Beneful Pet Foods Reviews

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.

I will never feed my dogs this food again. My 9 year old chihuahua Jayda was very thirsty all the time. She would loss her bowels so we took her to the vet who said she had kidney stones and put her on antibiotics. Was told if she started to do it again bring her back. So she was fine for about a month and it started again only she was peeing blood, very lethargic, seizure like activity. So we took her to the emergency vet where she coded twice and the vet said we had a hard decision to make. So we watch her being brought back to life twice. I made the decision to put her to sleep. It was the hardest thing I've ever had to do. The vet said that it's a good chance that it was the food we were feeding her. I hope people read this and never feed their dogs Beneful food.

My grandmother fed her Chihuahua Purina Beneful. I don't know for how many months she was feeding her it. After she passed away in November 2014, I took the dog. I continued feeding her the same dog food and within 2 months she stopped eating, began having seizures, and lost so much weight. I took her to the vet and they couldn't figure out what is causing her seizures but they are so severe now she's having 12 a day and I have started her on medicine, but unsure if she will survive. I really feel this food is the problem for her severe illness after being a very healthy dog for 7 years.

Our beautiful mixed breed Reese is about 9 yrs old. He is medium to small at about 29 lbs. We've always fed him the yellow, no name brand dog food from our grocery store (we'd mix canned and dry). Reese always did well and got clean bills of health on his veterinary visits - his last physical and shots being six months back. With him getting on in age, I recently decided it best to switch him to what I believed was a better food for him. Beneful is what I chose. The packaging is more appealing, it cost a little more and it's made by Nestle Purina, one of the biggest names in the industry - it must be better, right?

Recently my mother in law passed away and we had to travel out of state. We had a pet sitter for our two Shar-Pei's. She bought Beneful for them, first time, as they eat holistic food. They are still not right. Skin, hair and stomach issues. BAD!

I started feeding my two dogs Beneful a couple months ago. I recently noticed that my male has lost some weight and is drinking a lot of water. When I saw the reports on Beneful dog found I started researching for new dog food for my babies. I am hoping the food will help him and gain his weight back.

I had a min pin and she was a racer dog. And had her 15 years. She got bloated. She was bleeding and she then couldn't see good and couldn't go to bathroom and if so she bleed and threw up and could go no more walk. In Nov. 2014 she died and she is sadly missed. I guess the company needs to have something down why.

My 10 year old German shepherd ate Beneful dry dog food exclusively. Three months ago she got an ear infection and the vet treated her and did a physical and she told me Jackie looked great at 70lbs. Within a few weeks her front paws got really big looked swollen but not painful for her. I thought because her hips were weak her pressure went on her front paws. It has been a very cold winter and she was moving much slower. I took her in to get nails clipped and she was ok. Then she started drinking lots of water, and peeing in the house which she never did before.

Our little dog had been experiencing sudden onset of symptoms, weakness, vomiting, lethargy. Her eyes would glaze over and she would not want to move. Almost appeared as she had been poisoned. She eventually would vomit and then within 24 hours she would be back to her old self. Initially we thought she may licked something off the garage floor but after it happened again and again we thought maybe it was neurological from a previous injury where she ran into the wall and knocked herself out.

I was telling someone about my dog and they asked if she ate Beneful. I responded with all her life. My little Yorkshire has been sick off and on. She has been eating only Beneful since she was a puppy. One day she was walking around like normal. The next day she was walking into walls. We took her to the vet. They said she was blind. We had no warning! HELP!

About 2 months ago I got a little Pug pup for my birthday. As soon as I got him we went straight to Walmart and got his food and his eating bowls and a teething toy. Since that day I have bought Beneful healthy growth for puppies. Tank has never set foot outside unless he went for a ride. He was very energetic and fun until 3 days ago. He stopped eating started having diarrhea and vomiting. The next morning when I woke up he was in living room laying down and looked very distraught or drunken, he couldn't move. About an hour later he had what seemed to be a bad seizure. While calling to try to have him seen at a vet, he had a second seizure. After calming him I held him and watched him take his last breath before I could get him out the door.

My wife and I took in an 8-year-old black lab mastiff mix. When she was dropped off to us, she came with a big bag of Beneful Healthy Weight. I noticed she had been drinking an extreme amount of water and started looking online for reasons this may be happening. This is when I noticed the lawsuit against Purina. I switched Molly's food right away . Unfortunately she was still drinking a ton of water so I took her to the vet. Molly has diabetes, swollen lymph nodes and her liver enzymes are high due to a possible tumor. We cannot afford an ultrasound so we are hoping the medicine helps.

I was feeding all 3 of my dogs the Beneful Playful. My Bernese Mountain Dog was always licking himself and tearing his fur out. Then my miniature schnauzer was 3 and he started getting sick on a Saturday night. So I called vet and told them he was throwing up and give him pepto-bismol. Sunday morning I woke up and it looked like he had been murdered in my kitchen. Its like something ruptured and he bled out and died - really heart broken. Then I got a pitbull at 6 weeks. So he started having sickness and getting UTIs - quit feeding all my dogs that. Now healthier except Maxwell - R.I.P.

I've been feeding my 2 year old pit mix beneful over the last week which I've had him on this food for quite some time. He started throwing up and the next day was fine, the next night he started throwing up again. Just figured he got into something. This morning he woke up in the middle of a dead sleep and started throwing up twice as much and threw up all the dog food he ate that night. Took him outside and his legs gave out. Rushed him to pet er and they gave him some meds and he didn't make it. I would NEVER, EVER, EVER recommend this dog food. This should be off the market. A piece of my heart is gone, my child. Now he is gone bc of the crap in beneful.

My dog began vomiting periodically after eating. I saw the news report last month and called my vet. He said to switch to another brand for peace of mind until they could research the news stories. My dog is on a new food and has not vomited again.

My 9-year old Chihuahua was happy and healthy but started getting sick and eventually died in August 2014. My sister was caring for my dog while I found a place to live and she told me my dog would eat her dogs' food. She fed her dogs Beneful. The vet was not sure what was causing her sickness without blood tests and x-rays. I did not have a job so I was trying to save up. Unfortunately, it was too late. I read the list of symptoms and was shocked to realize my dog had the same ones. She was extremely boated and her eyes were infected. I tried giving her antibiotics but they did not help. She started having seizures and then suddenly died.

Beneful dog food killed mine and my aunt's dog. My dog Shiloh was a very healthy boy. We fed him Beneful dog food and within two weeks he was so sick that yesterday we had to put him to sleep because his liver and heart were failing his stomach bloated because of all the fluid he lost a lot of weight couldn't move. He was such a happy dog before we gave him the dog food. My aunt's dog was healthy a little over weight. She started not feeling good then her stomach bloated and got real big. Took her to the vet. She grew a tumor underneath her stomach she had to be put down two weeks ago! All this happened within a month. How is it that two dogs are put down within a month after eating the same dog food? My family will not stop until Beneful dog food owns up to killing all these people's family members! Our dogs were all healthy before feeding Beneful dog food so if you're feeding it stop - it's not healthy.

After having our first pet Pinky, teacup chihuahua, our family was happy. We started to feed her Beneful in January 2015. For 2 months, she was vomiting and getting sick, something that she never did before when we used other brand. She passed away 2 weeks ago. I didn't realize we killed her by giving her that food. If I should have known, she would still be with us. Can't believe this petty company is still on the market. They should stop selling their product that instead of helping pets, are killing them. Really sad that the founder of this company will never be able to make up for so much damage they'd cause.

4 of my inside dogs have ate Beneful for a few years and never had much of a problem before. 2 weeks ago I bought a bag and whatever it had in it wasn't good. 1 at a time they started getting sick... vomiting, watery diarrhea, and finally bleeding bad. I took them to the vet 2 different times for shots and medicines. I about lost 2 of them before we got it under control. Sorry I won't use your food again... You need to review your dog foods before you kill more of our dogs. I kept the rest of the bag, but I can't afford to have it analyzed.

My Beautiful, white German Shepherd dog died from eating Beneful Pet Food. He passed away Sept. 13, 2014. He was having liver problems, diarrhea, vomiting, and stomach problems. My Baby suffered in pain.

My wife and I have been feeding our dogs beneful their entire lives. This January our Bichon mix passed away. She started throwing up having diarrhea. She then had a seizure and we took her to the vet. She had tumors and was bleeding internally. She passed away shortly after. She was 14 years old so we didn't put much thought into it because she was around her life limit.

After feeding Beneful to our dog we noticed he started to vomit and get diarrhea within 20 minutes of eating it. After several months to the vet, he was diagnosed with stomach cancer and died. DO NOT FEED your dog Beneful or any of its sister products EVER!!!!!

I've been feeding my three dogs Beneful for the past year. The last week, my oldest dog has been throwing up. I do not see any other symptoms as of yet, but with all the reviews and the information about this dog food poisoning our pets.. I am worried that he is yet another victim. I've taken them all off Beneful and started them on a new dog food. My sick dog is currently on a bland diet of chicken and vegetables. Let's pray that this helps him.

We fed our dog Chavez Purina Beneful for three years up to his passing last year. He would frequently be thirsty, and throw up water and his food, and sometimes be lethargic. The vets could never really find a root cause, and would give him a clean bill of health after a physical checkup and running tests. A few days leading up to his death, he barely touched his food and would wait almost the whole day for table scraps.

My 7 year old shitzu terrier has been eating this food for 6 years. He has been very sick and to the vet 3 times in the last 4 days. His blood test shows his kidneys are failing probably due to his Beneful food. He is on a new food right now and vomiting after every feed. I hope he pulls through this mess. This food should be taken off the shelves NOW. Do not hurt any more of our pets.

I bought a bag of Beneful from Petco and poured it into my dog food container. The next day when I opened the food container a moth flew out. I thought maybe one got in from the container being open while scooping out the food. The next day and so on, more and more moths continued to fly out of the container. Come to find out that many others have experienced this problem as well. The bags are infested with moth and fly eggs/larvae. All three of my french bulldogs have been sick but today I put down my 10 year old after unexplained weight loss and organ failure. Do NOT buy this food!

We lost our lab to kidney failure which the vet attributed to the dog food.

My dog ate Beneful dry dog food and had all the symptoms of the lawsuit. He died from eating it in Feb. 2014. I have proof from reputable veterinarians to support it as well.

I switched my Shih tzu puppy to beneful and 3 weeks later he died.

Our Cairn Terrier has been eating Beneful brand food for a long time and started having health problems we didn't know was linked to her food. She became sick regularly, began peeing 5 times as much as normal and I'm not exaggerating. She had always been a thin dog but she began getting a pot belly that was hard to the touch and has awful gas. She did start showing signs of improvement once she stopped eating Beneful but the damage to her body has obviously been more than she can recover from.

My dog had started all of a sudden losing excessive weight, drinking excessively, panting, and bloated. She was eating Beneful as well. I took her to vet and her spleen was enlarged which they wanted to remove. The vet could not give a decisive diagnosis and didn't want to put my dog through all the surgery and recovery process at her age. My dog was 9.5 years old and was always in great health. She was a Rottweiler. This was one of the hardest decision I had ever made to put her down. It really upset my girls and couldn't believe when I saw this story on news.

After seeing all the bad reports on Beneful, my husband and I decided to switch our dog food. We got Blue Mountain and slowly started to work out the Beneful, as not to shock his system. Today my husband took our pup outside and he couldn't pee. My husband immediately called the vet to take him in. My husband has a very good idea that it was UTI. We took him to the vet, they did an xray, and he had two small kidney stones pressed up against his urethra. They had to insert a catheter to push the stones back up into the bladder, and then proceeded with surgery to remove the stones from his stomach. Doctor told us they removed the two, and found a ton of little ones crystallizing inside. This prompted me to think, the change of food disrupted his stomach to move the stones!!!

In 2010 I had a 2 year old Cocker Spaniel who was my sweet companion. She got me through some rough times. I had started feeding her Beneful healthy weight when she was around 1 1/2 years old. She had experienced diarrhea several times and it would pass. She would throw up her food shortly after eating several times. I knew that dogs just sometimes go through a day occasionally where they have an upset stomach.

Fed Beneful for 3 years to healthy Airedale. Gradually, she got listless, coat dull, drank lots of water. Lost appetite, saw vet. Kidney function disastrous. Flushed toxins for 72 hours. Vet asked if she ate ANTIFREEZE. No. We don't have antifreeze. Severe kidney failure. Continued to feed Beneful - seizures, loss of muscle control. Died September 2014.

I have a 9-month old Pitbull that had eaten Beneful ever since she has been off of puppy food. She enjoyed it and we didn't hear of the complaints/lawsuits until the day after she got sick, which also happened to be the same day we opened a new bag of Beneful. Her first symptoms were vomiting and diarrhea followed with lethargy, and no appetite by the next morning. It was worse that it was on the weekend. This continued for 2 days until we took her to the emergency after hours vet and she was very dehydrated, had lost 20 pounds and had to stay on fluids all day. They did x-rays, blood work, etc. and couldn't figure out her problem. We took her back the next day and for more fluids, she was still vomiting even with anti-nausea meds. Took her back a 3rd day for an emergency spay...they thought it may have been a female infection caused by just getting off her first heat.

It is making my dog sick! It is killing other dogs, too! I hate Purina. I got someone to test a piece and there were drugs inside. It was sprayed with unused animal fat, there were bits of crushed chicken beaks, used chicken livers and hearts, too.

The stories and symptoms described by many pet owners makes me question the cause of death to our sweet little Bichon Harley that died suddenly on 12/17/14. Was feeding him Purina Beneful dry dog food in 2013 for morning meal and fresh cooked chicken for dinner. He seemed to like it at first but after a few months would no longer eat it. His first change in behavior was a constant rubbing of his body up against the wall, back and forth, up and down the hallway. He would vomit occasionally and eat grass.

My English Bulldog of almost 2 years old on February 15th 2015 became violently ill, throwing up, seizures that sent us the Emergency Vet that cost me 1474.00 and not an explanation to what it was other than maybe the food he was eating. Six months plus our dog was starting to pee and ** in the house that was very abnornal but we had got a cat and thought it was a territory thing but seeing more of these reviews tell me different.

We've been feeding our dogs Beneful dry food for a number of years but have been getting worried because of the complaints of other dog owners about their dogs dying. We just opened a new bag of this same food and poured some in the dogs' bowls and found a piece of metal, which looks like part of a nail! Today we purchased a bag of Blue dog food and won't be buying Beneful anymore.

Feb 7th of this year my 4-yr old doxie got deathly sick. a perfectly healthy dog - Vomiting diarrhea lethargic wouldn't eat - Was dying. Took her to vet - she was bleeding stomach liver and kidney damaged white blood cells high. Red blood cells gone.. Blood clots in urine and vomit. Vet was stumped. As our bill climbed and climbed they asked if she had gotten into antifreeze. I said no for there was no way!!! She spent night in hospital next day we were advised we might want to put her down. Devastated not acceptable our 4-year old baby was dying.

My dogs love Beneful baked delights but I am very worried about all this hoopla regarding Beneful products. I would love to continue to use Beneful products but I am worried for all my dogs' welfare.

We've been feeding our two dogs Purina Beneful for a long time but occasionally we got batches that smelled really bad (to us) from Walmart but didn't really think much of it since the dogs did eat them. One time we noticed one dog having really bad-smelling stools afterwards (like a propane tank leaking and worse) and couldn't find out why. Then we switched brands for a while when Beneful was out of stock at the store. The problem went away. Then we bought Beneful again and just this week the problem is back. The other dog so far has no symptoms or problems but after the news this morning, we're dumping what's left and switching. Reading about this online today gave us the answer.

I bought one bag of Beneful dry food to feed to my Rottweiler Gabriel to try and help him lose a little weight and eat healthier and inside of a month he dies from a hole that was chemically burned in his stomach. I got to watch my very best friend and soul mate lie on the floor and cough up a gallon of blood onto the floor and die a very painful death because of this greedy company cutting corners in quality. It was a horrible death no creature should have to go thru in the name of profit. I'm so scared of what to buy for my new dog that I am forced to feed him expensive chicken and other meats that I cook for him because I can't trust anybody anymore.

I am a 100% combat disabled veteran who suffers from PTSD and a traumatic brain injury. I lost my service dog in 2013 and he displayed weakness in rear and internal bleeding and his platelet count was almost nonexistent. He went from a robust super lab of unbelievable strength and agility to a dog that was so weak that he could walk only a few feet. At a time eventually he became too weak to use a doggy wheelchair. This came after I switched to Beneful because I could no longer purchase the brand that I had been using. I spent thousands on vet bills and visits to the doggy emergency room. Red's illness had all of the vets baffled. I am now coming to the realization that my feeding of Beneful may be the reason that I lost my beautiful friend.

I don't have the money to prove or disapprove that Beneful killed my best friend. It was her favorite food and she always finished the whole dish... now because I can't prove either way I will always feel like I am the responsible one in her death. She had so many symptoms that others have complained about. I bought her food, she didn't have a choice.... it has only been 5 days and I can't stop crying. I pray for all the fur babies out there eating this product.

I starting feeding my rescue dog Lab/Husky mix Beneful a yr ago. He foams at the mouth, constantly throws up around the house. He is a little over a yr old so we thought maybe he was eating my kids small toys or something in the yard that was making him sick? At first I figured it was because we took him off puppy chow and put him on the new diet (Beneful). I am in awe right now. I wish I never started feeding him this crap! I feel so bad I probably should have done my research. I just hope it has no long lasting effects on our baby! I just switched his food to Iams.

So I started feeding my 4 yr. Teacup chihuahua with Beneful dog food for small breeds. 2 days later she started with very loose bowel movements. Next day she couldn't move, her eyes were yellow, and stopped breathing. I was not aware of all the problems with the Beneful brand. But If there is so many complaints, why do they still allow them to sell it? Very very sad.

I've felt comfortable feeding my Pomeranian Beneful because Purina has been around forever and I felt it was a good choice. February 1st, out of nowhere, my sweet lil 6 year old Harley had a seizure. A full blown, stiff body, convulsions, peeing on himself seizure. I took him to the vet where they ran a battery of labs and said that he was the picture of health. My baby will not play anymore, doesn't bark at other dogs and does very little other than lay around and look depressed. He won't eat unless I hand-feed him meat or occasionally he'll eat eggs. Since that 1st seizure, he's had 6 more with the last 2 being only about 8 hours apart. My husband and I are now forced with making a decision of medicating him for the rest of whatever life he may have left (no guarantee that it will help) or putting him down. So awful that a dog food company would do this (and get away with it) to innocent animals and those of us that treasure them. Shame on you Purina.

My 6 year old Shih Poo Bentley who is my vital service dog and my 2 year old Havanese Phoenix have been eating Beneful for a little less than 3 months. It was provided by a charity organization that helps with disabled persons mitigating food costs by providing necessary needs for your dogs needs including a 20% vet discount. Well because of the food they gave me I needed that discount. In one month my Bentley stopped being able to jump on the bed. I'm disabled and picking him up wasn't a problem. When I went to lift him I noticed omg he's so heavy. He looked wider but his hair is left long for winter and the onset of the gain was literally like over night.

We started feeding our Husky/Lab Beneful in late December 2014. About a month into using the product he started frothing and vomiting uncontrollably throughout the house. In mid February 2015 we started making our own dog food and he has stopped frothing and vomiting.

I've fed my dog beneful for a few years. I recently had to put my dog down cause she was having seizures and vomiting and diarrhea. These are the same symptoms many other dogs got when consuming beneful. I took her to the animal hospital and they gave her eye drops which had nothing to do with her symptoms so the next day I just took her to the vet where they did a blood test, her white blood cells were through the roof!!! The vets were baffled they had no clue why this was happening or how to even fix it, so then I had to make the decision to put her down rather than have to try to figure out what was even wrong with her due to I didn't have the money to try and figure it out. If only I would have known about this sooner I could have saved my pom named puppie.

I boarded my 2 dogs out at the vets for 11 days to go on a vacation. I forgot to leave my cell phone # so my vet could get in contact with me. We got home on a Saturday not expecting to pick up my dogs until that Monday. I had a message on my answering machine that Spike wasn't doing good at all. On Wednesday he seemed to hurt in his shoulder and neck. Thursday he went completely off of his food and water. Friday he was checked for his kidneys which were shutting down and was put on a IV to hopefully start the kidneys working again. Saturday, Spike never passed any fluids and was taken off the IV. Sunday, I did call the vet's office and I got to see Spike. But what a shock it was for me to have dropped off a sassy dog to one who was gasping for breath and was too weak to even hold up his head. His lungs were filling up with fluids and a lot of red mucus had come out of his nose.

I have a middle aged dachshund. He ate Beneful for 2 months. He began to have vomiting spells and his hair on his ears and stomach has thinned out. I figured the hair was because he is aging now not too sure. I know since I stopped feeding Beneful he is now not vomiting. I know also he was less active while on food. Now he is back to his normal happy self. I do not know if the food is cause in my case but there are so many stories. They need to check into this more.

Our dog Mara is a healthy 12 years old. She has been eating Purina Rice and Lamb and Beneful soft mixed in! She all of a sudden started to urinate in her sleep and did not want to play like she always did. She would throw up her food after eating it and would want to drink constantly. Thought it my be a winter bug, our vet tried medication and that did not work. We changed her food after seeing this about Purina and she is back to being her playful self, THANK GOD! NO MORE PURINA PRODUCTS, WE ARE DONE WITH THEM!!!! I'm glad we caught this early, I feel bad for the ones who did not! BOYCOTT PURINA.

Please don't feed this poison to your dog. Three out of my four dogs had bad reactions to this food, including severe allergies, diarrhea, and vomiting. They loved the food at first, but it has sugar and salt in it. One of my girls stopped eating. That's when I found this site and similar, albeit some much worse scenarios. Shame on you, Purina!

on dog food from China. Damn it you're killing my dogs!! I will no longer buy or support Purina products. It's all about the $$$$ dollar at the cost of OUR PETS. What a horrible thing you have done.

I feed my dog Beneful dry dog food on and off for several years. Until recently I feed it only Beneful and the dog begin to have problems with digestion. My dog passed away on February 9, 2015 after regurgitating a large clot of blood. Never buy Purina "Beneful" Dog Food again.

We have a miniature Australian Sheppard. In late November 2014 we started feeding our dog Purina dog chow. By the end of December we came back home from a funeral and there was bloody diarrhea on the floor. We weren't even gone 24 hours, there was blood all over the butt end of our dog. So we rushed him to the vet. They said he has high liver enzymes and when at the vet’s office he vomited and it was like he vomited in insides out. But they kept him for 2 nights and when he came home he was a little better cause we were feeding him chicken and rice that we made for him. Tried to keep him on that but then we just started putting boiled chicken in with some of his purina dog chow. And I can show you pictures of his bloody diarrhea, but took him back to vet with same symptoms.

I had a beautiful 6 year old female golden retriever, "HOLLY". She passed away of cancer and only days after I heard about Beneful dog food and the terrible reports of sick dogs and it causing cancer in many. I'm devastated to think I was doing right by feeding my beloved golden healthy food but in reality, I was killing her with it. I am a Master dog groomer 30+ years and have also worked in a Veterinary hospital and I do know what I am talking about!!! They need to stop making this food! IT IS KILLING OUR PETS!

I have an 8 year old Havanese named Cisco that I have had since he was 6 weeks old. He was always so full of energy and solid as a rock. He would run up and down the stairs chasing his toy, run circles (literally) out in the yard, stand up on his hind legs and dance around in circles. Now, he is nearly dead. And it happened in such a short amount of time.. It started with gagging, coughing and throwing up every once in a while. Then he started losing weight, became lethargic and was having trouble breathing. I took him to the vet and when she x-rayed him, she said he had congestive heart failure. He was so full of fluid that she could not even make out his heart and lungs on the x-ray. She could not determine the cause without surgery which I could not afford.

I use to feed my dogs Beneful. I stopped when I started working by the plant that produce it. The smell is HORRIBLE! It will make you sick to your stomach! I quickly said my dogs will NEVER eat that again if it smells like that! True story.

I can’t believe it took so many family members to die before anything was said and now I’m wondering how many more will die before something is done. What are you waiting for? Do you think all these families are losing their family members (dogs) and we are lying about it? PULL THE POISON OFF THE SHELFS!!! I feed my dog beneful and I’ve always wondered why he throws up so much and I asked my wife how is it that he drinks over 10 Poland springs bottles of water daily and now I know why. Because I’ve been slowly killing him. If something happens to my best friend I won’t wait for you to pull the items off the shelves because I will start a campaign for all dog owners/lovers to go to every market in USA and tear and rip open every bag/can, etc and toss is out and as I write this I really hope someone sets a date for this to be done.

We have 2 adult dogs, both jack russel/chihuahua. Our male has been acting weird, shaking, dark yellow pee and dry skin. On top of this, he stinks even after a nice bath. We JUST switched 2 weeks ago to this food and now after reading the complaints, I have switched. I am very sick and tired of large companies taking advantage of consumers. They have yet to accept that their food is damaging hundreds. I will have to take him in but at who's cost.

I just heard about this the other day, and it's starting make sense why my pets are acting weird. We have been using Beneful healthy radiance for years with no issues. We switched to the weight control about a month ago. My jack russell has been sick and won't eat the food. My 10 year lab seems to be doing the worst. Blood test showed her liver levels in the high 500's should be around 90, the vet had no explanation. The last few days we noticed she can barely stand on her back legs and looks lost, and confused. She weighed 55 lbs when we had the test done, she is down to 45 lbs in just 2 weeks. We changed their food Pedigree.

2 weeks ago we purchased Beneful original with real beef. We fed it to my dog who was 12 years old, and what I would call a 'Toto' dog. Smaller breed, mixed but looked so much like Toto from the Wizard of Oz. Prior to feeding him this bag of food, my dog Max had been healthy and happy. He still ran around like a pup. Anyone who knew him saw how full of energy he was. 2 weeks ago I started noticing my dog becoming a bit on the "lazy" side. At first, I wasn't too concerned. Until Thursday the 26th of February at 8:20. My dog Max had what I could call an episode. I had just finished giving him a bath and was drying him off when his back legs gave out and he dropped. He laid there for about a minute. At first I wasn't 100% sure at first that it was a seizure, Max had NEVER had a seizure before, which is why I called it an episode. I wasn't sure what it was.

Purchased a new bag of Beneful 3/2/15 batch number 50281083 1400L06 in Colorado and fed my dog with it the evening of 3/3/15 around 4:15. She got a double dishing at 5:30 because I forgot to tell my husband I had fed her and he arrived home after I left for a meeting. By the time I got home at 8:30 that evening she had thrown up all of the second helping and was unable to stand very well and kept falling down. She had an irregular heart beat and her breathing wasn't normal. In the morning, 3/4/15 she got sick several times and her eyes started to twitch and she was completely unable to focus. We got her to the vet and they took blood work and x-rays. She spent the night at the vet last night with I.V.s and is getting more blood work and antibiotics today. Her eyes are getting a little better and she has stopped drooling and the vet is optimistic but wants to keep her another night for more tests. Will post updates if we get to bring her home. We got her to the vet early and they started.

My 12 yr old pet became ill in Oct 2014 with severe diarrhea and nausea. He was treated by our Veterinarian. 1 week later he developed a hematoma on his right rib side. He was biopsy and results were blood. He continued to bleed and weaken. In Dec 2014 he was seen again and scheduled for surgery. Removal of huge blood clot removed. He continued to bleed internal for 11 days. He died Feb 2, 2015 from blood loss and complications. All the time I was buying and feeding him Beneful prepared meals. I thought these were the best on market and was hoping they would help build his blood up. He suffered from weakness, bleeding and dehydration for 3 months while eating Beneful.

I have been feeding my dog Beneful dry dog food for about a year. Three weeks ago she became extremely sick, could not urinate, and when she did try, nothing but blood came out. I had to take her to an emergency vet on a Sunday where she was found to have blood clots in her urinary track, and her PH was extremely off. She has been on medications since but the vet bill was extremely high! Not that my dog wasn't worth it, because I would have spent every cent to have her better! I immediately was told to take her off the food, and have since went with a different brand and with meds and different foods. She is now getting better. She is a house dog and never leaves my sight! I am convinced it was the food that made her sick!! Never again will I buy this brand and have continued to convince my friends to change also!! Shame on this company for brushing this under the rug this way!!!

Sale on Beneful dog food at Fresh & Easy Tujunga, CA. $18, as opposed to $54 for my dog's normal food. She is a wolf/grey hound. After about 2 weeks on Beneful, she started vomiting, listless, couldn't walk. Vet - East valley vet Dr. ** said it was something she ate. Did blood work up and sent me home with antibiotics. 2 days later I was back, they put us in a room for an hour. Her eyes were coated in white film, she was panting, with tongue hanging out and could hardly walk. That was December. She is ok as I put her back on Blue Diamond, but she suffered so much, up all night for a week. It is now March and there is permanent damage with her gait. She limps and was like a race horse. The vet just left us in the room for an hour so I took my dying dog home and nursed her 24/7 for a week.

Fed our labs Beneful weight management dog food for at least 1 year, our 130-lb chocolate lab began a strange gagging cough like and drank a lot of water, the vet called it reverse sneeze - tumors developed & one became abscessed which required surgery. He did well with the surgery but soon after began not to eat, started throwing up even water then couldn't walk, vet gave steroids which helped for a few days & took blood. Blood test showed liver failure & he was full of cancer, he was down to 97 lbs. We lost him 6 days later. Our other lab has allergies, hot spots and has since been taken off this food.

November 2014 D-Bo starting having diarrhea, the doctor could not figure it out. He started losing weight and still had diarrhea. He was extremely thirsty and drank a lot of water. Because of the diarrhea he was very sick. He was retaining NO nutrients and was extremely dehydrated. This went on until February of this year when he started having VERY BAD Seizures. We had to put him down on February 5th. He was very sick and we did not want him to have any more seizures. It is disheartening to hear that all of this may have been avoided if he was on another food product!!

My dog ate Beneful Original food most of her life. She became sick in Nov. 2014. She stopped eating, started using the bathroom in the house, drank increased amounts of water, started vomiting, fever, and was very lethargic. Took her to the vet and she was put on IV fluids and antibiotics for several days with very little improvement. They found she was diabetic but could not find the cause of all her symptoms. She died a week later. She was 10 and otherwise in good health. Reading the reviews of so many others with similar stories, I know the cause of her death was this dog food! It needs to be recalled!

I bought a bag of Beneful dog food. Shortly after eating it my dog began gagging and then threw up. This happened each of the two times I fed him. He was not throwing up before I fed him Beneful so I Googled it and saw complaints. I quit feeding him Beneful today and he seems fine now. He better be! We will see.

We have been feeding our shih tzu for years Beneful and lately I was wondering why he started vomiting, not wanting to eat, having to use the bathroom a lot, bloating, etc... I didn't have a clue what could have been going on until one of my coworkers ask me what kind of dog food I was feeding him cause she said she read that Beneful was making dogs very sick. So I immediately went home and trash the bag and I promised I will never use Purina product again and I pray they would take it off the market.

I had to put my 10 year old pit bull, Shorty, to sleep on Feb. 19th 2015. Her decline was very fast, 4 days total. The first day I noticed blood coming out her mouth and in her water when she drank. She was very lethargic, and appeared to be very depressed. She looked drunk when she tried to walk. Shorty had diabetes so when she starting drinking excessively and having accidents in the house I assumed her insulin dose was too high.

My 3 year old puggle has been eating BENEFUL for some time now. Previously she was eating Science Diet and then Iam's which she was fine on but I wanted to try a more cost effective dog food I could get in grocery stores. The issues began with what we thought was a backward sneeze which is common in puggles, then heavy breathing (also common in puggles) and from time to time stomach upset and vomiting.

Today my little bubbles died. It all began late last week when I heard of a class action law suit against Purina Nestle Beneful brand dog food. I was feeding this food to my dog for about 3 years. I stopped as soon as I read about the law suit. It was that day that I began making my own dog food, and feeding her only this. While she was eating beneful for 3 years she ate it and liked it but she was never healthy. She would tend to get sick very easily. Never ever related it to her food. But looking back now it does make sense. So after starting her on homemade food last week, she was fine for a couple of days, then Sunday March 1st. she began to throw up what she ate. It just kept getting worse over the next 2 days until she died today of liver and kidney failure.

February 17, 2015, I had to put my 15 month old Rottie, Nikita down. I noticed a foul odor from her breath around 2 weeks prior. Saturday AM 2/14 - she had diarrhea (Traces of blood in it) all over my dining room floor. I cleaned it up and went to work (not thinking anything at the time except maybe her mouth was making her sick). 2/15 - two more bouts with diarrhea. 2/16 Monday night, she vomited all over her blanket, to the point where I just threw her blanket away and got her comforter. 2/17 - She was very lethargic. I waited till 4pm when the wellness clinic opened. I told him about her breath and gums (still thinking this was her problem). He told me to put her on the scale, she weighed 57 pounds. (In July I had her spayed she was 65.8 pounds.)

Our 2 dogs died of kidney disease. They ate the same food exclusively. Boots died only at 7 years. The other dog died 5 years after eating the same food. It was my parents dog. Same symptoms, toxic (toxic poisoning looked like) fatigue, weight loss, kidney disease, abnormal cells, breath had odor, loss of bowel control. We have had several dogs live to old ages. Never have I lost a dog at a young age. I believe Beneful was the cause of both dogs demise!!!

I have 13 small breed dogs and 1 large breed. 10 of them began exhibiting excessive bloating, diarrhea and vomiting. I found out about the Beneful issue and worried as I'd been feeding them it for just over 2 years. In the last 6 months the bloat came on and I thought they were just getting fat. I changed them from healthy radiance to healthy weight. Then the vomiting and diarrhea started. I took them to the vet. He did liver function test and kidney tests. They all have damaged livers and kidneys. Along with a gut infection causing the bloat.

Our 54 lbs, 1.5-year-old German Shepherd (Taz) became very sick, throwing up, lethargic, diarrhea, drinking a lot of water. He eventually he stopped eating and the day we took him to the vet he had a seizure. Our vet did blood work. We were told that he was in kidney failure but could not understand why. After several test and an ultrasound by a specialist, there is still no understanding of why this happened. Then I heard about the complaints and problems other dog owners had about Beneful dog food. Prior to his sickness, we were giving him Beneful dog food. My poor boy is on several medications. I still have the dog food and am going to have it tested. Though I do not have a receipt, I have attached pictures to provide proof of purchase. Sick.

Have been using Healthy Weight for years. My dog Sadie used to throw up right after eating for some time. She developed a 'gagging cough' with yellow phlegm spit up which was attributed to allergies. Three years ago got another dog Scooby. Both dogs had issues with skin itching and hot spots - again believing it was allergies. They licked their paws. The cough was shared by both. Last week Sadie's cough worsened to the point of having to put her down due to CHF. Our sadness now has some anger that this issue appears to be so far reaching with a common denominator. Purina - here's your challenge - provide positive testing results that your products did not hurt our dogs. Prayers for all sick pets and heartbroken owners. I can provide years of receipts of purchase.

I had my chihuahua on Beneful dog food diet. I wasn't sure what was going on - I just thought I had a sick dog....... After eating this kibble she would throw up yellow stuff. Her eyes would water so bad and her ears would constantly itch and the ear infections were a constant re-occurrences, her belly seemed hard, bloated. A few occasions her back legs would go limp and she would stiffen her entire body! So I changed my dog's diet, food to my own recipe and no more strange side effects from Beneful kibble. I threw the kibble in the trash can!

I have been a long time user of Beneful dry Dog Food. I have always told everyone to use any & all Purina products because they are made in the U.S.A. & are safe for your pets. The last time all the other companies had the recalls, Purina wasn't involved at all. Now though my Boston Terrier had a seizure & stopped breathing due to Beneful & the poisonous propylene glycol that is in it & other Purina dog foods. Why would a pet food company ever put a poison into pet food! Save a lot of lives & be the better ones - recall the food with the poison in it & stop putting the poison in the pet food.

We fed our Pomeranian freshly purchased Beneful ONE time. Within 3 hours she had uncontrollable bowel movements. Within 24 hours she couldn't stop vomiting. We took her to the vet who ran test and determined her kidneys were failing. She is now on an IV and antibiotics and we have not been able to take her. We are praying she will make it through and respond to the meds so that we do lose our sweet girl who is only 6 years old. She has never been sick before, and was perfectly fine prior to consuming this horrible disgusting product!

We have two dogs and Beneful has made both our dogs very sick that when they would eat the dog food they would end up bringing their food back up and would go to the bathroom in the house during the night and my dogs have been housebroken for nearly ten years and ended up having hot spots where they started to chew on their feet and backs to a point where they go down to bare skins. Our lab and great pyrenees have been having trouble lately getting up and down stairs to go to the bathroom outside our home. We just found out that there is a recall on Purina's dog food and we would like to advise people not to feed it to their dogs.

I am a registered veterinary technician with 7 years of specialized training and 10 years work experience behind me. I have been reading a lot of these reviews and I have a couple of things to say about Beneful. #1. It is not a high end dog food. For those of you who thought it was a great food, I am sorry to tell you that is a very low-grade food that is on the same plane as the other grocery store foods. It contains a lot of dye that really can affect the GI system (intestinal tract) and skin, and dogs can develop allergies to the food just like they can to plants and other things. Good brands would be the following: Blue Buffalo, Natural Balance, Any Grain Free Foods, and Hill's. There are other good foods as well but not typically the ones found in Walmart or the local feed store.

This is to tell you about my little chihuahua. Her name was ChiChi, I had since a 6 wk old puppy until she was 6 yrs old. She had never had any health problems at all. Back in late March of 2014 in 2 days she went from being healthy and happy to vomiting, dehydration, liver failure, kidney failure which lead to heart failure and passed away.The vet said it could have been from bacteria in the food she was eating. Since the loss of her I've been so Depressed. I always wanted the best for her and I thought that this dog food seem to be but now I'm wondering if feeding this to her was the death of her. She is now buried close to me where I can go out there and sit with her. This has been so hard to deal with. I fed the Beneful dog to her all her short life. Something should be done!!!!!

I have been feeding my dog Gabriella (toy poodle) this food for years. She has issues with seizures & the Vet told us they were mini seizures, but could never identify the cause. I am sick about this to know now about the food my dog has been eating. She also has been vomiting bile every morning. I pray that she will be ok. I just don't understand how this food was approved by the FDA with stuff in it that is killing our dogs. When I heard about this on Facebook two days ago, I stopped feeding her this food. Now it all makes sense to me regarding her seizures & vomiting.