recall???

I originally started feeding my dog Blue Basics Senior because I liked the notion it was for sensitive stomachs and had low ingredient count. She's an old gal and has battled stomach issues in the past due to a 'street food' addiction - which was cured after I determined to muzzle her on every walk. She totally enjoyed the Basics food for months, until the last bag we bought - which caused immediate issues. I assumed she had gotten a sidewalk snack - and kept feeding the Basics plus rice to solidify her stool. Anytime I removed the rice, the problem came back. I have now moved to chicken and rice homemade, until I can wean her onto another brand. I'm disappointed that Blue has not issued a recall, since I've seen many complaints registered online over the past three months.

Doesn't anyone ever go to think that vomiting and diarrhea is dependent on individual dogs/cats? Not all animals can handle the same food. I've tried so many different dog foods because my one dog would, over time, stop touching her food - the diarrhea too. Orijen, Innova, etc. - way too rich. I have a husky shepherd and shepherd husky. I switched them to BB; my cats too, and I have had not one problem.

Both our Pomeranians just got sick from Blue Buffalo. First, our 2 year old Pomeranian was spitting up for a while and we could not figure the connection. Then she had blood and diarrhea in stools. Took her to vet for meds. Now, our 11 year old Pomeranian is having diarrhea and blood in his stools. Bringing him to the vet in the morning. I am now up all night watching him. We threw out the rest of the bag. This food got both our dogs very sick!!! Take it off the market!

My chihuahua has been in BB for two years with no problem. Two dogs that I live with (large mix chihuahua and mix poo of some kind) all got put on BB when they moved in. They recently ran out of food, so I shared some of mine with the owners, and after a bit, neither dog would eat it. Just got to the bottom half of my bag to refill the dog jar, and I saw white, green, and BLACK tar-like mold!!! OMG!!! I've been feeding my dog this stuff! Do I take it back for a new bag, switch food, report it, take pictures, what??? What food do I now feed that is SAFE?

Our vet recommended BB over a year ago. Our dog has been eating BB Chicken and Rice for months. Last weekend, she developed vomiting, gas and diarrhea. It was obvious she was in a lot of pain. She would start shaking and running around before she had to go out to #2. Then it was squirts! We took her off the dog food for a day and gave her pure pumpkin (this helps with binding stool). After a day off the BB food, she was fine. We thought she just had a virus. BB is supposed to be the best. We introduced BB the next day. She began the same symptoms. I did research and decided to buy Natural Choice. Our dog loves it and has been doing fine since she started eating it. It had to be the BB! I'm convinced after reading all the other reviews!

My dog has been on the large puppy breed since he was 12 weeks, and in the last few months, he has developed bumps on his stomach, diarrhea, and vomiting. His stools have been tested and are negative. When we put him on cooked chicken and rice, his symptoms go away, but upon trying to wean him back onto his dog food, he gets sick again. Everyone on this website needs to call and file a complaint with Blue Buffalo (1-800-919-2833), over which they will deny anything is wrong and not look further into it.

To my knowledge, all has been good. In February of 2013, we purchased a 26 lb bag of Blue Buffalo Duck. When I opened it up, I noticed the kibbles had white on them. It was molds. I returned it to the store where I purchased it. No problem. They opened up three other bags (same batch) and found them to be moldy, also. They opened up a smaller bag. It was okay. They gave us a refund for the large bag and gave us the small bag for free. They contacted their supplier and the supplier took all bags from the contaminated batch. We've had illnesses affect our dogs and dogs which have passed away, but it doesn't seem to be food related... I will be cautious, though, now that I hear there has been a problem.

My dog has allergies. Her fur was coming out in patches and she was itchy and miserable.The vet suggested Iams Lamb and Rice. That didn't help. I have read many 5-star ratings on various sites from people whose dogs had problems like mine. I began feeding my dog Rose "Life Protection Formula" and her fur is growing back darker and shiny. She seems happier. I believe Blue Buffalo is a good quality product.

I recently bought the Blue Buffalo Adult Chicken and Brown Rice. After eating, both my Boxers began to vomit and have loose stools. I returned the bag to Petsmart for a refund. I quit the Blue and they are no longer sick. I'm not sure if I want the Blue now. Was it just the chicken or their whole line?

I have a 3 year old Border Collie and decided to switch to Blue Buffalo Adult Natural Chicken and Brown Rice recipe. We started noticing loose stool within a couple days. The dog’s demeanor changed quickly after switching. Within a week of eating this food, my dog started vomiting and having aggressive diarrhea. We, at that point, put her on a diet of chicken and white jasmine rice. This instantly stopped the diarrhea and the vomiting. This was a bag bought form Petsmart around May 15, 2013, with the expiry tag of March 12, 2014. I presume the lot number is beside the expiry date, and that is B41 1352. Stay well away from this food. She was a lucky one and didn't need to go to the vet. She is fine now.

Our two dogs (Keeshond and Shih Tzu-Maltese) both have eaten BB chicken/rice for 2 years and have always been healthy and happy dogs. They both suddenly started having very loose stools after we got a new bag recently. We thought, perhaps, as other commenters here that they had gotten into something outside or into our kitten's food. We switched them to rice and boiled chicken to try and firm them up. It did somewhat so we added a bit of BB back in. We went right back to the loose stools. We're going to switch to Wellness and hope. Has anyone confirmed if BB was sold? Seems there are a lot of conflicting stories...

My mini-schnauzer was on this food for about a year after the rave reviews I had read. During this time, she developed many small lumps in her belly and terrible skin problems - which resulted in her being treated by a doggie dermatologist. It wasn't until she started having severe allergy-like symptoms (snorting, licking the air, breathing heavily) that I rushed her to the vet on the Saturday before Easter. The vet found her liver enlarged and recommended a different food - Hills Prescription diet - which I started using immediately. Everything about this dog changed. The itching and scratching and the lumps have eventually gone away, and she no longer has an enlarged liver. It's impossible to prove it was the Buffalo Dog Food, but I strongly believe the proof is kind of in the pudding, so I wanted to share my experience. You just never know what's in any dog food - but since I've switched her diet, she seems much more normal. You have no idea what I spent on attempting to treat many miscellaneous symptoms that I now strongly suspect was a result of this food.

I have been feeding my 4-year-old Springer Spaniel BB, and she has developed many stomach issues - mainly, loose stool, horrible gas and even acid reflux which the vet says may be a lifelong issue. After researching BB, I am shocked at how similar other animals’ symptoms are. I immediately switched food and just feel terrible that the food I was choosing may have caused her certainly painful symptoms. I never write reviews, but I thought if I could help even one animal then I would!

I have 2 Huskies (one has diabetes). I started using Blue Buffalo dog food when I needed grain-free for the one that has diabetes. This year I decided to just put both dogs on it. It was fine until about a month and half ago. First, the one with diabetes had some times diarrhea, loss of appetite, and her stool never went back to normal. The vet found nothing at her yearly, just put her on anti-diarrhea meds - worked while she was on them but went back after. I thought she might be eating something around the home.

I have 3 dogs on Blue Buffalo. On Saturday, May 25, 2013, I bought a new bag of BB Chicken and Brown Rice. When I poured it into my dog food container, I noticed the color to be off, lighter than normal, but figured it was the end of a batch or something. I'm kicking myself for not cutting the PCU number off the bag... Our garbage was picked up on Monday. As of Saturday, all 3 of my dogs have been ill with super stinky runs and stinky vomit. They wouldn't finish their meals, which is highly unlike them.

I was making my MaltiPoo and Chihuahua dog food based on the Halo dog food recipe. It was time consuming, so I wanted to change to a commercial brand of superior quality. I purchased the Wilderness Weight Control Dry and a few cans of the BB wet food because I thought it was so amazing from of all the hype about it being natural. I gradually introduced the new food by mixing the old and the new. I noticed that the MaltiPoo was not crazy about the new food but ate the wet (I thought it was my imagination, but the canned food had a vomit like smell).

I have a 12-year-old Maltese dog. I have been feeding him Blue Wilderness canned food for the last year. He had bloody diarrhea and vomiting 3 weeks ago. The vet said he had salmonella... so 2 weeks of antibiotics. It cleared it up, but one week later it is back!!! I am so glad I found this site because now I know it is his food... my poor baby. Going to tell everyone I know to stay away from this food!!!

We have been BB customers for many years now. We were currently feeding our 8 year old Labrador a mix of BB Life Protection Formula Lamb and Brown Rice Recipe and Life Protection Formula Healthy Weight Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe. We had just bought 2 new 30 lb. bags of each. I noticed a slightly lighter color and a slight difference in smell when we mixed the bags into the container. It was not drastic, but it was enough to catch my attention. My dog never passes up a meal. In fact, she will eat twice if she is accidentally double fed by the children.

Like several reviews I've read, my 4-year-old Teacup Yorkie became extremely ill after beginning Blue Buffalo for small dogs. After 3 days of switching from Pedigree, I came home to find bloody vomit and diarrhea all over my house and a dog in shock. Luckily, I was able to get him to the veterinarian just in time, as he was hemorrhaging from his intestines. After three nights in the hospital and vet bills over $1000, my dog is back at home and doing well; however, he absolutely refuses to go near the food. This isn't a coincidence because my other (much larger) dog managed to get into the food, and he immediately began vomiting and had bouts of diarrhea, though they were not bloody. This product is complete crap, and I demanded a recall and refund from the company to which I have not been responded to.

I stumbled across this site and am now very concerned about my dog. We rescued him in January and he was on Iams. We gradually switched him over to BB, thinking we were providing him with the most nutritious food. It is now May. We walk our dog every day, and we pick up his stool on our walks. It has been very soft and difficult to retrieve at times. The last two days, he has had dry heaves in the morning. This afternoon, his stool was green. He is very lethargic. The only time he eats all of his food is if we give him a scrambled egg, or put salmon oil in his food. He hasn't touched his dinner tonight. I will be throwing it away and will make him some rice and chicken until I can get him to the vet. Unfortunately, that won't be until Tuesday since this is a holiday weekend.

Two months ago, I started my dog on BB Wilderness Senior. He had soft stools in the beginning that I attributed to just switching the food. Starting last Thursday, he has had terrible diarrhea and gas. I fasted him for 24 hours, gave him probiotics and water, and the diarrhea subsided. I gave him a can of pumpkin to help firm the stool and have been making him chicken and rice for the past week. My husband, seeing we were out of chicken, decided to give him a scoop of BB we had in the house. The next day, the diarrhea came back. I work in a lab and tested his stool samples and they came back negative for parasites and had normal bacteria. Tomorrow, I will be testing his blood and I have yet to take him to the vet. Once I get these results, I will bring them to the vet. He has never had digestive issues before and after reading everyone else's complaints, I'm narrowing down the cause to the food.

I've been feeding my dog BB for the past month. Although he hasn't had any loose stool, I have noticed that he seems as if he wants to vomit but it won’t come out. He seems to love the food. I've tried several dry dog foods with no luck. Science Diet was awful. I was giving him Iams, and he seems to be okay on that. But after doing a lot of research, I saw that it had meat by-product in it, which is supposed to be a bad thing. I'm thinking about going back to it though because he seems to tolerate it well. Feedback please. Oh, my dog is a 7-month-old Maltese.

My Havanese is a year and a half, and has been eating BB since I got him. Last Friday, May 17th, I bought a new bag of his dry food BB Basics and opened it Saturday. That night he began puking and having diarrhea. It lasted for four days. He was in the ER for 2 days, then on IV medicine and fluids for another 2 during the day at his normal vet. He was able to come home at night. He finally ate on May 23rd, but is still not a 100%. $3,000 later, all I want is for my dog to be okay. Disgusted with BB!

I fed my 5-year old Cock-a-poo Blue Buffalo Freedom dry dog for 5 months. He started acting sick. He moped around, vomited, drank excessively and just didn't act himself. We took him to the vet. They gave him IV fluids, nausea and complex B shots, and bloodwork. The next day, they called with lab results, which showed that he had kidney damage. The vet believed that it was caused by his food which was Blue Buffalo Freedom dry dog food. He now has to have a prescription dog food. Buddy will have to stay on this dog food for the rest of his life! If we hadn't taken him when we did, it is hard to tell what would have happened. If the damage would have been more than 50%, we would have had to have him put down because he would have been suffering too much! Blue Buffalo needs to be held accountable for their actions for the damage and suffering that they have caused to the animals and their loved ones.

I bought a Rottweiler from a very reputable breeder. I brought her home at 8 weeks and I slowly put her on Puppy Blue Buffalo Wilderness grain-free due to all the hype about this food. She started having diarrhea all the time so I took her to the vet and she came back clear of worms, Giardia, etc. I switched her to BB (puppy) Life Protection Formula as recommended by BB rep who was working at PetSmart that day. The stool went from real soft to pudding like but it never got solid. This went on for almost 3 months until I decided to just drop the BB. I switched her to Nutro straight up 100% and within two days, her stools are "firm" as they should be. Blue Buffalo needs to go back to the drawing board and find out what the problem is because so many people with the same problem can't be wrong. I hope Blue Buffalo reads this and does something about it. I lost $100 on food plus veterinary check and laboratory work.

Well, I have been feeding my dogs BB for the past couple of years! We have loved seeing they are very active dogs. Their coats have looked better. But I just bought a bag of Chicken and Brown Rice last Wednesday (May 15th) and ever since, my 7-year old lab has had diarrhea and has been puking! She hasn't been the same active dog that she is and it is killing me that she doesn't want to play ball. We are waking up during the night so she can go to the bathroom. So I'm not happy! We have loved BB and now I'm scared for my dogs' lives and their well-being.

I have a 7-month old Golden Retriever who I have been feeding Blue Buffalo Puppy Chicken and Rice (pink bag) since December 2012. Amber had been doing fine until I bought the most recent bag in April. She started getting loose stools when I switched to the new bag. At first, I thought it may have been something she ate outside. She had two accidents in her crate which she has never done before. I took her to the vet, and they said she looked healthy and did not find any parasites in her stool. They gave her some anti-poop medicine, and I fed her rice for a few days. The stools went back to normal. Once she was off the medicine and she started eating the BB again, the stools went soft. After reading all of these reviews, I'm assuming that it is due to her BB food. They must have changed the formula or had a bad batch. I am going to try a different food now and will provide an update on her status. If it is due to the BB, I will not buy again and tell every dog owner I know to stay away.

My wife and I have been feeding Blue Buffalo Wilderness for Small Breeds to our miniature Australian Shepherd for a year and to our rescued Chihuahua/Terrier mix for about a month; both with very good results thus far. We have not experienced any of the negative effects I've read in other reviews. If anything goes downhill, I will amend my review promptly.

My two dogs are very picky eaters. I bought BB because I thought it was a wholesome product for my four-legged family. They loved it! But about a week later, one of my dogs only ate about a quarter of her food and every day since, she only eats a small bit. Thinking that she was just being her old picky, bratty self, I didn't dwell on it. I just left the food in her bowl.

I recently purchased 2 bags of cat food by Buffalo Blue thinking I was doing the best for my cats. I was told this was an excellent food. 3 weeks ago, we found our li'l Sadie girl dead. Needless to say, we cried and cried. I could not figure out what happened to her. She was only 8 and very healthy. Then a week ago, my older cat, Baxter, became violently ill. He was vomiting and had diarrhea and stopped eating and drinking for 2 days; he was near death. After speaking with my vet, I put him on chicken and rice and ground beef and rice. We are on the fourth day and he is improving; he is 40 percent better but has a long road due to the weight loss. I pray he makes it. We have done all we can humanly do. I love animals and advise anyone out there, do not buy this product. If you have it, throw it away, I need to know who can help me. You cannot bring back your pets once they are gone and did my Sadie die because of this food? Why did my Baxter become so ill? I wish I would have stayed with Purina, then my angel may still be here. Now my other cat is hanging on to life. This is so sad and upsetting.

We recently rescued a terrier pup. And not knowing about dog food, we had gone to PetSmart where a Blue Buffalo rep was trying to push her product. We caved in due to the "real" products and no byproducts. We purchased it and within a week, our pup was throwing up and had horrible diarrhea. He lacked energy and didn't want to go on walks; pups love walks. Our vet knew right off the bat what we were feeding him and ordered us to take him off BB and put him on "normal" dog food - Purina, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Alpo, your everyday normal dog food. Within days, our pup did a complete 180 and was back to his playful normal self. Never again will I purchase BB.

He stopped eating and drinking and was vomiting and had diarrhea. After $1,000 the vet could not figure out what was wrong. I didn't think it was the food until I talked to my friend whose dog was just sent to the hospital after immediately switching to Blue Buffalo as well. What's going on?

We have had our 2-year-old Corgi on BB since she was a pup. She has allergies to corn and yeast. We noticed about a month or so ago that she is getting skin irritations on the inside of her legs and tummy. She is way more agitated now. We have given her Benadryl and topical cream. After reading all this, I will be switching her food. I couldn't bare to go through what so many of you in here have.

All of my pets (4 cats and 1 dog) eat BB for the past three years. Dog is not liking the food and drinking lots of water. Cats are spitting the kibble into the water bowl. Cats eat the kibble minus the antioxidants and either spit up or throw up the kibble whole. I understand the BB CEO Bishop is now the chairman. Has the food quality gone down? I also noticed more commercials on the TV lately. I can only hope that Bishop's original reason for establishing BB hasn't changed for the money. My pets are priceless and I wouldn't knowingly hurt them. I'm trying to find another brand without problems. Perhaps Wellness? I don't know which one, but I know I had faith in BB until lately.

I posted in the middle of March about my experience with Blue Buffalo Large Breed Adult Chicken causing serious medical issues and high calcium with my six-year old German Shepherd. Three months later, he has been weaned off prednisone and had two more blood tests that have revealed perfect calcium levels. I'm now in the process of filing a claim with the help of my vet against the company and getting all of the money I've spent back. Please be aware that if you're having problems, you need to switch ASAP and pursue claims against the company. This website saved my dog's life and I'm forever thankful. Please be aware that this food has caused serious illness. I was a believer in its quality and I will never go near it again.

I have been feeding my four dogs Blue Buffalo Wilderness for a little under a year. The past month, they have been drinking excessive amounts of water. I can barely keep their bowls full and have even put three large bowls of water in the kitchen. I have had these dogs (all rescued) for about four years and never have they consumed so much water. Now, they are all vomiting and getting diarrhea. I stopped the Blue Buffalo immediately and they have vet appointments for Tuesday. I am going to ask for blood work to be done. I am extremely worried about them and have been giving them cooked rice and chicken the past few days until I see the vet. Someone mentioned that since Blue Buffalo was purchased by another company, many complaints are coming in about sick dogs. I am done with it. Never again.

We have a 5-month-old Boxer and she is having diarrhea and other issues also. We are taking her off this food immediately! But what food is good to use? I used a vegetarian food with my other dogs and thought I was doing something good by using this food for our new puppy!

I have been feeding my dog Blue Buffalo senior formula for the past two years with no problems until March. She became very lethargic, was running a fever, and got diarrhea. I took her off the dog food at the recommendation of my vet and fed her small amounts of cottage cheese and rice. Her condition improved so our vet recommended adding small amounts of the Blue Buffalo back into her diet. The very same day I did this, she threw up, came down with a fever again and diarrhea. I am taking her off this food for good. Something has changed with the formula and makes her violently ill. Take heed if you are having the same problems.

About a year ago, I tried the Wilderness wet food for cats. After one weekend, both of my cats barely moved. I stopped that immediately, obviously. About two weeks ago, my husband picked up dog treats and dry cat food from this same brand. I did not realize it. At the two times we gave it to our dog, she was very ill (puking, stomach grumbling so loudly that we could hear it from another floor). I did not realize that the dry food was also from the same company and we fed this to our 2 cats for about a week and a half. In that week and a half, I was convinced my cat (13) was in serious liver failure - lethargic, sick, going outside the box, lost a ton of weight, etc. The other cat was puking (neither of my cats are pukers) but wasn't as sick. I feel terrible that it took me a week to figure out what was happening - again!

We have a 3-year-old golden doodle, who was full of energy and very healthy, or was. We switched to Blue Buffalo dry food. It has been since that switch he developed loose stools, became lethargic and suddenly began having seizures. Blood work and tests done over the course of the past few months kept showing increased levels of fat in his system, although the only change was to this food. He went from a level of 150 to 9,000 triglycerides in the course of a few weeks.

I had a German Shepherd that was 13 years old that was perfectly healthy until I fed him this Blue Wilderness food. I bought it as a Christmas gift for him because I was led to believe that it was the best, all natural, and I thought it would be a nice special treat being duck. He would (every morning for years) eat one can of Pedigree over a cup of dry dog food, Beneful at first, then Rachael Ray's. I started giving him the dry Blue Wilderness to him as a treat once in a while instead of the usual dry kibble he would eat. He definitely seemed to like it at first.

Blue Buffalo Small Breed Life Source Bits - Our dog got very sick on this brand. She puked 15 times, would not move or eat for 3 days, and had to be hand fed back to health. Ironically, I saw the Blue Buffalo representative at Petco and gave him an earful. However, he did not seem to care! It’s a garbage product, and they’re a garbage company!

My new puppy has been eating BB Wilderness puppy food but not anymore. I've already observed several of the behaviors mentioned by other reviewers (lack of interest in eating, excessive drinking, butt dragging and pasty poop), so that very expensive bag of food went into the trash. The reviews also reminded me that my previous dog didn't do well on BB either. Can't think why I bought it again. I'm not taking any chances with my dog's well-being. She's eating Iams puppy food now, supplemented with a bit of Newman's Own canned food. She seems much happier about mealtimes now. The cats are even trying to steal her food. Thanks for all the cautionary tales.

We have two Pit Bulls that have been eating Blue Buffalo (dark blue bag) for about 3 years. We switched them due to skin allergies (that we diagnosed ourselves even though our previous vet was oblivious to the fact). We have had no problems out of Blue. Their skin irritants (red, itchy bumps all over that looked like flea bites) went away after two weeks of feeding Blue. Yay, we've been a loyal customer since then. Until last week, we bought a new bag of Blue just as we do every two weeks. I noticed that both my dogs' eyes were getting red, swollen and a yellow mucus was forming around the eyes. I assumed it was pollen due to the fact that they were outside one day for approximately 4 hours (inside dogs that go out do their business and come back in).

We have been feeding our dogs the Salmon and Potato variety for many years now as one dog has sensitive skin and allergies. Recently, our vet told us that our state Department of Agriculture pulled 15 bags of this variety of food for routine label compliance testing. The test results revealed that all 15 bags contained 0% fish and 0% potato. In my opinion, this is fraudulent labeling and should be pursued as such. We purchased many, many bags of this product based on the labeling and the assurances that this was the best food for our dogs. We have stopped buying this food and will not do so in the future.

I don't have a complaint but one thing I noticed in all complaint reviews is that everyone is feeding dry food to their pets. Is it possible that daily eating of dry food is not providing enough water to your pets' diets and putting a lot of strain on their kidneys thus making them go into kidney failure? I recently learned that cats become dehydrated eating nothing but dry food, and will eventually have kidney problems or suddenly go into kidney failure because they were dehydrated. Cats get most of their water from their food, which is why they need to eat mostly canned food.

The canned wilderness cat food, chicken and chicken kitten, has gradually turned worse over the past 6 months. Every time I order another six cases, the consistency is different and on certain lots, my cat just pukes up so I end up throwing away 20 or more cans since the mail order companies only take entire unopened plastic wrapped 24 can cases. The consistency of never knowing what I will get when I open another can is an obvious failure. So far in the past month, I have thrown out around $60 worth of canned chicken and canned chicken kitten. I see on the internet you contract out the making of your product. You cannot keep up with the demand of a once great product and allowed the structure of your quality vanish.

I bought a small bag of BB today at the recommendation of a friend for my pom puppy as I ran out of the food I got from the breeder. I noticed my puppy was drinking excessively after feeding, but I didn't think too much of it. I thought maybe he was just thirsty. He was fed around 4PM, and by 10PM, he had diarrhea. I was worried so I went online and searched Blue Buffalo and came across this website. I am so glad I found this website. I will be returning the bag of BB to the pet store I bought it from later today. Here I am thinking I was doing something good for my dog, but I ended up hurting him.

I adopted my German Shepherd/black lab mix on January 10, 2013 from a local shelter. I bought a bag of Purina dog chow, which was what the shelter was feeding, and the Blue Buffalo senior large breed life protection dog food, and began the transition over. That same week she went to the vet for an overall checkup along with blood work. At that time all results showed a happy, healthy, middle-aged dog. Within 2 weeks I noticed her stools were a bit loose so I included some canned pumpkin in with her feedings. The pumpkin would only help for one bowel movement and typically by the end of the day, it would be loose again. I also noticed my dog's appetite had decreased.

I made a complaint the week of March 18th regarding the Blue Buffalo Natural Fish and Sweet Potato that my 4-year-old yellow lab was eating. My vet told me that the toxin that killed him happened within the week he examined him. After researching his signs prior to the death and reading and finding more and more that his signs were the same as most of the people that made complaints, I found out the date I purchased his food and the number on the bag. I purchased his on March 1st! The number on the bag is 85961000326. If your dogs are on Blue Buffalo, please check out the bag's number. It is in your and their best interest.

We took our dog to the vet because he was having some intestinal issues and could no longer tolerate the Iams. The vet put him on a prescription dog food for a short time. Once he had finished that, we checked to see which dry dog food would be most likely the prescription food. We talked directly to the Blue Buffalo rep and he suggested that we try the BB Chicken and Rice formula. Our dog did okay for awhile but then he started scooting his bowl around as if he was trying to bury it or he would just sniff his food and walk away. We took him back to the vet again to have blood work done. They discovered that his BUN levels were extremely high. They kept him over the weekend and gave him IV fluids, which brought his levels down some.