Iams Pet Foods

I sit at the phone waiting for my vet to call about Eloise's condition. My two mini Schnauzers had become sick after eating from a new bag of Iams ProActive Lamb and Rice bought two days prior. They began vomiting and having diarrhea (with blood) on Monday evening. By Tuesday, they were both suffering. That evening, we took them to the emergency vet. We could not control the projectile of the bloody diarrhea. Our youngest dog was treated with fluids and RX for diarrhea and came home. She is improving on a diet of rice and chicken and still has to be led to the water bowl. She is still somewhat sedentary - not normal for her. Eloise is 13 and not as strong to fit this terrible reaction. She is on IV fluids, pain medication and now has started to suffer from seizures. We took our bag of Iams back to Target and got a refund. But as of today, we are out $1700 and perhaps the loss of our beloved Eloise. We are heart-broken and hope something can be done so other loved pets do not suffer.

I followed all the rules. I bought four 44-pound bags of Iams ProActive MiniChunks, saved the receipts, proofs of purchase, and mailed them all in so that I could get one free bag. The coupon I received is for one free bag up to 40 pounds. I spent nearly $160 on the four bags and now I can only get a smaller bag? That hardly seems fair. I should have received a coupon for one 44-pound bag and hope to receive that from you as soon as possible.

I decided to try Senior Plus for my Cairn Terrier and Westie. After eating it for approximately 10 days, they both developed vomiting, runny stool and dehydration. The Cairn Terrier required hospitalization twice. I have now spent $800 to get them on the road to recovery. I am hoping for the best.

We switched our 13-year-old dog from IAMS Mature Adult to IAMS Senior Plus and after 2-3 weeks, she has developed diarrhea and vomiting. We are now giving her rice and cooked beef in an attempt to stabilize her. From the similar complaints I have read, it appears that IAMS and P&G have some quality/product issues. UPC code: 190146058; 6.1 lbs.; 02J UN 14.

We recently switched to Iams food from a different brand. We have been using this food for the past few months and our dog enjoyed it. I opened a new 33# bag on Thursday. This was the first new bag since they switched from the 40# bag. Since then, our dog has had diarrhea and horrible gas. We are not pleased with whatever change has taken place with this company. We will be switching foods again. There is obviously some problem with the food by all the comments that have been posted.

I have been a loyal Iams dog food customer for many years. I usually purchase the large 40 lb dog food bag and have paid $32 at PetSmart and other establishments. Now, only a 33 pound bag is available for more money ($34). What gives? They say their costs are higher, really. All of a sudden their costs are 17.5% higher? They commented that the price that we buy the product at is the control of the store. They say not. Do they think that the consumer is that oblivious that they won't notice? Like the consumer thinks that they are buying the same amount because it is in the large bag for around the same price and they don't look at how many pounds are in the large bag? Well, there may be a few of those but I would think that their consumer would be sharper than that.

Maybe we should start a new movement to not buy Iams products anymore. Sending me a $3 coupon doesn't make me any happier! My costs of living are higher too, so much so that I don't feel like giving them my money and will go buy a cheaper (in price) product.

I left a review on 03-27-12. I had my dog food tested for salmonella as I stated in my other review. The results came back negative. I used a laboratory I have used in the past for other issues and trust them. This lab was my choice and not a choice of Iams. I can safely say that the dog food that I tested that made my dog sick was from another source, not Iams. Iams did send me several free coupons for 20 lb bags of dog food. I am giving them to our local humane society.

We have a 12 year old Lab that is very much a big part of our family. She goes everywhere with us from a ride to the store to wherever we go on vacation. I'm not the type of person to complain just to complain. In fact, this is my first letter of complaint ever.

Our dog has had Iams dog food since she was a pup, even when times are tough she still had her food. Recently, we had purchased 2 bags and 12 cans of Iams Dog food for her in preparation for a short lay off from work. We feed her every day at about the same time, many days she would be waiting for us to get her food. One morning, I fed her and left for a few hours and came home to find our girl had vomited in a few spots and found her to be kind of mopey, unlike her personality. We thought maybe she just ate to fast at first. The same night, we fed her again and she vomited and had very soft stools. The next few days, feeding went about the same. The following day she wouldn't even touch her food. She sniffed it and walked away.

The next 4 days, this went on that she stuck her nose up to her food but would eat some of our leftovers. We thought this was a very strange behavior for her as she always looked forward to her own food. I found this website and read some people's complaints and found it amazing and saddening that we weren't alone. We have quit feeding her Iams as of this week and are now out the money for the Iams food and the new food we are introducing her to. FYI, this isn't about the money, but about our dog getting sick on a product that is getting more expensive while the quality goes down.

To get her to eat a new food we didn't use any Iams to transition her but have been making her burger rice and carrots on the stove, letting it all cool then mixing in the new dog food that was recommended to us at the feed store. We are still weaning her from the extras in her food. I'm not going to try to rush her as she is too old to be rushed. She seems to like her new food.

We are very disappointed in the fact that we had to switch brands of dog food at this point of her life as she always loved Iams products. I doubt that we will ever be Iams customers ever again. We wanted to also thank everyone that has written a complaint here as your info has been very helpful to us and in the recovery to our family member.

I was buying Iams large dog food for 7+ years for 3 dogs, #40 bags. When I found out last month at PetSmart that the #33 dog food was $33.00 and the sticker on the area under the bag said $33.00 for #40s, I asked the cashier about it. she said that there is no #40 bag anymore and that the #33 price was right. Iams has removed #7s of dog food and charged $33 for #33s of dog food. I was paying $32 for #40s. It has changed my idea for Iams dog food. I have left Iams and went to another brand, which I get #44 for $26. The ingredients were the same give or take 1%. Sorry to say, you have lost a customer. Thanks but no thanks.

I have 3 dogs that have eaten Iams since they were babies. A week ago, I went and bought a new 20 lb bag of food, came home and fed my dogs. Overnight, all 3 of my dogs had severe diarrhea, fowl smelling and messes everywhere. I starting dosing them with Pepto and put them on a liquid diet to try and settle their digestive system down. 7 days later, one of my dogs seemed to be better and was really hungry since they all had quit eating for a few days. So, I let her have some more of the Iams, within hours she was running in and out with diarrhea again! It has to be the dog food! First, I thought it was a virus of some sort but in no way would 3 dogs do the same thing and at the same time! I have started them on a rice, meat, yogurt, pumpkin diet and they are slowly starting to eat, except the one that got hit with a second round, she is starting her recovery all over again.

This really makes me mad because when I called the company, they told me that they had no other complaints. Then a friend of mine found this site and sent it to me via Facebook. I will never buy this product again. And I will say, I have bought Iams for over 8 years but by reading this website, things are going bad with Iams and I cannot let my dogs suffer like they did again or possibly be killed by dog food!

In the last 2 bags of dog food that I bought from Target, Iams had a dead black little mouse in them. The most recent was last night. This has been happening over the last month. I've bought Iams for 8 years and have never experienced this before.

Our old English bulldog puppy has eaten Iams Proactive Health Large Breed puppy dry food its entire life. She is now 8 months old and has never had a problem with it until now. We just purchased the new looking 33.5 lb bag about a week ago and she has been sick ever since. Her eyes look bad. She had diarrhea and vomiting. Our other dog is fine but eats Nutro. They never share food either. I have no doubt that the Iams food is making her sick.

We took her off of it and are now giving her chicken and rice to calm her stomach. Hopefully, she starts to feel better. Thank goodness, nothing more extreme happened. It all makes me angry though. Oh and since it's not on the recall list (like it should be). I guess we are just out the $40 and any other expenses we occur because of this. I find it a big coincidence that the previous 40lb bags of that particular food were recalled. Then suddenly, they come out with a new look for the bag that has less food in it and now this "new" formula is making many dogs sick. Hmm, makes you wonder.

I have a 5-year old Staffordshire bull terrier. Last month, he developed an eczema type rash on the underside of his body. I bathed him and applied hydrocortisone cream to the affected area, but the rash persisted. I have been feeding him Iams for the last month, but ran out last week. So I ended up buying some cheap dry food. After two days, his rash has cleared up! I originally bought your very expensive Iams food as I thought it was good for him. But since I have learnt that something in it causes an allergic skin reaction, I am better off sticking to the cheapest stuff.

I found this site the other day as I researched dog food recalls trying to figure out what was wrong with my dog. I didn't dream I would be adding my story to it. I have a 2 1/2 yr old pitbull and a 10+ yr old lab that was astray until last Oct. I usually buy Purina One but a couple weeks ago, I got Iams mini chunks because I fed my Pit Iams when she was a pup and had switched to save a couple bucks. I thought I'd get a bag of "the good stuff".

So Monday night, March 26, my pitbull threw up stomach acid and then a minute later did it again but it looked as though it had fresh blood in it. I freaked out and called the vet. He said to give her Tums or Maalox and bring her in Tuesday if it didn't help. She ate grass like crazy and a little canned dog food, but then threw it up a couple hours later and had thrown up a couple other times Tuesday morning. She was moping around and I knew she felt bad. Usually she's bouncing off the walls! Now that I look back, the lab started eating grass too about the time I got the Iams and went from eating two bowls of food a day to not even one. Both have lost weight. (When I found this site I went and bought the Purina One and threw the Iams bag away.)

Anyway, I took her to the vet Tuesday afternoon. He said she looked great but to watch for worms. She had no parasites and gave her a shot for nausea and some special food. She had no appetite by Wednesday and I had read some other posts where people gave their pets chicken and rice so I cooked some. Late Wednesday, she finally ate a little rice and got a drink of water. She seems to be improving now, (its Thursday afternoon) and both dogs are eating well again.

After reading these posts and finding a petition from PETA trying to shut down the evil and horrifying research labs Iams has, it will be a cold day in hell before I ever buy a P and G product again and I'll be sure to tell everyone I know. I'm thankful that I got them off that mess before they died like some of the other did. How do people that cause God's creatures excruciating pain and suffering and act so indifferent about it live with themselves? I would blow my brains out to get some relief from my own company. I pray that all these issues are resolved and that there is some kind of justice in the end.

I have been reading some of the complaints listed above. Here is my situation: I have a 12-year old Lab and a two year old Cocker. Both have been eating Iams all of their lives. About a week ago, the cocker was having diarrhea and really smelly gas. I put her on boiled hamburger and rice for four days and it cleared up. I thought maybe she got into something. Now the lab has diarrhea and vomiting and yes, smelly gas. She is now on rice and burger. I see Iams has had issues with their dog food in the past containing salmonella. I'm not sure if that's the issue or not but I am putting my dogs on Science Diet. I will also be sending the dog food off to a lab to be tested. I will post the results when I get them back.

Our dog almost died from Iams proactive Health dog food! I'm a vet tech at a local hospital and my dogs have been healthy until consuming this product! After we slowly transitioned them over to the Iams proactive health, all three of my dogs had diarrhea and started vomiting! Our dog Buddy had it the worst! He stopped eating and I noticed how serious it was when he had developed jaundice. He almost died but as of right now, he is in the hospital on fluids and antibiotics. Come to find out that just in the past month, several dogs have had the same complications and even die after being on this food. Were praying he will pull through, but there's no guarantee he will make it. Now even if he does survive, he will always have to be on a special L/D Science Diet. Plus, he will probably have to take medications for the rest of his life because of the liver damage it has caused! I am going to get to the bottom of this and I will never buy this product again, nor recommend Iams to anyone!

My cat is sick because of the food. I have been using Iams Pet Foods since 2006. My friend introduced me to the food when I started to take care of my cats. There was no problem that time but in 2011, I've bought the same Iams when my cat started to get sick. I brought my cat to the vet, and they said maybe it's a cat's sickness. They gave me some medicine, but my cat stayed the same. They would always have diarrhea. After that, I changed pet foods. My cat enjoys eating it, and is no longer sick. After that, I knew the sickness was caused by Iams.

Since my last comment 6 days ago, I have had a chance to collect myself a bit, my pup survived his battle with Iams puppy food (after a 5 hour coma-like spell) and I have talked with the people at Iams in my local Wal-Mart, local and corporate, the BBB and the FDA. I urge anyone having this problem with Iams pet food to report it to the FDA as they were very interested in my situation and cannot do anything about this ongoing problem without proof. Save the food and get it tested. The manager at my local store pretty much laughed at me when I told her the problem, saying she feeds Iams and she doesn't believe all the written hype, never mind the eyewitness on the phone, corporate was much more interested in the problem with Iams food and their local store manager.

Iams refunded my money and the BBB has made contact with P&G. I just want to see this problem fixed permanently. There is clearly a problem with many different foods and has been for some time, well over 150 complaints do not lie. It's not fair to the owners or the pets who are suffering.

My American Starfishes terrier had severe infections (skin). I had to put her down. I fed her with Iams adult. My Mastiff began to get sick. I took him to the vets. They said he had allergies. Also, I fed him with Iams adult. My old English bulldog (puppy) was on Iams Puppy food dry and he also gets these infections. Vet told us that the reason these dogs where getting sick was the food I was feeding them. I am on disability so having to take my babies to the vet is an unnecessary expense to me. $200 for the last vet visit takes money out of my rent, etc. I am very upset.

Dog Seizures - After less than a week of being on IAMS Weight Control Dog Food, our 5-year-old malamute/golden retriever began to do funny things with her mouth while she was eating this food. It appeared that she was trying to get something out of her teeth. After a couple of days later, she had a severe seizure lasting 2 minutes at 2 am. She is fed in the evening around 6 pm. The next day, shortly after eating, she had 2 smaller seizures (right before the first of these, we observed her strange mouth movement again) and then early in the morning she had another major seizure. We took her off the food after that, and she has been fine although it took a couple of days for her to settle down.

I originally sent in a concern that the new dog food bag 33 lb. is the same price as the old 40 lb. bag, which $45.99 before taxes a over a 17% increase for the 33 lb. bag. I received a communication from consumer affairs stating they had contacted Iams. I received an email and contacted their service representative and stated my concern. They said they are also very concerned regarding customer concerns. Please note before I contacted consumer affairs about this concern, I asked the representatives at Super Store about the above situation. They told me it was the pricing given to them by Iams and there was nothing they could do about it.

Today March 15th, I contacted Iams and spoke to their service representative Mary Lou. After she had read the original complaint sent by consumer affairs, I was told Iams does not control pricing and it is up to their client to control the final pricing. Mary Lou said she would contact their sales department with my concern.

My question is I have already checked with both Super Store and Iams and each company have told me they do not control the pricing. I am still back to my original concern as why give the customer 7 lbs. less 40 to 33 lbs and charge the same price. I would be interested if you could follow up with Super Store and possibly get an answer. Thanks.

Iams made my dog deathly sick! Though okay I'm going to get my awesome sweet amazing happy energetic little chi weenie some good food because I can afford it now. I treat him the way he treats me. I gave my pup Iams Proactive Health Smart Puppy. I gave him the food, he was happy perky eating and fine! I leave and return 2 hours later to find him on the couch nonresponsive in a puddle of his own throw up! It's like a coma! He can't wake up, walk or move anything! I am rocking him, crying my eyes out, forcing him to drink water by syringe and hoping he doesn't die!

Thanks Iams for torturing my sweet little innocent dog to line your own pockets! Yes, I am fully aware I and I alone am responsible for what I say here, the truth and nothing but the truth! Your company is criminal. Your actions are beneath low. Now I'm going to continue to sit here and rock my poor dying little dog and rest assured I will warn everyone I possibly can about your horrible food! I will be more than happy to join a class action lawsuit!

Iams is implementing a 17.5% price raise! This is very upsetting! I guess it's time to change brands! My gosh!

I normally buy the 18.14 kg, 40 lb. bag every 3 to 4 weeks, while intending on purchasing the product today Feb. 29th 2012. The company has decided to change their large dog food bag to 33 lb bag. I was paying $45.98 plus taxes for the 40 lb bag. The new 33 lb bag offered by Iams is the same price. That's a 17.5% increase in their cost to the customer. I asked the representative from store why the increase and I was told I would have to contact Iams. I am sure that Iams has such a good customer base. They are not going to mind losing my business.

Our cats did not want to eat. They started with throwing up and their stool had a foul order nothing like before. They were passing gas with a terrible foul odor. We had decided something is wrong with their digestive system and we started to think what cat food was different. It was Iams. We are very upset over this as we love our pets and do everything right as possible to keep them in great health. We are scared and angry. We started to look on the computer for symptoms like our cats had and the first thing we found was about Iams. There are so many other people just like us who started to feed their pets Iams.

We also have a pregnant cat and are concerned about her and the kittens she will have. What upset us the most is that Iams has had an ongoing problem and have done nothing about this except continue to sell their cat and dog food to unsuspecting uninformed people who think they are buying one of the better brands of dog and cat food. Further, the computer sites are full of people reporting the damage, expense of vet bills, and even the death of their pets. Yet all say when they contacted Iams/Procter & Gamble is that they received no help and even discourteous treatment during their inquiry about the damage done to their pets. Rest assured this family will never purchase Iams cat food again, and when at the store we will inform every person encountered not to purchase Iams products.

I purchased Iams since getting our dog from the shelter. Over the past few months, she was passing some bad gas and then started the uncontrollable bowel movement in the house and in her pen. We stopped the Iams then bought Science Diet and no more problems. Iams proof of purchase 1901401852. Can I get refunded for at least the last bag of Iams?

I have had nothing but problems with Iams for the last 6 months. The first 2 of my son's dogs get non-stop diarrhea that's a yellow-green. Then my friend's 2 puppies wouldn't stop throwing up and peeing this bright orange color and have to be at the vet's for 4 days. And what they do about it was sent her 2 coupons for some more of their crap.

My son complained to the company and even sent in his receipts for the 3 bags he had to throw away, and they never refunded him for the bags of food or made any effort to refund his money. The company is owned by P&G, and personally, I don't think they give a damn about the health and welfare of your animals. Look at all the websites devoted to Iams Kills. I believe it, and even my vet said that if my son would have kept feeding his dogs that junk, they would have died from dehydration. I will make a point to see to it that no one uses Iams. Boycott!

I bought the dietary and hairball cat food for our 2 cats, to switch them from 9 lives cat food. We thought that switching them to Iams dietary and hairball cat food would stop their problem, which is barfing up hairballs and barf. The nine lives was leaving orange stains on the carpet, which does not come out. So I figured I'd try the Iams cat food, where it could help their digestive system, and it would be better for them, but guess what, we've went through 4 bags of Iams, and we're still having the same problem. I believed in your product, and I am disappointed in it. Also, it sure wasn't cheap for a small bag either! Our 2 cats really love it too, so I hate to stop buying it for them, but I am very disappointed that the same thing is happening! We bought it at our local Walgreens. It shows on your bags a cat's digestive system, and how good it's supposed to be for our cats. What is this, false advertising?

Since my last post, Jan 17, 2012, we have some good news. We took all our animals off the Iams dry dog food and started feeding them chicken and rice (that we cooked ourselves) and I am so happy to say that they all are doing 110% better. I feel so bad that I killed our little Booger by feeding him something that I thought was good for him. I always thought Iams was a good food to feed my dogs, apparently not. Thank God we learned about this problem before we lost anymore of our babies. Lams, you should be ashamed of yourselves for selling something that is causing sickness in and even killing our pets. I will tell everyone I know not to purchase your products.

I purchased a bag of Iams proactive health for large dogs on February 3rd, 2012. I began slowly mixing it in with her old food on the 4th, 5th, and 6th. During the evening of the 6th, she woke up at 1:00, and woke me needing to go out. She had diarrhea, and then came back in the house, and vomited! I took her to the veterinarian, and they told me it was the food that caused it, and to put her on a bland diet, and slowly add in her old food. She was also put on 3 medicines to combat the diarrhea and vomiting due to this food!

I'm very disappointed with Iams. I thought I was doing my animals a favor by buying them a good quality food, and instead it made my dog sick. My cat is also being switched back to her old food, due to everything I've read. At the time of purchase I thought the food was on the expensive side but worth it for healthy animals, however it cost me $395.00 at the vet's office today, because it's not healthy for animals, and that's just for my dog, my cat seems to be okay for now, and she won't be eating Iams anymore!

I have been buying Iams canned dog food for two years. My dog loves it and it seems to be working for her. I buy chicken chunks in gravy. But I have noticed when I get the canned food, the last 10- 12 cans I have bought have been dry, with no gravy, no chunks of meat, and a lot of barley. My dog is picky and that's why I get Iams. She loves it. But when I buy this particular food for her, I expect it to be what the label reads. I pay $1.49 a can. That's expensive but she loves it and I love my dog and want what's best for her. If I pay that much for food, I want what the label reads. You need to somehow check what goes into the cans. I feel I'm being ripped off and that's not fair to my pet. The food stinks also like old food. Please reply to this email. Thank you

Our English bulldog recently passed away unexpectedly for no foreseen reason, she was a healthy dog. We were feeding her along with our other 3 dogs the Iams dog food. We had some cases of diarrhea in our other pups and a lack of eating but didn't think anything of it until the passing of our bulldog. We, as consumers, trust the pet food industry with providing our animals with a good quality and nutritious food to keep them healthy because like us, for most people, our pets are members of our family and we treat them as such.

The pet food your company provides for our animals is no different than that of what we as people buy for ourselves to consume for our health, always looking for good nutritious foods to prolong the lives of our best friends. Our pets look to us to take care of them with feeding them good foods and taking them to the vet. office if they seem sick. I feel as if I have let my friend down by trusting a company like yours with her health. I will have the remainder of this food tested and find out if it was infected and if so I will be taking legal action.

I had two dogs. One was a Rat Terrier - beautiful, loving, amazing and full of live and love. He was almost five years old. I could not believe how loving this dog was and how much enjoyment he brought to my life. He had to be put to sleep in December due to kidney failure. It was was a very, very traumatic experience for me. He was always bouncy, energetic, and full of life.

In November I purchased Iams ProAcitive Small Biscuits. I fed these to my Rat Terrier, and my Yorkie Terrier mix. Within two weeks, my Rat Terrier began to be sick. After an extended hospital stay, my vet suggested he was poisoned. I paid well over $500 (I was lucky to have a good vet).

Iams small biscuits were the only change to their diet. I retracted the product from my larger Yorkie mix immediately. She is still alive two months later. Buyer beware and stay away from P&G products in memory on my pets and those that have gone before. Read the actual facts. Peace be with you and your pets. In memorial to Zero.

I switched my four dogs over to Iams. It started out with slow eating, to vomiting, to one of my dogs dying and another one displaying the same symptoms. The yellow 8-year old lab was put down Friday, and I am so angry that this food is killing my dogs. I had many test on the yellow lab, it all came back negative for the obvious diseases. I am stopping the Iams diet immediately and contacting a lawyer. I will have the remaining food tested. In the meantime, if my other dogs die, I will not stop to let others know the dangers of Iams products.

We just put our 5 year old otherwise healthy and very active German shepherd to sleep yesterday. His blood tests for his organs were all showing signs of serious problems. He survived the first round of bad canned food in 2007. I continued to feed him Iams lamb and rice up until his passing.

Within the last two months, he showed much decreased appetite, very lethargic, and overall not himself. The past two weeks, he really didn't want to eat and he was urinating all over the house which is unheard of for Paxton. This week before we put him to sleep, he would only drink water and eat little or nothing. He was vomiting so I took him to the vet and his blood test came back all out of whack. I did not want to put my best friend through any more pain and suffering so we had him put to sleep.

Now my question, is he affected by the latest recalls of food? I still have the food and was wondering if anybody knew where to send the food for testing. I am currently trying to get the UPC codes from our purchase history to see if he was eating the affected food. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Paxton, you always be loved and in our hearts forever and if this turns out to be the case with bad food they will pay. Now, I am wondering if I was feeding him poison that caused his death. I am heartbroken over this. RIP Paxton. Please contact me with any help thank you.

I just found bugs and larva in a bag of IAMS Proactive Health dog food. Then I find out about all the dogs have gotten sick from IAMS dog food. Are you kidding me, dogs are dying due to your dog food. Why do you still make pet products?!

My ex rushed our otherwise healthy three year old chihuahua to the vet about 6 months ago. They couldn't find anything wrong. She ended up dying overnight. Two weeks ago my otherwise healthy 5 year old chihuahua started throwing up and having diarrhea. After antibiotics, Pepto and a bland diet she was recovering.

Two days ago my aunt had to rush her yellow lab to the emergency vet due to vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy. The lab is now recovering. None of these dogs have lived together or had any contact with each other in over a year. All were in otherwise good health and up to date on their vaccines. The one factor that was the same: All three animals were being fed Iams dog food. I will never feed this poison to my animals again. Hundreds of dollars in vet bills and one young dog deceased.

I would never ever buy Iams or P&G products. They lack quality and concern for your pet's health. Look them up on the internet. There are several sites that have nothing but disgust for this company and Proctor & Gamble. Everyone I know that has ever fed Iams to their pet has gotten sick, and the company does horrible animal testing. Check out Iamskills on YouTube. It's horrific.

We had just purchased to bags of the Iams Mini Chunks dog food for our seven dogs. After a few days of eating it, one of them became ill. We thought maybe he just had an upset stomach, vomiting and diarrhea, but within a few days he had become fatally ill and this past Friday we had to put him to sleep. The vet thought it was Parvo (because of the symptoms). After reading about the recall for the Aflatoxin in the food, I am sure that it was the food. Now, another one of our dogs is ill and we are afraid that he will end up the same way. We are going to have him tested to see if it is Parvo. We have thrown out the Iams and are hoping that it isn't too late for the rest of our dogs. If this company's food caused the death of our precious baby, be prepared for a lawsuit!

My cats have been throwing up daily from eating Iams dry cat food. I fed my cats the Iams dry food for many years. I trusted the name and never imagined that the food could be the reason that they have been sick and throwing up so much. It had become a daily problem. I too thought that it were hairballs and treated them regularly with petromalt.

After no improvement and researching the possible causes, I discovered that it was the iams food that was making my cats sick! I switched to a higher quality food (read the ingredients) without the fillers that Iams added to its foods. My cats have not thrown up once since the change! They were unable to digest Iams cheap fillers (corn was the worst) and became sick as a result. Iams had these in all their foods and should be ashamed to deceive pet owners into thinking they were choosing a quality product. Get your pets off of Iams and you will see the difference!

This is so disgusting and makes me retarded angry that this company has not been sued and went out of business because of their poisonous dog food. My new German Shepherd puppy was eating Diamond Large Breed Puppy food for quite some time until I moved here to Panama City where there is none. I decided since I ran out of that kind of food, I would switch her to Iams Large Breed Puppy food because it was within local distance to get it and not that expensive plus I thought it was a trusted food. Boy, was I wrong.

My dog has been lethargic, having diarrhea, yellow mucous in her stools, won't pee. Now, she has been on it for 2 weeks, won't eat or drink. I also noticed she has purplish gums, not good which means serious illness and I will be taking her to a vet asap. She is usually a very good eater and drinker and this just pisses me off bad that this food has no warning label or is even allowed on store shelves. Whomever said that if these were humans dying, they would take it off the shelf. I believe that is right. I am so scared that she is not going to make it and die especially since she is so loved and was an early Christmas present for my daughter who will be very disappointed and lost without her too. I will be suing this company if this does happen because it is so not right and I see that many people have similar complaints.

A good friend of mine recently switched to Lams dog food and her three dogs became violently ill (lethargic, vomiting, stooling liquid blood). They all recovered within a few days and the vet said they're blood work was fine. I had been dog sitting another friend's 11 year old 4 pound Pomeranian who then became extremely ill with the exact same symptoms. Although we did not feed him the Lams, he may have gotten into something one of the other dogs vomited outside or something. However, he came down with severe pancreatitis and was on the verge of death and had to be hospitalized for three days. Luckily he fully recovered. I just thought it was unusual that he had the exact same symptoms as the other dogs. The vet said all the dogs probably ate the same thing that made them ill, but the older, smaller dog's pancreas took a harder hit due to his size and age. The only thing we can think of is the Lams food. What is going on with this?

I have had some problems with my cats vomiting after eating. My ten-year-old female died of kidney failure at age ten a few years back. One now has a tumor growing in his jaw with but have a few weeks to live, and I have tons of the little brown bugs in their dry food dish from the latest bag of Iams that I bought. I am appalled and outraged thinking I was feeding my beloved pets good nutrition over the years.

We had switched, as our dog got older to the senior Iams, and she immediately started going downhill with urinary tract issues, and kidney and liver failure. We have switched to 1+, and the symptoms have started to go away, also with heavy doses of antibiotics and medication she will have to take for the rest of her life. She is 12, and was very happy go lucky, before she was put on the Senior Brand. Our other two year old, which we rescued, was also put on the 1+, and also has become very aggressive. Most likely, we will be switching brands, due to both reasons. I should have read the complaints, before using Iams.

Within one day of eating Senior dog food, my dog is dying. One day ago, he was running around acting like a puppy and now, my 12-year old dog is dying in front of my family from eating a new bag of IAMS senior dog food. If he dies, I will not forgive this company, ever.

I bought a 40 pound bag of Iams dog food, because it is supposed to be one of the best brands for dogs, as I was told. It made their bowels loose and runny. Now, they won't eat it. The store won't take it back, because the bag has been opened. How can I get a refund?

I heard good things about Iams so I decided to switch my cat to it. I am using Iams Hairball & Weight Control for Indoor Cats 1 year +. Ever since I have switched, about two weeks ago, he has thrown up once, but has become slightly aggressive, and extremely hyper, jumping up on everything, going under my house, and meowing like crazy, and run away when you let him in the house. This is the cat I've had for three years, and he was not aggressive, and very, very lazy, not wanting to jump, and would come to you when called. I am very unimpressed. Once this bag is gone, I am not buying another one.

My dogs have been on Iams for 12 years. We wanted to try the Senior Dog Premium Protection due to their age. Every time they ate the dogfood, they would choke on it and hacked it out. Our dogs are free fed and do not gulp down their food. I never complain but wanted you to be aware of this issue. Fearful that my dogs would choke, I went back to the Large Breed Proactive Health which kind of hurt having to buy two bags of dogfood within a few days due to being on a very tight budget. My dogs have done great on Iams for 12 years and we won't change brands. Thank you.

My cats have eaten Iams Lamb and Rice for years. They changed the food dot chicken and rice. Without warning, they have now changed the shape of the food and possibly the food formula. My cat who has had a few teeth pulled cannot chew the new food shapes and my kitten doesn't like it.

Our 3 year old English Bulldog is an epileptic, on medication. We started feeding her a new bag of Iams weight loss food, and within hours, she started having violent seizures. My husband refused to believe it was Iams. She was fed Iams again, that night and morning, until I insisted he stop feeding her that bag.

She had seizures every two hours, for two days, from the start to finish of feeding her Iams. She stopped that second evening, after we stopped feeding her the bag of Iams. I'll post when the blood work comes back.

My Jack Russell is having joint problem at 10 years. I have seen a post that says Iams dog food gave their dog melanoma. I'm sure you were looking for a cause and I'm so sorry for you lost. I am a 54-year old male and I have stage 3 melanoma caused by the sun, so I have read so much on it. Light-haired dogs can get melanoma like me. I just want to let you know that food does not, by far, cause melanoma. I'm not an Iams promoter, just wanted to say don't blame the food for melanoma or we would all be gone.

My dog died of melanoma which began at his paw then spread to his lungs. I have no evidence or proof that it was the Iams but I assume it was. Dog food manufacturers should show nutrition facts on their bags. They should also allow visits or provide video to see how their food is made or processed. They should also provide the company who they purchase meat/chicken/fish from (if they purchase from an outer source). The laws in this country need to change and we all need to speak up for our loyal friends who can't.

My cats have all been eating Iams Hairball Control. But I have noticed in the last six months more hairballs.

My Teacup Persian passed away 2 wks ago. He was only 4 yrs old; I miss him dearly. Hind sight is 20/20. I put off switching food cause I trusted it (IAMS). With 2 other cats, it's hard to keep track of which one has hairballs.or throwing up. Please put this up, so others don't have to go through an unnecessary loss of a pet

Their dog cookies have worms in them. We noticed it one time. We thought it was a glitch. We bought some more recently. Again, there were more live worm larvae. It's disgusting. We have found this similar complaint on a variety of websites from other people. IAMS should make sure they clean up their process and seal the ** cookies inside the boxes.

I just wanted everyone to be aware that my very healthy and active cat passed away on September 1, 2011. Her autopsy verified that she died of renal and pancreatic failure. She was starting to show signs of liver cancer, with her liver and kidneys shutting down. The veterinarian and with the help from the internet, also verified that it was directly or indirectly caused by the food she ate. When I mentioned that she ate Iams to the vet, he claimed that it was poison to my pet. So, I killed my cat; wait, Iams killed my cat. How dare they sell stuff that will poison animals which would result to their death. I will never buy any product from Iams again. Shame on you Iams.

The last 2 bags of 40-pound Iams Large Breed Weight Control have had live worms that have hatched out of the food chunks and become small black beetle like bugs. I called Iams consumer relations. I was sent a coupon for another bag and had same thing in it too. I have one yellow lab that we have had since a puppy. At about 4 years, it started having seizures. Vets can't seem to find the problem. I just read of someone else with that symptom in their dog too. I now think it might be the food. Our other dog began to shun the food and now feel it is the food too. I found that the worm larvae had hatched out from the chunks. And I found live worms in the bottom of the packages. The little black beetle like bugs that our pest control man says is from the worms. I've now changed to Science Diet dry food. We'll see if our yellow lab's seizure stop or not. I didn't call Iams on the second bag as I decided to change food brands. I shudder when I think of our dogs eating some of these chunks that have had the worms in the food!

My beloved Sheltie died due to cancer in the liver, kidney and lymph nodes. He is only 9 years old. We fed him only Iams Mini Chunks from day 1 as recommended from the store. My vet told me to google Iams and I was shocked and disgusted that this company is still allowed to sell dog food. I am out several thousands of dollars and my best companion ever. I will never use Iams again nor will anyone I know.

I went into Walmart and purchased lots of Iams cat food, which I do receive an overage on! I donate the cat food to shelters as I do not have a cat! The coupon did say only four per shopping trip but they normally still ring it all together. Today, I was told that I can only use four coupons, so I said, "Okay, I will go to my car and come back in." They said no, that I could only get four a day! The coupon said four per shopping trip not four per day! I truly believe that Walmart hates coupon shoppers! I did talk to the store manager. She said that four a day would be enforced and that she had the right to limit anyone! So, if I go in there and buy four, and I go back at night, then they are going to say "sorry, you have bought your four today?" Give me a break!

My perfectly beautiful Roman Bengal cat just passed away on July 03, 2011. He was a strong and healthy 3-year old boy with no previous history of illness until I started feeding him Iams ProActive Health kibble and canned food. I only had him for a total of 8 months and I only fed him this food. The food poisoned him so bad that everyone thought he had cancer. The tests were inconclusive to this and his symptoms were the same as others have written. I am deeply saddened by all this as I had no idea Iams was poisoning my beloved pet the whole time. I am interested in someone contacting me on what may further be done as I have amassed 5-7K in vet bills.

I have always used Iams puppy for all my dogs. Within the last four years, I have lost my pitbull, Tinkerbell, to two different fatal types of cancer.

I asked the vet how this could be possible, as she was always on schedule for vet appointments and shots. The vet said that the breed was known for getting cancer. Tinker was only eight years old when I had to put her down. I thought I would die.

Today, (9-2-11), I found out that my 11-year old lhasa apso maltese mix has lymphoma, and only has three months left, six months is a stretch. I have been feeding him (Jack) Iams puppy his entire life. He once had parvo, but thankfully he survived!

I have to admit that the only thing the two of my pets had in common is the Iams puppy food. My daughter found a website full of complaints regarding Iams and pets passing from cancer, organ failure, or bleeding to death internally. I have an 11-month old Jack Russell named Maggie...she will promptly be taken off Iams and switched to something else, as soon as Jack passes.

If this were human food or medication, the FDA would be all over this. So where is the help for our pets? Why is someone not watching and regulating our pets' food, and what's in it? If you can go to jail for animal cruelty, why can't someone regulate and watch out for our pets? I was always told that "Iams is the best food, less backyard pick up because the dog digests all the nutrients", they also absorb whatever it is that is killing our pets.

We as the "owners" of our "pets"/ children need to be watched over with regulations and someone to help us!

My cat has been sick, vomiting and loose stool for days now. She has been eating Iams. We took her off Iams yesterday, gave her plain yogurt and another brand of cat food and she is getting better.

I noticed a worm on my kitchen wall near my Shih Tzu Gracie's Iams ProActive Health Petite biscuits, kept in a sealed dog cookie jar. I checked the cookies in the jar and there seemed to be too many crumbs. In checking the plastic storage container where the extras were kept, there was a moth flying around and many little worms, like the one on the wall, inside the container. I called my veterinarian and they told me to keep a check on Gracie's stool (she does get Heartguard). Today, I found dead worms in her stool. I was astounded and irate to know that I had fed this product to my dog and will be contacting my veterinarian again.

Both of my dogs bacame VERY sick after eating Iams mini chunks pro health. They started to become lethargic and dehydrated after vomitting and having diarrhea. I stopped the food, gave them boiled rice, pumpkin and cottage cheese and slowly started to add Natural Balance Dog Food. They are both doing just fine now. I will never buy any food made from this company AGAIN!

My English Bulldog has been on IAMS sensitive skin and stomach for quite some time. I've recently got another another bulldog who sadly has mammory cancer and had to have it removed. My dogs are doing GREAT on it! I've read through these claims and it does sadden me that your babies have gotten sick but I've noticed that the problem is really in the proactive mini chunks. I've also seen LOTs of people buying IAMS of different kinds. Most of them are in VERY large bags. I say, "IAMS, thank you for making a food that my dogs do and look good on and that's affordable, thank you so much!"

I've fed my nine-year-old black lab mix dog Iams most of his life. Recently I purchased a new 17.5 bag of Iams large breed dog food. He ate it the first few days then stopped eating it. He wouldn't eat anything so for several days later I took him to the vet. The vet put him on antibiotics and did bloodwork.

The next day, the bloodwork stated his liver enzymes were in the 600 range (I believe it should be around the 10 range). He was put on a second antibiotic and a supplement but he kept getting worse until finally he vomited blood and lost too much weight. He died.

We have been feeding our 12-year-old cat this product (Iams proactive weight control and hairball for cats, dry food) now for about 8 months since we were told by the vet she needed to lose a few pounds. She had previously been eating Purina indoor and fancy feast dry food in alternating flavors. Recently, we have noticed that she is throwing up huge hairballs and bile, and has had a noticeable weight loss. We are taking her to the vet in the morning.

We were shocked to read some of the articles written about this product, since we never even suspected it might be the problem. We have been so happy that with increased exercise and her diet food that she was becoming healthier. Now, we are worried. She certainly doesn't seem sick.

We have two dogs, an 11 year old Bichon Frise and a 9 year old Maltepoo. Both dogs have been on IAMS dog food since they were puppies, starting with Proactive Puppy Food, then on to Mini Chunks, and as they aged on to the Weight Control. We are diligent in making sure they do not eat people food or table scraps, and we have never switched brands of food.

They get regular annual check-ups and are current on vaccinations. They have never been exposed to parasites. They have always been healthy, happy dogs but occasionally our Bichon would have bloody diarrhea, which would go away after a few days. Our Maltepoo seems to have chronic eye and ear infections (yeast infections) and sometimes diarrhea that goes away also after a few days.

However, our Bichon has displayed a progressive increase in her liver enzymes for the last few years. A few weeks ago we took our Bichon in for an ear infection the first she has ever had (yeast infection). In the process we did her annual exam and blood/urine tests. The tests showed her liver enzymes to be in the 600 range. We have run more tests and two ultra sounds and have found she has low grade pancreatitis and severe Gallbladder Mucocele. We are now in discussions with vets, surgeons, and internists to get multiple medical opinions to determine a course of action. In the meantime, our vet has suggested we put her on a new prescription food for dogs with intestinal problems, antibiotics and other drugs to reduce the mucocele. We have ruled out Cushings Disease.

Today was our Maltepoo's annual exam and guess what? She is now displaying high liver enzyme test results and pancreatitis, and we are now going through the same round of tests that our Bichon is going through. Is it just coincidence that two dogs of different breeds on the same diet, eating the same brand of dog food all of their lives have the same internal medical problems? After reading the customer issues on this website, I am seriously questioning the IAMS Pet Food products and am reporting this to Consumer Affairs and the FDA for further investigation.

We have a 10 year old Australian Shepherd, that up until Tuesday May 24, 2011, was an extremely healthy, beautiful dog. We ran out of dog food, and my husband went to the grocery store and bought a bag of IAMs mini chunks dog food which is the first time he had ever had it. Our dog Zack has (or did up to this point) an iron stomach. We varied his dog food his entire life and he never had any issues at all. He ate the IAMs food Tuesday night. By Wednesday he began to act uncomfortable, laying down, and was having bowel movements every time he went outside. Thursday was a little worse, but nothing alarming. When we came home on Friday from work we found that he had vomited and had diarrhea all day. He could barely open his eyes and could not hold his head up. He would not eat or drink on Friday evening. Today (Saturday), we took him to the emergency vet hospital and he has an enlarged liver and spleen due to what is believed to be the reaction to eating the IAMs. The doctor took x-rays and there was nothing in his stomach and no obstructions. Due to the issues, the doctor gave Zack IV fluids, anti-diarrhea medication, and antibiotics in order to control the extreme vomiting and diarrhea he was experiencing. Zack is currently extremely lethargic, and he won't eat or drink. We have to carry him everywhere because he can barely walk. If the medication does not work within 48 hours, we will have to take him back for more testing to find out what the next steps will be.

I have read other issues that are exactly like what we are going through and the fact that IAMs has allowed to keep their product on the shelf is ridiculous. If this was happening to humans they would have been in all kinds of trouble. Why are dogs any different? IAMs shouldn't be allowed to kill dogs just to make a buck, who is the ** allowing this to continue?

Today, I purchased an 8 lb. bag of Iams dog food. My dog only ate half a bowl and refused to finish, which is highly unusual. Upon closer inspection of her bowl, I saw live maggots. I took pictures and a video of the live maggots in the invested bag. I just called the store but they were closed for the night. Hopefully, tomorrow, I will get a refund and I pray that my pet does not get sick.

I have two cats that have been eating Iams brand dry foods for their whole life. I switched to Iams ProActive Health & Weight Management dry food in November 2010. In December 2010 my smaller cat Dexter started throwing up more then the normal hairball. The expiration date on the bag seemed ok, but I went out and purchased another bag just in case. He kept eating the food but then started vomiting 5-6 times a day. He looked very lethargic and became uninterested in his food.

I took him in to see the Vet and they did blood work, urine sample, checked his ears and so on. He checked out okay except for a little dehydration. They filled him up with some water and we went home. I tried giving him the dry food again and he didn't want anything to do with it. So I started giving both cats water from a tuna can, and boiled chicken pieces. Dexter (the little cat) didn't throw up for a few days, but then I started taking away the home cooked chicken and just gave him the dry food. He began throwing up again within 2 days and became extremely ill. I took him in to the vet on Jan 17th 2011 once again for x-rays and then surgery. They found some bumps on the outside of his stomach and his intestines weren't moving properly in surgery so they did a biopsy on both. We are waiting for the lab results. The vet also noticed that he had an intense ear infection and a bladder infection. My cat is still there on Jan 19th, 2011 and they are doing what they can to nurse him back to health.

While Dexter has been in the hospital I've been feeding Clyde my older and larger cat his dry Iams food again. On Jan 17th 2011 he threw up a hairball with some food and then last night he threw up again and again. Both with just bile. It's because of this that I decided to check the web for any problems with Iams food. My brand wasn't listed but I still called 1-800-525-4267 and talked to Mary Lou about my problem. She basically said that she would pass the information on but the brand in question is not made in the same plant as the brand that was recalled. I explained that the symptoms were the same and she didn't really have much to say.

I'm reaching out to you now because if you have an animal that is having these symptoms please make sure to take away the dry food and put them on something else for right now. Then contact your vet and then of course Iams. State your claim and lets hope that our animals get better. Please do this. The only way they will do any investigation is if there are enough problems with animals to justify such an investigation.

I'm on my way to take Clyde to the vet and to see my sick cat who is already there. I will also be giving my vet the number to call Iams to see if maybe she can give them more information.

Interesting read on the Iams Minichunks Proactive Health. I wondered why my border collie was refusing to eat. Today, she actually begged for "people food", and she never does that. She always goes outside or to the other room where she can't be seen when we eat. The numbers off the top of the bag are 120212 12 feb12 02854173 d6 us30940. Like another responder, I usually feed the Iams Large Chunk dog food and bought this because I couldn't find the other. I'm off to replace my dog food and will be returning this one.

Apparently, the recall wasn't wide enough and it is still happening. I get the Mini Chunks from Sam's Club and I had to put our 14-year old dog down because of the vomiting, which turned into liver failure. Happy new year. Now, our other dogs are exhibiting the vomiting and lethargy. I am changing food now and forever!

I have a coupon for iams cat food seven pounds or larger. The bag that they sell is 6.8 pounds. They would not accept the coupon although it was still valid by date.

We lost both cats over the holidays from sudden major organ failure. Samson, already recovering from a long and challenging illness, fell catastrophically ill with seizures and kidney failure and had to be euthanized at 2 am on December 23rd. Simon, a perfectly healthy 10-year-old male tabby, had his first seizure around 7 am on Christmas morning and held out until 2 am on Tuesday the 28th. Blood work indicated kidney failure and other problems consistent with toxicity. The cats were cremated but I still have the food. These cats ate Iams.

I have three dogs who have had horrible reactions to Iams dog food. Our vet told us the infections and allergies were caused by their dog food. Our 1yr old English mastiff had to have surgery because an infection grew so bad and large in her ear, it look like a water balloon. My Chesapeake lab also had the same ear infection but we caught it in time before it got worse and our doberman/shepherd mix had a horrible skin reaction.

My dog suffers from seizure and now that I am reading. I believe it might be the dog food. I have been feeding her IAMS mini chunks dog food since she has been a puppy. She started having seizures over 2 years ago. The last one was terrible, she threw up all over. The last time I went to get her food, the shelves were almost empty, with a sign stating they are having a problem with inventory. I think this is so bad that nothing can be done to prevent all these sick animals.

My mother-in-law has the brother Himalayan of our cat, which is 8 years old. We feed him Hills Prescript diet C/D because regular cat food gave him crystals. I could not recall what he was getting at the time. My mother-in-law has Myca, the brother of our cat, which died of stomach cancer which spread to his lungs because it was not detected earlier. The only food she ever fed him was Iams. I have been reading other claims about Iams. My cat is extremely happy and healthy. He's also 8 years old. I questioned the product of the food.

My cat died. Stomach cancer spread to his lungs. He was brought to the vet to put to sleep.

It is interesting that I could not find the address for Iams listed on their web page. In any case, I will describe the issues I have had. I have one 5 year old Yorkie who has been on Iams Minichunks since we adopted her a little over a year ago. A few months ago, I noticed that the name had changed to include the term ProActive Health Adult.

Soon after beginning to eat the Iams food with the new name, she has experienced vomiting and diarrhea, and at times it was bloody diarrhea. We took precautions by throwing away the Iams Minichunks dog food and replacing it with a fresh bag of the same. At times she would recover for 3 or 4 days then return to a cycle where her stool progressively returned to diarrhea, sometimes "explosively. " At times she would not touch the Iams Minichunks, which should have been enough of an indicator for me to understand it needed changed. I did not and her diarrhea worsened to the point that she started vomiting.

At the point where I decided to take her to the Vet, she recovered only to start the cycle again in a day or so. Having enough, I bought a new bag of dog food from Purina (Little Bites) yesterday and she ate her first meal last night which created a solid stool, which is a good measure of success. She again eagerly ate this morning and seems to be doing better. At this point, it appears to me that the Iams formula changed about the time we noticed the name change. Perhaps it just doesn't agree with my dog's digestive system, but I am concerned enough to suggest that they need to check their food to ensure they haven't introduced something harmful.

I have been feeding my yorkie Iams Proactive Health for Toys and Small Dogs (the green and pink bag) since he was a puppy.

Last Sunday evening, my 3 year old yorkie began vomiting. He proceeded to vomit about 6 times before I was able to get him into the emergency vet. The emergency vet looked him over and gave him some Pepcid (something they give to dogs for vomiting) and sent us home.

The next day, my dog began vomiting again. I then took him to our regular vet. Because of the previous incident the night before, my regular vet did blood work. The blood work mainly showed that he was dehydrated, which didn't surprise any of us since he had been vomiting. Next, the vet x-rayed him to see if he had swallowed anything inedible. The x-ray showed nothing unusual. She gave him a barium swallow, in case he was still sick the next day as the barium would help her see more on the next x-ray. She then gave him another Pepcid injection and told us to give him rice and sent us home.

One week later, here we are again. More vomiting, this time my dog vomited three times in about ten minutes early Sunday morning in the bed.

I thought of everything my dog had previously eaten the day before. I looked at his food bowl and noticed that most of the Iams dog food was there, except for a small amount had been eaten from the corner of his food dish.

I also remembered that over the past week, and even before then, my yorkie had been acting different with regards to his dog food. For example, when we returned from our regular vet, he ate the rice, just gobbled it right up as if he had been starving. The next day, after he had felt better, I filled up his dog bowl with the Iams, but later I noticed that he hadn't eaten any. He also was begging for his treats more often and any time we were eating he acted like he wanted some of our food. All throughout this time, he wouldn't touch the Iams.

Sunday morning was the first time I had noticed that he had eaten some of it, and not without consequences.

My dog has progressively gotten sick in the last week. I took him to the vet today and they really didn't find anything. He has been vomiting, not eating or drinking, and extremely lethargic. I did some research on a few websites and I've noticed other people with pets who have the same symptoms. There seems to be one common denominator and that is every pet with the same symptoms have all been fed the Iams mini chunks in the green bag.

Today's bill cost over $200.00 and we're not out of the woods yet. If the medication subscribed doesn't take affect, we need to take him back in for more blood work and testing which will most likely result in hundreds of more dollars spent. Much less the concern my family has and trying to ensure 2 young girls that their dog will be okay.

Two of our cats have been on Iams Weight Control for the last seven years via an automatic feeder. The cats always raced to their feeder and gulped down their food. On Monday,11/22/10, I bought a new bag of this food and put it in their feeder. They raced to the feeder when it went off, but didn't gulp down the food. They ate it with hesitation. By Wednesday, the male started hiding under the couch and the girl stopped eating. Why? What's wrong with this food? Luckily I have canned Wellness for a different (elderly) cat with kidney disease. I gave that to my other two and they ate it. The male stopped hiding. Unfortunately the pet stores are closed today as it is Thanksgiving. First thing tomorrow, I'm getting all Wellness canned and dry food. I'm not going to risk my beloved pets' health with Iams. Something is wrong. The cats know.

I appreciate everyone sharing their experiences. I'm pretty sure I can attribute my dogs digestive problems to Iams. I have 2 dogs that have been on Iams for almost a year. This last week I opened a new bag of the proactive mini chunks. Dog 1, Cater developed diarrhea with a lot of blood and vomiting 2 days ago. I took a stool sample to the vet and they found an overgrowth of bacteria. Dog 2, Dusty, just started with diarrhea this am, no visible blood yet nor vomiting. They are monitored when they are outside and I do not feed them anything else other then Iams. I will be changing foods once they're both feeling better.

The cat is progressively getting sick since I purchased Iams Proactive Weight control with Hairball control, from Walmart in Gaylord, Michigan. After many exhaustive tests , IV's antibiotics , and over $1000 in vet bills, I now read there is a recall on this product. I am convinced this is the problem.

I bought QuickBooks Pro a while ago. I think I'm using 2003. Shortly after the purchase, I noticed that after an update, I lost my ability to email from the program. Bottom line is, the program still does what I need less the email feature so my advice is not to do the updates. I believe the updates make the changes to include removal of features.

I have been feeding my dog Iams for the last 10 years and never had a problem until early July 2010. Chloe starting having very loose stools and vomiting. We took her to the vets who ran about $800 worth of tests and found nothing. We gave her anti-nausea medicine and canned food from the vet for a week or so until she got a little healthier. We then decided to put her back on her Iams. She wouldn't eat it so I decided to make it more enticing by adding water from tuna cans or cooked chicken and rice. Unfortunately it worked, she started eating the Iams again against her better judgement.

Within four days, Chloe was extremely sick again. Another trip to vet for more testing, stomach scope, IV, anti-nausea, and safe food, this time $1800. That trip prompted me to do more research online where I found this blog and the solution to the problem. Stop feeding your pet Iams! Chloe is an 11-year-old Golden that weighed 80 pounds. She now weighs 55 pounds and is emaciated. Iams brought my dog so close to death it is a challenge every day to get her to eat or drink. I am so afraid my 7-year-old son will lose his lifelong best friend because Iams continues to sell tainted food.

My frustration with this situation mounts every day as I read more horror stories of people losing their pets to Iams. Why hasn't Iams pulled the food off the shelves? How can we stop others from losing their beloved family members? Why hasn't anyone filed a lawsuit to stop this? Is Procter and Gamble that big and scary? Can anyone answer these questions for me?

P & G Pet Food products sold me the prescription dog food Skin & Coat Response E KO: 30 Lb. UPC Symbol 0 19014 21130 2. Two of my dogs died after eating this product. The prescription food was shipped by VetCentric. The food arrived at my home around May 18, 2010 and the recall for salmonella appeared later in June. I stored the food for a while until my dog ate the rest of the last prescription. Then I opened what eventually became the recalled food and fed it to my dog. On May 27, 2010 I rushed him to the vet, his gums were white and he was panting. He bled out and died overnight.

IAMS acknowledges that the facts of my dogs death bear some resemblance to a salmonella poisoning. Still not knowing that the product was recalled I mixed some with my other dogs food. The food was unlike what the other dogs were accustomed to eating and they considered the IAMS food a treat. Two months and two days after eating very small portions mixed with their regular food, my senior dog died. Both of these dogs had compromised immune systems, one due to being elderly, the other an otherwise incredibly healthy dog with an intestinal sensitivity to regular dog food.

I have contacted IAMS and they refused to examine the rest of the food that I still have. I divided the bag into a bin and kept the remaining food in the original bag and essentially untouched. IAMS says that it not their policy to test bags of food that have been unopened. How can they ever know whether their product is responsible? Is this a policy to never acknowledge responsibility? An IAMS vet tech communicates with me about how salmonella is everywhere and how my dog could have gotten it from places even within my own house. What they cannot tell me is how that salmonella which they say could essentially everywhere in the environment could have made its way into the closed and untouched remains of the food which I fear killed my two dogs.

IAMS has every excuse other than their product about how my dog could have died. They want to interrogate me about the lifestyle and habits of the deceased dog. All the while refusing to examine their product. They have offered to pay the medical expenses of blood work and x-rays of the young healthy dog that died. How will P & G - IAMS ever know what their product did or didn't do? They won't. Thus, they can always say we are a reputable company and as far as we know the recall was only precautionary and no animals have died. A truly reputable company would accept responsibility of finding out whether or not my dogs death could have been the result of their product.

I had believed that Iams was a good quality dog food and fed it to my dog for his entire life. My chihuaha had always been in good health until the beginning of Sept 2010 when he began having seizure type episodes. He was taken to the vet where blood work was done and came back normal. I was asked by the vet to get video of these episodes to determine what was going on. Meanwhile his breathing becomes worse and he became so lethargic that he could not go on walks. I then learned of Iams food recall and the problems that others were having with the Iams mini chunk.

I spoke with my vet and switched his food asap but the damage had already been done. Our Sylvester passed away on 10-31-2010. My family is completely distraught and it makes it even more infuriating to know that I paid my money for their "good quality" dog food and they slowly poisoned our dog. I would like to know why they have not taken any responsibility for any of this. I emailed Iams and was asked to call asap which I did but was asked to leave a message on someone's voicemail. Of course, my call has never been returned. They may not be able to replace my beloved pet but they need to take responsibility so that this does not happen again.

I was out of my dog's food, the same brand and type he has eaten for at least two years (Iams dry dog food, Weight control formula in the blue bag). I purchased a 17.5 lb bag of it at Walmart and promptly took it inside to feed him. My dog is a beagle and willingly eats anything, including his dog food without prompting. He refused to eat it. I scolded him, took the food up, scooped a fresh serving of food and tried again, he refused to eat it and pushed the bowl away with his snout. My dog did however go over to his treats' location and beg and plead so his appetite was intact. I was angry with my dog and insistent that he was just trying to eat treats instead of regular food.

October 23, 2010, same story. Dog refused to eat food. That evening, concerned, I crumbled a treat over it. He ate some of the food to get to the treat crumbles but the actual kibbles were falling from his mouth. A few hours later he vomited and that night he had loose stools. I thought perhaps he wasn't eating because his stomach was upset, yet he still begged for treats and human food and had no other signs of illness. The refusing to eat the regular dog food continued. Yesterday, October 27, 2010, our cat tried to eat the dog's food and our dog barreled into the cat like a linebacker to keep him at bay. Strange, I thought, since the dog was refusing to eat it.

Today, finally, concerned that he was refusing food, I gave him a can of wet dog food and he scarfed it up. I began to think maybe his teeth were bothering him, yet he just had a check up and his teeth are in great shape, plus he had no problem crunching treats. I went to Walmart today at lunch to buy a smaller bag of the Iams weight control and see if he'd eat from a brand new bag. At the store, in the pet aisle, there were signs posted stating that they had been experiencing "supply issues" with Iams and that the inconvenience was affecting "all retailers nationwide. "

Even though the Iams was available, I refused to buy even a small bag of it. The "supply issue" had me immediately suspicious. I bought a different brand instead. My dog ate this new food ravenously as soon as it hit his bowl. I called the company's customer service number and reported the product and lot number. They seemed concerned that my dog had been sick but did not recommend I take him to a vet. They were polite and offered me either a replacement bag (I declined) or a refund check. I agreed to the refund check. They assured me that the supply issues to retailers were because of production facility upgrades and that they have to ramp up their efforts to keep up with increased orders. I'm afraid if their lapses in quality control continue, they might not have the same customer base that they now enjoy and won't need all that extra supply chain efficiency after all.

Our dogs have been eating IAMS dry dog food for as long as I can remember. Both of our dogs are 13 yrs old but were very active and always healthy. Our Cocker Spaniel began having diarrhea and within 5 days, he was gone. The entire time, we thought it was old age and it was his time but after further research, we believe that the dog food made him ill.

To make a long story short, after hours of research and looking back at his behavior and the behavior of our Collie, we have determined that their food made both of them lose weight and become more lethargic than an old age alone would do. It happened gradually after opening a new bag of Mature dry food this past summer. We commented on the weight loss at that time but everything else was so gradual that we missed it. Sparky passed away in our arms last night and Asti will obviously be eating a different brand of food but this comment is for everyone who is feeding their dog with IAMS. We firmly believe that the food led to Sparky's death and Asti's weight loss and extra lethargy. Only time will tell if Asti will get better. Please stop feeding your dog IAMS even if they appear okay.

I normally feed my 25 pound Boston terrier the IAMs Natural Weight control dog food. For some reason no one had it on the shelf last week. I purchased instead the Iams Proactive mini chunks. After two days on the food my dog started having bloody runny stool, has now been getting a fever and lethargic. I had a suspicion it might be the food and after looking online today and calling my vet's office that they have been receiving phone calls for weeks about this and there is several complaints online with the same problem.

I purchased a large bag of Iams mini chunks pro-health and within a few days my Queensland Heeler began having loose stools and vomiting foamy like substance. I took him to the vet and he said he must have eaten something bad and to watch him. Now a few days later his stools have blood and my poodle is also having bloody loose stools. I emailed Iams but have not had a response yet. The sale buy date on bag is 12-23-11.

I just wanted to write and let you know that last month for the second time, all 6 of my dogs came severely ill from the Iams healthy natural dog food. They are vomiting, have diarrhea and are severely lethargic. The first time I contacted Iams representatives about this and they obviously dismissed it to be something else, so this time, I did not even bother. It has taken me about a month to get them all straightened out.

The veterinarian put them all on medicine and it has not completely taken care of the problem but it is a lot better. After many years of feeding the Iams product, this time, I am through with the company and all of their products. Thank you.

I just wanted to write and let you know that last month for the second time all 6 of my dogs came severely ill from the iams healthy natural dog food. Vomiting, diarrhea and severely lethargic. The first time I contacted Iams representatives about this, and they obviously dismissed it to be something else so this time I did not even bother. It has taken me about a month to get them all straightened out. The veterinarian put them all on medicine and it has not completely taken care of the problem but it is a lot better. After many years of feeding the Iams product this time I am through with the company and all of their products.

We brought home our new pug puppy last night, we fed her some Iams Smart Puppy Food and withing a few hours she had diarrhea. I thought maybe it was just the switch from what she has been eating to Iams. The following morning I fed her two small meals of Iams, and her diarrhea became worse and she was crying with her stomach. I went online to see how to transition my puppy to Iams food and was shocked to learn of the recalls. My husband has her at the vet's right now, I hope she will be okay! I do not know if her illness is due to the Iams food, but I am going to take her off of it because her symptoms sound so much like the other posts.

My beloved 7-year-old Chocolate Lab died this morning, October 6th, from complications of Acute Renal Failure. She started out vomiting, lethargic, sudden flinching when approached, walking crossed legged, and the final vomit contained blood. I had no idea after doing extensive research online that there was an IAMS Recall of certain dog foods. I am still trying to lock down the code list to see if the ProActive Health Weight Control Large Breed dry food is on the recall. She had been balking at this food for only 2-3 weeks, but I just chalked it up to a change in dog food for her. After reading previous posts by other dog owners, it appears she had the makings of Salmonella poisoning and it could have been a contributing factor to her other symptoms.

As of now, her death has definitely left an empty hole in the hearts of the family. She was only 7-years-old, still very active, loved being around the grand kids, was the most gentle, a loving dog who will be truly missed beyond belief. Her vets did everything they could to get her on an even keel, but to no avail. Her vet bill will definitely put a financial strain on our budget, but we will find a way. She died way too early and way too fast (been at the vet hospital for all of 2 days). She has left a deep void in our hearts.

It's true! It's definitely the dog food. We have a yorkie that is having the same symptoms and issues that I've read about from the other complaints. Our dog "Ginger" is very sick. She is having bloody diarrhea (an almost unbearable odor), and she is constantly throwing up. Our dog does not ever miss a meal, but she is not even eating. This is the first time we've set food in front of her, and she's not eating. She is very weak and just lies in her bed. We were telling a friend about our dog. She asked what dog food we buy. We said Iams mini chunks in the green bag. She asked us what date was on the bag. She told us it was on a recall and is contaminated with Salmonella. We still have the bag and we are praying that our dog will recover from her illness.

I have an 18-year old cat who has maintained very good health despite his age. A couple years ago, he became very ill --vomiting and diarrhea around the clock. After much time, effort and money was spent at the vets with no result. I took my cat home from the hospital (off the IV and meds) and began doing research. I found that he had become ill from Safeway (Menu Foods) cat food that he recently started. I put him on Ark Naturals Probiotics and within the day, he was better. When I contacted Safeway and Menu Foods, Safeway was professional while Menu was below horrible. Safeway refunded my vet fees while Menu never bothered to return phone calls.

Fast forward to Sept. 2010. My cat has been on Wellness cat food since the Menu Foods problem and everything with his health has been great. Then unfortunately, I am out of cat food and didn't have the time to go get the Wellness brand at a specialty pet store. I also happened to be standing at Target when I realized this. After checking labels, I got a few cans of Iams cat food (Menu) to tide me over for a couple of days. There aren't many regrets I have in life, but this is one of them.

The next day, my cat suffered a horrible seizure in front of my children and me. He fell off his chair, his neck was distorted and he suffered horribly. The seizures continued several times a day and then he also stopped using his litter box (Cystitis). Horrible! He was lethargic and the seizures were getting worse. I have come to distrust vets and refused to take him to the hospital because of my last experience. I went online and lo and behold, learned of the Iams recall that happened, yet the products were still on the shelves. I knew it was the food again. Iams never returned my calls.

For the last month, I've been back on Wellness foods for him, daily Ark Probiotics and greens. I've also given him pulsatilla (homeopathy for pets, book on Amazon for more info). The seizures have stopped and his health has been improving. I urge everyone to stay away from processed pet foods (when I did the research, it was appalling) and check out alternative therapies for your pets. They cost very little, but help greatly. I believe in Wellness and Ark Naturals as, both times, they saved my cat's life. Please do not feed your animals by-products --Menu or Iams!

I echo the complaints of many I have seen posted on this site, the ASPCA website and others. I purchased a large bag of IAMS proactive health mini chunks and my dog had diarrhea initially, but over time she became very ill. She vomited, had bloody stools and appeared to be hallucinating. Would not eat or drink for 24 hours. After not being exposed to the food for a 24 hour period, she became more energetic and began drinking water again. I purchased her regular food, the proactive large breed formula and she has had one regular stool but still seems under the weather. After reading all of the comments on the internet, I may switch her food altogether. IAMS seems to have problems maintaining a quality product and it is disappointing that so many people are reporting having problems with mini chunks without any official word from the company.

My dog quit eating, losing weight, breathing problems. He refused to eat until we changed pet food. He is very smart Border collie also will not eat any sugar free products. Older Boy, hopefully will regain his weight and get frisky again. $20.00 plus dollars for the food!

A few weeks ago, we purchased a new bag of Iams Mini Chunks Dry Dog Food (in a green bag). Late last week, I noticed that my dog was having loose bowels. I didn't attribute it to anything serious and I fed him some pumpkin, which was a common remedy. I felt something was just not right with him and I watched him for a few more days. He started panting for no reason and then his diarrhea became very bloody. I was horrified! We immediately contacted the vet and we took in a stool sample. The vet found no parasites, but said that the amount of mucous/slime in the stool was a result of an inflamed colon which most likely indicated a food problem.

At the same time, I started doing internet research and I saw recent identical stories to mine after dogs had eaten the same Iams dog food. I also read that some dogs have died! Also, one owner put their dog down, before they knew that it was the Iams, because they couldn't bear to see their dog suffer. I only wanted to get the word out there that there was something very wrong with this food so that other dogs/owners wouldn't have to go through this. We went through stress and grief of witnessing our dog's suffering. Our dog was very sick and we feared for his life. We hope that he is 100% okay now, but we will never know if there is permanent damage which may have shortened his life. We also have a vet bill.

Iams distributed contaminated dog food, injuring my pet which took his life yesterday 9/28. For over thirty (30) days, Proctor & Gamble had permission to contact my vet, but did they do so? No, they did not. Additionally, I made numerous calls to them (Proctor & Gamble/Iams), yet I never received a call back even after I informed them that all four of my dogs were getting ill from the recalled food. Once I finally did connect with Proctor & Gamble/Iams, they attempted to intimidate me by saying they would close the case if I would not give them permission to contact my vet. They had over thirty days to do so and they think they can strong-arm me into giving them more time? How can this be a credible organization? I wonder how their shareholders would feel if this information was made public?

I withdrew my permission for them to contact my vet, since not only did they not follow through with what they said they would do. I did not receive one ounce of compassion for the situation they caused. Three of my four dogs recovered from Proctor & Gamble/Iams' incompetence. Sadly, my sweet Brody did not recover. My pup was on the regimen with the deplorable food and had to be put down yesterday (September 28, 2010) since he could not recover from the damage Proctor & Gamble/Iams caused with their product. Iams informed me that they have lost my paperwork. Seriously? This only goes to show how grossly inadequate they are as a company, however, I realize that this is their problem not mine. My issue lies in the severity of the illness they inflicted on my poor, sweet pup which ultimately led to the loss of his life! Proctor & Gamble/Iams must be held accountable for the damage they have caused not only to my family, but to the numerous people affected by their inferior products.

Additionally, they threatened to close my case if I withdrew my permission for them to speak to my vet, after they had over 30 days to do so. Clearly, having my case open did me no good in over 30 days they did have the access nor did it help my sweet Brody --may he rest in peace. I was also told by the inadequate corporation that this is an "unfortunate" thing. Unfortunate? Unfortunate, they killed my pet! I, in no way, accept this. Iams cannot threaten people, who gave permission to them and they didn't follow through with what they said they will do. I have copies of all medical records that will be released at the proper time for the damages they are responsible for. I realize that none of it will bring back my sweet love Brody, however, I want consumers and pets protected from such gross incompetence.

I hold Iams solely accountable for the death of my dog due to the salmonella contamination he consumed from their product, which caused a weakening of his immune system. In addition, my vet had referred to me a specialist after weeks of illness. I have contacted the FDA about the incident caused by this worthless company and informed them of the injuries to families and animals, and the deplorable and cruel customer service I received. My sweet pup was hospitalized three times and developed aspiration pneumonia as a result of Iams' food making him so sick. He consumed the recalled food and my heart is broken beyond any reasonable means of expression and needlessly because of Iams --Proctor & Gamble.

For clarity, allow me to reiterate Proctor & Gamble/Iams killed my beloved pet who was laid to rest yesterday, after months of suffering at the hands of Iams/Proctor & Gamble! This is not the first time this organization has created such outrageous crimes by distributing contaminated food. I have not asked for 1 cent from this terrible company. Any money from them is blood money and I'm not looking to line my pockets. I want protection from such a grossly, incompetent organization. The information related to my pet's passing will be released at the proper time and to an organization worthy of the information. Hopefully, this will cause fewer families to be subjected to Iams brand. Iams is threatening me to close a file that they never did a thing about, unless I now let them speak to my vet. They had that availability for over 30 days, which they did not exercise the rights and now I have rescinded.

In closing, I wish to state that I will never be intimidated by such a company. I have proof that the food they distributed (and I purchased) was contaminated, as well as every medical record and test performed. Iams has been heartless in this entire ordeal and to be clear, it is not money I want --not 1 cent of their blood money. They killed my dog! The crimes P&G/Iams have committed are beyond outrageous and as I said, my sweet Brody's life was taken yesterday!

I have fed my 90 pound Boxer dog Lams since he has been 2 years old. I felt I was doing a wonderful thing for my dog and that Lams was a reputable company. His coat looked shiny and beautiful while on Lams food, making me think it was wonderful dog food for him. In November of 2009 my dog started having vomiting episodes and started belching as well. I didn't know what was wrong with him. He is an inside dog. I walk him out when he uses the restroom. He did not get into any food or poisons. I do not give him table food.

A few days after the vomiting episodes started while in bed one night I woke up and heard a lot of noise. I was horrified to see my dog having a terrible seizure (grand mal). He seized for 5 or more minutes and then fell over and looked like he was dead. He then got up was very hot and disoriented. He was disoriented for hours afterwards. The next night the same exact thing happened. I took him to the vet and they did blood work and a urinalysis. The urinalysis showed that he had high kidney enzymes but the blood work showed nothing. They thought my 4 year old Boxer might be experiencing kidney failure or it could be idiopathic seizures.

Today it is September of 2010 and my dog is on phenobarbital, rectal Valium if he has a seizure, and he still has seizures. He appears to be a beautiful shiny healthy dog, but he has seizures. They want to add another very expensive med to help him. We are devastated and wondering if we will get the privilege to live with him for many more years. I decided I would type in Lams in the search engine and seizures together, and I am shocked at all the forums I have read about people's animals having seizures after eating Lams. I am taking my dog off of this garbage and we will see if his seizures improve. After researching Lams food I have came to the conclusion that the ingredients/preservatives that cause dogs to be sick are pure garbage! Why else is my 4 year old dog having seizures and high kidney enzymes in his urine tests? My vet has advised me to try switching his food to a grain free, preservative free food.

The following is what I sent to Iams earlier this evening. I am just appalled at the mess and the reaction from my dogs to Iams Dog Food.

I recently switched my 3 dogs to Iams Mini Chunks Pro Active Health; proof of purchase **, expiry on 12/25/11. My 3 dogs became sick with diarrhea & vomiting within 24 hours. 2 have sprung back, I believe, but it is unclear who threw up blood all over my living room and urinated blood all over my dining room during the night on Wed. I believe it is the older Springer Spaniel because he has not eaten in 2 days now and just threw up again. I am extremely unhappy to say the least.

I will never buy this product again and am saddened to see it is not on the list of recalled items. I have lost a lot of money and time cleaning up after purchasing your product. I initially thought it was an adjustment to new dog food being integrated with the old. It was my error for giving Iams the benefit of the doubt. I was late for work today after cleaning up at least 1 full cup of blood.

Someone needs to contact me about this. I am hoping the Springer recoups on its own because a vet bill is not in the finances right now. Please check this batch of dog food. I have never seen anything so horrible in my entire life.

I don't want to say this but if my Springer dies because of this, you will not hear the end of it. Please don't let this happen to other dogs.

I am waiting for a reply and will update if necessary.

After filing my complaint, IAMS threatened me that if I didn't give them the authorization to speak to my vet after waiting for help, they would close my case. They are aware that I reported them to the FDA, Consumer Affairs, States Attorney's Office, as well as the BBB. How dare they threaten me. I have the rights too, as well as my dog. Please see below.

P&G Pet Food Products sold me tainted food and my dear dog became terribly sick due to this. I reported the incident to them on July 31, 2010 when the recall was announced. My dog had been terribly ill since eating this food. In fact, all 4 of my dogs got sick from the carelessness of IAMS. My 8-year-old dog wasn't getting any better and he was hospitalized this week for 3 days, but he was still not improving! IAMS did this to him! Then, to add insult to injury, IAMS had the worst customer service ever, rude to say the very least, not to mention the poor quality control. Never did they follow up and get back to me. Per IAMS' request, I gave them my vet information.

IAMS never followed through as they said they would. Big surprise from such an incompetent organization. After calling them yesterday and advising them of exactly what they did to my beloved dog, they became even more rude and uncaring. I advised them that I was contacting the BBB, the State's Attorney's office, and the FDA. Well, guess who called me today? IAMS! Since I rescinded my authorization to speak to my vet, they tried to intimidate me! They told me that if I wouldn't give them the authorization, they were closing my case. They wouldn't, of course, if I gave in to them. Is this how you run an organization? They had the opportunity to contact me and my vet for over 30 days, but they did nothing.

Now that I made good on my word of what I was going to do before my eyes closed for the night, they called me back and told me to do this or they would do that. My vet is not even involved anymore. I was referred to specialists after my dog ended up with aspiration pneumonia since he was so violently ill from consuming the contaminated food that IAMS distributed. I absolutely adore my dog. He is a therapy dog and now look what they have done. Then, they try to intimidate me? What is that about? They should have contacted me when I was so desperate in seeking help from them. Now that I did as I promised in notifying the FDA, The BBB, and the State's Attorney's office, as well as Consumer Affairs, they called! Can you believe this? What type of business are they running?

I have not asked for 1 cent from IAMS in reimbursement for the over $5,000 in medical expenses that I have incurred at this time. Honestly, their money is blood money in my opinion. Then, to tell me if I did not grant them a medical release at this time to speak to my vet, they were closing the case. I asked for them to give me a good reason why. How does this help me at this time? I needed that 1 month ago. Well, they wanted to hear what my vet had to say. Yes, IAMS is really concerned about my pet. They want to cover themselves and that is what this is about. Too bad IAMS, my records will be sealed and used for the appropriate parties at the appropriate time.

I do not need their threats while in the middle of my pets' medical crisis, which IAMS had caused. No, I won't be intimidated by such **. I did not give in and they told me that they closed the case! Clearly, having the case open had been of absolutely no benefit, but I will see what the rest of the organization has to say about this. I do have the information on who called and stated this to me. IAMS showed not one ounce of compassion for the situation that they created. I advised them yesterday that before I closed my eyes that evening, I will have all the parties notified and I did.

My medical records are not their business any longer. When I feel that it is appropriate, that information will be released. I want this company to be held accountable and responsible for the damage that they have done to so many families. No, I don't want their dirty money. It is blood money literally due to the loss of so many beloved animals. As stated, my dog has now been hospitalized for 3 days. The complication developed into aspiration pneumonia due to the fact that he was throwing up so much, thanks to the distribution of salmonella within the food. IAMS distributed tainted food to thousands of consumers. My pet was healthy prior to consuming this food. P&G claimed that this was a voluntary recall yet the FDA found salmonella within the plant for the prescription dog food, which our dear dog was on. P&G (IAMS) claims that it is voluntary. What choice is there when the FDA finds it and tells them?

IAMS acts as though no pet has been affected through the customer service area. IAMS takes no ownership over the damage that they have caused. I received a stinking check for the price of the food from IAMS. Who cares about that? I want my dog to become healthy. I have spent thousands of dollars in medical care since this happened and I have not asked for a penny from them for it. I expect accountability and protection to the consumers and their dear pets from such incidents. Our pets count on us, then to have these ** from this organization sell tainted food and not be held accountable? This is unacceptable! All I want is my dog to become healthy again. I am hoping for that and doing everything medically possible to achieve it. IAMS has demonstrated, once again, the gross incompetence that they are capable of.

This is now the second time that they did this to our beloved animals. It was in 2007 that they also had to recall dog food that they manufactured and distributed! When I surfed the internet, I saw thousands of pet owners were going through the identical problem with their beloved pets that consumed IAMS Vet Formula since July 2010. Despite all that, IAMS claimed the contrary. Can you please help with stopping such incidents and create consequences for such gross incompetence from organizations such as these? I thank you for your time.

We are a non-profit animal welfare/rescue/rehome organization. We have an adoption center in Columbus, Ohio. We have been feeding Iams Kitten Food (purple bag). All fecals have come back negative for parasites and bacteria. The kittens are still dying. A veterinarian donated fecal and culture testing. It came back positive for salmonella.

We are a group that gets no funding other than donations. We have to run up thousands of dollars of medical bills to support the kittens and cats symptomatically. More than that, can you put an economic value on the lives of kittens and cats? Then, there is the issue of our reputation. Several kittens that were adopted from us (even though they had slight diarrhea at the time of their adoption) have died and the public perception of our rescue adopting healthy cats and kittens out is rapidly diminishing. Iams apparently does not care about its consumers or the animals the consumers are buying for on a holiday. While our kittens are dying, Iams is on "holiday."

I have been using Iams pet products for years. My 18 month old cat was diagnosed with acute renal failure on Saturday at an emergency vet clinic. By Sunday morning, he was dead. I believe the Iams cat food played a large role in this, even though it was not a food on the recall list.

He was a young and, healthy cat with no other health problems. No toxic ingestion, or other explanation. He just stopped eating about 5 days ago, with no specific symptoms. Please! stop feeding your animals Iams pet food, as they have had too many problems in the last few years. Our family is heartbroken because of the loss of our family pet. Please be safe, and throw away all your Iams pet products now! Our young, beloved family pet died of renal failure, with no other explanation.

The health of my dog has not (yet) been impacted by Iams dog food, and my condolences to all those pet owners who have been through these horrible accounts below. My complaint seems trivial in comparison, but shows how Iams really is in it for the bottom line and not at all for the "health and happiness" of your furry family member.

Iams recalled their dry veterinary formulas on July 30, 2010. My 10-year old airedale is on prescription diets to avoid food allergies. On recommendations by two vets I ordered 10 bags of Iams K/O veterinary formula. I also live in a very remote area in Canada which is accessible only by air. We have two ships a year (in the summer) to bring in bulk goods, the order of 10 bags was to come up by ship which cost me about $150. Since the recall occurred after the deadline to add to the shipping manifest my only remaining option to get the dog food needed for the upcoming year is to bring it up by air freight which adds an additional $1600 in cargo charges.

Iams refuses to assist in covering or reducing this cost despite the fact that I endure this as a direct result of their recalled pet food. Iams will, however, pay back the cost of the food ($950) and the sea freight charges I experienced ($150) but this still leaves me with no dog food for the year. The generic foods available at our store will leave my dog with itchy, flaky skin, pustules, and hotspots which have her constantly scratching and pulling out her hair. Long term feeding leads to chronic skin infections which are further impacting her kidney function...so not really an option.

To make matters worse, their representative, although clear to say that they can't tell me to feed the food, in the next sentence was telling me that the salmonella wasn't found in the food but in the facility. Feeding the food might be an acceptable risk when you are a short drive away from a vet. Or you have a healthy young dog. I am about two days, six hours of flying, and at a tune of $2500 for the ticket, away from my nearest veterinary clinic. I'm not into taking these kinds of risks with a 10-year-old dog! The stress of the flight and layovers would probably finish off what the salmonella started. Nope, it became quite clear that Iams is in the dog food business for bottom line and reading the horror stories below, I am avoiding this company's products from now on, leaving me footing the $1600 bill for replacing recalled dog food.

I recently purchased IAMS probiotic food to switch my Boxers to. My two-year-old developed an allergic reaction. She had sores, excessive salivating, bad breath, itchy eyes which resulted in two vet visits and an eye antibiotic. Then she started vomiting and having diarrhea which resulted in pancreatitis and a $411 vet bill.

This is my third post on the poison that Proctor and Gamble (Iams) are allowing our innocent animals to consume with horrific results. Not only is it making an outrageous amount of animals across the country very sick, but killing them as well. Do not call Iams, they are not concerned. If so, they would have pulled their poison from the shelves a very long time ago. They are only trying to cover their own butts and bottom lines. A year ago, our beloved Robbie, a beautiful healthy Australian Shepherd ate Iams mini chunks and like others, he suffered severe diarrhea for six weeks and multiple emergency room visits.

Exactly 4 months after Robbie's suffering from the effects of Iams poison, he was diagnosed with Lymphoma and underwent chemo. Robbie was a fighter and lived 7 months with his chemo. Our veterinarian stated the event that happened with the Iams in August might have triggered the cancer. We lost our entire world on July 19, 2010, just a year after getting so sick from Iams. The grief is overwhelming what this sweet, loving, gentle little guy went through. I have not checked this site for some time now and once I did, the outrage that this is still going on infuriates me.

Proctor and Gamble should be held accountable. We too, filed a complaint with the FDA,what are they doing about this? I have never been so disgusted by a company in my entire life. The FDA should do their job and remove all Iams products. This company only cares about their profits and will continue to get away with murder! I don't think they will be happy with a class action lawsuit now, will they? Is that enough of a deterrent for them to stop hurting and killing our pets that are not only pets but very special family members. A coupon or refund does not bring back our pets' lost and is an insult. Tell me Iams Proctor and Gamble, are you feeding your pets with this poison?

Good to know that Evo had no idea when Proctor and Gamble bought them. It is good to know the name of another product not to buy. All of you at your company should be ashamed of yourselves. The pain you have caused our special companions and the grief that so many like me live with, heartbroken to not see my 4-year old boy who was so loved and missed. I gave him your poison and will have to live with that forever.

It is time to put a stop to this now! What is this claim about internet scam? I am a real person that lost my best friend. Are all these people wrong? No, my boy suffered and it was because of your negligence. Your CEO and all involved should be fired. The loss of Robbie is extremely painful everyday. Financial expenses went into several thousands.

It turns out that I believe our 14 week old Collie is smarter than I am. When we brought him home I bought Iams Premium Protection Puppy food. He did not like it but ate slowly during the day. I was surprised that he did not consume as much as I thought he would. Two days ago he woke us at 4:30 a.m. and rushed from his crate and out the door. His stool was very loose and he seemed distressed. He again had us up at 6:00 a.m. and it was the same, he rushed out and loose stool. During the day there were many trips out, accidents in the house (a first for this little guy).

During the day while we were away he messed in his crate (again a first). We also had vomiting. I took the Iams away, fed white rice last evening. This morning I again put out the Iams. He would not touch for more than a small mouthful. I took it away and started my research! I totally believe it is the food. I am sorry about this because in past years we have always felt Iams was what our dogs needed. No more. If I have to cook for this guy from our freezer/pantry I will. What dog food do I want to buy next? Frankly I don't have a clue at this point. I did want to put this out there, however, to alert others.

We recently (8/6/2010) purchased a new bag of Iams Large Breed Dog Food (Green Bag) from Costco and our 5 year old husky/lab mix became violently ill after eating only one 4-cup serving. Within 5 days she went from being a perfectly healthy/active dog in her prime to vomiting blood, lethargy, diarrhea, critical dehydration, and systems in septic shock.

My wife called the Iams phone number and was told they weren't recalling that dog food at the moment. After a significant amount of research we discovered that our dog most probably has a really bad case of salmonella. She is currently at the vet, on an IV for dehydration, and being stuffed with antibiotics.

About two weeks ago, my 2 year old English Bulldog, who I fed Iams Large Breed Puppy, died. I obviously was consumed with grief and assumed it was my fault. We live in Florida. I assumed once again that maybe she was out too long. Well then I noticed that her baby a 3 month old Bully had excessive diarrhea. I thought he just had a sensitive tummy, so I changed his food and within the day, he started to recuperate.

I then noticed my Dogue de Bordeaux was getting thin. In the mean time, my Bully knocked over the bucket that had the Iams for the big dogs, and ate a bit. The diarrhea started again. Picked all the food up and ensured he did not get back into it. He has been well since. When I think back, I remember that we had a couple of times when they go through bouts of diarrhea but the vet told me there was nothing wrong with them. Just that they, at times, had digestive issues when growing since their parasite test was negative, and x-rays showed no signs of deformities in their tummies.

After much thought and consideration of the passing months, I decided to research the food issue with Iams and found this website, full of concerns as well as other sites. I then consulted with my family who also fed Iams. My mother told me her two dogs almost died last month from diarrhea and blood in the stools. I have confirmed that there is an issue with the Iams dog food. I called them, and like they have told many others, the food that has been recalled, was not the one I was feeding, but they would look into it.

Then they called me back and instructed me to have my vet call them to discuss the case, three sick dogs later, and one who died. Do we live in America where companies are supposed to be held responsible for their damage, and higher standards? Lets all get together and do something about this craziness. Vet bills are over $1000. My pet, who also breeds died. She was a source of joy, as well as income. She cost $3000, and her litter net was $4800.

Oh, my God! After reading the strings on this website, Iams should be put out of business by us consumers. We bought Iams Proactive Health Mini Chunks on a Thursday and by Saturday one dog (Mini Doxy) was throwing up foam and had bloody stools. Two emergency vet visits over the weekend and $300 later, dog #1 is "looking" better by Monday. Dog #2 has been restless and pacing similar to another complainant's dog. It is totally not typical for him either. He (Rescue Mutt) threw up today, Monday, and so did dog #3. Why hasn't this product been pulled from the shelves? The last entry on the website string was at the end of June, seven weeks ago. Again, why was this bag of intentional cruelty left on the shelves to make our best friends suffer?

On July 24th I decided to google Iams and see if there were any problems like mine. I have been using the Iams green bag for 15 + years, not the mini-chunks. The first dog got sick the week of the 4th of July. We purchased the food the week before. Two 40 pound bags from Petco. We have three large dogs (a shepherd, and two collie/bernese mountain dog mixes that are brother and sister) and the first one got sick with diarrhea in his crate (which never happens). It has been rotating between all three since then. We thought maybe they had gotten into something because they like to eat grass, etc. The shepherd, however, is an all indoor dog that does not leave my side and has been vomiting on and off though along with the diarrhea. None of them have had blood in anything. Yesterday she had good stools and today is crying and having diarrhea, one hour after eating. This prompted me to google Iams and the word diarrhea. The problem was on and off but has now worsened. Because it was on and off, I was not sure if it was the heat wave we have been having also. They all do not like extreme heat that we are experiencing lately. They are spoiled indoor dogs. I have called my mobile vet service and she doubted it was bad food. I have called Petco and asked if they knew anything (recalls, etc.) and got an attitude and denial.

Today is Aug. 5th and since the above problems, I have switched food. They are all eating Fromm Gold since the 24th of July. They are all fine on this food. They are active again and have no symptoms. Iams refunded my money for two bags of food and cut me a check on the 28th of July. The rep actually blamed Petco for the problems. She stated that it sounded like Petco stored the food improperly and the meat and oils went rotten. I doubt that is what happened and believe it to be salmonella. It was two separate bags of food also. The shepherd eats from her own. This was obviously not just a single bag of bad food.

Wow! I can't believe what I'm reading on this site. My 2 year old golden retriever hasn't done well with this dog food, and more recently upon opening a new bag, had developed diarrhea and had it for a week. He was dehydrated and needed IV fluids from the vet. We changed his food about 4 days ago to a science diet, chicken/rice flavor, and he has done extremely well. He is also on antibiotics.

On July 4th, our 12 year old golden retriever passed away after going into cardiac arrest. I never would have thought that perhaps the Iams dog food we were feeding her could have had something to do with her passing. Who knows? For now, we will not be buying Iams dog food for our golden retriever. We spent over $1,000 in vet and cemetery bills.

My chihuahua is soon to be 5 years of age has been eating this Iams dog food for a few years. We just purchased a bigger bag of the food just 2 weeks ago from Wal-Mart. It is now July 31, 2010. On Wednesday, July 28, 2010, my dog began to get sick with bad diarrhea, runny stool, no appetite and will not drink anything for days. I had to force feed her water and milk from rice.

I will no longer feed her Iams dog food. I think the Iams company should recall all of this dog food and the FDA should step in and take action immediately.

I am having her stool tested on Monday, August 1, 2010, just to see if this has damaged her in anyway. I will take further action if this is the case. I can guarantee you that because of the complaints on your website that I have read, I will never feed my dog Iams again, regardless of the outcome of her testing. Iams needs to take their products off the market as soon as possible!

I have been using the IAMS green bag for years; not the mini-chunks. The first dog got sick the week of the 4th of July. We purchased the food right around that time also; two 40-pound bags from Petco. We have three large dogs (a Shepherd, and two Collie/Bernese Mountain dog mixes that are brothers and sisters) and the first one got sick with diarrhea in his crate (which never happens). It has been rotating between all three since then. We thought maybe they had gotten into something because they like to eat grass, etc. and get into things. The Shepherd however is an all-indoor dog that does not leave my side and has been vomiting on and off though, along with the diarrhea. None of them have had blood in anything. Yesterday she had good stools and today is crying and having diarrhea.

This prompted me to google IAMS and the word diarrhea. The problem was on and off but has now worsened. Because it was on and off I was not sure if it was the heat wave we have been having also. They all do not like extreme heat as we are experiencing lately. They are spoiled indoor dogs. I have called my mobile vet service and am waiting for a call back. I have called Petco and asked if they knew anything (recalls, etc.) and got an attitude and denial. I have plenty of this food remaining and will have it checked. In the meantime, my brother is on his way over with new food that he feeds his dogs. I forgot the name but it is some holistic food that he has been using for years. I will post updates.

This is the second time my four dogs have become extremely ill eating the Lams dog food. Vomiting and explosive bloody diarrhea. The first time we contacted them, they told us there were no reported issues with the food and gave us a coupon for another bag free. This last time my dogs become so ill that I had to bring them to the vet to get medication and a special prescription dog food which finally cleared up the problem. I will never feed them Lams again.

We began suspecting that Iams Healthy Naturals could be causing a problem for our otherwise healthy and energetic dog when he began vomiting all over the house and brought up huge quantities of undigested food (we measure out his food twice/day to make sure he doesn't get overweight, and the amount of food that came up was way more than just his last meal, so clearly the food was not being digested). The other thing we noticed while he was eating the Iams was our normal "vacuum" dog who eats anything and eats it fast would hover over his food bowl, eating much more slowly, almost unable to chew the food. It seemed, and began dropping a lot of it half-chewed, as he struggled to chew it up.

We took him to an Emergency Clinic, which they later found he had a sore spot on his neck (possibly from having this hard food lodged in it?) but X-rays found no blockages. $300 later, we had no answers but switched him to homemade ground beef, eggs, and rice, which he ate without incident. I contacted Iams to tell them of what happened and ask if the food had been recalled but they said "no other complaints had been made". However, she said she would give all information to another department (Pet Research and Health or something). So then I asked, "Would you have access to the information compiled by this other department, to know if others have raised similar concerns?" She said, "Well, no". I kept the bag just in case we decided to have it tested, but we discontinued feeding it.

That was several weeks ago and our dog has been eating a different brand of food for the past week or so without incident. Last night my husband accidentally mixed some of the old food back in, and our dog stood motionless over the bowl mid-meal, shaking, as if he was either going into shock or ready to vomit. We made him an egg this morning instead of feeding him any dog food, and he threw everything up whole including all of his undigested food from last night. I cannot believe Iams has not recalled this food. Now we're going to have to take him back to the vet and face more medical bills, not to mention the toll on our poor dog. What on earth is in this food? Does anyone know where we can have it tested?

Two weeks,ago my fiance and I witnessed our 4 year old Brussels Griffon suffer from diarrhea, vomiting and lethargy. The vomiting was so bad that she wasn't throwing up food anymore, but bile. It started happening at night and we watched her closely as it continued into the morning. We thought that she had gotten into something, but she is a shadow dog and rarely leaves our side. We went over all the possibilities and one of them was that my fiance just bought a new bag of Iams mini chunk dog food a few days before. She has been eating this since she was a puppy.

We took her to the Vet the next day and the doctor gave her medicine to stop the vomiting along with some pills and canned food for digestion (not Iams food). We were told to give her the meds along with the new canned food twice a day for a few days. We did, and the diarrhea/ vomiting stopped immediately. We kept her on it for a few days and then started mixing her IAMS food with the canned food, since she wouldn't touch the Iams food by itself, after this. The diarrhea started again, no vomiting, so we took her back to the vet to get more medicine and canned food. After being on only the canned food and the meds the diarrhea stopped.

Again, I tried mixing the canned food with the Iams (not believing that it could be the food that we had been giving her for years). Guess what? We are here again with vomiting and diarrhea. She is also lethargic and she is panting more than usual (this is when she is resting or trying to rest, because she is in a constant state of anxiety). We are taking her to the Vet tomorrow morning and I will be alert of the complaints on this site and I will contact the FDA. I cannot believe that this has lasted this long without any word from the company. If I have to start cooking her food, then so be it. At one point, I thought it was a bad bag of food and threw it away, only to purchase a new one with the same results. I now know that it is the Iams food. I am not worried about the cost of all this, I am just worried about my dog. Someone needs to be alerted to this and I will alert as many people as I can.

Maybe this is a new thing for Iams, but when this many people have a problem in such a short period of time, it is cause for alarm! !

I took my dog to the vet for annual checkup 3rd week of June. Clean bill of health, said she could stand to put on 3 or 4 pounds. She's 8, so he suggested either putting her on regular food (had her on a healthy weight food prior) and supplement w/ glucosemine or put her on a food w/ the supplement in it. Purchased a bag of Iams ProActive Health Large breed. Her health spiraled downwards. I began suspecting the food and found this site. I immediately stopped feeding her the Iams food. There is significant improvement already.

My black lab is 5 years old. I have only ever given her Iams products for meals. I also exclusively feed my cat dry Iams food. The last 2 months she has stopped eating. Not that her appetite has decreased because she still begs for treats. She has not had issues with diarrhea or vomiting. She pants and drinks water incessantly. When I switched her food last week from Iams to another brand, my dog's appetite went back to normal.

I purchased a new bag of Iams Large Breed Dog food (which my dog previously devoured). First, he threw up the food and now he refuses to eat any at all and he drinks more water than normal.There must be something wrong with this food that he loved in the past but will not touch since I bought the new bag a week ago.

My Border Collie has eaten Iams Mini Chunk dog food for the past four years, and has done well. Recently, he became very lethargic, unsteady on his feet, and having some pain in his back quarters. A trip to the vet (including xrays to determine possible injury and blood work) showed nothing more than dehydration.

When he didn't improve in a few days, we returned for another vet visit that again resulted in no answers. The dog was eating, so I put him on a bland diet of chicken and rice and he improved markedly, although throughout this whole ordeal, he refused to drink. Since he was doing better. I decided to begin to mix in the Iams and wean him away from the bland diet.

His original symptoms immediately returned, this time with vomiting and very dark diarrhea. After extensive internet searching, I found this site and I am convinced that the dog food is to blame. We had just opened a new bag (purchased at Wal-Mart), and I suspect that there's something toxic in it. I've emailed Iams and I am awaiting reply.

Meanwhile I'm back to cooking chicken and rice, and I am out the cost of a large bag of Iams (not cheap! ) and $250 in vet expense. Another odd occurrence that no one has mentioned, he also blew out his coat at this time, rather odd for mid-summer. Maybe it's significant but maybe not. I don't know. Cost of dog food, $15. Cost of vet, $250 to date. Dog still is not well. I am hopeful that we've caught this soon enough, to ward off lasting damage, but who knows? What is in this stuff anyway?

My mother purchased the Iams Small Bites for large dogs which she always does for her standard poodle. She called me because she found a clump of capsules inside the bag and one outside the bag, next to the dog dish. I picked them up, looked them up on the internet and found them to be antibiotics used for puppies.

I called my veterinarian and he advised that if the dog had eaten any, the bitter taste would have caused her to spit them out, but he didn't think they would hurt her. I contacted Iams Pet Food and they gave me a name and address to send the capsules for testing. We decided not to send them in the event the dog became sick or more seriously ill. We never heard any more from Iams ,except for the free coupons for replacing the food.

A few weeks later, my Mom was feeding her dog the same food she purchased with the free coupon, and her dog became sick, vomiting, blood in her vomit and stool. I advised her to immediately discontinue the use of the food. She got a high quality food and started feeding her dog and to date, the dog is no longer sick and is gaining back the weight lost during the period it was sick while eating Iams. The dog was very sick, the cost of a vet visit, a wasted 40lb bag of food and the uncertainty of future health problems with her dog. The next time I see warnings about pet food like I did with Iams, I am not going to risk using the product.

In the last three to four weeks, my dog has been eating less, and less of her Iams green bag 2. She would have panting fits after eating the Iams Mini Chunks, and some lethargy. She refused to eat the food entirely a couple of days ago, and was begging me for treats constantly.

I finally realized that something foul is going in with Iams! I'm so glad I stumbled onto this site and stopped feeding Iams to my dog! I filed an FDA report and left a message for my vet this morning.

On July 3rd, 2010, I purchased a bag of Iams Senior for my 10 year old Lhasa. For the next day and a half, she had bloody diarrhea stool. I immediately thought it may be the change of her diet, so I pulled up her food and tried to keep her hydrated. After about 24 hours, I was able to get her to eat a little lean turkey and rice. The diarrhea has stopped which led me to believe it was the Iams dog food. I will contact Iams, my vet and Wal-Mart tomorrow as well as the FDA. Thank you all for the posts.

I was feeding my 2 pug-mixed-breed dogs with Iams Mini Chunk, from the green bag. It was a new bag, and I noticed my dogs were reluctant to eat it. The dry food came with a free can of sample wet food, so as a treat, I gave each dog a tablespoon of the wet food to encourage them to eat. That night, the smaller dog had diarrhea all over the house, and began vomiting in less than 48 hours.

I was hoping I could wait until the morning, and take her to my regular vet, but she started passing large amounts of blood with the diarrhea. I took her immediately to the emergency vet, where she was admitted, and given fluids. She spent 3 days on I.V. fluids and was diagnosed with HGE. My other dog became ill with the same symptoms and was put on fluids also.

My vet did suggest food contamination, and after seeing all the complaints about Iams, I am convinced it was the dog food. There seems to be many problems with MenuFoods products. I have spent over $1,000. If there is a class action law suit, I would like information.

I have fed IAMS dog food for years. I have 3 white German Shepherds, 1, 7, and 2 years of age. The 2-year old was at the vet, getting spade, when the 7 and 1 year old dogs got deathly ill, vomiting, and had bloody loose stools. Taken to the vets, IVs, and medicines, and a couple of nights, not thinking they were going to make it.

Put on boiled hamburger and rice for the 2 year old dog, and put him on burger and rice diet. Everyone started feeling better, so I put them back to the IAMS large breed puppy formula diet. Now, all 3 dogs are sick, and back to the vet for dehydration, vomiting, and bloody stools. I called the IAMS people and they were very concerned. They gave me coupons for replacement bags of Eukanuba. I have over $3,000.00 in vet bills, but everyone is doing good now. I'll be paying the vet bill ($3,000.00) for the rest of the year, at least.

Hope the 1 year old doesn't have any long term problems, brought about by these illnesses, happening to her at a very young age.

On June 10, 2010, I went to a local pet store and purchased Iams PA Health Large Breed Puppy Food #44 because someone had told me that this food would be much more nutritious for our new lab puppy that we had recently gotten. She is 5 months old. The manager of the pet store told me not to give the food to the puppy straight, but to mix 1/4 cup with the other dog food that we had been giving our lab pup. In a few days, he said to increase it to 1/2 cup mixed with the other dog food and so on. So we started mixing 1/4 cup with the other dog food and I noticed that our lab pup was having some loose stools. But I did not give it much thought because I figured she was just adjusting to the new food. Well, when we increased the Iams to 1/2 cup mixed with the previous puppy food we had been giving her, she acted like she did not want to eat it.

Well, we just kept giving her half and half and she finally started eating it, but she was not wolfing it down like her previous food. We kept doing what the manager told us to and had noticed her bowels were still loose. Well, the day that we went straight Iams PA Health Large Breed Puppy Food, our lab puppy acted like that her stomach was cramping and she was acting really strange. We were just keeping an eye on her, thinking she just had a tummy ache. We put her in her cage for the night. In the middle of the night, we heard her crying like she was in pain. When we went to check on her, she was foaming at the mouth and the bottom of her cage was filled with extreme, and I mean extreme diarrhea, and our lab pup's eyes looked like she was in shock. It was the middle of the night, so we took her outside and started giving her water. We stayed up with her through the night and she continued to act really strange and cry like she was in pain.

She finally lay down in the grass and laid there for several hours, not hardly responding when we talked to her. This is, by the way, was totally out of character for her. We just kept forcing the water and trying the whole next day to get her to drink the water. She continued to have diarrhea that day. By evening, it appeared she was done with the diarrhea. The second day, she started to act normal again. So we gave her some of the dog food that we gave her previously and she was fine. I do not know what is wrong with that Iams dog food, but it made our lab pup very, very, very sick. Needless to say, I do not plan on ever buying any Iams products again.

My dog got sick from Iams small breed dog food. I had her on it for over a year but this was a new bag and after a week, she was sick and would not touch the Iams food but she would eat rice and chicken eggs so I will be getting her onto another dog food.

Our two Labrador Retrievers are less than three years old. Both became ill within a day of one another with bloody diarrhea, rapid breathing, excessive drooling, and water drinking. When I took them to the vet, the chocolate lab was going into shock and was not given a very hopeful prognosis. A friend of ours made us aware of a news story about a local couple who suspected Iams food of making their dogs sick.

When we looked it up, we discovered they were feeding the same food that we were--Iams Pro Health Mini Chunks for Large Breed Dogs. We had been feeding this food for over two years, but had just purchased a new bag six days prior form Wal-mart.

The vet placed the dogs on IV therapy and ran numerous blood tests on them to determine organ function and blood levels. They began to respond positively by the end of the day and continued to improve slowly. The vet ruled out cyanide toxicity, rodent poisoning, and soil bacteria. She said that their test results were all exactly the same, and therefore, their illness was caused by something that they were both exposed to. The food seemed like the only logical conclusion that we could draw.

I contacted Iams. They responded with professionalism and concern. They contacted my vet and have asked me for a sample of the food, which I have since sent. They assigned our case to a specialist who stated that they would test for nutritional content. She informed me that they presently do not have any intentions of recalling this food.

I have contacted the Wal-mart store that I purchased the food from. The manager refunded my money and elevated the concern. I have also contacted the local Petsmart and Petco stores alerting them to this situation as well as the animal emergency clinics asking them to report any of these cases to the Iams company.

Please contact the Iams compnay with your complaints and get them samples of your food as quickly as possible, so that they can determine the cause of this widespread illness/death of pets consuming this food. We are thankful that our dogs recovered, but our vet bill exceeded $1500. The Iams customer service assured us that they would take care of the bill if their food was found to be at fault.

My dog eats Iams Large Breed Proactive Health and about May 1st, he got sick. Vet could not find anything after extensive testing and about $1,300. I got him back on his feet then. Now, June 25, 2010, he is very sick again. Multiple tests show nothing. I just discovered the Iams problems with other dogs through blogs. I got him on IV's and prednisone and he is responding. This Iams is gonna kill dogs. I'm contacting FDA next.

I gave my dog less of the Iams and mixed it into his regular food, A few hours later my dog was very restless and was pacing around the room at night which is not normal for him. My husband took him out and he proceeded to vomit large amounts twice in the house a few minutes later. There was red in the vomit but I thought it was something he ate that was red. I fed him his regular food and he seemed better. A few hours passed and I took him out and he had very loose stools and there was blood present in the stools. I am very worried about my dog after reading similar (or worse) complaints about Iams dog food and the fact that my dog is ill! Also, Iams cat food was recently recalled so I'm wondering if there is a connection there.

We have just had a similar experience with Iams Large Breed Proactive Health dog food in the green bag. We purchased a 48lb. bag from Costco last Sunday. We've been using Iams for over 15 years and have never had any issues. Less than 24 hours after giving our Lab mix girl a bowl of food from the new bag, she had a massive bout of vomiting. She also was drinking a lot of water. The next day, she seemed better and I put her normal amount of food in her bowl. She wouldn't touch it.

I thought I had heard about a dog food recall recently and went to the internet to look. Nothing about Iams dog food, but then I came across this site. Wow! My concern was immediate and I emptied her bowl and cooked up some rice for her. We are now switching her to a prescription formula that her vet wanted her to go on. I filed a complaint with the FDA this morning and am going to complain to Iams as well. I want nothing from them, but they do need to check into what's going on with their food! I agree that everyone in the same situation needs to file complaints, the only way to get to the bottom of this.

I bought a bag of the red Iams Lamb and rice, for my dog. I noticed at check out that it had a free can of their wet food in it. I fed my dog 4 meals. She was very hot and she seemed to have some breathing issues but I chalked it up to the heat. After the 4th meal, I hit can with my scoop, pulled it out and saw that it had exploded and looked green. I thought, well thank God it's in a bag. I put it in a zip lock and tossed it.

That night my dogs breathing got worse and she seemed to be having a stroke. She is 16, I have decided that I would allow her to pass gracefully and in essence have a DNR for her. I sat with her while she was in agony, I did not make the connection to the food until 4 am that morning. Needless to say, I took her to vet. I called Iams immediately with bag #, etc. I emailed them and was told I would hear back within 24 hrs. I gave the info to their agent over the phone who had the audacity to tell me the problem was with their cat food not their dog food. Again, I would hear back within 24 - 48 hrs as they needed to talk to my vet.

Weeks later, no one has contacted my vet or me and when I called this AM twice, I got different info. I still need to keep the can in my freezer and the bag in my trunk so no animal will get into it. Help! What is up with this company?

I, too, about 2 weeks ago switched my Saint Bernard's to IAMS Large Breed dog food in the green bag. After 3 days I had one girl vomit and started to not want to eat. She had recently been bred, so I thought it might be pregnancy. Then a male did the same and then it started staggering from one dog then another. Today I was up to 7 Saints vomiting, diarrhea and not wanting to eat. For all of my babies this is very unusual. I have spent several hundreds of dollars on blood test for possible infections and exams. I decided to search and found an alarming amount of complaints recently. I immediately filed a report with the FDA and bought another food. My guys ate with no hesitation and no vomiting afterwards. This is scary as I always thought IAMS was very reputable but there can be no other explanation but the food, in my opinion. Please, everyone, file a complaint so it can be investigated. I paid several hundreds in vet bills and have very sick dogs.

I came across the information about Iams Proactive Mini Chunks (green bag) and Proactive Weight Control (blue bag) through another source. I recently (approximately mid May) started feeding both my dogs Iams brand foods: my Lab Iams Proactive Adult Lamb Meal & Rice Formula and my dachshund Iams Healthy Naturals Lamb Meal & Rice. I have noticed in the past two days that my Lab does not want to eat his food in the mornings, which is very unusual for him. My dachshund hasn't been eating in the mornings either (not too unusual for him). I have not paid much attention to the nature of their stool, but I will now. My Lab has been smacking, licking his jewels a lot in the past couple of days and has been very thirsty. Generally, if there is a problem with the dogs in my household, my Lab starts to show signs of it first as he has a very sensitive stomach and immune system.

I will be returning the remainder of both bags of food to PetSmart today for something else. I urge everyone that is having/has had an issue with this pet food to please, please file a Consumer Complaint with the FDA. Go to the FDA website and click on contact FDA, report a problem, and follow the onscreen instructions. There is a list, by state, of numbers to call for the Consumer Complaint Coordinator in your area. It is imperative that FDA knows about these issues as they are the ones that regulate pet foods. I have only seen one post that talked about contacting the FDA. I think you should go out to that family from Colorado Springs, CO that unfortunately lost one of their beloved. Again, I urge you all to contact FDA and Iams (even though Iams is a big corporation and will not admit to any contamination until they are forced to). Thanks!

I have three Cocker Spaniels, two of which have gotten very sick eating the IAMS Mini Chunk dog food. They have been sick for the last couple of weeks with bloody diarrhea, vomiting, and extreme thirst. The third dog is on another dog food for dietary reasons and has not gotten sick at all. I have been out of town and my husband has been calling me asking what to do. He stopped feeding them for 24 hours to see if that would help. I then told him to put them on a bland, rice based, soft dog food. They are getting better. I called IAMS and they asked me several questions and said that we should throw away the food we have and get a new bag. I asked if they had changed their formula by adding any new vitamins or minerals and they said no. They will give me a coupon for a new bag.

I then found a large amount of posts on the web stating that many other dog owners are suffering the same thing during the same period of time. It is concerning to me that there hasn't been a recall if IAMS is getting numerous complaints about the same type of food. I'm not sure if I want to use the same kind of food again, especially if they are going to get sick once again. We have a brand new $60,000.00 RV that the carpet has now been pooped all over. We are tired of doing constant laundry for their cage blankets.

I reported our dog Scrapper dying a few weeks back and our dog Boo being lethargic, stopped eating, and throwing up blood and followed by bloody stool. The lab is still recovering, almost back to normal since switching to a high end food. The FDA contacted us and came to our house and talked with us for 3 1/2 hrs. They took 10 lbs. of dog food to have tested at three labs. No results yet. We sent samples to independent labs for test also, no results yet. Whatever you do, log on to the FDA database and fill out the info for pet foods.

You should be able to find it. Fill it out completely or it will be rejected. Then and only then will the FDA contact you or help you in any way. Iams also asked for a sample; they say they will only test for nutritional content. Hmmm? I don't think that is what's making our dogs sick. Do not stop trying to solve this. Only with our persistence will we find the real reasons for our dog's dying and getting sick.

This is an update to my May 30, 2010 posting. It's interesting to see a posting mentioning that pet owners should be contacting Iams directly. Many indeed have contacted Iams only to be told the company has not received any reports of pets getting sick, nor is there a problem with the food. In speaking with them myself, I was told there was no problem with the food, but they would be willing to replace it. Food replacement will do nothing to alleviate the suffering of the pet companions, nor will it reimburse the owners who have spent a great deal of money dealing with the sickness; some have had devastating costs. Some are so concerned that they are paying for their own testing of the food at a huge expense after being told by Iams only nutritional tests would be performed on any food sent to them.

In my opinion: The company is playing a waiting game. How many people who have had sickened pets not contacted Iams or used such resources as ConsurmerAffairs.com because they don't realize there's a problem with the food? To those who contacted Iams and were told to send food for testing: did Iams admit there is a problem with the food? Did they say they were going to test for contaminants, or merely for nutritional content as others have been told?

Dog number one started to get sick around June 15th. We took her to the vet and were told that she had probably eaten something with bacteria in it. I switched her diet to rice and gave her antibiotics and she was was feeling better within a day. Dog number two just got sick, and dog number three is looking pretty lethargic. There is no compost pile or anything in my yard and I clean it regularly, so I looked up their food. We are using the green Iams bag of mini-chunks purchased in bulk at Costco. Imagine my surprise at running across so many complaints!

Here's the kicker: This is one day before we leave on vacation. I am not sure the kennel will take them, and I am going to have to scramble to get them to the vet and find a place to board them. This is the first and last time that I have ever started feeding them Iams dog food. From now on I will stick to the better more expensive brand that does not make my poor dogs sick. If I had bothered looking to see this company's reputation, I would not have purchased this food for them. Expensive trip to Hawaii probably ruined at the last minute when I can't cancel or get a refund, vet bills.

If you think your dog's illness is because of Iams, you need to call Iams directly. My husband contacted them and they are being very helpful and proactive in finding out if it is their dog food that caused our dog's current illness that I had reported on this site on June 7th. They are contacting our vets and are having us send a sample of the dog food to them for testing. Again, let Iams know so that if it turns out to be the food, they can take steps to keep any other dogs from getting sick.

I have three dogs, two of which have been eating Iams Mini Chunks in the green bag. I bought a 40 lb. bag at Sam's a few weeks ago. On Monday night, 14 June, my miniature dachshund started getting sick, vomiting through the night. She became so lethargic. We took her to our vet the next morning. She continued to vomit and started having diarrhea with blood in her stool. They ran many different tests and couldn't find a cause. They gave her IV fluids to rehydrate her and a shot to stop the nausea.

Finally, she started feeling better. The following morning my Lab became sick and started having the same symptoms. I took her to the vet also and they gave her fluids and a shot for nausea. It's Thursday now and my dachshund is now eating chicken and rice that we cook until she gets back to normal. My Lab is drinking, but still not eating anything. My third dog, a Jack Russell, did not get sick. Immediately, I began to think it was their food because the two that got sick eat the same food, Iams mini chunks. The Jack Russell has been on a special diet since birth. I began researching Iams and came across the numerous complaints on this website. I, like the others with complaints, believe that the Iams food is the cause. I hope a cause can be found.

Iams website does not acknowledge that this is going on. Another case of "big business hiding the truth". My dachshund is better now, but my Lab is still sick and feeling very weak. She does not want to eat anything even though she is very thin now. Our vet bill is $1,211 to date. I'm hoping both dogs get back to normal. The FDA should be alerted and conduct studies to determine the problem. There are too many complaints to not be a real problem. Dogs are getting sick daily and some are dying.

I have 3 dogs and they have been sick off and on for a couple of weeks. I have been feeding them the Iams in the green bag (small chunks). A week a go I put them on a strict diet of rice, boiled chicken and a little bit of boiled sweet potato. They all started having normal stools without any issues. I let that continue for 3 days and switched them back to the dog food. Today all 3 of them have had diarrhea and one of the 3 had blood in her stool. I have an appointment with the vet tomorrow but it is clear that people need to stay away from this dog food until the problem is cleared up. I have 3 dogs with bowels movements that are watery, bloody and sporatic.

I purchased Iams dog food (green bag) at Costco this weekend. Both dogs did not want to eat the food, but reluctantly did. Today both dogs had diarrhea and vomited. Add our family to the growing and recent list of concerned dog owners.

My dog died today. I had 2 dogs, a 5-year old (Yogi) and a 12-year old (Shadow). They both have eaten Iams Green Bag all of their lives. I did notice that they didn't want anything to do with their dog food and like everyone else, thought they needed some variety. So I added some beef and/or chicken broth to make it taste better which worked for the 12-year old but not the 5-year old, he would not touch it. Both dogs got sick. Got lethargic, vomiting and diarrhea (no blood) and some hallucinations). A couple of days ago I found this site and read everything and stopped feeding Iams to both dogs. The younger one has recovered after 3 days with no issues but the older one was having more issues recovering. Last night I thought she was getting better as she drank some water (threw up most of it but that was an improvement) and ate a couple of slices of turkey lunch meat.

This morning I was woken up by a grand mal seizure. I have seen these before in people but this was the worst and the longest I had ever seen. There is something seriously wrong with this food! I took Shadow to the emergency vet's office as she was seizing every few minutes (none as bad as the first). She had complete kidney failure and had to be put to sleep. The vet said that the Iams issues were noted on her vet site as the newest "big internet scam" and said it must have been anti-freeze or wet caulk. My dog is named Shadow because she never leaves my side. We have no anti-freeze or caulking around and even if we did, I would have seen her eat/drink it. The only person to take this seriously is Walmart.

My dog has had loose stools for about 3-4 days. She also didn't want to eat the food and leaves it there which is a new effort by her and highly unusual. After having loose stools and gas for days, she woke up last night while I was sleeping and she pooped all over the house. This is also highly unusual. I have to suspect that something is wrong with the food. I am taking her to the veterinarian today to see what the issue is.

I have two Pug-Chihuahua puppies about 7 months old. I had been feeding them Blue Buffalo--they both liked it and their digestive systems seem to work like clockwork. But it was a lot more expensive than some of the other premium brands. So then I switched to Iam's. They didn't seem to like it as much, but ate it. Then I started noticing a lot of accidents during the night, and it was loose stools or diarrhea. Quit giving them that but bought Eukunuba (didn't realize same company). They were fine on that (seem to like it, no digestive issues), but when I got low on food the other day, I started back with the IAMs. (I know switching is bad, but I tried to mix some of the old with the new). They both have had loose stools/diarrhea again and multiple accidents on carpet. I am done with IAMS and Eukunuba! I will either go back to Blue Buffalo or find something else. Dogs suffered from loose stools/diarrhea and my carpet suffered from the dogs!

My five dogs have been very sick the last few days after I began to mix in some Iams dry food with their regular food. Today, I found out why in the middle of the bag of food there is a rotten, exploded sample can of food that tainted much of the dry food surrounding the can. The can was in a plastic and even that didn't seal the mess. The bits of food are very dark and stained with the rotting substance and now my poor dogs are puking all over.

I will never ever trust Iams again. Back to Wellness, I have never had any problems with it. I had hoped they would clean up their act after so many pets have died. I have got sick dogs, possible huge vet bills, hamburger and rice to help their tummies, and $40 for the nasty bag of food.

I purchased the green 40 lb. bag of Iams from Costco in late May, 2010. For the last 7 days, on and off, my dog Golden has been lethargic and has had several bloody diarrhea stools--only on my white carpeting of course. I just bought Beneful that I mixed with Iams today--until I read all the comments. Yikes! There may be more problems to come. I am switching her to meat and rice for the next few days to settle things down. Poor thing.

Two weeks ago, my 10-year old mixed pooch started turning his nose up at his Iams Dry Dog Food (Green Bag). I mix fresh cooked ground beef in with it and at first I thought he was just tired of the hamburger. I switched and cooked up a nice chuck roast for him and he ate all the meat, but once again he ate around the dry. Then he got really sick!

He laid around for 2 days and wouldn't move from his bed, he even refused water! I called his vet and he gave me a stomach/bowel pill and put him on prednisone. There's no way could I get him to the car, he's too big to carry-100lbs. The only thing he would eat were little bites of cheese. It took him 5 days before he would even try food. I cleaned up his runny, mucus-filled dark stool after he moved his bowels.

One behavior I saw him doing that was totally unusual for him was this licking of his lips! I've never seen him do this but I am reading that other dogs had similar symptoms. Thank heavens he pulled through his. My heart goes out to others whose loving pets are suffering.

My dog has experienced almost the same thing as with all the others on here. The only thing that I am not aware of is the blood in his stool. About 3 weeks ago our chocolate Lab stopped eating his Iams dog food. This is not normal for a Lab. He left it sitting in the bowl for over 5 hours and never did touch it. We gave him carrots and he ate them and other biscuits. I had read about Iams previously and knew this must be the problem. We switched foods and he is doing much better and is also not lethargic anymore either and wants to play. I do believe there is something wrong with the Iams (blue bag and green).

I think IAM's dog food was to blame for my dog's recent illness. I've been feeding my various dogs IAM's for about 30 years and have never had a problem until recently when one of our dogs got real sick. He had started eating a lot of grass a month prior, then last week I found him severely dehydrated, extreme drooling, lethargic, etc. I took him to the vet and they kept him for the night on IV fluids.

When they came in the next morning he had been passing bloody diarrhea, or as the vet said, "It was a blood bath". They sent him to emergency. He continued to go downhill, vomiting and bloody diarrhea (the blood was so bad that the emergency vet staff said that their night cleanup crew was traumatized from all the blood, a joke but it got the point across). I mean it was killing him. He spent 5 days on IV fluids, antibiotics, etc., while they did test after test for what was happening to him. All of the tests came back with no answers. He finally stopped vomiting and passing blood, so they sent him home and had us feed chicken and rice and/of Hill's Prescription I/D dog food. He is doing just fine now.

So Saturday I took all of our dogs on a walk. I noticed our other dog had watery diarrhea (literally brown water) when I took her on our walk. She's also been eating a lot of grass (just as our other dog had done before he got so sick). She's also been losing a lot of weight and just not looking so good. Yesterday, I found a large blob of mucus in our third dog's stool. She had started to not finish her IAMs when we fed her and now won't eat it at all, even when she's starving. She is usually a real good eater. It cost us almost $5,000.00 to keep our dog alive.

We bought a small bag of the Iams dog food in the green bag and 2 days later, my 2-year old toy poodle was sick with bloody diarrhea streaked with mucous. She has never had any issues with digestive troubles so we were alarmed. I called the vet and they suggested we take her off the food and keep her on a bland diet. I thought maybe she was having problems with dog food switch. So we fed her rice/chicken for a several days to let her "recover". We then decided to mix her old food with the Iams and she began showing small signs of blood. Well today, my son unknowingly fed her Iams alone. Now, she is pooping almost straight blood. There must be something bad wrong with this food.

I've been feeding my 14-year old beagle and 3-year old lab Iams since last October. Everything was fine until we left for our house in Colorado May 2nd. We had about a gallon of left over food to get us to our house. We bought a new bag when we got to Colorado. In about two weeks, the beagle started shunning the Iam's. Being so old, I thought it was just her teeth. We started added warm water and she started eating it again. The lab continued to eat it dry. Then on about May 23rd, the beagle started getting very lethargic. Then she started not eating her food again.

Within two days, she threw up blood and blood was in her stool. The next morning at about 1am, she woke us up crying. When we went upstairs there was blood everywhere from throwing up. We rushed her to emergency pet care. We talked with them and they thought at her age of 14 years, it was probably cancer. She had lived a full life and we always said we wouldn't let her suffer. So, at 4:15am, we put her down. It was so hard after so many years. One week later to the date, the lab quit eating and the afternoon after that he threw up blood a lot! We were going to wait until the next morning to take him to the vet. That night later, he had a bowel movement that was all blood no food. He hadn't eaten in about 2 1/2 days now.

This morning June 3rd, he seemed a lot better after about 3 1/2 days without Iams dog food. Again this morning, he wouldn't touch the Iams. I broke up a dog biscuit in his Iams and he sorted through it and ate only the biscuit. That's when I had an Aha moment. I got some of our cat food and he ate it like he hadn't eaten in a week. Well, he almost hadn't. That's when my wife found all these other reports of the same kind of illness.

We bought Bil-Jac dog food today and this afternoon, he ate it like crazy. I am having testing done by an independent lab tomorrow. I contacted Iams and they acted like they had never heard of this problem. I felt totally insulted. Please don't let your dogs eat this food. It was the Iams in the green back, small chunks. We will see what Iams will do about this. We probably put our beloved Scrapper down last week for nothing. If Iam's would have reported this, it could have been prevented! Do you love your dog? No more Iams!

My 6-year-old yellow (120 lb) Lab is lethargic and won't get up. She cries when belly rubbed. She won't eat her Iams dog food or Kirkland Signature Adult Dog Food with Chicken purchased from Costco. She only eats her snack bones. She has been eating this dog food for 5 years, but at times her food would be untouched. She is a beggar and sits by the table with big eyes when we eat. I put the Iams in my hand and a dog biscuit and she won't eat the Iams. She will eat the dog biscuit treat. I'm taking her to a vet now.

I recently had in my care a pair of amazing Labs. They were healthy in all aspects. They are currently suffering the same maladies as are posted here, vomiting, diarrhea, and bloody stools after eating Iams. They have been fed Iams/Eukanuba food (Procter & Gamble products) their entire lives. All other potential causes have been ruled out by the veterinarian.

The company has been contacted to no avail. They claim there is no problem with the food. Could it be that the company faces millions of dollars in losses and a lower stock price if they admit there is something wrong with their food? For the love of money, our pets suffer. Tests have been conducted on the food verifying contamination by many.

I have been feeding my dogs Iams dog food for years. My Hazel has been sick for weeks now-vomiting, loose stools. I got online this morning and found this site, and read all these complaints. I'm going to say it's the dog food! Never will I use Iams again! Everyone says the same thing that is happening to my dog!

I fed my 3 dogs Iams soft dog food. At first they did not look interested in eating the dog food then they all started to eat it. First, my momma dog and her puppy (Sherlie) got sick. They were vomiting blood and had bloody stools and they wanted water all the time. After they got sick, they would not eat the Iams dog food. After that, they got better but my little baby (Maggie) still wanted the dog food.

I thought nothing of it so I kept giving her the Iams soft dog food. About a day later, she started with the bloody vomiting and bloody stools but I could not save her. She died on May 25, 2010, just 1 day after getting sick. I will never buy Iams dog food ever again and please everyone on here, do not give your dogs or cats Iams. It will kill them and now I am left to tell my daughter what happened to her baby (Maggie). I just have one question for Iams. What am I going to tell my daughter when she asks for her dog (Maggie)? Please tell me that.

Both my big dogs became ill with watery diarrhea the day after a new 40-lb bag of Iams dog food, Friday, May 25th from the HEB store in San Marcos, TX. I have been feeding Iams products to my pets for at least 10 years without incident. I didn't think anything about the 1st dog getting diarrhea on Saturday afternoon. I stopped the food and then the 2nd dog had the exact same symptoms on Sunday. All told, there were at least 6-8 pools of diarrhea all over the house. I stopped feeding them for 24 hours and then cooked rice and meat with a little yogurt for 4 days for them. No diarrhea, no bowel movements at all. They seemed fine so I thought it must have been a little "bug" they both had. Last night, I introduced about a cup of the Iams food to each moistened with water and a couple cups of rice. They seemed fine this morning. When I got home this afternoon one of the dogs had filled the bottom of his large crate with diarrhea, chewed out of the crate and covered my house with pools and pools of it. The other dog hadn't gone, but when I let her out, she had very, very loose stools also with massive amounts of mucus. The carpet in the living areas of the house is basically ruined from at least 9 dinner plate sized pools of diarrhea. The dogs do not appear too sick at this time. However, if further symptoms develop later on, they may need medical attention. Both are large 60+ pounds and 6 years old.

There is something wrong with this food. Put out an alert, please, before people's dogs die that aren't experienced to immediately stop feeding them. Iams' Consumer Line was closed when I called it so I am going to really push the retailer, the gigantic Texas chain HEB to get results. Product information is as follows: UPC Code 1901411140 Proactive Health 40 Pounds.

I fed our dogs Iams Proactive Health Large Breed 1yr+ (Bar Code 19014-13347, Expiration 5-30-2011). We purchased this dog food and tried feeding it to them. They were never very interested in eating it. However, when they (Rhodesian Ridgeback and Golden Doodle) did eat it on two occasions, at least one of them would vomit and both of them were very lethargic, seemed unusually thirsty and lost their spunk.

I am convinced there is something dangerous about the food. They do not seem to be in immediate danger, I fed them last night and this morning only with the Iams. I will not feed them Iams ever again. I will monitor their health status over the next few days and am changing their dog food today.

We just wanted to let you know that we have been feeding our dogs Iams Pro Active Mini Chunks and Puppy Food and all of a sudden they started getting sick. First it was our big dog, Zeppelin. She started with diarrhea and slowly turned to vomiting. I believe it was bloody vomit. Whatever is causing them to do this, it's causing them to eventually vomit nothing but blood. Anyways, our dog Chico started having diarrhea and then we started getting worried, dogs vomiting and massive diarrhea.

Dogs had many accidents with puddles of diarrhea which didn't have much of an odor so it wasn't tough to clean. We're certain it was the blood that is the reason why. Hardwood floors are damaged due to accidents. Dogs have good records so if there's any permanent damage it will be evident when tested. There are many things it could be but our dogs didn't show signs of lethargy or dehydration, or anything that we know to look for in Parvo and other viruses. So before we ran to the vet we thought maybe it was the food and began to research. Go ahead and give it some time and read what people are saying. We instantly went to Albertson's and bought a different brand of dog food.

I hope all your pets are okay and I don't think Iams cat food is healthy either. As you will read in one story, a guy bought his cats Iams and the cats wouldn't even eat it. Please let me know if your animals show these symptoms. Also remember that when a dog vomits (or a human) blood, it doesn't look red like when it comes out of our skin. It is usually a rusty brown color. I hope this saves some animal's life because it most likely just saved ours, or at least a hefty vet bill. Regardless, we are going to keep a close watch on our dogs, because some dogs did live, but need medications for the rest of their lives now. So we are praying there isn't any permanent damage. Peace and Love.