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Alpo Pet Foods

Shannon of carmel, NY August 24, 2009

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.

Mike of Magna, UT March 12, 2009

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.

Lowell of Worthington Springs, FL January 1, 2009

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.

Vickie of Centerville, IN September 8, 2008

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.

???? of Weaverville, NC November 15, 2007

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!

Tim of Moore, OK June 11, 2007

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!

Jan of Benton, TN May 20, 2007

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.

Wendell of Hudson, OH April 15, 2007

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!

Theresa of Eastcanton, OH April 10, 2007

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.

Marilyn of Spring Branch, TX April 7, 2007

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?

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