Dog food question - Blue Buffalo

Our personal favorite is Fromm.

Blue Buffalo is a great dog food. Expensive but full of protein and good stuff. The Beneful full of fillers. Our belief is to feed the best food when they are a puppy so their brain and bodies are developing and growing and need the best nutrition. The most important thing to remember is to change the food gradually. Too fast of change will cause upset tummy and the runs. We use 25% NEW food to 75% old food for at least 3 days, then do 50% mix for at least 3 days then 75% NEW food and 25% old food for at least 3 days. By doing it gradual it gives the puppies tummy a chance to handle the change and if their is a tummy upset you can change the percentage of mix accordingly. I only mix a days food portion at a time so if they can't handle the change then I am not stuck with the premixed food. Hope this helps.

Blue Buffalo is a great dog food. Expensive but full of protein and good stuff. The Beneful full of fillers. Our belief is to feed the best food when they are a puppy so their brain and bodies are developing and growing and need the best nutrition. The most important thing to remember is to change the food gradually. Too fast of change will cause upset tummy and the runs. We use 25% NEW food to 75% old food for at least 3 days, then do 50% mix for at least 3 days then 75% NEW food and 25% old food for at least 3 days. By doing it gradual it gives the puppies tummy a chance to handle the change and if their is a tummy upset you can change the percentage of mix accordingly. I only mix a days food portion at a time so if they can't handle the change then I am not stuck with the premixed food. Hope this helps.

We changed our puppies food after she came home but you need to do it slowly. Start by feeding the puppy what they are used to this helps them adjust to your home. The end of the second week we started to add 3/4 old food 1/4 new food, third week we did 1/2 and 1/2 and left it that way for 2 weeks. If no diarrhea or itching/stomach issues with the dog then you can move to 1/4 old and 3/4 for the fourth week and slowly decrease the old food out of their system. The vet and our breeder recommended this and we had no issues. The first food we wanted her to switch to didn't agree with her system so it took some trial and error. I'd recommend buying small bags and be patient. Puppies tummies are easily upset and they are adjusting to a lot of change as it is. We have allergies in our home too which is why we switched her food to something if the baby got into to wouldn't be a problem. We just put the food out at feeding time and then took it up after an hour. This way we could keep the 2 from interacting without supervision. We' feed the dog at our meals times so the kids are otherwise busy and I feed her.
Good luck with the new puppy

We use Blue and our lab loves it. I agree with switching over gradually to any new food. She's a lab and eats about 2 cups a day. The big bag is about $50 and lasts us about a month. I buy it at our local pet store or Petsmart, so it's readily available in my area.

I used to think that Blue Buffalo was a good dog food.  Until I switched vets and told them about the bad bladder stones that Emily had experienced a few years prior.  When they asked me what food she had been on and I told them, they just nodded and said they see a lot of dogs with problems that were on BB.  It may have only been the Freedom, or it may have been other flavors of the BB, I didn't go that deep since she was on a special diet at that point.  You might want to ask your vet, though, if they see any particular problems with dogs on that food.

Grain-free foods are easy to find.  Lacey is on Merrick.

We give our dogs Taste of the Wild brand dog food. It's also gluten free and comes in a few different formulas. We've used both bison and lamb. We pay about $45 for a large bag, but it lasts quite a while - even for two dogs. We got a puppy in October and we phased out the old food over a period of two weeks. He had no issues with making the switch. I'd recommend keeping a can of plain pumpkin in your pantry. Any time our dog has an upset stomach (which isn't very often) we give her a spoonful of pumpkin a couple times a day and that does a nice job settling her stomach.

Taste of the Wild user here too. My two dogs love it. All I've ever given them is the Bison formula.

My pups get the grain free from Costco. I gave them BB for a short time a while back. One of my dogs couldn't handle it and threw up a lot. I switched the food and all was well again.

I use taste of the wild for my dog with grain allergies. When we visit relatives with dogs, they all want his food!

We transitioned to Blue when we got our puppy. We did 1/4 then 1/2 cup etc. we didn't have any problems.