[Wimble Woof]

Originally Posted by bearlasmom

go to the FDA site concerning the recalls. they are advising that no one feed their dogs any foods that are made in mass production.

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I am still not seeing this statement anywhere, perhaps its just me?

[momtoanangel74]

My vet told me that most of these food manufacturers knew back in October that animals were getting sick and dying. The actual recall came out about 2-3 weeks ago, and every day more foods are being added to the list. The foods that will never make it to the recall list are foods manufacturered by proprietors because they are protected small businesses.

At this point, I think it is safe to say that any commercial food produced by any company that imports ingredients are not completely safe. Even companies who use things from the U.S. are not completely safe. Pentabarbital which is found in most foods with meat by products cause cancer, we lost a Doberman in 2003 from that. How many people really know what is in their dogs food? Euthanized cattle gets ground up and is used, the Pentabarbital that is used to euthanize the cattle remains in them and that is how it gets into our dogs body.

From this point out, I for one will never trust big commercial companies again, my other Doberman is going to be put on Wysong. My other tiny dogs will remain on Canidae like they have been since pups.

My regret is not forcing my DH to feed the Dobe's an all natural diet. He trusted the food companies. We should have the results back today. We were suppose to get them yesterday, but due to the overwhelming of sick dogs, the lab is a day behind now. This is terrible! Too many dogs are sick and dying. My heart is shattered and it can't be fixed. For those of you who do have healthy appearing dogs, do yourself a favor and buy a better quality food.

My sister just called, her guinea pig was eating the Pet Pride dry cat food and was found dead just a bit ago. Her kitten was eating the same stuff, so far no signs, but the guinea pig showed no signs and then was found dead. Now she may have a dead cat too. This is scary!!

[CheeseBurger]

Originally Posted by LoveMyYuffie

Whew.. I just checked Yuffies Dry Puppy food.. And I came across Corn Gluten, and I almost crapped my pants. Then I realized that it wasn't WHEAT gluten. Thank god

Corn gluten is not good for dogs either. Dogs cannot digest corn.

The FDA has always investigated pet food and has published many reports on the ingredients and facilities, unfortunately they do not govern it. You can find many articles on these major companies and the "ingredients" they use. My bulldog was getting infections so often and I finally decided it has to be her food so I did some of my own research about a year ago and immediately stopped feeding her all of these brands that my vet kept telling me were the best...Iams, Eukanuba, Hill, etc. If you learn how to read the labels you can avoid problems like this. Please remember, just because you find a good holistic brand does not mean all of their products are equal. You can still find undigestible ingredients in the different varieties offered so it is most important to go by each label, not brand. Here are some good links that explain some of the common items and some disgusting details.. http://www.homevet.com/petcare/foodbook.html
http://www.dogaware.com/dogfeeding.html#TopCanned
http://www.api4animals.org/facts?p=359&more=1
http://www.preciouspets.org/truth.htm

and this one has some gruesome pictures of petfood factories...
http://drjackie.freeservers.com/arti...ven_a_dog.html


The ingredients in pet food may not be governed but the labeling is. Once I took my little pig off Iams, within a week her skin problems cleared up. My vet has had her on antibiotics for the last 3 years and I hated giving her these chemicals to clear up her skin, I think that only creates other internal problems. She continually rotated between chin bumps, toe infections, tail infections, and ear infections. It was when I put her on Iams that she got all 4 at once and that was it for me. I found my own treatments. Bulldogs do not have skin problems, it is the food that causes it. I think that the breed may be more susceptible to the ingredients in common dogfood brands and that is why they are perceived to have skin problems. For the past year I have been switching/mixing between Canidae,Wellness, and Innova wet food and have yet to have a reoccurence. My vet has never heard of these products, which I find ridiculous and makes me want to find a new vet. Hip dysplasia is also supposed to be common among bulldogs but I have read some articles about how petfood contributes to this as well as arthritis. I had my brother stop feeding his Boxer Eukanuba and start feeding her Flint River Ranch and her skin issues also cleared up. I was disgusted to read about how these huge companies like Colgate-Palmolive manufacture dog food as a way to get rid of their waste and make profit from it. Some of these dog food companies are actually feeding dogs to dogs! They collect the diseased ridden and euthanized pets from shelters and pounds and make food out of them. What is worse is that they do not remove old flea collars or other items and these get ground up as well so there are also toxic pesticides involved not to mention the diseases and illnesses passed onto your pets from eating diseased dogs. The link I posted discusses this and I checked into some of the references and government sites I came across as well as other researchers so I believe every word of it. The fact that Cheeseburger has been completely healthy for over a year now is enough evidence for me! Hope this information helps another pet

[Shelly_236]

I'm very confused I thought the recall was just on canned/pouched foods. Has it now extended to dry foods?? We feed Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice.

[Captbob]

Originally Posted by bearlasmom

captbob:
i am sorry that you agree dear but if you were involved in this horrible case you would know what was being said by a legal standpoint. try actually researching the issues. the FDA made a formal announcement YESTERDAY. research.

if you had investigated BEFORE you posted this answer you would have seen my post from yesterday that included the link to the gov. website that we use when researching this type of issue for a suit.
please dear, next time research. thank you angel

Please post a link to the statement that you say the FDA made. As I stated , this is not true, and I think it is highly inappropriate to fighten people with misinformation. If you do not post a link to what you stated, I will assume that you know that it is not true.

Originally Posted by Wimble Woof

I am still not seeing this statement anywhere, perhaps its just me?

No it is not just you, she was mistaken and should say so.

Originally Posted by bearlasmom

http://www.fda.gov/opacom/7alerts.html

menufoods.com

abc.com

gov.ca
consumeraffairs.com
injuryboard.com
cgi.cnn.com

http://www.fda.gov/cvm/petfoods.htm
sidebar.com

are ya all happy now. do yourselfs a favor. if you want to read the exact document that i spoke of, refer to a thread that i started yesterday concerning pet food recalls.

stay happy and well and give your pets a hug

This was your statement on your post #16.....

moms and dads. go to the FDA site concerning the recalls. they are advising that no one feed their dogs any foods that are made in mass production.

It does not say that on either link that you posted. If it does and I am missing it, kindly tell us all where it is located on the link..

[bluesbarby]

I can't find on the site where the FDA says everyone should go natural. What am I missing?

[Cassie Nova]

Originally Posted by Shelly_236

I'm very confused I thought the recall was just on canned/pouched foods. Has it now extended to dry foods?? We feed Nutro Natural Choice Lamb and Rice.

I feed that exact same thing. I don't know for sure, but I'm pretty sure it's okay. I am going to try to switch foods, though, as Nutro CANNED is on the list.

[Captbob]

Originally Posted by bluesbarby

I can't find on the site where the FDA says everyone should go natural. What am I missing?

You can't find it because it was never there.

[madpiano]

Hello

I am new here and I am a bit confused. I haven't heard of any dogs dying etc and neither cats.

Is this something which is only an issue in the USA ? I am in the UK and I haven't seen or heard anything about food-recalls.

Could someone tell me what I need to look out for ? Ingedients, brands, wet or dry food ?

The dog eats dry food (Pero Gold for fussy eaters) and the cat eats cans (Whiskas and Pets Smart own brand).

Pero Gold (in case it's not a common brand in other countries, I never heard of it before I saw it at the pet shop on special deal):
http://www.pets2home.co.uk/item--Dry...s--187624.html

[madpiano]

I just checked some of the links in previous posts. It looks like on the so-called "good" foods were affected ?

I tend to feed cheap, rather than those science diet things. Does it mean those cheaper foods were not affected ? Or has no one bothered to recall them ?

And I still don't get the fact that apparently only food in the US and SA is affected. I am sure UK Manufacturers import from China as well. Can anyone confirm if any foods in the UK were recalled ?

[mayatheshepherd]

There a few sites that offer good updated information on this situation.

http://www.dailypaws.com/pet-tips/do...ll-information has a list of the critical links, including a link to an FDA page that lets you put in the brands you use and search to see if they have been affected.

Royal Canin had a subsidiary in France that served South Africa, but a Guardian article from 4/21 did not mention any contaminations in the UK.

itchmo.com has a good summary of how many pets have been affected so far.

Dogster has some very sad stories on it: http://dogblog.dogster.com/2007/04/2...-action-suits/

[cowboy]

Because of all the recalls I don't feed any kibble any more. Started feeding raw a few years back and never looked back. The change in my dogs is amazing . I save on food, cheaper to feed raw, and on vet bills, they never have health issues and don't need teeth cleaning because of the bones.

[bugs350z]

I was actually out of the country when they announced the pet food recalls. I've been feeding my dogs Pedigree for the last year or so and thank goodness it's not on the list.

I feed them (2 Chihuahuas) Pedigree Small Crunch. If anyone hears or reads about this brand being recalled please let me know! There are no ingredients on the bag so I don't know if it has wheat gluten or not.