[Moira]

It's a new healthy dog food on the market. Sold primarily in Petsmart's.

Here's the ingredients list for the Lamb and Brown Rice puppy food:

Deboned Lamb, Lamb Meal, Whole Ground Brown Rice, Whole Ground Barley, Rye, Oatmeal, Menhaden Fish Meal, Rice Protein Concentrate, Potato Flour, Tomato Pomace, Sunflower Oil (preserved with Natural Mixed Tocopherols), Whole Carrots, Whole Sweet Potatoes, Alfalfa, Sea Salt, Barley Grass, Calcium Phosphate, Dried Chicory Root (Inulin), Ground Flax Seed, Whole Garlic Cloves, Dried Kelp, Lecithin, Parsley, Spirulina*, Yucca Schidigera Extract, Green Tea Extract, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Bacillus Subtilis, Bifidobacterium Thermophilum, Bifidobacterium Pseudolongum, Enterococcus Faecium, Zinc Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Zinc), Choline Chloride, Iron Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Iron), Turmeric, Vitamin E Supplement, Argenine, Lysine, Manganese Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Manganese), Beta Carotene, Copper Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Copper), Potassium Amino Acid Complex (source of Chelated Potassium), Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Ascorbate (source of Vitamin C), Niacin, Calcium Pentothenate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Rosemary Extract, Thiamine Hydrochloride, Potassium Iodide, Biotin, Cobalt Proteinate (source of Chelated Cobalt), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Menadione Dimethylpyrimidinol Bisulfite (source of Vitamin K Activity), Sodium Selenite.

* Not recognized as an essential nutrient by AAFCO Dog Food Nutrient Profiles.
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They offer different flavors for certain ages.

What do you all think?

http://www.bluebuff.com/products/dogs.shtml

[MagicToller]

Blue Buff is a good food, most definately better than the other mush they have on the shelves at Petsmart. Apart from some debate about preservatives and some additives:

http://forums.dogfoodproject.com/sho...0&Number=32747

There has been little debate as to it's nutrients.

[Captbob]

I tried it before I found out about menadione and it's negative effects. My dog woujldn't eat it anyway, so I tossed most of it out.

[Moira]

Yeah. I tried to feed it to my puppy, but she doesn't eat it with as much vigor as she does Eukanuba (which I only have her on now until I find another dog food I want to try). It also gave her mushy poops, which is the main reason why I switched her off.

Is there such a thing as too much food switching? I'm afraid to tamper with her belly when she's a pup. Or am I just worrying too much?

[Elijah]

Me saw Blue Buffalo once after smoking Lone Ranger's socks. (sorry, couldn't resist).

I wouldn't be changing about too much...at the most every few months. You could find a better food than Eukanuba and that's a fact. I don't see why a bit of pumpkin in her food wouldn't be beneficial and in fact, I'd try it but do try a better food. Much has been said and debated here about commercial dog food so, it's just a matter of research. Whatever you do, don't go to Puppy Chow.

Here are some good examples....they don't need to be adults to eat this.

Home - Timberwolf Organics, Inc. http://www.timberwolforganics.com/

All Natural, Human Grade, Holistic Pet Foods. Dog Food, Cat Food, Kitten Food, Dog Biscuits, & Canidae Platinum Diet

Eagle Pack Holistic Select Pet Foods
http://www.eaglepack.com/Pages/HS_Home.html

**** Van Patten's Natural Balance® Pet Foods :1
http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/

[briteday]

Seems a little heavy in the grains dept in the first several ingredients.

[Elijah]

Which one are you looking at? Maybe I missed something as I don't seen any grains. Wild and Natural Timberwolf is grain free.

Oh, sorry...you meant Blue Buffalo

[briteday]

Blue Buffalo above
There's rice barley, rye, oatmeal, and more rice, all at the top of the list

[Cheetah]

Blue Buffalo has removed menadione from its formulas, according to The Dog Food Project.

http://forums.dogfoodproject.com/sho...0&Number=33089

But most of the time, it takes longer for a company to change the ingredient list on their bags.

Blue Buffalo is the only food at Petsmart I'd ever recommend.

[Captbob]

Originally Posted by Moira

Yeah. I tried to feed it to my puppy, but she doesn't eat it with as much vigor as she does Eukanuba (which I only have her on now until I find another dog food I want to try). It also gave her mushy poops, which is the main reason why I switched her off.

Is there such a thing as too much food switching? I'm afraid to tamper with her belly when she's a pup. Or am I just worrying too much?

Probably not good to switch all the time, but I would definetly get of Eukanuba...

[Sadie]

I gave it to my dog for about a month and it gave her the worst gas and soft stool. I got rid of it as soon as I could.

[Ginny01OT]

I not sure about the salt in the food, even if it is sea salt.....

[Captbob]

Originally Posted by Ginny01OT

I not sure about the salt in the food, even if it is sea salt.....

Salt ls salt, no matter where it comes from.

[Ginny01OT]

Originally Posted by Captbob

Salt ls salt, no matter where it comes from.

I agree, not crazy about salt in the food.....