Beneful Pet Foods Reviews

My dog Charlie, who was a beautiful, English black lab die at the age of 6 years old from chronic kidney failure. He was still a puppy in his mind. I fed him Beneful his entire life except when he was a puppy and I still fed him Purina puppy chow. Then one night he was very lethargic and dehydrated. I then took him to the vet and they put him on IVs but there was nothing they could do. I took him home and he died in my arms that night on the couch. It has been 5 years since he died and my heart is still broken. He was a perfectly healthy energetic Lab. There is no reason he should have died so suddenly of kidney failure. How do I join this lawsuit?

We fed our mini schnauzer Beneful dry dog food for a few months and he became lethargic over this time. He was no longer playful and seemed to tire easily. We switched until last week. We got another bag of Beneful and in the last four days our dog has become lethargic again, isn't eating well, limps, became yellow around eyes and looks weak eyed and this morning had an episode of what seemed to be stomach spasms that made him cry out and then go stiff. We are changing him back to a higher quality brand of food! From all the complaints I have read recently, I do not understand why anyone would use Beneful dog food in any form. The first time we used Beneful healthy weight and the last time just regular Beneful and both produced the same or similar symptoms in our poor dog! I love my dog too much to ever allow him to eat this dog food again!

I just lost my doberman girl yesterday. She was a healthy 95lb., 7 year old. Never had problems with her at all. Indoor dog that didn't have an accident in the house unless she needed to. We switched to Beneful and she started vomiting and had black soft bloodied stool. Lost her appetite and grew lumps in her throat. She lost so much weight where she was skin and bones. Her death was something I have to live with for the rest of my life. Please don't feed your loved ones this. I can't believe I'm reading all this WAY too late. I can't stop blaming myself knowing I'm responsible for putting this toxic in my baby's belly:( I will never forgive myself. She died on my arms Sunday morning in my room with me kissing her beautiful nose.

My dog had skin issues so we changed his food and he did well on Beneful. And he enjoyed eating. However, within 3/4 months of eating Beneful twice a day, he developed liver and kidney failure and ulcer in his stomach causing bleeding and vomiting lime green bile in the end making us having to put our family member down.

My dog Coco passed away last night after being hospitalized for 2 days. I was feeding her Beneful Healthy Weight with real chicken dry dog food. Her doctor said she ate something toxic. I have a fenced in backyard and she only goes out to use the bathroom. There is nothing in my house that she could've gotten a hold of so the only thing left is the dog food. She hadn't been acting herself for a while, but I thought it was age. I had taken her to the Vet twice in the last 2 weeks, but no blood work was done.

My dog is now dying from kidney failure... Which I am sure is cause by this poison they call Beneful. She was a high energetic... fun loving and outgoing member of my family... Now I find out today she is dying... laying around, will barely eat or drink. She has lost weight as well. She was eating the Original and Healthy weight brand dog food... And now we are losing a member of our family due to the greed and lack of compassion of the money hungry company, who won't stand up and admit this wrongdoing. Shame on you. Nothing but disgust... And I will let everyone I know about this horrific company and their practices.

I have been feeding my two dogs Beneful wet (in the tubs). One a maltese, one is a poodle, two tablespoons of Beneful with their dry dog food which is Nutro Ultra for three (3) years. I noticed one month ago my maltese's coat was very dry and she seemed lethargic then it seemed she started having what we thought were mini strokes. We took her to her vet and he did several tests and lots of blood work and seemed she had a toxin build up in her system. We were told to take her off the Beneful immediately which we did. We did all we could do, but she was already in organ failure and Friday November 20th we said goodbye to her. Without an autopsy we could not prove it was the Beneful but according to what our vet reported in a new study it was the Beneful.

Fed prior dog Beneful exclusively his whole life. Healthy dog, became sick slowly and wasn't until we had to put him down in 2010 that we found out about possible dangers in Beneful food. New dog doesn't eat Beneful and is healthy.

We gave Beneful to our 3 dogs after switch them from a different brand, one of them got a horrible seizure. We didn't think it was the food at first but we swapped them to a different brand. Soon after then back to Beneful and I notice the other two feeling really sick, they would throw up white, that was a few months ago. Last night my beautiful dog Yukki suffered from a terrible seizure, she didn't make it. I'm convinced it's this food.

I have used Beneful for my dog for years and he is now 11 years old. I give him both the tubs and the dry to eat at his leisurely. He has always enjoys the tubs due to the smell and the vegetables that are in these products. You can actually see the carrots and green beans as well as the meat giving it that almost home cooked appearance. The quality and freshness is always visible upon opening the secure seal. Being exceptionally picky on his dry food he enjoys anything that has chicken. I would recommend this product for those furbabies that are picky eaters or will eat just about anything.

Reasonably priced, readily. Totally mediocre ingredients, but better than Alpo and the local brands. Use it for 'filler' primarily. Better than sawdust and the store (i.e. Walmart, etc.) brands.

I believe it was responsible for my pet's death. He started having seizures after eating it for 6 months. When taken to the vet the first thing the vet asked was if my pet had been exposed to lead paint. The answer was no... My pet never recovered.

I have a six month old Chihuahua and decided to switch dry dog foods. I was using Pedigree pal with no issues but was sold on the benefit when I saw it was for small dogs. After eating the Beneful her eyes swelled right up and her mouth. I did not realize that it was the food. I gave her Benadryl and took the food away in case. It was after a week when she got better. I tried the Beneful again and she instantly reacted! I don't know what is in this dog food but it's not good!

We adopted a two-year old female dog from the local shelter. We originally had her on Iams, but switched her after a year to Purina One, which she liked much better. Recently, we switched her to Beneful, which she likes even better. We use dry food, as she is a "grazer," and eats throughout the day as she feels like it.

My little yorkie Sasha got sick in may of this year. We took her to the vet and at first they sent her home with medicine for her tummy. The next day she seemed to be worse and we took her back. They kept her there and put her on IVs. The Dr. said that she had gotten something toxic in her system but the blood work didn't show what. After two days on IVs she wasn't getting any better. We brought her home on Friday to be with us and the vet wanted us to bring her back on Monday to be put down. We kept Sasha comfortable and gave her pedialyte.

I think the food tastes great! The 6 dogs we got.... not so into that brand. They prefer Chef Michael's much more and those Beneful tubs of stews/and chunky dinners. The Alpo can food had them all running for the yard depositing all over. The Mighty dog they like, but we don't care for the price and the size of the can.

I've tried a variety of dog food brands in my search for a kibble that would satisfy the requirements of my three small dogs all of whom have sensitive stomachs and occasional minor weight issues. Beneful "Healthy Weight" has done a great job in meeting our needs and the dogs all seem to love its taste. Beneful is not inexpensive though and I am glad when I can occasionally find it on sale. I've also found that most stores that carry it seem to have at least some trouble keeping it in stock. Overall, we've had good results with Beneful Healthy Weight and that our dogs are healthy and happy.

I feed my dog Beneful Healthy Weight dog food, she loves it, but she will eat anything. She hasn't gained weight since I started using Beneful, she maintains a healthy weight all year.

Very good. Our dog likes Beneful and that is all she will eat. Won't eat any other kind. Beneful dry is all she will eat. Although she does like Alpo too. Come to think of it she likes any brand as long as it is edible.

I have used beneful pet food which my dog prefers. It has vitamins already in it. Her coat is very shiny and there is no dandruff. She is a fussy eater, and after trying different brands she prefers this one. I buy the canned food.

My little man loves his Beneful. He can tell when he does not have it. He very particular about his food. We have been using Beneful for years in our family. We don't use anything else.

I switched my dog over to this food, as she seemed bored with her previous one. She loves it and eats it very well. I especially liked that there were soft and hard kibbles in the mix. It's reasonably priced, and readily available.

I feel the dog foods you buy from vets might be good for my dog but are far too overpriced. I stick to supermarket dog food because you can buy biscuits, treats and pet mince. Sometimes I buy bones from the Mad Butcher for him also.

A lot of other brands we have tried have given our dogs the diarrhea but with Beneful we have found that to be good so far. Pal is the worse for upsetting our dogs.

My dog has chosen Beneful. Any time we've attempted to introduce him to other brands, he refuses to eat. His vet, regularly comments that his diet seems to be working because he is perfect in weight & health. We've used Beneful his whole adult life. He is eight years old.

Used Beneful for 7.5 yrs. Pet needed to go on a diet due to some medical issues. Meanwhile got another pet and was using Beneful. The food was of decent quality however my older pet was just sluggish. Saw an ad for pro plan, read a bit on it and made a switch. The dogs seem to have a new life. Energetic and bright eyed. A bit more costly but worth it.

We've tried some different pet foods & many we have not tried because they are simply overpriced. The Beneful seems to be as satisfactory as any we've tried. My dog always eats it & seems to enjoy it. She is healthy & my vet will concur with this every time she's been at the vets. The price is about as reasonable as any I have ever tried & we can get it at WalMart... I would possibly be interested in trying some of the highly-recommended brands, but they are simply too much money.

I had a German shepherd puppy some years ago and I noticed this new food on the market. There were several different types of Beneful in the shelf. They have one for maintaining a healthy weight, one for elderly canines, one for active and the one for puppies. I have to say my shepherd grew up healthy and had the shiniest coat and whitest teeth. I loved that brand and would highly recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good well balanced dog food that doesn't cost an arm & a leg!

My dog loved Beneful dog food. There was enough product offerings to continue using the product as my dogs needs changed. When she was a puppy I used the puppy formula. When she got a bit overweight I was able to use the low weight formula. When chew became a problem I switched to the small tidbits.

We generally have had decent experiences with feeding our Australian Shepherd Purina. We use the Purina 'Beyond' feed and he has never had an adverse reaction. This is dog is one year old, healthy active and with zero allergies. This morning and this evening he had the Purina 'Beneful' feed and within the hour of the first feeding he was profusely vomiting and his face swelled. By the second feeding he almost went into a full anaphylactic shock. Luckily, with some quick thinking after contacting the vet, we gave him a dose of Benadryl. He is now resting and feeling slightly better but I am now reconsidering the brand I feed my pure bred pup. I am not sure that our family is willing to risk the health (and cost) of our well trained and healthy beloved pet.

In May, my wife and I began noticing problems in 1 of our 2 dogs, were that of an article she had read a couple months earlier about Beneful Dog Food making dogs sick. After removing the Beneful from both of of our dogs diets, the problems our dog was experiencing subsided throughout the week. Four months later on Thursday, October 8th, 2015, the 2nd of our 2 dogs(the one NOT experiencing problems initially), died in my arms. She fell violently ill on Wednesday the 7th without any warning. She experienced vomiting, dehydration, diarrhea, swelling, hints of blood in saliva...

My perfectly healthy 5-year old mini dachshund eats a regular diet of dry food by a brand called Nutro. I was in a pinch in my new neighborhood for food and grabbed a bag of Purina Beneful small bites from the local store. I gave him 1/2 cup that evening, a 1/2 cup the next morning mixed with Beneful wet food and a 1/2 cup dry that night. He loved it and scarfed it down! We went about our normal routine. After dinner he loves to nap on my lap. He settled in for his nap and out of nowhere started to stretch out his body in a way I have never seen. He then fell flat off the couch and began seizing. A grand mal seizure is what I was told by the vet. It lasted 7 minutes. The most horrifying heartbreaking minutes of my life.

My poor 1yo Rottweiler has become another victim of Beneful. I'm so angry!! Within 2 days of being on this crap she has developed sores all over her body, is losing her hair and is in obvious pain!! She has been a healthy happy dog until now! This food is the ONLY thing that has changed in her life!! My vet is running tests to verify but is strongly in agreement with me that it is in fact the food!!

I had fed my dogs Beneful before but about a month ago, I bought my 9 year old chocolate lab Beneful Original dog food. She ate it fine for about a week but then she stopped eating it, going the whole day without food. She then started throwing up occasionally which was basically just stomach acids and occasional blades of grass. I stopped putting the Beneful in her bowl because she wasn't eating it. I started making her rice and bland meat so she would stay nourished. She was still drinking plenty of water but her stools had gotten soft and diarrhea like. The vomiting continued and actually increased.

Purina Healthy Weight made my poor dog so sick!! I'm lucky I still have my pet according to these reviews!! She vomited and had welts all over her body and eyes swelled shut. $200 at the vet with steroids and is finally better.

I purchased 6 containers of your prepared foods. My dog ate one container and had very loose stools. Now he refuses to eat any Beneful. I am stuck with 5 meals and of course I threw away my receipt. I will not buy any Purina products.

I fed my dog Beneful dog food original formula for years and she did very well. We noticed that the food looked different and shortly after that, she started getting frail and weak and going downhill. I changed to Merrick dog food and she is improving. Whatever Purina changed is very bad. I would avoid feeding this dog food to your dog.

Recently I decided to introduce a new dry food to my dog's diet. We still gave her the old food, but also offered her small amounts of Purina Incredibites. After two days (and about 1 to 2 cups of the new food ingested total) she started throwing up like crazy. She pukes twice until all of the food was out and another 6 times of just bile. We thought maybe she just got an irritation and didn't think a ton of it, but decided to keep an eye on her. The next day (yesterday) she puked her food again until her stomach was empty and then Joy proceed to puke up bile over and over for the next hour. I called the vet and they said if she was acting normal to just keep watching for another day, but that if she acted odd or puked more to call them back.

My puppy just turned a year old September 2, 2015 and the vet told me she is in kidney failure. I fed her Beneful from day one when I brought her home. I got her on November 3, 2014 for my birthday and now a year later she's in kidney failure. I have been out almost 800 dollars so far in vet bills. I will find out the results of an ultrasound in a few days to see what her kidneys look like. I think it's lawful that the FDA don't place stricter rules on dog food companies. I wouldn't feed her anything that I thought in any way wasn't healthy. This company's advertising makes everyone think they are selling healthy food. When they are putting in it what makes the company the most money. OUR PETS LIVES ARE AT STAKE! We trusted you Purina Beneful and you let the public DOWN!!!

As a healthy eater myself, this naturally extends to my animals. Carefully reading labels, I chose a grain free kibble and a few tablespoons per day of Beneful wet food to my pug Rainie's daily diet. From reading all these reviews, I despair because it must have been like giving her arsenic daily since my experience parallels so many of these tragedies... On Labour Day (Sept 7/15) we raced Rainie to the Emergency vet clinic 45 min. away when she began seizing clear out of the blue. I had seen some vomit on floor and thought it was my cat having eaten a mouse or hair balls. Rainie had the runs for 2 days, being a holiday w/e I was waiting for Tuesday to book appt with vet. I stopped counting after 15 seizures racked our little pug's body as we raced to the vet. Her temperature had risen to severe levels and once stabilized, we were waiting to see what toll the seizures had taken. She passed away from a cardiac arrest 5 hrs. later that day.

My 3 dogs (2 Maltese and an King Charles Cavalier) are all still sick today after eating a meal of Beneful Dry dog food. They are throwing up, passing gas, severe diarrhea and bloody stools. NEVER feed your animals Beneful.

We adopted a rescue dog 2 1/2 years ago. He was about 9 months old when we got him. For the first 5 months or so we fed him Rachael Ray's dog food. After a while he just didn't seem interested in it anymore. So we switched to Beneful. Not long after he began having seizures which scared us terribly. We didn't associate it to the food. He would have 2-3 a month. The vet put him on natural supplements and the seizures reduced to about 1 a month, sometimes 2. About 5 months ago after reading all the bad reviews about Beneful, we switched dog food and put him on Hill's Science diet. He has not had a seizure since we changed food! We are so happy because the seizures were terrible. We are convinced that the food was causing the seizures. No more Beneful!!!

I wish to knock before my little yorkie passed away. I always gave him the best of the best and he was so spoiled. I thought "Beneful " was the best, but was the best to kill my own baby. Beneful made him so sick. I regret so bad I was feeding him crap.

I was feeding my dog this morning from a bag of dog food that I purchased August 13th. My near vision isn't good and I had not noticed anything until this morning when I saw small white cocoon like things attached to the food. I got a closer look and could see some kind of bug on the inside. My dog has not been feeling well and has been digging at her skin something awful, but she does not have fleas. I do not have a receipt for this purchase, as I only save receipts for large purchases.

Had been using Science Diet for my dogs for years with no issues, but I babysit another dog that eats Purina Beneful while here. My beagles would smell theirs and then the Beneful and want some. So I added a few kibbles to their food. Eventually, to make it simpler, I decided to switch my dogs to Beneful and all 3 would eat the same. Today I bought a bag and my husband fed the dogs this morning. As I added the bag to a closed container I noticed strands of white in the food (looks like skin peelings after a sunburn). I immediately called Purina who informed me that it is a GRAIN-BASED INFESTATION and that due to the heat and humidity this year they are having a lot of issues for this.

After just one bag of Beneful incredible bites for small dogs my dog is now throwing up. She wakes up from throwing up. She has lost her appetite. She is constantly scratching. We bathe her often. She has no fleas but she won't stop scratching. I'm throwing out the other brand of Purina dog food we have also been feeding her. Purina needs to stop selling this food to customers immediately!!!!!!!

My wife would always buy Costco dog food or the high quality stuff from the feed store. She died 6 weeks ago and now I'm left to care for her dog. 2 year old healthy German Shepherd female. Money is tight right now with the funeral expenses so I was at Walmart and needed to get dog food and cat food. Two days later the dog died from seizures - violent ugly death that I managed to record because I didn't know what was happening. I wanted to show the vet. My mother just called me and told me to look up the Purina Beneful recall. I'm so angry right now I'm so pissed off that this was the only link I had to my wife and now the dog is dead at 2 years old? Wtf? How can I get away with selling poison? This dog was healthy, this dog had all his shots, this dog had 12 puppies at the first of the year and now this dog is dead. It doesn't make any sense. It was so random.

Just came back from the Vet with my sick Dachshund. Started giving her Beneful dog food 4 days ago. She suddenly stopped eating and drinking, and started vomiting. After 24 hrs I took her to the Vet because her gums were so pale. There was no obstruction and nothing different other than the food. My Vet said throw out the Beneful! Gave her 2 injections, 2 meds and 200 ccs IV fluids. My heart is breaking!!

I have been feeding my 10 year old Yorkie this wet food for about 7 or 8 years. In the last month she has been randomly puking up within a half an hour after eating. She started shaking, hides behind furniture and won't eat. I switched her to Iams the other day and she was peppy again and never puked once. To rule out if it was a stomach bug or Beneful, I gave her two spoonfuls of wet Beneful this morning. Three pukes piles within a half an hour. I called Purina and told them what was going on. All of the food has the same lot number on the bottom 50971162 L2 JP61936. They offered me coupons for more Beneful! I declined and I'm getting a refund for the open containers. The guy told me if it keeps up to take her to the vet. It should also be noted that I feed her a small snack of the dry Beneful everyday, however, the puking and shaking happens after she eats the wet food.

I fed my dog Beneful for about 5 years not knowing that there were problems with the dog! Around mid-December in 2007, she became listless and suddenly wasn't able to make it outside to use the bathroom. Rosie was such a good dog and would never have an accident in the house unless she really couldn't help it. Everything happened so fast that I really didn't know what was happening. She died on Christmas Eve. This dog was part of my family and I loved her like one of my children. I can't believe I fed her something that killed her! Nothing will ever bring Rosie back to me but I don't want this to happen to anyone else. When I see someone in the grocery store with Beneful in their buggy I want to scream at them! Stop, you are killing your dog!!! I don't because I know this isn't the way to make people aware. Please, please, let's not let any more dogs die!

We had our Shepherd/Rottweiler mix for 8 1/2 years. We also purchased Beneful from Walmart for her. She died last week. She wasn't feeling well, vomiting, weak, not eating, urinating a lot. We took her to the vet thinking she'll get antibiotics and maybe an intravenous overnight. Well we were told nothing could be done, they could do exploratory surgery but it wasn't a guarantee they would find out what was wrong. If we took her home, they said she will probably die before the next day was over. We put her to sleep last week to keep her from suffering any further. It is very sad to see your dog die and nothing you can do. Now thinking that Beneful could have caused it makes me furious. I didn't like giving her table scraps because it wasn't good for her, but I'm sure my cooking had no poison in it. We thought we were feeding her good stuff and what a mistake that was. I wish I had known sooner because my girl would still be here.

My dog ate Beneful and recently started getting very sick. Incontinent of urine and feces, blood in his loose stools, vomiting, and declining appetite. He's lost almost half of his weight and I think his body is shutting down. It's too expensive to continue to take him to the doctor and I don't want him to suffer, but I fear he is dying. He hasn't had any health problems his whole 8 years of life, until now. My family and I are heartbroken.

I switched from Kibbles & bits over a year ago to Rachael Ray dry food. This year I also started giving her Beneful wet food instead of Pedigree. 2 times a day (small portions). Lately she has been digging at herself, (first time in 8 years) and is very sensitive to the touch. I have her on Frontline since I got her, so I am positive there are no fleas irritating her. Occasionally she throws up now and gets to acting funny. And she is just not herself. I have tried numerous things from bathing to meds and I can not seem to find out what is causing this, so I decided to look online to see if it is possible that it may be her food and I stumble upon this page, so I will continue to read and wanted to post, but as of tomorrow I will be taking her off of Beneful to see if her allergies stop.. I will repost soon to update, thanks.

I lost 12 year old American bulldog about 4 months ago. He was healthy and active. He started acting sick not eating not drinking so I took him into the vets and they said his kidneys were shutting down. He was kept in the hospital for 3 days with iv's and they had to put a cath in so he could pee. He only lived 2 weeks. It was the hardest thing I had to do. On Saturday I got a Pitt bull 6 months old and I fed him the Beneful dog food my mom told me. Today it's making dogs sick and even killing them. My new dog started throwing up this morning and has diarrhea. After reading all the complaints and reading their stories I know what killed my beloved American Bulldog. I am going to take my new dog to the vet tomorrow and hopefully he will be ok.

I started feeding my 10 year old Yorkie Beneful dog food a couple of months ago. 3 weeks ago he started gagging funny, I thought maybe he hurt his throat. Just in the last few days he has started throwing up after eating. Now I'm so worried because the symptoms are starting like all the other reports of dogs getting sick and dying. I switched dog food, I hope it's not too late.

I bought this food this past Sunday for my dog because it was healthy and chewy. The first day she ate it fine. The next day she was extremely thirsty and was peeing a lot. Then she started seizing and going limp, and wanted to continue to drink water. It stayed that way until today, Thursday July 30. She continued to have seizures. I was going to take it to the vet in the morning if the seizures would not stop. My dog died at 9:51pm est. She had five seizures in the course of 1 1\2 hours. This should not have ever been made. It killed my dog. Do not purchase this, unless you want your dog to die.

Two days ago I got home and he had passed. He was laying on his back with his legs up and on his mouth. There was vomit as well as vomit on a leafy area close to him. Today my daughter sends me this picture of a screenshot on her phone regarding Beneful and the class action lawsuit. I purchased Beneful for my dog. I don't think it's a coincidence.

My pitbull who's 4 yrs old started having seizures in May and ever since then he's had them every month. He vomits occasionally too. All we've ever feed him was Purina and all the vet told us to do was to put him on Vitamin E and pretty much said he'd have them the rest of his life. I can't believe this has happened to so many others because of this dog food!

I had a wonderful female family dog named Shinie. Had being the operative word. Born in 1999 Shinie has been with us through it all and never has any health complications. However, right after we started giving her Beneful wet food, she became very ill. To the point that we had to put her down. I'm glad I got to be the last thing she saw before she passed but I want justice for my baby girl! I still love her so much as she was my first pet and such a wonderful companion.

I want to thank you for sharing your heart-breaking stories. You have stopped one dog from going through this... and probably many, many more. I have a 5-month old German Shepherd who has been on Beneful since she was 2 months old. After reading these horrible stories, I am immediately throwing out this crap dog food and researching what I should replace it with. My heart hurts for your pain and suffering, but thank you for caring enough to inform others of this horrible dog food.

My two and a half month old puppy name Tru is a brindle pitbull and he's been eating Purina Beneful Incredibites since 10 weeks and he's been pooping bloody diarrhea for two days now. I'm highly concerned for my puppy.

I Started To feed My dog Bentley 5 year old Maltese Beneful Believing that he would be eating healthy. He started not to eat, Drink, Start vomiting. I took him to a Animal Hospital And they said his Liver and kidneys were failing And they had no clue why! They said it look like signs of poison or toxics or something bad That he's eating. They didn't know what was going on with him! They did x rays and blood work and Still no findings! Could not figure out why Bentley was dying! Two days later Bentley die. My sister in law let me know that other owners Dogs are dying from the same thing! Same exact thing!!! And all of our dogs eat this food!!!! Beneful killed my dog!!

My dogs are house dogs. I always wondering why my dogs, vomited, and had diarrhea. I thought they were dying. The Vet could not figure it out either. I've been serving all my dogs Beneful brand dog food since they were able to start eating. If my friend did not make me aware of the Beneful problem I would of wasted money on another Vet visit. No more Beneful for my dogs again.

Our two-year-old female Chow Chow is scratching and she has lost so much of her hair, it's pitiful. Normally our chows shed in the spring but not in July! She is so thin too. She seems ill. We will have to buy another type of food ASAP. I am alarmed by her appearance, she is normally a gorgeous dog with a lovely full coat and shiny coat, not it is dull, and sparse.

I just recently lost a healthy, active, 7 year old dog to liver failure. The vet could not figure out what was causing it. He asked me if my dog got into anti freeze. I spent $4,000 trying to figure out the cause. My dog died shortly after the tests. I have 6 other dogs that started getting ill until I changed their food.

I don't know if it is related or not to be fair, but I had a 9 1/2 year old Golden Retriever who started having seizures and became lethargic and eventually unresponsive causing me to gave the vet put him down. They said keeping him alive would be more for me than for him. I took him to the vet 3 times. They weren't sure of the exact cause but it was within 3 months of starting him on the Beneful Dry Food switching from Purina Dog Chow. I switched believing the advertising that less wheat, and more rice was better for the dog. Make your own conclusion. Scout was a healthy 90 lb golden retriever.

My 4 year old yorkie/maltese mix just passed away on June 7th. She had been healthy her whole life. The only thing we had changed within the last month or so prior to her death was her food. We purchased Beneful dog food for the first time ever. I thought I was making a good choice, based on the label. However, she began showing signs of food poisoning. Vomiting, trouble breathing… and she eventually had a deadly seizure, which lead to her death. This was devastating to my family. She was not only my dog, she was my baby. I will never recommend that anyone buy Beneful dog food. Especially since I have seen that many people have gone through the same thing as my family has.

I had a mini dachshund that I fed for 3 or 4 years on Beneful. Until now I had no idea what was making him so sick. We had given him some antibiotics thinking his anal glands had gotten infected because he would have this bloody stool. My poor baby, he would get sick, get better, get sick again. He had a couple seizures and I would do my best to make him feel better. Damn food. All the advertising at how good it was when it came out. He got older and I put him on pumpkin and chicken with some canned dog food with veggies. They should be held accountable for the agony of our pets, not to mention the vet bills and rug cleanings. I feel so bad looking back now, I didn't know! Disgraceful & sad.

This dog food almost killed my dog. He started having seizures and was vomiting all over and we could not figure out why until we came to his food. He was having three seizures a month and they were bad seizures. Purina needs to pay for my vet bills which I got when I took my boy in to have him looked at.

After eating Beneful for many years my dog developed liver cancer which quickly spread to her kidney, stomach, and blood. She was in pain and we were unaware of how sick she was until it was too late and we had to put her to sleep. This broke out family's heart.

I used this dog food for my black lab. He became very ill. He had bloody diarrhea, very lethargic, had trouble breathing. The vet said he must have ate something bad. 4 months later he was put to sleep due to liver, kidney and spleen disease. We never knew what did it until we started doing research. We are very sad to know this company puts in the ingredients that it does. It should not be allowed to be on the market. Something should be done. A consumer should be able to trust the products on the shelves of a store and one that is advertised on TV. Nothing will replace our beloved friend. Instead we are angry and frustrated that nothing is being done. I do not have a receipt to show our purchases because I had no reason to think this was the cause at first.

My 1 1/2 year old Boston Terrier suddenly become ill. Excessive vomiting, diarrhea, blood in the stool. Stopped eating, didn't drink, was sick for over 2 weeks. Took him to the vet 5 times, he almost died. We have been feeding both of our dogs Beneful for months. Our other dog, a shih tzu has lost a considerable amount of weight also. This is very disturbing that this product is still on the market. Since I have discontinued the Beneful, they are both doing very well. I believe this product should be removed so that other dogs will not continue to be harmed.

I started feeding Bogart about 10 months ago. He was well and living the good life. I purchased him a friend named Willow. 7 months later my Bogart fell over dead. No sign. I look back and see then too late. Who would have thought the Beneful dog food killed him. I have to take Willow to the vet Monday for blood work to see if she ate enough to hurt her liver or kidneys. I AM OUTRAGED THAT THIS FOOD HAS NOT BEEN RECALLED! This is America and they are killing dogs all over the world. This is not my dog they are my children. How would Beneful workers or CEO feel if I was feeding their kids and they were dropping dead? I will fight them to the end of my life for what they did to my babies.

I had a beautiful pit bull about a year old and a female mastiff pup around 8-10 weeks. Have been feeding Beneful to all my inside dogs and my male pit died real lethargic and puking, buried him. Took all my dogs out, bleached everything, not sure of what killed him. Fed the puppy Beneful and now she is weak and puking. I'm changing dog food or cooking my own no more Beneful in my home.

I have a year old Frenchie. I typically feed him high quality food - Taste of the Wild. However, I ran out of food last night and at early hour with other obligations we couldn't get to the organic pet store to buy him another bag so we resorted to a small bag of Purina Beneful bought from our local grocery store. Before he was able to eat breakfast this morning I gave him couple of his favorite snack bones so he wasn't as hungry but I also gave him a bowl of Purina. He ate about half of the bowl (luckily the snack he was given prior filled him up a bit).

Sadly a few weeks after feed Wallie Beneful he past away. Symptoms mimic those of Parvo. He had all his shots, was healthy. He was the first dog that my fiance ever got attached to and it was the hardest thing to watch. We took him into the vet and there was nothing they could do. I cried for weeks, my fiance couldn't sleep. I can't believe out of all things it would have been dog food.

My dog has only been eating Beneful for 2 weeks. He started throwing up last night. This morning I woke up to him having seizures and he had lost control of his bowels, he was pooping blood. He died before I could get him to the vet. He had all the symptoms from eating Beneful. I will be contacting the lawyer that is handling the lawsuit against Beneful.

We had a puggle named Toby. We only fed him Beneful food. At the end of January 2015 he started throwing up, did't want to eat, laid in his bed, did nothing. Took him to doctor. Gave him antiemetics. By February he was having one seizure after another and had to be put down on February 15.

I have a 4 year old sheltie named Khloe. A few months ago I bought a bag of the beneful dog food. I only give her dry food when I don't have any real meat, veggies & fruits to give her. Since I work in the dietary dept of Mercy hospital, that's very rare. I had been buying her beneful for awhile with no problems, until recently. Not even a few days afterwards I started noticing she was constantly throwing up & becoming more to herself than playful. I then heard about the problems from other mercy employees about the problems they were having with their dogs because of a beneful product.

We recently purchased a new bag of Beneful Dog food for our yorkie. After four days of eating the food our dog became very lethargic and began vomiting. We have to take him to the vet to be rehydrated and given anti-nausea medicine ($590.00). When we got him home he ate a rice and chicken mixture for a few days and then we reintroduced his dog food. Within 24 hours he was getting lethargic and vomiting. We immediately stopped giving him the Beneful and we are now making our own dog food.

I was told my dog was overweight and that I should switch to a weight control dog food. I wish I would have done my homework and researched it better. We had to put my beautiful sweet Labrador to sleep yesterday because of internal bleeding. I'm heartbroken to find out I was killing him with this food. I would have never thought there was something unsafe on the market with all these so called regulations. I'm too upset to write any more comments on this. Sorry.

I have two wonderful dogs. They are both Labs. One is a female who is 11 yrs. old and the other is a male 9 yrs old. One is an American breed and the other is the English breed. They were purchase from two different breeders in two different states. We had been feeding our dogs Beneful from the beginning. Coincidentally, they both are diabetic. We have to give them insulin twice a day. I always wondered how on earth can both my dogs be diabetic and then my daughter called and told me to stop feeding the dogs Beneful due to the bad reviews to read. She had been giving her dogs Beneful as well but not as long as we have. I don't know if Beneful is why both my dogs are ill but it seems odd that we have such different dogs and this happens. I pray that my dogs stay with our family for a lot longer.

2 weeks ago bought Beneful... Both dogs scratching themselves raw. Took the golden retriever to the vet to the tune of 700.00. Still no relief.... Beneful is the only change.

I have been giving my dogs Purina's Beneful Healthy weight for the past two years. Just 2 months ago my pug (who is 12), who has been healthy started urinating in the house and consuming large amounts of water. I took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with very high sugar - 650 in a urine test. He is now on insulin 2x a day. Today, 6/30/2015 I brought my second dog (a puggle) to the vet because she was exhibiting the same symptoms - urinating in the house, consuming large amounts of water and the vet also diagnosed her with diabetes. Her urine test for glucose was 550. The vet said this is very unheard in two dogs from the same household that are not related. Both dogs are not overweight and the only thing we can contribute it to is the dog food.

We have fed our dog Beneful for several months. I cannot remember the exact date I began using this...but our dog seemed to like it because it had small bits. He had bad teeth and it was easier to swallow. He had to be put to sleep yesterday/June 24th, due to a mass in his stomach. We do not know what caused it for sure, and are going to do a necropsy if possible. But after reading the other stories about this dog food we need to know why they keep selling it knowing there are dogs dying after eating it? Our Lab was only nine. He should have lived at least three more years. We are devastated. Absolutely heartbroken. I don't have my order numbers or receipts but may be able to find some?

My husband and I just got our beautiful basset hound puppy a couple weeks ago. 06/06/15 We bought her Beneful puppy chow and for the last two weeks that's what she was eating. I noticed the other day that she was very bloated and her stool was loose and she wasn't as playful as she normally was. I had no clue what could be wrong until I came across an article on Facebook saying that Beneful was killing all these poor dogs. I immediately decided she was no longer going to be eating it right then and there.

On Thursday evening I gave my boxer 1/2 of wet Beneful food with his dry food (not Beneful). He ate it all as usual, but during the night he threw it up. On Friday evening I gave him the remainder of the tub, but he didn't eat it. During this time he only drink water. So thinking he still wasn't feeling well I tried to feed him again on Saturday evening (not Beneful) and he still refused. Since it was the weekend we took him to an emergency veterinary clinic, but he was dead when we got there (about 10 miles away). Up until he ate the Beneful he was very healthy.

My brother has been feeding his 4 year old dog for one year. The dog has been having Blood in Stool. Mucus-look in stool. Has been drinking water A LOT and urinating a lot as well. I'm glad to hear about other complaints here that it's Beneful's fault. We need to do something about this.

My dear pet died within a week of showing symptoms and after eating less than half a bag of Purina Beneful. The vet said she had cirrhosis of the liver. Her blood work showed abnormally low Hemoglobin, Red blood count and Hemocrit, with elevated Bilirubin - all signs of liver damage. Purina would not let me talk with anyone who could answer any technical questions.

I had 2 dogs, Baby my Min Pin and Lacy my Lab. Over 2 years ago my Baby started to get sick. She loved to eat but she was starting to turn down her food which was Beneful. When we took her to the vet, she had severe kidney disease and the doctor thought I should put her down. I loved her so much, I could not do it without first trying everything I could to make her well. We had to take her every other day for IV fluid treatments and to have blood work done, we had to try and feed her special food though she did not want to eat.

About a year or so back.... I had my dog on Beneful only for a few weeks. When I noticed my dog, though I only fed him a half cup, twice a day, started putting on a terrible amount of weight, was throwing up his dry food, more often than not.... and was feeling very sluggish and looked and acted unhealthy, not himself! SO I immediately took him off Beneful and put him on Purina Pedigree, and almost all of the symptoms disappeared, he was back to his usual active self, and started dropping the extra weight slowly. But in no time he was back to his usual trim self.

We have been feeding Beneful dog food to our miniature dachshunds, Dudley & Gracie, since we got them as puppies & never had a problem until last year. Both were 9 yrs. old & Gracie, who is normally very healthy, started projectile vomiting & diarrhea during the night. The next afternoon, we took her to our local vet. After running tests, she could not tell us what was wrong with Gracie but said, "I have never seen liver enzymes as high as hers." She told us to transport Gracie to the animal emergency room immediately. The next morning, Gracie was placed into the animal hospital.

I began feeding Keegan Beneful as a treat, he began having problems with his ears and after many numerous visits to the vets he asked "are you feeding him anything different?" I got to thinking "yes the Beneful." I stopped it and his ear problems subsided, but I think it was too late. He developed breathing problems. First time he actually fell down a flight of stairs. I rushed him to the vets and discovered his heart was failing. Thanks to my vet I had him another year but it was a year of running to the vets, doing mouth to mouth daily if he had any excitement, crying in hysterics when it happened, grateful each time he came out of it until I had to make the right choice for him, to let him go. Changed everything about my life, changed me as a person. I lost what mattered to me most. Can I prove it was the dog food, no. Do I believe it was, yes. Just wish I had done my research before I fed this to my pup. He was gone way too soon, a healthy happy baby.

I was feeding Roxy & Bentley Beneful chopped blends. Bentley started having diarrhea and didn't want to eat. Put him on Iams and he is okay. Roxy quit eating and was not drinking much. Was 11 years old and had lost teeth so she had to eat soft foods. (I rescued her from a man who was hitting her and had her in a choke collar) Tues, I went walking with her and she collapsed. By the time I got her to the vet, she had 3 seizures and a fourth one started while I was holding her. I had to let her go. I am so angry just thinking it was the dog food that caused it and I was the one feeding it to her. How do I know it was this food?

Ever since I have been feeding my dog Beneful Original a few years ago she has had skin allergies. She eats at her paws and legs for hours a day. We couldn't figure out what the problem was. We thought it might be pollen or something. Then she started vomiting right after eating her Beneful. After several bouts of vomiting, we stopped feeding her Beneful and, until we found a new food, fed her boiled hamburger and rice. She has stopped eating at her paws and legs, and she hasn't vomited since.

My daughter's dog suddenly died on May 30 2015. Took a seizure the night before and died the next morning. She has been feeding her Beneful.

My 2 yr old dog has come down with liver damage. The vet said it is a poison that is doing this to her and it may be the dog food because what's in it and that's the only dog food she has been on. Has other have any of the same problem?

I first noticed my dog didn't seem right then he started throwing up. Well, not unusual, I told my son, "Hunter is not feeling well." So we both started to watch him. He started to lose balance, was walking like he was drunk, couldn't get up on the couch without trouble, and then when he tried to get on the bed one night he fell off. I told my son, "get him to the vet, he is not even eating right."

I have been feeding my dog Beneful dry food for 3 yrs. now. I noticed his stomach was getting swollen and he was drinking a lot of water and can't even walk at this point. I took him to the vet and he took x rays and said his liver is swollen. I have seen petitions to have this food banned from stores so I just signed one. I looked at some of the symptoms that other people wrote about their dogs having and he fits in these categories. All of the same things happening to him. I quickly changed his food to one that contains no beef, corn, artificial preservatives or animal by product meals. I am giving him different herbs that cleanse and heal your liver and I am hoping his liver will heal and symptoms will go away. If he continues to get worse I might have to put him down because I don't want to see him suffer.

Maybe all of these dogs dying after eating Beneful is indeed a consequence, but coming across this article only made it worse. My 6 year old miniature Schnauzer began acting very lethargic yesterday and I woke up to find her dead on my bed this morning. I treat my animals like a part of the family and they never miss vaccinations and regular vet checks. Unfortunately, in a rush to get home before a round of severe storms, I picked up a small bag (3.5 lb) of Beneful Healthy weight on Sunday. Simply by accident, I came across the feedback posted here and am literally heartbroken that I could have avoided today's event. The symptoms describe by others are nearly identical to what I witnessed yesterday.

The symptoms were the same as noted in previous posts. My female corgi, Paz, had died of seizures and my male corgi, Joe, had to be put down due to increased aging and nervous disorders accumulating up to hind quarters paralysis. December 2014 was the middle time frame between both deaths. I believe something was changed or added to the batches. How does one prove this and what can be done? Still grieving!

My precious dog chigger died suddenly. He had a cough but seemed to be getting better then suddenly started having what looked like seizures. He would try to get up only to fall over again. It was one of the most traumatic things I've ever seen. Once this started he was dead within 2 hours. Now I have 2 other dogs and would have never thought it was the food until I noticed my 2 remaining dogs would not eat their food. For the first 2 days I thought well they are just sad and grieving as they were a little family (mom, dad and son), but then they would eat my bits of cheese I offered them and then I thought let me see if they will eat the cat food.

A year ago I switched to Beneful Dog food. I had a 12 year old beagle and 7 year old mix. In December, my beagle started acting not himself. He would end up on all four legs on the kitchen floor and couldn't get up. He was still eating and drinking but you could tell something was wrong. I took him to the vet and they xrayed him and said he had cancer throughout his body. I took him home and spent a week with him then had to put him to sleep.

I have been feeding my chihuahua Beneful for years now. She was recently diagnosed with a malignant stomach tumor. Granted, I'm not positive Beneful is responsible for this, but after reading thousands of stories from Beneful consumers and talking to my vet, I am convinced Beneful is responsible for her cancer. I have another dog who was also on a Beneful diet. She began vomiting and had bloody diarrhea. We changed her food after reading the Beneful reviews and the next day her stool was solid and there was no blood present. She also stopped vomiting. This is all circumstantial, but why take the chance? Clearly, Beneful is harming and killing pets. Shame on you, Purina for selling a product that is harming our beloved pets.

After feeding my healthy 4 year old German Shepherd Beneful dog food for two weeks she began shedding excessively and lost her appetite. On 5/20/2015 I came home at 1 p.m. and noticed she was not the happy, energetic Shepherd we had come to know and love. She was lethargic and walked off balance and I noticed her eyes were turning yellow. At 11 p.m. that same night Maggie was walking in circles and bumping into the walls and falling down. After bringing her to the vet they informed us her liver was failing and ask us if there was a chance she had gotten into any household drugs, etc. (NO) 14 hours after coming home my Maggie was dead at 5:30 a.m.

Purchased a large bag of Beneful Incredibites and it was covered with an oily substance and smelled terrible. Fortunately, I didn't feed my puppy any of this bag. After reading so many instances of illness and death of dogs after feeding Beneful products, I did a lot of research. The most honest review of this product was on the Dr. Mercola website. The vet for this site really pushes for a raw food diet or self-made diet - the latter being what I fed my 16-year old who developed a huge tumor in his spleen. We have since got a new puppy and started him out on what we thought was a healthy eating plan.

My 9 year old MinPin, Cooper, fell ill in December, 2013. He started peeing excessively and crying all night every night. We had noticed blood in the snow when he went outside, but at the time thought nothing of it. In mid January of 2014 Cooper was diagnosed with Diabetes. Even taking insulin shots Cooper's drinking water excessively and peeing and crying nightly didn't stop. He also frequently threw up yellow mucous. June 7, 2014 Cooper passed away. While reading these message boards on the Beneful Dog Food lawsuits and recall, I see my dog's symptoms in other posters' comments. I have cried many tears and had sleepless nights wondering why my healthy, energetic, sweet boy suddenly became ill. Now I have my answer. This company needs to be held accountable for all of our sorrow.

We had our dog on Purina Pro Plan for a few years. We had noticed that his stools were loose, but nothing in liquid form. We had him since he was a puppy, and he would eat almost anything that wasn't faster than him, including bees. When we switched him from dog chow to Pro Plan, that is when his bowel movements got worse. He seemed to pick at his food, with Pro Plan. We decided to change him to Beneful. He loved the taste, and his stools got more regular. I know there's been a lot of negative response to Beneful, we haven't noticed any problems.

My 5yr old miniature schnauzer has been eating Beneful kibble for the last 2 months and on 5/15/15 I woke to a living room entryway and dining room's covered in vomit and diarrhea. My poor pup is laying on the floor with no energy. I hope y'all haven't killed my dog with y'all suspicious ingredients. I also have 2 female dogs 1 rescue and their pup, who turn their nose up to your product but will eat it. We spent $32 on a 40 pound bag of this food thinking spending more meant we would get a better quality of food! But now I'm finding out that isn't so instead I'm on my knees cleaning my floors and carpets for it! I didn't mention I'm handicapped! What joy to wake to pain and all this mess so far, two days running!!! Very disgusted and scared for my dogs. As I don't have the funds for emergency vet visits due to the food I thought was so good for my pet! I Will take photos tomorrow morning as I'm sure I will wake to more of this.

I have fed my Yellow Lab Beneful for a few years now. A few months ago my dog starting throwing up and having seizures. It happened twice. At the same time I started reading about the harm that Beneful has caused some dogs. I stopped using Beneful for about a month and everything was fine. Long story short, I still had the Beneful in a tub and by mistake fed it to my dog and the same day she had the same thing - throwing up and a seizure. This time made sure I threw out the Beneful. It just seems so hard to believe that it is just a coincidence.

After giving my dog (Terrier Mix) Beneful, she itches so bad she can't stop. My neighbor told me about beneful and I am throwing it away.

Beneful made one of my dogs have blood in her urine. She was lethargic and peed blood. It was very scary.

I suspected my dogs had intestinal issues with Beneful before. It wasn't too bad the first time. They are being treated for gastrointestinal issues this time. I strongly believe it was the Beneful again. They vomited and had mucus in their diarrhea. One of my males had quite a bit of blood in his liquid stools. So far, there's no liver damage. Just got both dogs out of the Vet ER today. The other male has so much has rumbling through his intestines it is unnerving. I have never seen dogs so sick. They are being treated for a bad bacteria infection. I threw their food in the trash. I won't risk trying to feed them this brand of dog food again.

Our dog has been eating Beneful dry dog food since she was a puppy. All of the sudden she stopped eating it after we started a new bag last month. First she stopped eating some of the pieces, then she wouldn't touch any of it. She became incontinent, leaving pee wherever she slept. She became lethargic. When we switched to Alpo, she immediately began eating again. When we mixed Alpo and Beneful, she would lick the Alpo off of the Beneful and leave the Beneful in the dish.

Beneful Original with Chicken has given my seven month old puppy severe diarrhea. At first we had him on Pedigree and when we switched him to Beneful we thought he was just having diarrhea because we switched his food. But it is a month later and he is still sick, and we decided to google it and this is what we found.

May 2015 - ran out of kibbles and bits and began feeding Beneful. My dog, Coco starting making a choking, coughing sound one night that awaken me. It happen again several days later. I finally stop feeding her the Beneful. Waiting for results.

While I never made the connection until I have seen reports of this in the media, our lab mix had to be put down in December 2012. Symptoms? Internal bleeding. He had been fed Beneful. I can't say for sure it was the problem, but it sure sounds familiar to the rest of these cases. Our remaining dog hasn't been fed Beneful since I've heard.

I have had my adopted lab since Sept. 2014 and he has been on Beneful dry dog food since then. He has been losing hair monthly. He is properly bathed and does not have fleas yet his hair is falling out at an alarming rate. It came to my attention it might be the dry dog food. I am discontinuing the food today after reading the alarming reviews. I will update if my labs hair loss condition improves.

I believe 2 of my dogs have died due to me feeding them Beneful not knowing it was harmful to them. They both had the symptoms described in the class action suit. My other 2 also have some symptoms but I stopped feeding them the food. One is holding steady for now and the other who is stronger, and younger is improving. My smallest dog became sick, first throwing up and eventually after the vets were unable to figure out and help, his stomach started internally bleeding and there was nothing they could do.

We started feeding our dogs Beneful in early 2014. By July, our three year old, eight pound Yorkie began suffering from violent, severe seizures. We spent over $1000 on vets, tears, anti anxiety meds and treatments. In February 2015 I heard reports that Beneful was making dogs sick. I immediately replaced our dog food with another, more "natural" brand and our dog's seizures have completely disappeared. After weekly (or more) seizures, there have been none since replacing her food. This is too much a coincidence for me to believe Purina's claims that this food is safe and healthy.

I have a 8 1/2 year old lab mix named Pepper. (Peppy) She's been on Beneful for about 6 years. There have been bouts of vomit and loose stools over the years, as well as increased drinking habits. I have seen the yellow bile people have mentioned. Her breath would smell bad off and on. I have moved several times to different states, and my trusted Peppy has been by my side. I had mentioned these symptoms to my Vet, but they always said it was stress. The symptoms were never consistent.

We feed our dog only Beneful dog food. 2 years ago, our dachshund's health went to pieces. Her liver went to 3 times its normal size. Her stomach reached the ground. Her liver test was off the charts. She reached 5 years old and we paid thousands to save her, but died right at my 9 year old's feet. Heart attack, the only cause, the food had a problem. I'm outraged that I killed my beloved pet by feeding her this dog food. Why is this allowed to happen? And why is this not inspected, and kept track of.

I heard of this issue and thought it was a rumor. A friend gave me a bag of Beneful a few weeks ago and today my dog looks like death. Puking an acid goo, weak, and I just saw reddish liquid diarrhea. Off to the vet. Unreal.

My 3 year old Boston terrier BEANS has only gone through about three small bags of the Beneful dog food original and started to act strange. I began to become alarmed when I noticed he was bleeding from his rear end and having bloody bowel movements. I immediately changed dog food brand and his symptoms have gone away. I can only imagine what could have happen if we continued to use this brand. I strongly advise consumers NOT to buy this for their dogs. I will continue to pass the message along on reviews and social media.

I have fed Purina for years, and Beneful to this dog who is now about five years old. She started shedding heavily, and then developed sores all over, her legs and feet are swollen and legs scabby. Constant licking. Cared for by vet, went to have second opinion, tests done, her thyroid is bad, and vet mentioned autoimmune disease. I believe the Beneful has caused this after reading the chemicals they started putting in it. I have changed dog foods, and dog is under vet care, but it don't look good. Purina also makes horse feed, Senior Purina and I am very concerned about feeding that too.

I once thought that Beneful was a good product. I recently lost two pets within 5 months that were eating Beneful. The first was a small Yorkie then a Lab 5 months later. The Yorkie was 6 years old, I didn't think was the food at the time, but when my lab got sick with the same symptoms and had to put her down as well, and she was only 2 years old. I would not recommend Beneful products to anyone!!!

My dog who is 7 years old has eaten Beneful dog food most of his life. Three months ago he started to vomit. I changed him to chicken and rice for a few days thinking he had a tummy bug. I put him back on Beneful and again he vomited. I then decided to try the all natural recipe from a different brand. He was fine but didn't like it very much. Two months went and he was fine. Due to the fact that he didn't LOVE the new food and expense I went back to Beneful yesterday. Last night he vomited. There is something very wrong with this food. Now I will have to put him back on the expensive brand that he isn't crazy about because there is something in Beneful that is making my perfectly healthy dog, sick! What I don't understand is that my cat eats Purina dry cat food and she is fine.

We fed our dogs Beneful until I read about a news article about dogs dying and getting very ill. We have since stopped. I feel like it was a warning and we were lucky because we had dogs aging 3-4 years of age. Our dogs used to be losing hair, throwing up randomly for no reason, throwing up yellow fluid, especially after running, constant runny eyes, eating grass to throw it up again to clean their stomach, and experiencing rashes on their skin. We were concerned, but did not know that it had anything to do with the food they were eating.

We started feeding our mini dachshund of eleven years Beneful cause a friend brought it over to try and Chomper liked it. You see he was a picky eater and if he didn't like something he wouldn't eat it. But he seemed to like it. This was back in Sept 2014. Jan 2015 he started drinking lots of water and I mean lots. I was filling his dish 4 and 5 or more times a day but he wasn't peeing. He became lethargic, wouldn't eat, didn't want to play or anything. Called the vet. He thought that he might of hurt his back. Gave him a couple shots and some meds. The next day he was throwing up a frothy brown like fluid. He couldn't walk up and down two stairs to go potty outside which he tried so hard to do by himself up to when he had a seizure and died on Jan 15, 2015. Chomper was like our baby. He went from being a happy healthy puppy to a very sick puppy in a matter of months all from a change of dog food BENEFUL.

Started feeding my dog Beneful dog food after switching from another brand and she started having seizures within the first week. Seizures were happening every week. Stopped feeding my dog that food. Will see what happens.

Have been feeding this to my seven-year-old Cairn Terrier and three-year-old cat on occasion. Thankfully they are not sick (as of yet) but hopefully that nasty Beneful hasn't poisoned their internal organs. How can they allow this stuff to continue selling? I am livid!

My husband was not aware of the issues linked to Beneful. He bought some Beneful on April 17th 2015 & our girl ate it twice and has been violently vomiting all day today, April 18th. She is a very healthy dog, normally. She seems lethargic and just lays astound. I'm terrified of what's next as the funds aren't available today to take her to a vet.

Dogs ate Beneful dry food 3/4 bag both got sick. Oldest had growth appear. Stopped feeding them Beneful growth went away. Positive it was the food. Oldest dog now deceased. Have vet bill not able to pay for younger Boston Terrier.

I bought a huge bag of Beneful for my 10 yr old weimaraner - he like variety. He ate it 2 days and then became lethargic - putting himself in his crate, vomiting, diarrhea soon followed. I caught on 4 days later when he totally stopped eating that garbage and had massive weight loss!!! Once off the food he was back to normal in a few days. What kind of poison is in that food?? Take it all off the market - until you take out the poison. I love my dog and it was awful to watch him become so sick so quickly.. I felt guilty giving my dog this garbage!! Never again - and I will tell all my friends of this experience.

He would always vomit or have diarrhea after eating Beneful. I live with my mom and this is what she was feeding her dog. We went back and forth between brands until the news media reported the lawsuit. Both dogs are on a different brand. I hope there will be no lasting harm. My little guy was so ill I thought he would die.

My Jack Russell Mocha died 9 mths ago. Her vet did all kinds of tests but couldn't figure out what was wrong. She dramatically lost weight. Was vomiting constantly. Had bloody diarrhea stool. Couldn't go upstairs. Lethargic. She was sick for like a month and I almost put her down but she started to get better I thought. I was feeding her soft dog food instead of her regular food which was Purina healthy weight. After she was holding soft food down for awhile and doing better I let her have some Purina and she died in my arms after eating it.

My dog has been eating Beneful Dog food for 1 year AND 3 months, which is how long I have had her. She quit eating it 4 weeks ago. I have switched her food four times, four different brands. She still would not eat. After losing some weight, I took her to the vet, x-ray...A SEWING NEEDLE IN HER THROAT!!! She has never been in the house, never been in a domestic situation, that needle came form Beneful dog food!!!

I am just a concerned pet owner. We, my mom and I, have two Bengals, one pom/? mix and a new pup pom-chihuahua mix 8 weeks old. She has been on Beneful for her whole "eating" history. I looked for Beneful for pups and found this site instead. I told my mom, she is going to be getting a puppy food, because of the important benefits for a puppy. Beneful, not making a puppy food should be a sign that they do not really care about the health and wellbeing of dogs! Why not have a puppy food too? Concerned pet owner.

On March 26th 2015 I lost my precious little black Pomeranian Tazzi. Tazzi would of been 8 on July 5th 2015. I have had Tazzi since she was 6 weeks old. I drove from Arizona to Washington state to get her. I am heart broken! We spent right at $1,000 in vet bills over the last 9 days of her life. Tazzi's vet called about 2 hrs. After she passed away with the results of her blood work. The vet told me that her Little kidneys were so toxic that it appeared that she had been feed anti freeze over a long period of time. I was mortified and set out to find out why? How? I have since discovered that Beneful Dog food that Tazzi has eaten the majority of her life and also the treats that we have been giving her from Kroger grocery store are Toxic! Antifreeze is a key ingredient? How can this be? Please help to stop this and save other Pets!

My daughter bought the Beneful Healthy weight for her dog and my 8 yrs old choc. mini pinscher ate it. He started throwing up. I rushed him to the vet. He told me it looked like a virus. He put him on IVs and antibiotics. I went back that afternoon to pick my Scrappy up. He keep drinking water and throwing up. He was weak and he was always so hyper so it was very strange for him to be sick. On the next day he just was any better - took him back to vet. Said he was dehydrated. Gave him fluids. Told me to keep giving antibiotics. That afternoon he started having diarrhea with a really foul smell. Called the vet back. Was suppose to see him first thing in am. Well at 12:02 am Feb 23, 2014 he passed away. The day after my daughter birthday. I really think that Beneful dog killed my Scrappy. They need to do something about this. He was my husbands baby. It's like one of our kids dying.

My dachshund, only 7 months, is now dying. We have fed her Purina Beneful puppy food all this time. Two weeks ago, we bought a new bag. We took her to the vet, he immediately told us to stop feeding her Purina all together, told us about the recall and lawsuit. She was diagnosed with an intestinal infection, put on antibiotics and electrolytes as well as food to help her eat!!! She is still not eating, we have been forcing it down in hope she will come back. I will never buy your products again!!!

We lost our 6 year old bull dog two week ago as a result of the toxic ingredients in this food. We trusted a name like Purina to only use ingredients that should be in food and not engines! As soon as we were contacted about the pending class action suit on this matter we ceased using the product but it was too late for him.

Today 4/12/14 at 3:13 am our family Maltese passed away. We usually fed him Pedigree, as of today we had made the worst decision in trying beneful. We had notice for two days (cookies) loss of appetite or need to take in any water. She was eating... drinking... or passing stool. On the second day she began limping in one leg (her leg was shaking) she was very very weak, foaming in the mouth... and moving around like a snake. We had made plans to take her to a vet but during the night, she caught a seizure along with vomiting, and half an hour later she stopped breathing and died. Please take this matter serious. This food must be removed from the market. We are sitting here preparing for her burial.

On Tuesday, my border Collie mix (Yoshi) died upon arrival at the veterinarian's office. He was 6 and in perfect health until Sunday afternoon. Our lab mix, (Jefferson) also 6 started bleeding Tuesday night and we took to a vet in Truckee, CA. He could not stop bleeding from his nose. The vet said it looked like some kind of poisoning and put him a on a vitamin K IV. He then had to be taken to Reno to an emergency vet hospital to get plasma and a blood transfusion. There are no explanations and I have racked my brain trying to figure out how two wonderful healthy dogs could go downhill so fast. I had a weird thought about what they possibly could have ingested. I clicked on their food as a possibility after searching our property for possible dead rodents or signs of anything odd. We do not have poison on our 20 acre property.

I started feeding my two pit bulls a half a container or about 5oz of Beneful wet food about six months ago. At first things were fine then after three months my eldest started becoming lethargic and consuming huge amounts of water. He would pick at his food and started losing weight. My female pit was doing much better with no signs or symptoms of any kind until this January. She started to develop what I believed was a cyst on her dew claw so we took her to the vet. Almost immediately the vet diagnosed her with cancer. This was heartbreaking news. Now my male dog was hanging in there and had not developed any further symptoms nor had the original ones worsened.

I had a healthy 9 yr old Alaskan malamute. We have been feeding Purina Beneful for two weeks. Yesterday he was playing one minute... had a seizure and died the next. He has never been sick a day in his life. When I mentioned to others what we have been feeding him, they told me about Beneful. Two of them also said their dogs are dead. When I did more research, over a thousand dogs have died that were being fed Beneful? Why is this food not being recalled? How many more have to die????

hard or crunchy. Beneful was soft and she seemed to love it.

In 2003 my family got our first Boxer. Her name was Bailey. A few months later I acquired my daughters Boxer Sadie Mae. Because I was feeding two dogs we decided to change over to Beneful Dog Food as Purina has always been a decent company. The dogs seemed to be healthy and happy dogs. In Dec of 2006 Sadie started having issues defecating. We went to the vet and found a mass strangling her bladder and intestines. It had grown from her kidneys. We lost Sadie on Dec 12, 2006. In 2007 we acquired another Boxer, Daisy Mae. From the beginning Daisy had problems with keeping the food down. I took her to the vet and the vet said she probably just had a sensitive stomach. I monitored her eating but still had issues with the food.

Beneful healthy weight kibbles - I started feeding both my dogs this food about a year ago. One dog started losing his fur with raw and bleeding sores all over. My other dog started coughing and choking up phlegm. I took both dogs to the vet, and they suggested a dermatologist. After stopping the beneful they both got better, but I am not sure if there is any liver damage or long lasting effects.

After feeding my Beagle Beneful Original dog food for 25 days she started bloating and looked like she was pregnant. After 2 weeks she had gained 15 lbs and I had to carry her outside to go to the bathroom. She died shortly after this. I thought she was pregnant, so I tried to save the babies. When I put a little slice in her belly (which was very hard to do to my loved one) about 1 and 1/2 gallons of fluid poured out of her and she was just skin and bones. She died March 5, 2015. May she rest in peace.

My dog Kiki started vomiting and quit eating. She refused to eat anything and she started peeing on the floor which she never did, then she died January 28th 2015. Then I was forwarded a story about Beneful dog food, I hope they remove it so no one else goes through this!

My Dog PJ has been eating Beneful for about 8 months. He is now peeing blood. Someone told me about this issue with the dog food. This terrifies me.

Today we bought a bag of Beneful Dog Food, and I fed it to my 6 yr. old Pit Bull. Within a couple of hours the right side of her face was swollen, then the other side swelled up. I immediately gave her Benadryl for the swelling she was having. As I'm writing this, the swelling has come down a little and we are planning a trip to the Vet...

My 2 and a half year old pekingese passed away 2 nights ago. She recently began showing signs of laziness while at other times she seemed hyper and her normal playful self. As days went on I noticed her drinking excessively, urinating on her bed. Her pee was more yellow and smelly, stinky breath, avoiding her food as well as having vomiting and diarrhea. Even before she never used to eat her food only at night time when she was really hungry and vomit at times. Her eyes also got cloudy and yellow.

My beloved mini schnauzers Abby & Spencer led happy & healthy lives, until the fall of 2014. After feeding them Beneful, Abby first became very ill with extreme lethargy and vomiting. After 2 weeks and no improvement, I LOST my dog. Abby DIED. Two months later, Spencer completely randomly began having grand mal seizures that would last as long as 30 minutes. My vet intervened more than a half-dozen times. Poor Spencer was too weak to recover after a devastating 90-minute seizure and died two days later.

My German Shepherd loved the food, I never thought the food he was eating was causing hair loss, and to find that dogs have died eating kills me. So thankful starting using another well known dog. He now has a healthy coat. At one time I tried everything to get his coat full from giving him eggs etc. I never thought of changing his food. This was a blessing to have changed his food randomly when all along on Beneful was causing the problem all along.

My dog was given beneful for a few months. Gradually she got listless, tired, lack of appetite. I switched her to table food due to weight loss. I call around and found out there was a recall investigation going on regarding this product.

I've been feeding my pomhuahua Beneful dog food for years. Over the last several months, she occasionally vomited - something I attributed to her constant kitchen floor grazing. But she was also drinking tons of water, way more than normal. We found blood in her stool once a month or so ago, but thought it was related to a scent gland infection she experienced at the same time. Last night, I woke up to her vomiting and having diarrhea with blood mixed in. A little research, and am discovering she's being poisoned by her dog food. We're lucky, we still have our little girl; I'm so sorry for those that have lost their pets due to this horrible "food". Boo on you Nestle. Take a dose of your own poison.

My beloved five and a half year old dog's hind leg became lame after eating Purina Beneful Beef Stew. I feel horrible, I didn't know the food was making her sick. I am praying she will recover after it's out of her system. I think it's outrageous that this dog food is still on the shelves. Shame on Purina!

I am a couponer and our local grocery store had Beneful on sale BOGO. With my coupons it came to about $1 a bag so I bought 10 bags of it. I have 4 dogs, two are 13 years old, one is 7 years old and one is 3 years old. About a month after I started them on this I noticed one of my 13 year olds, Buffy, had started with a really bad cough. She had never been sick before but I had just brought home one of the other dogs that I rescued from animal control. The vet thought maybe she caught kennel cough from the other dog but the other three dogs were not coughing. They gave her a round of antibiotics which seemed to make it worse. She stayed outside and hid under bushes, was lethargic could barely open her eyes. Several times I didn't think she was going to make it through the night and I kept taking her to the vet but she wasn't getting any better.

I have a 2 year old black lab. I bought her a bag of Beneful original dog food for her yesterday and since she has had 2 seizures in the past 5 hours. She has never had one before...coincidence? I don't think so. Don't feed this stuff to your dogs. It could SERIOUSLY hurt them.

Our lab turned 3 in March 2015. The last couple months he started vomiting occasionally and drinking tons more water. The vomiting started out about once every couple weeks, then increased last week. It was clear but thick mucous type liquid, a lot of this thick liquid and the food in full form. I thought this food is not even digesting. He doesn't get human food at all and has been eating Beneful for around two years. We never had a problem until recently. Every time he threw up he immediately acted fine. On Monday March 23rd, 2015, I fed him around 5am. Around 930pm he slid off the couch and was trying to run to me, his head was dropped and he was dragging his hind legs and couldn't move them at all.

My golden retriever was mix with German Shepherd. On March 15, 2015, I purchased Beneful that evening. He ate a bowl full. Later the next day, he began to get weak, vomiting, laying around, couldn't move. The next day, couldn't walk up the steps and his urine broke. Didn't know what happen until my friend called and said, "It's the dog food. It was on TV and it's killing the dogs. Get him off." He later had to put to sleep on March 25, 2015.

Opened a bag of Beneful for my Jack Russel yesterday, smells like **. Started surfing and looked at all your experiences. My lab was put down last week. Vomited regularly, had at least 3 strokes the past year. Called Nestle Europe after several attempts to reach Purina, they tell me it is a different product, although it's the same look alike bag. What is the action taken in US?

Healthy American Bulldog that I fed Beneful. After Christmas she started to get sick, ended up with seizures, weakness, stomach aches. Couldn't get up not even to pee and died 8 weeks later. After doing research all dog after eating Beneful are dying of the same symptoms. Why is Purina not being accountable and why is it Consumer Affairs involved? Somebody has to stop this and it looks like it's going to be the little people like me. Keep doing research and getting help from advocates animal rights group.

My 3 year old, healthy German Shepherd died last night. She had been fed Purina dog food. I was staying away from Beneful, thinking I was doing right. She suddenly began drinking a lot of water and vomiting everything she ate. That progressed to even water then blood with a very horrid smell. Vet saw her after she started vomiting food and refused to eat. He suspected a twisted bowel with only an X-ray and no further testing. Gave injections for inflammation and sent her home with amoxicillin and reglan. I was unable to get any of the pills into her and she began vomiting water.

This is a very sad but true story about BENEFUL DOG FOOD. After I'm done with the story I will add some videos and pictures so you can watch your babies if they start acting like this. PetePeters our largest yorkie had gotten to where she wanted to eat all the time probably because of the cold weather and we were visiting **, **'s brother a lot and was gone more. We saw a small bag of Beneful Healthy Weight at Homeland for $3 around the first of the year so we bought it and Pete loved it so when she finished it we bought a large bag.

I fed my dog the Beneful dog food for four years and he did great with it until Feb. of 2015. He started to wake me up at night having to go outside, which was very unusual and then he started vomiting and had diarrhea, stopped eating and was drinking excessive amounts of water. He was very listless, only getting up to drink, vomit or go outside. I was very concerned, but didn't think it could be the food until my daughter in law told me about a warning her mother had heard on TV about Beneful.

Bought a package of Beneful dog treats (look like thumbprint cookies). My dog had 2 on Saturday, 2 yesterday. Today she explosive diarrhea! I bought them because she can't have chicken or corn. NEVER again!

My dog Buddy started throwing up and losing weight. Had to change my dog food to a different kind. We caught it soon enough - he is doing fine now. But what is the long term effects going to be?

My Chlöe is a 2-1/2 year old, 10 lb Miniature Dachshund. She had her first violent epileptic fit when she was a year old. Her second was at age 2. Then last month she had another and again 2 weeks ago and then again the other day. These are ones that I know of. Who knows if she had any while left alone while I was out. I was so afraid for her and terrified. I spoke soothingly to her as I kept her body snug to me and held her head to keep it from shaking violently. I checked the clock and it lasted 3 1/2 long minutes. After she came out of it and seemed okay, I Googled "Epilepsy in Miniature Dachshunds" and clicked on a page.

I posted the following on my wall on Facebook on March 9, a week after I learned about the concerns about Beneful. KIKI died from kidney failure on March 15 due to the toxins that are in Beneful dry DOG food. Had I known about the concerns of Beneful a month earlier, KIKI would still be alive. I am dedicated to getting this poison off the shelves of all stores as fast as possible so others don't have to die or go thru this terrible pain.

Beginning in January 2015 my 6 year old chihuahua miniature pinscher mix, who was up-to-date on all of her immunizations and very well cared for, fell ill. She was wobbling and dizzy and had started throwing up a dark brown fluid mixed with mucous and dog food. And let me clarify, PURINA BENEFUL dog food was what we were feeding her; and that is all we have ever fed her the entire time we've owned her which was from a puppy. I thought with the cold weather that maybe she got a virus like everyone else (although I'm well aware she couldn't have caught a dog flu/virus from humans) and that it would pass. After a few days of the vomiting, I called our 10+ years trusted veterinarian and described to the on-call veterinarian all of her symptoms and he recommended to give her Pepto bismol and a bland diet of boiled chicken and rice and to see if there was any changes. I did this for over a week and Bella's health improved.

Well to be honest I thought all the stuff I was hearing in the media about dogs getting sick was bogus until recently. My 5 yr old beagle has been eating beneful original and healthy wt dry food for years with no issues. Recently bought the healthy fiesta bag and within a week on mar 21, 2015 my dog had what looked like a seizure, uncontrollable shaking, panting, heart racing, was unable to use his back legs, swaying back and forth as if he were dizzy then finally release of bowel and bladder. I immediately thought of the complaints of the dog food and notice online that he was having a lot of the same symptoms posted by other owners! Coincidence? He has always been a very healthy dog. Taking him to the vet to see what's up.

My 4-year-old healthy dog was fed a package of the Beneful chicken/rice wet dog food packaged meal from a local Rite Aid in Lexington, KY on Tuesday 3-17-15. We have fed her wet food as a treat made by Alpo and never had this problem. Later that night, she started having strong foul odor bowel movements and was lethargic. She had bad diarrhea on Wed, Thur, Fri. This morning 3-21-15, she is having black diarrhea and vomiting blood and not eating or drinking. Once we seen the blood in her vomit along with white foam, we immediately took her to the emergency vet. Conducted studies, and vet determined she has a large amount of blood. Our vet feels she will be ok and can get her lined out.

We had an 8 year old black lab named "Isis" (after the Egyptian goddess). She had been eating Beneful for most of her adult life. She never did seem like she felt 100%. I thought we were just being over critical because we loved her so much. She was more like a person than a dog. Everyone used to say she was "an angel in a doggy suit." She was an amazing dog and a wonderful friend. One day, out of nowhere, she started chugging water, like 3 times as much as normal. Then after a couple days of that, she quit drinking and eating anything at all. So we took her to the vet to see what was wrong, and found out her kidneys were failing.

After feeding my American Bulldog Beneful on and off for about 1 year, one evening he vomited a large amount of the food he just ate. He immediately went and laid down. I knew right then and there was something wrong. I tried taking him for a walk and his muscles were spasming. He defecated himself and collapsed and started urinating. I rushed him to the vet where it was confirmed he showed signs of poisoning. I luckily had the 1300 dollars for vets to save him by giving him copious amounts of fluid. He started to bleed massive amounts of blood from his anus. He luckily survived this horrible foods poisoning. Beneful should be ashamed. Dogs don't care if your food is soft and moist. I hope they receive more than a slap on the wrist.

I recently heard about Beneful Dry Dog Food complaints and dog deaths, so after researching symptoms, especially those expressed by other dog owners/consumers, I realized that three of my best demo dogs died the same way as many others. A suitable demo dog takes many years to train and title. It is even a longer job when they are rescues like mine were. Anyway, I began feeding Beneful many years ago after one of my students gave my dogs a few bites of it out of a baggie/dry dog food used for treats in class and since my dogs liked it, they remained on it.

I fed my doberman Beneful healthy radiance for about 2 years, he had a few stomach issues of the 2 years with vomiting and diarrhea which we just thought were stomach viruses or he ate something bad. In March 2014 he had a bad round of stomach issues again with vomiting and diarrhea, which based but shortly after they did blood work and discovered he had cancer which was in his stomach, intestines and liver. In April 2014, he got very sick, black bloody vomiting and diarrhea, and then he was peeing blood which meant his kidneys were failing. We had to put him down; he couldn't eat anymore and was too sick.

I am floored how much these horror stories add up to our loss of our Basset Hound Jubilee, and illness of our other 2 dogs. I had been feeding Beneful to our dogs since we got our rescue back in July of last year. The 2 bassets became lethargic, and had bouts of super loose stool. At first we chalked it up to their age, as they were both seniors. But off and on they would take turns getting sick. Then our female Jubi, started urinating sticky sugary urine, and we knew it wasn't her age. Within a week we had to put her down. Her blood sugars were off the charts, her kidneys and liver were almost shut down. And there was no way we could fix it. She was lethargic and slept all day, and couldn't even stand on her back legs to get outside. She lost tons of weight... it was horrible.

Fed this food to my two rescues. One day we found Charlie near death with no prior health issues besides loose stools which the vet could not explain. He died before we could get him to the vet. Never dreamed it was the food. Continued to feed to Madeline since she liked it so much. Then she became weak, lethargic, weight loss, extreme thirst and urinating uncontrollably (it got so bad that she would drink and pee at the same time). Began doing research online and came across all these cases with just these symptoms. Switched foods immediately and she got more energy and began gaining weight, thirst decreased but was still more than normal. Urination improved but the damage was already done. She passed away in the car on the way home from the vet. Please do not let your dog go through what mine and countless other pets did. DO NOT FEED!!! Not worth it to save a couple $$$.

My 2 dogs were on Beneful for years. When both of my dogs had seizures 3 days apart I went crazy trying to figure out what they both ingested. What it boils down to is this putrid brand of dog food. Both of my dogs now have reoccurring seizures along with kidney and liver damage from the toxins found in this for.

I have 2 Cavalier King Charles Spaniels: Leo is 7 years old and Lexi is 4 years old They have never been sick. My wife changed their dog food to Beneful for the past month and a half and now they have been with diarrhea with blood and vomiting. We did a search about Beneful and now we see all these stories about dogs dying from eating Beneful Dog Food. This is horrible. How can Purina let this happen to our dogs? I took my dogs to the vet last night because they been having blood in their stool for past week. Vet tells me yes we heard about the Beneful dog food and this looks like the symptoms from food poisoning and to stop using Beneful dog food. Purina you will be sorry if my dogs die. I am so upset. Now we have to wait and see if they get better.

In December of 2015, my dog had a seizure. We took him to the vet, they didn't know why he had a seizure. He then had another seizure several weeks later so we took him to the vet again. He has also vomited every so often at night in bed. He has been eating Beneful dog food for a couple of years now and we just found out this last week about Beneful making thousands of dogs sick and killing them so now we know why our dog had seizures and had been getting sick. I can't believe Beneful dog food is still in the stores being allowed to make thousands of dogs ill and killing them.

My 11 year old Aussie/Hound mix got sick a week ago. She started drinking a lot of water and did not get up unless it was to potty. I took her to the vet and he said her liver was failing. She had a heart condition and a temperature. Basically, all her internal organs were shutting down. I had to put her down. All I fed her was Beneful dog food.

My dog buster woke me up last year 08/2014 he was vomiting and bleeding when we rushed him three o'clock in the morning to the vet hospital. The vet said he bleeding and dehydrated. He was in the hospital for two days and was eating Beneful at the time.

We bought purina beneful original two weeks ago not knowing it was making dogs sick. Yesterday my lab who is two years old and healthy never having any problem started not eating and throwing up. A client of mine told me about the problems with this food. So I looked up other people's reviews and all their dogs have had the exact same issues as mine. I just hope we caught it in time!! Please add us to the list. I think the more people to come forward about this garbage dog food the more likely it will be pulled from the shelves so that no more animals are poisoned!

Yes I was feeding my dog Beneful side August. He started in October having peeing accidents in my home then we started seeing blood in urine. Took him to vet and blood work and urine was tested. Urine came back with some type of cells in that are a cancer type cell. We had to put him down today. We are so upset. I blame myself because I never knew they were saying this about the food. He was so sick. Affected his bones and all. I tried to raise his head to kiss him goodbye and he cried out in pain... I would like the Purina people to eat this food for four months and let's what their overall health is. My husband has been unemployed for four years stuck working crappy jobs so we didn't have the money to run all kinds of tests. I feel so bad.

I had a great female pit bull in the prime of her life until she started to gag and vomit about an hour after being fed Beneful dog food. Or she would have a watery stool. I assumed she had eaten something else besides her dog food to make her sick like scraps the folks next door throw out on occasions. She slowly declined in health until I found her dead on the back porch in December. I buried her myself. I did not know anything about the class action lawsuit until I seen a report on my local news March 16, 2015.

With each comment I read on this page, I became angry and felt guilty that I could not save my friend from the ignorance that this company has portrayed. Every one of these symptoms that consumers are reporting, happened to my beautiful Jack Russell Terrier, Maxwell. I had always fed him Kibbles 'n Bits but it wasn't until I changed his food to Beneful that I noticed he was always becoming fatigued and sleeping. It happened so fast that I can't even remember what symptoms came first, but I know it started with a sudden seizure as he slept in my room one night. He had uncontrollable diarrhea, urine, and vomiting, whitening of gums and paws, and he refused to eat and drink water no matter what ways I attempted to feed him. As a result, he lost tremendous weight to the point that I could see his cheek bones. It broke my heart to see him that way.

My six pound Yorkie became lethargic over a week ago. $1500 in vet fees later we've come to the conclusion it was the Beneful. She was shaking, unable to jump or walk long distances, not going to the bathroom, not her normal self at all. I can't believe they're still allowed to sell this! Shame on Purina - she was on anti nausea medication for a week and is now switched over to a real diet so I know exactly what she's eating.

I had two Boston's, both dogs ate Beneful dog food and were well cared for all their life. They both started drinking water all of the time I couldn't keep the water bowl filled. My small dog Darla died Mar.4th. Please save the other dogs.

My wife and I acquired my mother-law's 12 year old Brindle Boxer in Nov of 2013. Nubbs, the dog, had been on Beneful Healthy Balance dry food for years with no ill effects. He was doing just fine until last October and took a sudden turn for the worst and died. Perplexed as to why.

I have a pure breed dachshund. He was getting a little chunky so I decided to buy him Beneful because the way it was advertised lead me to believe it was a healthier alternative. The first few months we noticed he became very bloated. Well we thought it was him eating too fast so we got him a special bowl to slow him down. Towards the 3-4months we noticed hair loss but we thought it was because of his old age and our vet didn't seem too concern about it either.

My daughter moved and took her dog with her. We had been feeding Arrow Blue Buffalo-Fish/Potato. Arrow was 8 years old when they moved. My daughter is on a very tight budget since her job only lets her work 29 hours/week. So she switched to Beneful around December 2014. Just now, March 14th, 2015, we took Arrow to the vet because she had developed a growing tumor on her face right under her ear and right past her mouth. The tumor will be removed on March 18th and we will find out if it is benign or not. Needless to say we are switching back to Blue, but I pray that it is not a Grade III, Stage IV Mast Cell Tumor! It is growing fast!

Over the last couple of years, I had been feeding our 2 dogs Beneful Dog food (wet & dry food). Then came Nov 2014, 1 of our dogs began showing signs of throwing up & coughing a lot. Shortly, soon after, our other dog began showing the same signs as the first dog. Long story short, they both began showing signs of being really sick. Our Vet was unsure what was making them feel this poor & to switch them over to grain free diet. We tried that, they were both getting more sicker! Come January 2015 (9 days apart) we had to put both of our dogs down!!!! Had I looked more closely into Beneful dog food, I FIRMLY believe our dogs would be alive today! RIP Tucker & Zach.

I started using this dog food about a year ago steadily for my corgi as a daily diet. I used the "healthy fiesta" kind. My dog started randomly having seizures and started to age quite rapidly. He is 11 years old and has had no health problems in the past. I recently switched him off Beneful to a good food recommended by his vet. Beneful is a horrible brand that does not care about anyone's pets. Please never feed your animals that filth.

My little dog, Thumbalina had been on Beneful Healthy Weight for about 4 years. She had repeated bouts of pancreatitis and digestive issues during the past 4 years also but I never realized the two were connected. Last year I noticed that something was wrong, she seemed sluggish and didn't want to play hardly at all. I took her to the vet and they didn't know why she wasn't spunky anymore. Then she started drinking huge amounts of water and having bouts of vomiting so back to the vet we went. This time they did blood work and her labs were abnormal-high calcium, high white count, high glucose level and her liver function levels were three times higher than they should of been.

My dog was old when he passed on, 13. A Boxer/Pit-bull/Shar-Pei mix named Rellik. Beautiful boy, beautiful soul. Best buddy ever. He came into my life by accident when a friend of mine's child rescued a momma dog with a litter of puppies that were about to be drowned by a 'person' who did not want them. I had no idea this little guy, that could fit under my couch, would turn into a 65 lb., handsome, naturally well mannered, best friend in the world.

I have 4 Kerry Blue Terriers. I been using Beneful for sometime now and my dogs periodically experience some vomiting but I took it as they having a bug. The vomiting would stop and also had periodic bouts with diarrhea and again I would treat it with some meds and they would be fine. Recently one of my healthiest babies began to get real sick. This happened quickly. She stopped eating and began to throw up profusely. I took her to a Vet for emergency work and they found that she had Pancreatitis, Liver Failure, and Kidney damage. She died within hours of the Vet visit.