Hi all,

Been feeding our Maligator Blue Buffalo wet/dry for about a year and a half. Wife found a class action lawsuit regarding lead levels in certain varieties. There's only one current recall on the company site. I have no idea how reliable the claims of lead are, it may just be a money grab.

What are your thoughts on Blue Buffalo in general.

One variety, which I believe was wet was the subject of the recall. I've used it for some time and both dogs do very well on it.

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Blue Buffalo Company is voluntarily recalling one production lot of BLUE Wilderness® Rocky Mountain RecipeTM Red Meat Dinner Wet Food for Adult Dogs, as the product has the potential to contain elevated levels of naturally- occurring beef thyroid hormones.

We used BB for our JRTs up until a year or so ago. Both dogs got horribly ill. The SIL on staff at the local College of Veterinary medicine read us the riot act about using that brand. It has a terrible reputation in the veterinary community. We switched and haven't gone back.

Used their dry stuff for years. No issues.

We used to feed Sparky (70 lb Standard Poodle) Grain Free Blue Buffalo but he would produce prodigious amounts of gas...

We tried it with our now 5-year old Australian Shepherd for about three bags. Didn't agree with her.

Now using Fromm Gold Dog Food Weight Management which seems to be doing well.

(Had to do the weight management because she tore her ACL and had surgery at the beginning of the year. We had to keep her out of agility training and activities for months to facilitate healing and she gained some weight).

Bought one bag and my dog won't eat it.

We fed adult large breed grain free for years with no problems. Then this spring our GSD started getting sick. Ended up switching to Alpo. Saving a bunch of money now.

We fed our dogs Blue for years and they liked it. When one passed away, the next dog we got wound up weighing over 100lbs when he was done growing and we couldn't afford the Blue anymore.

We switched the Authority with is Petsmart's off-brand version of Blue and they do just as well with it so we're happy.

The cost savings is significant too.

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Originally posted by fgwilliams1:
We used BB for our JRTs up until a year or so ago. Both dogs got horribly ill. The SIL on staff at the local College of Veterinary medicine read us the riot act about using that brand. It has a terrible reputation in the veterinary community. We switched and haven't gone back.

Hmm... pretty much every veterinarian's office I've been to has a display for Science Diet products which, with even a moderate amount of research, are regarded to be crap by knowledgeable pet owners.

Blue Buffalo used to have a good reputation but it's been more than a few years since I've looked at the market. Pet owners really have to keep up because things seem to change frequently in the pet food world (companies bought/sold; recalls; decreasing quality; etc.)

I tried BB with poor results. I now feed 4Health Grain Free from Tractor Supply. Way mo betta and cheaper too!

Like many small, high-quality, niche brands, BB got bought up by one of the big pet food producers and is nothing like its former self. The ethics went out the window when they got bought out. They used to sell a canned venison which my German Shepherd lived on. About 10 years ago there was a pet food recall that affected a lot of brands, including the BB venison line. Left them for a brand called Solid Gold (they make canned and dry foods) and never looked back. Currently feed the current GSD the dry food called Solid Gold Buck Wild, which has venison in it, but they have lots of different varieties.

I feed Orijen. Six Fish or Tundra. Great product.

Thanks for the feedback. Food for thought (so to speak).

Does your dog really crave vegetables? How many times have you caught him in the garden eating your corn? Pure crap.

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(I use Muenster Natural Grain Free because they're local & highly rated.)

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Originally posted by marksman41:

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Originally posted by fgwilliams1:
We used BB for our JRTs up until a year or so ago. Both dogs got horribly ill. The SIL on staff at the local College of Veterinary medicine read us the riot act about using that brand. It has a terrible reputation in the veterinary community. We switched and haven't gone back.

Hmm... pretty much every veterinarian's office I've been to has a display for Science Diet products which, with even a moderate amount of research, are regarded to be crap by knowledgeable pet owners.

Blue Buffalo used to have a good reputation but it's been more than a few years since I've looked at the market. Pet owners really have to keep up because things seem to change frequently in the pet food world (companies bought/sold; recalls; decreasing quality; etc.)

A lot of people say Science diet is crap. However, my dog was on Iams from year 1-2 and had terribly dry skin. I switched him to Science diet because my girlfriends sister is a veterinarian tech at a large Animal Hospital and recommended it and fed her dogs it. If it's crap why would she do that? Anyways, he's 8 now, likes it, never had an issue with him or it and all of his blood numbers look good for a 100lb 8 year old Doberman/Rottweiler.

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Originally posted by Fredward:
Does your dog really crave vegetables? How many times have you caught him in the garden eating your corn? Pure crap.

My dog loves corn actually......but he also loves to eat Cat and Iguana poop if I don't catch him trying to eat it first, so what does that say??? I'm not a veterinarian, but dogs will go after the strangest foods and perhaps they do need some carbs in their diet.

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www.dogfoodadvisor.com

BB used to have a good rep before they were brought out. I now feed my Lab mix Merrick brand products. He loves them.

I tried to switch my dog to BB and call of the wild (dry) when the Diamond recall crap was going on. She wouldn't eat either - would pick the diamond naturals out & leave the rest. She's odd like that though. When we go her, she was on puppy chow. tried the 'slow switch' with diamond puppy & she left the puppy chow in the bowl & looked at me like "I'll have some more of that if you don't mind"

She gets blue buffalo chicken liver treats though.