Alpo Pet Foods

I've been feeding my 8-year old dog Alpo prime slices for the past years without any problems whatsoever. It's been her favorite dog food to eat! This last month of December, I bought two cases of Alpo prime slices. After I fed her a can within hours, she had vomited and then had severe diarrhea for many days and was just acting sickly. I thought maybe she had ate something bad outside that might be causing her to get sick like that. Well, I boiled up some chicken and hamburger for her to eat until she got over the diarrhea. Her bowel movements returned to normal and she acted fine and healthy again. I fed her another brand canned dog food and she had no problems after eating that too.

Since she just loves the Alpo ,food I thought I try feeding that to her once again to see if it was okay. I bought another case thinking this would be okay. Well, bad move on my part. Once again, she became sick vomiting and had severe diarrhea for days. I stopped feeding her the Alpo food for good and she has never had diarrhea again. I don't know if they changed the ingredients in the food or it was just a spoiled batch. But, I won't take the chance anymore. No more Alpo!

I ran out of my dog's dry food and couldn't get to the grocery store. I ran to the corner market to get a small bag of food and all they had was Alpo. It was only for two days that I would need to feed him this food. He ate it with no issues. On the third day he was shaking, whimpering and had explosive diarrhea. My dog is very healthy and we immediately knew it had to have been the food. This is awful. To think the food that is put on the shelves could kill your dog makes me sick to my stomach. My poor dog is defenseless. Thankfully his energy is back up and his poop has almost returned to normal, but he can't control himself and is going in our house unexpectedly.

My two mini Dobermans are experiencing the same problems. One has extreme thirst, uncontrollable bladder but is still active. She drinks until she throws up so I had to restrict her water. The other smaller one is much worse. She began to refuse food (Alpo) after vomiting. She is weak, falls over, has difficulty in breathing and scratches when she had enough strength. Prime Cuts by Alpo should be recalled. I see many complaints about Prime Cuts but I wonder how many dogs have died with the owners not linking Alpo to their deaths.

I had a 3 year old blue wheeler in perfectly good health. I just had checkup on Aug 1, 2011. He weight 67 lbs and got all his shots .In early October 2011, we changed his food to Alpo to give him something different. Shortly after, he began to be lethargic like red eyed and scratching and pulling out his own hair. We thought allergies. We treated for that, it did not help. We continued to feed him the Alpo and he continued to get sick. He was not able to defecate and he was throwing up all his food. He was drinking water like he could not get enough but he lost a lot of weight and became very sick. He died on Nov 29th 2011.

I feel like I have lost one of my children. I have a hole in my heart. I since learned of other dogs getting sick and did a little reading online and did not know there had been a recall in '07. Otherwise, I would not have given him the Alpo. I contacted Alpo and they gave me a case # and apologized and offered to pay for vet bills, the dog food and his belongings. What I want is my precious freckles back. Nothing replaces him or ever will. If anyone else has problems, call and complain at 1-800-778-7462. I asked if there were any recalls for the food now and was told no. But when I asked if there were any more complaints filed, I was told they did not know. Yeah right!

My dog, I believe that Alpo Chop House Original killed my dog. My dog also and similarly became ill after we changed to feeding them this Alpo product. I put on dog on Alpo Chop House in 12-2010, she became increasingly weak, she lost ability to defecate, and her legs began to weaken. She would pant and pant. She suffered from anxiety, licking until she had open wounds on her legs and excessive thirst. She had several instances where she lost control of her bladder. My second dog, when I put him on the same product developed the same conditions within a month or two of using the same product, and died 12-24-2011.

Their symptoms remind me of the mad cow films, too.

I honestly believe that Alpo Prime cuts was killing my dog. My beloved pet became ill after we changed our feeding regime from simply using dry food to mixing in a tablespoon of Alpo Prime cuts. Over a month, she became increasingly weak, she lost her voice, and her legs began to swell. She would pant and pant. She suffered from anxiety, licking until she had open wounds on her legs and excessive thirst. She had several instances where she lost control of her bladder. She has some back issues and we thought her problems were stemming from those.

We spoke to our vet several times. She suggested that we get her something to help with the anxiety and agreed it was most likely her back. I got her a raw hide, and she was very receptive to it. She was so afraid that of leaving it, she refused to eat for 24 hours. Over night she became better! We added the tablespoon of Alpo to her food and she is so much better. I have may dog back!

What would have happened to her had I given her a whole can a day, we just used it in trying to make her food a little better. Alpo needs to be investigated!

I fed my dog with Alpo prime slices home-style with chicken and gravy in the morning. After she ate it, she began to vomit yellow foam; she then became very weak and laid around that whole day. The next morning, I let her outside, she was still very weak, she laid down and died! She was 11 yrs old and in good health before eating the Alpo! I am so sick over this that I cannot even function right! My dog did not have to die like this!

This is an update on the review below from Kim of Duluth who is my mother. Our 15-year-old dog passed away this morning due to this food. Do not ever give your dog this food. This has caused major sorrow to my family. Alpo is the worst.

My oldest dog, who is 15, started throwing up - very foamy and thick. Her legs were very wobbly, like she could not hold herself up. She also became very agitated and could not rest. She drank a lot of water, which she would immediately throw up or have explosive diarrhea. The entire night was very touch and go. We thought she might have eaten a mole or chipmunk in the yard, so we never considered the Alpo food that we bought.

Thankfully, after a week of lethargy and very little eating she is recovering slowly. But, now just as she is feeling better, today my youngest dog, who is 12, polished off a can of Alpo for her breakfast. Now she is throwing up with the same foamy consistency. Our middle dog, who is 14, would never touch the Alpo which we thought was a little strange, since she rarely turns down any meal. It finally dawned on me that it might be the Alpo, as we usually feed them either Pedigree or Iams. I stumbled onto this website and see the very similar circumstances happening to other dogs. We bought the Alpo at Costco and I checked the expiration date, which is valid until 2019. Regardless, this crap has gone into the trash and I'll tell all my dog-owner friends about Alpo and their unsafe product.

My dog of eight and a half years has died because of your product.

I ran out of my dog's regular food. I stopped at a small store and picked up a can of Alpo Prime Cut canned dog food. Within an hour, our 3 years old dog was vomiting. By morning, she could not walk. We took her to the vet and she has toxic poisoning. Not sure if it was caused by this, but it happened right after. She still is not able to walk on her own. Where can I get the food tested? I am not sure if this is what caused it, but I would like to try to find out.

Our dog was out of dog food and I got home late from work. I stopped on the way home and got him a can of ALPO. Shortly after she ate it, he began to throw up. This morning he is still very sick. He cannot stand at all... throwing up and crying. I am going to the vet. ALPO was the only thing that could have made him sick. I am very worried. He is my son's best friend. This has already brought him high anxiety and is also depressed.

Within an an hour of eating 1/4 of a can of Alpo Rotisserie Chicken Flavor Chop House, my 9 year-old boxer began foaming at the mouth. After she was cleaned up, an hour later, she started foaming at mouth and shaking her head uncontrollably. She vomited the food and walked for the next hour. After the first 30 minutes, she began nervously walking in circles. She did not stop even after she was carried to the animal hospital. The doctor had to sedate her so that she could relax. This all happened from 8-11 pm. The next morning, at 9:30 am, she was unable to stand or hold her head up. By 6 pm, she was dead. The product details are as follows: 10661157 L7CW32340, best by March 2013.

I mixed some Alpo Prime Slices Homestyle with chicken and gravy in my dog's dry food right before going for a walk. She ate most of the canned food before we left. By the time we got back, her legs wouldn't support her and she was staggering around the house like she was drunk. Thank God she started to vomit. She threw up all the Alpo Prime Slices (it hadn't even been digested yet) along with a ton of mucus. As soon as she threw up, her condition began to improve. After five minutes, she was walking normally again, and drinking water. As she was fine before she ate, and after she threw it up, there is no other conclusion to draw but the fact that it was the Alpo that made her sick. I will call them on Monday morning. Based on the label, the UPC is 1113289632 and the can is "Best by:" November 2012. The numbers on the bottom of the can are 03191157 L74972335. I got it from Walmart. I will not take a chance on buying Alpo again.

was feeding my dog dry alpo. we always use a contianer for our dogs food. it is a puppy chow contanier we bought full of puppy chow. today i used our scoop to get our dog some food. there was bugs in it--a sealed contanier. the bugs were in the bag for sure. this bag of dog food was bought at walmart in sydney nova scotia in may 2010. my dog was sick for two days, throwing up for two days and eating grass to get it out. i didnt know what was going on till this morning when i noticed these bugs growing in his food. i think this is crazy and wonder if anyone else has seen this or maybe you should check

I fed my 2 dogs Alpo canned food this afternoon, now they are both vomiting, having spasms, foaming at mouth, sweating from tongue, trying to eat grass. They are suffering. The Alpo was bought at WalMart March of 2010. The UPC is 1113289632. The use by date is December 2011.

I have used Alpo on our dogs for years, I have not had any complaints till now, the cans with the pull tops are very dangerous, I had almost cut my finger off 2 times already opening these cans, now I have cut a chunk out of my finger and sliced the other one, I am not a happy camper, this was a stupid idea to leave the sharp edged ridge on the inside of the can, I am tired of buying band aides and guaze because of these cans, either figure out a way to fix them or quit using them.

[They] owe me $2654.19 for my medical bills and the band aides, guaze, rubber gloves, gas to ER, and the time I cannot use my hand, my husband is a heart patient and on O2, I cannot be hurt right now while he is fighting for his life, I am deeply hurt by [their] product, and not even mentioning the PAIN I'm in. I have the bloody can if [they] would like me to mail it back to you, in fact I have both of the cans.

I really do like the Alpo products and have 3 dogs and 2 cats that love it, but the danger opening the cans is very real, there's got to be something done about this, I'm sure I'm not the only one that has had this happen to them, not once but 3 times. Thank you for hearing me out, I EXPECT A CHECK IN THE MAIL FOR $ 2654.19, I am sorry but that is the total money I am out on [their] stupid cans, go back to the can opener type or go to plastic top.

We gave our two dogs alpo dog food purchased from the A & P on Thursday 8/20/09 in Carmel NY and by Saturday they were both sick. My larger dog sems a little better now but my little dashound is still really sick. throwing up ALOT and has bad diarria. can;t even hold water down.

We had a litter of Boxer puppies on Feb 9,2009. On March 11, we fed our puppies a can of Alpo puppy food mixed with some dry Pedigree puppy food. Less than 2 hours later 2 of our puppies were lying on the floor barely breathing. I rushed them to the vet, one died minutes later and the vet said the best option was to euthanize the other so it wouldn't suffer. She said it was bleeding internally most likely due to poisoning.

While I was at the vet our other seven puppies came downn with the same symptoms. The vet told me to keep them vomiting and give them activated charcoal to keep the poison from being absorbed.5 of them seem to be recovering but we fear the worst for 2 more of them. Hopefully we will know more tomorrow after the vet performs an autopsy. Do not feed your dogs these kinds of food!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! This was absolutely horrible for my family to stand by and watch helplessly. If they do get sick make them vomit ipecac syrup works well.

The vet bill to watch 2 puppies die was about $300 not to mention the fact I am out $700-$1400at least due to not being able to sell dead puppies. The effeccts this has had on my children is still unknown as this just happened tonight.

I bought some Purni Alpo Prime cuts dog food Product #111320137 what happened was, my two huskie lab mixed 1 year old male dogs got poison causeing them death. I called the Purina company and they said that were out untill jan 2nd at 7am.

2 family pets death.

I had been feeding my two dogs Alpo canned dog food. My one dog Pain started to act different. He was laying around more than usual and he didn't seem to care when the mail came. The mail lady always gives him a treat not to bark. So I took him to the Vet she did blood and urine tests, and tells me he is in stage 2 kidney failure. She put him on a special food and it has stabalized him for now. My bigger dog is 14 so I did not take her to Vet she always lays around. She is almost 3 times his weight and they got the same amount of canned food as a treat.

I have a dog in kidney failure and was buying this real expensive dog food, can no longer afford to purcahse it. I am worried about his health because I cannot afford the food. I know first hand how bad he feels, I myself have had two kidney transplants and it breaks my heart to know how bad he feels.

Just 2 days ago we bought a can of alpo dog food we bought from a gas station. We fed it to him on Tuesday and right as we fed it to him he started to swell up. He had been poisoned by the food, he was a healthy pug up to that point and this afternoon on November 15, 2007. We went outside to feed him and we found him laying in his house dead. We will never buy alpo products again!!! We loved our dog very very much!

the alpo people say they THINK they have their recall under control!? THEY DONT! I just got 12 cans and all the numbers are checking out. When it comes to peoples pets you just cant think you're doing good, you must KNOW you're doing the BEST!

My large mixed breed female dog ate Alpo canned dog food, and Old Roy dry dog food. She went from healthy, happy, and robust 10 yr old--to lethargic. She started having seizures, refused to eat, vomited even her water, drank enormous amts of water, could hardly walk or hold her head up. She started retaining fluid, and we think she had a heart attack.

Thanks to the bad food my girl is gone. I will not buy canned food again. Alpo was one of the last foods to be listed on recall. It is still on the shelves at Wal-Mart, and Kmart.

My dog died in 2 weeks from massive body shut down, liver/heart failure. I was feeding her Alpo Prime Cuts in Gravy that was on the recall list from Purina. She was an older dog, but healthy, and was just at the vet a couple months ago for her shots and nothing was major wrong. When I hear about the recall, I completely stopped using Alpo Prime Cuts and Gravy.

I went on the website and chked the serial#'s and matched what was recalled. bottom of the last 24 pk I still have is best by Feb2009 70171157 L74850630 serial coding 11132 00360. My dog going from healthy older dog of 12 to in a matter of 2 weeks, Liver/Heart Failure. She died at home. Refused to eat anything, I made her chicken/rice could not walk, Painting so badly she could not walk, Fainting, Coughing, throwing up, having loose bowels. I brought her to the vet immediately and had chest xrays, urine and blood sample done.

They recommended to see a specialist, before I could get her for an appointment she died in her arms gasping for air. She was an older dog but healthy. The Vet prescribed a 10 day medication of antibotics, it did not help. She died.. I am heartbroken.

I fed my 12 year old lab Iams dry and Alpo Prime cuts dog food for 10+ healthy years. Suddenly in mid December 2006, the dog became incontinent, vomiting, lethargic, drank excessive water and blood tests at vet showed dog had signs of kidney failure. He changed her dry dog food to special Purina Vets Diet NF with 1/2 can of Alpo Prime cuts. By end of Dec, dog continued to get weaker and stopped eating dry food, would only take Alpo prime cuts.

During January 07, the dog would only take some cooked chicken, hamburger, along with Alpo Prime cuts wet food. On February 6, 2007 blood tests showed acute kidney failure, with no hope of recovery. Sadly, I had to euthanize my Labrador Molly, on the vet's recommendation.

I have unopened cans of Alpo Prime cuts in gravy left over, after my dog died, which were made at plant #1159 from where the contaminated Alpo was recalled. I feel Nestle (Purina) has some responsibility in that they produced a poisoned dog food, which I unknowingly fed and probably caused the death of my Molly. Nothing can replace her. I think they should at least pay for my $787.87!

my dog gizzmo ate the alpo prime cuts in gravey that was recalled she was in the emergency hospital on iv fluids for 48hrs i cannot contact anyone from alpo her bill was 1,195.00 not to mention her vet recheck 101.00 I am so upset -- I am a single mother raising two children but we love our dog just like one of the family and we cannot let her die if it can be helped.

I am in dept because of a company i trusted and they should be held liable.

We had a 13 yr old cat named Patty that died in the middle of February. She would lick off the gravy of our dogs’ food every morning (Alpo Prime Cuts in gravy-Chicken) 6 days before her death she stopped eating and would only drink water. She could barely walk around the house. We didn't hear about the Alpo recall until recently. My dog also started reacting the same way diarra, throwing up and not wanting to eat only drinking water. Why didn't Purina tell us when all the other pets foods were recalled I would have stopped feeding it to my animals? I always thought Alpo was the best you could give your animal...the price reflects that.

I lost my cat and almost lost my dog. I didn't take the cat to the vet I thought it was old age, I don't have a vet bill. The empty cans have been thrown away, the only evidence I have is my dead cat I buried in the back yard. And I don't think I could bring myself to dig up Patty, it was so hard to bury her in the beginning. I'm writing this because I can't believe I poisoned my own cat, like poisoning my own child. I don't think you realize how many millions of pets vital organs have been damaged or crippled by this stuff. They are only with us for a short time and now it will be shorter. My dog is 7 yrs old. How much time does he have left with us?

I started using purina alpo brand dry dog food about 3weeks ago. My dog FROSTY, a 10 years old Chiuahua became ill. Little did I know that the symptoms were heavy breathing, swelling of the stomach, for the illness caused by the bad dog food(Purina Alpo). My FROSTY died Thursday 4/5/2007 between 3pm and 6pm as I could only look at him and watch him die. The vet at the Houston SPCA that saw FROSTY told me that my dog may have had heart worms.

We had our beloved dog Bama put down on Jan 7 because of sudden kidney failure. We had bought him Alpo cuts in gravy dog food, and I read in the paper today that the food tainted was the food manufactured around the time we fed it to him. We fed it to him in early December and he quickly declined over four weeks time, to the point we had him put to sleep. We just wonder.

We spent about $2,000 in vet bills, however the biggest expense has been our broken hearts. We miss him.

On 1/9/07 I brought one of my dogs to the vet because she had become ill. She was not eating, had a high fever and lost the ability to walk alone. She stayed over night at the vet, had tests done however, the vet was unable to find her problem. She was put on Baytril, Amoxi, & Rimadyl. She came home with me the next day. My dog (Zena) died suddenly on Feb. 24th, 2007.

Shortly after that I noticed my other dog, Bruiser, not acting himself. I called the vet and she indicated he could be mourning Zena's death. As he continued to mourn over the next couple weeks I grew concerned and made him a well visit with the vet. On 3/19/07 Bruiser had a urinalysis done and he was diagnosed with....KIDNEY FAILURE.

We immediately rechecked the list of dog foods that had just been recalled to see that we had not fed our dogs the tainted food. However, on or about 3/30/07 Alpo recalled their canned wet food. The same food we fed our dogs.

On 4/2/07 I finally, after numerous phone calls, got through to Alpo. After giving them my information and situation they assured me I would be receiving a call from Sedgwicks Claims Management who would be handling the case from then on. Bruiser in the meantime was getting worse by the day. He ate very little and what he ate he threw up. I went back to the vet with him and was sent home with an IV bag of fluids which I was to give him 500 ccs twice a day. By 4/4/07 he could not walk without assistance and had to be put down. Still no phone call back from Alpo or Sedgwicks.

My family, which includes my husband, daughter & 2 sons, had to loose 2 dogs -FAMILY MEMBERS- within 5 weeks of each other. My vet bills are in the thousands, my back went out from having to carry my 75 pound Boxers outside to help them go to the bathroom. I had to have someone with me 24/7 to help me with my children and to clean up after my sick dog and my husband had a car accident trying to get home from work to his totally distraught family the night we had to put Bruiser to sleep (the worst night of my life). My family is beyond physically and mentally exhausted from this.

I had to take my cat to the vet 1 month ago for her behavior of not eating, drinking, and loosing 5+ pounds. After all the tests and 1,000.00+ dollars spent on her she has permanent kidney damage and is in renal failure and has to receive I.V> fluids subcutaneous the rest of her life and take medication everyday to help her keep her specific food down. Her specific food cost 18.00 a bag and it is a small bag and routine blood work to see how her kidneys are doing.

My dog had to be put to sleep as 2/20/07.  He was vomiting, lethargid and lost 4 pounds in 4 days. The first thing we did was check the pet food recall list but Alpo Prime Cuts was not on the list.  Yesterday I learned it was added.

My dog is dead, have all vet records, and Cant beleive it, had I waited one more day for the announcement, I could have helped him or at least tried, instead I feel like I killed him.

I have two small chihuahuas that ate Alpo Prime Cuts dog food.  One of my dogs is currently in the hospital because her kidneys are failing. Sophie is only 6 months old and is very ill.  My other dog Charlie is beginning to show signs as well.  This has caused me a great deal of stress, time off work, money and possibly the lives of my animals.