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Kirkland Pet Foods

Cindy of Trout Creek, MT December 17, 2008

I currently have 7 dogs, all rescues. I have been feeding Kirkland Lamb & Rice to my dogs for over 6 years. My dogs have always thrived. In November I noticed my 5 year old Aussie/Border Collie cross, Keno, started leaking urine. As a former vet tech, I know that a male dog should NEVER leak urine.

I immediately took him to the vet and his urine was full of crystals and he had a urinary tract infection with a PH of 8.5 (PH of dog urine should be 6), Keno also had to have x-rays to make sure the high PH levels hadn't caused bladder stones to form, which can be life threatening. My vet immediately said it was food related. I had my 1 year old Border Collie that I had rescued a few months ago (Penny) tested because she started having 'accidents'....her PH was 7.5 and she also had a urinary tract infection.

I decided to test a third dog, my 1 year old German Shepherd cross, Gibson, and his PH level was also high. Having 3 of my dogs test with high PH levels was enough for me to know something has definitely changed in the Kirkland food, and it wasn't just one dog suddenly having problems.

I spent about 200 in vet bills and will never again use Kirkland foods (I used to feed it to my cats as well), and have told other people that there is a problem and they need to get their dogs off Kirkland foods. My dogs are now on Foster & Smith Chicken and Brown Rice and all their PH levels have returned to normal and they are healthy again. I contacted Costco and they told me that Diamond Pet Foods made their Kirkland dog foods. I left numerous messages at Diamond Pet Foods but no one returned my calls. You would think a company would care that their food was responsible for making animals sick.

Edward of Staten Island, NY October 15, 2008

I fed my dog Kirkland brand food from costco...He became very sick.. Also 2 of our cats passed away, that were also eating the food..

My dog could have died, along with the thousands of other animals that ate this tainted food... I lost two cats. I am devastated that my animals had to go through this..We shouldnt have to fear that the food that we are feeding our pets could actually poison them.

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