Pedigree Pet Foods

About 2 months ago we bought our normal 52-pound bag. We have an Australian shepherd and a lab/chow mix. They normally eat like pigs (especially the lab chow). They were out of small crunchy bites so I bought the next size up. They would pick at it and eventually basically refused to eat at all except the bare minimum to not starve. I thought it was the size, so we returned to the store and purchased the usual small crunchy bites. Same result. They have been on Pedigree since they were pups. It is the only food they have ever eaten and it has never been a problem. Finally becoming very concerned, we grabbed a bag of a different brand. Poor things woofed it down like they were starving, which I now realize they were. Been on the new food for 2 days now and not a speck left in the bowls. I'm so sorry I didn't realize sooner. Lab/chow also has hair loss which we just attributed to a flea allergy. I wouldn't be surprised if it starts growing back soon. There is something seriously wrong with this food! Something must be done before more pets are hurt!

Pedigree 12-pack 13.2 oz cans has caused my bullmastiff to lose weight. He has had diarrhea and has been vomiting. He has been eating this brand for about 5 months and I am hoping I can get it out of his system and it hasn't damaged his liver or other organs. He has had hotspots on and off due to the low quality of food it is as well. I am making him homemade food from now on.

It should be punishable by law to sell this kind of ** food. If my dog does not heal back to normal, I will be seeking reimbursement to have a vet fix him the way he was. I will never ever buy this product again. I found this online earlier today and it really made me sick to my stomach. Please take a moment to read, **.

I have 4 dogs, a Basenji, Dingo, Australian cattle dog and St. Bernard. I started this new bag of the "improved formula" One Lamb and Rice approx. a week ago. We thought it odd that the dogs almost instantly started to itch and were not as active as they normally were. They refuse to eat the food now and all have IBS. The Basenji is as flatulent as anything and the St. Bernard just won't eat it. He has gone from 220 to 198 in just a week. I do not recommend this food to anyone who cherishes their relationship with their pet.

My dog has just came through a horrible cancer ordeal and I had decided to give her Pedigree dry dog food. She ate it for about a week now and then she wouldn't eat it anymore, started throwing up which scared me thinking her cancer was back! Then our other dog started the same thing. She usually will eat anything. So I went on the website to see if there had been any recall and I saw all the posts. I was shocked! I went to town and bought Purina and they inhaled it! The vet said it hopefully hadn't done unrepairable damage!

Our family's 2-1/2 year old purebred Newfoundland female has been eating Pedigree kibble for two years. About 90 days ago, my son began noticing that the dog was looking thinner and that her hair was falling out. In looking online, we all found shocking information about similar complaints in other dogs, same food in common. Our dog should weigh between 90 and 115. She's down to 68 pounds, is still missing substantial hair, and was recently tested and discovered to have pretty serious concerns with her liver even though she's been off Pedigree for three months. These are the same concerns I am seeing online from others.

I have reported this to Pedigree via their website, to the national consumer safety product commission, and to state oversight entities in WA State. I was asked by the state website if they have permission to alert the media. Please repost on this site with all detail about dates, vet findings, proof, etc. My dog is skin and bones, even though we immediately took her off the Pedigree and are supplementing her new high protein food with meat, fish oil, etc. while also using liver supplements from the vet as well as antibiotics. We want to save her if at all possible.

Pet owners who have experienced these shocking losses need to hold the company accountable to stop putting out dangerous dog food. I don't see any online information on a class action lawsuit, but am thinking it may come to that since Pedigree (aka Mars Inc.) is ignoring us. If Pedigree has responded personally to any of you, please advise that as well. So sorry to read the stories of you who lost your dogs. All I can say is that watching a dog fail is almost as horrible.

I purchased Pedigree Choice Cuts Beef & Liver at Walmart for my 14-year old beagle. I have been feeding him this food for over a year without incident. I opened a new can and it looked normal but within six hours, my dog had vomited and had liquid diarrhea. This continued for 24 hours before I took him to the vet for IV fluids. Two days later, he is still there and it is still touch and go. I don't know if he's going to make it or not but I attribute his condition to this food. I know it is going to cost a small fortune for his vet care and I plan to complain to Pedigree about their food, especially with all these other complaints here about the Pedigree both dry and wet food.

I have been feeding my 2-year old yellow lab Pedigree dry dog food ever since he was a puppy and have never had a problem. Last week I bought my usual 17 lbs. bag of Pedigree dry food and fed my dog after which he soon became ill while vomiting and having diarrhea. I thought he was sick with a virus yet no one could explain to me what was going on with him. After refusing to eat for three days, I thought he was going to die. I was desperate so I decided to try another brand of food, which he loved and is now recovering. I will never go back to Pedigree again. I think they need to take responsibility for what they did to our pets by refunding vet bills and other expenses.

My daughter opened a can of beef flavored ground/loaf type of food and mixed it with some bread cubes she was preparing for our two dogs. It smelled so bad it almost made both of us sick. I quickly disposed of the food. I had bought the can within the last week. I use this brand all the time. The can did not look perforated or deformed in any way. Now I am concerned about continuing to buy this brand of dog food. I have never smelled something so rancid/bad in my life. I am just glad that it smelled so bad so we didn't feed it to them. I am going to all homemade food from now on. This is just not right.

I bought a can of Meaty ground dinner- with chunky beef,bacon and cheese. I usually stick to the chicken and rice or beef and rice kinds, but, changed it up with a couple cans of this. I have 4 small dogs, all under 20lbs, whom I feed by mixing dry dog food and wet together in a bowl before transferring to their individual bowls.

Today, I put the food into their bowls, and had a small fish hook left in my glass bowl that I know was clean beforehand. I called the company. I went back through the food and looked for anything else that may be in there, there was none. However, imagine the damage even something that small could have done to one of their little intestinal tracts!

When I called the company, they said I could send the hook to them to have it tested, but then I would no longer have the proof, then they would send me some coupons for their food! Why, as I have read in so many other posts, would I want to feed my dogs any more of this brand after finding something that could have potentially killed one of them?

Just because its free doesn't mean I want it, I care more about keeping my pets alive and healthy than saving money and continuing to feed them crap! I hope everyone finds this site and boycotts this brand!

I discovered a triangular piece of floor tile, approximately 1 x 1 triangle, in our dog food. It was dry food. Unfortunately, we do not have the bag to give you the lot number. I suggest you check the quality control of your product.

Fed my pet Pedigree (can). He got really sick and had most of the same symptoms as others on here are reporting. He was in vet hospital for 2 days on IV. The vet bill is nearly a $1,000. I will never ever again feed this brand to my pet. One minute my dog is just fine. By morning he was very ill. Me and my husband were in total shock of the complete change. Don't know what company to trust anymore. I thought I could trust Pedigree. By the way, how I found out it may be Pedigree food is that my cousin had just started feeding her pet same thing and hers got sick around the same time and she sent me this link. I'm so shocked to read these stories and so sad for the ones whose pets have died. I'm passing this link to everyone on FB and to the vet hospital.

I fed my English bulldog Pedigree and bought a new bag Sunday. Since then she had diarrhea and vomiting. My husband came home and found her dead. We are getting tests ran on her and the food.

I have been using little bites for over 10 years. Friday, I bought a new bag and all 3 of my terriers are very sick. Vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy. I can't keep anything down. I took it back to the store. They gave me my money back and told me to toss it and call Vons' corporate office. They said I am not their first complaint of this. I will never use Pedigree again. I know I am going to end up at the vet with all 3 dogs and this will be quite costly.

After using Pedigree canned and dry for years for my 7 dogs, I have had to cremate 3 of my healthy dogs in the past 29 days. I am dumping the rest of this bag and changing brands. I strongly recommend everyone do the same until Pedigree reformulates or recalls the food they have on the shelves. It is a hurtful way, too bad to loose the 4 legged family members!

I had two dogs, one wolf hybrid and one miniature schnauzer. I began feeding them both Pedigree Adult Complete, the 52-pound bag from Sam's Club, about eight months ago. Both of my dogs are now dead from the same symptoms: lethargy, vomiting, liver damage, and finally kidney failure. The dogs died about six months apart. I thought that the wolf had been poisoned since he frequently was able to get loose from the back yard. When the schnauzer died of the same symptoms I began to look for common factors. It was the dog food, the same bag that killed the wolf eventually killed the schauzer as well. Both dogs were 3 years old.

After feeding half a can of Pedigree Choice Cuts in gravy with beef & liver to my 14 year old lab, he became very ill and started vomiting. He couldn't even keep water down. We had to take him to the vet. He was given an IV to rehydrate him, meds, and after an abdominal x-ray, it showed a blockage. He will not eat, and this has been for 5 days. He does keep water down, but has been extremely ill, since I fed him this. It has been a costly situation, not to mention, harmful to my pet. He still has not recovered. Something in this food is deadly to our animals. This needs to be investigated soon, before more animals end up seriously ill.

I recently started buying Pedigree Wet Dog for my 11-year old dog. I have found the strangest odor when opening the cans; it has a spoiled smell. I have even found rocks and big giant parts gristle. I will never buy this dog food again. Their customer service number on the side of the dog food can is 1-800-525-5273.

I fed my Pomeranian the Pedigree with chunky beef meaty ground dinner and found a tooth in the can. What are they feeding my dog? This is the last time he will be eating this brand! I tried calling customer service and found no answer on regular business days and hours. This company needs to have some accountability!

I would rate 0 stars if it were possible. I bought a big bag of Pedigree large breed dog food two weeks ago. I opened the bag and dumped it into an air tight sealed food bin in my laundry room closet where I have always stored it. We have seen little worm/caterpillar looking things in the dog's water bowl, on the walls, and so on and could not figure out where they were coming from. We pulled everything out of the laundry room, including the Sealed container of dog food. Lo and behold. the food was infested with these larvae. I'm talking a massive amount squirming around in my dog's food. We immediately took the entire container and threw it in the garbage outside, along with her food dish and water bowl.

I disinfected the entire laundry room and went and bought new supplies and a new brand of food. I will never again buy Pedigree, for the above reason, as well as the fact that on their website they do not have a customer service number you can call. You have to send an email through the site, and naturally after telling them the bag of dog food was infested, they gave no response. I know I'm not the first person this has happened to as I've seen complaints on the internet. They ought to be ashamed of themselves, and should be making a recall instead of not caring about their consumers and the pets that are eating the food.

I have fed my chihuahuas Pedigree dry and canned food mixed since they were old enough to eat. I changed to small breed dry, when they came out with it, and it worked well, until the recent changes in the ingredients of the dry food. In the last few months I've had problems with my 5 lb chihuahua throwing up a great deal, as well as not eating for a couple of days at a time.

It wasn't until yesterday, 12/11/2011, when a friend of mine, that has one of my dogs' litter mates, and feeds her dog the same thing, that we had to take her baby to the ER vet, and found out that Ginger (her chihuahua, 6 lbs) has pancreatitis. The vet believes that the change in her diet caused the problem. I will be contacting Pedigree as well due to a $300.00 vet bill yesterday, and no one knows what the regular vet that Ginger has been taken to today, will cost. Something bad is going on with this food, and if after 8 years of feeding my chihuahuas Pedigree food, I have to change. I'll contact the vet to see what I need to change to. Be warned folks!

I have four dogs and feed them all pedigree for several years now. Recently, I have had to take my dog to the vet because we noticed she kept frequently vomiting white to sometimes yellowish mucus like substance. The vets found nothing and recommended we change her food. After while, we noticed the other three dogs had the same reaction to the food as well. There has to have been an obvious change in the manufacturing of the food. They all immediately stopped throwing up after we changed their food gradually. I'm truly upset that these dogs entrusted us and we were not informed enough to know how this could have even been allowed on the shelves at Costco.

I have fed my two Boxers dry and canned food for years as well as the third pair of Boxers with no problems. In September 2011, the male began throwing up a white mucus filled vomit and quit eating. I took him to the veterinarian for test. After $800, absolutely nothing was found. The veterinarian said to feed him with canned only and the vomiting stopped. I started dry and wet again then both dogs started vomiting. This was on a new bag of Pedigree. I have changed to Purina One dry and finishing up with Pedigree canned and will change to Alpo for canned. It appears that the latest ingredient change made by Pedigree wasn't for the better or they have put out some really bad batches of dry food. In any case, I'll not be back and the balance of dry food left is garbage bound.

While feeding my 3 dogs this morning, about a dozen pieces of plastic like things were seen and removed from the dish. I have saved the pieces and would like to have you identify what they are! I am concerned that they have eaten some of this in the past now that it has been discovered. It is the same color as the food and was just by luck it was found. I have recently had a very sick small dog. I am now thinking it could be caused by more of whatever this is she could have ingested. I'm not a happy customer.

We have been buying Pedigree dog food for our three dogs every three weeks. Just recently we have noticed a change in bag size. The original bag was a 52-pound bag at $21.23; the new bag is a 32-pound bag at $21.23. This is clearly unacceptable as a consumer. After 20 years of buying your product, I feel very deceived. I guess the end result will have to be, that we will be looking for a new food for our dogs.

I opened a new bag of food and it had bugs. Not just one or two bugs, but it was infested with bugs. Also, it looked like some of the nuggets had mold on them. Petsmart did replace the bag, but I am very hesitant to buy this product again.

I have a 6-year-old peke-a-poo, which I bought as a puppy for my elderly Mom who I cared for until she past away 3 years ago from ovarian cancer. We lived together, so when she passed, the dog was left to me. He means the world to me, as now I am alone with him. My dog ate Pedigree moist dog food and the dry for small dog food.

I usually gave him only the chopped meat pink label one. I gave him the beef, liver, and cheese ones, as to change up a little for variety. I bought this food on receipt which says Nov. 3, 2011. I started to feed to him on the 5th. On the 6th and 7th, he had diarrhea. On the 8th, he couldn't go at all. By the 9th, he was vomiting.

I took him to the vet that day in an emergency appointment. The vet took him off all dog food and said it was the Pedigree. They gave me meds to give him, and now I am homemaking dog food, chopped meat, and rice till he is better, which is still not as of today. I gave all permissions to Pedigree to get info from the vet.

It is almost 2 weeks, since I made the incident report. Still nothing from Pedigree. I myself am boycotting all MARS products. The vet so far is only $65.00, but no word from Pedigree as of today. Shame on them. This dog won't eat Pedigree, and anyone who will hear me, i will notify about this site. Thank you.

Wow, after reading these many complaints, it's become clear to me that Pedigree is a problem in our household also. We have three dogs, ages 13, 9 and 7. The middle dog and the smallest one have gotten ill for the past many months. The common factor is Pedigree wet and dry. Diarrhea, white spit up, the little one has stopped eating at all and lost weight. She will eat out of desperation at times but basically she turns her little nose up. I'm attempting to change her diet and will also do so for the other two dogs. If Pedigree is killing our pets, we need to make them stop!

I have been trying to locate Pedigree Small Breed dog food in Henderson, NV and Las Vegas, NV. Petco, Walmart, Smiths, and PetSmart no longer stock this food. My two dogs are healthy and enjoy this food. I've used Pedigree for my dogs for the last 20 years and prefer the Small Breed dog food. Why are you no longer stocking it?

We have been feeding our dogs over the past 10 years with Pedigree dry food. Just recently, I noticed when feeding our great dane/Rottweiler, the food looked moldy. It had white and green on it. I was so disgusted and worried how long did we feed her this without noticing. Luckily, she has not been sick, but I will not purchase pedigree anymore.

I have samples of the food with the upc code from the bag. I'm not looking for anything. I just want to let you know that you have just lost a long time customer.

My dogs have recently been eating Pedigree dry food, and in one bag today, as I was getting ready to feed them, I came across this white stuff and some sort of a bug wrapped up in a web. Yes, a web. I was disgusted, and both my mom and I, decided to feed them a few bits that were salvageable, and we cooked them homemade food.

After experiencing their so called customer service when I found plastic in a previous bag, I waited for my 40lb coupon for a free bag, needless to say it never came. I do plan on following this matter up, and I will never ever buy this disgusting crappy food again. My dogs have been ill this past weekend, vomiting and having excessive gas. I will go back to Halo once my finances are straightened again. Never had so many issues with this dog food before.

I have two dogs that mean the world to me and I've fed them your products for years until the day to my horror, I lost all confidence in you when I found a foreign object (bit of rubber) in the can of meat I was about to feed them.

We have been feeding our 2 adult labs dry food with 3 tablespoons of Pedigree Wet Choice Cuts food purchased from Costco mixed in with the dry. Both Labradors got sick with bloody diarrhea and vomiting. All their blood work has come back okay. It seems that the Pedigree canned chicken is worse than the beef. I don't know if it is old or what the issue is. But my babies are too important to us to put them through this or risk losing them. Their diet will definitely now be changed!

I purchased the Dentastix for my 8-pound shorkie tzu and after eating the one stick given to him, he began to vomit and have diarrhea. He was lethargic and refused to drink. I know it came from the Dentastix due to his having a clean bill of health from his veterinarian that morning of his consumption of the product.

I have been feeding my dogs Pedigree for years. They were doing great. They changed their formula and since then, I have lost two of my beautiful Pet Bull dogs. They both starved to death. I started hand feeding them not realizing I was hurting them. I lost my beautiful Sweet blue pit last night. I am glad I read these comments. I was beginning to suspect the change in food formula might be the source of their illness.

I found a rubber band in a can of Pedigree Choice Cuts dog Food lot #** on October 22, 2011. Due to the offices being closed on the week ends, I called on October 24 and told them about the incident regarding their product and that the rubber band had a what appeared to be a UPC code in addition to the writing, product of Peru.

They assured me that they would send out a shipping box so that I could send them back the items for their investigation. As of October 28, no box has arrived from Pedigree.

I am so glad that I saw the rubber band and not fed it to my K9 buddy. As you can see, regarding their response time, they could care less that other K9 owners may be faced with the same problem.

My dog nearly died from eating canned Pedigree. I started feeding my 4 month old puppy canned Pedigree and noticed that he was having diarrhea. I continued to feed him the cans for about two months (along with dry food) but the diarrhea would not subside. I later tried feeding him only dry food but still could not get the diarrhea to stop. By the time the dog was 7 months old, I was seeing blood and mucous mixed in with his feces. I took several fecal samples to the vet and they tested it for parasites, etc., but the results were negative.

My dog became so ill that he was losing weight, gagging, and having frequent diarrhea. I took him to another vet where I had to spend $428 in testing and medications. I believe that this problem was caused by the Pedigree food. I have older dogs that have eaten this food every day and would notice that they would have diarrhea a couple of times each week but had not gotten as ill as the puppy.

I stopped feeding the Pedigree and now have my puppy on medications. My puppy's feces were smelling decayed and were covered in flies. I have already spent several hundred dollars at the vet because of this and I am hoping that my dog is going to be okay. I contacted Pedigree and they offered to send me some free food. They should be paying the vet bills!

I have fed my dogs canned Pedigree food for years (at least 10). I buy the Weight Maintenance type. I've noticed that the "meat" weight maintenance food smells weird, and it contains lots of what seems to be bits of veins, stomach lining, etc. It's disgusting. So far the chicken kind seems OK.

One of my dogs got severely sick (bloody diarrhea and dehydration). I took him to the veterinarian several times and all tests came back negative. We put him on WD food and he is back to normal. It has to be the Pedigree canned food (Weight Maintenance type).

I have been feeding my 4 dogs dry and wet food. All four dogs, two Pugs, a Chihuahua and a Labrador got sick with bloody diarrhea and vomiting. At first, we suspected an infection and changed their diet and they all got medicines. It cleared up until we began to feed them the canned pedigree - chopped beef and chicken.

Consumers beware! Last June, I fed my dog chopped chicken from Pedigree file # 011063372. He got the same symptoms as Ami from Perior, IL posted. Two days in the veterinary with IV and antibiotics came to $435. I requested Pedigree to cover that expense since it was their product that got him so sick. Shortly after eating, he started throwing up with diarrhea. Pedigree said they'd get back to me.

After further contacts via email and phone calls, I have been ignored. "At Pedigree Brand, everything we do is for the love of dogs" is false advertising, and I will never put that product under my roof again. Consumers beware!

The new formula is causing my dog diarrhea. I have fed her Pedigree small crunchy bites for 11 1/2 years. Over those years, Pedigree has made new formulas. This one called "small breed nutrition" causes her diarrhea.

I adopted a 4-month old Lab. The shelter said that he had been eating Pedigree Puppy Food. I brought him home and began feeding him Pedigree Puppy. He immediately had diarrhea. I took him off the food. I fed him white rice and pumpkin. The diarrhea went away. I mixed in some of the Pedigree with the rice mixture the following day. The diarrhea came back. I have used Pedigree for years. I have never had a problem until the recent new formula.

I got a lovely boxer and bought a small bag of Royal Canin from vets; but this brand was costly so I bought Pedigree dry food. Apollo has an average weight when I got him. And after two weeks of Pedigree, his ribs started to show. I went back to Royal Canin and he was back to normal in no time. I went to the vets in between to see if he knew the problem. Right away, when I mentioned Pedigree, he strongly told me that Pedigree is pure **, will kill a dog, and shouldn't be in the market. I hope that this message will help other people.

I have been feeding my Black Lab Pedigree dry food for about one year. I am on a very limited budget and buy his food at the first of every month. I buy one 15lbs and one smaller bag. When I opened the large bag and put it down for him, he would not touch it no matter how hard I tried to get him to eat from that bag he would not. So on the 3rd day of not eating, I opened the smaller bag. The same thing happened, he refused to eat! By this time, I was getting very worried. Zuse is not just a pet. Since my husband died 2 years ago, my Lab has become my best friend and I love him dearly!

I had to borrow money from my mother to get him more food. BUT I did not by Pedigree. I purchased another brand and he has lost 5lbs in two weeks (he started gaining weight at a very fast pace about 9 months ago)! I read the reviews about Pedigree and did quite a bit of research about the Mars company and I will never buy a product made by them again! I've talked to 3 vets in my area and they all agreed that Pedigree is not the food to feed your pets, dog or cat. I've been on facebook, put up fliers and tell everyone I know about this dog food. If you want your pets to be safe and healthy, don't feed them anything made from this company.

I purchased a large bag of Pedigree dry dog food on a Saturday and by the following Monday, I had to rush my American bulldog to the emergency vet. When she started vomiting heavy amounts of blood, she had an abdominal radiography as well as blood test to see if she had an infection. All came back to normal. Once I took her home and changed back to her regular dog food, she showed a major improvement. She had lost a lot of body weight, hair, and still breaths heavy but she's now showing new hair growth. If this product was not allowed for sale, it would never have happened to my Sarah and so many other beloved family pets.

Our dogs have been on Pedigree for 15 years. Pedigree has recently changed their formula. I bought three bags of Pedigree dry dog food. We have 10 dogs, all are pets, vaccinated and up to date on parvo and heartworm. All started with diarrhea/bloody stools, vomiting and intense scratching at different stages. A friend suggested trying a different bag of food. I opened the other 2 and fed these sparingly. Health problems escalated. Vet told us to feed them plain white rice and anti-diarrhea medicine. Nothing helped. We took the dogs to vet and ran every test known. It came back as a bacterial infection in the intestinal tract caused by food. The vet told us to remove all dogs from Pedigree asap.

We adopted a beautiful, sweet little Pembroke Corgi. She was only a few years young, and full of life and energy. She was our baby girl, and not a day went by that she didn't make us laugh. She was taken from us, very abruptly, last week after what the vet can only describe as poisoning of some type. We had been feeding her Science Diet and Beneful for quite some time, but decided to give Pedigree a try. Apparently, it was "new and improved," and we had a coupon for a free bag, so we gave it a try. It turned out to be the worst decision ever made. We are convinced that Pedigree dog food poisoned our beloved fur baby.

The vets are also convinced that it was some kind of poisoning that got into her bloodstream, causing fever, and respiratory distress. The thing is, Coco was never out of our sight. I work at home. She would lay at my feet as I worked, and she stuck to us like glue whenever we took her for a walk. The only thing she had been eating was Pedigree, and treats (that she had been eating, without incident, for months, so we know that it's not it). However, after feeding Coco Pedigree dry dog food for about a week, she went into what the vets could only describe as "some kind of blood poisoning." Only 17 hours after rushing her to the animal hospital, her heart stopped, she stopped breathing, and she was gone.

The vets (after extensive tests, thousands of dollars, and countless hours of worry) couldn't find anything other than probable poisoning that affected her respiratory system. Needless to say, I will never trust anything from the Pedigree/Mars line again. The heartbreak from all of this is horrible, and I wouldn't wish this experience on my worst enemy.

Rest in peace, our baby girl, and enjoy pupster heaven. Hope it is filled with squirrels and treats.

I have fed my dog Pedigree Complete Nutrition since he was a puppy. After that last "new and improved" formula came out, he began to vomit and diarrhea. Not being able to eat or drink anything for days, I took him to the vet and said they could not find anything wrong with him. Gave him some antibiotics and sent me home. Once he was better, he started eating again. And of course the illness started again. The vet put him on Science Diet and he was fine (after the third visit). Two weeks later, he got in the bag on his own and got sick again. I called Pedigree and they said nothing was wrong with their food. But they said they would send me a coupon for a free bag. WHY WOULD I FEED HIM THAT AGAIN??? They said no one else has complained. I find that hard to believe after I have read this.

They've obviously have "bought off" the FDA, the FDA says they don't have any "supporting evidence" that Pedigree dog and cat food[s] cause illness and death to animals we here on this website KNOW BETTER!

Rocky suffered from terrible muscle spasms we not knowing better [thinking it was his maybe eating lizards or frogs in our back yard when he went potty] kept feeding our poor boy this chemical laden food[s] to where when he finally got so sick we took him to the vet [expensive proposition for us] we were told that he was dieing from heart, lung and nerve damage probably caused by ingestion of chemicals over a long period of time, we fed him and our other dogs Pedigree almost exclusively. Rocky had a bad hip so I bought the "Joint and Hip" Pedigree and that's when Rocky REALLY showed sickness.

The ONLY chemicals our poor boy ate were from the damnable PEDIGREE food[s]. No other "chemicals" are available in our home, he lived inside the house all the time only went out to go potty or with me when working in the back yard.

Rocky suffered terribly in his last week if I could put my hands on the persons that KNOWINGLY allow their animal foods to contain KILLER chemicals, well lets just say they would wish thye had never met me!!!!!

If you are reading this then you really need to be concerned as to what you are giving your pet[s] cat food included and that means their canned and treat foods as well.

You are poisoning your beloved Pets without knowing it STOP using Pedigree or any of their other "pet" foods now or you'll live through what we as a family have. It is terrible and the hear ache never goes away!!!!!!!

OMG. PEDIGREE SHOULD BE SUED, I TELL YOU. SUED!!!!!!!! I have read all of your statements, and took them into heart. One night I wanted to be educated about animal fat, and what it was so I looked up "Where do Euthanized Pets turn up?" guess what? I SAW PETS CHURNED, BOILED AND MASHED IN TO animal fat!!!!!!!!!!!

I was stuck on that video, and every time i saw it I barfed. I immediately had an obsession, "who did this?" "who makes it?"... I looked it up and sure enough Mars popped up.. OH GOODY........ MARS...... FFFT. MARS IS MY EMEMY FOR LIFE.

I felt hurt,disturbed and deceived by all pet brands and foods but most off all about the cat food "9 Lives" but worst of all MEOW MIX. OMG. I can't tell you how pissed I was when I saw my poor cat throwing up on our tile. Jeffery was " *barf* " and I was "JEFFREY!!!!!!!!" . Poor Jeffery...

DON'T BUY PEDIGREE, PURINA, IAMS OR MEOW MIX!!! NO MATTER WHAT THEY BRIBE YOU TO DO.

My 8 1/2 year old shih tzu mix has been healthy her entire life. Started her on Pedigree approx. 3 months ago and now her bladder is full of stones. She is on a special diet to hopefully dissolve them, if not then surgery will be involved to remove them. Do NOT feed this to your dog/s! My vet said he has seen this before with dogs on Pedigree.

After one search, I found a site with numerous stories of pets becoming ill and even dying. The root cause seems to be Pedigree dog food either dry or from can.

My dog has been suddenly ill. My research on the web led me to several serious complaints about Pedigree dog food. I had recently switched my dog's food to Pedigree's Joint Support Formula thinking I was helping her. Now, I fear I have poisoned her. Why is this food on the market? This is a crime.

I have fed Pedigree adult small bites for 20 years to all of my dogs and Pedigree puppy to all their pups. Over the last six months, my nice sleek Boxers have turned into fat tubs. We are now fighting the weight problem, but I refuse to buy Pedigree weight control because I feel it not to be a coincidence that the weight problem began with the new formula which was introduced shortly before I noticed the weight control formula hitting the shelves. A forced customer is not a happy one. I changed brands.

My dog is on a diet, and she eats a specific type of dry food, but every once in a while I will give her a can of Pedigree wet food, as a fun snack. About a month ago, I bought two cans of wet food of that new formula they came out with. That first night, I gave her one can; it was a Sunday. Monday afternoon, I arrived home from work. My poor dog was in her kennel, where she did her backside was covered with her diarrhea.

I gave her a bath and washed her blankets. I noticed how lethargic she was; she kept on vomiting, and at times couldn't hold her bladder and would just let go. For the rest of the day, Monday, she wouldn't eat or drink. When Tuesday came, I stayed home from work to keep an eye on her, and she was doing much better. It took two whole days for her to get back to normal. I didn't know what to blame. Was it the Pedigree? Was it a treat I gave her earlier in the day?

Just last night, few weeks later I gave her the second can, and guess what I came home to after work today? The same scenario I came home to last time. This time I know for sure that it was the Pedigree wet food because this time I didn't give her anything before or after she ate it. She is not as bad as last time, but I can't believe (for the life of my dear beloved, best friend) how this company can get so many complaints, and not do anything about it! This time I am not throwing away the can until I get a response.

My sister dog dies today after being fed Pedigree dog food. Max had diarrhea, vomiting and was drooling. My sister took him to her vet in the morning, his body temp was 94. Within a couple of hours her 6 year old Boston Terrier died.

I have a miniature chihuahua who had no problems when we were buying her Benefull, she loves it. My husband recently bought Pedigree dry food for small dogs. She flat out refuses to eat it. My husband said that she will eat it if she gets hungry enough. It has been 2 whole days, and she will not eat it. She is now back on her Benefull. Pedigree was a waste of money.

I have recently fed my 15 week old staffy pup Pedigree Puppy with chicken and turkey. Only hours after feeding him this, he had diarrhea and also threw up. This is the first time he has been fed this and the only new thing in his diet.

I found green mold pieces in bag of food. I have contacted Pedigree but I got no answer yet. My vet thinks my dog may have illness from bad food.

We bought Pedigree for my first puppy and it made him sick. Not thinking too much about it, I just switched foods and he was great. A year later, I now have a new addition, a two-month old puppy. I picked up some Pedigree canned puppy food which I fed to her last night. She almost didn't make it through the night and I am still waiting to see if she will make it through today so I can get her to the vet in the morning. Just what kind of company is this? I now have a very ill puppy. She won't move, eat or drink. I am going to the vet as I type.

I purchased Pedigree adult dog food for my two dogs. My beagle ate it the first night as well as the lab/mix. The 2nd night, the beagle took a few bites and threw up. The lab mix ate it. Then the next night, the beagle was lethargic and throwing up and refusing to eat all together. The lab mix began throwing up. Switched food immediately and the beagle seems to be okay. Lab mix too. So far so good but would never purchase again!

We are owners of 3 different breeds of pit bulls and after eating Pedigree dry dog food they all started having diarrhea and throwing up. Snoopy had it the worst. One of our dogs refused to eat it but would eventually after being too hungry and could not hold off any longer. All three of our dogs are kept in three different areas. One in the fenced-in back yard, one in the house and another in the front yard. The only thing that could have made them sick is the food. They were fine till they were given it.

Our youngest, Snoopy, a 1 year old ball of crazy, happy energy, died during the night. We feel so guilty that we didn't realize what was going on before it was too late. We never buy this brand but this one time we were to tried to make the drive to the feed store to get the usual high quality food we usually buy. What a mistake that was because now our beloved Snoopy is dead. I fear to think that another one of our dogs might be next.

After reading all the complaints, I fear for other dogs as well. I don't understand why this company would not announce a recall. I wonder how many people haven't complained or haven't put two and two together that it's the dog food making their dogs sick. My poor husband loves his dogs more than people and it kills me to see him so upset and now I have to explain to our four kids why their dog died. I will use this unfortunate event to teach our children the importance of honesty and integrity and how not having those qualities can hurt or harm others. Obviously this company's employees had mothers who taught them that money was more important than life.

I have a 10-year old Pitty and a two-year old Heinze 57 small breed. Our dogs have eaten Pedigree pet food exclusively for the past two years. We live in an apartment so our dogs are closely monitored when eating and at potty time all the time. My oldest and largest dog has been very ill for about four days with vomiting diarrhea drooling and lethargy.

Finally this evening, I noticed that not only my older dog had not been eating his food but my little guy as well. The night that we purchased our latest bag of pedigree dog food my daughter borrowed some for her dogs until payday when she would replenish her supply, now her dogs are sick too. I purchased other dog food tonight at an altogether different store and different brand w/wet food as well to encourage my dogs to eat.

Upon returning home and seeing my dogs perk up to dog food coming through the door I proceeded to jump on computer to check for dog food recalls. Pedigree! Shame on you! No recalls! Plenty of very serious complaints! These living beings are part of our families! I thought you knew! I hope my dog gets better soon. I am so distraught to think that I may lose him. In these hard times for my family, there is no available funds for excessive vet bills. If my dog gets any worse, even though now I've changed their food, I will have to put him down. My children will lose their first family pet. And I will have a guilty conscience forever for not noticing sooner. I am headed to Facebook to let my family and friends know of my plight and will include this site so all the consumer reports complaints can be viewed by all!

Approximately 4 days ago, one of my three dogs was vomiting, not wanting to eat and had recurring diarrhea. Shortly thereafter, my other two dogs started having the same symptoms except the first dog has had it the worst. The mustard colored mucosa diarrhea, lethargic behavior, etc all the same as the others complained on the consumer affairs website. I will never feed my dogs Pedigree again. Just rice, chicken and ground beef from now on!

I purchased some dog treats for my 3-yr old, male Lhaso Apso a couple months ago. They were Pedigree Good Bites oral care treats. Well, I didn't give them to him everyday and he didn't seem to like them very much. He started acting funny. Laying in his bed a couple of times over the last two months for no reason only he wouldn't move around very much. Then I noticed 3 to 4 weeks back and stopped jumping all together. Wouldn't jump on the couch or any of the beds which was a daily routine for him. I checked to see if he was hurt feeling his back legs and pressing the muscles but he didn't flinch or whine. But still no improvement. I kept thinking what could have caused this. I basically eliminated everything but these treats. So about 8 to 10 days ago I stopped the treats. Their was no improvement until 2 days ago.

Now he is back to normal. I did take him to the vet this past Saturday for his yearly shots and physical. He still wasn't jumping at that time. They could find no reason for his condition. Too young for arthritis, didn't seem to have pulled any muscles or tendons. They could think of nothing. I asked about possible poisoning but they said they wouldn't/couldn't know. I called the Mars company and told them this and asked if they would test a treat. They said no. They wouldn't know what to test for. That was that. I really think it is the treats.

I have a 14-year old Jack Russell that was losing weight, getting lethargic, passing out bloody stool, and frequently vomiting. He was eating the Pedigree dry dog food with the Jack Russell picture on the bag. I switched to Iams dry dog food three weeks ago and he is back to his normal weight and health. His eyes have even cleared up and there is much less tear drainage. One vet visit and an Rx for metronidazole.

I purchased bag of food for our two dogs and they ate it all but at the bottom of the bag there were two small batches of metal staples.They have eaten Pedigree since we have had them. I am very fearful about continuing to purchase your products. I have all of the information from the bag if it is needed please call.

My 11-year old German/Australian mix shepherd had been eating adult dry Pedigree for years. In one week she became weak, lethargic, and would not eat. I took her to the vet and all blood work came back normal. She continued to drink large amounts of water, but was not incontinent of urine and had to be lifted to get her outside. I started feeding her canned food which she ate, but the incontinence and lethargy with weakness continued. I ended up putting her down. No mention was made to me from the vet regarding food or possible poisoning. I just heard a brief mention of Pedigree brand dog food being recalled on the local news. My dog's illness was on the last week in June and first week in July. I heard the news August 8. This caused out of pocket expenses for blood work and ultimate euthanasia of my dog.

I started a new bag of Pedigree Adult chunk food on about June 8th 2010. My 8-year-old Weimaraner started getting classic signs of poisoning, bloody stool, slight fever, bloating, and she died within about eight days. Do not use! Pedigree is covering up a huge problem.

This is about Dentastix for small dogs. My 10 year old Pomeranian almost died from having one become lodged in her throat. I had to pry her jaws open and extract the stick that was crossed in her jaw. Please investigate as this product should be taken off the market.

I bought a large can (22 oz) of Pedigree Chunky Beef with Bacon and Cheese Meaty Ground Dinner to mix with my two elderly dogs' dry food. Normally, I make chicken for them to mix in but I was out of that. I only gave them a quarter can a piece, but they have been sick with diarrhea since the following morning after eating it. One of my dogs has been vomiting as well.

I purchased a 44lb bag of the small crunchy bits. The same I have been buying for 18 years now. I pour the bag of food into an air tight container. Towards the bottom of the container I noticed what looked like asphalt. It turned out to be hard moldy dog food chunks. I called Pedigree. They did not only explain to me how it could happen (at the facility where it was made) but sent me out coupons for a free 44lb bag of food and $5.00 off coupons for further purchases. I told the manager at the store I purchased the moldy food at and he replaced the bag free of charge. I have been feeding my large and small breed dogs this food for over 18 years. Never have they had digestive problems. My suggestion is switch to Pedigree.

My dogs have been eating pedigree for years. Four days ago, the two of them became ill, vomiting and diarrhea. On the day it began, the next day I took them off the food and gave them boiled chop meat and rice. The next day put them back on and my one dog became so sick for three days of non stop diarrhea. she couldn't stand. I had to carry her out. I had to throw out their beds blankets and bathe her several times for three days. Called pedigree and they admitted it could have been the food and offered me free coupons which I do not want I switched to nature's recipe. My dog has severe arthritis in her hips in her back legs. She was so sick she could not even stand up.

June 3, 2010 purchased one 32 lb. bag of PEDIGREE New Tastier Wholesome Recipe, Adult Dog, small crunchy bites, Best By 03 07 11 22 2 - 010A2KKMO7 01:27 and one PEDIGREE New Tastier Wholesome Recipe, Large Breed, large crunchy bites, Best By 02 12 11 22 1 - 006F1KKMO8 17:26.

My dogs refused food of any kind for 4 consecutive days after eating the above mentioned PEDIGREE dog food for 5 consecutive days.

Initial symptoms were: refusal to eat, frequent vomitting, low intake of water, foul yellowish-brown and mucoid diarrhea to putrid dark brown and tarry diarrhea, lethargy, dry nose, dull coat, blood-shot eyes and dry mouth.

Vet suspects food contamination/food poisoning.

IF YOUR DOG'S STOOL OR VOMIT IS BLOODY DO NOT WASTE DOG'S TIME READING ANY FURTHER--SEE VET IMMEDIATELY!!!

Food Contamination Home Remedy For Large Dog: Twice per day, by mouth, give 1 teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar mixed with 4 teaspoons warm water, 1/2 small clove pressed RAW garlic, 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg, and one 550 mg Ginger Root capsule (empty capsule's content into mixture). Stir thoroughly.

Use large opening syringe to administer. Use caution while administering to prevent dog from inhaling liquid mixture.

Dog should increase water intake after day two of remedy. Be sure to provide plenty of fresh water and, if you keep your dog outdoors, bring him/her indoors--in cool and quiet environment.

Once symptoms subside and dog is hungry, for the first 3 days of recovery feed 1 cup of boiled and chopped boneless chicken breast mixed with chicken broth and fully cooked rice, and add one teaspoon Apple Cider Vinegar mix. Food mixture should be slightly soupy.

Gradually increase chicken/rice mix adding small amounts of well moistened, uncontaminated dry kibble. Increase moistened kibble, decrease chicken/rice mix, resume normal feeding and activities after 8-10 days.

Write down the expiration date of PEDIGREE dog food and all numbers & letters following. Return unused portion of PEDIGREE dog food to place of purchase for a refund. Tell them what happened to your dog(s) and report it to the FDA.

My 13 year old dog has eaten Pedigree Small Crunchy Bites for several years. 2 weeks ago I purchased a bag which was not marked as being a new formula, but evidently is. My dog has had the runs, waking me up several times a night since the new bag was opened last weekend.

My wife and I always buy nothing but pedigree dog food wet and dry, the other day she smelled something rotting in the cubboard where we keep the canned dog food, so she looked closer and here a can of dog food exploded open and was full of maggets crawling all around, we allways half to buy 20 or so cans every couple weeks as we have 2 dogs so it gets well rotated out and around, what scares me is our dogs could have eaten it and died of botulism

I bought a 52 pound bag of pedigree dry dog food. Soon after my dog developed chronic vomiting, diarrhea and lethargy. I've spent over 2,000 on vet bills. My dog used to weigh 55 lbs now he is down to 47. The vets I took him to had no idea what could have caused this and ran multiple blood tests. My dogs condition is deteriorating rapidly. He shivers and his skin is patchy. He is only 2 and i love him very much, I thought he would be with me for much longer. I wish pedigree would own up for what they have done. If this were done to humans there would be more of an uproar. What is it going to take to make a change??

I have been feeding my lab and mastiff pedigree large breed dog food for their entire lives. They are both 10 years old. Suddenly, both dogs have diarrhea and are vomiting. They do not get along so they are never together. They have nothing in common except their dog food. I am most concerned for them and am thankful that I found this site. I will change their food immediately.

However, I do not believe I will be feeding her Pedigree canned food anymore. I opened a brand new can tonight and put it in her bowl. I usually break up the food before giving it to her, and as I was breaking it up, I started noticing that there was movement in her bowl. I looked closer at the food only to notice that there were maggots crawling all over the place. I don't see any reason how the maggots would have gotten in there except from the factory.

We have been loyal customers of Pedigree dog food since rescuing our Staffordshire Pit. Noticeably in the last two months, which is normally one 20# bag/month, he simply refuses to eat it. Each time he does eat it, within 30-45 minutes he is vomiting and diarrhea.

I am growing concerned about these effects it is having on our dog. Every bag we have purchased from our local Wal-Mart has been slightly defective. The zip lock top refuses to zip lock. The zip will slide but the bag will immediately come open. I know that even with human food that if food is not properly stored it will become stale. I know this is the reason my dog will not eat it. Our most recent purchase has been for naught! He absolutely will not eat this bag of food, period. We have decided for our pet's health that we will no longer purchase this. Please if there are any more horror stories like this; send them to us by email.

I have a 9-year old golden and 3-year old Lhasa. I have never fed them anything else but Pedigree canned dog food in the a.m. and p.m. For the last two months, they have both been vomiting and diarrhea off and on. They had both been to the vets and had x-rays to see if maybe there was a blockage to find out they were both fine and showed no signs of any internal problems.

Last week, I noticed the little one was not eating her food at all. The big one was once again sick and lethargic so I completely stopped giving them the Pedigree and started giving them homemade dog food. Yes, ground turkey, long grain rice and green beans. And they haven't been this happy and peppy in two months. Thank God! The sad thing is that the vet never mentioned food and when I contacted Pedigree, they refused to talk or acknowledge anything was wrong. It's so sad in this day and age that they could be so heartless. I love these pups just as much as my own kids.

I have 4 Pomeranian dogs. I purchased a 20-lbs bag of dog food. One of them got sick, vomiting every time she ate. Then, the male started doing the same thing. Later on, my other two babies started with diarrhea and drops of blood was also present.

We have been loyal Pedigree Dog food consumers for many years with no problems until recently this past year. We have a 2 year old Yorkshire terrier and a 3 year old AKC Boxer who had a litter of pups in late 2009. The pups were all healthy and checked by a vet. The pups grew fast. We decided to keep two of the female Boxers simply because they were inseparable, and we also felt attached since we have a soft spot for animals. Once they were big enough, we switched them to Pedigree. Shortly after, they both begun to vomit; one vomited uncontrollably until she vomited blood and before we knew what was happening, she died in our arms.

Having no idea why she died, we just assumed she had eaten too fast. I switched their dog food only because they seemed to like the other brand I bought over the Pedigree. When we ran out of the other food, I gave them the same Pedigree I bought before, only to find all my dogs vomiting excessively. Our Yorkshire, our older Boxer, and the surviving pup. Immediately, we made the connection and we called Pedigree that day and filed a claim. They responded by requesting a dog food sample. We sent it in immediately and after a week or two, they informed us that the lab results were back and that everything was "fine" but that they had changed their recipe and added peas and carrots and maybe our dog was allergic to that, maybe one dog but all of our dogs? C'mon. We don't buy it. Don't buy Pedigree.

I've been feeding my dog/ dogs this product over the years(since the 80's) and never had a problem, but all of a sudden I buy of course a jumbo bag from Costco and my chocolate lab won't eat it. She'll pick through and eat some of it, but the rest I find laying all over the house from her spitting it out. I noticed that they now have some new recipe, so after all these years with pedigree, I'm Changing brands. Let the experiment begin.

As the consumer, we have a lot more power than we know. That is why I feel it is very important that I write and explain the importance of reading the labels of your pet food. It is right there, in writing, so it is your choice what you put into your beloved pets bodies. Pedigree tends to use a lot of the following ingredients that you need to look into: Corn, BHA, Artificial Colors, Meat and Bone Meal. You can read more about meat and bone meal. Pedigree foods are rated "one star", simply because there is nothing lower. Please read labels and understand what the ingredients are! We have the power to make a change!

My yellow lab as been diagnosed with a kidney disease and has a short time to live. Right now at the age 12, she is dying. The vet said it's too late to change dog foods now. So what did she really mean by that statement? It most likely means that the damage has already been done, feeding my lab Pedigree. She is still alive and good using dialysis. Is the pet food company willing to pay for this and any other vet bills to try to turn things around?

This just happened so I haven't spoken to anyone at Pedigree yet, but after reading these stories, I'm not expecting much. I feed my two dogs (a yorkie and a miniature poodle) Pedigree canned food everyday and I haven't had any issues with it until this week. I bought the 12-pack and each dog gets a half a can a day. So I purchased the food nine days ago. This morning, when I went to feed them, I found that the remaining three cans of food were completely moldy when I opened them. I have sent an email to Pedigree to let them know. I don't know if this is their fault or the store I bought them from (Walmart), but it was disgusting and I'm not sure if I want to continue feeding them Pedigree after reading all of these problems.

I have fed Pedigree dog food to my dogs forever and never had a problem. I fed my mini pin dog the food for the last ten years sebce she was a puppy which made her 10 years old. On Saturday, 12-12-09 she started vomiting, had uncontrolable diarea and very fast could not walk and passed out having trouble breathibg and before there was time to get her to a vet died. Afterward I noticed she had not been eating her food and neither was the other dog I have.

The other dog is a husky mix and he has lost weight and his hair has been falling out. Because they weren't eating the food I looked at the bag which I had purchased a few days prior and noticed in small print it was a new tastier wholesome recipe of the 40 lb adult complete nutrition small chuncky bites. I went to the store and was purchasing a different kind of food for my other dog and ran into a subject who advised she had been feeding her dog the same pedigree food and her dog was near death vomiting, diarea and unsteady on its feet. She changed its food and it was doing much better. Now with this information I can only guess that my perfectly health dog ate dog food that has a problem with it and them died. I have run into a wall tring to get any information thru the manufacture of the dog food. Could you please help so no other beloved pets have to suffer.

We are in the fourth day now and he is still vomiting "rocks." Please do NOT feed your dogs and puppies this bone, there have been worse cases reported recently on this site, see October 20th, 2009 entry. We will monitor and take him to the vet if necessary.

Being a surgeon myself, the conditions in my house are hygienic. Now the health of my dog is in question. How many more packets have the worms is a worry. And the consequences to health and hygiene is a matter of grave concern. Now I have a new worry about the quality standards maintaied in [their] factory and whether Pedigree is at all the right food for my dog?

My dog became very ill with vomiting and diarrhea after eating Pedigree Large breed dry dog food. She always eats this but within hours of opening a new bag she became ill. I just spent $800 at the vet! She seems to be on the mend and Im thankful after reading the complaints on here. But I wont be giving her Pedigree again.

On a Saturday night, our dog was chewing a Jumbone - he ate the entire thing - nothing left on the ground. He started acting funny (not wanting to move around a lot), drank lots of water. I took him into Emergency Care Pet Hospital around midnight... over 36 hours they x-rayed his stomach twice, since the packaging said "chewy center" and the whole thing was gone - and he was still drinking water, they diagnosed him with upset stomach.

On Monday, his condition worsened, no longer drinking water and spitting up mucus and blood - so took him to my vet where they did a full body x-ray with barium injection and saw the complete blockage in his esophagus. Then took him to another vet to try and remove the blockage endoscopically w/out doing surgery. Product had not broken down at all and a piece was completely lodged in-tact 360 degrees with no ability to dig out center or get grip on sides.

He was then immediately rushed into a 5 1/2 hour specialized Surgery - cut his body to enter through the chest, moving his lungs, heart and cutting it out of his esophagus - due to the dead tissue of the esophagus removing parts and then reattaching the sides of his esophagus back together. Feeding tube for 3 months small feedings every 3 hours - lots of personal care. Now unable to eat solid food.

Reported to Pedigree in March in fear of another dog being hurt and concern of bad product and false advertising of digestible with chewy center. Still have original package and product removed from esophagus - Surgeon has pictures of product lodged in his throat.

At first report in March to Pedigree and after their investigation with all 4 vets they agreed to pay all present medical bills which were currently at $12,000 - sent the file to Liberty Mutual - their rep also confirmed they would pay after last medical procedure performed and we would need to reach a settlement amount. Just received letter that the claim was denied and that the representative that I corresponded with previously is no longer with the company.

I have all e-mail correspondence and 50 plus pages of medical bills. All 4 veterinarians are putting their product concerns in writing and faxing to "new" Liberty Mutual representative per his request for vets concerns in writing. Our dog is unable to be a normal dog that eats kibble and able to chew on toys or bones... nothing gets in his mouth due to his esophagus function being limited. Future procedures may occur - we do not know at this point.

We have been through an emotional roller-coaster - rescheduling vacations in order to stay home to care for the dog. We originally were not asking damages only expenses - but based on Liberty Mutuals switch - I am concerned for their accountability and for future harm to unknowing dog owners of the dangers of this product.

UPC code 2310005110 with exp date of 9/23/2010 and other code 939080HX01L 22. This code was blurred on the bag so I made it out best I could. Last time I took my dog to vet and it cost me over $100 in meds and visit. He said he wasnt sure it waws food but I have no doubt. My dog was perfectly healthy before eating this then and was perfectly healthy yesterday. I will never buy this aqgain but I want to know what I can do about this now. Thanks

My dog died a sudden and violent death momday sept 14th my other 2 dogs today Sept 18)are now experiencing the same symptoms. The common thing between all three is me feeding my dogs pedigree canned food chopped beef. I just came across this website and I am overcome with grief and anger

purchased at Sams club colorado springs approx 1 week ago. best by 08/10/10. dog got very sick and was verified when he went back on the food

I have been feeding pedigree canned dogfood for 5 years to my siberian huskies, I haven't experienced anything like described in the previous complaints. My dogs recieve one full can a day. (Large can)I think people are trying to find a reason for their dogs death and this is the easiest thing to blame. I own a kennel and breed these dogs, I have had no problem. I think you should look elsewere for a explination.

After reading all of the stories from people who have lost their dogs while they were using Pedigree dog foods, I had to write. From November 2007 - August 2008, my healthy 5 year old Boxer experienced three separate episodes of diarrhea, not being able to keep any food or water down, and lethargy for 5+ days at a time. The vet diagnosed chronic kidney disease. Each time she got sick, she had been eating Pedigree dry and canned foods. When she got sick and refused to eat, I would buy another brand of food, and eventually, after losing a lot of weight from not being able to keep anything down for a week at a time, she would begin to eat again. I have not fed my dog Pedigree for almost one year, and she has not been sick during this time. After reading all of these testimonials, I will never purchase Pedigree dog food again. I can only hope that others using Pedigree see these related stories before it is too late for their dogs.

Our oldest, Dixie, had been on the moist food for several months until I purchased the her last batch from Wal Mart. Dixie began having what looked like dizzy spells which turned into constant exhaution.She then stopped eating and consuming huge amounts of water. With in a day, Dixie lost complete control of her bladder,passing blood.

Our younger Boxer, Daisey, suffered the exact same horrible death about one week later after we feed her a can of the Pedigree food. We had no idea that the food was the MURDER weapon at the time. We lost Our beatiful little Daisey in a matter of 2 days of her consumption of the Pedigree product.

We were all so heart broken. how could zeus go from being a perfectly healthy dog who was full of enengry, to being very sick. My reasoning is this food! I was determinded to find out how my little puppy zeus who was six years old died. After my mom had read these articles as well, she knew this was exactly why. If we would have known this sooner, zeus to this day would still be with us. He was such a wonderful puppy who will be missed. I hope all of you who read this are touched in some way and don't have to go threw what we did.

In February 2009, we switched our dogs from Nutro dry dog food to Pedigree dry. It was less expensive & my husband was swayed by Pedigree's 'warm & fuzzy' TV ads.

Within 48 hrs, all five of dogs developed severe diarrhea. After two more days of trying to feed them Pedigree, four of my five dogs went on a hunger strike & refused to eat!!

After three days of not eating anything, I got concerned about their health and switched back to our regular Nutro Chicken & Oatmeal dry food. The hunger strike ended that day.

We purchased the Pedigree dry dog food at Sam's Club (thinking it was a bargain). We will not make that mistake again. We once again buy all our Nutro dry dog food from the local feed store. We have had no problems or illnesses with our dogs since we took them OFF the Pedigree.

I received an email this morning from my sister regarding Pedigree dog food. That Email linked me to this consumer affairs site and I am horrified at what I have found!

On May 4th, 2009 my 1 1/2 years old Siberian Husky Juno was diagnosed with kidney failure. She was young, sweet and full of life. She was absolutely fine one day and two days latter I was being told I had to put her to sleep. Since this came as a huge surprise (and I love my dogs as if they were my kids), I have been completely devastated by the whole experience. She was so very young, I just couldnt believe it.still cant!

My vet couldnt give me any indication as to why this had happened. He said possibly genetics, bad breading.he was grasping at straws. After reading the posts on this site, I wanted to throw up! I have been feeding my dogs Pedigree dog food for years.

I notice that the first complaint on this site was March 2nd, 2008. Am I to believe that dogs have been dieing from this food for over a year and there has been no major coverage of this story in the news media? I am appalled at the fact that this has been going on; I should have known about it, and maybe I would still have my sweet Juno here with me today.

Shame on you Pedigree! You make yourselves out to be such a great company by donating a percentage of your profit to shelters. Your commercials use to make me cry and now they just make me sick. Maybe you should take the money youre donating to charity and put it towards making a better, safer product.

If there is to be a class action suit toward this company then I am in. I am so sick of large organizations screwing the consumer. They manufacture unsafe products and take no responsibility for the damage that it causes. My Juno had her whole life ahead of her and you robbed us both. I hope you go bankrupt with all the rest of the corrupted corporations that are folding today.

We had a lot of trouble with bladder stones with our Hannah (a Cairn terrier), including an instances of acute retention which could have killed her, but a change of diet from Pedigee dry foods to a bland and natural one seem to solve the problem on a life long basis. Most vets seem to favour a change of diet.

Doggy Bag Dog food - Nothing visible with dry kibble. But when saturated with hot broth and kibble softens, green particle is visible. It appears only in scattered pieces, not every one.

Samples were sent to MARS and when I inquired, I was told they didn't get enough samples (they wanted two cups, but there weren't that many samples available). They didn't want to put their findings in writing - wanted to discuss it with me on the phone. I wanted it in writing and she refused.

Three dogs died suddenly. I did not do autopsies, so I am unable to prove the cause of death. But they were dogs in good shape, different ages.

i have always had dogs in my life. i want them to live long and have a healthy life. i have been hearing all kinds of news about the Pedigree dog food being recalled because of poison. i will have to stop buying Pedigree because my dogs mean the world to me and i do not want them to get poisoned from the dog food that i am feeding them. my dogs are my children and i want them to live long as possible and of course stay healthy. is there something that can be done about companies that are producing unhealthy and poison dog foods? it should be against the law!

if there are better choices out there to feed my dog, i will just have to find them. for the safety of our dogs, please tell me that you are going to find out what is going on and put a stop to all of this cruelty to animals. it is very cruel to feed your dog a food that will eventually make them sick and kill them! would you feed your human child such a thing? something really needs to be done about the dog food indusdry!

I purchased several cans of Pedigree chopped beef dog food from Walmart in Savannah, Ga. The can numbers were 840CCKKCCO 0606CB with the expiration date of 10/2010. We lost two dogs in a matter of three days due to some problem with their food which is the only thing they had in common. I had my dog named Moca since 1996 which I had to take to the vet on Friday,October 31, 2008 because his hind legs could not hold him up. They saw his kidneys had stopped working and decided it was best to put him down.

Then we noticed our Pedro which we had for 10 years started acting funny. We thought he was just depressed since Moca did not come back home. I was going to take Pedro in on Monday morning to the vet but he died sometime early Monday morning Nov.3, 2009.

We had Mars send us some envelopes to mail back two of the cans of food we had used. I have called them on several occasions and they said they were still anaylizing the food. I did call the Walmart where I bought the food and they removed any remaining containers from their shelves. I am still waiting on a response from Mars Petcare who makes the dog food to give us an answer to the know if we had poisoned our dogs we loved so much. I still get upset over thinking about the loss of my babies. I just want some closure to know if the dog food had something to do with the deaths.

Mental and emotional destress. I just want them to give me a response to my letter regarding their food.

I fed my dogs Pedigree puppy chicken & beef dinner wet food Lot # 1106936 (4 cans of a 6 pack) that I bought at Target in Bozeman, MT. My dogs were extremely sick, fevorish, and lethargic with extememe diahrea for almost 2 weeks.

I had to clean my carpeting multiple times and pay for dagnosis and vet bills not to mention the worry and time spent nursing them back to health.

dog food is being sold under weight per bag. I have noticed the difference from 40 lbs to under 30 for the last several bag I bought at K mart webster mass, are they selling half bag for full bags?

they have cut the bags by 1/4 almost

My 5 year old dog abruptly died from Kidney failure, she was vibrant and energetic one week and lethargic and lack of appetite the next. We took her to the Vet and she was found to have Kidney Failure. We had to put her down because she was suffering. I searched the internet and found out that the food that I give my dog (Pedigree dry&wet) could have been the cause of her death, she was the best pet we have ever had and she brought joy into our lives every single day and she will be missed, we don't want anyone else to have to go through what we experienced, our Home is so sad from the loss of what we considered a family member.

We would like to become part of a class action lawsuit and possibly getting the cost of the Vet bills refunded.

Purchased at Sam's Club and Raley's Yuba City, CA, Holiday Market in Penn Valley, California. I am uncertain regarding the exact bag or bags of dog food that could have contributed. Some of the dogs consuming Pedigree Brand Dog Food have gotten sick or dogs that have (unfortunately puppies do this) eaten **** from these dogs have tested positive for Clostridium Perferenges and one dog - who was not in the treatment group for the above - has now developed Pancreatitis. Pancreatitis is usually associated with dogs who have been given table scraps or treats or high fatty meat supplements - this dog has received none of these.

When I told a neighbor that I had been having health problems with the dogs here, she started talking about Pedigree and that her uncle's dog had pancreatitis and that it was associated with Pedigree dry Dog Food. When my dog came down with Pancreatitis, she repeated her warning about Pedigree. I normally purchase 52# bags but I have on occasion had to purchase 20# from the Holiday Market in Penn Valley as they did not have any larger bags. This has been taking place over the last year with these puppies - it has been going on since August.

I have now spent thousands of dolllars for veterinary care - multiple fecal exams at over $100 each - medication, vet exams, gasoline to get to vet, etc. This dog is doing better this morning but he could still develop other symptoms such as diabetes, renal failure, etc. Vet bill to date is over $700 for a single day's treatment. I have multiple dogs, I don't keep the receipts for the dog food, and I don't keep the bags so I don't know if I fed one of the specific lot numbers. I have several bags here now - all with similar lot numbers but not the 20# bags. I don't know what all is involved in taking legal action, I don't know how specific I can be. I did not purchase any food from Southern California, I did not purchase any but 2 20# bags. But the food is poured from the bag into a dog food bin and cross contamination could be continually occurring because of this.

My small dog became ill with vomiting and diarrhea and has been diagnosed with acute pancreatitis. Currently hospitalized on IV fluids with current hospital bill estimated at nearly $1000. Is 15 months old, and has been eating Pedigree small crunchy bites (small bags (5-7 lb?) bought in NJ at ShopRite) since 6 months of age. Is a house dog, and dog food is possible cause of acute pancreatitis. His story so similar to others posted on this website. Have always given pedigree to my older dog (who died at 15 years of age in 1998), so thought this was the best pet food to use. No longer think so. Am very concerned re lack of action or further investigation by Pedigree (Mars company)

Extensive hospital bill; hope that dog will survive.

On 1/13/2009 I opened a can of Pedigree Chopped Beef dog food, 13.2 oz can purchased from WalMart and found in the can foreign material that looked to be plastic wrapping material. The information printed on the can was as follows: Best used before 12/2010 with a production code of 851FCKKCF0 2056CB. I have retained the can and the foreign material. Finding this foreign material in this can of Pedigree Dog Food was so alarming that I immediately decided to not feed my pets this food. I currently have on hand 43 cans of Pedigree 22oz canned dog food, 16 cans of Pedigree 13.2oz canned dog food, 5 bags of Pedigree Marrobones and 48 tubs of Little Cesars Dog food, all products made by MARS. I appreciate your input and evaluation of the unfortunate situation I have found myself in. Thank you.

Currently I am not aware of any physical damage to any of my pets. However, I am extremely concerned for their dietary health. Economically I have reviewed the pet food manufactured by MARS that I currently possess and conservately estimate the value to be approximately $92.00. My fear based upon this startling experience is that I have been feeding my beloved pets dangerous, inferior and possibly life threatening food. Needless to say I shall never serve my pets any product manufactured by MARS.

Within two months time (9/26/08- 11/26/08) both of our dogs died from kidney failure. They were Miniature American Eskimos and their names were Peanut and Baby. Our first pup Baby wasn't even 5 years old when he suddenly became very sick. He stopped eating and was vomiting any time he even drank water. We brought him to the vet and they said his kidneys were failing and there was nothing they could do. He was suffering so we put him down.

The same week he became sick, there was a recall on the dog food we fed him. I called Pedigree and even though we had the exact brand and type of food they recalled, they told us that the numbers did not match and that the food was fine. To be on safe side though, we changed food, but less than two months later our second dog became very ill. Peanut was 13 years old but he was in excellent physical health. He was a Frisbee dog and ran every day. He was actually in better shape than our younger dog.

It came on extremely suddenly, he was perfectly fine on Friday and by Sunday he had completely stopped eating and could not even hold water down. We brought him to the vet first thing on Monday morning and they said he was very very sick and that he was dieing We checked him into the vet for two days because they thought maybe their was slight chance of hope but he got much much worse.

We took him home for a few hours on his last day because we wanted to be with him and hoped that he would just pass at home but he was suffering so we brought him back and they put him down. It just does not make any sense, why did both of our dogs die within two months time. They were both perfectly healthy and they both got sick suddenly and both died with in a weeks time. I hope someone can find out what is happening. I know our dogs did not die from natural causes; something had to have poisoned them.

Our broken hearts is by far the worst part of it all. My heart is still breaking everyday thinking about them. We would have spent any amount of money to keep them alive, but the vet told us they were suffering and that their bodies were shutting down so we had to put them down. The total vet bill for both of them was about $800.00 but that didnt matter. They were so much a part of our lives we would have paid anything to keep them alive.

About a month a go in November, 3 of my poodles puppies died, they were being fed Pedigree puppy food.

My puppies died of vomiting and diarrhea, it is a same I didn't had the money to take them to a vet. The only thing I have is pictures of them and the painful memory of watching them died.

Our previously healthy 12 yr old lab mix dog became ill suddenly at the end of September. He had a large open wound that would not heal on his back foot & he became lethergic & would not eat. We also noticed our 7 yr old collie was lethargic & would not eat. We took the lab to the vet & they told us to keep the dog from licking the wound & to use an antibiotic spray on it. The dog's health continued to decline & the wound remained open despite our best efforts.

In early November, we noticed his left eye became red suddenly. We thought he had an eye infection, but after taking him to an eye specialist, it was determined that his eye was bleeding internally & he was blind. We were referred back to our vet for more testing. After blood work was done it was determined he was in 85% kidney failure. No cause could be determined. The vet could find no evidence of cancer or anything that could have caused the failure. Our dog was clearly dying & getting worse every day. I decided to feed him anything he wanted because he would no longer eat his Pedigree Dog Food.

Within days of being taken off the food, his health began to improve. Then I remembered the pet food scandal last spring. We decided to try a natural dog food for them. Both dogs have more energy & are eating again. Our lab does not appear to be dying anymore, although the wound on his foot is slow to heal, and the kidney failure is irreversible. We have read similar instances on your website & we are wondering if this is another pet food scandal that our government is doing nothing about.

We spent $900 trying to determine the cause of our dog's illness with no definite results. He went from a happy, healthy dog to an animal that was struggling to survive. My children have been greatly affected by this, and we have been saddened to watch a beautiful, faithful dog struggle.

When I spoke to Liberty Mutual they advised that there was no evidence that the food made the dog sick. My vet bill, chart notes and lab values were included. Liberty said that the food was not tested, they will not reimburse me. No one told me to test the food. Ms. Newbill at Mars told me she made the recommendation to pay. Liberty has denied the claim.

Mars poisoned my dog and it cost me $235 to make her well. I should be reimbursed.

MY DOG MY DOG WAS SICK TROWING UP, DIAHREA AND BROKE OUT WITH SOME KIND OF RED HOT SPOTS. THE COMPANY CONTACTED ME TO ADVISE ME TO SEAL IN PLASTIC BAG AND THROW AWAY THE REMAINDER OF THE FOOD 2 1/2 MONTHS AFTER THE PURCHASE OF THE BAG.

MESSED UP SOME FLOORING AND MOLDING IN THE APARTMENT I RENT.THANK GOD MY DOG LIVED

His behavior still seemed ok until Tuesday afternoon. He seemed alittle tiredI hand feed him some boiled chicken breast which he threw up.Wed am. took him to the Vet who did blood work took x-rays and hydrated him .Took him home Wed. afternoon. He was trying to act normal but I could tell he just was not feeling good. I took him back the next morning and the vet did some more testing and an ulta sound, hydrated him all day long. My dog died later that day. His liver was not working and his belly rubin was off the chart.

After appx. 2,000.00 dollars all we have now is his ashes. My family cried for a week, and we miss him dearly. His name was Blackjack, and he was a great friend and special part of our family.

My female lab has not been the same since his death. I thought it was just that she missed him, which I am sure she does, but I am taking her to the vet to have her checked out. She does not have the energy and does not eat but only half the food I put out for her. Since my neighbor told me about the problem with Pedigree yesterday afternoon and I just read all these concerns and complaints and the sudden death of Blackjack along with my female dog not feeling good. You can bet that she will no longer be eating Pedigree dog food.

I bought Pedigree dog food that was contaminated with salmonella and my dog was very ill. After several trips to the vet, she is better now that I have spent hundreds of dollars and am not feeding her Pedigree dog food anymore. Loss of money due to vet bills and time off of work due to a very ill dog.

My dog eats PedigreeSmall Crunchy Bites. She began to vomit 9/21/08. We took her to the vet 9/22/08 a.m. They took blood, gave her an antiboitic shot and said she was very ill. The next few days she still vomitted, had diarrhea, fever, refused to eat and was lethargic.

Took her back to the vet 9/25/08 a.m. and they took blood again and her kidneys were not doing well and they began giving her an IV to hydrate her. We did this twice a day, 9/25, 9/26, 9/27/08 and she died 9/28 at about 1:51 a.m. after an suffering.

Our dog died; our family is devistated and we have a $616.23 vet bill and a $149.00 crematorium bill.

We used to purchase smaller bag Pedigree dog food from Walmart and other stores. Later we found this 52-lb bag Pedigree dog from Costco was cheaper, so we bought it this year (forgot which month). On July 13, my American Eskimo dog (named Snowy) experienced the first seizure. We sent him right to ER in 10 minutes. He had another seizure in the ER. The vet tech sent him right away for treatments The vet suspected Snowy ate something poison, but we didn't believe that. She then put him on some medications after the X-ray and blood work results came out. Snowy was able to go home on July 16 with some medications and prescription dog food. It cost us $1200+ to bring him back to normal.

When his prescription dog food was about to be finished, we gradually mixed some Pedigree dog food with it. About two weeks after we did this, Snowy experienced another cluster of seizures started September 12 afternoon to September 14 morning. We can't afford to take him back to his vet, so we left him home and thought he may die. Fortunately, he stopped seizure. However, he didn't recognize his name, he didn't bark, and didn't understand simple commands like come, sit, go, and shake hand. He seemed to be scared. About a week later, he gradually returned to normal, but still weak at night.

Then, I saw this Mars pet food recall news, and found out the #52 bag that we bought from Costco was recalled. I was so shocked! I then took Snowy to the vet who then gave Snowy the same medication and prescription dog food to go home. Poor Snowy may have to be on prescription dog food for life. I strongly believe this Pedigree dog food is the root cause for Snowy's seizures.

It cost us about $1200 for July's treatment for Snowy. On September, it cost us about $120 for office visit, medication, and prescription dog food.

I received a letter this past weekend from the Mars pet food company indicating that I had bought a 52 # bag of Pedigree dog food from the BJ wholesale company. They stated that the product might be contaminated with salmonella. I purchased the bag in about April of 2008.

In May, my Siberian husky began having bloody stools and vomited blood. The vet assumed that she had some sort of cancer. She died in June. The information about salmonella six months earlier might have saved her life.

My dog was euthanized on August 17th. I had bought a new 52# bag of Pedigree about a week prior. He was so sick and was put on no food for 24 hrs then bland diet. On day 2 i noticed decreased appetite in my other 3 dogs (honestly we thought It was because the stress in the house of one being so ill and my dogs being so close) and the fact that the smell of chicken and rice were in the air! On early day 3 I now know my other dogs had decreased activity, appetite, refusal to eat any of the food.

I changed the food immediately. I saved the bag of Pedigree just in case. It has taken about 3 weeks for my dogs to be right again. Several friends (different homes) also in this time frame noticed there dogs refusing to eat the food (come to find out they were not listed as recalled bags) but still refused to eat it. I told them STOP giving it to them. It wasent until the recall came out in September where I really realized the food could have killed my dog.

I also lost a cat in June (who snuck dog food from the bowl often) an 8 year old indoor cat suddenly died. So now everything is suspicious. My dog was also 8. I called the FDA, the told me there had been no reports of deaths as of yet (CALL!) I reported mineand have been trying go get in touch with pedigree since the announcement! I call and get nothing I email I get nothing and this whole thing seems to have just faded away so few people know of the recall.

How many have died and people dont know it COULD have been the food. I have proof up to several months back I purchased recalled food. What if people dont know! Im tired of companies getting away with this. It needs to stop. At the very least a phone call was in order from Pedigree to me. To those of you who have lost your pets or are sick now I am so sorry this is happening.

We bought a 52 lb bag of pedigree a week ago & 3 days later my miniture dachsund became lathargic & had Black bloody diarea. She is 16 & we thought she just got sick, We decided to have her uthinized, thinking that her old age was the problem. The very next day we got a letter from Mars petcare on the pedigree recall. I am sick with grief & now have to get bloodwork done on my husband, son, myself, & my other dog who has been eating the same food.

If I had got the letter one day earlier I may have been able to keep my dog alive, now shes gone and there is nothing I can do to have her back home where she is loved like a member of our family. I just lost my mother to cancer & now my dog is gone, We are very heartbroken & feel so helpless.

We have taken him to the doctor...he has run blood test & advised us that the seizures were not system or metabolic based...our vet has suggested low levels of toxins can cause seizures...he has now advised us not to feed our dogs Pedigree any longer....

We were also informed this morning that some of the pet stores have been recalling your products....one being Pet's Mart....where we were buying Pedigree....but Pedigree website doesn't mention that recall at all...but Pet's Marts website does

This scares us....the silence scares us....after years of using Pedigree, we will no longer continue to buy your product. We belong to 3 dog organizations, who also informed us that something is amiss with Pedigree products in the last 4 months with their dogs too.

It cost us over 200.00 for the vet visit & thankfully our dog is still alive...but Pedigree has changed...something is terrible wrong with their products lately

Our pet died of tainted food from Pedigree, they said they closed that PA plant and no further responsibility, but so many others are coming forward to say their pet died also from Pedigree food, is there anyone going to advocate for us and our lost pets.. The vet bills were over $3000.00 dollars..

We had to move, emotional stress from losing our family member, put on medication for depression for my husband, he was distraught and saught a doc for help..

Recall was announced Sat 13 Sept 08 for the dog food we feed our dogs. When I tried to reach spokesperson w/toll free number no one answered. There was no web site for consumers either. I can not match the codes since we place our food in galvanize cans and don't keep the bags. We have large dogs so we purchase 20lb bags and puppy food in 20 lb bags. Unable to return food or contact anyone we had to go out a repurchase dog food. Very poor public relations department especially considering the re-call.

We opened a new bag of Pedigree Dog Food Small Crunchy Bites and fed it to our German Shorthair Pointer. Within a few days he stopped eating. We took him to the vet and blood work was done he was prescribed anitbiotics and a blan diet. The next day we admitted him to the vet he was given intvenious anitbiodics and fluids. On the third day we returned to the vet with our beautiful dog lathargic vomiting bile and uncontrolable dietera. Blood work was done again and his kidneys and liver were shutting down and he was in reanal failure. He was gone that day.

Our family pet died within a few days of opening this dog food. The vet has preformed an autopsy and has sent tissue samples to an independant lab. We dug his grave and are ready to put him at rest but are unsure if more lab work might be required. How could our beautiful dog be healthy, happy and within 7 days dead. We still have the left over dog food and the original bag. Isn't this how a recall starts? Isolated (the say) and then it grows into a massive recall.

I buy Pedigree traditional ground dinner for my dogs, Chicken and Rice. Distibuted by Materfoods USA. I have bought this for 4yrs. now and no problems.I notice last time I went and purchased some cans of this dog food, the can was differnt in looks. I didn't think much of that until I gave this to my germanshepards and they started getting uncontrollalbe runs! I have had to clean up contantly after them. I started to trace what is differnt and I went to the cans and saw they also changed the ingredients and now Mars is on the can without Masterfoods USA.

I don't know what they are using in by products but it made my dogs sick. I have them on home cooked dog food now. I didn't know Nutro had problems with Mars until i came on the internet to see what I could give my dogs now. I won't buy that again.

Sick dogs. It took 3wks to get them straighten out again.

We had a large dog get ill and we took her to a veternarian as well as UCD Small Animal Hos. They suspected poisoning but we had no poison she could have gotten into. She was put down because of it and another of our dogs fell ill the following week and died. We suspect now that it was the Pedigree dog food we had purchased from Costco. I have returned 3 50/52 lb. bags of dog food with the date Best before 7/2009. Another bag we had said best before 10/2008. We usually buy several bags at a time.

The first dog was large and the total vet bills amounted between $800 and $900. The other small dog became ill and died.

We have fed our 3 dogs Pedidgree Complete Nutrition small crucnhy bites dog food for quite some time. I have personally fed my dogs Pedigree on and off for about 20 years. Recently, we bought a 20 lb bag of this food and shortly after opening it and feeding it to our dogs, (about 24 hours) our dogs started having diahrrea.

We took the dogs off dog food and fed them boiled chicken and rice for a couple days, they got better. We put them back on the dog food and again within 24 hours, all 3 dogs had diarrhea. We went throught this 3 or 4 times in two weeks, then got on the internet to check the dog food. We found that there was a small recall pertaining to southern California and Nevada. I 100% believe that my dogs had a problem from this food. Their symptoms were exactly as described in the info on Mars Brand pet foods web site, and once taken off the food, they got better.

I contacted Mars Brand, they were very helpful, took all of my information, but did tell me this pertained only to CA and NV. I told them they just needed to be aware of potential problems elsewhere.

I am not seeking any damages, just that this company be aware of potentially having a wider spread problem than they think, or thought. They need to be responsible and make a nationwide announcement of the possibility.

My 40 lb bag of dog food had black little ugly worms in it. It was disgusting and I need to know if one of my 3 dogs ate one of the things it may harm them or are they growing in their stomachs? UGH! I did not notice them until I had fed them about 2/3 or so of the bag so I don't know how long they were in there.

other than being out 1/3 bag of dog food my greatest concern is are they growing in my dogs tummies?

I have two akc rottweiler puppies that I feed pedigree kibble.

My dogs vomited their food for 10 days, I changed their diet and the vomiting stopped but I don't know if if there is damage done from the pedigree dog food

I have ALWAYS fed all my dogs Pedigree dog food. A year BEFORE the scandal, she got sick, and had a seizure. I rushed her off to the vet, the seizure was gone, and it happened again a month later. The vet did blood work, and found that her gall bladder, thyroid and kidneys were damaged. She is getting thyroid medication, and aspirin for her pain. (She also developed arthritis in her right shoulder) Her kidneys feel like solid rock. I did my research, because I had the thought, High fat causes gall bladder disease. I don't FEED her high fat! I went on line, and looked up dog food makers and rendering plants. I did a LOT of research. The whole topic became more and more disgusting. I changed her to a high-quality dog food. I became way more careful in what I fed her. Anything that had animal byproducts' I avoided like the plague.

I did send you info before; but not until today did I read that Pedigree dog food was definitely involved. I am SO angry at them! And the 'rendering' industry brags that they render a service and keep all those animal carcasses out of landfills. I doubt that I can prove anything to the standard needed to sue Pedigree. But you can bet your backside I will NEVER buy from them again, and further, I will defame their name at every opportunity!

My dog is still alive. But I do know what those rock-hard kidneys mean. When she no longer wants to go on, I will hold her in my arms as the vet gently releases her from pain. And I WON'T leave her body behind! What's even worse? She is not only my beloved pet and friend, she is my service dog!

I had 2 dogs that had to be put down in April and in May of this year. I was feeding them pedigree dry and some can.my 4 year old dog was in renal failure and the other had similar symptoms vomiting...diarreha...lethargy. both dogs were put to sleep. IS THIS FOOD CONTAMINATED? I just took 2 other dogs to the vet. new pups...vomiting. now I just use the pedigree dry....

I had to euthanize my 4 year old Karelian Bear dog due to renal failure..then had to put down our other dog within 4 weeks of the first..I did not hear anything about pedigree????????

Death of 2 dogs..

I am concerned about pedigree canned dog foods as the last several cans seem to have made my dogs sick. They began throwing up, eating large amounts of grass, having the runs, etc. I have been using Pedigree mixed with Iams kibble since the pet food fiasco last year. I bought some canned food from the vet at $1 per can and the problems stopped. So now it looks like the pedigree canned food is bad news. I guess I will feed them a little hamburger instead. Cheaper anyway.

Vet bills $700

My dog had a seizure, and by the time I could get her to the vet, it had stopped. Eight months later, and another seizure. I have fed all of my dogs NOTHING but Pedigree for years. For a time, she was on seizure medication, then I ran out and couldn't afford more, and she has had no more seizures. But her gall bladder and thyroid are damaged.

It was about $300 for vet visits, blood work, and changing her food. I now feed her a more expensive food, and she is doing better. So, more cost for dog food. I was also revolted, after doing considerable looking online, to learn that dog food manufacturer's use euthanized dog and cat carcasses, plus road kill, slaughterhouse leavings, cattle heads, guts and udders, downer cattle who are too sick for human consumption. My research was later backed up by other sources. I cannot be involved in legal matters, as I am a lady, 70-years-old and disabled, and I am doing all that I can to keep my SERVICE DOG healthy! My life depends on her. When she was so terribly sick, I was scared most of the time that I would have an attack, and she would be too sick to warn me. And it was hard for me to give her all the extra care. But never mind that part; she is also my friend and companion, and I love her. Losing her to a massive consumer fraud, and horrible breach of trust, would utterly destroy me.

Fed my small poodle pedigree. Her eyes bacame really glazed, she couldn't stand to her feet, had 2 seizures and was drinking water uncontrollably. I gave her regular cooked vegetables and she got much better, back to normal for 4 days. Then I put her back on pedigree and found my dog dead the next morning.

My dog became sick and lethargic on March 30, 2007. Although the Pedigree Chicken & Rice Dinner in Meaty Juices Lean Variety was not listed on the dog food recall, we stopped feeding it to him as a precaution. He was better within 48 hours. On April 1, 2007 we started feeding him the same food and on April 2, he became sick again with diarrhea and lethargy. He is going to the vet today. Wheat gluten is listed on the ingredient list. Has anyone else had any problem with this dogfood?

This concerns various dog foods. My dog was ill before the big recall. She had a seizure about a year ago. Eight months later, a second seizure, and the vet put her on medication. She had epilepsy, gall bladder problems, and her thyroid. They are watching her gall bladder, and she is on seizure medication for the rest of her life. She is my service dog, and very important to me, a disabled person. I wondered however, why a healthy 6-year old dog would suddenly have gall bladder problems, indicating a fatty diet. I was then giving her a Pedigree dog food, based on the vet's saying it was a decent source. I changed her to IAMS, a bit more expensive, and so far, she seems to be OK. But, I checked on line, wondering why she became ill after 6 years. Epilepsy usually hits YOUNG people and dogs.

I was appalled at what I found: I looked up 'DOG FOOD MANUFACTURERS'

and RENDERING PLANTS. That's when I got sickened: They feed our dogs and cats, EUTHANIZED DOGS AND CATS! If a dog food says Meat Byproducts it contains that! They also render road kill, the heads,horns and all, from cattle slaughter, as well as chicken slaughter - beaks, heads, feet. The dogs and cats who were euthanized still have the stuff used to kill them in their systems. They also still have whatever is in their digestive systems!

The rendering plants say they provide a service -making sure these leavings do not end up in landfills. I will be damned if ANYBODY is going to turn my dog into a cannibal!

I have a more complete article I wrote. I will be happy to forward it to you, if you give me an e-mail address. One friend, whom I sent the article to, put it out onto the Internet. It WAS quite a coincidence, the timeing was truly strange!

I will be happy to send the article if you wish. As for how the poison got into the dog food? Yes, the pesticide - but is anyone aware that Chinese people put NIGHT SOIL into their crops?

That's human dung, used as a fertilizer!
I don't want ANY food source from china entering our food chain! Do you know how MAD COW got into the food chain? A sheep farmer in England was orderd to kill his entire flock of sheep. They had scrapie. To save money, the sheep were GROUND UP AND PUT INTO CATTLE FEED! It gave the cattle Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, The human form is CJD: Creutzfeld-Jakov
Disease! ONE, man, reluctant to lose money, killed nearly an entire industry, and a number of humans who died horribly. We need to get our food sources, for animals and humans, in order! NOW. And I will never again buy any dog food that says animal byproducts. Wanna read my article?

For now, my dog seems to be OK. She is not showing any of the signs of the bad dog food. I still am giving her the medication for her epilepsy and thyroid problems.