Science Diet

I had been using Science Diet Ultra Allergen-Free dog food since I got my dog. I picked up a new bag and started feeding it to her. By the middle of the same day, she started vomiting and appeared to be in worsening distress. Thinking it was something else, I waited till the next day to see if she had improved. She had gotten worse by then. I took her to her vet. He had no idea what was wrong, and told me to bring her back if she did not improve in a day or two.

She continued worsening. I took her in again. She had gotten much worse, showed all the outward symptoms of pain. She was so bad she started showing symptoms of vertigo. It was so bad that all I could think about was every animal, no matter what species they were, died soon after. The vet kept her for four days. She improved to her old self by then. I took her home and started feeding her from the same bag. The whole horrific nightmare started again. This time I realized what it was.

I stopped the food immediately and called my vet to tell him what happened. He advised me to stop the food as well. I had never seen anything like it before. I sat up with her all night and could actually see the last of this dog poison, I had unknowingly fed her metabolize out of her system. She let out a big sigh, went limp in my arms, and then immediately fell asleep for almost 20 hours. I'll never trust Hills Labs again. In fact, I'm going to do everything I can to get satisfaction and reimbursement for over $800.00 in vet bills from this massive screw up in quality control by Hills Labs and their Science Diet product.

I purchased a bag of Hills Science Diet dog food, which is supposed to be a vet-recommended food for dogs, for my 12-year old Maltese. Our dog became extremely ill and we couldn't figure out what was wrong. He was very, very weak, no energy. He would sleep for 24 hours straight, hardly ate his food, barely drank his water and wouldn't get up. We took him to the vet, which cost us $300+ and they said he had Pancreatitis. They gave us pain medicine and we began feeding him Purina Moist Food to help him gain his strength. With a combination of his medicine and the new food, he began feeling great, running, playing, barking. We switched back to his dry Hills Science Diet food while continuing his medication and within 24 hours, he was back to the same illness! Very sick, very quickly. Then it donned on me, it was the Hills Science Diet food! What is going on here? My dog nearly died by eating this horrible food! I hope everyone reads the complaints and spreads the word about this terrible food that is clearly killing and making many animals sick!

My canine daughter, who had been on the same diet of Science Diet canned for mature dogs 7 and older, had always been on nothing but this food and never ate anything else. When she started not eating, we knew something was wrong. Then in the middle of the night, she had wanted down and off the bed. She had poop with blood! She was very ill. By morning, we realized she was getting worse by the hour so early in morning, after she also had more poop with blood and then vomited with blood, we immediately got her to her vet's office. She had, as far as we could tell, only been sick a day. Maybe less? At the vets, she had to be given IV shots for poop and pain, also blood work and antibiotics. The shot for the pain, poop and nausea allowed her to get some rest.

That night, when she awoke, it was 11PM! She felt better but when we tried to give her a little food so we could then give her antibiotics by mouth, liquid, she refused the canned food. Then we continued to try and get her to eat! They know. Listen to them! She would get it in her mouth and drop it out of her mouth, over and over again! So I asked my husband to open another can. She did the same thing. Then I said, "did you use the ones we just got from the vet's office?". He said, "no! I have been trying to get her to eat from the ones we bought at the Patrick AFB Commissary, Science Diet mature adults can. Again I said, "Okay, open the can we just got from vet's office." She gobbled that up like she hadn't eaten in years! She was empty and starved!

Now I still have some of those cans we got from the Commissary and we will be figuring out where do we send them for testing. The Hill company had asked me to call when I sent them an email, but after reading many posts about this company and their reading of a canned response, I am not going to waste any more of my time! I want people to know this! Apparently, this company has an "in" with vets and people who wrongfully trust this company! Do not make this mistake as we have for years. My dog was telling me what almost killed her. She was one of the fortunate ones. Her owners could afford to take her to the vets.

How many animals does this company professes to care about? Have they killed or made them or their owners/parents suffer? How many? I am positive it was their canned food that almost killed my dog and made her suffer! No more! Buyer beware! This company does not care about any animals unless it's to make money on them. Obviously, they changed formulas and probably buy tainted and cheaper by-products from God knows who or what country. Yes, I know what country. Do you?

I have seen with my own eyes as have others, obviously that there has been and continues to be bad Science Diet out there. All were being recommended by veterinarians no less. It is making our animals sick and some unfortunately die! Most people these days do not have the high cost of vet care. How many animals and their parents have suffered because I never see a recall?

I know this is what made our poodle sick and almost die! She still has to go to the vet and it has frightened her so bad she's afraid to drink water. Somehow they associate this with getting so severely ill, yet it was all too obvious it was her canned Science Diet purchased at an air force base commissary. For years now, only this time we know it was the food, because when she kept refusing to eat it and we had not a clue that it was her food, which was trusted by everyone! So she finally ate some after we thought she was just being picky!

She became severely ill to the point she needed immediate IV fluids, some shots, blood work and antibiotics! She lost almost a pound in a matter of days. She's only 9 lbs, or was, now 8! She is now constipated because she's afraid to drink water. She will eat the new vet recommended Science Diet canned, but I really don't think I want to continue it, because I will never trust this brand now again. Yet, you would think it would be the cheaper to have Chinese crap food, we'd have to worry about!

I have been asked to call the company, but I pretty much feel that it's a bit late for saying anything now, how many died or suffered because of this food? How many people had to forgo paying bills so they could try and save their pets? If their pets were that fortunate?! I am pissed to say the least! Where are the recalls? How do I know it was the food? The same way everyone else with a brain figures it out, listen to your pet. If they don't want the food, there is something wrong with it!

When we got her home, she refused on the food that had been in the fridge. The next can we opened, she refused, until we got it straight from the vet's office. She wouldn't eat any of it, yet she gulped the partial can we gave her after we got that can home! S, listen to your pets! They will tell you, hopefully, before they have to suffer and die!

This was purchased in March 2012! It was the Science Diet canned for mature, beware! It caused her to have "D" with copious amounts of blood and then she also vomited once with a lot of blood and that was it. To the vets, she went in a hurry! She then received the IV fluids, antibiotics, shot for pain and for the "D", and antibiotics to go home with for 7 days. Also, she had to have blood work, and maybe even now, X-rays.

She never goes out except on a leash in our own yard. She is a pampered pooch and she is 14 years old, but before all this, she had never been sick! She is eating and drinking only if we put in a little plain broth, but she never vomited. The one time she had blood, she went straight to the vet! Most people though couldn't afford that, especially 3 more trips, medications and constant care by people who are fortunate enough to be able to be home with her. I am pissed, because I keep thinking of all the "others" and this cannot be an isolated incident! Where are the reports about this obviously poisoned food?!

I have fed this dog food to our dog for almost 6 years now. It was prescribed by her vet and the only thing she could eat with her sensitive stomach. Like I have done many times before, I went to the vet on March 31st to purchase another expensive bag of this food. I took it home and once opened, she acted funny towards it. She didn't eat it at first, then after eating it for almost a week, became lethargic, had mucus in her stools and drank more water than usual. She normally eats twice a day, but with this most recent bag of food, she would only eat once a day, usually at the end of the day. My wife began researching after her behavior became very odd today. She began trying to eat dirt as well. The only thing that has changed in her life was this new bag of dog food. There is no doubt that this is the issue. I bought another brand and type of food on my way home from work tonight and she ate it immediately. She perked up and seems to feel a little better. This food is poison at best and should be taken off of the market immediately!

I bought a bag of Hill's Science Diet dog food and noticed a "web" in the top of the bag as I opened it 2 weeks ago. I didn't think much of it because I didn't notice any worms, but yesterday when I bought a bag, I found the webs again along with worms hanging from the webs! Gross! I brought the bag of food and the live worms to PetSmart. We opened two more bags of the same Science Diet food and they also had worms in it! The vet has recommended this food but we will never buy this food again! I am very upset!

I fed my dog Science Diet Mature Adult dry dog food. The next day, she began having diarrhea. We fed her the dog food for 1 week and her diarrhea got worse. We stopped giving her the food and switched back to her original food (Purina One) and her stools began to firm up. No more liquid feces. She has been back on Purina One for over 3 weeks now and still has very soft stools. Two very expensive visits to two different vets show her to now have elevated liver enzymes and low protein count. I truly believe that the Science Diet dog food made my pet ill. $1,500 later, she is still undergoing tests to determine what is going on and how to treat it.

Early Monday morning, I rushed my 3 indoor pets to the hospital, when they became very ill at the same time, the night before. The first immediate signs were drooling and smacking lips, and shunning food within hours of Sunday dinner. I visited them twice a day at the hospital, and watched bloody mouth and nose sores develop. They were immediately put on intravenous antibiotics, fluids, and pain medications. I was racking my brain trying to figure out what could have happened, since I use no chemicals in my house. I clean with a small wet washcloth and dry with a dry cloth, and use Ivory liquid soap or vinegar with water when needed. The only thing I feared was maybe bad food, and I had been feeding them with a doctor recommended science diet.

I immediately took to the computer, and found the following shocking 28 pages, 5 comments to a page, on the loss and sickness of pets. Why is this food still in the market? I am in the process of alerting consumer/pet sites, and documenting for others who don't know, like me, who came very close to losing my little loved ones. After many, many, prayers, good caring vets and vet technicians, and a very expensive week of hospitalization, they are coming home, and will need ongoing care and potent antibiotics to turn this around. I am one of the lucky ones who didn't lose their pets, and I pray that they continue to get better.

My Weimaraner, Wilson, was our first baby. We fed him expensive Science Diet brand of dog food for pretty much his whole life because that is what the vet recommended. In November of 2011, we bought a new bag and after about 1-2 weeks of eating that food, he became very ill, stopped eating and became very lethargic. I told my husband that I suspected the new bag of food, because that was the only thing that had changed. I bought a small bag of Beneful to try, but by this point, it was too late. He would not eat anything. We took him to the vet, did tests, started antibiotics, not really even knowing what was wrong. He passed away a few days later. After reading these posts, it makes me so upset to think that this could have been prevented. I am so angry that this expensive brand of dog food could have caused this! If we do get another dog, which we are hoping to do, I will never buy Science Diet again!

I had a cat that was diagnosed with kidney stones/urine crystals so I put him on Science Diet C/D to help avoid these issues. I put all my cats on it since I free feed. My 19-year old Siamese cat started showing signs of constipation, but I didn't know what could be causing it or that it was even a major problem until it was too late. By the time I figured it out, it was too late and he had to be put down. I was thinking it had something to do with his age until another cat started showing signs of constipation. Although my vet does not agree that the Science Diet cat food had anything to do with it, I find it extremely odd that both cats developed constipation problems. I am now trying to find a cat food that will help with the kidney stones/crystal problem and help with the constipation. I now have to give frequent doses of Miralax to my cat so he can poop.

I started feeding my two cats Y/D after my vet recommended it for their thyroid issues. After 3 weeks, my Russian Blue got very sick and had to be euthanized. A few days after that, my other cat also got sick, but was able to pull through. Both went into kidney failure and tests. Ultrasound shows that they had an acute toxin (such as antifreeze) in their stomachs.

Both are indoor cats and I do not have anything toxic that they could have gotten in to. The only thing we can think of is that it was the Y/D. My cat that survived is still having issues, but the prognosis is good. The vet thinks it will take 3 months for him to fully recover and they were only on the food for 3 weeks! I am just heartbroken about losing my other cat, not to mention the costs I have endured have been in the thousands of dollars.

Someone should investigate the nutritional adequacy of Science Diet canned and dry cat food. I strongly suspect that this food gave my cats cancer and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. My cats suffered terribly and endured painful and expensive medical procedures. I had three cats at the same time: 2 of them had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and 2 of them had cancer. What are the odds? All three died young for cats (one at age 5, two at age 9). On the other hand, my cats fed with Fancy Feast lived into their upper teens in good health and had shiny coats.

That's a sign of good nutrition, which the Science Diet cats never had. I trusted this supposedly "premium" food because it was sold at vets' offices. But vets, well-meaning though they are, basically trust the manufacturers' reps. They are not nutrition experts. Someone should make vets and pet owners aware that this food is not only not nutritionally complete but also dangerous.

I made the mistake of not reading or investigating the ingredients in Science Diet (SD) and feeding it to my beloved Boston Terriers. When one of them came down with a severe, rare, and aggressive form of cancer of the connective tissue, I stated doing some investigating into Science Diet and spoke with several vets.

Vets call this food "cancer in a bag" and note that the by-products, proteins (which are slaughterhouse leftovers like the beaks of chickens), preservatives, and chemicals make it extremely low-grade food despite the high price and millions spent on advertising and giving incentives to vets to sell the food. Some of these vets don't even realize what they are selling. It is certainly not malicious.

However, my sweet, sweet baby boy died after a brutal and brief fight with cancer at the age of 9. His brother is still with us, and I will not allow him to ever eat Science Diet again. The research and conversations I've had with pet owners regarding SD suggest that this low-grade filler chemical junk is extremely unhealthy and dangerous to our family members.

I hope someone out there in research or consumer affairs realizes the cost and pain associated with losing a pet and takes the time to prove what I have found out anecdotally that Science Diet is killing our loved ones.

I have a poodle for almost 5 years. She is 10 years old. Before her, we had a poodle for 10 years. She was on Hills i/d for a bad stomach. My first dog and this dog are rescues. My poodle now was on science diet i/d up until a few weeks ago when the vet told us to switch to science diet k/d. Shortly after she started throwing up, having diarrhea and losing her appetite, as well as becoming very lethargic and her stomach was distended.

She also had an insatiable thirst. Her gallbladder, pancreas, and liver levels in the blood were found to be triple what normal levels are. She has been on IV fluids, antibiotics, electrolytes and other vitamins for the past three days. When a sonogram was done, her pancreas was found to be enlarged. I believe it is from the k/d and will not give it to her again. She is at death's door. Do not feed this to your pets!

I have been feeding my female Maltese Science Diet canned chicken/turkey food for years. Recently she has had an upset stomach, is eating grass, has loose stools and sometimes even won't eat a "treat." Something is different about this canned food and I hope someone is investigating it and will give us an alternative soon.

I bought food for my dogs at the Veterinarian's office and have been feeding my two bichons and my cairn terrier Science Diet since they were born. They are now 6 years old. Up until now, I had not noticed any issues with the food; however, the dogs have been reacting strangely to the food the past month. I opened the container that I store their food in and bugs flew out of it. I was shocked, surprised and wondered how these bugs got in their food. Upon further inspection, I noticed that there were larvae throughout the container; therefore, I disposed of the food and thoroughly cleaned the containers.

I had purchased a brand new bag of the Science Diet Adult lite for them today. I opened it and inspected the food and found many larvae in this large bag as well. I do not plan to purchase this brand of food again and will research the best food for them. Recently the dogs have been sick vomiting and now my concern is the cause, as well as what are the long term consequences for them eating this food infected with larvae and bugs. I plan to have them examined by the veterinarian and see if they are infected with parasites.

After feeding our poodles this brand for over six years, I noticed a difference in their behavior--listlessness, constipation and not happy with their food. I looked closer at the ingredients and was surprised to find that where chicken used to be the first ingredient, it was now cornmeal and the second is now chicken by-products. Nowhere in the ingredient list was just chicken. Needless to say, I no longer use Science Diet and would recommend that all pet owners take a new look at the ingredients before buying.

I have fed my Maltese Science Diet Light for six and one half years. I thought it was the right food for him but he has recently become ill. At first loose stool, then vomiting. I took him to his regular vet and they put him on a liquid medicine. He felt better for a few days and then vomiting again. I took him back to my vet and he felt his abdomen and there was a lump felt. My vet took an ultrasound and told me there was a tumor that would have to be removed.They did the surgery the next day and told me he had cancer of the small intestines and it was also in the liver and lymph nodes. It broke my heart. I couldn't believe this was happening to my baby boy.

He was only six years old and was healthy, so I thought. So they did the surgery and removed the tumor. They said he had Lymphosarcoma. I thought, how could this be? After recovering from surgery, my dog had chemo treatments, shots, meds at home, different diet, etc. Sadly my sweet, smart, loving little dog that was my special little buddy and friend that was only six years and seven months passed away. I have other dogs but he was my own. Mark my words, I will never buy or feed my dogs any kind of science diet food, ever! If you love your pets, I hope you won't feed them any Science Diet Products either. Please!

My English Bulldog and two Boxers have been on Hills for at least 8 months and they were doing okay. I ran into a bag that was "bad" and has given all three dogs lameness, wobbling, and no strength to stand. The suffering of diarrhea, vomiting, and stool with mucous took about 5 days for what I called the "inoculation" period. One of them had a fever of 103.5-104.2.

I'm switching them to the cheapest pet food I can find. I am so over Hills. They have been on death's door for the past 3 weeks. It started with one dog while the other two were out of town. We originally thought he had panosteitis because of his age. I switched him to chicken and rice only and he got a lot better with an antibiotic and steroid.

When the other two dogs came back into the house, after 8 hours, they had diarrhea and the same symptoms as the first, only after ingesting from the new Bag of Adult Formula. These two were not as bad because they are older and I was able to diagnose the first one. I have thrown it out, I'll never buy Hills again. Also their condition appears to be bacterial.

My dog was diagnosed and had to have surgery from bladder stones. Now the veterinarian says he has to be on Science diet for life. He would not eat that **. I was so upset. I did a lot of research and now he loves and eats Royal Canin Urinary SO. I am very happy with this prescription dog food. Also my veterinarian sent me some paperwork on what I can do to feed him other foods. The list says plain cooked chicken, plain cooked turkey, eggs, rice, peas, pasta, white potatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, bananas, and melon. I am so happy and my puppy is too! Hope this helps.

This is my 3rd large bag of Science Diet that has been infested with moths. I dumped the first bag in to a secure container that releases food when the lever is pulled. When I saw some of the food coming out had moths in it, I opened the top and they flew everywhere. I sprayed them and threw the food out. I cleaned the container and hung it back up. The same thing happened to the next bag I bought. I returned the contents with moths and webbing in the food. The pet store said it was strand and gave me another bag. I kept this one in the bag itself and opened it to scoop it into a smaller container about once a week. I just opened it (it is a 30 lbs. bag) and it is again full of these silvery little moths. My dog threw up the other night. He is a 16-18 lbs. King Charles Spaniel. I feel horrible. I am returning in tomorrow and I will never buy it again. Be careful with Science Diet food.

Our 10-year-old Labrador mix has eaten Science Diet for the past 7 years. For around the past five, she has eaten the adult light/low calorie in 40lb bag. About 6 months ago, shortly after we opened a new bag she started throwing up. Over the next several days she developed diarrhea and started to refuse to eat. I suspected we had gotten some bad food so I picked up a small bag of something else to see if that would help. She ate the food immediately and within a couple of days was back to normal. I thought maybe the light food was hard on her digestive system and I wasn't really sure if it was the food at all. So, when we ran out of the small bag of cheap grocery store food, I went back to Science Diet but I switched to the adult regular.

About 2 weeks ago we ran out of food so I picked up a new bag and I switched back to the adult light. Over a 5-day period she went from throwing up to refusing to eat at all. She became very lethargic and started having blood in her stool and vomit. I tried feeding her some rice and carrots mashed up together and she ate it happily but threw it up about an hour later. She would drink a lot of water before I would take her outside. In the past 2.5 days I'm not sure she has really kept anything down. I took her to the vet this morning and she is staying overnight.

When I called in the afternoon I was told that she had probably eaten something bad. It's pretty clear to me now that something was wrong with the food. I will pick her up from the vet tomorrow and I'm hoping she makes a full recovery. I'm not sure if I should try to contact Science Diet and let them know about my experience. It sounds like other people have not had a good response from Science Diet. Ultimately, if Science Diet is knowingly putting out a product that is harming and in some cases killing pets they should be held accountable.

Please do not feed your animals Hill's Science Diet food. My 10-year-old Siamese has been the picture of health until now. He has been eating Hill's Science Diet c/d formula for approximately two years; it was recommended by our vet.

Three weeks ago I opened a new bag that was purchased from my vet's office. My cat ate his nighttime meal as usual. He started throwing up around 2 AM. Thinking that he had an upset stomach, I continued to feed him his c/d food. When I returned home from work the following afternoon, I found multiple areas of vomit in several rooms of the house. He has never thrown up that much.

When I actually witnessed his vomiting, it was heartbreaking. It wasn't like his rare episodes due to eating too fast. This was violent, and convulsive, and the food was also digested. I called my vet to ask if anyone had reported problems with the food, but he said no one had. When my vet examined him, he suggested that he may have a serious disease such as lymphoma. What a coincidence; my cat has been perfectly normal until I started feeding him a newly purchased bag of Hill's Science Diet. When I took his food away, the vomiting didn't stop, but drastically decreased. After researching pet food recalls for Hill's Science, I was horrified at the many, many, stories that sounded exactly like mine.

My beloved Siamese has been to his regular vet, an emergency vet where he had to spend the night and most of the next day, and yet another vet that specializes in ultrasounds and endoscopies. My "baby" has had lab work, numerous x-rays, two ultrasounds, a barium swallow procedure, and an endoscopy with biopsies taken. I am waiting on the biopsy results to know if he has the suspected lymphoma of the intestines, terrible enteritis, or gastritis. The first visit to the vet was on October 6, 2011, and today is the 13th day of October. He has been through so much in a short time. My vet bill at this point is nearing the $2,000 point, and I still don't know what is wrong.

I am fortunate that I still have him. I am praying that whatever the food did to him will not have lasting effects on his health. Please warn anyone that feeds their pet Hill's Science Diet.

I have always used the Science Diet puppy food. All 3 of my dogs have become sick and vomiting. I stopped the food for a couple days and fed my dogs with chicken noodle soup, thinking it might have been a viral thing. I started their Science Diet food again. Vomiting came back again. So, they are eating chicken noodle soup and no vomiting at the time. I don't know if I need to purchase another bag of food, wondering if there is something wrong with the one bag they have been eating from. I have been buying this product for over 10 years and I don't know what to do.

The vet recommended Science Diet T/D on our first visit for our Maltese and Maltese mix, 3 and 2 years old respectively. After happily being on Blue Buffalo for 18 months, the vet convinced me, due to dental issues with the Maltese, to make the switch. I immediately noticed how dry my pups stool had become but figured this was due to the new food and its large size, although it was "small bites".

3 1/2 months in and both my dogs became severely constipated, lack of appetite, not drinking and lethargic. I assumed, since it was both my dogs and the common factor of food, it was the obvious culprit. I called the vet and told them my dogs were "blocked up" and that pumpkin was having small success, but that I was wondering if the food and the dry stools were possible indicators of an issue. I was told that the fiber contained in some Science Diet products would remove water from the system and that it was normal to have dry stools. So, their dog food is supposed to dehydrate them?

I immediately removed Science Diet from their bowl, gave them an organic canned chicken and rice food, boiled chicken, and chicken broth to get them rehydrated. I watched improvement and 3 days later my pups are finally back to normal, and tonight ate a full serving of their new diet of Orijen.

I am confident based on my sick pups and the subsequent online research of Science Diet that I was faced with huge vet costs and possibly losing my babies because of this product and will NEVER use any and will warn others of Science Diet products in the future.

I have 10 rescues. When I feed them only Science Diet dog food, they all eat dirt. When I mix it with other food, they stop eating the dirt. Something is lacking in the food. As I read the reviews, I noticed many of the complaints matched things that happened to my dogs. I am changing their diets, even the one that has been eating it for 15 years. The one that eats W/D will find a new food as she vomits very often.

Our 4-year-old Labrador became listless and would not sit or lie down all day. This was due to her pancreas overreacting to fat. Our Labrador is on a fresh food diet with very little fat. Our neighbor brought over a leftover steak for our 2 dogs, and because of the higher fat content in the steak, Maggie's pancreas "over-reacted".

Lipase is an enzyme that breaks down fat, and Maggie's lipase level was 4000! Normal in dogs is 200! The enzymes were trying to digest the pancreas itself! Maggie almost died!

She was given only IV fluids and massive amounts of antibiotics for 3 days. After that, our vet put her on Science Diet RD canned food. This food has no fat/calories, but the label had "pork byproducts" as the first ingredient.

When asking our vet about this, he said byproducts on this food was different than what byproducts mean on regular dog food. Because Maggie was starving all the time with no fat or calories, she ate this food down enthusiastically. But over 2 weeks, not so much. And we noticed her coat changing, coarse and dry.

We started to integrate fresh food back into her diet, mixing it with the Science Diet RD food. The more she got fresh food, the better she seemed to be, and her coat started to return to the soft, smooth look as before. I asked our vet why they use this horrible food. He agreed that it might not be the best, but they are the only company out there that has done studies to prove their food helps in cases like Maggie's. And he has to go by the proven studies.

But he also agreed that Maggie may have improved on chicken and rice, but he didn't want to take any chances. I appreciate his carefulness in her care and she seems to be fine now. Although we will take great care the rest of her life to keep her away from fat and sweets so as not to over stimulate her pancreas, which could mean death to her.

I, too, think Science Diet is crap food and way too rich for most dogs. Remember, your vet gets those cans of SD food free and that's why they all seem to have it, not necessarily because it's the best.

My vet recommended Science Diet's z/d for my 6-year old Irish Setter. From September 2010 through April 2011, he ate the wet and dry varieties.

After a visit to the vet for our perfectly healthy Mal-Shi pup (eye-related visit), we acquired a free bag of Science Diet. So, of course, coming from the vet's office, I thought what could it hurt? Boy, was I wrong! I started integrating her regular food with the Science Diet just as recommended. She accepted the food fine and ate it for approximately five days without any side effects, or so I thought. By Day 6, our happy, vivacious, very energetic pup had now become gravely ill. She stopped eating, had diarrhea and was extremely lethargic. I was scared that she would not make it through the night and never get a chance to go to her vet appointment the following morning. I said a prayer and went online one last time hoping to get an answer.

Thank God, this website came up and saved my pup's life! After reading pages of stories that were so similar to mine, I immediately went to the kitchen (at 2:00 a.m.) and boiled chicken breast and rice. I was able to feed her and I kept watching over her for the rest of the night. To my surprise, she had regained strength through the night and her morning poop had become more solid. In addition, she had regained her appetite as I continued with the chicken/rice. Within less than 24 hours, she was back to herself and is now happier than ever.

I am so grateful to everyone who shared their stories about Science Diet, because of you my puppy's life has been restored. My sympathy goes out to the losses. Please do not give your beloved babes Science Diet or any other food without doing research first. I thought I was doing the right thing by giving her a food from the vet. I almost lost our love Kahlua over such a simple mistake!

My cat has eaten Science Diet Cat Food bladder health formula for almost two years now. He would throw up now and then, but he loved eating it and had no other problems. He is a little over two years old and has always had a good appetite, eating five-six times a day.

Last week, we opened a new bag and he won't go near the food. For five days now, he won't eat it. He eats other food, but the Science Diet just sits in the bowl. He smells it, and walks away. He knows something is wrong with it.