Did your dog have problems associted with the pet food recall?

Question

The latest problems discovered were liver and kidney problems.I think my dog had other problems due to foods that got recalled.I did take all my canned food back to the store and exchanged it for new cans.I have switched from the Nutro to Eukanuba Sensitive Skin and my dog has almost cleared up completely.I had tried several different formulas of the dry Nutro Natural Choice with her only getting a tablespoon of wet mixed in the food very rarely.My dog was still having the skin problems associated with a itchy red spotty and blistery rash on her belly that kept relapsing despite all shampoos, special foods, and medications she was on.The vet ruled out causes being fleas, mange and seasonal allergies.I spent over $300 dollars at the vet on her,and am very thankful she is now healing thanks to my own research on pet foods.I wanted to know if there was a way to get money back\sue somebody over all of this?I heard of the rat poison in it too, which is why I am alarmed.What do you think?

I did research on dog foods before I started with my first dog and got recommended the Nutro NC by the breeder.Not wanting to upset her stomach and change brands suddenly I stuck with it.But unfortunately the problems she had progressed once she was on it for a few months.I nor the vet couldn't pin point exactly what her problems was.Only by process of elimination with certian ingredients in the dog foods (i.e.intorducing a different protein in the dogs diet) is how I narrowed it down and have gotten her to get better.There is absolutley no reason whatsoever to put down dog foods.Its really a personal opinion as to what brands are great and which ones stink.I have no oppositions to certian brands.I say "Feed what works for your dog."Obviously its better to feed a high quality pet store brand of food verses wal-mart or other supermarket store food.Try to see whats really in the food.Fill a glass full of water,drop in kibbles of puppy chow and let it disolve.You may see animal hairs.

Thank you very much to whom recommended me to save some of the dog food. Fortunately I did save some of the lamb and rice she was on when she first started having the skin problems. I did in case I thought maybe the vet could test it or something but several months ago the recall wasn't noted.

I am over $300 dollars down from numerous trips to the vet over all her skin problems. I changed dog food brands and she is getting better. She now has ugly brown spots as scars all over her belly as a result and hopefully I can get a lawsuit going over it all. And this dog was expensive costing over $1000 dollars. As you can see I am pretty ticked about it all. I am very sorry to those whom pets and wallets suffered through it all. Bless you all! :)

Oh my dog has short hair ann, the vet said they weren't hot spots either, since they were literally everywhere all over the body like a really bad rash or hives.

Answer 1

well you would have never had this problem if you didn't buy crap food.

see I am always telling people that you need to buy better food because it will save you time and money in the long run. because if you buy crap dog food like this then your dog coulkd have an alergic reaction to the food ar this might happen.

now if you just would have done some rescearch then you would have found out which food were better for the type and size of your dog.

good luck with this.

Answer 2

you didn't say if your dog is long haired or short. I sound like to me your dog has hot spots.. it would be red blistery spots that eventually will loose hair.
My mix has a sensitive stomach and finally got her on Purina One for Sensitive stomach, it is a fish (salmon) base with lots of oils in it.. She is allergic to chicken and the by-products in most foods. Spend time and read and compare labels of your food...
I would also get a second opinion from a new vet and see what is really wrong. Have you ever done a allergy test on you dog?????

Answer 3

I didn't have problems with a dog, but my cat suffered permanent kidney damage.

She started vomiting and lost her appetite, the vet took her in for blood and urine analysis and she was showing signs of kidney damage. They put her on an IV and catheder to flush her kidneys. 1 week and $700 later, her kidneys are at about 80%, which is as good as it can get.

Supposedly, if you take some of the recalled food in to get tested, and it tests positive for comtaminants, the company will refund your vet bills. However, if you threw the food out, it will be much harder to prove that the problems were directly related to the food.

As for food testing, my vet recommended calling your state's division of the FDA to see how/where to get it tested.

Answer 4

I haven't but is here. I heard that they spilt rat poison in the food and if your pet eats it your pet could die with in hours.
Oh but if you want to get rid of dry skin and make it shiney then rub orange peels on the fur and put some of the juice from oranges in their food. Also put oil in their food but NOT car oil.

Answer 5

Looks like your dogs has just as many health problems as my teacup. In fact more. My puppy ate this bad food (iams) and is 100% fine. Guess teacups really are dogs. and arent as bad as you think. tsk tsk for being so narrow minded.

Answer 6

uhmm.. i think that if it keeps up take her back to the vet.
thats odd.