Beneful Pet Foods Reviews

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.

I had a 7-year-old Newfoundland, weighing 130 lbs. He ate nothing but Beneful, he was throwing up, and bleeding internally. He was at the the vet constantly, they could do nothing to save him, we even did a blood transfusion. All him organs were failing and I finally put my big boy down. Something should be done with this dog food!

My Bichon-Poo became deadly ill. Vomiting, motionless, weak and severe weight loss. He was so ill that he could barely walk and had to be carried. Numerous visits to the vet, hospital, IV's and meds trying to heal your once playful puppy. This was an emotional strain on my family. I'm so upset!

My dog is a Shih Tzu mix. Just had his 9th birthday - was a scary one. I had just switched him to Purina Beneful, because the other food was not on the shelf I was buying and he had ate it in the past. A month in, he became very ill. He was getting sick all day everyday, and did not eat for 3 days straight. He was also very hot to the touch and even urinated while lying on his blanket on the couch (he is completely potty trained). I took him to the vet and they wanted to keep him and hook him up to intravenous to get medication and food in him. I could not afford this so had to take the outpatient option and hand feed him small amounts of plain chicken and give him lots of medicine. It was a scary few days but he finally started feeling better. It has been 2 weeks. He is feeling better, thank God, and I have switched his food.

I'm just wondering about the effects of the Beneful product on dogs. We've been feeding our dogs this product for about the past 10 years and on December 31, 2014, had to put our 15 year old Shih Tzu pet to sleep after suffering from kidney and liver issues. Is it possible that this product could have affected our pet's health in the destructive manner leading to the demise of her health? Her passing has been hard to deal with having her for 15 years, because she was not just a pet but a member of the family. I hope that there will be some action taken to protect the health of animals that we care for, after all the quality of care for pets is as crucial to some families as it is with ours. What we put into their bodies is very important and should be monitored to promote and protect their health!

My chocolate lab was eating Beneful for a few days when he got really sick. It wasn't a month or weeks - it was DAYS when he got horribly sick after eating it. He started showing signs of weight loss and vomiting about 2-3 days after he started on it. Then it went to diarrhea, to bloody stools, to no energy, and to vomiting EVERYTHING he ingested. I was crying and hoping he wasn't going to die on me.

We have been feeding our two labs Beneful for years. When our first lab was about 1.5 years old, she started having seizures. We talked to the doctor but he said labs are prone to seizures so we did not think anything more about it. Then when she was 6 years old, we adopted our second lab. Both were on beneful and then the second lab started having seizures as well. We tried to figure out what was common about both but chalked it up to both of the being a lab. Then when our first lab was 10 and a half years old, she was diagnosed with a HUGE kidney stone (the size of a business card). She had to have it removed. I was worried that at her advanced age she might not make it.

I have a puppy that is very ill. When I got him he was a very health puppy according to the vet. All I have been feeding my puppy is puppy Beneful. Now he is very ill. He is vomiting, diarrhea, blood in his urine and does nothing but sleep. Very Scared.

My husband and I adopted a puppy and brought her home in January 2014. She was an active, playful and very energetic girl. The shelter had given her Iams Puppy food while she was there and recommended we do the same. She seemed to grow tired of it, so in June, when she was 7 months old, I began mixing Beneful Puppy formula in with the Iams. Shortly afterwards, she began having bloody diarrhea and vomiting about every other day. We took her to the vet, who thought she might have some type of intestinal parasite. She sent a stool sample off to the lab, and gave her a dewormer and antacid/probiotic pills. This helped a little, but she was still in distress.

We were feeding our 14 year old black lab Beneful off and on. She was having terrible bouts of diarrhea. We really thought a neighbor who we were having difficulty with was poisoning her. After we had read an article about the Beneful and stopped giving it to her, she was absolutely fine. We almost lost her at one point. I have no doubt that it was the Beneful dry dog food!

I started feeding my two dogs, chihuahua and black lab, Beneful Healthy Weight about 3 weeks ago. Chihuahua began having seizures about a week later and brought her to the vet. All lab work ok and diagnosed with idiopathic epilepsy (that means they don't know what it is causing it). Prescribed phenobarbital and gave about 2 days then saw lawsuit and recall information. Weaned off the medicine and changed food immediately. No seizures in 2 days. Will be returning to vet to document recovery after discontinuing food!

I was feeding my dogs this food & both of them had incidents making them sick. My 1-yr old boxer mix was vetted to the tune of 600 dollars after having seizures, lethargy, vomiting, weakness & acting as though he was drunk. My 12-yr old lab mix has so far cost me a little over 300 & I am waiting to hear back from the vet about more blood work results. My lab was vomiting, had diarrhea, loss of appetite, lethargy, & has been right under my feet with fear in his eyes. My four-year old asked me with tears streaming down his face, "Mama, is Noah going to the angels now?" It is heartbreaking. Our dogs are our furry family & nothing less. We put our trust in this company & now our older dog looks as though he is not going to make it pass this. You can not deny over 3000 complaints.

I fed my English Bulldog Mugsy Beneful dog food his whole life. Around September of 2014 he developed a large tumor on his chest. I took him to the vet and at first they thought it was an athletic injury. After several vet visits and the tumor swelling to the point of actually rupturing, they did surgery to debulk the mass and to close the wound. By late November the wound still had not closed and he bled constantly and I had to keep him bandaged 24 hours a day. The vet scheduled another procedure to close the wound early in December, I dropped Mugsy off in the morning at the vet so they could prep him for the procedure.

The dogs have been not liking the Beneful for a few months now. We added milk or cheese or meat to get them to eat it. They did like the Fiesta flavor better. We just thought they were spoiled to "people food" or tired of this brand. They have both become a little lethargic and the 7 year old Golden retriever has been throwing up & eating grass. We went away overnight, & when we returned neither had eaten the dry food we left. We had picked up Purina One on the way home, and they gobbled it up. OMG I don't know if we are going to have health issues, yet. They trusted us. I am sooo angry. I am trying to contact Sams club to see if they will pull it from the shelves. Can't seem to get to talk to s/o, but I will keep trying. Calling the vet today!

I fed Purina products because it was made in America. I feel Purina owes many of us an explanation as to what happened and what corrective action has been verifiable taken to correct the problem. And Autopsy showed a ruptured area on the liver. It appeared to my vet a tumor had ruptured and he bled out inside with no chance to save him -- I held him long after he passed. How do I become involved in the Class Action suit against Purina?

About 2 years ago I noticed a terrible rash on my Husky/Lab mix, Angel. Our Vet could not figure out why or what caused it. We tried antifungals, antibiotics, antihistamines as well as injected steroids and antibiotics. The rash would not go away and she was vomiting, plus they found a "liver function problem" and her hair began falling out in large quantities. After changing her food, per her vet's advice, from Beneful to another food 4 months ago, she has stopped vomiting and the rash is better but not completely gone. Her vet is keeping an eye on her liver. The hair loss is still occurring and she has lost weight in the last 6 months. I am hoping I caught this in time!

I have been feeding my 2 dogs Beneful and one died last month and now the other has died (!!!) yesterday. This is the only food that I have fed the both of them!

I bought Beneful dog food thinking maybe a change would be good for my dogs. My Lab didn't seem to be herself and my mini pinscher began having diarrhea daily and threw up in my bed. I was also finding that she was peeing and pooping a lot. My friends were here for several days and I kept saying the food must be too rich or something. I also thought maybe she was upset with me because I had not left the house much in the last year due to illness. Maybe mad at me but still after that bag of food is gone, she continues to have bladder leakage and I only found out about the problems with the food a few days ago.

I lost my little Lilly. She was five years old, she was a teacup York. She weighed 4 pounds. She passed away on February 22, 2014 area after eating the dog food.

We had used the Beneful dog food since our dog was 1 year old, using science diet for the first year per the breeder. We have an 11 year old shih tzu. After about 7 years, he got sick like parvo 2 different times. After taking him to the vet and being monitored overnight and using IVs, the vet told us he thought it was the artificial colors of the beneful dog food. He had bleeding in his stool for many days, dehydrated, lack of energy and appetite. It was the same effects they had with parvo.

My little dog started having diarrhea and started not eating and just got so sick after eating Purina Beneful. That morning I saw on the news that This dog food had sickened and killed so many dogs.

I have 2 Yorkie's and 1 Chihuahua. I have been feeding them Beneful for a year, however, recently my dogs have been vomiting a lot and the Chihuahua being the older dog is very lethargic. I could not understand why. Now I have an Idea and is time to take them to the vet.

Our 12-month old mix breed small dog from the Kimberly became sick with diarrhea, vomiting and was lethargic around a couple of days after we fed her Purina Beneful dry food out of a 3.0 kg bag. She had eaten dry food of other brands for ages with no problems. Because we weren't feeding her dry food every night, her symptoms were on and off in severity. We didn't know what was causing it so we took her to the vet and he gave us a few pills to help settle her down, but they didn't work. By this stage she had finished 3/4 of the bag. I searched the products of the food she was eating and saw other people with the same issues. We switched her dry food to one recommended by the vet and within a week or so, she was a lot better and was herself again. Hopefully has no long term effects. I can see we got lucky compared to a lot of families and their pets.

My 14 year old cocker spaniel has been eating Beneful for most of his life and about 2 years ago developed a terrible wheezing cough & the vet could not figure out why after several tests. Since then he also vomits constantly, usually yellow egg-looking stuff or white foamy or clear but sometimes it would be huge clumps of undigested food.

I had to put our dog down a few days ago and she ate Beneful. She had been having gagging and was very tired all of the time. Up to last week, she had started having seizures. The last one was so bad, she lost the ability to walk. We had her put on a stretcher into the vet where we had to make the gut-wrenching call to put her down. Could this dog food really be the cause? I'm still so lost without her.

Our dogs ate Beneful, original then once they became ill, switched to the "healthy" to try and improve their appetite and health (after Vet visits) and we lost both of our Yorkies (age 7) within a year of each other from kidney failure - (with seizures & N/V). Both were taken to the Veterinarian multiple times for extensive testing (even hospitalized for IV fluids to try and help lower the BUN/Creatinine levels.

I changed over to Beneful dog food and within a month my dog's hair was falling out and she was itching all over. I doubled up on flea meds per the vet's instructions and when it continued I took her to the vet who gave her a cortisone shot but that didn't seem to help either. After speaking with several people I switched foods and the problem resolved itself--telling me it was the dog food. Lucky for us there were no long term health consequences like a lot of people seem to be having.

I had an English Bulldog, he was 5 1/2 yrs old. He died from kidney failure, I had no idea what from. I fed him Beneful dog food for over 3 1/2 yrs, but reading about this lawsuit that is the only explanation that makes any sense. He was a healthy dog until one day he started vomiting, he couldn't quit. I brought him to my vet and he said he was a very sick dog. He did a bunch of test and blood work, he told me kidneys were shutting down and he said there was nothing he could do. I had to put him to sleep. If I only knew this beforehand, I would have never ever given him Beneful. Hopefully some reads this before it's too late for your dog. Thank you! Very sad dog owner.

About 9 years ago we were away from home longer than we had expected and we had to buy more dog food for Sandy, our 3 year old Golden Retriever. On a Saturday night in a small town our choices were limited, so we bought a bag of Purina Beneful. Immediately after eating the Beneful, he began exhibiting strange behavior. He licked the floor, tried to bite the fringes of the rugs, and when we let him outside, pawed through the snow so that he could eat dirt. We figured that he was trying to make himself vomit. We could not reach a vet, so we watched him that night and he seemed better in the morning.

My maltese is 8 years old, has always lived a healthy life and brought to the vet regularly for checkups. The past year I put her on Beneful wet and dry dog food. I was impressed with the commercials showing the all natural ingredients and when I bought the wet food I could see the veggies in it. She began losing weight, sleeping all the time, urinating much more than ever before, drinking constantly. I took her to the vet and she was given a blood test that showed her liver enzymes were up over 1500.

I have been feeding my best friend a product that seems to have been responsible for over three thousand dog deaths alone by anti-freeze. I saw once as a child as a neighbor dog licked anti-freeze from a faulty radiator. That almost killed the animal and made him retarded for life. I now must accept the fact that I have been feeding my friend poison. Why is this product not pulled from shelve and why is Purina heartless when they try to explain? Here I felt Beneful was better due to nutrition facts and actually it's bad for any animal whom digest. Who is to say that the drug does or does not affect each animal the same, just as drugs in humans have different effects? Any help from the consumer report would be helpful.

My 6 y/o dog has been on Beneful dry foods for several months. His GI problems started approximately three months ago and the symptoms began with occasional gagging and throwing up. I began changing his snacks and eliminated all hard chews. This did not help at all. Instead of improving his condition, it worsened to daily excessive vomiting of copious amounts of what appeared to be only partially-digested food that he had eaten hours earlier. After hearing on the news about others experience with Beneful, I threw out the remaining food and started him on Iams. He has had no further problems and is also back on his favorite chew sticks.

We have a 3 year old Australian Shepherd. We switched to Beneful dog food and right away noticed him starting to vomit. It progressively got worse. One morning I got up for work and he was lethargic, couldn't hold himself up, and when he tried to walk his back legs just wouldn't work! My husband took him to the vet immediately. IV fluids, antibiotics, they weren't sure if he would make it through the night. The next morning we're allowed to visit him and miraculously that afternoon he was able to come home. We were the lucky ones...so many others were not. Please do not feed Beneful to your pets!!

My 3 yr old American bulldog has been eating Beneful Healthy Weight for 2+ yrs. The past 3 weeks he began to drool profusely, vomiting, lethargy and dark orange urine indicating to me there was a dehydration issue. He wasn't eating & we stopped feeding him Beneful altogether. We purchased a new food and after several days he appears to be doing better but still having some bouts of excessive drooling. I Am convinced it was the food that caused these issues and saved the UPC label from the brand new 31 lb bag before throwing it in the trashcan! All of Us, consumers, cannot be all wrong in coming forward with our concerns for our pets. I am not looking for monetary compensation outside of the price I paid for the bag of food. More importantly purina needs to be held accountable for their shortcomings.

When I adopted Chloe almost 7 years ago it was suggested that I put her on Science Diet as that was what she was started on. I tried it for months and sometimes she would eat it and days when she wouldn't. I tried all kinds of food and of course she still is picky. A few years ago I started making her food per my Vet. She did so well and was healthy. With the decreased time I had that it took to make it, I found it easier to just buy Beneful. I thought it had all the right ingredients for a healthy diet. She started doing okay with it, but not long into it she would have bouts of Vomiting, Diarrhea, Lethargy, Weight Loss and would foam at the mouth. I had her at the Vet so many times and they would do all kinds of tests x-rays, medicine, etc.- they wouldn't be able to find anything. Then the shaking would start, the vet thought it was her having pain. We couldn't pick her up without her growling or moaning.

I purchased Beneful healthy from a Kroger store last week. 2/18 and my Maltese dog has been ill since eating it. He starting constantly vomiting accompanied by diarrhea. I had no idea what it could have been until I saw this ordeal on Ch. 2 news. I am removing this product out of my home to save my dog life.

I have a 6 yr old Maltipoo that was healthy up until last year when I started to feed him Purina Beneful. After 8 months of eating Purina Beneful, he started getting very sick. He was a playful and active dog. We started noticing he just shut down completely, not playful or active anymore. His eyes got really cloudy and red. I took him to the vet and they ran a lot of tests. Of course his vet bills added up but I had no choice. I just wanted him to get healthy. He was prescribed some eye drops and meds. He got a bit better. Then 6 months later, he got sick again. This time he is blind. I never put 2 and 2 together and think it was his food that he was eating the whole time. After I read a lot of consumers' complaints about how their pets got really sick and sadly some died then I realized my dog exhibited the same symptoms. I rarely post bad review about a company until now. Please do your homework and stay away from Purina Beneful.

My dog has been on this crap for awhile. I started noticing him throwing up a lot, so I thought maybe he was eating fast? Nope, the problems consisted all the symptoms they saw this crap does to dogs was happening to mine. Whoever is in charge should prob just run their head in a wall. You're killing our dogs and making them sick. Lawsuit? Maybe? You guys should have your doors shut for good. Be ashamed.

Straight to the point. No emotions. First my 2 yr old pom nearly died from Blue Buffalo. Now my mother's jack russell terrier just died from the same type food poisoning, just a different brand. Beneful food is toxic. Blue Buffalo is toxic. For God sake, human food has become toxic. GMOs, Chemical colors, preservatives. etc. If you want a healthy dog, cook for them. I found a great site for this. ** Not selling anything...just use the recipes and your own judgement on vitamins. Do the research. Don't give your dog tap water. Bottled or purified only. These companies are getting their ingredients from China. Those ** have no cares about what they send to this country and our FDA and all the other BS regulatory agencies don't give a crap. Save your dog's life. Feed them what you eat...if you're on a good diet. If you're not...good luck. Totally disgusted.

I bought one bag of Beneful and my 13 year old Golden started developing a tumor on her stomach. Took her to the vet and they said if they operated, she would not make it. So she lived another month and had to lay her down and no more suffering. Then her pup who was 11 years old started to lose his strength in his back legs and couldn't get up, peeing on himself and not eating or drinking water for two days. Took him in and they said he had liver cancer, this was after the second bag. They died within two months of each other, after feeding them Beneful. I thought it was only old age until I saw the news last night and heard about a dog that died from liver problems after his owner fed him Beneful. They killed my precious dogs and not taking responsibility for it.

I started my 2 year old Maltese on Beneful 5 months ago, in October 2014. Since then, my perfectly healthy puppy has become lethargic, has been throwing up, drinking a lot of water, his stomach makes funny sounds and he groans as I pick him up as if he is in pain. His eyes sometimes look dilated. I have been concerned about the ingredients of Beneful and have been telling my friends that I should have Beneful for steroids since my puppy has been putting on weight. I am shocked and very upset since I just heard about the dangers of Beneful and read all about it. Don't know where to stop, other than to stop Beneful immediately and a visit to the vet. I hope the damage is reversible and my puppy will be back to normal.

We had a little Jack Russell/Rat Terrier. We got her as a puppy and she was my wife's best friend. She took her everywhere she went and everyone in our little town knew who's dog she was and her name, Jess. We fed her puppy chow for the first year. In the second year we looked at the different dog foods and thought Beneful would be a good product. She ate Beneful for six years.

My miniature phantom poodle ate beneful from when he was a puppy. I kept up with shots and any little thing happened, he went to vet. Not kidding, at least 8000$ in vet bills. The vet told me the 1 visit his liver count was sky high, I had to take him to cornell to be treated. From then on, it was up and down with scooter. Took to vet 3 weeks ago, he died because of kidney failure. Not blaming anybody, it just seems funny a lot of other dogs died the same way.

Had been feeding my dog the Beneful line from Purina and he was throwing up inexplicably and lethargic. He developed strange bumps on his skin and was itching like crazy at times. Corgis are not lazy dogs by any means and he definitely did not have fleas. I decided to change his food to a completely different brand and within just a few days, he had more energy and no sign of throwing up and his hair his healthier and he doesn't scratch like he was infested. This product claims that propylene glycol and food coloring and other such nonsense is necessary in this dog food. There are many many other foods that do not use such things.

My 1 1/2 year old Boxer began having loose stools (diarrhea) and eating grass as if his stomach was upset. His dog food was Beneful. I've changed to another brand of dog food. His symptoms seem to be clearing up. I don't know if his problems were caused by Beneful, but I didn't want to take any chances.

Our vizsla has been on Beneful for about 3 years. We always thought it was his breed being so sensitive to itching and hot spots, I never would have thought it was his food. Awful! He is losing his hair and I just read the food had grain mites. Over the past few months it has gotten worse. Irritable, snapping itching like crazy. Dry white dandruff, going bald. Terrible red rash underneath. And I noticed his eyelids were red? Bumps over his body like mosquito bites. We even thought it was chiggers. I am taking him off this food immediately. I feel terrible. This is a crime. All these dogs are so sick and dying.

Took dog to vet for awful diarrhea, blood in stool, they put him on some special med. I told them he has been eating a lot of grass for some reason, they didn't know why. Past few weeks dog has been throwing up a lot in house and eating grass like crazy, also peeing inside the house, which is very unlike him. Now I know it's from his food - Beneful Original - that I was giving him. Changing dog food tomorrow, hopefully no damage - was done. I guess we need another trip to vet.

I've fed my Chocolate Lab Beneful dry dog food for several years now, various flavors. The price was reasonable and he's always loved it. But he developed some symptoms over this past year that were very consistent after meals. He would drink large amounts of water whenever he ate, then within 15-20 min would act like he needed to vomit - coughing up saliva, with a sound almost like someone with "dry heaves". It would subside soon after it started.

We got our Yorkie-Poo 3 years ago when he wasn't even a year old. The breeder we bought him from told us to feed him Beneful and that is what we have fed him. The only trouble we've had is with the small cans of the Tuscan Style Medley. We gave him one can and it did make him sick and I am throwing the rest of the cans away!

As I read all these reviews, I'm horrified that other people have had the same done to them! My Biggie was 120 lbs of the most special, kind-hearted, loyal American Bulldog you could ever wanna meet. He was only 5 years old when he passed from chronic kidney failure, less than two months before his birthday. I was pregnant with my second son when he was put to sleep at our home in my arms, so that he could pass on with love and comfort after all that suffering and weight loss!! That dog was hardly a dog, he was our family. I couldn't figure out how this could have happened. I walked him everyday and we played all the time and I fed him well, so I thought.

2-7 years ago I was feeding my dogs Beneful Dry from Walmart and Dollar General stores. Two had to be put down. 1 for kidney failure, 1 became lethargic and unable to walk. The third got sick. I feel it was only because I switched dog foods.

I have 3 Yorkies, they have been on Beneful for awhile. We have noticed all 3 being lethargic, diarrhea - our oldest one we found with blood in diarrhea, and now another one with jelly-like diarrhea w/ blood. We just heard about Beneful dog food - they need to take off shelves!!!

I had been feeding my 5 month old German Shepherd mix primarily homemade dog food which I had been supplementing with a high cost brand of dog food since I got her as a puppy summer 2014. At Christmas time I switched to Beneful Puppy food to give my pocket book a break (Big mistake). I am certain that if I hadn't been feeding mostly homemade food with the occasional bowl of Beneful I would have lost my puppy. She started throwing up. Once I found her weak and disoriented, I thought she'd gotten shocked by the electric fence.

Last month my Reilly started vomiting and diarrhea for a few days. Called the vet when I saw blood on the kitchen floor. The vet said to give him boiled chicken and rice and Imodium. Would not eat or drink for days! No help! Next day it was a weekend called my vet he said take to to the 24 hour emergency hospital because I messaged him a picture of a big amount of blood again. We went there they took X-rays looking for a blockage? Nothing! The ONLY food he eats is Beneful!!! They put a fluid pump under his skin, gave him a shot for vomiting and gave me pills for diarrhea. He was sick for 7 or 8 days! HORRIBLE! Plus all the vet bills!!!

Our little dog a Pomeranian, has strictly eaten Beneful for approximately four years. Woke up this morning she was in the back of her cage acting like she was having some sort of seizure. They continued on to the day, and with it being a weekend we can take her to the vet until Monday. Will let you know what happens.

My Jack Russell was very sick the entire month of January 2015 and part of February of 2015. He started showing signs of being very lethargic and not eating, throwing up & diarrhea with blood in it. So I rushed him to the vet where he was diagnosed with Pancreatitis and liver damage after exam and x rays and ultrasounds twice of his stomach. In & out of doctor's office 3 times for injected fluid into his stomach along with injected antibiotics & sent home with liver meds & antibiotics. He started to get better after all these treatments & then got sick again. Took him to the ER was admitted for 24 hours with IV fluids was sent home got sick again. Back to doctor next day only to be injected with IV fluids again and sent home on meds to get better again.

We had gotten our son a puppy and on Feb. 22 he died and we were feeding her Beneful! She had the symptoms mentioned and our house cat started doing the the same thing because she would eaten some of the food! Now my 8 year old son has been very upset!

We had a Catahoula named Dot that became extremely ill, vomiting, diarrhea with blood, loss of hair, and constantly gagging. We took her to the vet and they put her on IV, said she was dehydrated and having kidney failure. After treating her with IV meds and steroids we reached the point that with all her suffering and doing everything we could the vet said we had no choice but to have her put to sleep. It breaks my heart to think that we were trying to do all we could for her but now realize we were poisoning her with this food.

My little min pin kept itching but no fleas. She is losing her hair, vomiting out her food, with a lot of mucus and having what appeared to be asthma attacks and would struggle to breathe. And then I heard about the problem with the beneful dog food! I was feeding her that food to keep her healthy but instead I was poisoning her! I sure hope some sues the holy crap out of whoever is responsible for the ingredients of the beneful dog food.

We had two 65 pound mixed breed dogs and have been feeding them Beneful for as long as I can remember. Approximately 18 months ago, the male dog was diagnosed with Lymphoma and we opted not to subject him to chemotherapy. He was put down finally after another 12 months of increasing pain and suffering from the spread of cancer throughout his body. We are convinced it was related to this dog food. After seeing the recent negative reports on this brand, we have taken our remaining dog off of it. Shame on Purina!!

Back in late December 2014 our older dog, a border collie mix, began throwing up. He also became very listless, lost his appetite and began drinking a lot of water. We assumed he was just going downhill because he is 13 years old. Shortly after that our young 4 year old cockapoo became listless, started throwing up and began acting differently. Then one weekend we returned from a short trip and we noticed our cockapoo had a bloody bare spot on her tail and rear end. Our pet sitter said the older dog had been sniffing her and pulling at her hair. We took her to the Vet and after a blood test and ultrasound it was determined she was in liver and kidney failure and had pancreatitis.

I've fed my dog Beneful since he was a puppy... he is now almost 6. For the past few weeks, he's been experiencing diarrhea, vomiting and lethargy. At first I thought it was something he got into. He's been the vet several times, and they haven't found the cause... they are recommending an ultrasound test, but I put this off because of the expense. Then found all the complaints about Beneful, as well as a new class action lawsuit against Purina... all with the same or similar symptoms... often resulting in death. I have immediately stopped using Beneful, and will never use a Purina product again. There are just too many complaints with the same symptoms for this to be coincidence.

We have been buying your dog food for some time now. Once in a while my Sammy would vomit. Did not understand why. But lately this big bag we bought, he has been vomiting more often. In the past week at least six times. There is something seriously wrong with this dog food. I want my money back, there is lots left I will not be giving him any more. He will be checked by the vet. Hope there is not anything serious. Very pissed about this. Sammy or any other dog does not deserve this. Can we not count on dog food anymore.

I fed my dog IAMS or another dry dog food, but would keep Beneful in case I ran out. However, I daily fed him Beneful wet food mixed in with couple tablespoons with his 1st meal of day. I noticed he was drinking LOTS of water & had problems controlling his bladder and gained 2.4 lbs., bloated, could not stand, his front & back legs weak that he could not stand! His pancreas enzymes were high. I thought maybe his age (he was rescue so age questionable), but his quality of life failed all of a sudden & I always had him checked every 6 months. Vet gave him pain meds which did not eliminate his difficulties walking, laying down, standing. I had to put him down 3 weeks ago! NOW I am thinking Beneful has contributed to his problem. Why do dog food suppliers/manufacturers, China think our animals are just animals? We love our pets & they are not $$ signs only. I hope this helps other people.

Our two pug girls have been throwing up and one has been having seizures. Plus we have noticed that they have also been drinking a lot of water more than usual. We used to use regular Beneful then we switched to Healthy Weight, with the same results.

For the last 5 months we noticed a change in our lil' dog of having seizures not understanding why... She's been under Dr's care the last couple weeks trying to figure out what's wrong... Now she's on anti seizure medicine... All of the previous stories are examples of what we have been experiencing since she's been eating this food...

February 19th my dog, a chesapeake bay retriever was laying on the floor. Her back leg started to jerk, I turned around and she was in a full seizure. The seizure continued for 5 minutes. Another one started as soon as first one passed. She had 5 seizures back to back. She has never had a seizure in all the time of her life and we have had her as a puppy @ 6 weeks old. She is 4 yrs old. I have vet records of every vet visit and no episodes of seizure have ever been documented till Feb 19th. She has been on the dog food Beneful for the last 2 yrs. The vet couldn't find anything wrong after the visit because the seizures were over. She did a Thyroid panel and it was fine. The food was the only thing that could have contributed to the seizure.

My labrador had been eating Beneful dog food for about a year. She started losing a lot of weight (25 lbs) despite no change in amount or activity. Her hair began falling out in clumps and she began wetting herself. She was extremely lethargic, drooling excessively, vomiting a lot, and generally seemed very sick. I took her to the vet a few times to find out what was wrong and after several tests, he could not find anything specifically "wrong" with her, although he agreed she was definitely sick. He put her on meds for her urinating and sent me home. I did some research and found out about other dogs who have become ill or died while eating Beneful.

I have a beautiful Boston terrier. Bobo will be 9 yrs old in May. He's ate Beneful original since he's been a pup. He gets half a cup in the morning and a cup for dinner. We have had no problems. The loss of one's pet is HEARTBREAKING. My heart goes out to the owners. We will be staying with Beneful.

My 7.5 year old boston terrier suddenly started having seizures. The vet first asked if I had any lead paint suggesting what he was seeing was poisoning. My boy had to be put to sleep as he couldn't even keep water down. I had been feeding him Beneful for 8 months.

My dog has been sick for more than a year. Sadly I wasn't paying attention after realizing that kibbles and bits made my dog sick. It sickens me that a company would put preserving a dog foods shelf life over persevering a dogs life. I don't know if I am more angry at Purina or myself for not paying attention that Beneful was made by the same company that made the dog food that made my dog horribly sick. He started with violent vomiting and diarrhea from the Kibbles and Bits. I had just assumed he was still sick from the permanent damage Kibbles and Bits caused, but now I realize it was because I was still feeding my dog the food that contained the same key ingredient that made him sick in the first place. If it wasn't for my ability to nurse him back to health, he would not be with us today. Lesson learned, but my dogs and cat will not suffer at the hands of this disgusting food again.

Became ill with bloody vomiting, bloody diarrhea, tea colored urine, then seizures, excessive thirst all leading to death in February 2015. Our vet tried everything without avail, stating symptoms appeared like antifreeze poisoning or overdose of warfarin rodent poisoning of which later couldn't be for we have none anywhere. Marley never went outside and was a Shih tzu, 5 yrs. old.

My dog Lulu is 6 years old and has eaten Beneful for a couple of years. She has lost so much weight and has this toxic smell coming from her mouth. We took her to the vet thinking her teeth were bad but they notice her eyes were yellow. They ran blood work and she came home. The next day results said she was going into renal failure. We took her back and she was there for 4 days. Now her levels for liver are bad too. Still waiting on more results. We took her home so she will be happy with us if she does pass away. Worried about our other dog too.

I had three dogs that died. My Shepherd and poodle was feed old Roy dog food until my vet said that it was very bad for them and told us to buy Purina Beneful dog food. My little poodle died soon after. I notice he was not his happy self and thought he just had the flu. Made an appointment to take him to the vet, day before the appointment he died. My Shepherd was fine so just thought bad luck. Two or three weeks past I bought a Rottweiler puppy and switch to puppy style for both dogs. She has only lasted a couple of months and died.

Shadow our German shepherd had always ate Purina products. In September she was in good health. October I Bought beneful. In November she was lethargic, not as playful with our 4 year old. By December she was drinking tons of water, refused to eat and was vomiting. In January she had lost 30 pounds, very thin and her stomach area hard and round... then the smell of death came and went to the vet and the liver and kidneys were failing and unfortunately all the meds in the world we couldn't save her. So the vet gave her comfort. My son is brokenhearted. We didn't understand why she got so sick so fast and then the news hits and I was feeding shadow Beneful so my guilt is extreme. I joined the class action suit today. I must find a way to help someone else not be in the situation we are in now.

We started using this dog food one year ago. Our oldest dog was getting older... 14... and wanting a dog food with some soft and hard pieces. We started with this. A few months after he started peeing on the floor out of nowhere. We took him to dr. Did blood work and found out he had kidney failure, what we thought was just getting older. A few months ago he stopped eating, peed on floor all the time, and had sinus issues. We had to put him down.

Our 12 year old Wiemeraner has been on Beneful her whole life. We tried to switch her to a premium dog food shortly after we adopted her at when she was 6. The premium food gave her diarrhea, so we went back to Beneful regular that her previous owner said she was on. Later, she began to gain weight so we switched to the Healthy Weight formula. She has had no problems until last year when she got sick but the vet said it was most likely some fatty table scraps. Another time she broke out with hives which the vet diagnosed as likely caused by peanuts that I tossed to her. I think at least some of the problems dog owners have reported may be attributed to other causes, as millions of dogs go on living on Beneful every day.

We had a completely healthy dog and cat. We had started feeding Beneful to our dog, because we had thought it was a good food (our cat would go over and eat some of the food from his bowl too). One day, our dog started having seizures, vomiting, diarrhea, went lethargic and died before we even had time to drive him to the vet. It happened so quickly. A couple of seconds after he died, blood started pouring out of his nose. About a week later, the exact same thing happened to my kitty. I couldn't figure it out. Now that I see this exact same thing happening over and over to other people who have fed their animals Beneful, there is not a doubt in my mind that this food is the cause of my animals' deaths.

I fed my dogs Beneful "Healthy Weight" for years. They started to develop cysts or tumors on their chests between their front legs or elsewhere on their bodies (I figured it was from old age). I had not realized that these cysts that were showing up on my dogs' bodies were from the dog food. One day I went online to find coupons for the dog food and was shocked to find other people with dogs with this same issue. I immediately stopped feeding them Beneful and switched over to Honest Kitchen. After a couple of months the tumors started to decrease. Later one dog died of old age. The other one the tumors are still decreasing although not all the way gone. When I am in a store and see people buying Beneful I will tell people my story and suggest they do their own investigation .

One year old shih tzu went through months with a foul odor even after grooming and bathing. Took to vet - was prescribed medicine for eye infection and flea protector to be taken with food (Beneful). Within 72 hours dog was dead. After autopsy it was concluded his liver had gone bad. My baby had eaten Beneful for 6 months of his little life. He was a happy little tyke until November 2014.

We started feeding our Mini Schnauzer Puppy 13 weeks old Purina Beneful Puppy food. She loved the food, but after a week she started shaking, being very tired more than usual and having diarrhea. All about the same time as starting her on Purina Beneful Puppy Food, she had received her second round of Puppy shots. We thought that she might be having a reaction to the shot as some puppies will do, the diarrhea didn't stop so we took her to our Vet, she was checked for Parvo, the test came back negative.

We purchased a bag of Beneful Healthy Smiles treats. I fed one to each of our 8 month old Labrador puppies. Within 15 minutes, one of the pups could not walk and was very lethargic and disoriented. The other pup was wobbling around when trying to walk and disoriented. We decided to start filming the puppies, so we could warn our friends about this toxic treat that was only the size of my thumb, and what it could do to a 50 pound animal immediately after ingesting it. After about 30 minutes, the pups were trying to walk around, but could not stand on their own for almost an hour.

How long has this been going on? I had a Cairn Terrier that I had to put down Fall of 2013. I could watch him suffer anymore. He was about 6 years old, I fed him a couple bags of Beneful over the years. He had seizures that I couldn't put a reason to. Towards the end of his life my poor Toto would literally lean when he would try to stand up. I'm interested in learning more about it. I don't have copies of receipts but am interested in hearing if this might be the cause.

I have fed my Boxers Beneful for quite a few years. Over the years I noticed that they both became more and more lethargic. Based on their age and not knowing anything about this issue, I contributed it to age, until one day I came home to my oldest boxer staring aimlessly into a vacant closet. He would not move. He would not respond. Just stood there. I had to carry him down a flight of stairs to get him to go outside, which he normally did rapidly due to being inside while I was at work. Once outside he urinated and immediately collapsed.

After 4 vets and spending over $5000.00 my 4 year old Birdie Collie died. All same symptoms as others. I started him on Purina products from the beginning because I thought it was supposed to be the best but it I believe killed him. Heartbroken!

I started feeding my beagle Beneful for her skin irritation. She became so sick that she couldn't stand. Wouldn't eat or drink. I took her to the Vet office and she was severely dehydrated and in kidney failure. The vet wanted to know if she "had gotten into any chemicals or poison"? She had not. She doesn't leave our yard and it's safe. The Vet wasn't sure she would make it. IV Fluids, antibiotics and prayers saved her life. I just hope that there is no permanent damage that we will deal with.

We have been using Beneful with our 5 years old Portuguese Podengo Medio and recently our type wasn't in stock and so we purchased the “fiesta". Now the dog won't eat. He has be caught peeing in the house and not only this but he has had seizures and we didn't attribute this to the food. We are going to stop it right away and may join the lawsuit filed this month.

I was reading below and I do not have a receipt. I do have a veterinarian that recommended the food to me. She was also at my home when my dogs liver acted up and had to be on I.V's I also have 5 bags currently sitting in my home that are going back to the store. My dog Biggen who we loved so much had many illnesses and the vet could not figure out why. He died in our arms October of 2013. He was only 8 years old. I know there is nothing I can do about this except NOT buy this product anymore...the bags I have will be going back to Walmart. I'm very angry that Purina has not taken action to remove this dog food. My poor Biggen was on this dog food his entire short life. I have to live with the fact that me not knowing the entire time I was killing my dog with the food I gave him. A big company like this will get away with it. Why why why sell a food that has poison in it??? There is no reason.

I have a 12 month old dog. I have fed it Pedigree Puppy Food for the first 11 months of his life and it was a good food for him - but recently began giving him Pedigree Adult and also tried Purina not Beneful but just the adult dog food. He has developed large patches of missing fur that turned black and blue and were on his under belly as well as his face and legs.

I ran out of dog food and decided to try a small bad of Beneful. My dog would barely eat it at first. That should have been the first clue. Within days, my German Shepherd was so weak and lethargic that she could barely move. She started having bloody and black stools and urinating in the house. She is a completely different dog right now and I am so sad that a dog food company would do this to their dogs. I am taking her to the vet today, but I will never buy from Purina again. I just hope she is okay and gets better.

I had been feeding my Chihuahua/Boston terrier Beneful dog food for the last 3 months. At the end of 3 months he became sluggish and lifeless. He would not eat or drink and had blood in his stools. (PETEY) has been our family pet for the last ten years and means the world to us. Thankfully after changing dog food he has recovered. I strongly advise pet owners to stay away from this product for the well being of their pet.

My dog has been on Beneful dog food for about 6 months. Recently she has random diarrhea and vomiting. Hot spots on her belly. Have since switched dog food. In all fairness will see if problems diminish, and will be contacting my vet.

My 9 year old Toy Poodle ate Beneful dog food. Suddenly the first week in July 2014 he suddenly got sick. I made him an appointment to go to the Vet on July 5th. Right before I took him to the vet, he vomited blood all over the floor. When I took him to the vet, the very first question I was asked was... Could he have gotten into any antifreeze? My response was absolutely not! At the time I didn't know that I was feeding it to him in his dog food!!! The vet ended up keeping him, putting him on an IV. He continued to get worse. He had blood in his stools, his kidneys were shutting down, and he had lost so much weight. He was only 12 pounds to begin with. On July 10th, I had to make the horrible decision to put him to sleep, he was in so much pain! I am trying to find out how to become part of this class action suit. I've left two messages at the phone number that they said to call, but nobody has called me back. Any suggestions???

I've been pleased with my five dogs being on Beneful overall but I do feed them my own homemade "stew" at times usually using turkey and vegetables. However, once I bought a bag from Sams Club and there was a piece of metal like off the machinery they use to manufacture the product and it was about the size of a quarter. I complained by phone to Purina and they asked me for the information on the bag - there was none. I think maybe this batch was not supposed to be sent out for sale and has not been marked.

I purchased a bag of Beneful from Wal-Mart the last week of January 2014 and began to feed my 2 precious Shitzu dogs, litter mates, one female (Jessie) and one male (Jeter). A week after I began feeding them Beneful, both dogs became ill. They were going in the house as if they had never been house trained. I was irritated but not overly concerned. Then each began to throw up and have severe diarrhea. I made a vet appointment but they could not be seen until the next day but during that night, Jessie gave up. She would not move and was in much discomfort. I took her into the ER and the vet asked me several times if she had gotten into something that could have poisoned her. I knew she had nothing but Beneful, her food. I lost Jessie that night.

I cannot believe what I am reading. I just had to take my lab (mix) to the vet for so many of the same symptoms. He has been lethargic, he would not eat or drink, could not go to the bathroom, was having trouble holding his urine in the house (so unlike him), and blood in his urine and stools, started having trouble getting up and down, moaned in pain while he slept, developed lumps on his sides, began to vomit, and just sleeps constantly, and not comfortably. He is only 7. He trembles in his sleep. The vet had to put him on IV fluids and gave him antibiotics, as well as medication to try and boost his appetite. He is only eating chicken and rice now, very little, but still will not drink. He is still in pain, and I am taking him back to the vet today.

I have fed my 3 small rescue dogs Beneful, a small amount, for quite a while. Their itching problem was out of control with no solution working. Baffling! Rosie was throwing up every other day on average. Vet thought it may be from chewing on her tennis ball. After the warnings on Facebook, I quit feeding them Beneful and started using a grain-free dry food along with their usual boiled chicken and rice. One week has passed and the itching has stopped and Rosie has not thrown up once. You tell me??? Food from China is poisoning our animals and us and I want to see tighter regulations on pet food!!

I've just learned of this situation yesterday. My 10-year Doxie was very sick in November and December. I took her to the vet and after blood work, didn't indicate anything. We treated the symptoms and they gave her medications for the stomach. She had vomiting, bloody diarrhea, and lethargy. Both of my dogs have been eating Beneful. She still is on a bland diet and if she goes off of it she's sick again!!

ALWAYS READ AT LEAST THE 1ST 5 INGREDIENTS LISTED ON THE DOG FOOD. THERE ARE GOOD FOOD BEING SOLD BUT I CHOOSE TO FEED MY DOG A RAW DIET. After reading a few of the reviews it made me sick. Please please if you are able to switch your dog's or cat's food to a raw diet with no grains once you start to see problems with your pet. In acute disease, such as a toxicity, the signs occur suddenly and can be very severe. In chronic kidney disease, the onset may be very slow and the signs fairly nonspecific, i.e., the animal is "just not doing well."

I have had a perfectly healthy dog with regular check ups and shot records. About 6 months ago I switched to your dog food because I felt health wise, she'd benefit from it. In December I noticed her eyes seemed to start glazing over fairly quickly. I took into consideration her age (she's 7). Then, I realized her hair as well seemed to be shedding a bit more and out of the blue, a mass appeared on the bottom of her stomach. As a concerned and responsible pet owner, I took her to the vet. They informed me she had a hemorrhoid that started pushing and showing on her abdomen.

We sadly put down our mixed-breed dog on Feb. 1 after she experienced excessive vomiting, diarrhea, shaking and tremors. We had just switched her dog food to Beneful a few weeks prior. Our other dog also vomited and had diarrhea, but it stopped, so we figured it was just a virus. The smaller, older dog did not get better, so we switched her food back, but she would not eat at all. The day the vet put her down, she could barely walk. She was healthy before we made this dog food switch. When I read others' experiences, I can clearly say we had a similar experience and the common link is Beneful. I wish we had not made that switch, and I feel very angry that so many complaints have gone ignored by the company and they have continued to sell a product that is making dogs seriously ill.

I had just fed my Cane Corso some beneful dog food and immediately he walked away and his stomach swollen up so big and he seemed highly distressed. We managed to get him to the car and to the vet. The vet told me his stomach had flipped. My vet bill cost me 4800.00 for surgery. The dog stomach flipped immediately after eating Beneful. My mother started giving her puppy Beneful a week ago and the dog started having diarrhea.

My dog Nino has eaten beneful weight smart dry food for 8 years. He started throwing up, drinking lots of water and not wanting to eat. Started just laying around he was just not himself. Had taken him to the vet and they stated must of ate something that made him sick. On March 31, 2014 at 2:30pm I had to put my darling Nino down. To this day I still feel the pain and still cry. They took an x-ray and found 1 large tumor in his stomach that pushed his intestines towards his back and one smaller one on his liver. Not a day has gone by that I would wonder if it was the food until I had heard a comment on tv regarding this dog food.

My dog has eaten this food most of his life. Trouble began 4 yrs ago. Drank till he almost couldn't drink anymore. Never had a dog that drank so much. Within the last 4 yrs, he has been to the vet several times. Not cheap. Had ALL the tests. Still had spots of hair that fell off. Took him off this food last yr. just wondering if it was it or something (wintertime) we hadn't changed, as we changed everything. Took two months and his hair grew back. Now, being not as smart as I thought I was, I put him back on Beneful and his hair is falling out again. Vet is stumped, this was before I found out this.

Fed my dog a pack or 2 of moist food, 3 days later he was dead. He was a healthy adult male AKC registered Rottweiler. I cannot prove anything, my daughter had given me the food, we gave it to him as a treat since he always had dry food along with human food. But it seems ironic that this is happening and that was what we gave him. Wish I would have not tried this brand. We lost a family member because of it.

I wish I had known there were issues with this dog food before it was too late. I had to have my 7 year old Brittney Spaniel (Achilles) put down because of several health problems. As a puppy, I fed Achilles Purina Puppy Chow. When he became an adult I switched to Beneful. It never dawned on me it could be the dog food that was making him sick. I did notice diarrhea off and on but didn't think much about other than an upset stomach. One wouldn't think that they would have to worry about a name like Purina that has been around for years.

My German shepherd suffered with diarrhea, seizures, vomiting. Overnight stay in the hospital. That food didn't agree with her. We stop that diet and the diarrhea, vomiting stop. I spent a lot of money on my high breed dog. She never fully recovered from the seizures and she later died. Rip Inga Borg. She was my 4 legged daughter gone but not forgotten. I would like to see some justice done about this. Take the stuff off the market so nobody won't have to experience what we had to go through.

I have been feeding my dog dry Beneful and then he stopped eating it. I switched to wet Beneful and he has had to be hospitalized twice with intestinal issues. Some of symptoms include high fever, dehydration, and bloody stool. This is costly and I hate seeing my pet/child in pain.

I bought a puppy Vizsla in 2005. I weaned her off her baby food and start her in Beneful puppy food. Lamb and Chicken at age five, she start having bizarre behavior that is classic for absent seizures in dogs. I had to take her to the vet and say, "Let's try phenobarbital if that doesn't work, she have to be put down." She is dangerous to herself and destruction of our home. Thankfully this calms her down. But we have to be home in time to administer her twice daily pills. Even then she has breakthrough events. It is so hard to watch this agony. She come from a top breeder with no other seizure in the blood line. A $1000.00 dog that has been poison. I want the maker to to pay for all the trouble this has caused - Vet bills, medications and house damage.

My 9 year old Rat Terrier ate Beneful Healthy Weight for 2 weeks and we noticed she was sluggish and not eating or drinking much. I finally took her in to the vet after switching her to a different food. It was too late. She had renal failure and there wasn't anything to be done but switch to a renal diet for her. She lived 6 weeks after eating this food. I wouldn't buy Purina brand ever again.

I used to think Beneful was a high-grade dog food until I actually looked at the ingredients, I was horrified by what I was actually feeding my dogs. In the past I had opened a brand new bag of the Beneful dry food and found it infested with bugs! I thought maybe it was a store problem but when I got it again it made one of my dogs sick...She was throwing up...and my other dog wouldn't even eat the Beneful. That's when I decided to research it and found it's one of the lowest grade of foods there is! My dogs are part of the family and I will never feed them Beneful again .

Up until last night when I saw this on the news, I had no idea why cookie had died. She was a rescued dog & I loved her so much. This still hurts me even though it's been over a year. She just got sick one day. I took her to the vet, he sent me home with tums for her tummy. She wouldn't eat, drink, couldn't hold her self anymore then she couldn't walk. I took her back; they put her on an IV & meds. They kept her 3 days. My baby suffered for almost a week then her eyes yellowed, her gums & skin got purplish spots all over. She started having seizures. Her vet said her liver was failing & her kidneys.

We started feeding our 7 year old border collie Beneful last summer, which was purchased from our local grocery store. During late fall of 2014, our dog started vomiting after he ate. He would eat the Beneful and then go for his water and drink and drink. Within 15 minutes he would throw up. We thought we might be over feeding him, so we cut back to no more than 1/2 cup at a time. Still ate, drank and vomited. We switched to Purina dog chow complete and have had no more incidents. I had not thought much more about it until I saw all the problems others were having. Our dog seems fine now. I think if we had not switched, he might have gotten worse. Actually, the fact that he vomited it up probably kept him from getting sicker.