Blue Buffalo Pet Foods Reviews

This food was all my dog's littermate ate. He's obese which is sad because they are a little over a year old. Since Blue Buffalo was on sale and my dog is a picky eater I figured she would like it because her brother just chows it down. She actually did like it BUT after a few days there was a smell in my house. I thought my dog had pooped in the house. It turned out that she was passing gas that smelled horrible. I asked my buddy about her brother and he said he changed food because of it. I thought maybe this will pass. I was wrong. My dog's stools began to get looser to the point I started to get really worried. Then she had a bout of diarrhea. She also started scratching herself silly, something she never did before eating Blue Buffalo.

I read several reviews before writing this COMPLAINT. My lab became very ill several weeks ago - chronic diarrhea, lethargic, weight loss, dehydrated and the list goes on. Spent close to $2,000 in vet bills for tests, X-rays, ultrasound, hospital stay and medicine. Would not eat. The ultrasound revealed that his intestines were inflamed and his blood proteins were very low. Tried plain boiled chicken and rice. Realized after he ate the Blue Buffalo Senior Chicken and Brown Rice he immediately went outside and was horribly sick. Spoke with vet and immediately stopped feeding the dog food; however, I was still giving him Blue Wilderness treats.

First time to purchase Blue Buffalo. Very upset that after giving my 4 yr old Maltese only one of the weight appropriate dental bones she became near lethargic. She barely walked... walked as if drunk. Completely not herself! I will be returning the product and never purchasing from this company again! Please take this as a warning on this product!

My cat started scratching as if allergic when started on Blue. She got diarrhea and she then refused to use the litter box for bowel movements. Was put on 10 day regimen of ** and on day 8 got better. But she now acts leery of me due to thinking I am bringing more med and she clearly has been traumatized. She is petite but has good appetite even now but my vet said "No more Blue Buffalo". A lot of his patients have been ill. Don't have to tell me twice. She is still not quite herself but I am feeding Nutrisca chicken formula by Catswell available at Chewy.com but my grocery store carries it too. I have 4 cats.

My little Maxwell, well he is 15 pounds of love, had such a hard time enjoying his food. I even went to the vet to get him a bag of food they recommended. I then decided to get a bag of Blue Buffalo for cats and he LOVES his food. I literally have to get him to slow down and he runs to the bowl when I fill it for him. I have read the reviews and do not understand where all this is coming from UNTIL I read a competitor is suing them; now it makes sense... When you start reading the reviews they all sound the same... Will I stop buying Maxwell his food? No way and I'm sure he would drive himself, if he could, just to pick up a bag.

A friend recently commented that I was feeding my dog an "extremely terrible" product. I did some research and have been on many different sites. There appears to be a broad spectrum of comments but on this site the majority are negative. I couldn't be happier with Blue Buffalo. Our dog is healthy, energetic and silky soft. My daughter and dad also feed Blue Buffalo. Both of their dogs are doing great and look amazing. Just wanted to offer a positive review.

My 11 year old papillon has been suffering from chronic diarrhea and vomiting from eating moist food for the last three years. I decided to switch her over to a dry formula. I was given some samples at a pet store for Blue Wilderness. At first she wouldn't eat it. However, I was determined and she started eating Blue Wilderness, chicken recipe, slowly but surely. Lately, I've been seeing that she becomes lethargic after eating and starts biting herself (she has no fleas). During the night I placed my hand on her side and felt small tremors. She did not have these prior to eating this food. Could this food be causing the tremors? I'm afraid that if I continue on this food, that the tremors will get worse and become seizures. Has anyone had this same issue? I switched her over to another brand of dry dog food this morning. I am very concerned about all these side effects that I am reading about-- from eating any Blue Buffalo, Blue Wilderness products!

My Great Pyreneese is a 3-year old rescue and very undernourished when we got him. Blue Buffalo is always my food of choice. Blue Buffalo Basic, Lamb and Potato, for large dogs. All the necessary vitamins, minerals needed. Was not long and you could see the difference---his eyes were brighter, his coat soft and healthy and so much energy! I've been using Blue Buffalo for a long time and all my pets are healthy and beautiful! They have a variety of choices. It is a little pricey, but my guys are worth it and I know what they are eating is good for them!

I have been using BB for years without issue, however, I recently attempted to change my 11 year old Ridgeback's BB to the BB Blue Senior Dog Chicken & Brown Rice. Initially, she did not want to eat it, which is not her normal behavior. She then ate it, after eating for several days (each day her being hesitant to eat the food) she started vomiting excessively. I pulled her off the food, but retained it, just in case it was something else causing the issue. I changed her over to BB Grain free Lamb and her vomiting stopped. I ran out last night of her good food, so tested a theory (don't judge me please) and gave her half a cup of the Senior BB Chicken & Brown Rice... She vomited that up. So never again for that type of BB, but I have been hearing so many bad things about BB in general of late, I am no longer going to be a customer of BB. Need to do my research to find a good grain free, not garbage food.

I recently switched (and yes I did it slowly over the course of a couple of weeks) my month old rottie to large breed chicken and rice... He started getting diarrhea almost immediately but we continued thinking it would eventually go away... Yesterday I completely stopped feeding him the blue and his stools started to harden up... Today they are 100 times better. Can't believe a food of this quality could do this to a dog. What is really in that food???

Blue Buffalo should be taken off the market. It's making pets sick and costing pet owners money. I had to rush my cat to ER center in Indianapolis. They suggest I call my local vet. We had to leave him to do test because they ask what food we buy our cats. They told us to get rid of the food right away. It's making cats sick and dogs. We do not know how much it will cost or even if the cat will make it. The cat is a baby doll Persian.

I'm only here to advise all people who have cats to stay away from Blue Pet Food. I gave this to my cat over two years ago and he was so sick. Diarrhea and vomiting. I thought I was going to lose him. My Vet said change his food and I did and he was better immediately. Two years later was offered Blue with a $4.00 coupon so I bought again. SAME Results. Friends have also reported this happened to them. If you truly love your pet stay away from Blue Pet Food!

Basics Turkey and Potato Indoor Mature for Cats - My poor baby. She has had diarrhea and is dehydrated as well as lethargic and not moving that much after feeding her this JUNK! Took her off, and fed her something else. Went to the vet, after $300 found nothing wrong. She finally recovered after being fed other food. Started her back on Basics and guess what, she's sick again with diarrhea. Called the company and left a message since it was a Sunday. I want my money back AND the $ I paid for her vet bills. Horrible food. Never again. I hope the "executives" of this company choke on THEIR food. DISGUSTING. I am livid!

I gave a 2.5 year old female Golden Retriever. She is very healthy and active. I started BB approx. 1 week ago. She has vomited multiple times and had non-stop diarrhea. I thought at first it was switching foods but after a week I decided to Google the change. I will be switching brands and putting her on bland diet. I wish I would have read reviews prior. She is my world! Horrible that they know this going on. People are losing their pets.

My three Chihuahuas love Blue Buffalo. It's easy to pick up at Petco and they have lots of different flavors and styles for all the stages of your pet's life. They have stayed healthy for over ten years on Blue Buffalo and we hope for many more.

Blue Buffalo No Grain Large Breed Dry Adult Food. The product seems to be great for maintaining my dog's weight. She has a beautiful coat of hair, very energetic and seemingly healthy. The only downside to using Blue Buffalo is that my dog is displaying some sort of food allergy that causes her to itch. The vets I have taken her to have no idea what it is and nor do I, but it is worse on other dogs foods. She gets really bad diarrhea and the itching.

We rescued two puppies from Spain and switched them to Blue Buffalo because we felt it was a better quality and got swindled by the review sites more than likely being paid to review them so well. Please, choose a better food. Soon after our second puppy arrived is when we switched their food and then got blood work done about a week later. The doctor said his kidneys were failing and that we needed to switch him to a food with less protein. It may have just been that he has health issues, but then 3 days ago our first puppy got terribly sick. She was hardly drinking, felt incredibly hot, wouldn't eat, completely lethargic. So we waited till morning and took her to the vet. They gave her antibiotics and she seemed to be getting better. Then we fed her the BB and she went right back into being sick only worse this time with a fever of 105.4. For those who don't know, 106 is when permanent organ damage can be done (assuming they live).

I switched to the Blue Buffalo cat litter after receiving a coupon to try it. I use probably half of the kitty litter I was using before I switched and there is no longer any litter box smell in my home. As a cat owner, you get used to the smell, but I hate that visitors would notice it. After the switch, visitors don't even know I have a cat until they see her. So much more than what I thought cat litter could be.

One month ago I fed my service dog Blue Buffalo dog food. She had seizures, vomiting, panting, and more. By the end of the night she had died. I feel the manner of the way my service dog died was horrible, and not acceptable. If I would of known there was even a slight chance of her ever being sick or dying from this dog food, I would of never taken the chance. This makes me so upset and confused. I need my service dog, and now I have also lost my best friend. I'm lost and my pain deepens each day. : (

WOW! What a horrible experience my two dogs death was. Both my two dogs just died after eating Blue Buffalo Dry Dog Food. We spent so much money trying to save them, but they passed away. My dogs death was painful for them to say the least, as well as painful for myself and my wife. What my dogs went through after eating Blue Buffalo Dry Dog food, were massive seizures. They lost all mobility, and panting, vomiting, severe stomach pain and more.

We didn't realize, we'd accidentally switched from our regular Blue Buffalo cat food to the company's indoor cat formula. Suddenly, our three year old cat started acting funny. He was short tempered for a few weeks, but nothing totally out of character. We began to suspect he had urinary crystals and went to town to purchase new food. Shortly after we came home, we realized he was completely blocked, panting, yowling in pain. I wish I'd checked the reviews before. They aren't good. They're known liars and what's in the label isn't what's in the bag. He was so young and seemed perfectly healthy and very strong, not overweight. There was no loss or change of appetite, no movement or posture changes, no trouble with the stairs or jumping up into my bed. He just kept going in the box on Sunday, and he clearly couldn't go. Now, he's gone.

We had our dogs on a very expensive dog food from a pet specialty store and our dogs developed diarrhea. We switched recommended by a friend to Blue Buffalo and their poops were perfect. So happy we switched despite the negative reviews. Always remember every dog is different. Thank you Blue Buffalo!

My 4 yr old cat had good teeth and gums. I started feeding him Blue Buffalo Freedom grain free food about 8 or 9 months ago. He loved it. However a few days ago he stopped eating altogether. I took him to the Vet. He has severe gingivitis and a sore cheek. Needed antibiotics and pain relief. I am wondering if this could be caused by the BB Freedom dry food. Has anyone else registered a similar complaint? After a hefty Vet bill he is now scheduled for a $650 teeth cleaning. I live on Soc Sec and I am very unhappy about this. I also just received my mail order of two large bags of Freedom. I would appreciate any feedback on this.

We have a 11 1/2 yr old Britney and lost our 15 yr old Britney two months ago. So we got our 8 week old Australian Shepherd 10 days ago from a great breeder. The breeder's daughter who is a vet tech, gave us puppy food they used and when we ran out I went to Fleet Farm but they did not have the puppy from that brand so I bought the regular adult food since our adult dog was running out of her food which was BB. This is actually important. So since we had used BB before for our adult dogs without any issues, I got the puppy food. Like the other comments below I'm beside myself for anger because my puppy is now in the pet hospital fighting for her little 9 week old life and I'm convinced it was the BB puppy food. It was exactly like what the lady with the cats said.

Our dog, Archie, began to get bad diarrhea immediately after starting him on Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula. Took him off the BB and began to feed him chicken, brown rice and vegetables with a supplement. Archie is doing so much better off the Blue Buffalo. The chicken, rice and vegetable diet is not only healthier for our dog, but also less expensive than the BB. I am so thankful that Archie did not develop worse health issues, and I will NEVER use Blue Buffalo products again.

My Siamese - female, spayed, 2 years old was recently switched from Science Diet wet food to Blue Buffalo wet food (honestly because the store was out of SD). She has consistently thrown up her wet food for a week now... Her younger brother - a 6 month old Siamese eats it just fine. Doesn't matter if it's the kitten formula or the adult formula - both end up in vomit for her. Interestingly - she does not vomit her science diet dry food - nor the recently purchased Blue Wilderness dry food. Of course I will be calling my vet to make sure it's not something else - anyone else have the same experience?

I adopted a female Havanese in 2011. I started feeding her Blue Buffalo as a pup due to the positive advertising campaigns. She always took a few hours to eat her food but occasionally would vomit after eating. I mentioned it to her vet and he suggested changing her food. I switched to Wysong Performance. She now eats the entire bowl in 2 minutes and never gets sick.

I bought BB HW Chicken and Brown Rice for my 3 dogs on November 1st. On the 7th of November my 6-year old dachshund started vomiting and having diarrhea which ended with taking her to the emergency vet at 11:30p. At first I wasn't sure it was the food so I kept feeding it to my other two. Yesterday my 11 year old dachshund had diarrhea all over my house after feeding her.

I've seen a lot of really bad reviews claiming Blue Buffalo food made their animals sick. I find it funny that most of these bad reviews popped up after Purina started a lawsuit against them. I've been feed my cat Blue Buffalo brand food for since I got him at 4 months old. He's now 3 years old, still eating BB Indoor formula and perfectly healthy. I also feed my 7 month old corgi and 1 month old kitten rescue Blue Buffalo puppy and kitten brand food respectively. Neither of them have fallen ill at all either. In fact the kitten is more healthy than when I got her.

My 1 year old Golden Retriever just experienced the exact same symptoms as everyone else. Randomly got the runs, went on a boiled chicken diet and medicine, stomach got better, went back to blue buffalo and I am back at square one. After a $400 vet bill I am incredibly frustrated. Has anyone tried to get compensation from Blue Buffalo?

My dog has been on Blue Buffalo Wilderness since I got him at 8 weeks old. He has flourished into a healthy, happy, energetic dog with beautiful fur and teeth. I also only buy Blue Buffalo grain free treats and Flash gobbles everything up and doesn't get sick. I would recommend Blue Buffalo Wilderness to anyone. Don't let one obviously biased article sway your weak mind. You can see all the "news" article only cite that one biased article with swear words in it. Clearly fine journalism. I will keep my puppy on Blue Buffalo and switch to the adult bites in a few months when he turns a year old.

My 7 yr. old Dachshund has been eating Blue Buffalo for 3 years and suddenly began suffering with nausea, vomiting, and diarrhea intermittently. Each visit to veterinarian did not yield a cause and he treated her symptoms... Then, after googling this issue, this website came up and I am astounded at all the people and their fur babies that have experienced this same problem. So, I purchased a bag of Science Diet ID until she can get over this misery and will go to another food (or continue with Science Diet). No more Blue Buffalo for my baby!!!

My friend Lucy (12 y.o.) has eaten blue for a few years. From time to time she has had a small amount of diarrhea AND none for about 4 months... lasting 2 MAYBE 3 days. So far this week Lucy has been sick 6 days. Lucy hasn't been eating for 4 days. 2 days ago she started passing blood. I took her to the vet. My vet said food poisoning AND gave me a sack of bland food and 2 types of antibiotics... while I got her home she passed so much mucus and blood. I was freaking out. I drove from gainesville back to ocala where she is in the hospital. The vet is administering the meds from their kennel and caring for my friend SO as I was speaking with the tech and telling then her food, I was told to check out the recalls and comments about BLUE BUFFALO. I'll be crazy to ever buy from them again. I purchased this food at pet supermarket 2339 nw 13 st, gainesville fl 32609.

Two weeks ago, my formerly very healthy, extremely active dog (80-lb Shepherd/Retriever mix) became seriously ill -- he had trouble standing, eyes were glassy, drank ridiculous amounts of water, and quit eating. Took him to the vet, had X-rays and blood tests. X-rays looked ok, but blood tests indicated what looked like advanced liver disease and kidney disease. I told the vet, "Two days ago, he was on a 4-mi run with me! He was fine." She asked about food and I said I feed him Merrick and have never had a problem. (More on that shortly.) She said to start him on a bland diet (chicken & rice) and get him to the emergency vet the next day for an ultrasound. Things didn't look good, though.

We switched from Iams to Blue Buffalo because we thought we would be better off feeding a high quality diet to our 10 week old puppy. He constantly had diarrhea on this food. We did the bland diet and once he was better tried to reintroduce the food and he got sick again. Finally, we switched him off and he hasn't had any issues since. I reached out to customer service to tell them and they were extremely unhelpful stating that based on their feeding chart I was feeding my dog too much and that was causing his issues. I let her know that I was feeding the amount recommended by my vet and that was the end of it. No offer to help or compensate. Luckily, Tractor Supply Co. let me return the opened bag for a full refund.

My 5 month old female kitten started urinating outside the litter box and frequently. I noticed that it was pink tinged, so I suspected at UTI, so I took her to the vet right away. The vet asked if I was feeding her Blue Buffalo, and I am! I have had her on Blue Buffalo kitten food ever since I got her at 8 weeks of age. The vet said they have seen lots of crystal formations in the urine and UTIs in kittens on Blue Buffalo, which is strange, because these issues are not supposed to happen in a cat so young.

Blue Buffalo small breed puppy. My dog started vomiting and pooping blood relentlessly. We took him to the vet the same day. He had mucus in his rectum and was completely lethargic. He wound up staying overnight for iv fluids, antibiotics, and anti nausea meds. We took him home the next day. He was keeping food and water down. We fed him chicken and rice for two days. He was back to his old self. The next day, we mixed some kibble in with his chicken and rice and he was completely lethargic the next day. He didn't eat for a day and seemed better the day after. We fed him only chicken and rice for a day and mixed kibble in the next day. He's back to throwing up, and being lethargic. It just dawned on me that it could be the dog food. Why aren't they recalling this food?

Please do not buy this poison for your pets. This dog food has been raved about and unfortunately we did not read reviews before purchasing. Our dog has been sick for days throwing up, diarrhea, dehydrated, peeing a lot, bloated... I can go on and on. Our poor husky is miserable and I feel terrible for giving it to our puppy. Fortunately PetSmart allowed us to return the product for a full refund.

I bought Blue when I picked up my 8 week old puppy. I switched food over right away combining the nutra source (breeder started with that) and Blue for three days then complete Blue after that. At 10 weeks I had my puppy in the vet. Lethargic... Overactive peeing and constant pooping... Excessive thirst... Started peeing in kennel and pooping on the floor which he never did. Constant whining to go outside... Was diagnosed with urinary track infection and colitis. Had blood in stool and mucus. Vet said it was the ph level in the Blue that caused his problems. I thought I was buying the best dog food for my puppy but I was told that most of the puppies that come in with this problem has Blue in common. I lost my Labradoodle two months ago to cancer. I bought this puppy to help it has the grieving process. I swear if I lose my dog there will be a lawsuit. I would like my vet bill paid. I will be calling their customer service tomorrow.

We added to our family a beautiful 8 week old blue heeler. My husband and I decided to splurge and buy premium puppy food for our fur baby. This was the worst decision I made. She started to vomit and soft stools. On Mother's Day a week after we got her we took her to the ER where she was suffering from an infection. Took her to the vet the next day and they recommended adding pumpkin to her diet. We added the pumpkin. Still loose stools and vomiting. After 2 weeks of this hassle we took her back to the vet and she had elevated levels of renal failure. The vet prescribed a different diet and her levels went down. In July instead of having her on the bland diet the vet prescribed I gave her some of my older dog's food. She is now a happy healthy puppy with lower levels. Buying premium doesn't mean it is good for your fur baby.

We have a rescue Shepard/Husky mix who has eaten this food for her entire life and not only is extremely healthy and no vet visits but doesn't inhale her food and will graze all day which means she is never starving or under fed. We give her two bowls a day and her dish always has some left between feedings. I really recommend this product for anyone who is interested in giving their animal a special diet without all of the bad fillers they put in animals foods these days!

My cat ate Blue Buffalo cat food and develop urinary crystals and a severe blockage and had to be put to sleep and I attribute the cause due to the Blue Buffalo food.

My Pomeranians had diarrhea after switching to the dry Kibble, so I went back to Science Diet. Thinking nothing in particular of it months later I bought canned Wilderness puppy food (Supposedly their "best"). Soon after one of my puppies had a seizure, threw it up, & went hypoglycemic. Thank GOD MY VET IS AMAZING and fit me right in!!! I went back to Royal Canin puppy starter and everything was fine!! A new pet parent adopts one of my babies, feeds her canned Blue Buffalo and later on that day, a seizure and hypoglycemia! All my puppies are robust & healthy & come from strong lines, have been kept up with vaccines & dewormed properly.

Purchased new bag of Blue Buffalo Small Breed Adult dog food. I clean out my Yorkshire Terrier's bowl every morning before feeding. Opened new bag and put the normal two each of 1/4 cups of food in her bowl. She will only eat while I watch her. Luckily, this one time she is this spoiled. As I was watching her I glanced down and saw a piece of glass in her food. I immediately contacted Blue Buffalo with the info. He offered to send me treats for my dog for the problems. I refused because I am very particular as to what I feed my girl. They wanted me to send them the glass. I again refused this request but sent pictures of the glass. I have heard nothing from the company and now realize it all has to do about revenue and not about the health of all animals nationwide. After reading some of the reviews listed on this report I feel as though a class action lawsuit is in order. These animals are our family and not something for this company to experiment with.

We got our 2 chihuahuas 5 months ago (they are almost 7 months) and they had lived for the first 2 months on Royal Canin, but we thought we knew better when they came to live with us. We switched to BB chicken and rice life protection small breed puppy a few days after we brought the first one home. She loved it, ate it happily and we noticed her urine was bright yellow and her stools had mucous but still hard. When we brought the boy home, he loved it too, ate it with vigor. It wasn't until we took them to get groomed that we heard about the past recalls. We switched them after more research but they didn't like the food we put them on so back to BB as that was better than nothing because they refused to eat.

Bought this food thinking it would improve my puppy's coat and because I bought into the hype... but my healthy puppy began throwing up and had diarrhea. Took her to the vet, then the ER... and 700 later, it was antibiotics, a water pack under the skin, probiotics and anti-nausea meds, boiled chicken, and white rice for 7 days. Then back to the same dog food and now she's vomiting again. Vet says discontinue food immediately. Never buying this again.

The Blue Buffalo Wilderness Chicken is the only dog food brand that we have used for our dogs (2 mini Australian Shepherds aged 2 and 3). They both seem to have reoccurring loose stools and diarrhea. The 3 year old seems to suffer from these more frequently and has also been experiencing constipation issues as of late of which I am very concerned. We have tried abstaining them from the natural biscuit treats we use (different brand) but the above mentioned problems have persisted. I can only assume that it is the food that is the problem.

I have 2 dogs – a 6 year old German Shepherd / Border Collie mix (Sadie), and a 4 month old Goldendoodle (Sydney). Both LOVE their Blue Buffalo! Sadie was a rescue at 2 years old, and has flourished with BB Wilderness Salmon or Duck. Her coat is soft and shiny, beautiful teeth, and no internal issues at all. Syd kept trying to eat her food all the time so we ended up switching her to BB Wilderness puppy food – and she loves it :) Just remember – different dogs have reactions to different foods. Tried my oldest on Natural Balance, Orijin, etc, and she had issues, even though it is a high quality food. You might have to try a few different foods to get the right one for your furbaby. I highly recommend it to anyone.

I started feeding my Schnauzer Blue brand food after he tired of the other brands. Within a few weeks, he beard started to turn really dark as well as his paws. Now after about 5 months, he got really sick with pancreatitis and colitis. I never feed him table scraps of any kind. Vet said she has been hearing bad things about Blue. I should have listened to the pet store owner as she said not to feed any animal Blue. Well, now after $1600 in vet bills, I am nursing him back to health. Blue is bad food to give to your pets. Our vet agrees that with his history it had to be the Blue products. Never again. I make my own now!!

I have a purpose breed border collie and his son Shepherd border collie. About 6 months ago I switched our babies to blue menu and it's been horrible ever since... hair loss... smelly ears diarrhea and 27 pounds lost. My Shepherd has been affected a lot. The vet bills and food are horrible and agree a class action suit should be done. If these were humans getting sick something should be done. My poor dog is now on hamburg rice and carrots for last 3 months. Anyone know how expensive hamburg is omg. But we love our babies and will do all we have to but all these poor fur babies and owners should be compensated. WE TRUSTED YOU AS A PET FOOD COMPANY AND YOU ARE KILLING OUR ANIMALS A SLOW AND TORTUROUS DEATH. As you can see by photo his bones are still sticking out. Thanks to my vet she has him on a GI dog food.

I had a 12 lb yorkie that got very sick. I was told he had pancreatitis. When I look up pancreatitis it stated they can get this for being overweight, bad diet, and feeding your pet off the table. My dog was not over weight, did not eat people food only ate Blue Buffalo food. Then I decided to go on consumer affairs and that's when I notice other people with yorkies had the same issue. I'm not saying it was Blue Buffalo Dog Food. Just keep watch over your dog.

Recently I purchased several cans of BB Wilderness cat food. Upon opening one, the odor was horrible and there were maggots. I opened can 2...same thing. I took pic of the maggots LIVE and of the lot # and use by date. Then I notified BB and was told, it must be a storage issue which they could not control after leaving processing. I explained this was CANNED containers not dented or opened. I again sent them all picks. Received an email apologising and would send my cats some treats! Really? Today I receive one packet of treats worth $2 retail. I paid more for my 5 cans which I threw out. Terrible. Will not be purchasing their products again.

My two young shelties are healthy dogs. Virtually never thrown up. After feeding them Blue Buffalo Health Bars they both began vomiting yellow foam the next day. My male dog also began having soft stools. Not sure about what made them sick, I kept giving them the biscuits. The vomiting continued. The flavors I fed them were banana/yogurt and apple/yogurt. Both dogs are fine but need to be monitored.

I also have a Yorkie that has been periodically having mucus stools and skipping meals. Most recently started 'prayer position' and foamy vomiting. After blood work and X-rays to rule out bowel obstruction, she's diagnosed with pancreatitis. I don't know if it's the food that caused this, but after their history, and BB causing diarrhea in my uncle's dog, and other questionable suspected problems I find online, I'm done with any BB product.

I've been reading all of the negative reviews about Blue Buffalo dog food and felt the need to relate our very positive review. We have two mixed black labs that we've had since they were puppies; they are now 7 years old and have been eating Blue since not long after we got them. They were originally on another dog food and one of our girls started losing hair and scratching herself all the time.

I have been using Blue Buffalo for my two boxers their entire lives. One is 6 yrs old and the other 1. They love it and have had zero health issues related to diet. I recognize the ingredients and feel that is the best place to start!

I am not a review writer. That being said I change to Blue Buffalo thinking it would be healthy for my cat. Within 2 weeks my very healthy cat that in 6 years has had only one ear infection for any kind of illness started throwing up and not eating, drinking or going to the bathroom. They have ran every single test on her and have done x-rays to make sure there's no blockages. There is nothing wrong with this cat except like my vet said most likely the food that I switched her to. Please, please, please it hasn't even been 2 weeks and this is what happened to my cat. I couldn't even imagine if she was on it for a prolonged period! I don't understand how they are still selling the crap except money can do a lot of things. I truly believe this food is killing family pets.

We switched our 4 month old German shepherd husky to the BB life protection plan dog food, and the first 2 bags were fine, but when we fed him the third bag of dog food, he was vomiting, and had severe diarrhea several times a day. We fed him rice and mixed in a new brand and his stool started to firm up again. Don't fall for their stupid commercials like me and probably some other people!

My dog just turned 1 year old in July and has been back and forth to the veterinarian with overnight stays for the past month. Diarrhea, throwing up, scratching, skin rash on her tummy, ears and between her toes, disoriented and hiding in corners. After over $2,000 in vet bills, I now know the problem from reading this website and Dog Food Advisor website.

Because of all these commercials that "prove" Blue Buffalo Pet Food is superior, I purchased a bag... and within days, my dog threw up yellow (condition of pancreatitis) and had diarrhea for several more days. I think I'll have to go back to my other food.

Wish I had read these reviews a few months ago. Due to mild digestive upset, I switched to this and it was a tragic fail. Urinary blockage, expensive Emergency Animal Clinic, multiple catheterizations and suffering on the part of our family pet. The only difference in their routines was the Blue Buffalo product the past two months. Big mistake and we almost lost him. Will never feed our male cat this food again. If it was $500 a bag, it would have been less expensive than this past weekend.

I did love Blue Buffalo til I keep open my bags up and halfway down I get these big balls of food - looks nasty and tired of getting them. Call the company. Let see what they do about my third bag.

My 11 year old pug with no history of bladder issues developed oxalate stones after we switched him to Blue Buffalo Senior Food. When he was diagnosed, the vet told us she'd seen a huge increase in bladder stones over the past few years and 9 out of 10 were on the Blue Buffalo food. Since his diagnosis I've found countless stories online under the same circumstances - pets on this brand developing stones or sometimes worse health conditions. A friend of mines dog was diagnosed today with stones. She had just switched him off BB because of my experience. It's disgusting that so many pets are developing health problems on this food. It should be banned.

Bought one small bag and my yorkie loved it. After second bag begun to turn away. Became nauseated, lethargic and very sick. Took to vet and has pancreatitis. Vet said he had other dogs that had problems with Blue Buffalo Dog food. Don't feed to your dog especially small dogs. He is getting better. I was shocked how many bad reviews this food had with same symptoms as my dog.

My 125lb pure bred Chocolate Lab, Torque, has been on BB since I got him at 8 weeks old. Never had a problem with him getting sick or runny poop (sans a bout of Giardia). He love his BBC. Only time he has ever turned away from his food is when I didn't give him his 'gravy' (hot water) on his food.

I had 2 gray male cats with white markings. The 1st one Smokey had urinary track problems with this food. I had to change to prescription urinary food. He was very sick while on the food. Then Boots who I have now, after becoming 5 yrs. old we adopted him from the Humane Society. No record of health problems. We had him 4 months and he came down with bad urinary problems. We had put him on the same Blue Buffalo food. He ended up in the hospital for 2 days. We ended up paying over 700.00 for the stay and new prescription urinary food. I would think this Blue Buffalo food is suppose to be so good, that the ash would be very low in it. I could not believe the same thing happened twice. Very disappointed in this food, and this company.

My pet after a week in it very bad diarrhea. Drinks lots of water that remained normal but color changed. Poor pup pee stayed dark. Switch after 2 weeks to another brand. Things cleared with doing that and aid of med along with being told to not go back to this product. Also we had to give pup **.

I fed my baby boy the blue buffalo wilderness cat food for indoor cats. Now I do not have my baby because he is passed away from urinary complications!!! He was not quite 3 years old! How could my cat get that sick... blue buffalo! That's what my vet said. She had to euthanize several cats and dogs because of same reason! I will never buy this product ever ever again! It is crappy food and they should be held accountable for my baby's death!

My dachshund first got sick in February 2016 suffering from severe vomiting and diarrhea with blood in his stool. Vet visit and testing showed that his intestines were just torn up so we started antibiotics and special medical food. Symptoms went away and he started doing better but still would shy away from his food and was disinterested. His food was BLUE BUFFALO WILDERNESS. 3 months go by and during this time he would have firm stool or soft... very soft stool. By mid-May he was lethargic, very sad eyes and was never excited to eat... It was starting again. By June 1st he was vomiting, having lots of mucus and blood in his stool and a fever. Back to the Vet. Another $250 later and the same treatment as February but this time the Vet tells me I got him there just in time and that his intestines are all torn up but we're didn't understand why. But we're now considering that the food he has been eating is a possible problem.

I have an 8 yr old Pom who's been on Blue Buffalo Life Protection for about a year now. About 3 mo ago I changed it to the Senior Chicken and brown rice formula and she was loving it and fine. I bought a new bag about 2 weeks ago and gave it to her. For some odd reason she doesn't want to eat and when she does she has loose stools and vomits. I saw there is a recall for the fish but not for chicken. I'm worried and would like to know if there is a problem with the chicken dog food too that they're not aware about.

Blue Buffalo puppy food for large breeds began making my 5 month old puppy sick end of last month (May 2016). He had been eating it with no issue for 2+ months and suddenly had serious bouts of diarrhea, disinterest in eating the food, and periods of lethargy. After several visits to our vet, on and off chicken and rice diet, a lot of $$ for the vet visits and prescribed medications, we tried a switch in food. Picked up a bag of Eukanuba brand puppy food Monday and we have definitely found the root of the problem to be the Blue Buffalo. He is now very excited about his food again, has more energy, and he's no longer having bowel issues. I will never purchase BB again and have warned two other new puppy owners to avoid it.

I have 2 chocolate Labs. About 2 years ago we noticed the dogs seemed bored with their food and weren't eating as much as they should have been. At first we started mixing pouched chicken in their food to entice them. That worked but then they wanted the chicken all the time. (spoiled dogs). We decided to try changing dog food. Started them on Blue Buffalo. Worst thing we could have done. The female had the runs and the male lost nearly all his fur within 3 weeks and had a rash on his underbelly. We could not figure out what was wrong at first.

My cat, for approximately 3-4 months has been having trouble throwing up after eating. I was thinking that since he was a medium haired cat that perhaps it was due to shedding his winter coat and hairballs. I have been feeding him Blue Wilderness dry & canned cat food since I got him 7 years ago. I never had a problem until about 3-4 months ago. Specifically this week, every time he ate the Blue Wilderness Salmon Recipe canned food he would get sick afterward. After several times of this happening, he didn't want to eat it anymore.

I had my Blue Heeler/Australia Shepherd puppy on Blue Buffalo Grain-free Puppy Wilderness edition a week after I got her. The breeder had her on Royal Canin puppy edition, I did not like the ingredients on the back, chicken by-product, blah blah. After the switch, everything was still well, I just did not support the previous brand and believe there were plenty of higher quality options in the market.

I am the owner of 2 full blooded wolves. One is an arctic the other is a timber. We imprinted and raised them indoors until 6mos then I built a half acre kennel. I have never had such affectionate animals. We have been using Blue Buffalo which is the same as Blue Diamond for a few years without trouble. Last week my black timber wolf became too lethargic to stand. We took her to the vets. Blow work was off Hgb was 9, WBC was 20, neutrophils were elevated, Creatine was twice normal. They kept her for 2 days. No change. I brought her home to be with her mate. Today is day 2. No change. I expect she will die within the next few days.

My Shih Tzu Midnight has been eating Blue Buffalo for 2 years. Within the last 2 weeks she has experienced soft stool and diarrhea. She didn't even want to drink or walk. At first I didn't think it was the food. I stopped the food and gave her chicken breast and rice. I gradually mixed the dog food back in and she had diarrhea. I thought this food would be gentle on her stomach. I thought I was buying quality dog food. She experienced this with Beneful too but that was a cheap product. After researching the best dog food for my dog breed, I just purchased Wellness Core. I read reviews about Blue Buffalo and it was not good as it was 2 years ago. No more Blue for my Boo. Prayerfully, my doggie will be ok.

My dog has been on Blue Buffalo dry and canned food since we adopted him at 9 months old. He is now 7 years old. Never had a problem until 2015 on and off soft/diarrhea stools and at end of 2015 into April 2016 non stop diarrhea. All of a sudden he got diarrhea and could not hold his stools and would go in the house which he never did... Thinking maybe he got into something... we put him on boiled chicken and rice. Once his stool returned to normal, we put him back on Blue food and diarrhea started again. Vet thought he may be becoming sensitive to certain foods or treats. We eliminated all his treats and still he had diarrhea. After a 2nd trip back to the vet he was put on Hill's prescription food... No problems after he was put on the food along with medicine. He now has no problems with any treats...

Don't buy them... and the company does not back up their products. Blue Buffalo products will seriously make your dog ILL. Don't buy it!!! All 4 of our dogs were seriously ILL. They never even requested the bag of food back. It was contaminated... had a strange smell as well.

I just received notice that BLUE BUFFALO Life Protection Formula was BAD--TOO MUCH Moisture MOLD!! And guess who makes Blue Buffalo--PURINA does! They have it set to look like Blue Buffalo is an entirely different company. In my opinion this is nothing more then SCAM by PURINA to overcharge customers and make it appear that PURINA is fighting against a separate company called Blue Buffalo. Well how can PURINA fight against itself? I will never BUY Blue Buffalo and in my OPINION neither should you!!

My pit mix Layla had been on Blue Buffalo for quite a few years, when she is now getting sick. I'd say this really started Mar 2016 with somewhat loose stools. Not really diarrhea, but not a healthy bowel movement either. By Apr she's gotten worse, now having constant, bloody diarrhea, she can't hold it and if she has to go, she goes, doesn't matter where. She has accidents all over the house and she's always been house broken since we adopted her 6 yrs ago. We've taken her to the vet twice, she's been on medications but they don't seem to be working. She also has had some on/off vomiting. We are switching her meds soon to something else we hope will work. We can't think of anything that could have caused this aside from food she eats, which was Blue Buffalo basics.

I also just had my 6 year old boxer at the vet for throwing up blood and bloody diarrhea and severely dehydrated. She spent 24 hours at the Vet with a IV drip. Also on antibiotics and other meds. She is just now starting to feel better a week later and on prescription food. She was on science diet for sensitive stomach and we decided to switch her two BB because it is supposed to be better for her. I was wrong. Do not buy this food.

Hello friends. I have read so many of the reviews on this site for BB and sadly most of them are negative. I'm not here to say it wasn't the food that hurt the animals. We as the owners of our precious pets must find the food the works best for your pets' personal needs. BB may not be the food for every cat or dog. But so many of them claim it was the food that hurt or killed their pet when a number of things can harm our pets. Anything from being exposed to the outdoors to biting on a infected mouse. It is a little unfair to Blame BB 100%. Sometimes no matter how careful we are, things still happen.

I have fed my 7-year-old Cavalier Ming Charles Spaniel BLUE BUFFALO for 5 years and never a problem. First I fed grain free kibble but switched to canned homestyle versions when I noticed he was swallowing kibble whole and was pooping kibble. He loves the canned food and has really thrived on it. His stools are firm and small, easily picked up. Other brands of canned foods gave him diarrhea or large supersoft feces. He has never been sick with Blue Buffalo. Just like people, dogs all have different systems and ingredient allergies. My main complaint for other brands is my dog is sensitive to many of the cheap protein ingredients like corn gluten, soy, and wheat. People are too quick blame the food. Vets will always blame Blue Buffalo because they sell Science Diet which they receive commission on sales. I haven't found a Science diet that my dog tolerates,.

As unbelievable as it may sound, I have 13 dogs. I recently purchased a bag of 36 Blue Buffalo Dental Bones because I thought they'd all enjoy a long-lasting chew treat and these seemed big enough and hard enough to give them something to work on. I read the warning not to give to dogs under 5 lbs or puppies (does not apply to my brood). It said they were easily digestible, all natural, made with the finest ingredients etc. My Pomeranian threw up and then began to twitch, couldn't sit up, couldn't stand up - we raced her to our vet. Bloodwork all came back normal, vitals normal but she appeared to be having a neurological problem, similar to ingesting some type of toxin.

My 2 year old fur baby Gracie has always been a finicky eater. I have tried her on other foods with no ill effects. Nothing ever quite worked to keep her attention very long. I saw Blue Buffalo and was told it was a good product and if she didn't like it I could return it. At first she ate about 1/4 cup. From then on for a week she would only eat very small amounts just as she had with the other foods. Anyway, on Thursday, (6 days after I first fed it to her) she started to dry heave and finally did throw up some fluid. She was not acting strange other than that. I left her on Friday evening to go out of town. My husband took care of her but mentioned that on Monday morning she had not urinated or had a bowel movement. He found her curled up in the chair under her blanket where she and I Sat. She was dead. Just turned 2 in April. My heart is absolutely broken. I can't prove it but in my heart I know it is because of the Blue Buffalo.

I recently switched my 3 dogs to Blue Buffalo (poison). I thought I was doing something good by buying this "high quality" food. 1 dog wouldn't even eat it. My female ate it and after a week started throwing up blood and pooping blood. After a vet visit and meds she is on the mend. Now my male dog who was on a different bag of food is throwing up everywhere and pooping blood. He can't even keep water down. He is going to the vet shortly to get looked at. Buying Blue Buffalo was a HUGE mistake! I wish I would have seen all these negative reviews before purchasing this garbage! This company sucks and they need to get in trouble for all the issues they are cashing. I am filling out a claim form for my vet fees and I won't stop until they pay them.

I have a four-month-old beagle. My husband and I bought Blue Buffalo chicken flavor for my dog three weeks ago because my sister-in-law recommend to us. After one week, my dog started scratching everywhere on her body, and kept shaking her head like something was in her ears, and then I found some rash on the skin above her belly. We took her to the vet, he said my dog was allergic to this dog food. She stopped scratching her neck as soon as we stopped feeding her this dog food, but I'm so worried because the rash has not disappeared till now.

My pug needed a food that would help her maintain a healthy diet. After feeding her Blue Mountain Chicken and Brown Rice formula I noticed a considerable weight gain. I googled this product and found that Blue Mountain admitted to lying about Chicken by-products! There isn't any statement by BB to the public as to whether the formula has been changed by BB. I will now discontinue usage. This company needs to be accountable to the public which has used this product for their pets.

My rescue kitten underwent a full body exam when we adopted her and everything was great. We started her on Blue Buffalo. We noticed she craved food - kind of like an addiction. Today (she's 1.5 yrs old). She underwent surgery for a bladder stone. The doctor said he has never seen something like this especially for a kitten. He also said it was caused by her diet. We mentioned to him that she was on BB and he politely said that BB is not a good option. She is 1.5 yr and in so much pain. As I read these reviews I do not understand why BB would continue to sell food that harms pets. From the time of her ultrasound to her surgery, 2 weeks, her stone nearly doubled in size. We tried to avoid surgery by switching her diet but her bleeding and pain continued. Please stay away from BB.

Two stories: First, my son gave his kitty BB food, and within two hours she started projectile vomiting and was left so weak that she couldn't stand for two days. She did recover when she finally started eating other food after a couple of days. He thought BB just didn't agree with his cat and has only recently found it has been a problem with many, many pets.

I'm not sure how all these dogs get sick. But I have a 10 year old dachshund female, and she has been on this brand for a couple of years now. She's happy and healthy dog. I'm not disappointed at all from the brand, and always recommend it.

I have 3 cats. We decided to switch food because one of them seemed to have sensitive stomach and threw up too often. We switched to Blue Buffalo Mature Grain-Free Turkey and Potato Recipe because turkey is best for digestion from what we read. All the cats seemed to like it. It did help with the throw up issues for the most part. After about 2 months my 20 year old cat just took a turn that was so fast and so unexpected. She was a very healthy girl. I had to have her put down she was hurting herself from being disoriented and almost disintegrating.

On Saturday I went to the Pet Store after researching some of the best brands of dry dog food. My dog had not been eating his dry food for a couple weeks, just the wet food so I thought maybe a change to a better food & adding a little at a time would help. I mixed a little into his wet food on Saturday night and he loved it! We gave him another small meal on Sunday morning and Sunday night. This morning when I went to take him outside, he wasn't moving. He was sluggish and also his one eye looked a little funky, discharge and sunken in. Not himself.

We have had several pets over the years including healthy dogs who have lived up to 17 years. Our Golden Retriever is in excellent health and is thriving on her Blue Life Protein Formula. Whenever we have given her other dog foods she is very fussy and often turns her nose up at them.

I have a 13 year old yellow lab and we changed his food a little over two weeks ago to Blue Buffalo. He really did not like it at first but started eating it. Within a few days he started vomiting which became an issue because he continued with dry heaves and could not stop. We ended up taking him to the vet and he had an ultrasound which showed his digestive system was not working. His stomach was dilated and everything was at a standstill. They gave him a shot and pills for the nausea. We changed back to the previous food and so far no more issues. I spoke with a friend over the weekend and she has 2 labs who had very similar issues with Blue Buffalo dog food. I wish I had read reviews before I tried it.

Both my large dogs have had severe diarrhea for over 2 weeks now. $500 at the vet, antibiotics, and now they want to check liver and kidney functions, even though they have been off the food and have been eating rice and chicken breast, because it has not resolved itself. I am so pissed!!! DO NOT buy this food! My dogs are not even 2 years old! Blue Buffalo has not heard the last from me! They will hear from my attorney!

I am a Bengal breeder. Recently a litter of 10 week old kittens and young breeder girl have become very sick on the BB. I purchased the food on 2/13. By that night, I could see a change in all of them. Diarrhea and lethargy was setting in. The litter was just at my vets on 2/11 and all weights were normal and check ups were perfect. By 2/15, they lost weight in that short amount of time. But the worst reaction was from my young breeder girl. Always very healthy (born here) and feisty, she became extremely lethargic and lifeless. She would vomit bile, her poop was soup and by the 4th day, I could feel her spine. On 2/17 I rushed her into my vets. They did a blood panel and count. Her white blood cell count was 59,000-61,000.

I've been feeding my cat Blue Buffalo Adult Indoor Hairball Control for three years. She is an older cat and I recently discovered that one of her kidneys is enlarged. I have no idea whether Blue Buffalo had anything to do with this or not. I'm writing because I've read other reviews and am now questioning the wisdom of feeding B.B. The ingredients look great and she really likes the food. But she's having trouble urinating... It doesn't look good.

Tonight I went on the net to find the best prices for Blue Buffalo. The folks at Petco highly recommended it. One person said I could buy a somewhat cheaper brand but the quality was not as good. My dog has mostly had diarrhea for the past four weeks but yesterday she started to have firmer stools. I am giving BB two stars until someone else has had the same recent story. She drinks like a fish and urinates however, its color seems a little dark to me. I have had kidney stones from my mild use of chemo. The chemo helps to create stones. I always check my urine's color. Quick question: What should the shade of yellow be for dog's urine? I appreciate the negative comments about Blue Buffalo. Thanks FOLKS!!!

My black lab was 12 years old ate Blue Buffalo Salmon flavor. I had my male black lab up til Christmas 2014 and he died in my arms. It took from 9 am to 12 for his heart to stop. Yes, he was up in years but I fed him the last month only the best dog food, and I thought that was Blue Buffalo as it advertised the best and cost a lot. I didn't mind but now I wonder, would he had lived a little longer if I didn't feed him this brand of dog food???

My 9-month-old Standard Poodle is currently in the hospital dying. He has the same symptoms others have described here in reviews. He eats Blue Buffalo Puppy Kibble and two weeks ago he was perfectly healthy one day, then sick the next. He quit eating and drinking, became very lethargic, had diarrhea with blood in it. Took him to the vet, did a series of X-rays, which showed everything normal. The next day he was still getting worse. Took him back to the vet who did blood-work and everything was normal except blood platelet count was a little low. Vet prescribed a home-cooked chicken and rice diet. He still continued to decline, vomiting, diarrhea, lethargic, dehydrated. Took him to the vet again, still no clue. Gave him subcutaneous fluids, because he was so dehydrated and gave him a shot of medicine for nausea that was good for 24 hours.

Started him on the BB wilderness puppy red meat food and he couldn't get enough. Just switched to the chicken kind and he is just as happy. Very good nutrition. He was the same size as his brothers and sisters at 7 weeks but he is 4 months now and is a healthy 4 pounds bigger and stronger than them. They eat Purina puppy chow.

Switched my three dogs to BB from Chicken Soup for Dog Lovers Soul in Feb. 2016, thinking I was getting the highest quality food. Mixed the new with the old gradually working up to half and half ratio. On third week two dogs started with diarrhea and vomiting. Finally googled and found all the complaints about BB and dogs that have been harmed. Immediately switched back to Chicken Soup but my Jack Russell continues to be ill, will not eat, losing weight, diarrhea and vomiting. He is 14 1/2 years old and I fear he is too old to overcome this. I'm so upset thinking I have hurt my animals. Ordered online so cannot return it. Do not buy this trash!!!

I don't know who the stars are for. Blue Buffalo one star - Consumer Affairs 3 stars I guess. I want to buy the best so after research I found Buffalo Dog food, and quickly recommended it to my friends. They stopped using BB because their dogs either refused to eat it or they got sick. MY Sally girl became sick and refused to eat. I would just switch the flavors, staying loyal to BB. When I took her to the vets they could not figure out why she was always throwing up and swelling. It was a slow death, I believe it took her short life. She was my best friend and when I took her to the emergency vet on new year's eve. I never thought I would be driving her home 2 hours dead in the back seat of my car. Everything added up... then I got the postcard with the class action suit. I have all records of her vet visits and the feed stores purchases of Blue Buffalo. My grief has been bad and my memory is gone... if I have already written you, forgive me.

Dogs have eaten this product for years with no issue. Newest bags caused intense urination, lethargy and they wouldn't even go near it. Changed food and after several days, they were eating and back to normal. Still awaiting full vet analysis.

I HIGHLY recommend this food. There is a lot of people with scary stories but I have 2 pugs that have been on blue their whole lives. There has only been one issue with my male being allergic to something in the wilderness brand. My dogs are healthy in great weight classes and LOVE their food. No gas, regular stools - we LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS FOOD!

We decided to switch to BB senior dog food for my 2 chihuahuas just a few weeks ago. One dog lost weight and began throwing up and soon lost his appetite completely. The Vet took x-rays and found multiple bladder stones and renal failure. He died soon after. Now my other dog is now throwing up and refuses to eat and we are throwing easy this dog food before she dies also. PLEASE HELP US GET THIS PRODUCT OFF THE MARKET!!

We switched our cats to Blue Buffalo in June. We knew some poor reviews were out there, but they seemed to be from 6+ years ago and our friends have been feeding their cats BB without issues (we figured the company must have improved since then). The new food seemed fine at first. The cats liked it and one kitty began to lose some weight. Initially, we were pleased to see this, as he's a bit heavy-set, but the weight loss continued to a concerning level over the next month (despite the fact that he was still eating) and we took him to be seen by the vet. He had elevated creatinine, which signals kidney problems. We had an ultrasound and urinalysis that revealed nothing further, so we ended up giving him antibiotics in hopes that it was just an acute issue and not long-term kidney disease.

My 8-year-old yorkie have NEVER HAD ANY SKIN ISSUES but now he has several spots from where his skin has sores because of this dog food. Please take this off the market. Based on everything I've read from other customers there are enough complaints to shut this company out of the United States. What does it take, is there a certain number of deaths that have to be reached. I AM ABSOLUTELY HORRIFIED THAT I EVER USED THIS PRODUCT LET ALONE FED IT TO MY DOG and on top of that your lawsuit settlement is a joke, $5 for ever $100 spent. We should all be refunded the full amount. I hope you go under and never come back.

My wife and I switched to Blue Buffalo in early February (2016). We have a 6 year old Golden Retriever and 8 year old Jack Russell. Our JR was immediately lethargic after eating his first Blue Buffalo meal. He threw up everywhere and had the runs for 3 days. He wouldn't touch the food after that. We figured it didn't agree with him so we fed him baked chicken for a week and then switched to another dog food brand. Our Golden Retriever loved Blue Buffalo, but after 4 days, he became violently ill with the same symptoms. A month later (last night), our Golden Retriever had a seizure. His blood work and X-rays came back normal. He's acting fine today after a stay in the emergency vet clinic. Not to mention the $600+ bill.

I purchased Blue three weeks ago after my vet said what I was feeding my dogs was not good. After much research and Blue being rated one of the top five dog foods, I started feeding my three dogs Blue. After weaning them off their Beneful for a week and feeding them Blue, two of my dogs started vomiting with bloody, mucous diarrhea. The youngest dog was fine. All stool samples came back normal and after switching back to Beneful all dogs are fine and happy. DO NOT FEED YOUR DOG BLUE, IT WILL MAKE THEM SICK.

This may be less of a review and more of an inquiry... We had our four kids on Blue for years and had great results with it. I began to notice that holistic food stores were not fans and preferred Fromm to Blue. I never made the switch since we really had no problem with it. Our biggest issue has been how horrifically bad our dogs' teeth are. Literally they needed cleanings yearly and the decay was unreal. They were on the dry formula and there was really no explanation for how bad the dental issues were. The level of buildup was so severe our one baby had 9 teeth pulled! We didn't know what to do and honestly the dry dog food never crossed my mind as being a potential issue.

We have a 14 year old wolf Australian shepherd mix. She's been on Blue since we adopted her 12-1/2yrs ago. She's been a very healthy dog and just passed her geriatric screening 10 days ago with flying colors including full blood work up, stool sample, and x-rays. She's hiked over 350+ of CO's highest peaks and still runs and hikes over 5 to 8 miles every day. Eight days ago we purchase a new bag of Wilderness Blue Salmon. She receives a cup of the Wilderness Salmon in the morning and a cup of regular Blue Adult Chicken at night.

I have always been careful about giving my 8 year old miniature schnauzer the best dog food and products. After extensive research, we went from Science Diet to Blue Buffalo. He wasn't getting sick at first, but he was never eager to eat the food. I figured it was because he was eating "healthy food" instead of "junk food." When he'd get hungry enough, he'd eventually eat it. When the Wilderness food came out, I decided to try it. Thinking back, I noticed that was about the time his stomach would gurgle excessively and he was having a lot of gas.

The last 3 times I've looked for the large bag it seems they're no longer on the shelves. Each time I've had to buy to 7 lb bags to equal 1 large bag. This is more costly and I feel cheated that I cannot get any of the discounts that occasionally are offered on the large bags. I have 6 cats and they love this particular cat food, so it can get quite costly.

In the beginning of February 2016 I purchased Blue Buffalo dog food for my 9 year old healthy, active corgi in hopes that the "natural" ingredients would help her with her dry skin. After eating for approximately 10 days she began to drink excessively (which made her urinate excessively as well). My boyfriend is an equine veterinarian who lives with the dog as well. He asked a colleague, a small animal veterinarian, who then informed us of the recent false claims regarding the ingredients in the food and a lawsuits against the company. We immediately took her off the food which was too late as her condition had deteriorated. She had lost her appetite completely, no matter what we made for her. Blood work and urinalysis was taken on her and she was started on IV fluids and medication. The labs showed renal failure. On 2/19/16 my dog had died. Less than 20 days of being fed Blue Buffalo dog food.

I have never had any issues with BLUE Indoor Hairball Control Cat Food. I first fed it to my Hemy for 10 years. I adopted her when she was 15 yrs old. She passed away at 25.5 yrs old from natural causes. I now have a 2-yr old Balinese. Been feeding him the same food since he was a year old, have never had issues. This is the only food my little guy will eat.

My husband and I adopted a new puppy. We wanted to give her the very best of everything. We heard great things about Blue Buffalo. She loved this food. She's 8 weeks old. After eating it, she began to have painful diarrhea, crying every time she went to the bathroom. We were talking about what we should do when she started vomiting up all of her food. It all started to make sense. We gave her blue buffalo that morning, and for lunch she wouldn't touch the stuff. She wouldn't even come to the kitchen. After she had thrown up, we drove her to the pet hospital and tried to give her a treat. She wouldn't take it. She became lifeless, she had no energy, just whining pitifully. We spent a lot of money that night, she was severely dehydrated. Her symptoms were so severe, they thought she might have parvo. She tested negative, and they did a few things to make her feel better.

I switched my puppy food over to Blue Buffalo when my puppy was about 4 1/2 months old. I was told by a so called expert in puppy food that if I don't start this new diet I was not giving him the best nutrients a puppy needs for a wonderful life. I was told that the food I was feeding him was like giving a child McDonald's food every day. I am a new puppy owner (I have another dog, but got him as an older dog, I am new at the puppy stage) and I put my trust into this suggestion. I switched my puppy over thinking I was doing the best thing for my dog. Soon after I noticed changes in my dog. He started not wanting to eat anymore. He started peeing everywhere. I thought it was strange that he could never hold his pee. He started having very loose stools. He was also very gassy. As time went on, he just stopped eating most of the time, he only ate very little. He would sit under my little children's chairs during supper time looking for scraps to eat.

I started feeding Dusty BB dry dog food because he had an allergy to the other dog food I was giving him. The scratching went away, all was well or so I thought. Just bought him a new bag of BB small dog wilderness dry dog food and gave him some Friday night the 6/19/16 and again on Saturday night 6/20/2016. He started pooping in the house and had severe vomiting. Took him to the vet Sunday and they said he was dehydrated. They gave him fluids on the 21st and sent him back home. Had to take him back on the 22 and he is currently still at the vet's. They are puzzled. They say he got into something toxic. I have other dogs that don't eat this food and they are fine. It has to be the dog food. He doesn't get anything else to eat. I'm heartbroken. I thought I was doing the best thing for him but I may have done the complete opposite. BB needs to look into these cases. I'm definitely not the only one with similar complaints.

I had 3 beautiful cats. Max 12, Peter 6, Mia 4. They have never had any health issues and I have always purchased what I thought was the best food for them. About 2 months ago I switched their food to Blue Weight Management. All 3 of them were putting on weight and I wanted to see if this would help. Max and Mia started eating less and Peter seemed to increase how much he consumed (little piggy). I figured that Mia and Max didn't care for the food and switched back to their previous food. They both continued to lose weight and eat even less. I took Max to the vet and discovered his liver levels were way off. The vet ran tests and could not pin down any cause for this. He died a week later. I then took Mia to the vet and she had a seizure and passed in the vet's office. Although I have no proof I believe the food is responsible for my loss.

Help please. I have been feeding Blue to my dogs thinking it was much better than other food. 10 days ago my English golden retriever had a litter of puppies. Mom ate real good the next morning then she got real upset, freaking out, panting hard, drinking lots of water, moving puppies here and there. I took pups away and put on a heating pad and gave them to mom every 2 hours. I soon realized they were starving, she had milk, but it had no nutrition in it. Also she stopped eating for about 3 days. She is now eating fresh roasted chicken only. I have lost all puppies but 2, and not sure they are going to make it. I have a friend in another state who is having the same issues and feeds the same dog food. We need help please.

Something must have changed with the formula. We have been feeding our toy maltese for years, but just bought a new bag of chicken and rice formula and that night she had stomach issue with throwing up and diarrhea. She has had this before and with toy breeds, stomach issue are common I am told. However, the next day she was constantly wanting to go out to the bathroom, which she was painfully going. Then we noticed a rash. We called the Vet immediately, who diagnosed her with a allergic reaction and most likely to the food. The only thing we fed her was the Blue Buffalo. Reading other report that Blue Buffalo was acquired and perhaps they are cutting corners -- If this is true they should be ashamed. I will no longer buy this product.

I had my cats on Iams for many years. I decided to switch to Blue Buffalo thinking it would be healthier for my cats. Over time my cats started losing weight and then it became too much weight lost. I could feel the spine way too much on my older cat. I always left more food out for them than they would eat but it didn't matter. I started supplementing with canned food to help them gain weight and it still wasn't enough. I have finally switched them back to Iams and they are now starting to put the weight back on.

My husband and I are owners of 5 dogs and have been feeding them Blue Buffalo for 10 years, thinking we were giving them a quality dog food. Recently, we noticed one of our 10 yr old dogs starting to eat poop. Not something she has ever done in the past. Then, another 10 yr old dog quit eating her food at all; very unusual because she is our gobbler. This morning, I dished out their kibble and saw live worms of varying sizes. Further investigation of the remaining dog food (which by-the-way, we keep in a sealed plastic bin once the bag is opened) revealed more bugs - some actually stuck half way out of a kibble. Needless to say, we are going to our local pet store to discuss with the owner. He should know what is being sold out of his store and we will be changing dog food brands to see how our clan does with the change.

We always fed our 1 year old Great Dane Purina Pro Plan. One day my daughter bought some Blue Wilderness Wolf Creek Stew. She put 1/2 can with his normal dog food just to give him a little treat. Within 12 hours of eating the food he was vomiting. We thought his stomach was just upset. The next day he did not have any interest in food, was still vomiting and now he was shooting blood out his rectum. We rushed him to the vet who told us we needed to get him to the hospital. At this point he did not want to stand up. By the time we got him to the hospital he was so sick he could not even hold his head up. He ended up having to stay in the hospital for 1 week, hooked up to IV's. The food tore up his stomach and intestines. They asked us at the hospital if he could have gotten into any poison, that's how bad he was. He did not eat or drink anything for 6 days. We finally got him to eat and drink a little.

Amy is our papillon and she has been perfectly healthy for the five years we have had her. Both my papillons have always eaten Chicken Soup dog food. My husband and I had talked about switching them to Blue Buffalo because they claim to have such a great product. So on Christmas Eve I got a bag of Blue Buffalo for small adult breeds, lamb and brown rice I think. One papillon refused to eat the small round kibble that looks like peppercorns. Amy wasn't choosy.

My 7-year old Husky has been on BB dog food since she was 6 months old. We started on the BB Life Protection Formula. At that time, I believe BB was a small company with quality sourcing their ingredients. At about age 7 she started having problems with sores on her feet. I switched her to the Wilderness BB, no success. I then tried the BB Basics, still same problem. After switching to a vet prescribed brand - not one issue!

I've spent some time reading these reviews about how Blue has made pets sick. I've been using Blue cat food for 8 years and my cats have had 0 reactions or issues to it. If anything, it's given them more energy than the food I was using before. They're 9 now and still act like kittens. We've also recently switched our 9-month old puppy from Blue puppy food to Blue Wilderness large breed adult food. This is her first week with no mixed in puppy food and she's loving it! No reactions, no diarrhea, tons of energy. With my experiences with the food, I have to believe the negative reactions are more based on allergic reactions to the food or a dog's specific digestive system not being able to process it. I'm 3/3 on healthy Blue animals so you can't blame the food. Dogs have allergies to food just like people do so stop blaming the food.

I have been buying this food for years. I have purchased the salmon for many pups that was supposed to be grain free. My dog kept getting skin issues on and off. We went to the vet after several thousand dollars later. I changed food to Zignature. My 11 yr old boxer and 12 yr cockapoo have been eating blue for years a different flavor. I have realized their stools are all the time and never had that before. I kept asking Petsmart if something was changing, and they said they heard someone else bought the company and the food was changing. I returned several bags also due to it was so powdery not full bits. I am not finding out my boxer has a tumor and after reading all these reviews I am very upset we never knew this before. My boxer is very ill and close to death after now finding out if was possibly his food that I put a lot of money into feeding my babies. SO UPSET!!!

I normally buy Blue Buffalo small breed dog food, but I was only able to find Blue Wilderness small breed chicken. I assumed as they were made by the same company, the quality would also be the same. On Saturday January 9th/2016, my shihpoo spent the morning at Petsmart groomers and once home, I fed her the Blue Wilderness food I had also purchased that same morning. She starting shaking uncontrollably a few hours after eating and continued through the night.

I have a 12-year-old rescue who has never had any stomach trouble. I saw ads for Blue Buffalo and decided to try it. On his second feeding of this food he had a terrible reaction to it. I left him for four hours and came home to a terrible mess of poop and vomit all over the floor. He hasn't messed in the house since he was 6 months old and was mortified by it as much as me. I decided to google about it and found way too many incidences of this problem. I will be returning the food which is not cheap and he will never have another morsel of it. He will be getting organic chicken and rice for a few days.

I've been using the homestyle recipe chicken and homestyle recipe turkey and meatloaf canned dog food. I started noticing higher moisture content and a different smell. The food is real mushy and no longer has the rich meaty smell that it used to have. It smells like a cheaper more processed dog food. Then about a week later, I received an email about the lawsuit against Blue Buffalo for false advertising and labeling. They are settling the lawsuit for $32,000,000. No company would settle for that amount, unless there was wrongdoing. They did admit to guilt. I did call and complain about the food. They said they would investigate, but no one has ever returned my call. I will no longer be a customer of Blue Buffalo.

My beloved Dachshund Cooper passed away at age 11 from acute liver failure. I can not verify the cause was his dog food but after researching causes online, the consistency of occurrences relating to Blue Buffalo leaves me numb. Why is this company still making dog food? How many family pets must die before they are held accountable. The only dog food Cooper ate was Blue Buffalo and Blue Wilderness. We thought we were buying quality food for our precious dog.

I feed my older Havanese the honest kitchen, and he loves it, but my new puppy did not like it. I tried BB and within 2 feedings had diarrhea. I read a lot of the same problem online with others. I switched to Wellness and so far so good. The guy at the store did say it's a very rich food lots of protein. I really don't know if that is why, but no more BB for my little one.

I have been feeding my 10 year old mini schnauzer Nutro wet food in cans and Blue Buffalo Life Protection dry food. She's been throwing up her food intermittently this past month when I give her Blue Buffalo at night. I just bought a new bag of Life Protection and she did not feel well yesterday and threw up the dry food multiple times yesterday. I remember just recently receiving a message about the class action suit against Blue Buffalo and found this site on the Internet. I am returning the bag of food and joining the lawsuit.

I liked the BB brand because of their price and name. They have so many choices for me. I adopted a pug who, we did not know, has a sensitive stomach. I fed her BB Life Protection Formula which gave her bad diarrhea and gas! So I switched her to Natural Balance, but she did not like it. So I switched her to BB Wilderness with Red Meats Formula. She is not as exciting with the food as much as her Hill's I/D food. However, BB Wilderness seem to agree with her stomach. It caused her to be gassy - I can deal with it. I was happy to find the right food for her UNTIL I FOUND other Animal HAIR in the food. I opened the brand new bag last night and found hair!

My cat was not eating well and seemed to have problems with bowel movements and was always vomiting. She was eating Science Diet for mature cats and it didn't seem to help her. Then I saw Blue had one for Digestive problems. I bought it and she loved it. She started eating better and having daily bowel movements and was only vomiting a little when she had a bowel movement. Now she has quit eating her food and seems to not be able to have a bowel movement. I am calling the vet Monday as I just heard someone say they had heard bad things about Blue.

I have two yorkies and I raised them on Blue Buffalo dog food and they keep getting hot spots. I tried everything and eventually had to take them to my vet for steroid shots and antibiotics every 6 weeks. The hot spots were raw and bleeding and my yorkies would scratch and itch. I took them off Blue Buffalo and their skin has cleared up. I put them on Purina One and they absolutely love it and there are no more issues with their skin. I also took them off Blue Buffalo treats and cookies. I've spent a fortune in vet bills and worried sick for my dogs.

I have read many experiences about people who have had a bad and at times tragic results with Blue Buffalo and about the recalls. We have 2 Keeshond, 1 10 years old that we acquired two and half years ago and 1, 4 years we have had since a pup. Both are fed Blue, and we have had no problems whatsoever. The older one is fed the "older adult" version, which I know means nothing, other than it is low in fat and lower in protein, and the other one is fed the Turkey and Potato Basic. Prior to feeding the younger one Blue we feed him Wilderness and he had chronic digestive issue and poor appetite. Once we switched to the Blue he eats well and no digestive issues. There are so many opinions regarding this issue and no comprehensive regulation for pet food that I believe you find what works for your pet and move on.

I use to feed my dogs Blue Buffalo, I only switched because my beagle was gaining a lot of weight on it. The canned food use also made my border collie very sick, she has had other brands such as science diet and royal canin and been just fine. I recently bought the Christmas cinnamon and oatmeal Christmas cookies they had out and both my dogs have become very sick a few hours after ingesting them. They both threw up multiple times. I have since thrown away rest of the bags. I feel blue buffalo isn't as high of quality as they claim. I will continue buying science diet treats and Royal canin food for them, blue buffalo couldn't pay me enough to switch back to them and put my fur babies' Health at risk.

I adopted my English Bulldog puppy and I only want to give her the very best of everything. So I bought her Blue Wilderness Large Breed puppy food. As a result she had the worst gas I have ever!!! Her stools were soft and her hair was coming out in patches! I blamed it on everything besides the food. I thought maybe allergies??? So I took her to the vet because in the places she was losing hair started blistering up. The vet tells me it could be her dog food to change it. Well, I rolled it off. I thought "I pay good money for this food, it couldn't be that." I adopted another English Bulldog puppy. His stools became soft and he started getting gas as well. Three vets told me to change the food! I finally did, started them on Purina Pro Plan. The gas and loose stools is all gone now! This has been a great lifelong lesson!

I saw a posting on Yahoo about Blue Buffalo and to my shock and horror, realized that my cat brush with death last year might be because of his food!! Our cat suddenly started losing weight so we thought it was stress from moving or because we switched him from kitten to adult food. I went and bought the Blue Buffalo Wilderness kitten food. After another week, he suddenly collapsed and we rushed him to the emergency vet. They felt he had been poisoned and he was put on emergency IVs, etc. After several days and over a thousand dollars, he recovered. Having no idea, I continued buying the "best" for him and ransacked my house for anything he could have gotten into, but found nothing. He went through another episode a month ago. I am switching foods to see if it stops. I NEVER even considered the food. I really trusted them and am horrified that I might have put him through this. Our puppy seems good, but now I am worried about him too!

I've watched this string for the past year after putting my dog down and can't believe nothing's been done by BB. The number of people increased by 1,000 since last year and Blue Buffalo won't admit it was their food that caused the problem. Most everyone shares the same story. Vomiting, lethargic, hesitant to eat the food and then diarrhea episodes leading to the dog being put down. Very sad. I work to educate anyone who feeds their dog this toxic garbage.

I do not recommend this dog food to anyone especially pug owners. We thought we would change our pugs' food due to the hype associated with BB. We took our time transitioning both our pugs to this approx. 3 months. About a month after transition, our youngest pug collapsed and had several seizures. We rushed her to the ER, diagnosis pancreatitis after 2 days in and 1300 dollars into it, we had to make the decision to bring her home. We just couldn't afford it. We followed vet's recommendations but she passed later that evening. We immediately switched foods for our other pug but a few days later same thing. My biggest regret buying into what they were selling. Never again. I did contact them about it & they denied it was their food. Miss my stump chumps everyday...

We transitioned our 8-week old puppy from Beneful puppy food to BB dog food. The day we finally gave him only Buffalo Blue his eyes became very swollen and itchy. We took him to the vet and she said he was allergic to something and gave us an eye ointment to help. I thought it was the homemade treats we made but then we remembered the food. After reading all of these other horrible reviews and the similarities in many other animals, we are almost positive that this food is the problem. We're happy we took him off of this before something really bad happened. Save an expensive trip to the vet and don't feed your animal Buffalo Blue.

Our standard poodles have been on BB for quite some time. Every now and then they will get a bad tummy, eat grass, and have diarrhea. I always attributed it to too many snacks or occasional people food. I just used the last of a bag, which I always keep in the house in a plastic container with lid. To my horror there were SEVERAL small "meal worms" crawling around. Ugh! I will NEVER buy this food again. This with their tummies, and reading other reports, have finalized my decision!

I recently switched my dog's food (temporarily) from her tried and true Wellness Simple Canned Food, to Blue Buffalo Basic Canned food. I usually get my dog's food delivered to me through Chewy.com (LOVE!) and the timing on her food was off (my fault) so, I was forced to go to Petsmart to pick up 3 cans of dog food to hold my dog over. They were out of my dog's brand, so I went to the next "best" thing, which is Blue. I used to give her Blue with no problems... until this time.

I am so sad to see that nothing is being done. No notice in the PetSmart we shop at, nor at another one, 10 miles away. Not to mention no notice in Petco either. If notices were up on the dog food aisle where BB food is at, I would have never changed our year and half old Cane Corso, nor would we have put our brand new puppy Cane Corso on BB. We were told this is the best food with the best ingredients. It was more than what we usually paid, but our dogs are our family, so switched from our loyal brand who faithfully has been with us for us!

This morning my 11 year old cat died suddenly. It happened so fast that we didn't even have time to get him to the vets, but from his symptoms I would have to say that it was kidney failure. Beside the tremendous loss of a family friend, I have great concern that his illness ties in with me switching him to Blue Buffalo Wilderness canned cat food (chicken variety) just over two weeks ago. I wanted to get the word out there in case anyone else has suffered a similar loss and there is a real situation with this cat food.