Beneful Pet Foods Reviews

I'm angry after reading these reports now. I noticed my dog Bloodhound is not wanting to eat her food. I felt there had to be something wrong with the dog food. I dismissed the idea thinking surely, it's not her food. One day, she was terribly in extreme pain. She could not sit or lay. I took her to the vet because I thought she must have eaten something bad, like she was poisoned. They found nothing. At that time, she seemed to recover after not eating. I still fed her but began to mix half a can of dog food with dry shed. She ate this way. As time went on, she lost all energy and she just wanted to sleep. Four days ago, she was suffering horribly, breathing heavy and following me room to room. I took her to the vet, she asked me what did she eat. Her belly was sensitive, her intestine looked good and not twisted, however, we would have to do exploratory stomach surgery. Baggy was suffering so bad I had her killed. I wish I had done research sooner. Who would have thought? I miss her terribly.

My yellow lab, 6 years old, have been eating Purina One all his life. Recently, he has been scooting so I thought to change his food. A few days ago, I bought Beneful from Walmart and gave it to him. Two days later, he had diarrhea. Pretty bad too. When I took him for a walk, he defecated two to three times. This day when I walked him, he defecated at last 8 times. Each time he went, he scooted on the grass. He usually scoots in the house once or twice a day, but this day, he scooted each time he went. I thought that it was because I changed his food and didn't mix it, but now I think its because of the poor quality of the food. Also, I spoke to my vet and she said that it was a downgrade to Purina One. I'm going to go with what the vet recommended, Blue Buffalo. I'm sure it'll be super expensive, but I'd rather pay a whole lot instead of having my dog die.

Brand new bag of Beneful Healthy Fiesta dry dog food (20101084 2123L11) was purchased on 4/15/12. 3 hours later after the first bowl, I’m up all night with my Yorkie/Shih Tzu vomiting it all up. Next morning, he ate nothing else. He is 7 years old and in perfect health. A day went by, he did not eat and he got back to normal - perky and doing well. He ate a little of it in his bowl and 3 hours later, he’s vomiting all night (9 times) and was in a lot of pain. So I took it away and he did not eat for another day and got fine again. He’s now doing ok, but I will never ever buy another Purina product. He’s on Science Diet Ideal Balance now.

I am reluctant to assign blame on scant evidence, however, after reading the posts on the adverse effects of Beneful dog food on this site, I believe my dog has had a similar adverse experience from eating Beneful dog food. Specifically, after changing to Beneful, my four year old lab became lethargic after several days, then began vomiting and subsequently developed acute bloody diarrhea. It was so bad that I thought initially she may have punctured an intestine from ingesting a sharp object that she'd chewed. After extensive testing and x-rays by the vet, it was determined that there was no bowel or intestinal perforation, rather some irritant that was the cause.

My dogs have eaten the wet variety of Beneful for some time with no problems. We purchased a new variety last week, Beneful Hearty Roasters. My 17-year old snoodle ate the food Thursday night and began vomiting and by morning had bloody diarrhea. We took him to the vet on Friday morning where he was diagnosed with severe pancreatitis. He was in extreme pain and did not survive. Although 17 years old, we had recently been told by our vet that he was in very good physical condition. Our vet said Schnauzers have a history with pancreatitis so we did not make the connection with Beneful dog food until Sunday night.

I have two basset hounds and one Pomeranian. I purchased a bag of Beneful Original around the middle of March. I noticed when I fed my dogs they wouldn’t eat all of the food I put out. This is very unusual: basset hounds eat anything. One basset became very ill after eating this food for a couple of days along with the Pomeranian. The other basset was not as sick. After a few days, the sickest basset began to have organ failure and I had to have him put down. The other is now very sick, won’t eat or drink water. The Pomeranian is better, but not well. They were fine until this bag of Beneful (lot # 20391087 18581 04). I have spent a couple of thousand dollars on vet bills in the past month, losing one basset and now I may lose another one. I contacted Purina, sent a sample of dog food and there was no response. I had to call and was told that after being tested, the food met all specifications. I will be sending samples to two separate testing labs to see what they find.

My dog fell very ill in what seemed to be a very short amount of time. I have "M" for over 14 years and while she was old, she really was in perfect health. She was happy and active, I would consider her to be a poster dog for senior health!

I opened a new bag of Beneful. Three days later, my Yorkie is in the vet hospital with pancreatitis. I'm waiting for the word from the doctor what the outcome will be .

I had two dogs, a fat Cocker and a tiny Maltese mix. My Cocker had melanoma last year and the vet said that it had most likely spread. Not having the money to spend on cancer treatments, we decided to take a 'wait and see' approach. Last month, I bought Beneful Healthy Weight dog food at the grocery store as we were running low on food and they didn't carry what I usually feed. I started feeding them the food and my Cocker got sick, throwing up, bloody diarrhea, coughing and generally strange seizure-like episodes. I took him to the vet and he asked if he had gotten into any trash or anything, which he hadn't. His condition worsened and after a couple of weeks, we had to put him down because he was suffering.

Excuse my language, however this ** is the worst! My new puppy died from eating this! I know 2 people who have had heart and liver failure and passed away! Excuse my unprofessional language, however, it’s extremely unprofessional to false advertise something and not do the research needed for safety. Why the hell is this ** even in stores?! Any food bought in a grocery store is no good at all for animal food. Petco, or specific pet stores are highly recommended.

My 2-year old dog has been eating Beneful since we adopted her when she was 4 months old. About a month ago, I bought the Fiesta mix variety. She ate it happily but developed severe vomiting and abdominal pain. I had to rush her to the pet emergency at 3 am. She was diagnosed with severe pancreatitis and had to remain at the hospital for IV treatment. She even had to have a blood platelet transfusion because her white cell count was so high. After coming home from the hospital, she had no appetite at all for a long time. She still remains on prescription dog food because I am afraid to feed her any other kind of food. My vet bill so far was nearly $3000! Unfortunately, I do not have the bag or lot code of the Beneful because I poured it into a plastic canister when I brought it home from the store. I still do have some of the food though and will keep it, I guess, in case it is needed for testing.

I have four doxies, and while on a trip, we ran out of our normal dog food. We purchased some Beneful, which they seemed to like well enough and some of them more than the others. So when we returned home, I bought more and mixed it again with their regular feed. I fed them this morning, and I was about to take them outside when one of my dogs went into a grand mal seizure with loss of bowel control. Once she came out of that, she was still shaken but went outside normally. I took her with me while I dressed for work, and almost immediately again, she began having a "small" seizure and then vomited undigested food.

I bought this Beneful Healthy Fiesta for my yorkie. He has been throwing up and had diarrhea. He is lying around and not moving much at all. I know it was the dog food because my sister's dog ate it also and was really sick too.

My dog has been eating this product for awhile now. However, last week, she became very ill and was throwing up and had diarrhea. We thought she got into the garbage or ate something on one of her walks. The diarrhea did not stop and in fact got worse and was very bloody. We took her in the Emergency Vets Office because I was so worried. They could not figure out what was wrong with her. They gave her antibiotics and told us to only feed her boiled hamburger or chicken. Within a day she was acting normal and happy. The vet followed up and told us to start feeding her the regular food. In about two days the issues started up again. Looking it up online and reading the fellow complaints I'm glad I figured out it was from her dog food. It seems highly unlikely that all these people's dogs have had the same issues without the company doing anything.

I run a small breed rescue. I keep three different kinds of food down for the dogs to choose from. The only two (A Papillon and a Toy Poodle) that chose Beneful Healthy Weight became extremely sick nearly a week ago, with almost constant watery diarrhea and occasional vomiting. Beneful made 2 of my dogs extremely ill. They both became dehydrated and their watery stools started having streaks of blood in them. They had little to no energy and I was syringing Pedialyte down them round the clock.

I had been feeding my greyhound with Beneful for 2 months because she can be a picky eater and would heartily eat the Beneful. Then she started throwing up and having basically liquid diarrhea with blood in it. I took her to 2 vets who both told me she must have gotten into garbage or something and diagnosed her with pancreatitis and gave her some antibiotics.

I tried two different bags of original Beneful food. Dogs have been eating it over a year now. Within 3 minutes of eating, they both have been throwing up the undigested food. I took the rest of the food back to where I got it and I'm trying a breed quality food from now on. The dogs have also had diarrhea but I was sure that the vomiting was fem the food. After getting a better food, which I fed about thirty minutes ago, neither one has thrown it back up. I have been home the last two days and the only time they have vomited was immediately after eating this food.

Our dogs have been eating Beneful for some time. They both have cancer. I think it is too much of a probability that I have two dogs with cancer, plus in the 25lb dog bag, the added treats were Waggin' Train, a product of China. I refuse to feed my dogs products that are made in China.

I bought Beneful at Wal-Mart thinking it was a decent food at 25% protein. My 13-year old pointer, who has always been healthy, started throwing up undigested food within the first day or two of starting it. After 2 nights of this, I decreased the amount I was feeding him, thinking maybe he was just eating too much prior to bedtime. The next day, he hurled mucous and/or vomited 7 or 8 times. 24 hours since his last Beneful, he is now holding down a small amount of homemade chicken and rice. I am so glad I read these reviews and others before trying to feed him more Beneful. I am hoping my dog is over the hump and on the mend. I am really angry that nothing has been published by Nestle Purina PetCare (the makers of Beneful) about this potential problem. It's obviously affecting many dogs!

My daughter's 8 year old dog has been throwing up since last night, multiple times. For the last couple of weeks, he's been ridiculously thirsty, and then constantly needing to go out, without the diarrhea at this point, ever since I bought the last bag of Beneful, Playful Life. We've been getting a Beneful product pretty regularly over the past year. I'd been buying the Playful Life recently, and he did really well on it. His coat became shiny, and the dandruff greatly decreased.

I have no doubt Beneful made my dog very, very sick. After several days of vomiting and diarrhea, I switched him to a boiled chicken and rice diet. When he got better, I reintroduced Beneful and he immediately got sick again. He rapidly became dehydrated had elevated liver enzymes and irregular heartbeat. The vet even suggested we consider euthanasia. It's been six days since he had any Beneful and he is slowly getting better. He no longer has vomiting and diarrhea but probably has some liver damage and I have a $700 vet bill. Someone needs to look into this.

My 10 year old dachshund has never been sick before. We had been feeding him the cheap Publix brand dog food for years without any problems. A couple of weeks ago, we made a grocery run to B.J.'s Wholesale store. We had a coupon for Beneful Dog Food and decided to get it. After the first day of feeding our dog with this food, he began vomiting horribly. After 24 hours of no food, he slowly began acting like his old self. Two days went by and we fed him only bland things such as rice and chicken. He was definitely feeling better. The next day, my daughter tried giving him some of the dog food again. He died that night! I am so upset by this! This company should be stopped from selling this so called "food".

Both of my dogs have died in the last two weeks due to Beneful dog food; diarrhea, vomiting, shortness of breath. There’s nothing new in their environment except new bag of Beneful! My kid and the whole family is brokenhearted.

I just recently started feeding my Pomeranian with Healthy Fiesta beginning of this month (February 2012) and she died of kidney and liver failure. She has been vomiting and having diarrhea but we thought maybe she ate some human food because she hasn't really been eating her food. We tried giving her Pedilyte since she has been vomiting but she was getting worse, so I googled Healthy Fiesta recall and this came up. I'm extremely upset!

I just opened a new bag of Healthy Fiesta and now one of my dogs is at the vet hospital, lethargic, has diarrhea and is vomiting. Another of my dogs is starting to vomit. The only thing new is the new bag of dog food. Consequence is a $1000.00 vet bill so far and will increase if my others dogs continue to get sick. I have since stopped feeding that food.

Our English Springer Spaniel has a very healthy appetite and has eaten several name brands of dog food including Purina throughout his 12 years. When it was time to buy a new bag, I spent more than half an hour in the dog food section reading through the ingredients & the benefits of each of the dog foods before settling on the 21 lb bag of Purina's Beneful Healthy Fiesta with wholesome rice and real chicken. Since he had eaten Purina brand before, I did not anticipate any problems.

Both of my dogs have been on Beneful the last couple of years but the last bag I purchased I have noticed that they are vomiting, have diarrhea, lethargic and will not eat their food (my GSD is food crazy so this was real cause for concern). However, when I try them on treats, chicken and rice, they are starving and eat that. When I try them on the food again, they are not interested and will rather go hungry which directly points to the Beneful food. I have searched for any recall information and found nothing even though it is clear from many sites and posts that this month many dogs have been getting sick from the same food I am having problems with.

After using Beneful, my pit bull was super sick. She had gas, upset stomach, runny poops, and did nothing but sleep for 3 days. So I called Beneful to comment.and was told I was at fault, that their products do no harm. Also my vet was wrong. These call reps. are more qualified than vets, right. Well, because of the problems with the food, I was thinking of using Kibbles and Bits. But after the customer service, I know I will never use Beneful.

I have had my female Jack Russell (Kitty) on Beneful for a couple of years with no adverse reaction. I thought that I had stumbled upon a healthy inexpensive food for her. She has easily gone back and forth between Beneful's Healthy Weight, Regular and Growing Puppy. She has all her shots and updated health tests and has never had any health issues. Nor have I made any changes to her treats or given her any table scraps. Recently, I saw the ads for Beneful Fiesta and thought I would give her a new taste experience. She grazes at her food, little bits at a time. After a week or so of eating, this food she developed symptoms of vomiting and continuous diarrhea. She, as I said, has had no other changes to her routine. I can not believe how many other dog owners are experiencing such similar issues. I will never purchase nor recommend Purina products again.

I saw the commercials for the product and was immediately appalled that they contain avocado, which is a known toxin for dogs. Why would your company knowingly put something poisonous into dog food? This makes no sense. This is unconscionable, inexcusable, and tantamount to attempted murder. Stop this nonsense!

My 8 year old dog has been on Beneful for many years. We just bought a bag of food from Petco about 4 weeks ago. My dog started to have a very poor appetite, lethargic, significant abdominal discomfort and bloody mucous stools. She is also very thirsty. She clearly has colitis. (I am a physician). I had thought that she got colitis (bowel infection) from a dehydrated chicken treat I had given her about four weeks ago but her symptoms continue to reoccur. She will sniff her food but is very reluctant to eat it. Half the time she won't eat it. Interestingly, she will be hungry for other food items that are safe for dogs such as chicken and rice. I had taken her off the food for a few days and she got better. Symptoms returned when I restarted it.

We have 3 adult dogs and 8 puppies who we have had Beneful Original and Puppy food. We buy 60 lbs at a time. Last night, we bought food from Petco, fed all the dogs just before bed. This morning, we had 6 vomiting puppies with diarrhea and another pup just lifeless. We rushed them to the vet thinking it was Parvo since it's an airborne disease, but they tested negative for Parvo, negative for worms, and no fever. The common denominator was the Beneful Puppy food! The vet was surprised because he said that Beneful was good food for them.

I had a German Shepherd for 5-6 years. I started feeding her Beneful dry dog food and the wet ones that come in the dish (looks like "people" food). She was sick a few times that would last a week or so then seem fine, I thought she had just gotten into something outside at the time. In late 2006, she became very, very ill. She was lethargic, wouldn't eat, could barely lift her head to drink water, throwing up, diarrhea, etc. She then could barely stand up, never mind walk. We took her to the vet who gave her some pills and special food, I couldn't afford the $1500 for extra tests and they said if she didn't seem better in 24 hours to bring her back. She was worse the next day and had to be put down. After reading all of these articles about the food, the symptoms all seem the same and I am wondering if this is what caused my beloved dog to have to die.

I had been using Beneful for a while but recently bought a bag and I have 6 dogs that have been eating this. They started vomiting and having diarrhea with blood. I thought this was a stomach flu going around. Well, they stopped eating this. However, one started getting so sick that we had her on IVs for 2 days. Before we could get her on it for the third day and the vets could not figure out the issue, she passed away. I have been going crazy trying to figure out what is happening and thought I would check out the food on the website and found this. It is really strange that there are so many with the same problem and same food brand. I bought a different brand last night thinking this might be the problem and they have been eating like they haven't eaten in weeks. I also wanted to make a note on how thirsty they have been. RIP Peggy Rose!

I am so relieved to have read other peoples complaints regarding Beneful Dry Dog Food. I was beginning to wonder if something was wrong with our beloved, healthy six-year old pug, Keesha. We have never bought her Beneful Dry Dog Food until a few days ago. The next morning, I awoken to throw up at the end of my bed. I know dogs can have an upset stomach once in awhile so I didn't think much of it. Sure enough the next night, Keesha threw up at the end of bed again. Still I wasn't too worried because she was her normal self during the day.

I switched my yorkies to Beneful about two and a half months ago. One started losing weight, vomiting, and had many days with diarrhea. She also started to drink large amounts of water, and was having many accidents. She would be walking to get to the door to get outside, and suddenly just urinate on the floor, right in front of us standing to hold the door open for her. She never had problems like this in the past. Finally, two weeks ago, we had to have her put to sleep. She was 8 lbs, and at her death, a little over 4 lbs.

We purchased a bag of Beneful healthy weight dry dog food from dollar general. When I opened the bag to scoop some out, several bugs ran out of the sealed bag. They turned to be roaches. Well, those several bugs turned into several more bugs. We have attempted to get rid of them ourselves with foggers, bait, sticky traps, etc with no luck.

Benefit Healthy Fiesta contains avocado which is toxic to dogs! My yellow lab had seizures, diarrhea, vomiting, excessive thirst and panting after eating this twice today. We put two and two together and realized it was this new food! We usually get Healthy Weight but got Fiesta by mistake! Do not feed this to your dogs!

I have a wonderful Shiba Inu. He normally has all the energy in the world. I started giving him Beneful which he loves! Then everything went upside down. He started throwing up everything and is very weak. This happened immediately after giving him the food. I am going back to Blue tomorrow and hopefully he will not die seriously. I have read that every animal that has touched Beneful in 2011 died or almost died. Praying everything will be okay.

Three months ago, I bought Beneful Regular dry dog food for my two dogs, a healthy active 4 year old Chow mix and a 13 year old Silky Terrier. Shortly after we started feeding them Beneful, the Chow mix began to excessively drink water and urinating in the house which he never did before. He also began to lose his hair on his back and scratching. Additionally, he developed difficulty walking, became lethargic, and cried as if in pain even when laying down. We took him to the vet but she said there was nothing wrong with his leg.

I started my one year old blue pitbull on Beneful 4 days ago. The first two days, she wouldn't eat. On the 3rd day she finally ate then threw up and had diarrhea. Last night she had one of those funny “dogs gone wild" moments where she was running all over the house. It was not until I got on the floor and started playing with her that I realized that it wasn't so funny. She was covered in hives. I think she had essentially "gone mad" from the itching. Still not considering her food as the cause, I immediately gave her an oatmeal bath and Benadryl. She settled down about 45 minutes later. By the time I went to bed, she was manic again and the hives had not gone away. So, I used cold compresses.

I've been feeding my dogs Beneful for as long as we've had them and never had any trouble. I purchased a bag of healthy fiesta Beneful since they were out of the healthy harvest. I started feeding it to them 2 days ago, and my rat terrier is fine but both mornings my boxer's face has swollen to the point that I had to give her Benadryl. There is nothing new or unfamiliar in either our house or yard, and we haven't taken her on any walks since before the food switch. It only happened after she is fed, which makes me think that it is the dog food causing her to have an allergic reaction.

I have been feeding my dog Beneful for over a year and have not had any problems. I thought it was a good dog food and Bentley liked it. The last bag that I purchased from Wal-mart (healthy weight) has made him severely vomit and have severe diarrhea. I was looking to see if there was a recall when I found this site. I switched him to Iams, and he is no longer sick.

I purchased Beneful for puppies only because the store I went to, Fry's at 7th Ave and Camelback in Phoenix, Arizona, was out of the normal puppie food that I feed my 2-10 month old puppies. One of my dogs refused to touch the Beneful and the other started to eat it. Bottom line, the dog who did eat some of the food died after 4 days. I'm really beside myself right now. It's sad that we can't do anything to these people.

I have been feeding Beneful for years to my dogs. I have five dogs and over the last few months, they have all been experiencing diarrhea, vomiting, gagging, and belching out noxious gas. There is something terribly wrong with this dog food. Someone needs to investigate. I thought there was a virus until I found this site with similar problems. My dogs are ill. Beneful was affordable for five big dogs but not worth the stomach problems it causes!

I normally give my 12-year old Wheaton Healthy Weight Beneful dog food. My husband picked up a large bag of the Healthy Fiesta Beneful dog food in error. The dog has been crying with gas pains, vomiting and experiencing diarrhea. I realized I had the wrong food and when corrected, my dog returned to normal. She is OK. There is something in the Healthy Fiesta not agreeable to dogs.

Please get this junk removed from the shelves! I bought a 25-pound bag of dog food for my terrier mix. I had been feeding it to her for awhile, when she suddenly starting gagging and eating grass. I figured she had an upset stomach and switched her to soft food. I then switched her back to Beneful and two days ago, she came in my room wanting to jump up on the bed but couldn't because she was so weak and not to mention the horrible gas she was letting out every five minutes at night. She wouldn't play with my other dog, who I just adopted from animal shelter.

I began feeding my American Pit Bull Terrier puppy a Beneful at around 9 weeks old. I noticed that he started scratching a lot and biting at his skin. Then, his hair started falling out! He was missing patches of fur on his backside. When I pet him, hair would fall out in my hand. I switched his food last week to Nutro and sure enough, within a few days, the scratching stopped and his hair has stopped falling out. After looking up Beneful allergies, I came across numerous complaints and sadly, many owners even had to put their dogs down after feeding Beneful. I'm lucky that I noticed the problem right away and was able to correct it before my puppy fall ill.

My husband picked up a bag of Beneful dog food for my 10-year old Rottweiler mix in July, while I was on vacation. I came home to a sick dog. Diarrhea, bloody diarrhea, chunks of fur falling off of him, flaky skin, gagging without throwing up, lethargy, disorientation and refusing to eat. I took him to the vet multiple times over the next few months, where they prescribed anti-diarrhea meds, probiotics, two different pain meds and prescription dog food. My dog refused to eat the Beneful dog food, prescription dog food and I resorted to cooking chicken and rice twice a day to feed him. After a few weeks, he even refused my cooking and I could not get him to take down the meds.

I have a 14 month old puggle. I had her for about 4 months. I started feeding her Beneful dog food. She started itching constantly. Then, she had flaking skin. Her hair was falling out. Then, she had red sores and they started bleeding. I took her to the vet today and she told me that it looked like an allergic reaction. She asked me what I was feeding her. I told her Beneful and she said that was it. She has seen a lot of dogs have reactions to Beneful. How can they be allowed to sell that stuff? Someone needs to do something about this. I had to spend $88.00 to have them tell me to stop feeding her this crap. Please, can someone do something before more animals die and get sick because of this crap? It's not right. Please help!

My two golden retrievers were almost 15 years old. They were very healthy and playful. I saw Beneful dog food and thought that it looked very healthy. I switched dog food for about a month. The male golden retriever was walking fine on Friday. I did notice that he had orange, loose stools. By Saturday morning, he had lost control of his bowels and could not stand. We had to put him to sleep on Sunday afternoon. Five days later, I noticed the female golden retriever has begun to experience the same problems. She is wobbly and can't stand. I thought that it was too much of a coincidence. I googled Beneful dog food and came across this site. I am enraged that this food is still on the market and I have heard nothing about it at all.

I have a Yorkie. She is about 5 months old now. When we got her, we started her off on IAMS puppy food which she would not eat. We then switched her to Beneful (Healthy Growing for Puppies). Immediately after switching her over, she started having health problems such as throwing up after eating and/or uncontrollable diarrhea. We were unaware of any sort of medical problems that Beneful would cause due to the fact that there are no warning labels present on the bag.

Near the end of August, we almost lost our 13-year old Cocker Spaniel. He was weak, lethargic, had bloody diarrhea and constantly vomiting. It came out of nowhere. Within two days, he just refused to eat or drink so we ended up at the vets a week later. He was through I.V. fluids for elevated liver enzymes, did some testing but he barely improved. Then, the vet gave us three options: take him home and love him for what little time we had left, put him to sleep, or take him to UT given his age. When nothing turned up, we decided to take him home. Thankfully, we were leaving to go to NC for a week and didn't want to leave him home with my brother. After about four weeks, he appeared to be getting better. We had cleaned the entire house with bleach prior to leaving.

Some Beneful dog food contains garlic oil. It is well documented that garlic and onions are toxic to dogs. Also, this new Beneful "Fiesta" brand contains avocado. How could a dog food manufacturer not know that avocado is also toxic to dogs? I will never purchase Beneful again.

I bought 3 different Beneful dog food products. The first product was the Beneful prepared meals. We then added the Beneful puppy dry dog food. After a week and a half, my dog developed severe diarrhea. So we changed to a different Beneful food, the Beneful dry dog food, thinking it was the puppy food.

This is my second time writing about this because it seems that nobody cares, i have not receive any messages or a simple call, my first message was sent to the main website of beneful. I love buying Beneful food for my 4 dogs but one thing that irritates me is false advertisment. The packages that i purchase displays there is a toy inside for my dog, so far i have purchased 3 bags and none of them has the toys. I love Beneful because my dogs love it but if is going to be like this i wont buy this product again. This is the number of the beneful bag i have now 17800-13476

I fed my two schnauzers Beneful and within four hours, each had bloody diarrhea. One I had to take to the vet ER. The dog was severely dehydrated and stayed overnight. I picked up and took to the vet on Monday. He was placed on special diet, medicines, and given fluid intramuscular. This continued for a month.

I had recently decided to find a better quality and better tasting dog food for my Bostons. So I set out to the store in hopes of finding a good dog food at a reasonable price. I came across Beneful Healthy Weight which from reading the bag sounded like a great dog food for my babies. And it was also a pretty good price for such a big bag. So I bought a 40 lb. bag and took it home to test it out. Well, my dog's absolutely loved it. They ate it like it was the best thing ever. So I decided to permanently switch them to it. We feed all our small puppies Purina Puppy Chow but was out one day and decided to feed our healthy fat, little,10-week old Boston the Beneful.

We have two beautiful four-legged babies who mean the world to us. Bella, our 7-year-old Boxer was recently diagnosed with bladder stones. She was in such pain, unable to rid her body of urine and toxins inside. A stone ended up lodged in her urethra, she had to have emergency surgery. She and our other dog Ben, a 4-year-old American Bulldog/Labrador mix have eaten nothing but Beneful their whole lives.

On 01/02/2011, I purchased 54 10oz bowl of Beneful. My husband called me and told me there were maggots in the bowl he opened. I was out of town and told him it was probably rice. He assured me these were maggots and I told him to throw it away. On Tuesday the 18th on January 2011, Cody, our 2 1/2 year old Maltese was throwing up, diarrhea and sick. On Saturday, I opened a bowl of Beneful and it was covered with green and black mold. I threw this away and opened another bowl. It looked okay, so I fed this to him. Within 30 minutes, Cody had diarrhea and threw up all over the carpet. I feel so bad that I have been feeding this to my dog. I purchased yesterday Cesar Canine Cuisine and Ol'Roy. So far, so good. My friend told me to use Iams, he brought me some over to try. I will never purchase a Beneful product again and will advise anyone that I know that is using it about my experience. Cody still doesn't feel well and I will take him to the vet.

I bought a box at local Stater Bro. I gave my dog some but she didn't eat it. I gave it to my son for his dog. His dog became very ill, vomiting and bleeding from rectum. The dog was brought to the vet and the total bill was $595.00. 2 weeks later, my dog became ill. I forgot that I gave my friend 2 packs. She takes care of my dog for me. I asked her what the dog ate and she said it was the Beneful dog food I gave her. Weeks earlier, my dog is very ill and is at the hospital with the same symptoms as my sons' dog.

I have fed my 3 dogs Beneful Heathlty Weight for bout about 7 years. All 3 dogs have died in the past 6 months with the same symptoms. They are different breeds and different ages. They all started with bloating in their stomach and loss of appetite, diarrhea and they started looking like they were starved. Their spine stuck out and hip bones, etc. started protruding which was made worse by fluid build up in their stomach. Two of them, I thought had congestive heart failure because of the symptoms, and the vets said it looked like they were having heart problems, but I think the heart problems may have been caused by the fluid in the abdomen.

Last evening, I purchased a bag of Beneful Dog Food. (My dogs had just finished their previous bag in the morning feeding). I opened the bag, and poured some food into their bowls, and I almost fainted when the food was moving. In each bowl, there were probably 8-10 maggots swimming in the kibble. I will not be buying this food again, and am glad I noticed them right away. I love my dogs, and refuse to feed them tainted food.

I have been feeding Soft Beneful to my dog and this time, the product purchased must have been contaminated with something (best by July 2010 0301162L28C20050). I have tried using this batch several different times (I purchased several containers at a time) and each time my dog gets diarrhea and throws up. After she gets over this sick time, I tried the product purchased at the same time again and we again go through her being sick. I have concluded that there has to be a problem with this batch or Purina Beneful Prepared Meals, Beef Stew.

I bought a bag of Beneful that was infested with grain mites. I'm working on cleaning up the infestation myself. If that doesn't work, I'll have to pay for an exterminator.

I bought a bag of Beneful today and it was supposed to have 7 lbs. of food, however, the bag wasn't even full and I weighed it and it didn't even weigh 5 lbs. Are we being cheated? What's up with that?

We bought a bag of Beneful dog food and fed it to my lab as normal. That night she was so sick. She had diarrhea so bad that she went all over the front room of my house; it was covered in ****. She never goes in the house. I knew something was wrong. I took her to the vet and they ran several tests, could not find anything wrong with her and said that it had to have been something that she ate. They put her on medication and she started to feel a little better. We had her on the brat diet for three days to let her stomach recover. Then the vet told me just to put her back on her food, so I did. Well, guess what happened? She got sick once again. This time, we thankfully woke up and stayed outside with her for most of the night.

We have fed our dog Beneful Healthy Weight for about 7 years. We tried a better rated food, but he really preferred the Beneful, which we supplement with some cheese or meat each meal. We recently opened a new bag. Since then, he has vomited once (two days ago) and today refused to eat the food - the first time that has ever happened. His appetite seemed okay as he was still looking for some small handouts. So I gave him some macaroni and cheese (about a half cup) and he ate it right up. So it isn't that his appetite is bad. I am wondering after reading similar postings here if there is a problem with recent lots of Beneful. Tomorrow we will try a different brand and see what happens.

I bought Beneful dog food 2 weeks ago and was wondering where all the bugs were coming from inside my house. Little maggots on the ceiling; I found a maggot in my dog's water dish and discovered bugs inside the dog food bag as well. It was covered with bugs! My dog has had loss of appetite, eating grass, vomiting, shivering and was going days without eating.

We had been feeding our Chesapeake Bay Retriever a different brand of dog food when she began blowing coat. She does this twice a year, and her skin gets dry while it happens. So, we started her on Beneful Healthy Radiance, which she has eaten before without problems. She was eating the Beneful for about a week when she started eating grass, vomiting, shivering, and losing her appetite. We thought it was the grass or maybe hairballs and put her on a bland diet. She was doing fine for about 36 hours, but not touching the half a bowl of Beneful that we never took away. This morning, she was great, energetic, and hungry. She gobbled down the half bowl of Beneful. This afternoon she tried to eat grass. She's shivering again and she vomited her lunch and about half a bowl of partially digested Beneful. We won't be feeding her any more Purina products and are looking into homemade dog food recipes.

I fed my 6 year old AKC Golden Retriever with Purina Beneful brand of dog food. She became ill. I made several trips to the vet and they said that it's cancer but could not find cancer cells. She had all the signs/symptoms same as the other dogs affected by eating this food like lack of appetite, vomiting and lethargic. She died after 8 weeks and 5 vet visits. A week after she died, my other dog became ill. I switched his food only because the store did not have the Beneful in stock. He has not become ill since the switch.

Two weeks ago, we switched from Beneful regular to Beneful Healthy Weight. Since then, our Pomeranian has experienced frightening episodes of lethargy, vomiting, violent bouts of diarrhea, and trembling/shaking. This is a previously healthy 3-year old male who was once very active and smiley but who is not weak, exhausted and depressed. Luckily, after several emergency clinic trips, I put two and two together and replaced the food with something else, and he seems to be recuperating. I am furious.

I purchased a bag of Beneful dog food. Just a couple of days later, I found the airtight container to be covered inside and out with millions of what I learned are grain mites. My dog was experiencing severe itching and hair loss due to scratching as well as an awful odor. I had to discard approximately $75 worth of dog food, $200 worth of other products that were in the vicinity, as well as purchasing $63 worth of cleaning products and storage materials. And the time I invested in ridding our home of the mites.

She is being hospitalized for 3 or 4 days with a catheter and IV meds. They estimate her treatment will be approximately $1,000. There is no assurance of her recovery. We are both unemployed teachers on food stamps and unemployment. Devastating timing!

I've fed my nine-month old puppy Beneful puppy food since I got her around three months old. I've always kept her food in an airtight container. Because I put it in the container, I was not able to furnish the product information/batch for the food. I had to throw out 12 pounds of food. Now I'm questioning whether any Purina food is healthy. I've got two cats and am now scared their food might have grain mites. Last month, I took her to the vet because she had consistently soft fecal matter (not really diarrhea, but not hard like it should be). I kept taking my dog to the vet, but they could find nothing wrong. I took her again in May and they ran a test. They found grain mites. He told me that Beneful has been recently known to have grain mites. I couldn't believe I've been feeding my puppy grain mites. Who knows for how long?

Pepper started having seizures after switching from Purina One to Beneful Healthy Weight. I switched to Beneful because of its ad for being healthy with all the needed nutrition including vegetables. Pepper had a seizure months after switching. She had another three or four months later. She had one on May 22, 2009 and again on June 17, 2009. The June 17 episode was different from all the rest. All the rest occurred while sleeping, the June episode occurred when she was wide awake plus in the late afternoon early evening time versus the middle of the night like her other episodes.

We purchased a bag of Beneful dry dog food. The nuggets come in colors of reds, browns and yellows. On two different episodes, our dog vomited (not related to the product) however, the red nuggets have permanently stained our new carpet. Why is the dog food colored at all?

My 3-year-old lab mixed pet dog vomited up dog food (I could still see the undigested chunks in the vomitus.) 3 or four times in one day. The vomitus smelled like diarrhea. I got a strong whiff of it while cleaning it up, and I was nauseated and feverish for two days afterward. From time to time, my dog in the past year has had similar vomiting spells, and we almost always have used Beneful food.

I have been using Beneful Dog Food for my dog and just last night discovered thousands of "mites" on the outside of the dog feeder. My brother noticed a white film on the top of the automatic feeder that looked like dust. When we went to wipe it off, it felt wet. Upon further inspection, we realized that there were millions of tiny white bugs/mites that were moving around. I assumed that they had somehow come in from outside and were trying to get inside the feeder to the food. We took the feeder outside to clean and investigated further.

Fired off complaint to Purina. There's a growth in the Beneful Prepared Meal - Beef Stew. Unless melamine now comes in green and you can see it, it's probably mold since it's a mint green. Really starting to get annoyed these dog food firms can't get their blank together, especially at the prices they charge! We'll see what the store has to say. Will chuck it if no satisfaction and switch to a decent brand if there is one out there!

My Maltese dog went into acute kidney failure in mid-February 2007 just 4-5 days after I began to give her Purina's Beneful Weight Control dry dog food. I had been feeding her Purina's Fit & Trim brand for several years but the stores I shop in recently had stopped carrying that brand in 5 lb. bags. I compared the ingredient lists, which seemed very similar, and figured that because Purina made them both, it would be safe to make the switch.