Kirkland Pet Foods Reviews

Easy to find and get at Costco. Lasts a long time. My dogs don’t really like it but they will eat it if I add broth or cheese to it. Bags are made of paper so they are recyclable. Ingredients could be better however they are better than most on the market.

I had been feeding my Rottweiler American Journey limited ingredient dog food for almost a year. I noticed that the Costco brand was much cheaper so I decided to give it a try. My dog started scratching a lot, but I didn't think much of it. When I started to notice that he continued to scratch himself a lot and was licking himself a lot I thought it was seasonal allergies. I got him a bunch of stuff for allergies and it didn't seem to be getting better. He had a lot of scabbing, hair loss, and he was scratching himself to bleeding point. I thought it might be the food. So I found this site in which many other pet owners are reporting the same type of problem. I'm returning the food and switching him back to his old food.

We have been using Costco’s Nature’s Domain dog food for over 15 years. I have Chesapeake Bay Retrievers and my daughter has a Chihuahua and a small Terrier. My old girl passed away 3 years ago and she was 14 and very healthy to her last days. We use the grain free salmon. All the dogs have great coats, awesome teeth, they don’t fart, they are active and very healthy. People comment how soft their coats are. The vets are amazed how healthy they are. I wouldn’t feed anything else.

Switched to Kirkland's adult dog food for healthy weight. My dogs' weight stabilized and they are very happy and active. They are mid-sized dogs and the kibble size is perfect. They are fed with a continuous auto feeder, so it was the dog food that made the difference.

I have been purchasing Kirkland dog food for years. My dogs have always been very healthy, no upset stomachs, no problems. It is easy to get and inexpensive and works. Plus, my dogs love it and eat it all up.

Value for money in terms of quality and quantity! Unlike other brands, Kirkland keeps our dog fit and healthy. Our dog who is little over 10 years old has great metabolism for his age. Thanks to the Kirkland food.

For the first time, my dog eat the food right away, and trying new dog food, she would always get sick, but when she started on this dog food, she did not get sick.

First ingredients are meat. Kirkland Pet Foods is a high quality food and the price is reasonable. It’s in a class of premium foods but at a discount.

Our lab/pit mix was very picky. I tried everything from raw to cooked meals to other kibbles. He was fed this brand at the rescue so I decided to try it. He now eats at every feeding time and his coat looks beautiful and feels great. Our other two dogs love it too and they look and feel better too. I love this food for our dogs.

I use this food for fosters and my own pets. Cost is fair for a single protein single carbohydrates food. Costco always has the food either online or in warehouse. Nice flavor variety. Itching patchy skin along with licking much improved while using combination of treatments.

It is a good buy and meets the standards of being good for my dog! I have read the ingredients and are comparable to other more expensive named dog food. I use to use Beneful for my Blue Heeler but it has grains in it. I also use PetSmart's Authority if I happen to to a PetSmart store.

Ok so I have 3 dogs and I finally broke down and gave in and purchased the cheap stuff from Costco. BIG MISTAKE! I cannot believe how my dogs behavior changed after 3 days of eating this! He has become overall aggressive. I only have it to my corgi to try out first. He is the overweight dog. He also drank so much water!! He has never needed to drink like he did when he ate this food. I read the reviews and I am taking this back immediately. DO NOT buy the weight management dry food. He is the kindest most loving dog! And I took him on a walk and he was pulling at me to try to attack another dog. He has NEVER done that. His entire personality changed. I can’t believe that this food had that effect on him but it did!! Awful!!

I have read the ingredients now and then over the years but don't truly recall them. I do however trust Costco/Kirkland to be honest about those ingredients and to not knowingly provide a less than healthy product.

It's quality and affordable. I have 2 dogs so it's nice to buy one big bag. I only have to buy a bag every few months. My dogs seem to like it.

My dogs like this food so that is main consideration. I have heard good things about it nutritionally speaking. I get the small breed kibble and can feed all of my different sized dogs the same food.

We feel Kirkland dog food is the best dog food! We have tried others including Blue Buffalo which our dogs did not like. Kirkland has real ingredients not fillers, it has fresh chicken as it main ingredient and egg with garden vegetables, fruits like and herbs plus brown rice.. It contains Pro and dried beet pulp, potatoes, Omega 3 and 6. Glucosamine and Chondroitin, antioxidants plus other vitamins and minerals. I like that we can get a 40 pound bag at the Costco store for a lot less money than other brands. The Kirkland canned dog food which we use as a treat on top of their kibble (Nature's Domain) is also real ingredients, turkey and pea stew. Our dogs LOVE it!

Changed to this brand several years ago and could not believe the difference it made for our dogs. Their coats became better, disposition improved as they seemed much happier all the time, they had more energy, and their fecal matter was noticeably in better condition.

I'd been feeding my dogs Kirkland dry dog food for a year or two. Loved the price and the grain free choices. Both of my dogs, began smelling bad this past winter. And they spend a lot of times swimming in the river and playing outside. Even after shampoos the smell wouldn't go away, it oozed out of their bodies and made my house smell bad. I went back to a more expensive brand I'd used before and the stench left their bodies. Now my worst problem is wet dog smell. Don't think I'll go back to Kirkland, although it will cost me a lot more.

After years of buying this product with my dog eating it happily, something changed in the formulation of the canned Nature's Domain Organic Chicken with Vegetables for Dogs. The first thing I noticed was that the contents poured out rather than requiring a utensil to remove it. What's of concern is that my non-fussy dog took a few bites and has since refused to eat it. I thought it might be just a can or two, but he hasn't touched any from the same case. My cats would try to get to his food before, but sniffed at it and didn't touch it either. I trust their instinct, and if 3 of them responded in the same way, I trust their instinct.

Both of my German Shepherds have been eating this dog food for the last 41/2 to 5 years without an issue. Within the last few weeks my male dog threw up and refused food for four days. I went to the vet and they put him on a wet food. He ate for a few days. I slowly incorporated his dry food back into his diet by mixing the food. He ate it, threw up, had diarrhea, and refused food again for 3-4 days. I have him back on the wet food. My female gained a considerable amount of weight and has been breathing unusually hard over the same two weeks my male has been ill. Nothing has changed in their diet or their environment. I would like to echo what others have said in the most recent reviews here. Something is definitely wrong!

The Kirkland dog food doesn't have all the extra fillers in it, so my dogs don't get tummy aches, no stinky flatulence either. It's a little under $30.00 for a 40 pound bag. Great price, great product and most importantly it has really good ingredients! I think it's better than the brands people spend a lot of money on. I used to use an expensive brand and my dogs would still have the stinky farts. Even purchased it from my vet. Love Kirkland Dog Food!

I bought this dog food for my two labs and my granddog lab after my Dermatologist shared her story about how this dog food helped clear her Labrador’s skin problem. One of my labs and my granddog lab have very bad skin problems and both dogs skin problems have greatly improved after being on this brand for 6 months. They used to eat a high end feed store brand chicken & rice flavor.

Been feeding this same food for over a year, now the latest bag the dog ate one meal from it and became sick, will not touch it now. I can't smell anything different with the food, but there is something very wrong with it. He will eat anything but that food.

I am perplexed why, apparently, only the bad experiences show up here. For 15 years our Schnauzer ate Kirkland Mature Dog with fine results. Now, our three-year-old Schnauzer recently switched from that to the salmon/sweet potato and the results are very pleasing. Costco has not disappointed, again.

We have feed both our German Shepherds Nature’s Domain (red bag) food for years with no problems. Last week my female started getting sick so I decided to switch her food and see if that helped. I left the male on it since he was not experiencing any problems and now he is so sick as well! Something is most definitely going on with this dog food as I’m finding similar reviews from people that are experiencing similar situations!

I have bought Kirkland brand dog food for years, no problems. But this specific food is suddenly making my dogs throw up and have diarrhea - seriously sick. I have 4 dogs, 3 mutts, 1 poodle, it is definitely this variety of Kirkland food, not something else. When I switched them to the regular green sack of Kirkland, vomiting and diarrhea ended.

For this dog food to generate so many comments, there is an obvious problem. I just bought a 30lbs bag. Because my dog ​​is small and the bag will last a long time, I transferred the product in well sealed individual ziplock. I have unfortunately read your comments after the transfer. I only gave him a very small portion, we're not going though any issues. Buy I won't feed my dog with that product knowing that it could make him sick. I won't take the chance. 50 CDN$ down the drain. Going to call Costco and see what they are going to say. But I doubt that they will take back all 8 ziplocks. Just HATE throwing the money away like this. Very disappointed COSTCO.

Bought a bag and both of my dogs were sick for 4 days until I switched their food to another brand. Shih Tzu had uncontrollable diarrhea and threw up once. The Rottweiler would throw up a few hours after every meal. I reported this to the Kirkland vet team, but they said the food had been tested before it went out and blew me off. This is the only thing both dogs were getting that was in common.

My dog was on this brand of food for a few years. Over time she developed hair loss and scabbing around her eyes, inside of her ears, back paw and neck. After several visits to the vet, blood work and biopsies it revealed she had very little zinc in her diet. The food is supposed to contain the required amount of zinc but I don't believe this is true. I've since switched her to a completely different brand of food and her skin is back to normal and her zinc levels are back in the normal range. Stay away from this food!!

I switched over my 2 dogs to Costco’s dog food. After a month my small dog development some health problems, he was having difficulty peeing and became aggressive since he wasn’t feeling good. His bladder ended up being severely infected and needed surgery. Now he is on different dog food and he is back to his happy puppy self. My big dog started getting gassy, his stomach is enlarged, you can tell he doesn’t feel good and is starting to get grumpy like my puppy was. He is also having a hard time breathing and doesn’t want to move. He is completely fine until we feed him, then he takes a turn for the worst. We have tried the dry food and wet food of Kirkland. My suggestion is to stay far away from their dog food.

I began feeding my shepherd Kirkland food and within about 3 weeks he developed severe itching. I assumed fleas, but after flea baths the itching continues to persist. So then did a little research and I read other reviews that detailed itching that match what my dog is dealing with (biting wrist area, severe scratching of belly). It has been 5 weeks since I started him on Kirkland food and he continues to itch. I also noticed he went to the bathroom 2-3 times more than usual... Definitely not worth the savings for bulk food.

We recently got a puppy and the breeder gave us a bag a Nature Domain Puppy Food. Our older dog has been sneaking her food when no one is looking. He has developed a horrible rash on his tummy and the puppy has diarrhea. After reading these complains I now know what is going on. We feed our Dogs NutriSource and have never had a problem. I just wanted to use up this bag from the Breeder before putting the puppy on NutriSource. I now wish I would have switched her right away. Now both dogs are suffering.

Both my Boxer and my Boston Terrier have been on Nature's Domain Turkey Meal and Sweet Potato for 8 consecutive years. In the past year, the Boston Terrier showed signs of cataracts leading to blindness. The Boxer is now showing signs of cataracts. I'm unsure if it's a coincidence, however after doing a little research, I've read blindness has been experienced by other users.

I've used Kirkland dog food for decades. I now have three dogs and about a year ago switched them over to the Kirkland Nature's Domain (I've tried 3 of the 4 varieties). Over the last year, all three dogs have developed major itching to the point where they're now on **. Each dog developed it at a different time and in a varying degree, but all three have it now. Their fur has become dryer and more brittle. It's the only thing that all three encounter that is identical so I have to conclude it's the food. We even took out our grass and put in artificial turf thinking they had a grass allergy. Then recently I also read that the FDA has come out with information that dog food with peas, potatoes and legumes can cause heart disease in some breeds. Nature's Domain contains peas and potatoes.

I decided to switch my dog to this brand of dog food because I like Costco and I know they usually have very high quality products. Well this one caused my dog to have difficulty breathing and to develop an extremely inflamed GI. tract. My dog didn’t develop these problems until she started eating this food. When it first happened I thought maybe she had eaten like a sock or something so I took her to the emergency vet because she was acting as if she was struggling to breathe. That was a $600 vet bill just for X-rays and for some medicine. They said the X-rays showed that she had a very inflamed gastrointestinal tract and there were lots of air bubbles in her stomach. They had me put her on a bland food diet for the next 5 days.

I did some research and found some Diamond pet food reviews with my dog's same exact symptoms. He is a 5 year old Lab. Been on Nature's Domain brand since he was a puppy. But this last bag is when we had problem. He had been showing us his tummy for a while till finally I noticed a rash all over. He is a beach goer so we assumed it was the ocean. He began to be lethargic. Didn't want to eat (he eats everything always). He started throwing up everywhere. Took him to the vet. Everything seemed ok with his labs. Gave him antibiotics. He still was vomiting and had diarrhea. Wasn't himself, no energy, etc. Thought it was the heat. Took him off the food. Gave him chicken and rice. The vomiting and diarrhea stopped but energy was still nothing. Tried to give him the food again but he ate it reluctantly and never finished it. That's when I stopped. Knew something was wrong. He is not as sick but energy level not up to his old self.

I worked at a vet clinic about 4 years, I've seen first hand the destruction some food brands can cause on a dog. I've seen dogs come in on the same day with their kidneys and livers nearly 3 times the normal size... Some weren't fortunate enough to go home and snuggle in their favorite bed with their favorite humans. Again all coincidentally had nothing out of the ordinary happen in their lives other than switching to the same food brand. Luckily it wasn't this Kirkland food brand I am writing about today, although there is only one brand I can name that I have seen dogs have nearly the same reaction to: Kirkland mature dog chicken, rice and egg formula. Now I'm baffled at the owners who said after weeks of their dog eating this product they noticed something different about their dog... That is pure negligence on their part if you ask me because I noticed the negative side effects within moments of my dogs first bowl.

Just had my 8 year old lab mix pass away. She'd been acting a little different these past couple of weeks, we just thought it was the weather or that she was just a little under the weather. Then yesterday she wouldn't walk. We took her to The vet and within 15 min. She went into cardiac arrest. The only change I can think of is that we just purchased a new bag of dog food @3 weeks ago. I've used this food before so didn't think anything of it. But the vet kept asking me if there was anything in our yard she might have eaten or drank. The answer was no, nothing new. Now I'm convinced it had to be her food. Just want others to beware.

For almost twenty years I have fed my dogs the Costco Kirkland Chicken, Rice and Vegetable dog food. It's rated four out of five stars by the independent Dog Food Advisor. All the way up to last year I was also feeding my puppies the Costco Kirkland Chicken, Rice and Vegetable puppy food to my puppies. That is rated 4 1/2 stars out of 5 by the Dog Food Advisor. Unfortunately last year they stopped carrying it at our Costco and they went to their Nature's Domain Puppy Chicken and Pea. Although rated four out of five stars, since that time I have three one year old puppies that I have kept to be hopefully added to my breeding program. They have been on this new puppy food their entire lives along with three litters of puppies sent out to clients that had their puppies raised on it. Many of these breedings have been repeat breedings which previously have had no issues. Until this year.

I recently purchased the Kirkland Signature Nature's Domain Salmon Meal & Sweet Potato Dog Food, as a recommendation by my dog's Vet. As I was preparing to scoop a cup, I noticed a white pill inside the bag. This immediately made my heart sink. I read the etching on the pills and it read, **. I looked up the pill, and found it that it is a painkiller, anxiety, chronic pain, and depression for humans. To say the least, I am outraged by the quality control of this company. I will be reaching out to Costco and Nature’s Domain about this issue. I’ve never had an issue with Kirkland products and thought it was a reputable brand. After reading the reviews about this product, I found that dogs were getting sick, losing hair, suffering from dry skin, and blindness. Do not purchase this product for your loved pet.