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Purina Pet Foods

Arthur of Nashville, TN November 17, 2009

I bought my first (and only) bag of Purina Pro Plan. My dog got sick instantly from the food. His symptons were abnormal vomiting,diarhea and very lethargic. We thought it might be to rough on his stomach, because we gave him a bowl with out mixing it with his original food. So I decided to try again a couple days later with mixing his original food. When I opened the Pruina bag I found several tiny webs and several larvae crawling around within the bag.

The Purina bag I bought was the second to largest bag and was not cheap. Obviously, the bag went straight outside to the trash: using the homeowner's garbage at the poolhouse because it was getting picked up the next day! PetSmart has tried to work with us on this issue, but Purina has not returned calls or e-mails. Given Purina's lack of response, I've mounted my campaign against them! I've already spent over 2600.00 in vet bills since this incident; I can afford another 50.00 - 100.00 to have some bumper stickers printed which I can pass out to friends, co-workers, and neighbors. We'll drive as much business as possible away from Purina!

Lee of Robins, IA November 10, 2009

Four healthy young dogs vomiting and refusing to eat Purina Pro Plan Chicken and Rice Formula. Monetary losses due to inability to use purchased prduct, possible future vet bills, physical damage to carpet, couch and car due to vomiting and diarrhea.

Jim of Sapulpa, OK November 3, 2009

This food made both my Standard Poodle and German Shepherd quite ill with uncontrollable vomit and diaria. Tried 2 different bags with the same results.

Morgan of Barnhart, MO October 19, 2009

I have a lab and he was being fed Purina One and had developed fatty tumors all over his body I now am feeding him Iam's he is much more active at 9 yrs old and healthier. I also have a Border Collie- Blue healer puppy that had ben fed Beneful and has a dull dry dandruf coat I now feed her royal Canine and she is very healthy. I also have horses that I hsd fed Purina feed as well and I was not happy with the results I switched them to Nutrena and they love it and I have totally different horses.

Marci of Yuba City, CA October 15, 2009

Recently I purchased 50 lb. bag of Adult Purina dry dog food, and was astonished to find that it was infested with live meal worms. The entire bag was a loss. I always buy your product, and my three Labs love it, but I am a little irritated that I spent hard earned money on something that was inedible. Please respond back, and I would appreciate some sort of compensation. Loss of money, and a damper on [Purina] good name.

joyce of dunnellon, FL October 14, 2009

Nothing happened to me as i have went on this page to read about the purina product as with a tight budget i was looking to save money but after reading this "never" would i feed any store brand to save a few dollars only to lose a animal and have major vet bills .I feed ORIJEN dry cat & dog foods they are very expensive and that is the only reason i was looking to save money .No hair balls ,no illness , lush thick wonderful coats that sparkle and animals that feel top notch .clean food that is never less than 100% right . You save money when the vet stays away :-)

Nancy of Bruce Crossing, MI October 10, 2009

Found a sheet metal screw in Dry Dog Food. Two different bags, same bar code, from same batch, Purina Pro Plan. The screws were larger than the pebble. Fortunately, my dog did not eat these screws.

Thomas of West Covina, CA October 7, 2009

We have been using Purina One to feed our dog for over 2 yrs now. The last bag was where the problem started. We always pour the entire bag into a sealed plastic container, and we don't pour new bag in until the container is empty and be cleaned out. As I was pouring this bag into the container, at a split second I thought I saw something black moving inside food. I thought I was just imagining things. This morning, as usual I grabbed the scoop that sits inside the container to take out foot for my dog, only this time my finger felt something weird underneath the handle. I took a look, yes it was spider web...and as I inspect it closer, I found at least 20-30 little worms with webs around them on top of the lid, inside the scoop handle...it was gross. Now it all came back to me that I did in fact see something like a spider in the dog food as I was pouring them out of the bag. I stopped feeding my dog immediately ...and I will never buy from Purina One ever again. After reading other's complaints, I am not alone.

Melissa of San Deigo, CA October 5, 2009

I bought my first (and only) bag of Purina Pro Plan. My dog got sick instantly from the food. His symptons were abnormal vomiting,diarhea and very lethargic. We thought it might be to rough on his stomach, because we gave him a bowl with out mixing it with his original food. So I decided to try again a couple days later with mixing his original food.

When I opened the Pruina bag I found a huge spider web in the bag. I was able to pick out the entire web with out it falling apart, because there was some dog food mangled in it. I immediately stopped feeding my dog Purina Pro Plan. I went back to feeding my dog the original food and he stopped being sick.

The Purina bag I bought was the second to largest bag and was not cheap. So I held on to the bag hoping that I would find a shelter or homeless person with a dog that would take it. I obviously don't know I was thinking (I guess I was bummed that I wasted the money). I kept the open bag in a sealed plastic container. I opend the container about two weeks after original purchase to look at the side of the food bag. When I pulled the bag out of the container I opened the bag and found the entire top of the food full of little white worms. I took the bag straight outside to the trash.

After seeing how instantly sick my dog got and the worms, I will never let my dog have Purina products again. I am going to make sure that my family and friends hear my story too.

Dayle of Colchester, CT September 30, 2009

I am in rescue and have been using Purina foods for over 15 years now. It seems that the past few years, many of my animals (including our own personal pets) have had strange symptoms with no, known cause. Specifically ONE for Puppies as well as Large Breed (Adult & Puppy) and Adult Chicken and Rice. While I have never had a complaint I seem to see a pattern with what other have said in regards to the foul green runny poop. Loss of weight, appetite, hair, ect.

My shepherd and shepherd mix and pit bulls have ALL had the shooting smelly green runs. It has been when a new bag was given to them. I also put my food in to a container, and have not found any bugs so to speak of. I am VERY concenred however that this has been a pattern, and I as well as many others, have had to stop the food to 'make' (cooked chicken/rice/peas/ carrots et)them food to get them able to walk, stop the runs, and want to eat.

Please be very careful with your food purchases. Write down the serial number on the bags if you place it in another container, and save your receipts. Make a quick entry of how your pet is doing. We have had to switch foods several times and being a rescue this is VERY costly to us! It is hard to throw away a 30 pound bag of food, but the vet bills were to high for us to risk using Purina again.

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