jasperspoo

I really hope that's all it is. Jasper loves the NB LID food I've been giving him- it's the first food that he's happily polished off!

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schnauzerpoodle

See recent reports on NB food here:

Consumer complaints about Natural Balance Pet Foods

sandooch

Thank you for that link. It really is hard to believe what the really story is with NB, though, as the reviews on Petco.com here: petco.com - Natural Balance L.I.D. Potato & Duck Dry Dog Food customer reviews - product reviews - read top consumer ratings are extremely favorable. Out of 105 reviews, it got rated 4.8 out of 5 paws (stars).

I can only hope that there was a bad batch out there for a while that was causing the problems with the negative reviewers and that NB has resolved the problems.

So far, all 3 of my cats love this food and have not vomited at all after eating it for a while now. Gigi is still getting it mixed with her old food (I have to painstakingly pick out the old food which I absentmindedly mixed with the NB into her dog food container). But I haven't seen any problems with her as of yet and she really loves this food.

Hope to hear back from others using this NB with more reviews.

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Ginagbaby1

Sandooch, I too was using the Angel Eyes with Casper but because he was getting the antibiotics for his neuter, I stopped it completely. (I didn't want to overwhelm his system with too many medications). At the same time was when we introduced the NB and we didn't have any problems with stopping it suddenly. Now we have no more tearing! His eyes are dry and he isn't itchy at all either. I am still mixing in small amounts of his old food just cause we still have some of it left. I also add 2 TBS of canned to both his meals. We use Nature's Instinct or Wellness and I mix around all the different chicken free and grainless varietys that they have. And like Jasperspoo, Casper is loving his food, knock on wood. He is done eating in about 2 minutes whereas before he'd sniff, walk away, come back for another sniff, and walk away again. We haven't had any problems with digestive issues so far.

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Gorky

I might go to home cooking one day but Lichen really likes the NB Venizon and sweet potato. We were thinking of changing and we gave Lichen California Natural Lamb and potato. We only gave him a little of this kibble with the NB kibble and he had soft stools. The next morning we decided to give him NB again and Lichen looked at and examined the food before even tasting it. Apparently he did not want the other food. He is back to normal.

It did frighten me a bit, but the people complaining should have also put the batch number so other customers of NB could have that information.

liljaker

Schnauzerpoodle: That is what I saw originally, too, and yet I hear of people saying they have had good results. Hard to know what the problem is --- but, I guess with so many really good foods on the market, I would just not take the chance myself.

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Gorky

Lichen was on Orijen and just before he was neutered he had blood tests. His liver count was a little too high. I consulted with my breeder and others and they thought the protein was too high. He also had been eating Acana but it was so hard to get the food so we changed to Orijen. I then investigated NB and found good reports so I changed him to that food. He had blood tests again and his liver count was normal. He loves the food and has just the right consistency for his stools. His appetite is superb. I don't know what to think. I have looked at other foods in the last few days and nothing compares to their ingredients for Lichen. He doesn't like chicken and doesn't do well with fish and we prefer to go grainless with him for obvious reasons. We would like to use honest kitchen, but many things are going to be changing for us soon so he must be on kibble.

Countryboy

I didn't really like to see that link, but I did read enuf to see that the comments dated back to 2007. And they mostly weren't good even way back then. So this must be appearing in multiple batches . . over years.

But I read today *Dogs in Canada? . . or maybe in here?* that if kibble from any brand isn't made in China then it's guaranteed that many of the ingredients will. So we're pretty much at the mercy of Chinese manufacturers regardless...

I just don't wanna be buying Bag #00000001 from any new batch!

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sandooch

This is so great to hear. I had Gigi on the full amount of Angels Eyes, but today I cut back to half that amount (she really dislikes the taste of it, too) and mixed it with her small portion of wet food. After a few more days of this, I'll cut it in half again. I'm almost done with it anyway, so I told myself that after it's done, I won't be getting any more. So I am praying that the NB actually will do the job on it's own of keeping the red tearstains away.

Two days ago I painstakingly picked out all the NB from your other dry dog food that I had mixed together in her cereal-sized canister. It took me about 3 hours to do it, but she's worth it. And I really want her just to be on the NB now so that I can really test out how effective it is with removing the tearstains.

Keeping my fingers crossed!

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pgr8dnlvr

Please, Please, PLEASE! Don't let this thread die! I'm so interested in hearing if this diet really will help stop/avoid tear staining!

Is it any one of the LID's or just one in particular that people are going toward?

I went into the local shop asking about this diet the other day, but they have no "puppy" formula. They said that the idea is you can feed that diet at ANY lifestage, is this true or?

Thanks for the updates, and please do let us know if this diet helped your dog get rid of it's tear stains!

Rebecca