Comments on: Natural Balance dog food

By: PAUX

PAUX — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 13:21:57 +0000

It is a toxic food. Pets react acutely or its adverse affects are accumulative, ending with liver damage, kidney failure or dying from bloat. They don’t even manufacture their own product, they have it subcontracted by other lage manufacturing companies, some with very bad track records…diamond. They also import some of their ingredients from China +. It is all about the money not the health of our furry friends.

By: christine

christine — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 01:26:37 +0000

As everyone has written, stay away from Natural Balance. They cannot even meet California “made in the USA” standards as their ingredients come from China. I tried the new cat food they have and it looks like cat vomit and smelled like it too. What are they thinking.

And all the recalls!! It is time for the pet owners to unite and file a class action suit for all of our pets that have been harmed by this food…save your money and buy something else of better quality and truly made in the USA.

Even the veterinarians and objecting to this food and some are tired of treating the poor sick cats and dogs due to this food…

Want to save money??? Stay away from Natural Balance

By: Kent

Kent — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:59:18 +0000

This food is awesome. It’s great to keep things natural. Check out our antler dog chews at http://www.antlerbone.com

Buy Antler Dog Chews

By: Rosalie

Rosalie — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 12:40:38 +0000

Anyone feeding Natural Balance should READ THIS –
THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH THIS FOOD LINE FOR BOTH DOGS AND CATS, KIBBLE AND CANNED:
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/pets/natural_balance.html

One of our breed rescue members entire household of dogs and cats are in serious condition, and now she has over $5000 in vet bills.

By: Chris

Chris — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 15:13:21 +0000

I started feeding my 14 yr old lab/collie mix NB (beef formula in the tube – combined with Benefil dry food – mixed together) about 6 months ago when she stopped eating the purina food that I had fed her her whole life. She was under weight and her coat was not full and shiny among other health issues. Within a few weeks, she was putting on weight, coat very shiny, and seems very happy. It’s a lot more expensive than the run of the mill stuff, but I would say it is definitely worth it.

By: GRoth

GRoth — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 01:15:36 +0000

I had my Boston Terrier on this food of two years with no problem but recently bought a fresh bag. Within a couple of days of feeding her the new bag she had terrible gas, vomiting and violent diarrhea with a few drops of blood at the end. I took her off the food for a couple of weeks with the advice from my vet and she was doing great! Then I feed her the food again and within 12 hours my dog had the same symptoms. Upon searching the internet I found a lot and I mean a lot of people with the same problems (go to consumeraffairs.com). Not sure if they changed the formula or something but I was not going to continue to risk my dogs health to find out. Now feeding her Taste of the Wild and she is doing amazing!

By: k

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 03:41:07 +0000

i switched my dogs to NB. after the third bag they started to have GI problems. well that ended that. i put them back on purina and as much as i hate to say it, they r doing fine. they r actually eating again and seem happy. i’m glad. sometimes i think the better dog food is causing more problems in our dogs. i been feeding them purina for years and all my dogs lived a long healthy life. thats just my opinion.

By: Kelley King

Kelley King — Tue, 09 Aug 2011 00:41:34 +0000

I used to use the old Natural Balance formulas and everyone did well. THen, they changed the formula to the sweet potato. My dogs’ stools were orange, and loose. We changed over gradually but this continued. I chose to stop the foods before they turned into The Great Pumpkin.

I liked NB and it sounds like they have tight quality control. I am considering giving the LID a try for allergy reasons.

The information you folks provide here is so helpful. Thank you everyone.

By: K. Barker

K. Barker — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:20:02 +0000

oops I meant to give that food 5 stars read above!

By: K. Barker

K. Barker — Mon, 30 May 2011 00:15:49 +0000

I was recommended to useNatural Balance “synergy” for my black lab.
She had a lot of health issues, since I’ve adopted her as a pup from a negligent environment.
she had to overcome Lyme disease and blostomycostis(fatal), so proper nutrition was of the utmost importance for her!
Well, I just purchased the third bag, and I must say that it does cost more than I’m used to paying, but our dog looks and feels great now. Her coat is shiny & silky soft, she’s energetic and very happy. She normally doesn’t take to new foods either with her sensitive stomack ,but with this one, she had no problem digesting it either.It does contain digestive enzymes in it too. I would highly recommend it !