Blue Buffalo Life Protection Formula Large Breed Puppy Chicken & Brown Rice Recipe Dry Dog Food, 34-lb bag

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  • No Corn No Wheat No Soy
  • Natural
  • Immune Support
  • Vitamins & Minerals
  • Hip & Joint Support
  • Made in USA
  • Puppy
  • Large Breeds
  • Giant Breeds

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  • This Blue Buffalo dry dog food is made with real, high-quality chicken as the first ingredient.
  • This recipe is designed to support your large breed puppy’s needs, delivering the nutrition they need to grow and play.
  • This puppy food supports cognitive development with DHA while promoting healthy muscle and bone development.
  • This puppy food is rich in antioxidants to support your furbaby’s immune health.
  • This Blue Buffalo dog food is made with no chicken (or poultry) by-product meals and no corn, wheat, or soy.

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About BLUE Life Protection Formula Dry Dog Food

The True BLUE Promise

BLUE is formulated with only the finest natural ingredients:

Always features protein-rich real meat

NO chicken (or poultry) by-product meals

NO corn, wheat or soy. 

A Sampling of Premium Natural Ingredients

Exclusive LifeSource Bits

All BLUE dry food formulas feature a precise blend of vitamins, minerals and antioxidants selected by holistic veterinarians and animal nutritionists to help promote immune system health, fulfill life stage requirements and support a healthy oxidative balance.

Formulated to Help Puppies Grow

BRAIN AND EYE DEVELOPMENT: Choline plus DHA and ARA fatty acids (like those found in mother's milk) support healthy cognitive learning and retinal function.

HEALTHY MUSCLE GROWTH: High-quality protein from deboned turkey and turkey meal helps develop strong muscles.

PROPER BONE DEVELOPMENT: A healthy balance of calcium, phosphorus and essential vitamins helps bones grow at the ideal pace.

DENTAL HEALTH: Special "small-bite" kibble is the perfect size for puppies' jaws and is shaped to help remove tartar.

HEALTHY SKIN AND COAT: Omega-3 and 6 fatty acids help develop a shiny coat and healthy skin.

HEALTHY IMMUNE SYSTEM: Essential vitamins, chelated minerals and important antioxidants help support immunity.

About BLUE Buffalo

Blue Buffalo began with unconditional love and some furry inspiration from a large breed Airedale, Blue. When Blue's family started a pet food company, their vision was clear. They wanted every pet parent to be able to feed their pet with the same care they would feed family. So they created the #1 natural pet specialty food to help furry family members live happy, healthy lives. Of course, they named it after Blue.
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31 Customer Questions

Where are all of the ingredients sourced from and where is this food made

Answer by Chewy • Nov 19, 2019
All Blue Buffalo products are manufactured in the United States. Many of their ingredients, such as most grains and meats, like chicken, beef and turkey come from the United States. Lamb and venison can be free range from the United States or New Zealand. Rabbit is sourced from Europe, and trout can come from the United States or Canada. Where possible Blue's suppliers are instructed to source their ingredients from the United States. Where the ingredients are not readily available in the Unites States, such as many vitamins and minerals, their suppliers will only work with reliable foreign companies, and subject all ingredients to rigorous quality testing. None of the ingredients are sourced from China.

How many cups are in the 30-lb bag?

Answer by Chewy • Jun 21, 2018
There is approximately 60 cups of food in the 15 pound bag and there is approximately 120 cups of food in the 30 pound bag.

How come this contains Garlic? Isn't Garlic is really bad for dogs?

Answer by Chewy • Nov 26, 2019
When used in small amounts, garlic can help support the immune system and liver. It helps the cardiovascular system prevent blood clots, and reduces cholesterol/fat build up in the blood and heart. It also aides in the fight against bacterial, viral, and fungal infections, and increases the rate of killing off parasites. Garlic also helps increase the palatability of products.

I feed my puppy the Life Protection Formula Chicken and Brown Rice for puppies. I would like to switch her to this one for large breed puppies (she's German Shepherd/lab mix) so it's bigger kibble. Are they same thing, only different in size, or would I need to transition her from one to the other?

Answer by Chewy • Aug 16, 2018
It's recommended to transition her food. Start by mixing 25% of the new food with your puppy's old food, and gradually increase the proportion of the new food over the next 14 days.
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Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Amy on Dec 26, 2025

A flavor she likes

I have a picky eater at home that tends to get bored with a flavor or just won’t eat certain brands. We tried Blue Buffalo Life Protection dry food about 1 year

I have a picky eater at home that tends to get bored with a flavor or just won’t eat certain brands. We tried Blue Buffalo Life Protection dry food about 1 year ago. I found if add 1/2 a can of wet when she gets bored, she has no problem eating the same dry food. She is a fan of the adult life protection chicken flavor too

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Rajna on Dec 24, 2025

Reputation and value

My two pups are loving this food. I don’t know if it’s the flavor, texture, or what (how refined is a dog’s palate??) but they definitely prefer this over the brand

My two pups are loving this food. I don’t know if it’s the flavor, texture, or what (how refined is a dog’s palate??) but they definitely prefer this over the brand I was previously feeding them. They’ve grown in size, weight, and muscle since the new diet.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By Jennifer on Nov 24, 2025

Large breed puppy food

It has been challenging to find a healthy alternative for my large-breed puppy. Blue Buffalo offers a decent selection of formula options that meet the needs of

It has been challenging to find a healthy alternative for my large-breed puppy. Blue Buffalo offers a decent selection of formula options that meet the needs of my growing Labrador Retriever. Having it delivered to my door is an added bonus!

Rated 2 out of 5 stars
By Michael on Nov 14, 2025

I think it’s time to move dogs away from chicken

I keep having problems with my giant breed dogs on chicken. I just don’t think their system works well with it. It has to be the recipe because I can’t imagine dogs

I keep having problems with my giant breed dogs on chicken. I just don’t think their system works well with it. It has to be the recipe because I can’t imagine dogs would have problems with real chicken. I switched to salmon and rice of another brand and no more stool issues.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Kenneth on Jan 6, 2026

Tolerated Well

This product was well tolerated by a 8 month old German Shepherd until she was 13 months old. I would recommend this product.

This product was well tolerated by a 8 month old German Shepherd until she was 13 months old. I would recommend this product.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By Dee on Jan 13, 2026

Bad delivery.

We have a long driveway and whoever delivered just dropped out by road. Un acceptable !

We have a long driveway and whoever delivered just dropped out by road. Un acceptable !

Rated 4 out of 5 stars
By Lindsey on Nov 9, 2025

Loved in the Beginning

Great product! She seems to like it, most of the time. I have to add pour overs or a little enticing treat. She may be getting board of it. Nonetheless good product

Great product! She seems to like it, most of the time. I have to add pour overs or a little enticing treat. She may be getting board of it. Nonetheless good product and value.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Maria on Oct 14, 2025

Good quality dog food for the price

We transitioned our puppy from regular blue puppy to large breed as she is getting older and bigger. The price was cheaper than other places especially because

We transitioned our puppy from regular blue puppy to large breed as she is getting older and bigger. The price was cheaper than other places especially because it’s part of my auto shop. Puppy likes it and the transition was not that bad.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Elettlia on Jan 4, 2026

Love this brand

Every since we started you Blue Buffalo my family have never looked back at the other brands.

Every since we started you Blue Buffalo my family have never looked back at the other brands.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars
By Laurel on Oct 3, 2025

Good value and quality.

This is a great value for a good size bag of puppy food. I use it as a base and have started adding some raw food to it in an attempt to start switching over. My

This is a great value for a good size bag of puppy food. I use it as a base and have started adding some raw food to it in an attempt to start switching over. My pup is about 6.5 months now.