Beneful Pet Foods Reviews

My Wire-haired Doxie had two episodes of what I thought were UTIs (urinary tract infections) while eating Beneful, including one episode of bloody urine. There was no information about Beneful being toxic at that time, but with 20/20 hindsight and seeing other dogs' UTI problems and bleeding to death, it's easy to put it together. Beneful is lying, denying any problems, and offering people coupons (coupons!) for what made their dog(s) sick in the first place!

Our beautiful 5-year-old German Shepherd dog became violently sick. We discontinued feeding her the Beneful brand dog food and she started feeling better. I started feeding her hamburger and rice and she started coming back to her normal self. Then I added the hamburger/rice to the Beneful to get her to eat the food. Wrong thing to do. Again, violently ill. We have stopped all together feeding her the food, Beneful. I will never feed any animal we have a Purina product again. How can this poison not be recalled by the US government (too many senators sitting on their board of directors?). I hope we have not condemned our dog to death by trying to feed her a food that is easily accessed in grocery stores and the big box stores to try to save a buck. Shame on you Purina for killing American's best friends, not owning up to it and continuing to sell this poison!

Around four years, we have been feeding our three Shih Tzus Purina's Beneful food. Two years ago, we switched our dogs to Beneful healthy weight around the time we got a Labrador puppy. Just around a week ago, we noticed our healthy male Shih Tzu acting funny. He would drink a lot more water than he used to and vomit constantly. He stopped eating Purina Beneful so we switched him to beef stew to try and get him to eat since he wouldn't touch anything else. He was getting extremely skinny and was breathing heavily. Today, 4/4/13, we brought him to the vet. They ran a few x-rays and did a couple tests. They told us that both of his kidneys were failing and we needed to put him out of his misery. We couldn't find out why this happened because he was a healthy dog. So we started researching his food. We found out that Beneful has had several reports about dogs dying so that's why I am writing this.

Our two beautiful pups are like part of the family and we love them dearly. To think that saving a few bucks on dog food (I hate to even call this stuff food) was making them sick breaks our hearts. They were getting worse and worse and we didn't know what was wrong. Fortunately, we found out that others were experiencing the same issues around malnourished dogs that were being fed Beneful. The same symptoms were being posted here, but we were lucky to change products in time. Now they are getting healthy food, without just filler and corn, and we expect them to bounce back. I am so glad that we caught it in time and I'm very sorry for the loss of others who have posted here. This needs to be taken off the market!

After my husband's aunt's dog died of renal failure, he brought the unfinished bag of food to our house. Normally I would not feed my dog this food due to her corn allergies. But with all the chaos of the holidays, he put the food out. My dog ate some here and there. His dog did not eat any. My dog was a great eater. He took the food away (which we later found weevils in the bottom of bag). The dogs were put back on their normal diet. However, my dog had started acting weird. After the holidays, she started throwing up and lost 25% of her body weight. With the entire family being sick, I thought or rather hoped she was just sick like us.

Our 10-year-old lab loved her new Beneful dog food. Then she stopped eating. She had liver failure and died. She was healthy and happy until we gave her the "healthier" dog food for a year. The only thing that we changed was her food because we were given coupons.

We couldn't get the normal food. We stopped at the local store and bought Beneful. What an error. After we gave his first bowl to Rex, about 30 minutes later he started having seizures. After the continuous seizure, he then died. He was three. A beautiful Mastiff. They killed our dog! Sorry for the gruesome image, but this is what just happened to our dog.

My dog has been very sick since November of 2012. After taking him to an animal hospital for vomiting blood, they treated him for poisoning ($300 plus). We changed to a rice and chicken diet and after 30 days of treatment, he did get better. But three months later, the same thing again. We took him back to the animal hospital again because he had bloody diarrhea. They thought he might have colitis and gave more meds, still kept on rice chicken diet. He got better so we started to slowly feed him his Beneful dog food. Next morning he started vomiting blood again. We stopped the dog food and guess what? He got better. There is definitely something wrong with this dog food and needs a recall to save other dog owners from going through what I have. I have read there are many other cases with this same issue.

I had changed my dog's diet from Purina One to Beneful after not being able to purchase her typical food at the store. She seemed to like it. At first, she seemed to have extra energy (I purchased Playful Life). After being on the food for about 6 months, she suddenly became very ill. Upon bringing her to the vet, we discovered through blood work that she was in renal failure. The vet decided to check for leptospirosis and other issues, but to no avail. We couldn’t figure out why she was experiencing an acute renal failure.

I have been using Beneful for my dog most of his life. Recently my dog has been having vomiting spells. I could not figure what was the problem since nothing else has changed for my dog. I talked to a neighbor who owned dogs and her 1st question was, "Are you feeding him Beneful?" And I said, "Yes." She begged me to stop and switch dog food. I started searching the internet for a similar problem as mine and was alarmed by the many pet deaths and the complaints and ignorant denials by Purina. I stopped feeding Purina products to my dog and his overall health has improved. My dog no longer vomits. I will be sure to inform everybody I can to avoid the poison being sold by Purina.

I moved to a new location which was right across the street from a Schnucks. And as a single parent, I decided it would be best to switch to a dog food that in the event that I ran out, I could replenish by quickly running across the street with the kids to pick up more. Unfortunately, Schnucks did not carry her brand so I decided to try Beneful. (I tried both the regular and the "Healthy Fiesta".) I made the transition and my 75lb Boxer/Great Dane mix who has always been healthy (never had a single problem) became violently ill for five solid days. Unable to keep food down, unable to control her bowels, blood in her stool.

I have had dogs most of my 70 years. When I was younger, I remember feeding our dogs Purina Dog Chow and having them as companions for many years. My wife and I currently have a 12-year old dachshund and a 5-year old Australian Shepherd. For the past several years, we have been feeding them Purina Fit and Trim. Towards the end of 2012, we began having difficulty finding it so we switched to Beneful Healthy Weight at the end of December 2012. Several weeks ago, our daughter told us about possible problems with the Beneful line. We spoke with our vet and he told me that he was aware of the claimed problems but that he had seen no problems with dogs that he treats and that he had seen noting definitive in the professional publications he reads. So we continued with caution.

I started feeding my five dogs Beneful in June of 2012 after receiving coupons from PetSmart in an adoption/rescue packet. By September, I had to put my Doxie, Callie, down due to kidney failure. My dogs were scratching incessantly. One dog even pulled two toes out. I stopped feeding the four little ones Beneful after Callie was put down thinking grain allergies. They never had allergies before. I kept our large Goldendoodle, Cheesecake, on Beneful because she ate a lot, not knowing ... Cheesecake had a grand mal seizure in Dec 2012, followed by another in Jan. 2013. Her brilliancy is gone. She is on phenobarbital to stop the seizures.

I have a 12-year-old Pug. In mid-February 2013, I decided to try switching his food because he has mild allergies (chews or licks his paws occasionally) and I heard that a fish-based food might help. I searched my local Walmart and only found two foods claiming to contain fish. One was Beneful Healthy Radiance and, for cost reasons, I chose to try that food first. I have never been much of a label reader and I don't understand nutrition, so I wouldn't know what to look for if I had read the label. I was also not aware of the complaints against Beneful at the time.

I am still mourning my beautiful Black Great Dane named Maggie. I just had to put her to sleep from a football sized tumor on her tummy. I paid $1,000+ for that surgery. She was okay for about a week. Her harlequin sister, Gracie (litter mates), was 220 lbs. and is now getting a flabby belly, not eating, but drinking water like crazy. I am so darn mad. Maggie and her sister, Gracie, are what helped me through a horrible time in my life from an ex-husband after 30 years. It took 5 years to get divorced, and he ignores the order to pay me alimony. My stress was terrible, and I tell you, my Great Danes were my saviors. Maggie’s surgery didn’t work, and the antibiotics didn’t work.

Back in October 2012, I was away for the weekend and my 8-year-old Mini Schnauzer was staying with my parents. My mom called me to let me know that she wasn't eating or acting right at all. She wouldn't even eat the eggs my mom made for her that she tried mixing with her dog food - Beneful dog food. She was very lethargic. I came home on Sunday and immediately took her to the emergency vet. They really didn't do much at all for me. I then took her to my regular vet on Monday. In the meantime, she was not eating, not drinking, becoming dehydrated, throwing up, was just laying around, had no energy and could not walk up and down the steps to go outside to go to the bathroom by herself. I needed to carry her. Very lethargic.

Last week I had a healthy, happy lab running and playing with my kids. After feeding her Beneful, I had to watch four brokenhearted kids try to come to terms with burying their dog. We've had her for since she was 6 weeks old. She would've been 7 this summer. Always a healthy overgrown baby, we gave her 2 bowls of this food and within days she went from excessive thirst to vomiting. We took her to the vet. He kept her because she became so weak she couldn't stand. Then this morning she was dead. Even the vet couldn't believe how fast she went down. Her kidneys failed, liver was messed up and white blood cell count was twice higher than normal. I just wanted add my story so people are aware and maybe stop just one person from losing their pet.

I have a 6-pound Chihuahua who became very sick, was vomiting, had diarrhea and was looking very confused with no energy. I have read up on the food and have also taken him to the vet which cost $352. I found out it must have been something he ate. Well, the only thing he had eaten was this brand of dog food. I am very concerned and upset. I would like for someone to contact me ASAP. Thank you.

My mom has used Beneful dog food for the last 6 months. They are retired and on a budget and thought they should try another brand that didn't break their pocket book, especially with the recent increase in food prices. Over the last month or so, she noticed that the oldest dog, a 7-year old healer who was healthy and not overweight, became lethargic. The last day and half, one dog started vomiting blood. She took the female blue healer to the closest vet which is 1.5 hours from her house and found out that she had been poisoned by her new Beneful food and it had made her become anemic. The vet had also told her that three other dogs had suspiciously died from Beneful products in the last couple of months at that vet clinic alone. After leaving the vet, they stopped at the store to get new dog food. In the moments that they ran into the store, the once healthy female had vomited and died in the car.

My black Lab of 14 years died. Just like that! He was brought to the vet after hours, x-rays and labs. I fed my lab Beneful dog food and my lab is now gone! I fed my dog Purina Dog Chow for years, and then I starting feeding my dog Beneful for about 4 years. On December 24, 2008, I bought a bag of Beneful, and my lab was sick and died on January 3, 2009. I bought the dog food in Dallas, TX at the Walmart. I was visiting friends and family for Christmas Holiday and New Year’s. I had no idea Beneful has had many complaints. Why is everyone passing the buck and not caring enough? This saddens me.

My dog has always been very healthy and had normal liver enzymes after blood work at the vet. Last week, he started licking the carpet so I took him to the vet who told me his enzyme level is suddenly highly elevated. A few days later, I saw a news article about Beneful dog food possibly sickening or killing dogs. I don't think it's a coincidence that my dog got sick two months after I started him on Beneful as I believed it to be healthier than his regular food. Then I see literally hundreds of articles online about dogs getting sick or worse after eating this food. It should be recalled until this issue is settled as a dog's life is just not worth risking. The FDA should regulate dog food so we can be assured we are feeding our canine family the same quality we would feed our human family.

It's taken me a while to write this, as I've had a hard time with the loss of my dog. I have been feeding both of my dogs Beneful for years without issue. In January, my Addy became violently ill and died within 48 hours from liver failure. She had been at the vet just 4 days earlier for a check on an unrelated issue and was given an excellent bill of health. So when she started getting extremely lethargic and vomiting that Sunday, I obviously became alarmed. She was unable to move her back legs well and started losing body temperature fast. Her belly and nose was cold as ice. She went into liver failure and we had to put her to sleep by Monday evening. Her doctor was in complete shock that she had been taken by illness so fast when she was so healthy just 4 days earlier.

My miniature schnauzer has been eating Beneful for years. Three weeks ago we bought a new bag of Beneful for her. Since then she lost 20% of her weight and has been vomiting red sandy vomit, and her appetite has plummeted. A couple of days ago, she became extremely lethargic, a dazed look in her eyes, continuous vomiting, and stopped eating/drinking altogether. The vet put her on antibiotics and sent for a blood test. We initially thought it was pancreatitis after doing internet research for the cause of our dog’s sudden downturn and even told the vet that.

My dog was fed Beneful and vomited, had diarrhea, lost patches of hair and had difficulty walking. I thought he wad dying. I took him off Beneful and, days later, he is pretty much back to normal. It's so scary, especially since my two-year-old also helps feed him and has been known to play with his food.

Our 9-yr-old Husky has been fed Beneful since he was a puppy. About 2 years ago, we noticed that he was drinking more water than normal. He also started throwing up after eating. We thought that he just ate too fast, so we purchased a special bowl to slow him down. The throwing up became less frequent but he still consumed lots of water. In November, he started to have accidents in the house. This is a dog that never, not one time, peed in the house even as a puppy while he was being housebroken. He was diagnosed with diabetes in November. He was a 92-pound Husky who now is 70 pounds and declining. I am not convinced he is diabetic as the insulin shots are not working. He still consumes large amounts of water and is unable to hold his urine. He trickles urine and does not even realize it happens. I am angry that we did not stop feeding him this food years ago if it did, in fact, shorten his life by affecting his health.

I am horrified after reading many of the comments on here. I did not know it was so bad. I have been giving our pups Beneful Healthy Weight for about 2 years, with no noticeable issues. They ran out last night and the store did not have the Healthy Weight, so I picked up the Healthy Fiesta instead. They both ate half a cup of the Fiesta. This morning they could not get enough water when they woke up and one has now had two bowls of water. Needless to say, I threw away the food and ran to get them a more natural brand. I am hoping that half a cup of food did not cause any damage. They seem to be acting normal except for the thirst. It is scary to read what has happened with this food and yet it is still being sold.

I have been feeding my dog Beneful dog food, and he has had vomiting and diarrhea. My vet is running blood work to see if there is kidney damage.

I lost one dog about a month ago from kidney problems and now I have one sick with liver problems. I'm very concerned this dog food has not been pulled for recall. Both dogs had signs of loss of weight, drinking a lot of water and lack of energy. There is a problem and it needs to be looked into as soon as possible.

Our German Shepherd was on Beneful for a year. We thought she was getting older and just slowing down, but she started vomiting, had diarrhea, wouldn't get up, had fever and excess water drinking. She also lost weight. We took her to the vet and they couldn't find a reason. We changed her food, and she is back up to weight, happy and acting like a healthy happy dog. Now we have a huge vet bill. However, we're glad we didn't lose her!

I purchased a bag of Beneful at Walmart in Dec. 2012/Jan. 2013. Although soon after I bought it, I switched to making my own dog food (after a few weeks on homemade dog food, occasionally I would add about a quarter cup of Beneful to their homemade food to use up the Beneful). Shortly after, our one Doxie started with vomiting and diarrhea; and then our Jack Russell/Doxie started with the same symptoms. I was worried it was the homemade dog food (which was moister than the dry dog food), so I cut down on the homemade food and increased the Beneful. Their symptoms continued.

My dog had to be put to sleep on March 14th, 2013. The vet took a blood sample and it was so out of whack they could hardly read it. There were so many bacteria in his system he could barely walk. I found out that Beneful Dog Food was contaminated. They need to remove all their products off the shelves.

My dog, a beagle, had been on Beneful for several years and was never quite the same. He was drinking a lot of water, got sick sometimes and lost his energy. To be honest, we thought it was his thyroids or his thyroid medication making him sick that way. In December 2012, he went downhill pretty fast. By the first week of January, he had got pretty bad and stopped eating. So we took him to the vet only to have blood tests confirm that he had been poisoned and had kidney failure. We hooked him up to dialysis, and he was put on another food. He got better a bit, and then a week later overnight he got really bad to the point of suffering and died in my dad's arms before they could get him to the vet.

I purchased a bag of Beneful dog food from Wal-mart on December 28th. Shortly afterwards, I noticed my 3-year old Rottweiler losing strength and having problems with loose stools and extreme water consumption. The vet put him on science diet and antibiotics. After a week, there was little change; I took him back to the vet for more tests and results showed elevated liver enzymes. I switched dog foods and after a month, my dog was feeling a little stronger. Still not out of the woods yet but with a change of food and a lot of trips to the vet, my dog is just starting to get stronger. Very similar symptoms to other dogs fed this poison.

I had an issue with Beneful food that is similar to all that I read. I quickly threw it away and went back to Dog Chow. I have just had the same experience with a bag of the new Pro-Plan food. Martha, my 6-year-old Lab, ate a mixture of Dog Chow and Pro Plan that I had mixed yesterday and became sick to the stomach in just a few hours, throwing up the undigested new Pro Plan. It's time to consider a new brand of food.

I have been feeding my two dogs Beneful for quite a while. They would often have stomach issues, vomiting and diarrhea, which I attributed to a sensitive stomach. About a month ago, my 12-year old Shepherd mix became very ill and would not go near her dry dog food. I fed her rice and chicken and slowly introduced some canned dog food (not Beneful brand). After a week, she was feeling better, so I started to introduce her Beneful back into her diet. She immediately got sick again. The next day, my 10-year old Jack Russell also got sick. I switched both dogs to the wet food and they got better within a few days.

My energetic eskipoo began to act lethargic and it appeared as though his equilibrium was off. He refused to eat his food (Beneful, IncrediBites). I took him to the vet and he was in kidney failure. After 4 days in the hospital being pumped up on antibiotics and fluids, he was released with medication and subcutaneous fluids that I needed to give him daily. He refused to eat whatsoever and I seriously thought he was going to die the first week after his discharge. The hospital bill was excessive, but I felt he was worth trying to save. In the meantime, my cocker spaniel was drinking excessively and going out constantly.

I have three dogs that all eat Beneful. Last Wednesday, our dog Daisy was acting a little weird. She has storm phobia, and we had storms; so we really thought nothing of it. The next day we had plans to be out almost all day. We put our dogs out that morning to use the restroom, and she seemed less energetic but still okay. When we arrived home that evening, my husband let the dogs out of their kennel; Daisy could not get up and was panting heavily. He immediately took her to our vet who felt that she had had a stroke; her breathing slowed and she wasn't responding to anyone. The vet determined there was nothing else that could be done. We had her put to sleep at that point as she was in horrible pain.

My Border Collie became very ill a few years ago after feeding her Beneful. She had such severe diarrhea that I had to take her to the vet. This cost me over $100. Purina should be investigated. Also, someone should start a class action suit against Purina.

Beneful is sending a self-addressed envelope to sample the food. Their complaint dept wants my vet to submit all paperwork to date.

My beautiful, 7-year-old Labrador Retriever was put to sleep this morning from liver failure, liver failure that came from toxic Purina Beneful dog food! After a week of lack of energy, drinking extreme amounts of water and finally large vomiting episodes (with blood in them) and diarrhea, we had her blood test results. Her liver enzymes were highly elevated. Our vet thought cancer or a bacterial infection. We started Maggy Mae on antibiotics. They did not work. We had no idea about the horrific stories of pet owners losing their loved ones from this toxic food until we had some family members come for a visit. They own a kennel and are from Pittsburgh, where there seems to be a little more awareness. They saw our bag of Beneful and told us to google the reports.

My 12-yr-old Cocker Spaniel died on Monday, 3/4/13. I had opened a bag of Beneful dog food on Saturday which I bought in January of 2013 and fed it to her on Saturday and Sunday. I noticed on Sunday morning that she had vomited some stomach contents but was fine and her normal self. On Monday morning, she was lethargic and by 3 pm in the afternoon, she was dead. She was a healthy 12-yr-old who had just had a physical in November and all was well. I am wondering now if something in the Beneful food could have been toxic to her.

I recently switched from Science Diet to Beneful dog food for my Vizsla dog. Soon after the switch, she quit eating and, after a couple of days, quit drinking water. I took her to our vet and they took an Xray showing that her pancreas was swollen. They put her on an IV and antibiotics for 4 days and $700 later, she is on the road to recovery. Something needs to be done about this dog food before more deaths and expensive vet bills are incurred.

On February 19, we took our dog Vinny (9-year-old German Shepherd-Collie mix) to the vet because he was throwing up (he threw up a whole bowl of Beneful) and having diarrhea. They did blood work and said everything was good. By 9pm that evening, he was acting strange; he loves French fries and we brought some home for dinner and he didn't even want any. By the time we went to bed, he could barely walk up our stairs and couldn't jump on the bed. My husband had to pick him up and put him in our bed.

We have used Beneful for many years. We fed it to our 1st dog, which died at the age of 9 from pancreatic cancer. Then in 2001, we started feeding Beneful to our lab mix puppy once she was done with Puppy Chow. Long story short, just this winter in January, our 11-year-old family member became violently sick. We took her to the vet 2 times. He gave her antibiotics, a shot for stomach pain and stomach pills for pain. She would not eat her Beneful at all. So we had to feed her pulverized boiled chicken or boiled ground beef by a horse shot syringe down the throat, because she would not eat her dog food. We gave her Activia every day a few times a day.

My 3-year-old cocker spaniel is currently at the vet in guarded condition being treated for kidney failure due to poisoning. The only thing different in our home is Beneful dog food. She normally is fed Royal Canine for her breed, but we ran out during bad weather and I picked up a bag of Purina Beneful Playful Life at a local store. She began throwing up and then started falling over. She got to the point where she could no longer stand. We have scoured our home looking for other potential sources and can find nothing. The only difference has been Beneful.

My husband and I owned two Lab dogs. Both of our dogs were very healthy until a few days before we lost them. A few days before Jet, our healthy, happy 9 1/2 year old black Lab died, he started coughing, laying around and he didn't want to play which was very unlike him. We finally took him to the vet when one evening he didn't want to eat, drink water or stand on his own. The vet said he had gotten into some kind of poison. We knew that was not what happened because he never would run off and we didn't have anything that the dogs or our son could get into. The vet kept him overnight and the next evening, they called and said he was unresponsive, so I told them I didn't want him to suffer any longer and to put him to sleep. Six months after Jet died, our younger yellow Lab, Remington, started the same exact thing. We took him to the vet and they said he had intestinal problems which was caused by eating something he shouldn't have. We feed our dogs Beneful dog food about 75% of the time and they never received table scraps. It was very hard to lose both of our healthy dogs within 6 months of each other. When we get another pet, we will make sure not to feed them Beneful.

My healthy pet of 5 years was acting perfectly fine until she started eating Beneful dog food by Purina. She started acting very lethargic. Only a few days later, she died. When I first started noticing the weird behavior, I took her to the vet. They did blood work but still after that, they said they couldn't find anything wrong. So we took her to an ER for dogs. Thousands of dollars later and after doing many tests, we still had no answers. The only thing the vet said was that she thought the dog was poisoned, but all the tests came back negative. After a few days of spending the night at the vet (she was also not eating Beneful anymore), she was getting better. Once we took her back home, she was fine for a day. Then the next day (after feeding her Beneful) when I went to let her out, I found her dead. I was devastated. How many more dogs have to die before you will do something about it?

My son Joh, bought a bag of Beneful by Purina last week. We noticed Misty was always sleeping. She would get up and play with the grandchildren when they were here, but after she ate, she was very tired. We thought it was the weather. March 1st 2013, we went out; I came home and my son was at his girlfriend’s house. He fed her before he left. When I came home, she was sleeping; she did not get up like she does when someone comes in. I checked on her and the minute I touched her, I noticed she had foam around her mouth. She then started to have a seizure. I ran and called my son and picked him up. He rushed her to the emergency vet where they told him she had kidney failure, low blood sugar, and liver failure. They said they would have to keep her for a few days to test her, but she would have seizures for the rest of her life.

We had been feeding Beneful to our dogs for 6-12 months now. This last month our dogs have been showing signs of being very ill. Two of our dogs started throwing up blood and undigested food, along with excessive thirst and being very lethargic. We did some research and found this site expressing the same exact problems we were having. Please recall this food before any more beloved animals pass away! We have changed food and already saw a difference. Hopefully we caught it before it did any real damage to our beloved, precious dogs! Do not purchase Beneful! My sincere, heartfelt sympathies to the owners who have lost not only their pets but family member!

Nestle bought Purina in 2001. They don't have a very good reputation for the human side of things, let alone pets. The Swiss company Nestle has bought out many companies over the years. I remember reading an article in the newspaper a very long time ago about Nestle selling baby formula that had to be mixed with water to poor countries that didn't have clean water. They are just another greedy for profit company. I had a similar experience to people who have lost their dogs 7 years ago. I decided to try Beneful for my two Shih Tzu's, one 8 and one 9 years old. My dogs started to get sick after a few months and developed liver problems. One day, I had found insects in the food that were red from the food coloring in the pet food. The insects actually turned red from eating the red kibble of the dog food. I stopped buying Purina products after that.

I have fed my dogs Beneful for years without issues. But over the past week or two, my 6-year-old dog has not been eating very much. My 1-year-old puppy has been eating 2 bowls a day, but has been vomiting and having diarrhea. He has been needing to go outside in the middle of the night with vomiting and diarrhea. He had an accident in his crate, which he has never done.

On Feb. 7th, 2013, we took Ginger, our 9-year old chocolate Lab, to the vets for her yearly shot and what we thought swollen ankles like arthritis symptoms, so we got pills vet recommended Tramadol 50mg and meloxicam7.5 mg and we will see how she does with these. He said we will know in a week if she feels better in her joints, so in the meantime, I didn't buy the brand of food for her we normally had. I stopped at Wal-Mart and bought Beneful instead, Healthy Radiance for her. She had eaten it 2 times a day for 5 days. Then on Feb. 12th, on a Monday night at 10:30 pm, she began to have a seizure then she seemed okay. My husband took her outside last time of the night. She then came upstairs with him and stood in the corner looking like she didn't know anything and fell to the ground having another seizure. We called the ER Vets and she told us to bring her in if they continued.

Mr. Loki has been eating Beneful for the last 7 years. About three months ago, his health started to decline and he was a healthy puppy up until this time period. He started gaining a lot of fluid in his tummy (about 3-4 pounds of fluid). He became very lethargic and was having some trouble breathing. He had uncontrollable bowel movements (bad diarrhea). The first vet thought he might be having liver/kidney failure and ordered an emergency ultrasound. The second vet told us there was nothing they could do and asked us if we wanted to put him down that day or take him home and watch him die over the next few days. We were devastated but we hadn't given up on him that easily. The third vet we took him to put him on a water pill and other medications to make sure his heart and such were functioning properly. This has all been happening over the last three months and our pup is still not in the clear.

I totally agree that it is the dog food. I had 3 dogs, one being older but then after buying a large bag of Beneful, she started peeing on the floor way more often and not being herself. The other 2 dogs started vomiting and just laying around. I contacted the company. They said, "It's not the food," and sent me a coupon for a free bag (I still have it). I bought another bag thinking it was a bad bag and still had the same results. Since then, my older dog went to rest being she got way too sick and I have a full bag of food sitting in my kitchen waiting for a recall to happen. I even sent an email to my vet telling him about the dog food at the time. Since then, I changed food and my 2 dogs are happy; however, if it weren't for the food, I believe I would still have my other dog.

My Shih Tzu died on Jan. 31, 2013 of kidney failure. He had been eating Beneful wet dog food for over 4 years. He would frequently vomit small amounts of yellow liquid, but I never really thought anything about it. He would, however, only eat the turkey flavored or the roasted chicken flavors of the Beneful wet dog food. He would not touch any other flavors. Maybe that should have been a clue. Over the past 2 years, he had been drinking 3 bowls of water a day instead of 1 but he was getting older and not as active and had put on some weight which I thought may have been making him want more to drink. He was very lethargic for about 2 weeks before he died. I plan on getting another dog, but after hearing all of these complaints and the recall of the chicken jerky which I also gave him, I will not be feeding my new dog any dog food or dog treats. I am going to feed it ground meat and rice with veggies and also some egg whites. Purina and all the other dog food companies can ship their ingredients back to China. I will not take it anymore.

My dog has been throwing up and having diarrhea the last two and a half days. She eats Beneful Healthy weight formula. We are taking her to the vet after work today. If the food did it, shame on Purina for not disclosing this. I don't think I will buy any Purina products from this point forward, regardless of what happens. I just hope my dog pulls through this.

Shortly after ingesting (1-2 weeks) Beneful Dog food, my family pet (male dog) had occurrences of vomiting, diarrhea, urinary difficulties and had absolutely no energy or will to do anything. After researching the article (I observed on the national news and internet), I realized that there may be a relation to my dog's sudden symptoms and untimely death (approximately 2 weeks after I opened the new bag of Beneful). I also realized that if this were a case involving human beings, there would be no question as to an extensive investigation. I am hoping that for my former pet and family that this will be the case involving the Purina Beneful brand of dog food. Please take into consideration my complaint and overall concern toward this matter. Thank you for your time.

We bought a large bag of Beneful dog food last fall. Within a week of the new bag being given to our two dogs, they both had excessive diarrhea and vomiting and very thirsty for water. We knew something was very wrong when our dogs did not go in the house, ever. I contacted Beneful (number on the bag). They had me read the SKU# over the phone to them and they said they were aware of the issue with this SKU of dog food that was bad and would send me a coupon for a new bag of dog food because of the issue. Beneful did send me a coupon for dog food. The brand that we bought was Beneful Playful life. Our dog will not eat the Beneful anymore. He just smells it and walks away. Maybe he knows something we don't. I am saddened to hear what has happened to these other pets.

About 1 week ago, I bought my dog Purina Beneful and 4 days later, he started vomiting. We didn't think too much into it seeing how he was getting a new brand of dog food. But when the vomiting wouldn't stop, we started to get concerned. He's also been urinating more frequently than normal and when he goes, it's not as much as he normally goes. He was very lethargic and just not himself. We made an appointment with his vet to have him checked out. Hopefully, we caught this early so it's not as serious as other reports I've read. After hearing on the news about other dogs going through the same thing, with the common factor being the Purina Beneful, we immediately switched dog food brands.

My 12-year old black Labrador/Golden mix has been eating Beneful for some time now. Recently, she has been sleeping most of the day and night, having very strong urine, urinating in the house, diarrhea, vomiting, extreme weight loss, and skin problems along with hair loss. We had her brought to the vet this past week, and the vet did x-rays. Her stomach was so large that the vet was not able to see her liver. However, she could feel the swelling and did a needle aspiration of the fluid in her stomach.

My grocery store was out of my original (healthy) brand, so I decided to pick up a bag of Beneful until my brand returned to the store. About one week after eating Beneful, my dog started foaming at the mouth and throwing up what appeared to be blood. I took her to the ER vets, and they thought maybe she got into some kind of poison. However, I do not have anything around my house that she would be able to get into, and she's not a curious puppy anymore. She's five years old and healthy. A friend of mine heard the story of Beneful on a local station the other day and said the symptoms other dog owners complained of were exactly the same as what happened to my dog. I strongly believe that this dog food is not good and should be taken out of the stores until investigated further. It can be the only thing that happened to my dog. Luckily, she recovered, but I'm not sure what the long term effects of her eating Beneful will be. Hopefully, nothing.

My dog, a 6-year old Shih-poo named Buddy, was put to sleep and I had to let him go. He had been diagnosed with bacterial infection. We tried three medications and none worked to help him. He was in pain and peeing blood, and now I have lost him. I understand that many pets have been lost due to Purina dog food. Please, can you do something?

A month ago, my dog has been vomiting continuously and rejecting the croquettes Beneful for lack of appetite or stomach upset. He started vomiting reddish liquid and further increased my concern. I had to completely change the food. Now I am giving my dog Pro Plan as the female who just had puppies and everything went well. My concern now is whether any of Purina brands have problems like this.

We began noticing something wasn't right with our Siberian Husky, Kota (4-year-old male). Daily, we were finding vomit piles in the areas he typically would reside: yard, garage or even in house. In addition, I noticed he was starting to wheeze a lot when he was breathing ... often times gagging himself to a vomit. At first, I thought maybe he had caught a virus, as you hear dogs sometimes can. After a week or so, these symptoms did not seem to dissipate.

Jagger first started losing weight. I had always fed him Beneful dog food as I was trying to do what I thought to be healthy for him. Suddenly became lethargic and began drinking lots of water for about a week. He was taken to the vet on 2/9/13 and found to be anemic. Stool sample negative. Red cells 3.94, white cells 51.72, lymphocytes 42.6, platelets 98. Treated with IV fluids and antibiotic. Jagger became more lethargic, vomiting, diarrhea and unresponsive. He was taken back to the emergency care on 2-16-13 and white cells and lymphocytes were unreadable. The vet had never seen this before. Samples were ran to check the machine and the equipment was fine. Blood smear evaluation showed immature white cells predominantly lymphocytes. Red cells had fallen to 2.8, platelets 45 despite aggressive antibiotic treatment. Capillaries in eyes had ruptured. X-rays didn't reveal any internal bleeding or tumor. Lymph nodes swollen. Overnight fluids, broad spectrum antibiotics with no response to treatment.

Shame on Purina! My dogs had been eating Beneful for nearly 2 years now. I purchased a new 30 lbs. bag of Beneful Original Kibble last week (SKU#1780013477) from a Smart & Final here in Los Angeles. Both my 90 lbs., 3-year old Pitbull & my 12 lbs., 11-year old Chi-fox Terrier Mix are exhibiting the same symptoms; excessive thirst, lethargic, explosive diarrhea (even in their sleep), and they are unable to hold their bowels. I've had my buddies since they were only a few months old. Thank you to everyone who has posted. I am not hesitating and switching to better food right away. It breaks my heart to see my little babies so sick.

I have a 4-year old Boxer who has always been healthy. We switched her food to Beneful early in the summer. The first thing I noticed out of the ordinary was she started drinking excessive amounts of water. She then began to lose her bladder, and was vomiting so I brought her to the vets. I was given medication to help with her bladder control. This did no good. She went back to the vets; I was told nothing was wrong. She continued to vomit occasionally and always seemed to have an upset stomach. Last week she was just not herself, seemed to be laying around and wouldn't even come to bed with us! Last Wednesday, I had to go back to the vet because she had clear saliva just pouring out of her mouth non-stop. My vet said she must have gotten into a toxin and started running through a list of potential concerns. My dog didn't get into any trash, nothing outside, no cleaners, nothing I could think of! The vet called later with the results of the blood work saying nothing was found to be wrong.

Our 14-year old Husky Airedale mix just died! Yes, he did have arthritis, but he grew a huge lump on his side that grew rapidly over the last few months. His ears got really bad seeping. He ate Beneful for years. The evening before he died, he started acting different. He went outside, but kept roaming around looking at the ground. He came in and had a glazed look and was foaming at the mouth. He was breathing rapidly. Within a few hours, he was dead. We thought his old age was the cause, but could it have been the last bag of Beneful we purchased? He was only eating that new bag for about a week. We are grieving because we had him for so long and are outraged that we found out about this trusted Purina brand. Rest in peace Slate.

I have a ten-month old Siberian Husky. The only dog food that he has ever eaten was Beneful dog food and he has had excessive water drinking and seizures. After talking to my dog's vet and trying to find the cause of his seizures, I changed his dog food because of all the side effects in Beneful. I want what is best for my dog.

My Westie was fed Beneful for about a year before we lost him. We suffered many of the same symptoms the rest of the reviews claim: excessive water consumption (he would drink his entire bowl of water in one sitting), accidents inside the house after 9 years of being potty trained, he would vomit at least once or twice a week, etc. One day last summer started like any other; he was doing his usual vomiting but within an hour it turned bloody. He became lethargic and began having bloody diarrhea. I immediately rushed him to an ER and within 3 hours of the onset, he was gone. I want to share my experience in the hopes that we can save pets!

My dog Kopper (chocolate lab) has been fed Beneful dog food (all styles original, healthy weight, fiesta, etc.) for the past six years, at least 75% of the time. As a vegetarian myself, I thought the predominate ingredients would also be best for her. For the past several months, Kopper was showing a gradual decline I first attributed to winter - that I wasn't giving her enough attention, etc. She ate less, drank more and was slow in greeting me. Over two weeks ago, I noticed she was losing weight; her normally taut coat had ripples in it; ribs were showing, etc. She stopped eating, was very lethargic/unalert, was coughing/hacking, not barking, etc. I thought she had the flu as several friends animals had. Her last bag of food hadn't been Beneful and as she always liked it, went and purchased another bag of Purina Beneful brand 100% total and balanced nutrition original (UPC bar code 1780013476, purchased on 2/17/13), but she ate very little of it.

My dog got very sick when I tried Beneful. I didn't realize at the time. I was just informed that other dogs have gotten sick from Beneful dog food. I thought he got a bad urinary infection.

Over the last 6 months, my dog has become ill from Purina Beneful! He has had lumps all over his body, scratching uncontrollably, double ear infections, occasional vomiting, accidents in the house, emits an odor, lethargic and has been drinking water excessively. Who knew it was the food! I switched to Blue Buffalo Grain free on Jan 31st and saw signs of improvement. I know dogs have been dying from Purina products, so I took My Gus to the vet for blood work. He only just turned 5 this month. They were only going to check for kidney and liver damage but when I told him that he was drinking a lot of water, he tested the pancreas and sure enough, it was his pancreas! He went on antibiotics for 10 days, more blood work, his levels came down a little but still in the high zone, but now his kidney’s elevated and in the high zone and the liver was up 50 points. We are on a wait and see, day by day and more blood work in another week. Let's hope that comes back good! Stay away from Purina! I am telling every one I know! At least 10 people I know use this and every single one has had issues from vomiting to seizures, skin issues and diarrhea. They are killing our babies!

February 22, 2013: This is my second post. Maxx, my 12-year-old Shih-poo, is in the hospital after contracting Hepatitis. He now has Pancreatitis, with a fever of 103.5. I don't know if he'll make it. Though I cannot say that Beneful was the primary source of his illness, I feel it was a contributing factor. For any friends or dog lovers, do your research about what you feed your doggie.

My 3-year-old French Bulldog became sick two weeks ago. I took her to the vet that morning and they found her ALC Liver score was high. Everything else was normal. We checked it again in a few days, then again a week later, and again yesterday. Each time it was higher than the next. The vet keeps asking me, "What could she be getting into?" That type of score indicates ingesting a toxin or poison of some kind. I could not think of or find anything that she could have eaten that would have made her ill. After seeing all the complaints, I am concerned that it could be her Beneful dog food. She has never had this issue or any other health issues before.

First, please allow me to express my sincere condolences at the loss of so many pets, and my profound gratitude for the entries listed here. I am a long time user of Beneful Original. I opened a new bag on 1/27/13, and after 3 feedings/days, my dog exhibited lethargy, fever and what looked like joint stiffness; she seemed to have trouble moving around. The morning after the first symptoms, I Googled the food, found the complaints here and immediately ceased use of the product.

I have two Boxers who have been fed Beneful for the past 3 years. The last two bags of dog food I fed them were Iams because my mother purchased them for me while they were on sale. A few weeks ago, I bought a bag of Beneful. Since I have been feeding them the Beneful, they have both been irritable and have had mild cases of diarrhea and foamy vomiting. After researching and finding the consumer reviews on this website, I immediately began them on a high protein diet and switched them to a more natural dog food to boost their systems. It has now been 2 days since they last ate Beneful dog food and they are still having some mild diarrhea and irritability but I feel (and pray) they will be fine. I hope this is brought to the public's attention as soon as possible!

I was unaware that Beneful had this many bad ratings. I bought a bag a few days ago (mainly due to price) and started feeding both of my dogs. My Yorkie started not acting herself, almost like she had a stroke; limping and very sad looking. My daughter came to visit with her dog. Her dog decided to eat some of my dog's food, Beneful. She immediately threw up. I told my daughter it must be that new food I just bought. When she asked me what kind, I told her, and she advised me of all the bad ratings. I said, “Throw all of it out immediately." We did and within 24 hours, my Yorkie now is just about back to herself, wagging her tail, playing, no limping etc. I can't help but think it was this food. I am not chancing it especially after reading all these reviews. If this is what was causing my dog to act the way she did, I am so thankful my daughter recalled hearing about this awful food. It may have saved my dog's life.

We switched to Beneful Healthy Radiance back in December. Since then, our dog Bella, has been vomiting and acting lethargic. She just always seemed blah and lazy. She doesn't eat much so the big bag lasts awhile. I started looking into it about a week ago when the puking was starting to occur daily. I came to find out that my pooch isn't the only one. We immediately switched her to a completely different brand, and she's happier and healthier already. She now looks forward to getting her bowl filled instead of the "Really, that again?" face we were getting from her. I will never be buying any Purina products again. I have also heard several complaints from other pet owners.

My beautiful, healthy, 10-year-old Norwegian Elkhound passed away on 5/31/12. There was no illness, nothing; he just laid down and died. Vet did a necropsy and found nothing wrong with his heart, liver, lungs, etc. but his pancreas was terribly inflamed and hemorrhaging. I didn't make the connection until I read these posts that Beneful might have caused the raging pancreatitis that killed him. I had switched to Beneful in early May. I only fed the dogs Beneful for about a month before I realized that it was making them have loose stools and switched back to Purina One, but it was too late for my beloved Joshua. I'll not ever be purchasing Beneful again.

My dog has been eating Beneful for almost 5 years and I just purchased a new bag yesterday at the Acme in Fair Haven, NJ. She ate her two normal meals and has been sick - vomiting and diarrhea ever since. I contacted the manufacturer and they told me to wait three days and then take her to a vet. The poor thing is really sick.

My 6-year-old Boxer has been on Beneful most of her life and, all of a sudden, she got sick and I took her to the vet. She had kidney failure; the vet told me that he could do no more. She left 7 puppies behind. This was all because of a dog food.

First of all, I am so sorry to hear about all of the loved pets that have lost their lives due to eating Beneful. I have reason to believe this is what my family Lab died from. He would have seizures, vomit, drink way too much water, bloody bowels and lost tons of weight until he withered to nothing. And I watched my dad cry as we had to put his dog down with no explanation as to why he was so sick and we spent so much time and money at vets. I have been feeding my beloved Boxer Lilly Beneful for almost 2 years. I have noticed lately she will puke and poop for 2-3 days and then she's better but it keeps happening. I called my vet today after reading these reviews and they told me to not feed her Beneful food. Even one of the vet techs who worked for a dog food company and says Beneful is one of the worst. They even have signs at the pet adoption place in my city saying, "Do not feed them Beneful." A good food would be Purina One or Purina Pro plan. We will be making the switch today and pray that Beneful will recall this food and save hundreds of animals' lives!

I have fed my 2-year-old Boxer Beneful for the past year with no real issues ... until now. My dog is a typical Boxer, hyper, crazy, loving. I purchased a new bag of Beneful over the weekend and gave him his first bowl Sunday morning. By Monday evening, I had to rush him to the emergency vet. He was vomiting, not eating, not drinking and extremely lethargic. All blood work and X-rays came back normal, and we were sent home Monday evening with a bottle of antibiotics that my pup could not keep down. After vomiting all night Monday night, I decided that I was going to take him in to our regular vet Tuesday morning. I took him in, and again, all blood work and X-rays were okay. They kept him for the day to administer an IV of fluids and anti-nausea medications to see if they could get him to eat. I picked him up last night and was told to immediately throw away the bag of dog food that I had purchased as the vet believed that it was contaminated with something that had made my dog very, very ill. He's home now but still not active or playing, and eating, but very little. I've got a follow up appointment with the vet tomorrow (Thursday) and hope that he's still doing well. I will never purchase Beneful again.

On Jan. 18 12:16 am, just 16 minutes into the new day and barely two days after I wrote my original review of this product, I received a phone call from my stepfather asking me to come to their home. I could hear my mother crying in the background. Her dog, Scrappi, had passed away just moments before. Her beautiful Silky Terrier who, just 7 months before, had been to the vet and was found to be a 10-lb,. crazy dog that the vet said was as healthy as a puppy had shrunk to 4 lbs. and her little body couldn't take the fight any longer.

My yorkie recently switched to Beneful original from Purina puppy chow. I did not read any of these reviews until today, so I had no clue I was hurting my dog. This morning he was having a seizure and then started to vomit. We took him to the vet immediately. Later today we read these reviews and were completely shocked! I don't think this occurrence was a coincidence. Why are they still selling this stuff if it's hurting our pets? Needless to say, we switched off this product. My dog seems OK now, but I couldn't imagine what would happen if we did not witness this occurrence and look into the issue.

My 6-year old bull-mastiff appears to have suffered near life ending illness and in hindsight appears Beneful could have played a role. My large dog stopped eating his higher end dog food and I had multiple bags of it. I was concerned that I had wasted money on expensive dog food. We would mix in table scraps to get him to eat it. When I finished off the bags I had, I decided to try to find another product he would eat. I tried multiple brands and he would eat most that were new to him but after a few days when he became used to them, he would turn up his nose to them. After trying multiple brands and varieties, I tried Beneful and he seemed to really enjoy it. I had no problem with it and he had no problem eating it. After we went through the entire first bag and looking back on it now, he would vomit occasionally, something he had never done in his first 5 1/2 years, but I did not think to associate it with the food he was eating. This dog is rather large and consumes all of his food rather rapidly as well as any leftovers we have from dinner, etc.

We fed our very healthy, energetic Husky Beneful Healthy Weight. We found him laying a few feet away from his food bowl. He lost control of his bowels, his stomach bloated/flipped. He succumbed to a heart attack and died in front of my family as we watched helplessly. While looking at a rescue site, I saw a reference to the stories of other families who have had the same experience. This cannot be a coincidence that so many report the same symptoms and outcomes. I hope the FDA investigates this. No more families should have to go through this.

Our dog was not responding. No activity just laying around even falling asleep while sitting up with eyes rolling. I thought we were going to lose her. She's had constant bad breath and huge amount of weight loss. She did not want to eat or drink for days. Not one positive sign. When we brought her into the vet, they ran all tests, blood and x-ray. All I received back was her gland release. Wow, what a smell. But I took her home and had that pet owner feeling it was the food. I took away all and started her on pumpkin and bland food and then offered her wet food. She started to come around day by day showing improvement. After a month, I am proud to say she is back to normal but I was searching info in regards to the food. I will never buy the food again and truly do feel something with the product had a huge effect on our pets after constant reviews even through the media but no outcome. All one can do is go on one's gut and stay away!

My young, otherwise healthy dog, who is a member of my family, passed away this morning after having symptoms similar to those experienced by other people in the reviews here and elsewhere. My dog had been eating Purina Beneful on a daily basis for many months, which to my knowledge, would not be detrimental to his health. So why is it that when I simply search for Purina Beneful on Google, most of the results are about the dangers of feeding your pet this product, and that it is leading to pets deaths? Other dog foods do not have these search results in such a manner. I do not think it could be a coincidence after seeing what other dog owners have said, all within a recent timeframe. I had no idea about the dangers of Purina Beneful until it was too late, and now I have lost a friend and family member. I feel like the victim of a crime, and as protector of my family, I will not stand for this.

My dog ate Beneful for the past few months and started to get sick a week and half ago. On Feb. 15, 2013, he passed. The vet said it was the kidneys. He asked what he ate. I told him. He said, “Oh, no.” Anyway, it’s the food. Get if off the market now.

My parents have always fed their dogs Beneful for as long as I can remember. They had two small breed dogs that I now care for, and I've always fed them their usual Beneful IncrediBites. I recently adopted a Labrador-Shepherd mix in early December 2012 from the pound. He was on a science diet at the pound, and we continued that for a short while, but slowly introduced him to Beneful Healthy Choice by mixing the 2 together slowly until he was on Beneful only.

I had a Westie that was 8 years old and never ate anything else but Beneful. My Westie died of kidney failure. My vet even said that it came from the dog food that was used. Do not feed your dog Beneful.

I bought a bag of the original Beneful on Thursday, February 7, 2013, from the Target on Santa Rosa Ave. I began feeding my 4-year-old Australian Shepherd on Friday and, 2 days later, he began vomiting and had bloody diarrhea. It was so severe that we took him to the emergency vet hospital. He was very ill and wouldn't eat. He continued to vomit blood and had the bloody diarrhea for 3 days. The vet told us that whatever caused this had caused ulcerations in his bowel. The only change we made in his life was feeding him the Beneful dog food. People need to be alerted to this problem! Dogs are dying or becoming extremely ill because of this food. Our bill at the vet was $2500. He's home now, but still not himself!

My father’s husky/chow died February 4, 2013, due to liver failure. My father had purchased this product mid-January. His dog refused to eat the food and developed irregular breathing, glossy eyes, diarrhea and vomiting. She was eleven and a half years old, yet in very good health. My father walked her every day. She had excellent teeth and regular checkups and was always up to date on vaccinations. My father’s dog seemed to have died overnight with no warning signs. My father asked me to inform and communicate his story, in order to prevent future problems with this product. He is also interested in communicating and becoming involved in any type of prevention.

We wish we had read these reviews when one of our 4-legged family member first became ill. Sadly, we buried him this week. The symptoms others have cited - extreme thirst, vomiting, foamy loose yellowish stools - he had them all. Trips to the vet and subsequent tests revealed elevated liver enzymes. He was kept at the vet's and put on antibiotic IVs. He came home for a visit and declined before the day concluded. Back to the vet and further decline. He never lost his "smile," but he finally had to be put down. We feel strongly that we owe it to him to tell other pet owners who may be considering (or already feeding) a Beneful diet, what happened to our loved pet on this food.

I started feeding my 11-year old Rhodesian Ridgeback, Charger, Beneful Healthy Weight dog food as my vet said he needed to lose weight. He ate the food for quite some time without issue. In early December 2012, he began to be a fussy eater, refusing his food regularly. I began supplementing the Beneful with Purina canned food, which enticed him to eat some. After a week or so, he began to vomit regularly. He started to drink more and more water and urinate a lot. He had accidents in the house, which he has never done. He was lethargic. We went to our regular vet who ran some blood tests and found a few of his vitals were elevated while others were too low. We did x-rays, which revealed nothing significant. We put him on antibiotics and hoped that they would clear his ailment.

I have a 12-year old yellow Labrador and a 9-year old Shih Tzu who have been eating dry Beneful and the wet meals for around 7 years. Last week, my Labrador became violently sick; vomiting, diarrhea, and even passed blood in her stool. She was treated at the vet with blood works and x-rays, and was put on antibiotics and a stomach medicine, but the vet really couldn't say what the problem was. Later, I heard about the problems people were having with their dogs that eat Beneful, and I can't help but wonder if this is what happened to my dog. She is now eating a prescription food from the vet, and until I hear more about the Beneful food problems, my dogs will not be eating it.

I have two dogs, a Blue Heeler and a Malamute Black Lab mix. I usually feed them Taste Of The Wild dog food, but this Sunday, when I went shopping, they were out so I decided to pick up a bag of Purina Beneful dog food. They have never gotten sick from switching dog food either so I know it is not because the dog food was switched. Well, I came from work yesterday and my Blue Heeler had vomited and had diarrhea all over her kennel. I thought maybe she was sick. I didn't even think about it being the dog food itself until this morning when I woke up and my other dog had puked and had diarrhea all over the place and to note my Malamute Black Lab mix would not touch the food I put in his dish at all last night. I do believe something needs to be done about this before more dogs get sick or die. I will not ever feed my dogs any Purina food ever again.

My 12-year-old Shih Poo, Maxx, has been eating Beneful dry dog food for the past 3 years. He suffered a seizure about a year ago and also developed a breathing problem. I took him to a neurologist, cardiologist and the vet many times, never thinking it was his food. He has progressively gotten much worse and was now diagnosed with hepatitis from an unknown source. His symptoms include excessive thirst, unable to control his bladder and elevated liver enzymes. He's so sick and he's now on 4 different meds. We took him off Beneful. It still wasn't clear what caused it ...until now. After reading all these complaints, I'm sure that Beneful is slowly killing my dog. I'm sick, sad and frustrated. If these meds don't work, we'll have to put him down. Purina company should be ashamed.

We have three dogs which have been on Beneful. After our small dog started throwing up, shaking and having seizures, we looked up the reviews on the Beneful dog food. I feel like we were poisoning our dogs. We have switched food and are even making homemade dog food. It's absolutely amazing how good our dogs feel and are seizure-free.

I have 3 pure-bred Cavalier King Charles Spaniels, all of which had been on a Beneful diet. My 9-year old female suffered something almost like a seizure and we immediately took her to the vet. Blood tests showed very high liver enzyme values. Emly had always been a voracious eater but just prior to the incident had become picky. She lost her appetite and was drinking an excessive - for her - amount of water. She was vomiting a foamy white substance with whatever little bit of food she ate, and she had a foamy yellow diarrhea. She was listless and had a distant stare, totally unlike her usual exuberant and playful nature. Within a week, she was dead. I was horrified to read how many people had their dogs suffer the same. Purina has always been the "go to" product for me to feed my pets and animals. Needless to say, I won't be buying Purina again for my horse, cat, or dogs.

I am appalled at Purina’s refusal to place a recall on Beneful - this poison that pet owners are unknowingly feeding their pets. This food needs to be pulled from the shelves before other dogs die. My best friend just lost her Sheltie today due to kidney failure. This was a healthy dog who went from going on long walks daily to a dog with diarrhea, vomiting, and into kidney failure. Very recently, while checking on my friend’s pets, I noticed Beneful wet food on the counter. Beneful dry and wet food was being fed to her dog. My heart goes out to everyone going through the pain of losing your pets after being fed Beneful. As for the people at Purina, they only care about profits and I hope they are made to pay dearly for all the grief and misery the pets and their owners have suffered because of the greed of Purina. Shame on your Purina!

We were feeding our dogs Beneful Original and about 6 days into this bag, I noticed that my older dog Vienna was removing the red kibbles and leaving them on the floor. She is a miniature dachshund and eats everything. Within a day of her doing that, I noticed our younger dog Bubba had diarrhea and was drinking water excessively. For the next few days, I dealt with Bubba urinating in the house. After Vienna did the same thing, my husband started looking into possible reasons for all these changes. We were sickened when we discovered all the stories that were very similar to ours.

My dog started getting sick the day we bought Beneful Healthy Fiesta. He's foaming at the mouth, whining and vomiting. We have a vet appointment today. Please recall. It is awful to see him suffer.

I have a 10-year old Bichon. In November 2012, she had a semi-seizure early one morning. The vet could not exactly identify what exactly happened; however, the results of her blood test were shocking to me. Her cholesterol was 352 (normal is 92-324) not too high but over the max; however, her Triglycerides were 1,438 (normal is 29-291). It was explained to me that this could be a possibility as a trigger for her episode, having high levels of 'T' signifies that the blood is sticky and doesn't allow for enough oxygen to flow properly through her blood stream. Though this may not be related, she is having varying elevated levels pointing towards a compromised liver function.

We have been giving our Rottweiler, Harley, the same food (Beneful) from Purina. He has several knots all over his body and has had vomiting issues, as well as most of the other dogs that have been given the same product. We have since taken him off of this.

My beloved Pitbull, Proxy (so named because when people asked if we had children we could say, "No, we have a Proxy,"), died in January of 2011 from kidney failure. We fed her Beneful for years.

I just put my 11-year-old Border Collie down after she experienced many of the same symptoms listed in the majority of the complaints on this site possibly related to Beneful. We walked 2 to 3 miles a day and played frisbee daily. She was full of life and by all rights, had many years left to live. She has been eating Beneful for a couple of years, but it seems that a recent bag may have caused serious digestive problems and seizures. She started throwing up the food and became more lethargic - drinking water (at least a gallon a day). She was treated for bacterial colitis within the last few months and given Science Diet (prescription). She recovered and I, like others, put her back on Beneful.

I first heard that Beneful was being blamed for the deaths and illnesses of hundreds of dogs about a week ago. I came here and couldn't believe the things I was reading. I couldn't help but think about my friend's dog, Kirby, who went from a happy and healthy middle-age dog to dead in about two weeks - with all the same symptoms I had read about. When I asked, sadly, the answer was yes. Beneful had been Kirby's diet. I couldn't get over the fact that Purina had to know about all the complaints, yet they weren't doing anything. I grew up with Purina, their products were always in our house. I felt betrayed by a brand I had trusted my whole life and wanted to ask them some questions. I ended up on the Beneful Facebook page, and this is where part two of my complaint starts.

I occasionally fed my 2 mini doxies Beneful when they would get stubborn about their other food. But the last time I bought them Beneful, I noticed my one doxie throwing up white foamy stuff and undigested food. I figured she ate too fast. Then both my dogs started drinking a lot of water, followed by them starting to pee all over the house which they had never done. Both could hold their pee for 12 hours before this and now, they can barely hold it long enough to finish drinking and get out the front door. I can't prove that all this was caused by Beneful but after reading all of the comments, I am pretty sure this is what caused their problems. They are no longer eating this, of course, and never will ever again, but I hope there is no permanent damage. I will be asking my vet at their next appointment. I am so sorry for all of you who have lost your babies because of Purina's selfish act of not recalling their product.

My husband, just hearing this stuff about Beneful on the radio around 6:15am, called me because our little dog has had these same symptoms for quite a long time now. Coincidence? I highly doubt it. We have fed our dog Beneful for years and years, and have wondered why for a long time he has been constantly thirsty. He drinks water like he hasn't had any for days! He also vomits a lot, which I thought was due to him drinking water so fast. He is constantly going outside to go potty for one reason or another. I don't think this I just a coincidence that my dog has these same symptoms. We are switching dog food brand today and taking him to the vet to be examined just to make sure he is ok.

Wow, I can't believe all the complaints I am reading about Purina Beneful Dog Food! I've fed this to my dogs for the last few years. I recently noticed my dogs drinking large amounts of water and wondered why, filling their water bowls many times a day. They do not appear to be ill at this time, but I fear they will be or worse if I continue to feed them Beneful. Now that I've done some research, I am appalled by all the complaints and saddened by so many losses. I am determined to never purchase this product again or any other product made by this company. I love my dogs, they are a part of my family and I would like to think that a company that produces a pet food would have the highest standards for producing a wholesome pet food that is safe and healthy for the pets they feed. I am switching to Blue Buffalo and home made food. Goodbye, Beneful!

My beloved 6-year-old Pitbull was fed Beneful his whole life. On July 4, 2011, he was his normal self! Three weeks later, we were having him cremated. Let me explain ... He lost 39 lbs within 3 weeks. He would not eat and only drank Pedialyte. I fed him baby food through a syringe. We took him to the emergency vet and they told us that his liver enyzmes were extremely high and he was having liver failure. They asked us if he got into antifreeze. "Absolutely not," I told them. They asked what food he eats and I told them Beneful - the look on their faces frightened us. They told us to research and read all the reviews.

My little Yorkie was overweight so we decided to change him to a lighter brand of Purina, so we went with Beneful. Almost immediately, we noticed that he was getting agitated, almost like having panic attacks, panting all the time, peeing a lot, drinking a lot. Then he started throwing up his food and got the diarrhea. After a few days of this, he was starting to get lethargic. We were concerned that maybe he had a blockage, either urinary or in his stomach, so we took him to the emergency room. They took X-rays and did not see a blockage. They said it must have been his diet. They asked if there were any changes, and I told them I just had switched him to Beneful. They gave him an IV because he was dehydrated and they told me to put him on a bland diet.

We started feeding our 8-year old Chihuahua Beneful Incredibites at the beginning of November, following an oral surgery. He was very healthy (the vet did bloodwork prior to the surgery and everything was great) and recovered from the surgery quickly. He was fine with it. There was nothing weird going on with the food. He was pooping a lot more than usual, but we attributed it to another brand of snacks. In retrospect, we should have stopped feeding him the Beneful at this first sign of trouble. Unfortunately, we bought another bag of Beneful Incredibites two weeks ago and we started feeding it to him late last week.

I had always fed our two dogs Natural Balance or Blue Buffalo until we ran out one day and I decided to grab a small bag of something from CVS to get us through until I hit the Petco/Petsmart. I had no idea which one to choose, so I relied on the packaging to make my decision. Beneful, by far, seemed to be the most healthy one on the shelf. Well, our dogs loved it. So being the indulgent mom I am, I picked up the big bag from the pet store and basically switched them at that point. Our 15 lb Minpin started having seizures on a regular basis shortly afterwards, which turned to cluster seizures within a few months. Our 80 lb Weimaraner mix could hardly walk. She was like an old lady. Neither of them had any energy and they barfed a lot.

I urge everyone on this site to file a complaint with the FDA. If you truly believe that Purina caused the death of your beloved pet, that is the only way this will change. I just lost my pet last night and I think this food could be to blame as my young Choc lab was so healthy but died so quickly even after hours of emergency room vets trying to save him. I won't make a claim that Beneful killed my dog but when the autopsy comes back, his food tested and in my heart I know I am right, I will be filing a complaint with the FDA. I hope no other dogs die in the meantime.

I was feeding my female boxer, Blanca, Beneful for 3+ years. I found out Friday night of how bad of a product it is on Facebook. A friend of mine was putting a comment on their Facebook page on how his dog almost died from eating Beneful. I googled Beneful to find out more. I was shocked and appalled to find out the hundreds of people commenting on how either their dogs died or were very sick. I was saddened by this and noticed some of the symptoms their dogs had were similar to what Blanca has been experiencing. A couple of summers ago, Blanca was at a dog park and pricked her paw. We took her to the vet and they prescribed some topical cream spray. The wound healed but she started to lick it. Years later, she continued to lick her paw and it was twice the size of the others. I thought she had developed a habit. Her hair is white and she licked it so often that the color changed from white to a pinkish-brown color. Her saliva had oxidized the color of her hair.

Hi. In the summer, I adopted a 2-month old Jack Russell puppy. I took her to the vet for her first check up. The next day, the vet told me she was very healthy. When she went to her second appointment (a month later), again, the vet told me she was healthy. Two weeks after that, I noticed that she was getting skinny. I assumed it was a growth spurt and that she would be a chubby thing in a few weeks. On the day she would be turning 4 months, she was coughing up blood. I took her to the vet, and the vet explained that she was in such a poor state that there wasn't really anything we could do. They explained to me that we could do all the tests to find out what was wrong, but the real issue was that she was coughing up blood, she’s really dehydrated, and her body temperature was very hot. On top of that, she lost 25% of her weight in 3 weeks.

My poor English Setter was vomiting every single night. We took her to the vet who did blood work, x-rays, etc. After spending $375, she told us that luckily, it as not an obstruction or something more serious - it was probably her dog food. So we switched her to Natural Choice. She has not thrown up since. It's not fun watching your dog throw up every time she eats. I figured my dog just had an allergy to some of the ingredients, but now, after reading all of these comments, I'm thinking maybe it's the food and not her!

In the beginning of November, I switched my dog to Beneful by Purina. Please take note that there is a second part to my story because Purina has killed many of my pets within the last year. Purina is owned by Land O' Lakes, the same company that makes Your Food and many other brands such as Mazuri.

I woke up one morning to find my Cocker so sick and throwing up everywhere. The only dog food he ever ate was Beneful. I took him to vet and ran a lot of test just to find out his liver was shutting down. I spent over $1,000 trying to keep him alive, but everything we tried didn't work. I had to watch him die in so much pain that I cried for days. My vet keeps asking if he drank antifreeze. I knew that never happened. Please everyone, stop feeding your dogs these crap. Rest in peace fat boy. Dad and mom miss you so much.

Last week, I took my dog Scruffy to the vet for weight loss. Vet determines he has crystals in his urine. As stated in the article link provided, this could be side effects of the Beneful brand dog food which has been the only brand being fed for the last 3 years. I plan to contact the vet today with questions of early signs of kidney failure. In that, I just purchased a 37lb bag 3 days ago. I am now afraid to continue feeding this to my dogs.

One of our two basset hounds, our boxer, and our pitbull became ill (over time) after eating the Beneful Weight Management dry dog food in the "big bag" purchased from Target in Frisco, TX. At first, all of the dogs seemed to really like it. After a couple of months, we would find piles of vomit in the backyard of regurgitated Beneful. 3/4 of the dogs stopped eating the food altogether. It wasn't that they weren't hungry (they scarfed down their Milk Bones just fine). We switched to IAMS last December 2012, and we have not had any problems since with vomit or refusal to eat. It seems as though Beneful changed their recipe.

Our dogs have eaten Beneful for years. For a few days, 3 of our fur babies had diarrhea and loss of appetite. We found out about other dogs getting sick and some dying from eating Beneful. Luckily, we found out before our babies got any sicker. We stopped feeding Beneful and they now feel better and diarrhea has stopped. Please Purina, don't let another dog get sick or die. We fed them what we thought was the best dog food for them to live a healthy life, not kill them! Please issue a recall!

We had a 6-year-old Beagle mix. Last summer (June or so), he started scratching uncontrollably. We thought he had fleas and did everything known to man to stop it. His fur was falling out in big chunks and he was not near as active as he had been. We took him to the vet who put him on Science Diet for 2 weeks. He seemed to get better. She gave him a steroid shot and steroids and antibiotics. She said it appeared to be a skin problem. After the 2 weeks, we put him back on the Beneful. Within another 2 weeks, we had to have him put to sleep. He was using the bathroom in the house (something he never did), he was coughing up white foam, stopped eating almost all together, and just laid around. He completely changed from the active dog we had to one who was so sick that the vet did not know what was wrong with him and advised us to put him down.

I have heard these stories before and felt that they couldn't be true. It's Purina. It's one of the biggest pet food companies out there. Then I started thinking about issues my dogs have had in the past. I've fed them all Beneful. I've switched off a few times when they seemed to get a case of diarrhea but after a while, went back to it. After reading these comments about Beneful, I am seeing similarities with symptoms and sadly the loss of my dogs. My first loss was a Harlequin Dane, not throwing up or diarrhea, her system just started shutting down. She was dying of liver failure. We put her down.

My 9-year old Daschund has always eaten Purina Beneful for years. In November 2012, I had to rush her to an emergency vet as she was vomiting. They gave her IV fluids, did blood work (which was good), flushed her out, and sent her home. She seemed ok, seemed to be eating and acting ok with no vomiting. A few weeks passed, and she seemed to be losing weight. I bought some can food thinking she would definitely eat that. She refused to eat so I knew she was not good.

I am so angry and upset hearing this. My beloved Shockey, our Pit, had gotten violently ill in December 2011. He kept losing weight, drinking excessive water all the time, and bleeding from his man part. We were at the vet's office all the time doing test after test. This went on for about 3 weeks. My husband came home from out of town around 11pm on December 21, 2011, and we rushed our Shockey to the emergency vet. His kidneys were failing, and there was nothing we could do. I have had many dogs in my life, but he had my heart. We had Shockey cremated, and he is with me in spirit. He ate Beneful all his life.

We have always purchased Beneful, thinking it was a healthy choice for our chihuahua. But recently, I noticed him foaming at the mouth. After telling my friend about this happening, she told me about a large number of complaints against Beneful. So after researching it and reading them for myself, we have changed his food and made a vet appointment.

My dog Jack has been eating Beneful for years without a problem. A couple weeks ago, he started throwing up and losing control of his bladder. He has gone from a powerful 89lbs to 60lbs of skin and bone in a two-week period and I doubt he makes through the next couple days. So far, our vet bill is at $500 and we are going back tomorrow, if he makes it through the night. My other dog was also was sick with the same symptoms from this bag of dog food but she has recovered. I never knew Beneful has known about this going on and yet still no recalls. It's not a good way for a dog to go. He's shaking and can't even walk. The FDA will be getting a complaint along with all the information.

I recently bought a bag of Beneful dog food (fit and trim) for my 4-year-old Brittany. After a few meals, she started vomiting (just her food). She has no access to other things to eat as she is always in the house or on a leash. She was on another brand before the Beneful and there was no problem. Even before the other brand, she was eating the Beneful and there was a vomiting problem. I finally connected the dots - it's the Beneful. When I started researching on the computer, I realized I could relate to what a lot of other people were experiencing whose animals were eating Beneful. The worst symptoms were from the bag I recently bought. This product needs to be recalled until it can be determined what is causing such harm to our pets who are eating it.

I had a minpin that I started feeding Beneful because I thought it was good for her. One day, I came home to bloody poop all over my house. She nearly died. After only eating chicken and rice, she got better. She did this a few times the next few years. Then she started peeing on the floor. She was housebroken. She stopped playing. She could barely get up, so my husband took her to the vet one day. They ran tests. 2 days later, she was gone! She had some kind of bladder cancer. I have a huge vet bill. She has been gone almost 2 years now and I'm still paying the bill. I cry every time I make a payment. She had a lot of the very same problems the other Beneful dogs had.

I had been using Beneful Original Dry dog food with no issues. Then I very slowly transitioned him to Beneful Healthy Radiance. (They didn't have original in stock.) Within a few hours, he vomited and continued doing so for a few days. I then started him on a bland diet. He vomited once more (guessing he was just getting the rest of the Beneful out of his system) and then stopped. I started him again on the Beneful this morning before I had read all these consumer complaints. I'll report back on whether he starts vomiting again. Beneful did agree to replace the bag with original flavor and sent me coupons which I appreciate, as long as this isn't in fact food poisoning.

The vet asked Michelle if her dog, Cooper, had drunk antifreeze!

I've been feeding our dog (Heown's almost 2 yrs old) Beneful his entire life. Recently though, he's been vomiting almost daily (just some foamy stuff and no food) and then he's ok. I was attributing his vomiting to some grass that he would eat on our walks, etc. However, yesterday, he did something he has never done. He began urinating by the front door (where it seemed it was uncontrollable). He is housebroken, and we have our morning routine. He sleeps in my bed, we get up together, and he waits patiently while I throw something on to take him out. The same thing happened this morning. I got up before him and hurried to get dressed to take him out. However, he didn't even make it down the steps to go in front of the door. He just peed all the way down while I was putting his leash on and when I got him out.

My dog has been on Beneful his entire life. About two weeks ago, he started throwing up his food. At first, I thought he must have gotten a hold of something that made him sick. He kept getting worse so we took him to the vet to see if he had something in his stomach. The X-rays were negative. The vet put him on a pre-digested food to see if he got better. He did not. We returned to the vet two days later and found out that his kidneys were failing. It was then that the vet asked what food we feed him. We told the vet, "Beneful," and immediately the vet informed us to get him off due to Beneful being linked to these exact problems. Now, I am being told that it is probably too late and that my best friend is probably going to die and all from eating what I thought was good quality dog food. I am beside myself now knowing that I did not research this food before giving it to my dog. Shame on Purina for keeping this on the market when they have known for a long time that Beneful has been linked to these very problems.

We had fed our Bull Mastiff Max Beneful for 3 years of his life. In the fall of 2010, I had taken him to the vet due to rapid weight loss, bloody diarrhea and lethargy. The vet said that his liver enzymes were very high and that he was in liver failure with only a few more weeks to live. We took him home and a few weeks later returned with a very sick dog. He was unable to stand or walk or eat and drink. I had to put him to sleep. He was only 3 years old and this devastated my children and the family. We had bought this dog from a very reputable breeder, and the other dogs in the litter and mother and father had no health concerns.

I posted on January 27th about my dog, Boomer, who was on Beneful his whole life and recently became very ill after we started feeding him a new bag we purchased in early January. Well, we had to put Boomer to sleep on January 31st because he went downhill so fast with weight loss, diarrhea, vomiting, excessive water drinking and very high liver enzymes. We have been in touch with Purina and they sent me to the Claims department and they are offering to pay my vet bills and would also like a sample of the food. Also, I contacted the FDA and opened a case. The FDA official is coming to my house this week to pick up the dog food. He is also going to the place I purchased it to see if he can find the same lot # on the shelf and will purchase more bags. I will post an update once we get results back from the food tests.

We've been feeding our dog, a pit mix, Beneful Healthy Weight for 4 years. After purchasing a new bag in mid-December, he started vomiting periodically. We started him on rice and ground beef for a few days to try and get him back to normal. Eventually, we transitioned him back to Beneful and immediately he started getting sick again within 2 to 3 hours after eating. We took him to the vet. He was dehydrated from the vomiting and had a temp of 104. They did blood tests, but everything came up negative. The vet gave him some anti-nausea medication and recommended Pepcid for a few weeks. We stopped feeding him Beneful and have switched to Blue Buffalo and he hasn't been sick since. After reading all the other comments here, I can't help but think that our suspicions were right and that the food was the cause of all of his problems.

I have been feeding my dogs Beneful for years. And reading this information has me furious! I thought I was having bad luck, that god kept giving me dogs who ended up being sick because he knew I would take care of them - until now! I had all beagles and all of them were sick. First one I lost was to cancer; second one, toxic liver enzymes; and now the third to bladder cancer, and she also had seizures most of her life. I have one other beagle who is still alive but has numerous growths on his body. Just recently, I changed their food after hearing from people about food being a big factor on health. Since then, the growths on my dog aren't as red, and there is one that was getting infected and now is going away. If this is the cause of all my dogs having to be put to sleep (2 in two years! One was 4 years old and the other 8), I just want to say the pain you have cost me and the thousands and thousands I have spent in vet bills is something you will have to live with!

My big, beautiful dog became ill on Jan. 3, 2012. He had to have been the sweetest, kindest dog the world had ever seen. He was a certified Good Samaritan. All he ever wanted to do was make people smile. He never did one bad thing in his life. Everyone who ever met him immediately fell in love with him, even people who didn't like dogs. He was the mascot and star bell ringer for the Salvation Army. He babysat the little kids while their parents were filling out applications. He stole the show everywhere he went.

I have been feeding my Dal Beneful mixed with other food for over 4 years. She has developed the skin tags as mentioned in several posts here. I mixed up a batch of the mixed food in late December and immediately started dealing with my dog’s occasional vomit. Not too unusual. Then, this last week, I have been dealing with my dog’s constant diarrhea. It is so bad that when she gets up from lying down, she leaks. I stopped feeding her the food, and within a couple of days, all's better. Thank god I just mixed it in thinking it was "beneful" to her health. Stupid me!

I bought a large bag of Beneful IncrediBites for my Chi. She will not touch it nor will my Pitbull eat everything in sight. It concerns me that something may be wrong with this batch, and I'm throwing it away and not taking chances.

We have had Shih Tzus for the past 7 years, of various ages, the entire time feeding them Beneful. The oldest is now 7. He has been battling the exact skin nodules, cancer screenings (all negative), continuous itching, pain and now the loss of full mobility in his hind legs. If it were not for the heart this dog has, making me a believer daily, I would have given up. Our newest two are 8 mo. old; one has developed breathing issues and ear infections, out of the blue, in the past 2 months, unexplained to the vet. My vet, as well as the others posting here, have been clueless, although we all have the same symptoms. I recently bought a new bag of food 4 days ago. It has a large zip lock. The 3 dogs on average ate 3, maybe 4 cups of food a day. They, upon opening of this batch, have decreased to one cup overall, if that, per day. I am zipping this bag, marking it and holding it for further investigation.

I had started seeing reviews of Beneful making dogs sick about a month ago on Facebook. I didn't think anything of it really, because both of my dogs had eaten dry Beneful food for at least a year now. Well, a few days ago, the dogs started having loose stools and going in the house, which they never normally do. I was a little bit worried but then the next morning, my daughter witnessed my black Lab vomiting and found 3 more piles of dog poop where they had gone in the house.

We have been buying Beneful Healthy Radiance for our three dogs (2 labs and a blue heeler) for over 4 years and have never had a problem until now. We bought a medium size bag of Healthy Radiance at our local Walmart in Floresville, Texas on 1-25-13. We noticed our two labs were looking very bloated and not as playful as usual. Our blue heeler today had a gurgly stomach and wasn't eating. Our oldest lab has thrown up for the past two days and can keep nothing down. She has also been panting like crazy and drinking water more than usual.

I fed my two dogs Beneful for two years. They developed numerous cysts under their skin. One of them had surgery to remove 5 of the cysts; one grew rather large and was obviously painful. Since I changed their food to Blue Buffalo, they are not developing cysts anymore and the smaller ones are actually disappearing. No one can convince me that the cysts weren't from the Beneful.

My 2 dogs have been on Beneful wet dog food for a few years. In December 2012, I added Beneful dry food to their diet. Within hours of feeding the dry food, both dogs got sick. One dog was more violently sick, throwing up, had diarrhea, was very bloated, could not stand up. I took him to the ER and he had pancreatitis. I got him an ultrasound and they found many organs enlarged and liver disease. My other dog also go sick at the same time. She had an ultrasound and she had liver disease and enlarged organs. However, she had severe blood in her urine and the vets found E. Coli in her urinary tract and kidney. There was definitely a great deal of concern about Beneful. I ended up returning the Beneful to PetsMart but that is nothing compared to the thousands of dollars I have spent on vet/hospital bills.