Blue Buffalo admits to BSing consumers

[TheDoctor'sMom]

Since my Roger constantly was stealing The Doctor's TOTW, I just ordered him his own bag to switch him over to that from the BB. Looking at the feeding guidelines, he will eat 1/4- 1/2 less a day and it cost me $7 less for the 5 lb bag on Amazon than the 4 lb of BB did in PetSmart. I definitely think we all win. [emoji4]


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[Archer]

I feed Orijen and love it! My dogs thrive on it. My vet recommends it. Good company with good ethics and zero recalls! The wide variety of protein sources and the freeze dried raw provide great options.

I also like NOW Fresh! and Wellness CORE and Wellness Simple. Fromm is also good. Can't go wrong with TOTW either.

 

[MyBuddy]

Our daughter and family have been in town for the Thanksgiving holiday and yesterday we did some shopping. We stopped at Petco for some reason and she said maybe she can find the cat treats that her local PetsMart stopped carrying. Petco had it! When I saw what she was buying, I was...um...."maybe you should rethink that?" It ended up being Blue Buffalo cat treats! I've never fed BB brand of any type, but I remembered all the hullabaloo about that brand on DCF so I was very hesitant for her to buy them. After I told her whats been said here on DCF in several threads, she passed. I had no idea if the bad news about BB dog food included cat food, but I just have a 'bad taste in my mouth' for BB now and had to discourage her from buying it.

Was I right?

 

[JanS]

Was I right?

If she wasn't aware it certainly was a good thing to let her know. My thinking is that if they were BSing about the dog food, it probably carries through to their other products as well.
I did the very same thing when I was at a Petco with a friend a couple months ago and she picked some treats up. I didn't tell her not to buy them, but I did tell her what I heard. She put them back too.

 

[GennyB]

she said maybe she can find the cat treats that her local PetsMart stopped carrying

I hope it wasn't these Blue Kitty Cat Treats Recalled for Propylene Glycol

 

[MyBuddy]

I hope it wasn't these Blue Kitty Cat Treats Recalled for Propylene Glycol

Oh, dear God, she said 'YES' ! She is throwing them out! Thank you, @paintinsthegame !

How is it that Blue Buffalo is still being sold!?

I'm just reading that its only the Chicken flavor that is affected. Thankfully, she's been feeding the tuna and salmon, but still! I told her NOT to buy any Blue Buffalo!

 

[GennyB]

Oh, dear God, she said 'YES' ! She is throwing them out! Thank you, @paintinsthegame !

How is it that Blue Buffalo is still being sold!?

I'm just reading that its only the Chicken flavor that is affected. Thankfully, she's been feeding the tuna and salmon, but still! I told her NOT to buy any Blue Buffalo!

My vet sends every recall out to her families in an email. I am always shocked at how many I get. I haven't seen this anywhere else. Then you have to ask why was this substance even anywhere around where they make cat treats?

I always wonder how the stores keep up with them. It would be interesting to know if the chicken flavor was still on the shelves.
I always ask myself if the companies try to bury this info. or are the retail workers overworked and underpaid?
No matter the reason, it's pretty scary.

 

[MyBuddy]

Well it looks like Petsmart isn't carrying it because she couldn't find it there. It was Petco that still had it. I was thinking of going back and telling them to take it off their shelf. Or at least to see if it was that chicken flavor that was recalled. I don't know how they keep up with it either. That's why I buy my dog food at a holistic place. It's a small local store and the girl is always on top of all of that. I get emails from some place that I can't remember at the moment lol for all the recalls. But I believe its only for dog items.

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