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Buffalo Blue Dog food
Hi all,
The store I work at is going to start to carry a dog food called Buffalo Blue. It looks like a decent food, but honestly do not know enough about it. Ingredients look decent, but we all know ingredients aren't everything. I would like to know more about this food -- a website, personal experience, etc... Any input would be appreciated in regards to this food. Also, any thoughts on the Royal Canin dog food -- I'd be interested as well. Thank you, Maggie |
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Never heard of Buffalo Blue? However, I've used Royal Canin "Natural
Blend" and my dogs love the stuff! In fact, I have a 30 pound bag in the kitchen right now. Ingriedient list looks good too! http://www.naturalblend.com They also like www.canidae.com and http://www.oldmotherhubbard.com/dogs/index.html All very good foods for your pooch! (Humanhere2) wrote in message ... Hi all, The store I work at is going to start to carry a dog food called Buffalo Blue. It looks like a decent food, but honestly do not know enough about it. Ingredients look decent, but we all know ingredients aren't everything. I would like to know more about this food -- a website, personal experience, etc... Any input would be appreciated in regards to this food. Also, any thoughts on the Royal Canin dog food -- I'd be interested as well. Thank you, Maggie |
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That Blue Buffalo Stuff is amazing. My dog loves it and it is the
highest grade dog food out on the market. I know a lot about dogs, and their health...and this is my newest discovery. The ingredients are far and away the best ingredients in any dog food out there...and they actually use "real chicken." What does the AAFCO statement on the bag say exactly? What are the phosphorus and calcium levels on the adult and senior products on a dry matter basis? Unless you make the food yourself, how do you know that they use the "best ingredients"? You can't know just by looking at the ingredient's list or what the marketing on the bag expresses. Lots of dog foods use "real chicken" (as opposed to rubber chickens, I guess?) What were you feeding before? Perhaps you can get the information requested here off of the bag for us? |
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That Blue Buffalo Stuff is amazing. My dog loves it and it is the
highest grade dog food out on the market. I know a lot about dogs, and their health...and this is my newest discovery. The ingredients are far and away the best ingredients in any dog food out there...and they actually use "real chicken." What does the AAFCO statement on the bag say exactly? What are the phosphorus and calcium levels on the adult and senior products on a dry matter basis? Unless you make the food yourself, how do you know that they use the "best ingredients"? You can't know just by looking at the ingredient's list or what the marketing on the bag expresses. Lots of dog foods use "real chicken" (as opposed to rubber chickens, I guess?) What were you feeding before? Perhaps you can get the information requested here off of the bag for us? |
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Doggy Lover wrote: I was actually feeding him Royal Canin before the switch...but I wont be using anything else after hearing about Blue Buffalo. The website for Blue Buffalo should answer your questions. www.bluebuff.com This food has garlic in it, and I am curious because it's in the onion family but appears to be harmless in small quantities. I use to sprinkle about 1/4 tsp/day on my 80 lb dog's food, and he would throw up about twice a week. I couldn't link it to anything until I stopped the garlic, and he no longer threw up. Anyone else have this adverse experience? -JM |
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Doggy Lover wrote: I was actually feeding him Royal Canin before the switch...but I wont be using anything else after hearing about Blue Buffalo. The website for Blue Buffalo should answer your questions. www.bluebuff.com This food has garlic in it, and I am curious because it's in the onion family but appears to be harmless in small quantities. I use to sprinkle about 1/4 tsp/day on my 80 lb dog's food, and he would throw up about twice a week. I couldn't link it to anything until I stopped the garlic, and he no longer threw up. Anyone else have this adverse experience? -JM |
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In article , JM wrote:
Doggy Lover wrote: I was actually feeding him Royal Canin before the switch...but I wont be using anything else after hearing about Blue Buffalo. The website for Blue Buffalo should answer your questions. www.bluebuff.com This food has garlic in it, and I am curious because it's in the onion family but appears to be harmless in small quantities. I use to sprinkle about 1/4 tsp/day on my 80 lb dog's food, and he would throw up about twice a week. I couldn't link it to anything until I stopped the garlic, and he no longer threw up. Anyone else have this adverse experience? -JM A quarter teaspoon of garlic *powder*? Holy cow! That's some zingy kibble! (It's the equivalent of two medium cloves. I'm a garlic lover, but I think two cloves of straight garlic per meal would upset MY tummy!) There was a study of which I read a summary in which dogs that were force-fed garlic extract, the equivalent of a clove per 5 kg I think I remember the math went, had a lot of weird things happen to their blood chemistry and blood cell morphology. These weird things persisted, even worsened, for a while after the garlic stopped. For this reason I think the effect is cumulative, and if you want to give garlic you should do it in small quantities and give the animal a rest from it from time to time. (Ie it shouldn't probably be an ingredient in your kibble.) -Alison in OH |
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In article , JM wrote:
Doggy Lover wrote: I was actually feeding him Royal Canin before the switch...but I wont be using anything else after hearing about Blue Buffalo. The website for Blue Buffalo should answer your questions. www.bluebuff.com This food has garlic in it, and I am curious because it's in the onion family but appears to be harmless in small quantities. I use to sprinkle about 1/4 tsp/day on my 80 lb dog's food, and he would throw up about twice a week. I couldn't link it to anything until I stopped the garlic, and he no longer threw up. Anyone else have this adverse experience? -JM A quarter teaspoon of garlic *powder*? Holy cow! That's some zingy kibble! (It's the equivalent of two medium cloves. I'm a garlic lover, but I think two cloves of straight garlic per meal would upset MY tummy!) There was a study of which I read a summary in which dogs that were force-fed garlic extract, the equivalent of a clove per 5 kg I think I remember the math went, had a lot of weird things happen to their blood chemistry and blood cell morphology. These weird things persisted, even worsened, for a while after the garlic stopped. For this reason I think the effect is cumulative, and if you want to give garlic you should do it in small quantities and give the animal a rest from it from time to time. (Ie it shouldn't probably be an ingredient in your kibble.) -Alison in OH |
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JM wrote:
This food has garlic in it, and I am curious because it's in the onion family but appears to be harmless in small quantities. I use to sprinkle about 1/4 tsp/day on my 80 lb dog's food, and he would throw up about twice a week. I couldn't link it to anything until I stopped the garlic, and he no longer threw up. Anyone else have this adverse experience? -JM The only garlic Khan's ever had was cooked, and it was garlic cloves, not the powdered form. Even then, it was a couple of cloves of garlic to about 5 pounds of cooked veggies and meat, and that never upset his stomach. He wasn't fed garlic on a daily basis either. To me, it sounds like you were feeding a heck of a lot of garlic to your dog. Suja |
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JM wrote:
This food has garlic in it, and I am curious because it's in the onion family but appears to be harmless in small quantities. I use to sprinkle about 1/4 tsp/day on my 80 lb dog's food, and he would throw up about twice a week. I couldn't link it to anything until I stopped the garlic, and he no longer threw up. Anyone else have this adverse experience? -JM The only garlic Khan's ever had was cooked, and it was garlic cloves, not the powdered form. Even then, it was a couple of cloves of garlic to about 5 pounds of cooked veggies and meat, and that never upset his stomach. He wasn't fed garlic on a daily basis either. To me, it sounds like you were feeding a heck of a lot of garlic to your dog. Suja |
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