Blue Buffalo Small Breed Chicken & Rice Dog Food, 15 lb. bag Review

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We have 4 small dogs and our challenge has always been to find a natural, healthy dog food, made especially for small dogs, that our dogs actually enjoy eating! They are very particular! Simply said, they love this dog food. With other brands, we could usually just leave food in the bowl and the dogs seemed to eat only when they absolutely had to for survival. Now we have to put portions in their bowls because they will eat as much Blue Buffalo as they can... every kernel! I think they would eat until they explode if we didn't "police" the food bowl! We've tried every dog food on the grocery store shelves and this is the best. I know if our dogs had thumbs and type this review, they'd give Blue Buffalo five stars.

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I didn't rate this food at the maximum only because it is a little more expensive and it is not the highest rated quality. However, the quality rating is FAR SUPERIOR to the ProPlan he was on and also MUCH higher than the "vet recommended" dog food (and less expensive than the latter).

After doing a lot of research on the quality of dog foods, it becomes obvious that what most of us probably buy for our dogs really may not be good for them. Meat by-products always raise questions, but the real concern for me is the grains frequently used that are indigestible by dogs or that the dogs may be allergic to or may develop such an allergy because of eating them. A particular concern is wheat gluten (allergy), soy (filler) and corn meal (filler). Most inexpensive dog foods are primarily made of these. Aside from being almost worthless from a food value view for a dog, their only "merit" is the artificial nutrients that are mixed in.

Once you start looking into dog foods that provide good quality foods (rather than fillers and chemical nutrients), the price usually climbs very quickly. (That's not to say that many poor quality dog foods aren't also really expensive.) I picked the Blue Buffalo Small Breed food because my energetic little dog needs a really good food to sustain him. It is a little more expensive than typical "name" brands, but MUCH LESS expensive than other high quality foods. If you do the research, you'll find this food highly rated for food content (though not at the very top), but far more reasonable in cost than something like EVO.

Does my dog like the food? Definitely. He is a picky, slow eater who is often not interested in eating at all. Since changing to the Blue Buffalo, he has not become a gluton, but now eats readily until he is full (not necessarily everything in the bowl). It has been easy to mix in this food with the original ProPlan we used and gradually increase the proportion of Blue Buffalo. But from the first day with only a little Blue Buffalo mixed in, he has shown more interest in eating and has not had any negative reactions.

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I would not feed my dogs anything but blue buffalo. I have tried various very high quality dog foods, but for many different reasons they did not meet all of my criteria for health and likeability for my dogs. Blue Buffalo meets their standard as they love it. Their coats are noticably improved. I love the fact that I can buy in quantity and have it delivered to my front door.

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I have a Pug. He really loves this dog food. He is a very picky eater. I have tried other brands before Blue Buffalo Small Breed. This is the only dog food he seems to like. Yes, it does cost more, but I do understand the higher costs since the company is using better meat products and does not have all the fillers like other brands. My dog was able to digest this food very well. I started by adding only 25% of the new food to his old food. I did this for 2 weeks. If you have a Pug, I think your little best friend would love it too. Amazon had the best price I could find. The online pet stores wanted too much for shipping. I have Amazon Prime Shipping so it was shipped FREE to me in 2 days! I think I got a great deal. Thank you Amazon!

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Our dogs have eaten this since they could eat solid food. Both were adopted from a rescue place and the food was recommended by the owner. My dogs love it. They have had excellent health and we get great reports from the vet. I also love this food because it promotes healthy teeth. I only do organic food for my puppies and this is a great foundation!