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Jen of Bloomington MN (06/30/08)
Started my 2 dogs (spayed 7 month puppy and 12 yr old dog) on Canidae All Life Stages a few months ago and everything seemed find. But then we started new bag last week and both have been vomiting since. The puppy started vomiting sooner and we ended up taking her to the Emergency Vet over the weekend. The vomiting was happening right after eating and then continued for about a day- now that they have been off the food they are doing better. After seeing the other complaints and timeline, I suspect there is a bad batch out there.
Medical bill at Emergency Vet - almost $400.
Sonya of Takoma Park MD (05/21/08)
I have 3 dogs (2 Italian Mastiffs and 1 GSD) and have fed them Canidae All Stages for at least 2 yrs. They look great, healthy, very playful and active. My Vet agrees. While doing some online price shopping, I came across this site and was very surprised. Canidae has consumer complaints? I had to read this. I've recommended Canidae to everyone I know including my breeder. I don't like to take chances with my dogs health and I'm led foremost by their reactions or symptoms at mealtimes, so I watch them while they're eating. Their reactions kept our house from being bereaved by the tainted dog food. My youngest pup is nearly 18 mos. and Canidae is all she's eaten. But what's good in the past doesn't guarantee what's good in the future.
My 1st tip is to give your dogs filtered water. It's very important that you store Verus All Natural Pet Foods properly if using a plastic container! Plastic absorbs oil. Oils from the food can leach into the plastic and become rancid, thereby contaminating the next batch of food...This spoiled oil may contaminate any fresh food added to the container, causing vomiting or diarrhea when fed to your pet. They recommend washing the container with soap and hot water before the next dump of fresh food.
Jeanne of Hemet CA (05/12/08)
I opened a new bag of canidae dog food and I feed it to my dogs for a couple days and then all three of them had uncontrolled liquid diarrhea for over a week. I also had a couple episodes of vomiting from my three dogs. It took me a few days to begin to suspect the canidae. I've been feeding it to them for almost a year and never had a problem. I stopped the canidae and am feeding only EVO and the diarrhea is gone.
The bag of food cost $32.00 and I'm of course not going to feed it to my dogs anymore. I'm planning to e-mail canidae. I'm concerened however about possible long term effects. Does anyone know what it was in the dog food that caused these signs and symptoms????
Tiffany of New Gloucester ME (05/12/08)
I switched my four dogs from Nutro to Canidae All Life Stages. I have never had a problem with Canidae, and for my dogs, I believe it is one of the best foods they can be on. One of my dogs had demodex mange, when I switched the food her immune system had such a boost from the good quality of food that the mange started to heal itself. My vet was extremely surprised with the outcome and commended me for the switch to such a higher quality kibble.
I have never heard of anyone having issues with this food, and all negative posts that I have read, sound like your dogs have some form of allergies. Get an allergy panel done from your vet, and then you would know for sure if it was the food/ingredients. I have two dogs with extremely sensitive stomaches and skin allergies, when I made the switch to Canidae over a year ago, the issues went away and have not come back. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, and I give Canidae 100%.
Brooke of Omaha NE (05/12/08)
I have been using Canidae all life stages dry dog food for our 2 dogs for the last 2 years after switching from Purina dog chow . We changed dog foods due to the recalls and health problems with our older dog who has autoimmune disease, cushings, hypothyroidism,and arthritis; our other dog at the time of switching dog foods was a boxer puppy with no health issues.
What a difference this dog food makes! Our older dog (11 year old chow/husky mix) is much more active, is loosing some weight (she was getting heavy on that other food with fillers), her coat shines again! Boxers are known to have GI problems so I was cautious at first but she too is in great shape, great muscle tone, her coat glistens, no stomach problems that a lot of boxers have. This dog food is wonderful.
Marcus of Sioux Falls SD (04/25/08)
I have been using Canidae for two years with absolutely not a single problem! I have recommended this to my older sister who has five dogs, all rescues, completely different breeds, with NO problems at all. My younger sister has two dogs, a border collie and a Pekingese, and both are thriving, especially the border collie, who has Valley Fever. The breeder who I obtained my dogs from uses Canidae All Life Stages for all of her dogs--she has six adults and about two litters a year--and has had no problems whatsoever. And a close friend has her Italian mastiff on Canidae now--he was having all kinds of allergic problems, skin and ear infections--and he looks like an absolutely different dog. So...all I can say is to each his own.
All these dogs are in excellent health. My sisters both feed the chicken and rice kibble and canned; I feed the lamb and rice; my friend feeds the Platinum for Senior Dogs; my breeder uses the All Life Stages. I love this food, my dogs love this food, and my little girl, who previously had all kinds of gastrointestinal problems, has had an excellent response. My wife got a call back from the Canidae main office. Lois couldn't have been nicer and was so informative.
Melodie of Ft. Lauderdale FL (04/21/08)
I have experienced similar problems with our GSD to those I've just read. I also suspected the food. Sometimes our dog just doesn't want to eat a brand new bag of food. She recently developed a skin rash that took a month of antibiotics to get rid of. On two occasions over the last 4 months, she had vomiting and diarea for no obvious reason.
This food came with high regard from my local pet store, and when I switched, I thought I was upgrading. Beginning immediately, I am changing brands.
Kory of Brantford OTHER (04/21/08)
After feeding Canidae Dry Dog food, both our miniature pinscher bitches became ill. The first symptoms were runny stools. Then the one wouldnt eat the Canidae at all! After a few days of the one bitch not eating, we noticed that she couldnt urinate. We took her to the vets, and the vet did blood work. She had high levels of sugar and phosphorus in her blood. Finally got a little urine sample, and it also showed sugar and phosphorus in the urine. It also showed bladder crystals. Thought nothing of it, really, as at that point it was just the one dog. A few days later, the other bitch couldnt urinate, and they also found bladder crystals, a more severe case than the other dog. This dog, had been on Canidae for a little longer.
Vet bills which totalled $480. Having to cancel a planned breeding until one bitch is well. And still wondering whether the dogs are going to be ok or not.
Patricia of Windsor VT (02/13/08)
I have 3 GSD dogs. I have used Canidae dog food for about 4 months. I have noticed in the last 3 weeks that my dogs have had excessive gas and one of them burps a lot. This had never been an issue (2 of the dog are >10 y.o.). 7 days ago two of the dogs began vomiting in the evening. Three days ago one of the older 10 y.o. dogs bloated. I have taken the two other dogs off the dog food for 2 days and no gas, no belching, no vomiting. The other dog had surgery for bloat and is struggling. This could be coincidental surely, but it seems strange that all three of the animals got sick around the same time and the two that didn't bloat seem absolutely fine now that I have not fed them this dog food for two days. I have had no negative issues with Canidae dog food up to this point, but due to the obviousness of three dogs getting ill at the same time and two of the dogs having improved symptoms after being off this brand of dog food for two days I can only assume that there is an excellent chance something is not right with this food.
Dog that bloated is in the hospital. He had emergency surgery to untwist his gut and has heart issues due to the bloat. This is an ugly, painful condition and very expensive as well.
Leah of Chicago IL (01/07/08)
I have been feeding my two Boxers Cannidae Life Stages for about 6 months. After opening a new bag my 7 mo. old became very ill, it caused her to vomit, have uncontrollable bowel movements and skin irritation. We had to go to the emergency vet on Christmas eve resulting in a bill over $650. I tried to contact Canidae and have had no response. I have switched food and will not return to Canidae especially after not hearing back from them.
Joe of Tulsa OK (01/04/08)
Their canned dog food made my dog vomit about 30 minutes after eating. The canned dog food was Canidae Chicken & Rice Formula in Chicken Broth. Bottom of can: 1113733 12 , Best by Nov 2012. The remaining food in the can had a peculiar and bad odor. The odor was not detected at feeding time, but was detected later while investigating cause of sickness. After the feeding, the can was resealed with plastic wrap and put in refrigerator. This is normally done since only 1/3 can is used at each feeding. The can is now in the freezer, awaiting disposal. The canned dog food was mixed with Canidae dry dog food. I have used this brand of dog food since March, 2007 without problems until now. The same dog food (different can) was used at the next meal wihout a problem, but the can was carefully checked after opening.
Jack of Savannah GA (11/03/07)
On Nov 3rd, 2007 I returned unused portion of Canidae Life Stages Dry Dog Food to Sarah at Canine Palace. She returned $17.00 to me instead of $34.00. So, I received half a refund when Canidae has a policy stating full refund. I also informed her that batch 40461-01040 has received national complaints as dogs including mine have become ill.
The Canidae food caused my dog to vomit, have fever and runny stools. My vet bill last Monday was $119.00. My puppy could have permanent damage to his digestive system.
Tricia of Normal, IL (10/15/07)
We have been using Canidae dog food for out Great Dane puppy for the last 6 months with no problems. However the last batch I purchased (40461 01040) was not the same. Our puppy has begun vomiting and breaking out in hives. The symptoms started within 72 hours of giving her the new batch of food. That is the only thing that has changed in months.
The midnight emergency room bill came to $300 after the x-rays.
Lori of Tryon NC (10/11/07)
I buy Canidae pet food through a distributor in Rayne, LA and get it delivered right to my door. Since the last shipment on the last Friday in September, my dogs have been ill. First i had an older female pomeranian that was pregant die, but she was running and keeled over so we deemed it a massive coronary and age related possibly combined with the pregnancy. But now my Great Dane has had 2 grand mal seizures and many of my other house dogs have had terrible gas and a green colored diarrhea. The pomeranians are no longer wanting to eat it, their food containers are barely touched by the next day so we've pulled the food. The distributor said she's heard stories but i'm her first complaint and she is going to ship me a new batch of food. But now i'm worried about feeding it at all and if the new food is better than the old even though they may be from a new batch.
My largest consequence is loss of a 2000.00 breeding animal(amount paid) and the puppies that she was carrying out of showline dogs. I dont' know what my long term results may be aside from heartbreak. I just purchased dogs in excess of 4000.00 for my breeding program with the pomeranians and could end up with a very large financial loss.
Debby of Hellertown PA (09/08/07)
We have fed our dogs Canidae dog food about 1.5 years. 3 wks. ago we opened a new bag and within days, our dogs began vomiting and diarrhea. we went to table food and started 10 days later to mix table with same dog food and within 48 hrs. vomiting and diarrhea started again. the vet recommended throwing out the food. we e-mailed Canidae and received no response.
Laurie of Eht NJ (09/08/07)
I just literally called Canidae this afternoon to ask them if something is up with their dog food. I switched from Blue Buffalo to Canidae back in the winter when this recall started. My 3 perfectly healthy labrador retrievers have been stricken gravely ill with all the symptoms from the prior recalls. My kids and husband suspected the food right away, but I, like an idiot, had complete faith in Canidae. But today a nagging voice kept telling me it was, indeed, the food. When you have 3 animals and all get sick at once, you don't have to be a rocket scientist to find the cause. We had just opened a brand new bag of Canidae, and its been untouched since the first day, as my dogs cannot even eat.
Terri of Fremont CA (05/01/07)
I have been feeding my dog Canidae dog food for the past 1.5 years. It's a highly rated dog food and was recommended to me by my breeder. I opened a new can today to find a smelly can of liquid fat with two pieces of chicken with bones in the can. It was disgusting. In light of the recent problems with dog food in China, this makes me wonder about the quality control procedures at Canidae. Was this the act of a disgruntled employee? I have sent Canidae an email on their website and I have notified Pet Food Express, where I purchased this case of dog food. I'm anxious to see how Canidae responds. I am freezing the contents of the can, if anyone is interested in seeing it.
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