4health Dog Food

Updated on 02/02/2019: I am disgusted with DIAMOND 4HEALTH dog food and the way corporate did absolutely NOTHING to aid, check in, or even pretend like they care. My 4 year old boxer nearly died, from their dog food mistake and Diamond Pet Foods straight up ghosted me for the last 23 days. I was sent one email that was a copy and paste email from a Diamond "veterinarian". I sent in proof of purchase along with clean images of the production stamp, and they said and did NOTHING. I have spent thousands with them, and in return they try to kill my family boxer. Do not support Diamond or 4health. Look at the real reviews - there are about 6 on here with folks that had the exact same issues with their dog's health after feeding them this food. Diamond knows about this and they continue to make dogs very ill and even kill them because they cannot monitor their food production.

So I had no idea that this was here but I want to share my story. Was urged to switch to 4health by a vet in Franklin TN. Our English bulldog had some skin issues and he thought it help. About 4 months in she started the same issues. Hair loss and itching. We take her to a different vet who does some checking and finds she has some allergies and prescribes some meds. Just when we think we are on the road to good health she stops eating, is rapidly losing weight and throwing up phlegm and panting constantly. Oh and the cow patties she is leaving behind are awful. So back at the vet again and we learn she has some problems with her blood and we pay 500.00 at that visit. 2 days later another round at vet and 450 more. The third visit she is a bit better probably because of steroids but we also started feeding her boiled chicken breasts and rice.

My dog has been eating 4health for a few years. A year or so ago he experienced explosive bowel movements after eating the grain free beef stew - the clerk at Tractor Supply was unaware of any issues. A few months ago I bought 2 bags of the hip/joint bones (he had eaten them before and no problem). After eating a few out of the first new bag, he became lethargic and vomited the foamy phlegm that I saw someone else on here had described. I threw away the bag. After a month I decided to open the new bag and try one, thinking he may have just not felt well before, AND seeing no recalls. He ate one and within the hour looked like someone who was drunk. He fell over and couldn't get up, was also vomiting the phlegm.

My daughter has had her pup for 4 years. She is a AKC Basset Hound and on last Sunday she left us all heartbroken. After purchasing a big bag of 4health whitefish and potatoes dog food my daughter and Bailey returned home from college. After opening the bag and feeding Bailey a bowl we left for a few hours and upon returning my wife and daughter's walked into a house of horror and it was only the beginning of this nightmare. BAILEY had vomited and had bloody diarrhea all over the house. She was completely lethargic by Sunday afternoon and died Sunday night. She did not eat anything other than this dog food. Please don't put your beloved pets life at risk. DO NOT BUY THIS DOG FOOD.

We have 2 Labrador pups that started out on different brand (very healthy, energetic puppies) - we switched to 4Health on recommendation of TFS employee last month as a less expensive option. Most recent purchase of food (2nd bag of 4Health) has resulted in lethargic pups with diarrhea, and now they have no appetite. When I bought this last bag, I had to get a smaller size because the large 30-lb bags were sold out (for 2 weeks). I have not seen a recall, and employee at store was unaware of one. Strange to see empty shelf for a popular product, which makes me think there is an unannounced problem with production or quality.

We have two Havanese littermate pups. They are 6 years old and have eaten 4Health Dog food for four years. Last week, we replenished our supply of can food which we mix with 4Health dry food. Our female pup had a seizure the next day (Thursday) after eating from the new supply. We took her to the vet for blood work to find she had liver issues. At first we thought it was potentially a congenital shunt (potentially still a contributing factor). The vet put her on KD prescription food at that time. We did not notice another seizure until Saturday afternoon and then two additional seizures on Sunday. Our male dog continued to eat the 4Health food as normal until he had a seizure on Monday and we knew it was an environmental issue. We took him to the vet to find his bloodwork showed liver issues as well.

My six dogs were switched from Iams MiniChunks to 4health in the summer of 2015 amidst some bad reviews for Iams and some people's dogs becoming really sick. I have had no complaints until the most recent bag I purchased about a week and a half ago, which has made three of my six dogs very sick, with one barely hanging on at the moment. 4health and Diamond Naturals, I have read, are pretty much the same dog foods with the same ingredients and made in the same plant. I thought I should write this after reading of the dogs who have just died recently from eating Diamond dog foods. I have pulled the food from my dogs and are feeding them boiled chicken and rice. However, two of them are still too sick to eat anything. I hope this message goes a long way towards saving some dogs' lives.

I have been feeding my 4-year-old golden retriever and pug 4health foods since they were puppies. I had been happy with the food until this year. This last batch I bought in October, first the Salmon and potato, halfway through the bag the dogs began to refuse eating, then they had diarrhea. I then try and switch to the lamb and rice, and for a day or so it seemed better. But now the retriever is back to diarrhea and the pug refusing to eat. There is definitely something going wrong with their food.

I'm just curious if anyone else has had problems with this food. I feed the dry and canned food. I have 3 big dogs and 4 cats on 4Health. I’ve been ruling out everything that could be causing GI upsets in both my dogs and cats. Night after night - I get woken up by one, two, or all 3 of them with diarrhea. Cats also have recently started having diarrhea and vomiting. I can’t think of anything it could be besides the food. I don’t want to give 4Health a bad reputation if it’s not the food. But they are not subject to anything else that would be causing this. Not to mention, it’s with all my pets. So, putting feelers out there to see if there may be an issue with this food. Thank you.

I have 2 labs, one 22 mo. The other 8 mo. Both were raised on 4Health Puppy formula and all was good. I continue to give the 8 mo lab the puppy formula and she is fine. I think it is good dog food and am satisfied. The problem has been with the 4Health Grain Free Turkey/Potato Adult Formula made by Diamond. I bought 2 30lb bags in Feb2015. She consumed the first bag without any major problems. I did start to notice that her stomach frequently gurgled loudly about 2 weeks ago.

My dog became sick after I transitioned him over to the new 4Health Diamond kibble. Began vomiting, then stopped eating. Vet treated him for mycoplasma. Prior to this I had only seen this dog vomit once in 7 years. After several weeks of multiple vet visits, huge vet bills, and round the clock care he became so debilitated that he had to be put down. The dog was perfectly healthy prior to the switch and put up a valiant fight for his life. Tractor Supply told me, at first, that Diamond had just changed the packaging, not the formula, so it took me a week or so to make the connection. In my heart I know it was the food.

We bought the lamb & rice in a very large size. Shortly after starting the food they started having diarrhea, then it got much worse. Bloody diarrhea and vomiting from all 3 dogs! My English bulldog is the sickest. She eats the most, so, that makes sense. My 3 lb. Snorkie didn't like it and ate the least of it. She still has bloody loose BM's & vomits. The vomit is foul & viscous and resembles the poop. I got a free sample of another high quality dog food at the pet store and was out of town with my Snorkie 4 days. She started feeling better & I didn't see blood, in her firmer BM's.

After researching different pet food brands, I decided to try 4health from Tractor Supply Company. Both my cats & dog looked better after just one day on their grain-free food! I'm never going back to Purina.