Kirkland dog food
Kirkland Dog Food
Kirkland dog food made by Diamond is conveniently sold at Costco’s world wide. Last time I checked it was 17.99-23.99 for a 40lb bag, depending on the formula. Due to the price many are lead to believe that this food is just another low quality dog food. Actually Kirkland dog food falls in about the middle of the food quality spectrum.
Kirkland Dog Food Review
Kirkland dog food comes in four different formulas:
- Kirkland Signature Range Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Adult formula
- Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Adult
- Kirkland Signature Range Super Premium Puppy Chicken, Rice and Vegetable
Kirkland Dog Food Consumer Rating
| Title | Votes | Rating | Review |
| Kirkland Signature Range Chicken, Rice & Vegetable Adult formula | 53 | 7.0 | -1.0 |
| Kirkland Signature Range Lamb and Rice Adult | 113 | 6.4 | -1.0 |
| Kirkland Signature Range Super Premium Puppy Chicken, Rice and Vegetable | 145 | 7.1 | -1.0 |
| Kirkland dog food | 227 | 7.1 | -1.0 |
I hope your boy feels better soon, normally the soreness from bite and cuts take a day or so for the sniffness to subside a bit, kinda of the same for us when we get a cut or bruise. You know back when I owned pit bulls a lot of the newer pit bull fanciers use to say mine were not pure bred b/c they didn’t weigh 80-90lbs LOL. My dogs generally ranged from 35-55lbs max, but they were definately pure bred. I like many others feel the damage has already been done to the pit bulls and at this point it might be a bit too late, unless some very knowledgeable individuals take control of the situation and their breeding. Unfortunately anytime we here about a pit bull attack it’s generally a very large bulldog mix that’s doing the attacking and not a purebred.
I just googled Pit Bulls not a real pretty picture.
http://www.google.com/search?q=Attacks+by+pit+bulls&rls=com.microsoft:en-us:IE-SearchBox&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&sourceid=ie7&rlz=1I7GPEA_enUS293
Tony is feeling a little better he was in the back yard a little while ago doing his fav. thing, digging. Only for about 15 minutes and he is now back sleeping. He’ll be OK.
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What did you do google attack by Pit bulls or something? LOL seems every thread was dealing with attacks
YEP…. But U caught me..LOL, but it still is pretty sad about the % of bites by pits.
I just found out one of my favorite dogs at a different park has been banned. His name is George, we all thought he was an American Bulldog. I just found out George attacked a little poddle and they had to put the poddle down from the injuries. George was not an American bulldog, he was a Big Pit Bull. The lady who owns George is really bummed and told me she has to put George down because she can’t trust him around her other dogs. She said the attack was over a throw rope.
Dogs are dogs. Most pit bulls are good guys but some are not family pet material due to the owners and their apathy and ignorance. In cases where pit bulls attack, you will find an owner who does not understand basic dog behavior and how to train and socialize a dog, and frankly does not care or want to learn. Dogs must be taught how to live among humans. Unbelievable to some, they aren’t born already socialized and trained. Here is a small sample of some of the dogs I have rescued from horrible situations. They were housetrained, evaluated, and adopted as family pets.
http://www.onetruemedia.com/shared?p=16423a0abcc1049a93d5ca&skin_id=701
I have been feeding my dog the Kirkland Signature Adult Dog Chicken, Rice and Vegetable formula since he was 5 months old. I bought this food because it seems to be the healthiest and most affordable dog food I can find around Northern Virginia. In the last bag that I bought, I poured it into the dog food container like I always do. As I was scooping the food out, after the 4th or 5th time, I found a candy wrapper. I did not know how it got in there as we do not have that kind of candy at our home, but I did not think too much more about it. The next day I found 2 miniature butterfingers wrappers so I started digging and then found a purple chocolate foil wrapper and 3 mini milky way wrappers. Again, we don’t eat that kind of candy at our home and I never did ask any of my family. Then 4 days later, my dog got sick and was sick for a week. I fed him boiled chicken and rice for 2 weeks just thinking that he must have a bug or ate something in the backyard that made him ill. Tonight, as I scooped out more food for him, I found a candy wrapper (like one you would find in a Whitmans chocolate box) so I scooped through and found one more black wrapper. I talked to my family about it and they have no idea how these wrappers appeared in here either as none of us eat any of those types of candy. We eat chocolate, but just not those types so the only other possible reason for those wrappers being found in there is if an assembly worker was not very careful. I would like to continue to feed my dog this food as he has a very temperamental stomach and switching dog food on him would take about a long time. However, I would like to know that the workers are being more careful!
Oh and while I am on here, I found out some useful information: I used to alternate between the lamb and the chicken and he had the most horrendous gas I have ever smelled and his anal glands were constantly blocking up and letting off a horrible dead fish smell. I stopped feeding him the lamb and only feed him the chicken now and all of those horrible smells are gone. I am not sure if it is just with big dogs or mastiffs as I have a mastiff, but I just wanted to let you all know in case you have the same issue with smells.
Thank you,
Lisa
You might want to look into California Natural, easy on the pocket book and on dogs systems.
By the way Costco would really want to know about this and I am sure they would want the candy wrappers. And knowing them they would make it right with you. I would never feed that bag of food to my dog and I would be very hot, to say the least.
Thanks Jess! Unfortunately, we threw the bag out before trash pick up already because we just pour the food from the bag into the dog food container.
I will have to look into trying the California Natural though, thank you.
I put 3 dogs on Kirklands about 3 months ago. They all started out with loose stools and were very gassy. 2 of them seem to have adapted, but my boy has had terrible diahrrea so I’m switching him again. I don’t blame the dog food, I just think he has a more sensitive stomach and I just have to keep searching for the food that works for him.
I gotta say. I’ve been feeding this to my 90lb rescue dobbie and he’s been doing very well on it. And if anyone knows dobbies they know what sensitive tummies they have. Now I also mix in some Blue Buffalo or now Taste of the Wild (about a 4:1 ratio) but his poop is pretty solid and well formed, he seems to like the taste and everyone comments how impressive his coat is. In my opinion a 40lb bag of Kirklands premium dry dog food for $25 is about the biggest bang for the buck.
Hey Jess with the shepherd. Ever care to look at how many german shepherds attack people? They are used more frequently to go and attack people. “pitbulls” used as a term not a breed, rarely bite people naturally. Pitbulls include the breeds: American Pit Bull Terrier, Bull Terrier, American bulldog, presa canario, dogo argentino, mixed breeds, and many other types of bulldog or boxer type dogs. American pit bull terriers and Amstaffs were bred to love people and kill other dogs. A true apbt or amstaff will not attack a human even if incorrectly socialized. A shepherd will because they are a protective breed, apbts and amstaffs are horrid guard dogs.
Dani, I have no idea how this came into play.
But I well give you some info. Pitbulls kill more people every year than all the other breeds put together, WHICH IS A FACT, Rotwiellers were no. 2. I BELIEVE the number was 17 kills for pitbulls, 2 for rotwiellers and 1 by a mixed GSD.. AND THERE ARE NO FACTUCUAL NUMBERS ON BITES ON PEOPLE OR DOG ATTACKS ON OTHER DOGS. Certain states do keep numbers and pitbulls are out lawed in many counties, to include Turkey and are ALSO out-lawed in MANY cities. And yes GSD’s have a lot of bites every year and they always well as long as people like you have dogs. If a pitbull is caught runnimg loose in Everett, WA. their is no second chance and the dog is put down(I disagree with that). Now I can tell you this, me and my dog were attacked by 2 pitbulls and I thank god Tony was there. I have a scar on my leg to prove why I was glad he was there and it was very close to the family jewels. I have to inform you the 2 pits who attacked us, attacked and killed a boxer and the owner(the owner was not killed but was hospitalized OVERNIGHT). It’s sad they both had to be put down. Tony goes to dog parks almost every day and has never had a problem, except with certain pitbulls. Tony is my “”eighth”" German Shepherd and all have lived long lives, which might give you a clue about how old I am. I have breed many GSD’S throught out my lifetime, so I am well aware of what this breed is all about.
The German Shepherd dog is by and far the most used dog in helping out mankind. Should I tell how and why? It would be a LOOOONG post.
I have no idea what brought this on, because this is a dog “food” site not a, WHAT BREED IS BETTER SITE.
Go check out his site, notice his two buddies on the couch??
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Just reading all the comments for this product and others has made me wonder how my family pets survived on the old fashioned dog food we fed when I was little. Hmmm!
“nuf said, I have fed both high quality dog foods and lesser quality, when you consider the ingredients and such. I agree that once a pet food manufacturer messes with the ingredients and changes the formula, pets may get quite sick. We experienced that two weeks ago with a Nutro product. I have been feeding the Kirkland Lamb and Rice with no problems. Add a little Nutro, and the dogs have the runs! And how would I know that the manufacturer had changed their formula? Seems unfair to us and for the poor dogs who suffer.
I know all this talk about fillers and additives that are not good for the dog’s nutrition must be true, but like I mentioned in my first sentence, how did our dogs ever survive as we were growing up in the ’60s? Makes you wonder, doesn’t it?
Good luck to everyone trying to find the right diet for their dog. Until mine get the runs or turn their noses up at the Kirkland, I’m sticking with it.
Wuf!
Hey their is nothing wrong with the Kirkland brand!!! One of the best foods for the money on the market today.. But keep your eye out for Evo, Innova, California Natural and Heath Wise because they are coming to Costco.
I work for a supplement company and have read research on canine nutrition, and yes it does make a difference what you feed them. Some dogs will do fine on anything, but others will be greatly affected by what they eat. I was feeding my dogs the very best foods I could find, they even got some Stella and Chewy’s mixed in for a while. Since my husband was laid off I was forced to find more cost effective alternatives. I am not willing to feed them a food whose main ingredients are corn and byproducts. Kirkland brand is the best bargain with the least amount of compromises. I have been quite happy with it. I do have to say that, once I can afford it again, I may switch back to some of the more expensive premium brands. (California Naturals is quite a bit more expensive when feeding two large dogs by the way)
Kristy, I am proud of you. You did your homework and you are helping your dogs in the best way you can. My statement about C.N. and the rest is based on the fact P & G supplies Costco with a lot of products and a lot of pet stores are dropping C.N and the rest. So I think they well push those products om Costco.
I just took my dog to the Vet this week and he had a double ear infection. Turns out the pricey dog food we have been feeding him is made with beef, corn and wheat which can give some breeds ear infections. I was shocked to find out one of the foods she recommended was Kirklands, as it’s made with rice, vegetables and lamb or chicken. We are starting him on it ASAP and will blend the 2 foods for a while so we don’t upset him stomach. And I’ll save some money!!!
I started feeding my Australian Cattle Dogs Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice once they were adults. They did really well on the food. But cost became an issue, so I researched alternatives, and found Nutra Nuggets Lamb and Rice…virtually the same ingredients, and half the cost. However, as my dogs got older, they gained weight, (that didn’t seem to respond to exercise…one dog takes a thyroid supplement) and the vet recommended a diet food. NN does not have one, so I went back to Natural Choice Lite formula. They did well on it, but I just finally couldn’t afford it, as it went up to over $50 for 30#! More research and a recommendation from my son for Kirkland dry food. I picked the one for overweight dogs, and gradually switched them over and they seem to be doing well except for the most vile gas that they have ever had! Even they get up and move away! They seem fine otherwise.
BUT, my brother has a bunch of dogs, all sizes and types, and was feeding Kirkland Lamb and Rice. A couple of days ago, FOUR of his dogs got really sick, vomiting and pooping everywhere, horrid smelling and they were horribly sick. The vet diagnosed pancreatitis, said it was caused by the food, and all their dogs were immediately taken off that food and fed chicken and rice for now. Even the ones that didn’t get sick. That started me researching again, which led me to this site and the comments which all seem to be centered around the Lamb and Rice formula, irrespective of size, age or breed of the dogs eating it.
My son lost a sweet young dog a couple of years ago to symptoms like these. I will have to find out if he was feeding it this food, or if the dog ate too much of his toy rope or something else (as we assumed at the time) …he was a chewer, so it could have been a blockage, too. But given that my dogs are emitting this foul odor, frequently and often loudly, I am going to switch them before something bad happens. All dogs pass gas, but this is truly the most rotten, room-clearing odor ever emitted from any dog I have ever been around. I can no longer honestly tell myself that a food that produces that bad of a smell can be in any way good for my dogs. My brother’s dogs seem to be recovering okay and quickly, and I am sorry for those who have lost theirs, and I think that my instinct should be heeded to find a new food quickly, regardless of cost. It’s cheaper than a vet bill, and why put my dogs through an illness? Thanks to all who wrote pro and con about this food.
I fed Kirkland lamb/rice for 3-4 months to my little pack including my 10 month old female dobie. The Kirkland dog food has beet pulp in it. My dog went nutso for about an hour after each feeding. We switched and now she is back to her calm self…be careful of beet pulp in dog foods if you want a content dog………
Hailey-this is what the Great Dane Lady says about beet pulp. http://www.greatdanelady.com/articles/beet_pulp_myth.htm
This is from The Dog Food Project, scroll down the page until you come to Fiber,and she talks about beet pulp there. http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=betteringredients
Beet pulp really isn’t anything more than fiber to keep your dogs poo firm. Hailey,, it had nothing to do with how your dogs act or acted.
Dogs normally do get a little extra energy after they eat, THAT WOULD BE NORMAL. I would be very concerned if my dog didn’t try to rough house with me after eating. What are you feeding, I hope it isn’t some cheap crap full of corn and wheat bought from a grocery store or wal crummy.
I have seen so many people recommend Natura products such as California Natural, Evo and Innova. You would be so much better off with Kirkland. P&G just bought Natura in June and the ingredients are bound to change, and what’s even worse is by law they don’t have to change what the label says for 6 months! Do not buy these foods.
anonymous-you are right about Natura being sold to P&G.And Kirkland is an OK dog food,but their are much better foods on the market and some aren’t that much more than Kirkland,but if it is the only one in your price range you can feel good about feeding it.
Dear Moderator,
Please remove these idiotic and ignorant posts attacking Pit Bulls from a review about dog food! Dog owners, and dog owners alone, are the ones responsible for their dogs. Raising attack dogs, or neglecting or refusing to train a high energy loyal breed like a pit bull or rotweiler is the fault of HUMANS. Pit Bulls were NOT bred to be aggressive towrds humans, the fault lies with the HUMANS who should have control of their pets, not the breed. I hope these people aren’t racial profiling the way they are breed profiling!