Comments on: Nature’s Recipe Dog Food

By: Rona

Rona — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 03:59:42 +0000

I’ve been feeding my dog Nature’s Recipe dry dog food for about 8 years. The last bag of food I bought made my dog so sick. He had terrible diarrhea and vomiting. I bought a different brand and he was all better after 1 day. I will never buy Nature’s Recipe again!!

By: Alice

Alice — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 22:40:56 +0000

Thought I had researched dog food well when I came up with the Nature’s Choice brand. Visited local Petco to purchase a bag. I bought the salmon/sweet potato/pumpkin dry variety. My standard poodle just sniffed it. Could only get her to eat a kibble or two if I hand fed her. Just let it sit there in her dish and acted as if “OK, so feed me”…. Did not eat enough to get any digestive upsets as described in other comments. Got her some regular Purina dog chow and she loves it. So much for $50/bag stuff!! I’m not even going to try the other varieties after reading the comments on this site. My veterinarian has always recommended Purina so I guess I’ll stay with it.

By: Mrs4444

Mrs4444 — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 14:46:54 +0000

Can anyone tell me why the Nature’s Recipe Grain-Free Chicken, Sweet Potato & Pumpkin bag has no AAFCO Statement on it?

By: DoreenG

DoreenG — Sun, 08 May 2011 17:06:18 +0000

The maker of Natural Balance is Dick van Patten…..NOT Dick van Dyke.

By: Ginger

Ginger — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 19:39:24 +0000

I have been feeding my dog Nature’s recipe dry food for years and she loved it…suddenly the last bag, the dogs starting refusing it. We just thought maybe a bad bag and they exchanged it, but now I wonder.

By: Cindi Roden

Cindi Roden — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 22:53:16 +0000

I bought Nature’s Recipe Vegetarian canned food recently and was shocked by how it has been changed. It’s been cheapened, the formulation is obviously completely different than it was. The first ingredient listed is WATER, and as far as I am concerned this change has ruined the product. I will never buy this product, or any other Nature’s Recipe product, again.

If anyone has an older can of Nature’s Recipe Vegetarian canned food from before they changed the formulation, would you please send me the ingredients list at rodenc@verizon.net? Thank you.
Cindi

By: MaryAnnW

MaryAnnW — Fri, 15 Apr 2011 15:55:03 +0000

i have been giving my dog Nature’s Recipe Grain Free easy to digest – chicken in the dry food and lamb in the canned and she has had watery diarreha plus lost alot of weight over the past 3 months ! I had NO idea it could have been from this food ! After spending over $600 at the vets for tests and meds I realized it is from this food ! In response to “Leary” – above comment – YES! My dog also had white rubbery balls in her stool too! what the heck is that stuff? Write to DelMonte and tell them like I just did (not expecting much, but what else can I do?) Thanks for this info – you may have saved my dog’s life !!!

By: Leary

Leary — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 02:05:00 +0000

We have 2 dogs that just within the past couple of days have both puked up what appeared to be a hard almost rubber like stone. I’m not sure what it is but we watched are 10 month old bulldog almost choke to death on it. We feed are dogs natures recipe for all dogs, reading all these comments we are wondering if this food has something to do with it. Has anybody had a simular experience like this? I have read how they have changed the recipe but is it possible a ingredient in this food is somehow not digesting and balling up inside their stomachs. I hope this is not the case, but still are thinking about changing brands.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 22:09:29 +0000

I’m not sure what’s going on with Nature’s recepie these days. We’ve had our dogs on the dry lamb and rice for years. Recently both dogs are showing reluctance in eating the food and experiencing “distress within 24 hours of ingesting (each had mucous in stool, an accident in house, one had blood in stool, lethargy, weakness, abdominal tightness, excessive bowel movements, urgency to defecate)”. My vet suggested researching our dog food. And here we are. Same symptoms as reported in Feb 12 comments.I have stopped Nature’s Recipe at once. Both dogs are at the vet and we are waiting for lab results.

By: Kari

Kari — Thu, 07 Apr 2011 20:14:11 +0000

I have been feeding my Pit the Healthy Skin Vegetarian and Venison of Nature’s Recipe(both dry). she was getting terrible rashes and switching the food helped alot!! However, reading all of this is making me question feeding Sadie Nature’s Recipe. The only side effects I see with her is terrible gas here and there but no vomitting or diarrhea. Does anyone recommend another brand that helps with itchy skin? I have heard that Blue Buffalo is good but haven’t tried it yet. Any suggestions are welcomed!! Thank you