Nutro Dog Food

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Pros & Cons

Pros
  • Lists meat as first ingredient
  • Suitable for all life stages
  • Grain-free options
Cons
  • Contains meat meals
  • Difficult for some dogs to digest

Nutro Dog Food

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    Reviewed Sept. 11, 2024

    My husband came home with his dog food, a half bag that his mother sent home with For our dog because it did not work with their dog. Immediately, my husband put some on the table in a bowl and was going to give it to them to try. First of all you should never give a dog or a cat brand new cat food without first mixing it into their current food so that they can get used to it, Our cat jumped up on the table After smelling the food and started to devour some in a matter of minutes. After he finished eating some, he was throwing up. I did not have a good feeling about it. I kept it in the cabinet until today. After researching info on it before mixing it with their current food I said, "Forget it" and there it in the trash. I'm not even trying to find out!!!

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    Reviewed July 25, 2024

    I've got a pitbull dog who's had nothing but Nutro dog food, she's developed a bad knee issue since she was about year and a half limping every day for year and a half. I'm disabled on fixed budget. Buying this pricey dog food because I want only the best for my dog. Vet bills trays and supplements nothing worked. I recently started keeping a Labrador retriever for a friend. I couldn't afford the expensive Nutro. She's been on cheap Pedigree dog food for about 6 weeks and this is first time in the last 3 years that she isn't limping at all. He and the Lab are roughhousing every day and she's never stopped limping like this before and nothing else has ever worked.

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      Reviewed July 22, 2024

      DO NOT BUY NUTRO PET FOOD. SERIOUS ILLNESS! WHERE IS THE RECALL ON THIS PRODUCT?! I switched for one time because the jinx food that I normally buy was not in the store I was at. After a few days both my dogs started having extreme diarrhea and vomiting.. I’ve never seen them so sick in their whole entire life. The gas smell is insane. This is not just bad quality there is something terribly wrong with this formula. I’m expecting some kind of bacteria/salmonella. Please be aware and don’t let your pets go through this.

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      Reviewed July 7, 2024

      A couple weeks after I switched my dog (8 year old chihuahua) to Nutro Lamb and Rice dog food, he developed severe stomach upset and was in so much pain. He wouldn’t let us pick him up, was hiding from us and totally not himself. After a $750 vet visit, labs and x-rays, it was attributed to switching him to this brand of dog food. We have since switched him back to the original dog food he was eating and had had no further issues. Don’t waste your $$$ on this junk.

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      Reviewed June 19, 2024

      I wanted to see if anyone else has had a recent experience (June 2024) with their dogs experiencing the same issues as found in the below reviews. So far four days of Diarrhea, Vomiting, Lethargy after feeding them Nutro Lamb and Brown Rice dry dog food? We have been feeding them the same dog food for 6 years. Bought a new bag (smelled different) and our two English Bulldogs became sick within 4-5 hours lasting now 4 days. Stopped feeding them the food once we realized it could be an issue with the bag. I spoke with Nutro and of course they do not have any current issues but they asked that we immediately throw the dog food away. Purchased at HEB Grocery Store in Austin TX.

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      Reviewed April 14, 2024

      My Husband & I just recently rescued an abandoned Labrador Pup, prob’ 8 to 10 months old & I had seen all these Website Reviews about Nutro Dog Food being SO Wonderful! -Well, Apparently They Had ALL turned out to be Apparently fake, Paid for (-presumably?), reviews that all claimed how Excellent Nutro was. And there was SO MANY Of These Websites! I cannot even believe how many there were, WOW! Anyway, -even tho’ we’re Low income Seniors, we wanted to get the very best Quality of Food that was within reason to get him off to a Great Start in his new life & it still costs $53. even w/ the $10 off coupon for Nutro! That is Deplorable, Especially after finding tons of these Nefarious websites, after the purchase we had made, claiming how excellent it was!

      Eventually he threw up & we had noticed him having a terrible time with going poop & having loose stools. And we even noticed that when he would go poop, that he seemed to still act as if he was still needing to poop, but since he wasn’t wanting to eat it & would only barely eat any of it, -of course he didn’t have very much to poop out. That’s when I began trying to watch him poop more closely w/o him realizing that I was watching him as he pooped & I don’t know for certain, but it looked like he almost had a bloody butthole once, maybe more, but my husband had been walking him. -Although I can’t see very well & don’t know for certain, as we have quit using it! Anyway, We didn’t know that we’d be adopting an abandoned pup & I feel like such a bad pet parent. And here I’d had big dogs almost all my life & a few small ones since I was 5 yrs old!

      But since I became so sick, we hadn’t gotten another dog because of my health & financial reasons, but this pup was abandoned next to a real busy Hwy. at a Convenience Store for over 3 days the store keeper said. Plus, I’m almost 60 yrs old now. -No Wonder he didn’t want to eat it! It’s toxic! FINALLY!, I Found this website & FOUND TRUTHFUL Reviews & Information!!! Thank Goodness! I am mostly bedfast 98% of the time after having had my neck broken & 7 vertebrae’s shattered in my back. And So we are constantly doing everything in our power to help get my health back & I thought I was doing pretty good at having learned to read food labels, -but Apparently my knowledge of reading dog food’s ingredients & their requirements are something that I now need to learn!

      Nutro is SO Evil! So back to the drawing board & more Studying. -by Tomorrow morning, I’ll have stayed up all night studying dog’s food requirements for best health & a long healthy life, including the ingredients & what to do for our new pup whose made me laugh again & have joy, like I haven’t felt like in more years than I can remember. I thought those reviews were legit that had I been finding, -as I am a heavy researcher in all things health related as I am also fighting Cancer, Heart failure issues, Food & Medication Allergies & more. So I’m Always Studying & doing my VERY best as I can as I am fighting for my life. But those websites ALL looked Absolutely legitimate with real looking legitimate reviews that included Nutro & Talked About How GREAT & Healthy Nutro Dog Food was, what a Sham!

      Now, We will NEVER feed another bite of NUTRO or ANY OTHERS That I Cannot find LEGITIMATE Resources of REAL Research & True Quality Dog Food to our new Family Member, that has given me a new sense of joy, purpose & Reason to live & Keep Fighting For! AND FINALLY!, I Came across this website that had REAL, true & verified reviews from real customers who were also having terrible problems with Nutro as well. Thank you to All of Everyone who helped & left their real experiences & I am So Sorry for all the terrible things that have happened on account of these Nefarious Dog food Companies & Websites having Apparently fake reviews.

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      Reviewed March 25, 2024

      I wouldn’t fly with you again even if it was free. I was told I couldn’t board the plane even though I checked in the day before and paid for luggage which I had already dropped off two hours before the flight. Then my wife paid for exit row seats and I had to travel on seat 28C, not an exit row. I will go out of my way to leave a bad review on Google. Juan

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      Reviewed Jan. 23, 2024

      Been using Nutro Large Breed Senior Chicken and Brown Rice for a couple of years without any issues. Opened a new bag last week and my dog has bloody and mucousy diarrhea within 8 hours. Not thinking that it was the food, I kept her on it for 4 more days with no improvement. Bought a bag of Nutro Chicken and Brown Rice, NOT large breed or senior, and fed her that for 3 days. Diarrhea issue resolved. Put her back on the large breed senior today, and tonight the diarrhea was back. Won't be feeding her Nutro anymore.

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      Reviewed Nov. 28, 2023

      This food is not good for dogs at all. It is extremely toxic. Made my dog so sick I had to rush her to the emergency room. She was vomiting and diarrhea. I see why the reviews are so I poor. They need to be sued.

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      Reviewed Oct. 26, 2023

      I bought a new bag of Nutro dog food, after 3 years of using this brand I noticed with this new bag my small dog got sick instantly. Throwing up blood and explosive diarrhea with blood, I removed the food and after a few days he seemed better, my boxer started to experience the same sickness. That's when I realized it was the food. Both my dogs had to go to the vet and thank god I caught on to the food being the issue. I now make them homemade food and both have been doing better. I contacted Nutro in hopes they would look into it further, before other dogs get sick and I was offered a coupon for another of their sister brands. At this point I have no trust in any of their brands. I'm sending samples of the food to get tested on my dollar to provide they need to do something about this issue before someone's loved one dies.

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      Nutro Dog Food Company Information

      Company Name:
      NUTRO Pet Foods
      Website:
      www.nutro.com