Tainted Dry food recall

squirt1968 · 03-30-2007, 07:23 PM

I think it is time for people to buy nothing that has ingredients from menu. This is getting worse by the day. Several months ago friends lost their dog, his kidneys shut down. The vet said it was from bad dog food and at the time I thought that was nonsense now I am wondering just how long this has been going on and was not reported.

Captbob · 03-30-2007, 08:04 PM

Switch to one of the good foods, and it won't be an issue.

Natural Balance, Timber Wolf, Canidae, Innova, Solid Gold, etc...... There are plenty of wheat free foods, that are better for your pet anyway.

Ginny01OT · 03-30-2007, 09:42 PM

I agree with you guys, I have four cats and I fed them Pro Plan Indoor cat formula I saw it had wheat gluten in it so I threw it out and I have now switched them to TimberWolf Organics Feline formula--I tried to give them raw, which I give my dog (along with some Timberwolf Organics Lamb and apples) but they balked at it, they are sooo domesticated it is scary. No more wheat gluten in this household!!!!

siberian husky lover12 · 03-30-2007, 09:44 PM

WOW! theres a LOT of news about the recalls! We even heard about it on Channel1 news at skool!

squirt1968 · 03-31-2007, 12:56 AM

I feed wellness but I worry about the dogs that don't get the good stuff

RonE · 03-31-2007, 08:13 AM

I see now that Hill has expanded the voluntary recall to include a particular Science dry cat food because it has the Chinese wheat gluten. They aren't even certain what specifically is killing these animals.

LoveMyYuffie · 04-01-2007, 10:01 AM

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

Ginny01OT · 04-01-2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Captbob

Switch to one of the good foods, and it won't be an issue.

Natural Balance, Timber Wolf, Canidae, Innova, Solid Gold, etc...... There are plenty of wheat free foods, that are better for your pet anyway.

Innova, which is naturapet, uses a menu foods plant in South Dakota for their canned foods. If you go to their website you can click on an icon to watch a video put out by one of the CEO's of naturapet explaining everything, it is about 4 minutes and I urge everyone to watch it (posted this in other threads but I don't think anyone has read it yet)

www.naturapet.com

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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

I would be leary of corn gluten as well......

Wimble Woof · 04-01-2007, 12:22 PM

Im actually quite leary on any petfoods right now. Every day there is something else added... My guys eat great food when they do eat kibble ( Innova rotated with Solid Gold Wolf King) but this has me wayyyy to freaked out. Strictly raw from here on out, atleast until all of this comes to rest.

Ginny01OT · 04-01-2007, 12:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Wimble Woof

Im actually quite leary on any petfoods right now. Every day there is something else added... My guys eat great food when they do eat kibble ( Innova rotated with Solid Gold Wolf King) but this has me wayyyy to freaked out. Strictly raw from here on out, atleast until all of this comes to rest.

It is freaking me out too--I also use Innova products and was shocked when I went to their website to see that their canned foods are processed by a menu foods plant in South Dakota. I am comfortable with their statement and new quality control standards so I will continue to buy their Evo grain free treats but it is predominantly raw for me too!!! It seems every day there is some new brand of food being recalled. This has been going on for weeks now! I would urge everyone to periodically check the website of their particular brand of dog/cat food as most pet food companies are keeping regular updates of this recall whether or not they are affected and I appreciate that!

ananimalover · 04-02-2007, 11:46 PM

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Originally Posted by RonE

I see now that Hill has expanded the voluntary recall to include a particular Science dry cat food because it has the Chinese wheat gluten. They aren't even certain what specifically is killing these animals.

Just as an FYI, Hill's Science Diet dry has no wheat gluten. It was the presciption diet M/D, only the dry formula, only the feline version, that used it.

momtoanangel74 · 04-04-2007, 09:15 PM

Our very healthy almost 6 year old Doberman died last night from complete kidney failure. She went down hill rapidly, she weighed 85 pounds and then in three days she went down to 35-40 pounds. The vet had to put her down because there was nothing he could do. Hubby didn't have her on an all natural diet like I suggested time and time again. The food he fed her was Disney's Old Yeller from Kroger's. A proprietor manufacturers this food and the distributor will NOT give out the information on who makes it. This dog food will NEVER make it to the recall list because they are being protected. Luckily for us we did do blood work on her before she was put to sleep, we still have the food and receipts of purchase. Our male had blood work done to see if he is at risk, won't know results until tomorrow afternoon. Our Doberman was completely fine one day, no symptoms no signs of anything, and then completely wasted away. This is a complete shame! She would have been 6 years old this month, we are heart broken!!

This should have never happened, and if any of you feed a commercial diet, you really should consider an all natural diet. The heartache and pain we are feeling can not be fixed or changed. The damage was all ready done, and we lost our precious baby.

Our vet said he couldn't do anything for her because she showed no symptoms until it was too late, then she was in full blown kidney failure. She was eating, drinking, and everything just fine prior to this happening. She was going potty without any problems. Seriously nothing wrong- and then immediately crashed, major weight loss rapidly and was in complete kidney failure. I can NOT stress this enough..............we can't change what has happened, but we can learn from it. I only wish it wouldn't have happened. I wish my husband would have trusted me about an all natural food, but he thought if "Disney's" name was on it that it had to be safe. NOT! It killed my baby!!

Get the word out- Disney's Old Yeller will NOT make it to the recall list, but it does kill! It should be recalled and it won't be.

Ginny01OT · 04-04-2007, 09:29 PM

I am so, so sorry for your loss. Unfortunately I believe over the next few months many cats and dogs will be in the same boat. Again, I am sorry for your loss.

Captbob · 04-05-2007, 07:31 AM

CNN said this morning that one state has already reported 33 deaths. The FDA keeps saying that only 12 animals died in the entire country, so CNN invited the FDA to be interviewed regarding this problem. The FDA has declined the interview 2 days in a row. yet another example of how our government is lying to us again.......

Here is some interesting and up to date info on this problem. They suspect that the death toll is now in the thousands.....

http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.ph...allinformation

Same site talks about the lack of regulation of any kind on pet foods.

http://www.littlebigcat.com/index.ph...foodregulation

momtoanangel74 · 04-05-2007, 09:48 AM

My vet said he is seeing a lot of animals that are very sick from this. He said Hill's Science Diet isn't willing to give him information, and he promoted their crap. He is beyond angry that so many animals are ill and dying.

The numbers are going to be higher and higher as time goes on, the real numbers will never be known because people don't know how to report it, and even if they do, the FDA will never use that information for statistics because they want to protect the manufacturers. This isn't going to stop until people stop buying these foods and demand change.

I for one am now forcing my husband to feed a better diet to his last Doberman. I ordered food directly from Wysong and am going to start cooking a natural diet to add to the mix. Wysong sat on the phone with me for at least an hour yesterday giving me lots of advice on what we can do for the animals we still have. I only pray the blood work comes back ok on our other Doberman, it may still be too late. Should know in a few hours. No matter what- it can't change what happened to my poor beloved baby who left us. My heart is still broken into a million pieces. I am sick that this is happening.

bearlasmom · 04-05-2007, 02:37 PM

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.

arscenic/melamine, etc is showing up in foods that we have been testing as a result of the class action law suit. This morning our office checked greenies and we found traces of arsenic/glass/rubber

our pit bull is sick as well. we have been told they are not expecting him to make it either. The poor old guy has been battling cancer but we have also been feeding him ol roy. the vet said it is the food shutting down his kidneys and liver. our GSD is on science diet perscription ID and so far that is testing fine. we put the pit on it as well and i am weaning them over to home made foods.

Do your babies a favor, feed them natural foods. some of you make think it is cheaper but when a dog is dying because of food, the price is too high. To the owner of the Dobie, i am so sorry hon. My heart breaks for you.

I turned in a walmart here in Toronto yesterday. I went to the store and low and behold what was there on the shelves and on sale (60% off) but the foods on the recall. they dont even have signs posting the warning. When i confronted the manager, he said that the whole thing is bull and that dog owners can feed them what they want. I told him that as part of those who are suing walmart as well as menu foods, i would ensure it would be stopped. he had beggin strips out, pig ears, greenies etc as well as the foods, both dry and wet and some with the recall UPC codes.

Captbob · 04-05-2007, 03:38 PM

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Originally Posted by bearlasmom

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.

arscenic/melamine, etc is showing up in foods that we have been testing as a result of the class action law suit. This morning our office checked greenies and we found traces of arsenic/glass/rubber

our pit bull is sick as well. we have been told they are not expecting him to make it either. The poor old guy has been battling cancer but we have also been feeding him ol roy. the vet said it is the food shutting down his kidneys and liver. our GSD is on science diet perscription ID and so far that is testing fine. we put the pit on it as well and i am weaning them over to home made foods.

Do your babies a favor, feed them natural foods. some of you make think it is cheaper but when a dog is dying because of food, the price is too high. To the owner of the Dobie, i am so sorry hon. My heart breaks for you.

I turned in a walmart here in Toronto yesterday. I went to the store and low and behold what was there on the shelves and on sale (60% off) but the foods on the recall. they dont even have signs posting the warning. When i confronted the manager, he said that the whole thing is bull and that dog owners can feed them what they want. I told him that as part of those who are suing walmart as well as menu foods, i would ensure it would be stopped. he had beggin strips out, pig ears, greenies etc as well as the foods, both dry and wet and some with the recall UPC codes.

That is simply not true. There is nothing on the FDA web site about not feeding your dogs anything that is made in mass production.

bearlasmom · 04-05-2007, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Captbob

That is simply not true. There is nothing on the FDA web site about not feeding your dogs anything that is made in mass production.

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

Wimble Woof · 04-05-2007, 04:51 PM

Is it possible for you to produce a link to where this statement is??? I have been looking for quite some time now and am unable to find it?!?

bearlasmom · 04-05-2007, 05:13 PM

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