My dog could not breathe after eating the treat and now has had major vet bills. His gallbladder is enlarged, liver enzymes high and will not eat. He also started going into jaundice. I have a huge vet bill over this and want these items pulled, and my bills and loss of work compensated.
Consumer Complaints & Reviews
After giving my son's dog Waggin Train Chicken Jerky approximately 4 "treats" over a 4-5 day period, she developed liver failure, was hospitalized for several days, and died yesterday. My son & his girlfriend are devastated, and I feel responsible as I am the one who fed it to her. Please help us get this off the shelves. How many more animals have to die before someone does the right thing?
Your product came with a box of dog food I purchased. I gave a couple treats to my three year old and 15 year old dogs. They both became violently ill vomiting, and diarrhea. After that, they became lethargic and would not eat and would not drink. I had to force feed them both and incurred a very costly vet bill after this went on for 2 days. Thank goodness, they both recovered; however, my older dog who had no health problems other than arthritis is now displaying signs of kidney failure. I think this is disgusting that your company has a blatant disregard for the lives of our pets. I was shocked to find out other dogs had fallen ill, even died due to this product and this company ought to be ashamed of yourself.
About a year and a half ago, I begged Wal-Mart to pull these jerky treats of the shelves because they made my pugs deathly ill, but no one listened. Well I guess they are now. I told you they were like poison but the FDA would not put a stop to it so I'm not sure what to do but I hope everyone sues this company and that will stop the import from China. These treats were like poison. The news media, FDA or this company would not stop but I tried on my own now maybe someone will listen. Spread the word, not everybody has a computer or takes the paper.
On November 2011, I fed my registered 9 month old, long haired Chihuaua, Brewster 5 Wagging Train chew sticks over a 3 day period. He became lethargic, wouldn't urinate or drink. First vet visit believed he couldn't pass something. He was given him Milk of Magnesia and shot. On 2nd visit, he was in shock and euthanized after body temp dropped with no chance of recovery. Autopsy revealed nothing lodged but interior bruising and swelling of major organs. Vet stated it could have been the treats, but had not received a warning of recall. Since then, the same vet states there are other cases of euthanized over these same treats. I thought I was rewarding my sweet baby by gifting him a special snack.
I fed my dog Waggin Train Chicken Jerky Treats, she trembled all over and threw up. This happened twice, on 2 separate occasions, before I realized it was the Jerky treats. She and my other dog both were suffering with loose stools. This product needs to be recalled.
Waggin Train treats were the only brand I fed my dogs, especially the chicken jerky. I lost my 15-year old Shellbie in December 2010. She had developed severe diarrhea, vomiting, and urination. Before we could get her to the emergency vet, which is an hour away, she went into seizures and passed away. My little Annie also got very sick one evening. She also had severe vomiting, diarrhea, was lethargic and I could tell she was very afraid. Got her to the vet in the morning and blood tests revealed high liver enzymes. She seems to be Ok for now but needs to go back for more blood work.
As far as my third dog, Lucy, she has been battling diarrhea, excessive urination and drinking for some time now. They were all fed Waggin Train treats. Since Annie got sick, I started researching and came across the FDA warning about chicken jerky treats. This led me to the Waggin Train site and I put 2 and 2 together. These treats may have caused all of the problems. All these China made treats need to be recalled immediately.
My 7 year old Chow mix was given one and only one of these deadly treats on November 18, 2011. He died on December 1, 2011. This crap needs to be banned and destroyed!
We received a bag of these treats inside of a large bag of Purina Dog Chow purchased at Walmart in Amite. I would feel differently about these treats if it was only a certain lot of treats, however, it's not. Various bags from across the US are tainted and Waggin Train is all but admitting fault. I have audio of a conversation stating this. You are welcomed to check out our Facebook page, Animal Parents Against Pet Treats Made In China! And also Waggin Trains site for more victims!
Bella was a healthy 2-year-old dog up until the night of 11/13 and14/11 when she began vomiting, having diarrhea, and quivering. She could not keep any food or water down and would vomit it up right away. After 2 days of trying to eat, she then refused all food on Wednesday. She kept trying to drink but could not keep water down either.
I brought her to my vet on the morning of 11/17/11 where she was immediately put on IV fluids and blood work was taken. The blood work showed that she had kidney failure, which cause unknown, and her white blood count was over 50,000, indicating infection. I visited with her on Saturday, 11/19/11. When I returned home from my visit with her, in my email was the article that the FDA had reissued its warning from 2007 on 11/18/11 regarding the chicken jerky treats stating that it can cause illness and death in dogs (all the symptoms of what Bella had, including kidney failure), but at that point it was too late.
She was given these chicken jerky treats from Saturday, 11/12/11 through Sunday, 11/13/11 when the vomiting started during that night. I immediately called the vets office, but it was closed and left a message. On Sunday, I was not able to visit with her since the vet's office was closed and I was unable to get an update on her condition.
Later on that night at around 10:00pm, the vet called me to let me know that Bella had taken a turn for the worse and she had started to bleed internally. He was going to be putting her on another medication to see if that would help. On Monday, 11/21/11, at about 8:30 am, I called for an update on her condition and what time I could go and visit with her. At that time, I was told that she had passed and that she had never responded to any treatment.
Waggin Train chicken jerky was the only thing that could have poisoned her, for she was never left unattended to get into anything that could have poisoned her. My home is baby/pet-proof, and when she is outside, someone was always with her.
Our four-year old German Shepherd has started getting sick after eating the chicken jerky treats and possibly the duck treats. I, after hearing something on the new tonight, will stop using the Wagon Train products. I am so lucky and I am sorry the losses I have read about on this site. The packaging is misleading as it shows a US location on the right and on the left side of the package it shows made in China.
My dearly beloved best friend of six years died five days after eating some of these treats. She loved them and I betrayed her by poisoning her with treats from a thoughtless company. I will inform all my pet owner friends to never buy your treats for their pets.
I purchased the Waggin' Train Chicken sticks in November of 2011. They were too hard for our 16-year old Pekingese to chew, so only our six and a half year old Yorkie ate them. I only broke off small pieces for him, never a whole treat at once. Two days after Thanksgiving, he suddenly became ill. I took him to the vet immediately. His blood work showed his kidneys were failing and he was still vomiting, and was in terrible pain. For a week, he was on an IV at the vet's clinic. I also took him to another hospital for an ultrasound because my vet isn't equipped. It took a day to realize what made him sick because it was the only thing he ate that our other dog hadn't. I asked my vet to check the product but they couldn't find a recall.
Both of my 13-year old healthy Alaskan malamute/husky mix suddenly developed lethargy, vomiting, loss of appetite, weight loss over 2 weeks. The female's BUN/Cr (kidney function tests) were sky high, the male's were moderately but seriously elevated. I racked my brain if they had eaten poison or had leptospirosis. Then I read online about the Waggin Train chicken treats and realized I had bought them these one wk before this started happening on 12/1/2011. After $4000 in vet bills, lost work at my new job, ruined holidays and still giving them subcut fluids, antibiotics, antiemetics and appetite stimulants at home, they seem to be recuperating. I am still very worried about chronic kidney issues.
Both of my dog got violently ill after eating 1 each Waggin train country style drumettes. Extreme vomiting and extreme diarrhea! I am furious this is still on the shelves at Wal-mart on Centennial Parkway Las Vegas, Nevada! I am taking them to the hospital right now!
My two boxer dogs and one domestic shore hair cat have been eating the chicken strips for years and more recently the ham strip. They love them and have never had any intestinal or bowel issues with these products. It would be nice if the products were made in the USA as against outsourcing manufacture to China.
I gave my dogs one Waggin Train ham jerky on Christmas Day night. I thought I'd try a new treat for them. The next morning, I gave them a Milo's Kitchen chicken jerky and my 7-year-old vomited and my 14-year-old had a seizure and never came out of it. I did not realize that both of those products are made in China. It's disgusting that they are still on the shelves getting ready to be sold and given to the next victims. I still can't believe I lost a member of our family over some dog treat made in China.
My two Shih Tzu's suffered extreme diarrhea, was very lethargic, and wouldn't eat or drink. An extensive and costly visit to the vet uncovered E. coli in both dogs. The E. coli was traced back to Waggin' Train's Chicken Tenders purchased at Walmart in Warsaw, Indiana. The store was notified of the E. coli, but they did not remove the product from their shelves. My loved pooches survived this brutal illness but only because of our experienced veterinarian and God's grace. When I learned the product was produced in China, I was mortified. China does not respect animals as (most) Americans do. We love our dogs and cats; some countries eat them. Why would anyone trust China to make a quality dog treat? Can you say greed?
My babes were very ill for one week with lasting "poo-poo" issues for much longer. Obviously, the chicken tenders were thrown out. After much research by my husband, we found dog treats made in America. Our dogs are doing fine now and seem to enjoy the taste and texture of their new treats. After reading other related stories about these Waggin' Train products, I feel so blessed that our two dogs made a full recovery and the $250.00 we spent in vet bills pales in comparison to others who have had to spend thousands only to suffer the pain of losing their pet.
I gave my dogs a Waggin Train Prime Cutlets Chicken treat. I then went shopping and returned to find my Pug mix, out in the backyard digging a hole in the dirt near a tree. I thought nothing of this but later on that night (3 AM), she had a blood discharge from her rear end. She then became very lethargic, and started to get cold. I immediately drove her to my vet but she died on the way. I left her with my vet who was going to perform a necropsy on her. I got home at four in the afternoon, and my Whippet mix was squirting out blood from his rear end. I immediately ran him into the local vet's office, where they thought he had eaten rat poison (not possible as I have none on the property). He was given a vitamin K-1 injection, Cerenia injection, and put on an IV.
After an hour I brought him home and continued administering IV sub cue injections all night. The next morning, both vets called me, and said that the dogs had suffered HGE, which is a bacteria commonly caused by food. I of course promptly realized that the only different food that I had given them were these treats. After administering a whole bag of Lactated Ringers, and starting him on Clavamox tablets, the Whippet bounced back by the afternoon. However, the next day my Terrier mix started squirting blood from her rear end. She went down hill very quickly, and would not walk. I immediately started her on the IV and Clavamox and called my vet who said to bring her in, if I saw no improvement that night. I stayed up all night sub cuing her with the IV, and holding her next to me. The next morning she bounced back, and by the afternoon there was no more blood.
Due to these treats I lost a very special dog, and almost lost two others. These treats should be recalled and destroyed! The treats came from China, and were distributed out of Anderson, South Carolina (code #07020 77835. Lot #CA756).
My best friend, Yorkiepoo was found dead after eating Waggin Train treats. Unlike some of these consumers, they were not the chicken variety. She had eaten the beef and duck. Our vet has had over 100 dogs with symptoms and many of them have died. Wal-Mart still has the products on the shelves.
Our 9 month old Pug ate some of these. Just out of the blue, the peppy pug became lethargic and was vomiting and having diarrhea. We thought he had a bug, so gave him a day to see if he got better. He got worse, so we took him to the vet. The vet bills came to over a thousand dollars. He had to stay for almost a week hooked up to an IV. The vet did not know if he would make it, but luckily he is back to his normal self, still with 'softer' stools weeks later. After reading this, we have thrown out all of our Waggin Treats! Please, if your dog becomes lethargic out of the blue after eating these, do not wait! Get him to the vet ASAP!
I was giving my Anatolian Shepherd the Chicken Jerky treats sold by Waggin Train. Unfortunately, that led to the death of a 4-year-old previously healthy therapy dog. We dealt with two weeks of misery as Molley went through a dialysis type treatment to try to clear the junk out of her kidneys. A cheap bag of dog treats cost my dog her life and although an american company, the treats are produced in China.
My dog died and I incurred significant vet bills.
My dog, Jake, a Gordon Setter, has been eating these treats for over a year. I have to wonder if his recent weight loss and lethargic demeanor is due to these treats. I also have to wonder why Wal-Mart continues to sell this product when the complaints and concerns go back years! Thank you, Wal-Mart, for your concern!
About two months ago my small dog became ill with vomiting and severe diarrhea. I took her to the vet and he give her antibiotics. She began to feel better, but is now vomiting and having diarrhea again, and my other dog is showing sign of very soft stools.
I went on the computer and found the Waggin Train Chicken Jerky Tenders has been shown to produce these symptoms. I will not give my dogs any more of these and the doctor said to give my dog Pepto-Bismol for the symptoms and hopefully she will recover.
A few months ago, I bought Waggin Train Big Blast Pork Skin Twists with Chicken Liver Content. My Lhasa Apso untwisted the twist and caught one end over a tooth and the other end was down in his throat. If he had not come to me and kept staring at me, I would not have known that he could do nothing with the twist. He would have eventually choked to death. I took the package back to Walgreens, showing the one that was untwisted and told them they should take them off their shelf. I just wrote a separate message to Waggin Train asking if they are still making this product. They should not because dogs can choke to death on it. Please let me know and let others know not to use this treat.
I recently left my dog in the care of my neighbor, who has dogs of her own and is very responsible. When I returned from my vacation, my dog was suffering from severe diarrhea. A couple of days later, my dog sitter called and said one of her dogs was suffering the same symptoms as my dog. The only connection between the two dogs was the Waggin Train chicken dog treats that my sitter had given both dogs.
I believe the treats are what is making both dogs sick, as neither has yet to recover and it's been a week now. I see that other people have had problems with these treats and am sickened by the thought that I may lose a close companion of over 14 years. My dog sitter has an appointment with her vet and we'll see what he says we should do. Thank you.
In February of 2009 our dog Jakey had been eating Waggin Train chicken jerky treats. No need to worry the package says 97% fat free, no preservatives and all natural. He began to vomit blood and his bowels were also bloody. I rushed him to the vets at 2:00 A.M. and they immediately put him on IV and antibiotics. He pulledd through after 3 days there.
In March he started to have stomach problems, and the vets contributed it to colotis. Which I thought was kind of a far fetched idea. He never had stomach problems before eating these treats. April same thing again, stomach problems, but this time he was having trouble walking up the steps, would not eat food and drank alot of water. Still I continued to give him pepcid for his stomach as directed by the vet.
May same problem (stomach) and they May 29 the unbearable happened. We rushed him to the vets and he had a temp of 103. Was very listless, and not responding. He later that evening had seizures became unconcious and never woke up. I can now say that I am 99% sure that these chicken jerky treats were the cause of his death.
Why isn't someone doing something about this problem. He is not the only one that has died. And will not be the last unless something is done to stop China from processing these treats with arsenic. If this was humans that were dying these items would be pulled off of the shelves immediately. Please make people aware of the potential hazards of these treats. They are not safe. There is a website called laciessite.org that will further explain what I am talking about. By the way our dog was 5 years old.
In February of 2009 our dog Jakey had been eating Waggin Train chicken jerky treats. No need to worry the package says 97% fat free, no preservatives and all natural. He began to vomit blood and his bowels were also bloody. I rushed him to the vets at 2:00 A.M. and they immediately put him on IV and antibiotics. He pulledd through after 3 days there.
In March he started to have stomach problems, and the vets contributed it to colotis. Which I thought was kind of a far fetched idea. He never had stomach problems before eating these treats. April same thing again, stomach problems, but this time he was having trouble walking up the steps, would not eat food and drank alot of water. Still I continued to give him pepcid for his stomach as directed by the vet.
May same problem (stomach) and they May 29 the unbearable happened. We rushed him to the vets and he had a temp of 103. Was very listless, and not responding. He later that evening had seizures became unconcious and never woke up. I can now say that I am 99% sure that these chicken jerky treats were the cause of his death.
Why isn't someone doing something about this problem. He is not the only one that has died. And will not be the last unless something is done to stop China from processing these treats with arsenic. If this was humans that were dying these items would be pulled off of the shelves immediately. Please make people aware of the potential hazards of these treats. They are not safe. There is a website called laciessite.org that will further explain what I am talking about. By the way our dog was 5 years old.
