Beneful Pet Foods Reviews

After both of my Poms got sick, I didn't think the sickness was the food (Benefit Original) that made them sick. They threw up red colored stuff and I thought it was from something else.

We got our boxer Lily in 2012. She was 9 months old. I fed her the same dog food the other people fed her, Beneful. 5-6 months later she started with seizures. After multiple vet appts & hundreds of dollars, our vet asked what type of food she was eating; He thought maybe it was a food allergy. As soon as I told him she ate Beneful, he asked us to stop feeding her this. It had negative effects on dogs. By this time it was too late, Lily's seizures were uncontrollable even on all the medications. We had to euthanize her 1 month before her 2nd birthday.

My old lady "Angel" was taken to the vet when she started having unexplained seizures in early February. I woke up one morning and she was shaking and as soon as she sat up, she fell over backwards seizing. Once she came back around she laid on the couch for 3 days. When she finally got up and moving around, she had diarrhea and vomiting. She was non stop at her water bowl drinking ridiculous amounts of water. So much so that when I wasn't home, she'd get into the toilet "which she had never done in 14 years". Then wanting to go out every couple of minutes to urinate but sometimes nothing would come out.

From the beginning three weeks ago, he would not eat it (Beneful dog food) for days. Finally, eating it, has become lethargic, and sleeps a lot, seems to be getting fat, and bloated... no reason. And pees inside. He never did that before. Seems to be sick and I found information online about the food today. I am stopping the Beneful. I hope my dog is not sick, too badly... he is a small dog, my best friend. I had a cat die from bad food once and it was very hard to watch...

Thank goodness I discovered this news before it was too late. My dog is almost 11 years old and for basically his entire life, we have been feeding him Fromm's Gold dog food. Up until recently he always ate it but I think he just didn't like it anymore. So we decided to try something new and started feeding him Purina Beneful dry and wet dog food mixed together. He seemed to really like the wet food, which helped him eat the dry food. Thank God he has only been eating these for about 3 weeks and that I was able to hear about Purina Beneful poisoning thousands of dogs who ate it. It is all going into the garbage and I will never purchase that brand of dog food again. I hope everyone who has been affected by such a tragedy gets the justice they deserve.

I started feeding my dogs Purina Beneful dog food just to give them a change because my 17 year old Basenji was getting picky about eating and my 14 year old minpin would eat anything. Shortly after changing to the new food my minpin got sick and was vomiting. I took her to the vet and after doing blood tests, they saw very high numbers in her kidney levels. She got dehydrated and was bloated. We were taking her to the vet almost weekly. Nobody even linked it to her food. Her kidneys were failing and my husband and I learned how to do IV's on her and did one every day for a few months and she hated it. She began having seizures and after a horrific seizure on May 8th, we euthanized her on May 9th.

My mom's dog, Carl, just died. He had stellar blood results last month. He had some arthritis. Last Tuesday morning, he just died, he vomited he had pale gums, and he just died. My mom's caretakers had been feeding him Beneful dog kibble.

My Mom died last July and I inherited her MinPin (Chelsea). Several weeks ago, the store was out of her regular brand of dog food, so I purchased Beneful. She was in good health up until then. Sunday afternoon (February 1st), she was kind of lethargic and had bloody diarrhea. I was going to take her to the vet Monday morning but, when I woke up at 5:30 am, it was already too late, she died during the night!! I felt so guilty not staying with her those last few hours... it was heartbreaking to witness this. I kept her gated in the kitchen that last night because of the bloody diarrhea. That morning when I went down to the kitchen, it looked like a bloody murder had taken place in there and she was DEAD!!

Our Elkhound is almost 6 months old. He has been eating Beneful for a while now. Last week he started vomiting. I had no idea about this dog food issue until yesterday. We have discontinued his Beneful and we will be watching him extremely close now, in case of any signs and symptoms of being poisoned by this product.

My pug started having seizures. He had never had them before. He was on Beneful for at least 3 months and had 2 seizures. His tongue turned purple, and he was having visible trouble breathing. The vet could not find any reason why these seizures were occurring, so, she gave him Prednisone, hoping that this would help. I believe that this food caused these seizures, because he didn't have any before he was on this dog food.

After feeding my 11/yr old lab Beneful dry kibble he became very ill. Vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, lethargic, breathing quickly and would not get up, eat, or drink. Took to vet spent $400 in medicine to help him recover. After a week he recovered and I switched food immediately.

I had a poodle bison mix. He loved Beneful but he became bored quickly so we were always changing his food around. When he was eating Beneful, he seemed to come down with a mysterious disease. After taking him to the vet, they diagnosed him with cushings disease. He ate roughly 2 of their medium-sized bags. Most of the symptoms diminished when we changed his food.

I have 2 Great Danes; I changed their food to Beneful and have had repeated, unending problems ever since. Both have developed colitis, repeated urinary tract infections, urinary crystals (two kinds) and one had had pancreatitis twice. Both are in pain and have trouble walking. Recently they have developed such excessive thirst that I thought that they might have developed diabetes. One or the other is at the vet at least 2 x/month with very high bills for medications, ultrasounds, antibiotics. One has even been to Cornell the other to Univ of Penn vet hospital. Now I see this class action and all the other animals with similar problems, I am now changing their food and hoping most of the issues will resolve. I am sorry for all those who have lost their best friends to this food. I see that it has been going on now for over two years, with Beneful saying NOTHING. Anyway I can help with the class action I will.

I fed my Pug Beneful and she became non-responsive and unable to walk. I rushed her to the vet and tests show she had a problem with her liver. I have had this dog for 8 years and she has never been sick. I started giving her milk thistle and she got better. A few days later I noticed blood on her genital. She has been spayed so I was concerned. She got a kidney infection. She also was throwing up.

My Dog Gifget was on Beneful and starting licking paws and bottom of legs. Vet said this was a good allergy sign and to change type of food not brand of food. So stayed with Beneful and went from chicken to beef. She then started not wanting to eat as much and was losing weight and throwing up which at first was like yellow. Took her to vet and said she was dehydrated and kidney numbers were off. Put her on iv fluids for day and sent us home with gastro food dry and canned and was told to give pepto to calm stomach and antibiotics also as she was running temp. She then shortly after started throwing up dark smelly stuff, it was awful. And took her to vets which gave her different antibiotics and try boiling chicken and feeding, etc. Still losing weight as well. She was sick a total of about 2 months and passed away Tues before Christmas.

My lab/malamute mix dog would have turned 4 in 2 weeks. She died 3 days ago Monday February 23, 2015. She was showing signs of upset stomach after she ate dinner which was Beneful Dog Food. She ate at 6 pm - about an hour after that she seemed to have an upset stomach but she settled down to sleep. At about 7 am she woke up crying. Called the vet brought her in and she was dead an hour later. Seeing all the reviews of the same dog food and that there has been issues in the past why is this food even on the market? I don't understand.

My dog (Dalilah) is a Morkie and only weighs 10 lbs. She's a small dog but I decided recently to start feeding her canned food every other day and Beneful is the brand I picked. Well she's started puking a lot, and then today my friend sent me a news video about how dogs were getting sick eating this food. So I did some looking online and realized this food is making my dog ill. I'm very upset at this point. I've thrown it all away and I'll be feeding her something else from now on.

We had purchased Beneful incredibites for our Chihuahua since she was 6 months old. There were days she wouldn't act normal and would either get diarrhea or vomit on the carpet which was completely out of her character. At the time I didn't realize the food was affecting her and thought what most pet owners do that she may have gotten into something outside. A couple months ago after her morning feeding she laid down and within 30 minutes her eye became ping pong ball sized and I immediately took her to vet. She was given a shot and antibiotics to be safe and then came home. 2 days later after another feeding she got bumps all over her body I gave her Benadryl and changed her food to Iams and she hasn't gotten sick or had any kind of accidents yet.

We always fed our black lab "KC" Beneful dog food. She developed kidney failure at age 4 and no one really knew why. Now with this information coming to light about Beneful having propylene glycol in its ingredients I believe that is probably what caused her kidney failure and subsequent death. It is too late for my girl, but hopefully someone will see this and STOP feeding their babies this dog food. I sure wish I had known about this civil lawsuit before today. Please do not give your dogs Beneful. I currently have over a half bag of this dog food in the pantry. IT WILL GO IN THE TRASH!

Meet Scooby... This photo is the last I have of him. See how skinny he is. The yellowing from jaundice? This is my Beneful dog. He had to be put to sleep about five minutes after that pic was taken. Acute liver failure. Until about two weeks before... he was a perfectly healthy, active, happy five yr old golden. Scooby will be greatly missed. He's been a member of our family. Another child to me. Guardian to my kids. So loyal a guardian, he watched over my three kids every night. When my daughter was killed last year, Scooby was a factor in the trial. Since then, he's become even more important to us. He's the silent listener you can share all your fears and worries with, heartbreaks and tears. He's the friend, who finally got my kids to play and smile again. He's the one I hug, when I just need to hold something while I cry.

We had 2 Maltese, both age 11 which had been fed Purina Beneful for a few years. A year ago our dog, Sammi started losing weight & she drank excessive water. Our vet later diagnosed her with Renal kidney failure with very high BUN, Creat lab results. She was prescribed Azodyl & blood pressure medication to treat this disease. About a month ago, she stopped eating & finally quit drinking water. Her body was shutting down & we had to euthanize her.

My beloved Boxer/Rotti Lacey, passed away 3 days ago. She had been on Beneful for years. She had been losing a great deal of weight and fur in clumps since Dec. Her appetite diminished over a week's time to nothing, and had been drinking copious amounts of water. On a Friday, she woke up unable to walk. After rushing her to her vet, she was diagnosed with end stage kidney failure. 3 days later after trying to replenish her fluids with IV therapy, and multiple antibiotics etc.. she was just far too sick and had to be put down. I had no idea the dangers of this food until I read about a lawsuit against this company just yesterday. After further research, I'm realizing this food could have killed my previously healthy fur baby. I'm taking my other dog to the vet this week for a full workup and am praying he's okay!

We have a min pin who is 8 years old, and has been on this dog food for about 3 years. Here recently, I have noticed that he has started peeing all over the house, vomiting, and his energy level is low. I also noticed that he spits out the food, and leaves a lot of it on the floor. There is something wrong with this food, and these poor animals cannot speak to us to tell us that this is poison. I am very sorry to hear about all the dogs that have passed away. We need to spread the word to make sure that this product is removed from the selves in our grocery stores. Spread the word people, I love my dog.

I had always fed my dogs Beneful dog food! Didn't think I had any problems from the food but both dogs started puking and laying around! The youngest one had diabetes and I had been treating her for about 6 months with insulin for this. She got really sick first and slowly went down hill! I had to quit giving her insulin because she quit eating. Then had problems pooping and not drinking any water! I took her to the vet because I thought she might have a kidney stone. He put her on a steroid. He didn't know what it was but did not think it was a kidney stone! She was just very uncomfortable! Finally I took her back to the vet and she was already close to dying and I chose to put her to sleep!

I have to say that I am really concerned about this news on Beneful. I started giving my dog Copper Beneful 6 months ago. Mainly to see if he had any tummy issues with it. 6 months later he is vomiting blood and collapsing. I rushed him to the emergency vet only to find out he had blood in his stomach and was severely dehydrated. She said it was probably his liver, however would need to perform surgery to see for sure. It was so bad that even if they performed surgery he would have probably only survived another 3 months. My family was heartbroken. We lost him that night. Now 2 months later I find this out and I am heartbroken all over again. I wish I had never switched him over to Beneful. This was a really hard lesson to learn. We need to do more investigating when we chose what to give our animals. I wish I had.

I am so disappointed that Purina is claiming that there is nothing wrong, have not recalled this brand. I think their only interest is greed and money, and Purina does not care of their customers and the welfare of our beloved dogs! I have used this on the past but I have switched to blue grain free. Thank god my dog is alright and I pray for all the dogs that are affected by this money hungry killer Purina. Everybody affected by this dog food should sue them and spread the word around that it’s poison for dogs. God bless.

We purchased two lab puppies. I was feeding them Beneful Healthy Grow for puppies. Our female pup was constantly throwing up the food and not gaining weight like she should. After a few bags I decided to switch them to a more expensive and more natural brand and as soon as I did, the vomiting stopped and she is gaining weight. I firmly believe that the Beneful was making her sick.

I have fed my Vizsla beneful dog food for years. In the past 2 weeks he no longer wants to eat, has been vomiting and drinking high amounts of water. His skin became dry and flaky and he stunk something awful. I put him on boiled hamburger and rice and is doing much better. We now feed him Iams dog food, he is back to his energetic self. We will stay away from the Purina products from now on.

After feeding my Yellow Lab this food in Nov. of 2014 our beloved Brady became deathly ill with all of the symptoms that I have been reading. All I want to know is how do I join the class action law suit that is out there? Somebody please let me know!

My two dogs having been eating this food for a very long time. They had the shakes, they sit in the corner, they had blood in their stools and vomiting. I'm now scared for them. This is the first time that I heard that Beneful is harmful. I had them to the vet a few times. Ran hundreds of dollars for medicine. My one dog is still on meds. I wish they would have let owners know about this.

About the first week of December 2014 my dog started not wanting to eat the Beneful Dog Food that has been her favorite for many years. Then about the 2nd week of Dec. she started throwing up and have very bad diarrhea. I had to wash blankets and towels; had to have the down comforter dry cleaned. She wasn't even drinking much water. She seemed lifeless and not very happy. We did not know that this complaint against Purina was going on until this past week (the week of February 23rd, 2015).

My dog has been eating Beneful for 3 years. We just learned that the food can cause damage and death to our dog. My husband's first dog was his companion, and died from cancer. We adopted our recent dog, as a pup three years ago for raising him to be a companion to my disabled husband, and to be a family member. And to find out that we have been feeding him, food that could cause damage, or death, would devastate my husband. We have been buying the Beneful because we thought it was healthy for our dog. What can we do. Don't want to continue to feed our dog this food if this is true. Thank you, Let me know.

I had 2 Jack Russel terriers who have eaten beneful since they were pups. 5 years ago one of them got sick-- vomiting and listlessness and could not stand on her back legs. We took her to an emergency vet who kept her overnight on IV's and was no better the next morning. So we took her to our personal vet. They also tried with IV's of antibiotics but she passed 4 hours later. Vet said she had an brain tumor and her organs began shutting down.

Our doggie has had soft stool and vomiting. And now she won't touch her food... And it all make sense!! Lost us for customer!

About 6 weeks ago I changed my senior pug to Beneful Health Weight dog food and she started to choke and cough a lot, her breathing became different and she drank more water. On Valentine’s Day we lost our Roxy. I am concerned that I made a bad choice by choosing this dog food after everything that I have read. I am a concerned heartbroken consumer.

My yorkie has had several bouts of bloody diarrhea after eating Beneful. We have made two trips to the vet and after the 2nd they linked it to his food. I have receipts showing my purchases for the past 5 months.

Our black lab, Emmy, died due to rectal bleeding. The vet said she had been poisoned, probably with anti-freeze. She was only 7 years old. I did not put this together with the Beneful dog food we had been giving her until recently. The poor dog suffered needlessly. It tore my husband and I up to see her suffer, then be put down, cause there was nothing the vet could do! Please don't let any more dogs suffer.

My wife and I have 3 standard poodles. The 2 year old female is a fussy eater so I switched (only) her food to the Beneful brand. Within 3 days of the change, she had a seizure and almost died. Not associating the seizure with the change in food, we continued to feed her the product and the seizures continued. After about 3 weeks, still not considering the seizures could be food related we changed her food and she has not had another seizure since. I have no way of determining and am not claiming the seizures were a result of her diet but there does seem to be a possible connection. I just recently read reviews and saw a lawsuit was filed alleging similar health concerns and even deaths occurred.

I fed my puppy Beneful playful life & later Beneful healthy weight. She ate only beneful her entire life. She died in early November 2014 at age 4. She started getting premature grey hair. Chest cavity seemed big for her size but vet said wouldn't worry. She developed what we thought was asthma. She developed a cancerous mass in her abdomen which we didn't know until the day she died. She was vomiting dehydrated swelling. Went to the vet several times trying to find what was making her sick. The day she died her entire left side was a dead mass with fluid in her lungs around her lungs heart & abdominal area. Needless to say I feel this food made her sick. I got a puppy for valentines... she will NEVER eat that brand of food!

Fed my dog Beneful Puppy then switched to original at a year old. Just heard about the lawsuit. My golden/lab died at three years old with liver failure. He was up to date on all shots, etc. Could this be the reason?

Gizmo ate Iam's for 8 yrs, tried 1 bag Beneful a few months ago. Gizmo couldn't keep Beneful down so he's back to Iams. Gizmo had 12 seizures last 2 months, foams at mouth & throws up after seizures. A healthy dog before this, vet bill only proof.

I had run out of my regular dog food 2 weeks ago and then grabbed a bag of Beneful for my dog. I should preface this by stating that my dog had always had a clean bill of health and regularly goes to the Vet for his routine checkups. On Monday, February 9, 2015 I began to give my dog the food and by Friday, my dog has experienced a seizure which then proceeded to happen again on Monday, February 16, 2015 and continued for the next 36 hours. My dog's Vet had first suspected that he had suffered from poisoning, but due to the fact that the seizures continued, she diagnosed him with seizures. I have since had to put him on medication and we now need to find a dog walker since his bladder is not the same. I have also completely had to change his diet.

I was feeding my Mini-Pin Bailey Beneful dog food. His stomach got huge and the vet put him on Denamarin pills. He drank lots of water and quit eating. He died yesterday, I feel that the dog food was responsible for him getting sick and dying, he had all the symptoms, diarrhea, drinking lots of water, throwing up, finally quit eating. You think a company in the USA would make dog food that wasn't lethal.

My dog was very sick and bleed out from her internal organs until she could no longer live. I had several thousand dollars in vet bills trying to save her. She was diagnosed with possible auto-immune deficiencies and possible Crohn's. The vet tested her for poisoning because of her symptoms each episode, but results were negative. We isolated her and watched for anything that could be poisoning her but never thought food poisoning. She was my best friend and very dear to my heart. The thought that I could have caused this by feeding her Beneful dog food is horrible.

I have been using these for 4 years. I have 11 dogs, they love it and have had NO issues. Scary if these things are happening and only some dogs are getting sick. We will never know what is same or not, have to just cook for my dogs. I have had no issues, but changes their food anyway, but don't feel any safer. My dogs are my life. I am not sure what the answer is anymore.

I was feeding my pomeranian Beneful dog food and started getting skin problems. I took her to the vet and they thought it was allergies, and everything they tried it wasn't helping. So finally we put her on a special food which was $60.00 a bag and she showed improvement, but before that she started having seizures. After changing her food, it wasn't too long before she was improving and the seizures and stopped, but not completely still. Now once in a while she still will have a seizure but nothing like before. If it wasn't the food then what the heck was it??????

My dog ate Beneful dog food for about 4 months. She started getting sick - throwing up everything and everywhere. Started peeing in the house. Stopped eating and would drink lots of water. The vet could figure out what was going on. She lost 80 pounds. Her kidneys were trying to shut down. She still wouldn't eat more than a handful of food and would throw it up. They gave her an IV for fluids. She started acting a little better for a couple days then things got worse after a month. She went from 150 pounds to 47 pounds then I finally had to put her to sleep because she hadn't ate in a week and kidneys quit working.

Hi there! I've been feeding my dogs Beneful for 10 years. I only have one remaining dog that I continue to feed Beneful. In the last month she has been vomiting several times a week and she recently had a seizure. I just saw on HLN a news channel based out of Atlanta, Georgia that there is a lawsuit because of thousands of dogs becoming ill and dying. I'm so upset - not only at the fact that she's been ill but, that she could've died. She's precious to our family. She's 12 years old and has never had stomach problems or seizures. They need to recall all Beneful products. Nestlé Purina is poisoning our dogs and it needs to stop.

Our dog dozer was 130 lb american bull dog and was very healthy. We switched him to Beneful because it was supposed to be healthy. Well within a year he got sick and his kidneys failed and he was having accidents everywhere which he was very house broken. We had to put him down because he was suffering and near death. Please this product is bad and please don't take a chance with your pet child.

My dog has been eating Beneful Dog Food for about a year. In late Dec 2014 my dog became deathly ill and almost died over the New Year's Holiday. I have spent 2 months and over 5000.00 to save this dog. I was unaware of the dog food recall or any problems with this food. I also bought this food at a discount store. The vet has said, "It was something he ate, we just didn't know what did it." I will have the food (that he will not even go close to) tested. I want to join the class action suit, if you have that info or anything else about the food please contact me. I don't feed any processed food at this time. Only chicken and rice and eggs. I'm so upset. I have lost a lot of time caring for this dog......

My 9 month old puppy is not eating his food and has been tired and not playful and not having bowel movements regularly while on Beneful.

My doggie has eaten Beneful for 8 years. This morning had blood in stools - at vet now waiting on the outcome!!

So, my wife and I switched over to Beneful 4 months ago. Our dog was the healthiest dog I knew. Very playful and full of energy. Since we started Beneful, his health has declined drastically. His eyes are watering non-stop. He has no energy. His drinks 5 bowls of water a day, (compared to maybe 1 a day from before we started him on Beneful. I will sue you Purina if anything happens to my dog. We are taking him to vet this weekend.

My husband and I have fed our 11 year old Labrador Purina Beneful Healthy Weight for many years now. In September 2014, we had notice significant weight loss. You could see her rib cage and she was constantly drinking water and panting day and night. Her symptoms also included vomiting and diarrhea. By October, she was barely interested in eating her dog food. Her breath had a very strong acid smell and we assumed her teeth were rotting; we started adding water to her food to help her chew it. We made an appointment in October to get, what we had thought, her teeth checked out. Come to find out, it wasn't her teeth at all, her teeth were in great shape.

I had a terrier/poodle mix male dog, named Shadow, who was perfectly healthy and never had to go to the vet. As he got older, I switched him to wet dog food, Purina Beneful prepared meals. I felt it would be easier for him to digest. He loved the beef stew and chicken stew. My dog started to get sick, started vomiting, and lost a lot of weight. I took him to the vet and his liver function and blood levels were bad. He was back and forth to the vet for almost a year. They could not figure out what was wrong with him. He started having severe seizures and from the advice of two Veterinarians, I had to have him put to sleep since there was nothing they could do for him.

Last week (02-17-15 - 02-19-15) my dog Otis started vomiting and urinating in our condo, with no indicators of sickness prior. That week, I had switched to feeding him Beneful dry dog food (Fiesta), from his normal food (which was out-of-stock at our local grocer). His vomiting and urination and general lethargic attitude had me worried, so within 8 hours of showing symptoms I took him to the vet. The Vet Clinic hooked him to an IV-drip and ran blood-work and determined that he had developed a gastrointestinal infection. His vet asked me what he had eaten, and I had told him that I had to feed him Beneful food this prior week.

I thought my dog was just getting old. My other dog, a small terrier mix did not show any problems.

I am sick to my stomach, after reading the facts about Beneful dog food I was feeding my German shepherd. Frankie passed away last May on mother's day, I had been feeding her Beneful for at least 2 years, and she started doing bad. We thought the diarrhea and vomiting were her eating too fast or her getting up in age, but when I heard all 90 lbs of my best friend having the scariest seizure I've seen a human or animal have, I knew something was wrong. I took Frankie to the vet, he prescribed her medication for the seizures, they were under control. Around mother's day, I walked over to Frankie to kiss her goodbye before I left for the day, her nose was warm, her eyes were cloudy, she looked like she was saying "mommy, I'm sick, help me". Frankie was in a house of 5 so she never was alone, it was a day later I helped her fragile body into my car and rushed her to my vet. He prescribed me $400 in different meds he thought she needed.

Both of my dogs became ill from eating Beneful dog food. The youngest was originally diagnosed with having petechia. Her groomer had called when she noticed bruising all over her body, questioning whether she had been attacked by another dog or something. She recommended I take her to the vet ASAP just in case it was some sort of blood disorder. After all the tests were completed the Vet asked whether she could have possibly ingested some type of poison. That was virtually impossible, my dogs never leave the yard which is enclosed by an 8 foot fence. She was treated for poisoning as a precaution and put on steroids. My other dog just started bleeding from behind. After an emergency trip to the Vet she was diagnosed with pancreatitis. We nearly lost her. Having spent a small fortune in vet bills, hopefully this food is pulled from the shelves ASAP.

My Papillon Lily has been on Beneful for about 5 months and she has started to get diarrhea then started vomiting up foam then bile. Poor thing is exhausted from the whole ordeal. I took her off Beneful just feeding her tiny amount of finely chopped chicken breast and so far she has not gotten sick. Since looking up the reviews of her food and seeing so many others with similar symptoms I can not take any chances and will not go back to Beneful.

I am so angry after reading that so many people have lost their dogs due to feeding them Purina Beneful. Our 6-year-old Westie (West Highland Terrier), Banjo, was diagnosed with lymphoma cancer and died a little over two years ago after 6 months of chemotherapy. Her dog food? PURINA BENEFUL ORIGINAL! We had no idea at the time that we were feeding our sweet dog something that was making dogs sick. With all of the recent news about Purina Beneful Dog Food, I felt it was important to share our experience.

My 10 year old boxer died on 10/23/2013 from consuming Purina Beneful. She died from internal bleeding after eating the dog food for a couple of months. Something needs to be done with all these owners losing their beloved pets to this evil company poisoning our babies!!!!

I have a 6-month-old Jack Russell Terrier. We started off giving him Blue Buffalo dog food. Just last week, we switched his food to Beneful dry dog food. As soon as we switched the dog foods up, we immediately saw a change in our puppy. Jack Russells are known for having a great amount of energy but now all he wants to do is sleep. His poop use to be solid, now he has diarrhea. Last night he vomited twice. As soon as I heard something was wrong with Beneful, I searched it up then threw out every bag we had in the house! I scheduled an appointment with our vet and changed his food back. Hopefully he is ok. I WILL NEVER BUY BENEFUL OR RECOMMEND IT EVER AGAIN. I AM BEYOND ANGRY!

Facts: We rescued a beautiful mix puppy 2 years ago. Half Lab and half golden. We fed her nothing but Beneful. At one year old we boarded her for four days and when we came back she had strangely lost hair down her back in a long patch. We thought nothing of it. Within a year, she no longer wanted to eat. She got worse and worse. Vet did all kinds of tests. All negative. Her midsection was starting to swell. She was in pain. Vet said it seems to be a myco type of infection? Why? Dogs should naturally overcome these things. Our dog died in October at 2 years old. Swollen liver, internal bleeding. They say it was a myco bacterial problem. All we know is, she was fed Beneful and had the same symptoms as the other dogs. We are still brokenhearted.

My dog has been very ill for two months. We have taken him to numerous vets for blood work, stool samples, testings for parasites, etc. All the while, no known reason for his illness. He lost 25% of his body weight. Diarrhea, vomiting early on, loss of appetite, rectal bleeding and no energy. After several weeks and vets, he was diagnosed with an intestinal fungus. We were told it is very rare for dogs. He is a house dog and I was perplexed as to how he got this. I even groom him at home. Then, after hearing the reports about the issues Purina is having with their Beneful product, it has made me highly suspicious. Needless to say, I immediately stopped feeding it to him. Never again!

Our 11 yr old Cocker Spaniel started to act ill, took her to the vet, said she had Evans disease common to Cocker Spaniels. Put her on prednisone, was doing okay but eating excessively, we were feeding her Beneful healthy weight dog food. Then she stopped eating and started panting and breathing hard. Before we could get her to the vet, she passed away quietly. I gave my neighbor her dog food and he said it was not a good food and I should question what caused her death. Please dog owners don't poison your dogs. I'm devastated by her death, but more so that we could have saved her. I'm more upset with my vet cause he never asked what food she was eating. He had to be aware of complaints.

After having fed my dogs Beneful dry dog food for the last few years all of a sudden a few months ago my dogs started becoming very sick. My 15 year old Jack Russell who was full of life was all of a sudden very frail, shaking constantly, throwing up, diarrhea, and had lost a lot of weight. I thought it was the time we were going to lose him. Then my young 6lb Chihuahua started getting sick as well. He didn't seem as sick but had thrown up a few times so we thought this was kind of weird. The Chihuahua also had 2 seizures during this time which he had never experienced before.

It was the 4th of July weekend, 2012 & when I stepped in 'wet' on my carpeting, I just thought that my 10 year old Golden Retriever was nervous from the fireworks. She hated them!!! Didn't think much more about it until the next morning, the same thing only in two (2) areas. Third morning, I felt maybe she had an urinary infection, kidney infection so I brought her to my vet and went on to work. Three (3) hours later, the phone call all pet owner's dread.... "Your dog has a massive liver tumor". I said, "OMG! what can we do?" Vet said it was inoperable. The more upsetting news ever!!! There was nothing he was able to do so I lost my baby on July 10, 2012. She did eat Beneful dry and she also had the treats that were made. Who would ever think this could happen???

I needed some dog food and got Beneful Lite Bites, and fed it to BeBe and Sugar my 3 lb Chihuahuas. BeBe ate more than Sugar, and started diarrhea, and vomiting. Sugar stopped eating and became lethargic, BeBe had a bloody stool and died in my arms. We rushed Sugar to the vet, gave her lots of water and scheduled her for tests. I had always fed to small ones Victor and bought what I could. Never again! The vet bill was over $100 for Sugar, and BeBe was devastating for the suffering he must have suffered!

After hearing about other people's dogs' side effects, I realized my dog had EVERY SINGLE one described. I had fed my dog Beneful religiously before he got mysteriously ill and I had to make the decision to put my baby down, leaving me heartbroken. The vet couldn't seem to figure out how what was wrong. He tried steroids, a change of diet, medication... everything. It was all TOO LATE, as my dog stopped eating completely and dissolved in front of my eyes, but his stomach was still bloated and his organs still failing. I am absolutely disgusted that these big companies portray themselves as "the best thing for your pet," at the same time they are killing them. I lost my baby... an important member to my family because of the GREED of Purina.

Our black Chihuahua was a very loving and happy dog all the time until we started using Beneful dog food. She became a totally different dog. Started losing weight, vomiting, have seizures, basically turned to skin and bones. She was in and out of vet trying to do everything we could but it just was not enough. She left us in June 2014. She was only 9 years old. Our 4yr old daughter was devastated as were we all as she has been around since she was just a baby and treated like part of the family and a queen.

My 2 year old Tiny Chihuahua has been eating Beneful Incredibites since birth. Recently, he's been vomiting on a regular basis. Before this, he'd vomit only occasionally, now he's doing this on a regular basis. There has to be something new to the dog food, because that's the only food he's given. What's going on?

My dog, Bo, has been back and forth to the vet with vomiting, seizures, being lethargic. Ever since he was a puppy, he has had problems. Recently, my vet did another thorough check and found he had liver problems and put him on medication. He couldn't find out why he kept having seizures. After the seizures, he wouldn't be able to walk. He would stumble around like he was about to fall over. I have fed him Beneful his whole life. I don't have a receipt, but I am going to try to find one so we can send it in.

She actually went through something similar a couple of years ago and our vet put her on medication to help her liver enzymes for eight weeks. I have thrown all of the Beneful away and started cooking her food myself. Already a difference in just a couple of days! Plenty of recipes out there online, then you will really know what's in your pet's food!

Then last week she ran out of the vets food so I went back to Beneful. She vomited for 3 days and has drank so much water getting us out of bed at all times wanting more water... I was killing her with this food. I'm so sick to my stomach over this. There is something wrong. Our dogs have all the same problems. This needs stopped ASAP. I don't have a receipt but still have almost a full bag of food left this time...

We bought a bag of Beneful for our 3 Boston terriers. One of which was pregnant. She gave birth to 6 little girls yesterday. 2 were stillborn, which has NEVER happened with our dame. Another developed bruising on her hind legs and died within 12 hours of birth. We are down to 3 puppies now. I believe Beneful is responsible. Our dame has been drinking like crazy, they have dry skin, and are peeing all over the place. Our dogs never do this.

Why would a pet food company put "Automotive Coolant" in pet food?! Parents dog loves to eat Beneful dry kibble. Will he now have major health issues?! Hope pet stores remove this from shelves ASAP!

Been feeding my dog Fritz Beneful Dry Dog food. Couldn't figure out what was wrong with him until I read a post on Facebook. Then the picture became clear. He has had numerous seizures. He has fallen off the bed in the middle of the night seizing. I hold him tight until they pass. I am very angry that this beautiful 3 year old dog who I love has been poisoned by me... Simply because of the Beneful food I have been feeding him! I am so glad I found out before he died!!! I just hope he makes a full recovery and that it's not too late.

Our 49 lb border collie, Mr. Potter, just 11 years old, died Monday Feb. 23. The next day I learned that he was added to a list of over 4,000 other dogs that died a horrible death because of Purina Beneful dog food. On Nov. 29th, a healthy Mr. Potter vomited quite a bit of blood. The Vet diagnosed stomach ulcer and took a blood test to rule out anything major.

My husband and I came home from the Hospital Friday 2.20.15 with our second born baby. And our 9 year old Wheaton terrier Vega was so excited to see and greet us. Normal happy, peppy, energetic Vega. Saturday she was 100% fine until after she ate dinner. We let her outside and around 6pm she just collapsed in the snow. We thought maybe she sprained her foot or tail (she has done this in the past from too much excitement) because she was limping and having trouble urinating.

We have been feeding our 11 year old mixed breed dog Jewel Beneful for years and were alarmed by the recent lawsuit brought forth against Purina. Our dog has numerous skin tumors and suffers from chronic ear problems. To think this might have been caused from the food we are feeding her, if true is a devastating thought. We love our dog and she is a big part of our lives, and we spoil her daily. We switched to the Purina Pro Plan about 6 months ago due to the recommendation of our Vet to change Jewel's daily diet. Now I am going to stay clear of all Purina products due to lack of trust. I see the common complaints are diarrhea, and internal bleeding but I will not take the chance that the food is not the cause of Jewel's health problems.

My four year old Min Pin mix suddenly stopped eating in April 2014. I had been feeding Purina Beneful dry dog food. I rushed her to the vet when I noticed she had bloody diarrhea. X-ray and ultrasound showed a mass in her stomach. They did emergency surgery on her to discover it wasn't a mass, it was her liver enlarged. There were spots on her liver and lymph nodes. A biopsy showed lymphoma sarcoma. The vet said it's likely caused by grocery store dog food. We took her home to die. Fortunately, she is still alive today and doing quite well. We have to feed her prescription Hills ID food for dogs with damaged livers, prednisone, a low dose antibiotic, milk thistle and cancer support vitamin drops. We have spend thousands of dollars to keep our precious little girl alive. Now I find out that the very same food that my vet and I believe made her sick has killed or sickened thousands of other dogs.

I have two dogs that have eaten Beneful healthy weight dog food for two years and while they love it my oldest dog started losing her hair and a mass started to grow on her chest as well as my younger dog started having seizures.

My husband & I rescued a poodle mix & began feeding him Beneful, within months of it he began having stomach issues. We spent many nights at emergency vets & in excess of $4000 over a 6-8 month period. Vets were baffled, couldn't give us an "exact" diagnosis so ultimately said it was gastroenteritis. Our baby suffered severe stomach pain, vomiting, diarrhea & began drinking water way more excessively & we never thought it could have been related to his food! Until recently I have been reading about the lawsuits against Purina and Beneful & I couldn't believe it.

I fed Polly Beneful most of her life. Polly was a mixed breed dog about 60 pounds. She was 14 years old when she died. Polly died August 2013. When she died, we had an autopsy done. We found she had Esophagus cancer. She was a perfectly healthy dog all her life. Don't know if there was a correlation, but I thought I'd mention it anyway.

I had for a couple years used the Healthy Weight product--I have a few dogs--large size. They started getting slower and not as energetic as they use to be. I switch them to Blue Buffalo and they have gotten a lot better. Now I read this about Beneful and I'm totally sick that something might be wrong with my pets--most are rescue's and now this. I am having them checked out by my vet and if there is something, I will be taking legal action. This is absurd--shame on you Purina--shame on you. This stuff is not made up but does affect your bottom line until your are proven wrong in court--MAN UP.

We were feeding our dog Joshua Beneful dog food. He would occasionally have diarrhea and would vomit mostly early mornings but not all the time. The one day he started acting funny, whining, acting different- within 8 hours he collapsed and died. Couldn't get him to vet fast enough. It was too late- he was gone. This was December 2013. We have replaced him with a new puppy who is now 15 months old and we started to see same problems starting up again. We saw the story about Beneful and changed our new dogs food and all symptoms seem to be going away so we may have saved our new dog Hayden but unfortunately it is too late for our boy joshua. I have some of bags that show that ingredient in it that is killing these dogs and would like to see something done about this and I would like to be included as I have the evidence here plus my petsmart card will show all the purchases I have made over the years.

Our young dogs went into renal/kidney failure and ended up passing away. Now this makes more sense why...We have been buying Beneful dog food for years... never changed brands.

My Pomeranian has been in and out of the hospital with seizures, and liver malfunctions. He is now permanently on liver meds because of this toxic dog food! I have spent thousands on his medical bills. Beware of this brand of dog food .. It will harm or kill your dog!!!

My rottweiler was almost 10 years old. I switched him to Beneful from Pedigree thinking that it was going to be a better dog food for him. He started drinking massive amounts of water and became incontinent. I just pushed it off to being him getting older. His breath was becoming very stinky. Thought that was because he was getting older. I took him to vet for annual shots and thought that I would get his teeth cleaned at the same time. He never bounced back from that. The vet said he needed root canals on all his teeth!! I never heard of such a thing on dogs! Vet said that because of his old age, there was no sense to put him through the root canals. Took him 2 days to pull out of Anastasia... That worried me quite a bit.

I have a 9 year old Maltese. She has always been healthy. However, I had moved back out of my parents' house in about a year and a half ago and started buying Purina Beneful dog food for my dog. Prior to that she had eaten what my mom fed her dog which was not Purina Beneful. Around this past Christmas her abdomen started getting extremely bloated. The dog weighs about 7 pounds and her weight had almost doubled from the fluid retention. Before I was able to get her to the vet, I noticed she had passed some blood in her stool. I immediately took her to the animal emergency room. The vet told me that she probably had liver cancer, liver failure or congestive heart failure and that she had water around her abdominal cavity and her lungs.

I had a Scottish terrier that passed away in June. She was suffering from seizures. Her blood showed elevated liver enzymes and her organs were enlarged. I had fed her Beneful for years. I wonder now if this is what caused her death.

I had 2 Chihuahua dogs. Right at a year old both pass away suddenly a few months apart. This is devastating. Now hearing about Beneful because we was feeding our poor dogs this food. Our one baby she was perfectly fine and suddenly yelled out, had a seizure, went blind and we grab her up and ran out the door headed to the emergency Vet and she pass away in my arms and my husband gave her CPR and we could not revive her. A couple months later our other chihuahua suddenly started passing blood and vomiting and we took her to the Vet and our Vet said she had signs like she had parvo. The Vet put her on IVs/meds but she pass away less than 24 hours.

I have a small JR, I started her on Beneful awhile ago and she has been acting unusual and finicky lately. I am making an appt to the Vet and then I see these complaints after watching news today and now I'm scared and sick to my stomach. If this is true then I failed to protect her from a big corporation that pretends to care for animals. My Lucy is a family member and I am mad that this is happening. Yes, she is a dog, however she is a part of our family. I am going to the Vet as soon as appt available. If Purina's food is causing her illness then Purina should have a cure or working on a cure and stop trying to Avoid Fault and letting these dogs die, because Purina doesn't want the public to know that it could be Purina's mistake.

We have three dogs. I usually feed them a combination of chicken, sweet potatoes/yams and oatmeal for the fact that I don't believe that a lot of dog foods are properly regulated for the health and safety of our dogs. My mother in law received a coupon for Beneful so my husband went to Petsmart and bought a large bag, the largest they carried. My two other dogs would not eat the food at all. That didn't really surprise me because they are extremely finicky. Rusty did eat it and seems to like and enjoy it very much.

I have just moved into a new house with my husband and our 2 pitbulls, male and female and their litter of puppies about 1 months now.. Eve everything was fine, was play with our pick male Gunner, very beautiful pitbull and his sister angel.. We went to bed that night and when I woke up at 5 am my male puppy Gunner was having bad diarrhea and throwing up all over and he would stop and we rushed him to a vet outside the city. And she did all the test and she told us he was in full liver failure and kidney failure and we had to put him down. This brought tears to my husband's and I eyes and we cried and held him until his last breath..

I fed both of my Chihuahuas Beneful Incredibites for about 6 months. One chihuahua didn't seem to be affected..but my other chihuahua would puke red puke (the color of the food)...pretty much once a day. I figured she had a sensitive stomach..since my other dog was ok. Also..my chihuahua who was getting sick started losing hair in big chunks. I took her to the vet..and they determined it was a fungal infection..and gave her meds and a special shampoo. At this time..I told my vet she has a really sensitive stomach. They asked what I was feeding her. When they heard Beneful..they said stop it right away. The vet recommended that I try Nature's Recipe canned food for easy digestion. Immediately..my dog stopped puking. I felt so horrible that I was giving her that Beneful crap!! Luckily..she seems to have recovered..but I'm still scared that she has issues I may not know about. DO NOT USE BENEFUL!!!

We've been feeding our dogs Beneful for years and have never had any problems whatsoever from it. They've been healthy and happy. Yes, I've seen the complaints but don't put any stock in them. There are a lot of reasons that dogs might get sick. I have no problem with Beneful and will continue to feed it to our beloved peeps.

Our little Roxy became very ill after eating Beneful dog food. She became very lethargic, began vomiting and diarrhea. Just before we took her to the vet she began to seizure, the vet examined her and told us there was no hope. She was put down while my son held her in his arms. He told her how much he loved her and she was always there for him, so he was there for her. He comforted her said he was so sorry and cried his eyes out. That was 3 weeks now and he is still heartbroken along with myself and his mom.

Rushed him to the vet. He died from Incredibites Purina's. That's all I ever feed him. He was 8 yrs old! Shot we called him. Pretty solid, white champion bloodline.

Our dog Bandit has been on Beneful for over two years now. He has had diarrhea and does throw up on occasions. He now does have diarrhea for the past three days. We are returning the food to the store tomorrow and buying different food. Will not feed him anymore beneful.

We fed our border collie Beneful for a period of about four years. During this time, her health went downhill, and after eating she would start getting 'frantic', running around the house looking for things to eat to make herself vomit. If we didn't let her out almost immediately, she'd start eating the carpet, tassels off of rugs, just about anything. One time, she even ate all the fur off the tip of her tail. When we let her outside, she would eat just about any and every plant in our garden until she made herself vomit.

My 5 1/2 year old boxer never had any health problems until I started leaving out a bowl of beneful dry dog food for her to nibble on when I was gone for a few hours. I feed her a couple of cans of another brand (science diet) each day. The little bit of Beneful that she would eat each day of the past 2 1/2 years has caused so much misery and unhappiness, multiple visits to the emergency vet hospital and thousands of dollars in costs. 2 years ago at the dog park, she was running and playing with the other dogs for 5 minutes and then started to walk off by herself and with each step she go more wobbly and after a few seconds she started to collapse. I ran over and caught her before she hit the ground. I took her to the emergency vet hospital and after many tests, they couldn't find anything wrong with her.

I have been dealing with one lab falling ill and wondering what is going on since his mother became very ill and died a month ago. Then I learned that Beneful dog food may be the culprit. My mother routinely picks up a big bag from walmart and adds it to the grain free brand I buy. I am still feeding it to him!! Not anymore. I will stop immediately and throw it away. I certainly hope that I have not unknowingly poisoned my two beloved labs! Greta was loaded with tumors and her liver failed all of a sudden. Her son Otis is suddenly failing as well. Help.

My 12-year-old chihuahua Gherkin died on July 16, 2012. We fed her Beneful Healthy Weight for years, as well as the occasional Waggin Train treats, not knowing the dangers. The last two years or so of her life, she showed symptoms such as excessive thirst and regressive potty training (peeing throughout our apartment). In the summer of 2012, she started having episodes of vomiting and seizures or passing out where she'd almost scream like a baby and fall over. It was the most terrifying thing to watch. Our vet thought her symptoms might be related to an enlarged heart and prescribed expensive meds.

Bobby is my Boston Terrier who is 9 yrs old and got cancer over 1 year ago. He is bloated, constantly thirsty and licking his front legs all the time now. He is the best thing that ever happened to me. Ricky is my Chihuahua who is 11 yrs old and refuses to eat Beneful and I just thought he was finicky. He knew that he would rather eat anything and I mean anything than the poison I was placing in front of my sweet boy. He knew that something was wrong. How do I know this, because after reading all these horrifying comments I ran to the nearest pet market and invested in premium quality dog food. I am so incredibly angry, worried that you greedy executives have caused harm to my two BFF.

I've been feeding my Beagle Beneful for over a year and always saw red blotches on his stomach area. I've always thought it was a dog treat so I cut off all dog treats to find out he still had red blotches, yes it was the dog food. I put him on another brand of food from del-monte and since then my dog hasn't got red blotches. Thank God my beagle is fine now, he was given to me to get me through chemo treatments. Beneful is a scary product and I'll never ever buy any of their products. I love my dog too much.

I had been feeding my dog, a beautiful healthy Cane Corso, Beneful for about a year. The last time we saw him alive was the night before his death after feeding him Healthy Weight Beneful. When we woke up in the morning we found him dead outside right by the bowl of food. He was very stiff and his entire body was swollen. I reported this via email to the FDA on their web site and to the Target store where the bag had been purchased. No one took me seriously. I was told it was probably something else that caused his death. But I know that it was the dog food. This happened 2 years ago. Please take Beneful off the market. It is killing our dogs!

New customer to can Beneful. Only one week use. My dog had vomiting yellow bile on carpet and diarrhea for 3 days straight. Had to give 4 baths in two days. I had 3 more cans in closet and threw them in the garbage. I know dog was sick from food. I thought it was too much soft food in his diet but think it might be something more now. Glad he only got it for a week. No more. Since I have stopped he is doing better today. Thank you for this info enlightening me.

My family named our carine terrier Jazz. We started feeding her Beneful food also. Weeks passed by and noticed she wasn't feeling well at all. I noticed her body swelling, throwing up, and having seizures, which never happen before. Once she evening start bleeding from her mouth. After that she died. We took care of her the best we could... buried her and cried. That was this past summer 2014. We still miss her.

My dog threw up today and was lethargic after eating Purina Beneful. I just read others are having such symptoms. I hope that it's not food poisoning.

My dog needed to lose some weight, so I bought Beneful Healthy Weight. I always thought Beneful was the best you could buy, so I didn't think anything else about it. The very first day I feed it to her she woke me up throwing up, still not thinking it was the dog food. My husband feed her a different brand one evening because it had moved the bag of dog food, and she didn't get sick that night. Next day Beneful food for dinner and she gets sick again. Every time she has ate it, she gets sick. Now I read about this recall and other dogs getting sick just like her. It's a shame we trust something to be good and it's killing our dogs.

I have a 5 yr old yorkie. I have been feeding her Beneful prepared meals for about 2 months. In the last month my dog has been having seizures. I just seen the class action suits against Purina for their dry dog food. Has their wet food been examined? My dog has always been healthy. No medical problems until now.

I switched my Bichon to Beneful dry food which was a huge mistake! After a week he started drinking a lot more water and peeing in the house. This went on for another week. I took him to the vet today and I was told he's a diabetic. He now needs insulin twice a day for the rest of his life. Pretty ironic it happened when he started eating this food.

It all make sense now! I just read several reports that consumers have made more than 3,000 online complaints about dogs becoming ill or dying after eating Beneful and, felt compelled to share my story as a warning to others.

With the recent publicity surrounding what seems to be possibly thousands of dog owners who have lost their dogs, I thought I should share my story. I was unaware until today that Beneful has been allegedly linked to serious health issues in dogs. 2 years ago I had a male pug (7 years old) fall suddenly ill. One day he was fine, the next day he was unable to stand up, wouldn't eat or drink and was in obvious distress. Our regular vet sent us to the emergency vet upon seeing him because he was in need of critical care to try to save him. His condition continued to worsen even in the short drive from our vet to the emergency room and we were concerned he might not even survive the trip. The emergency vet told us he was severely anemic and was given only a minimal chance of surviving multiple blood transfusions to try to stabilize him.

Gave my 3 dogs Beneful Dog treats (the ones that look like vegetables). All 3 of them got seriously ill with severe diarrhea. They only had 2 cookies each when they got sick so I put the the rest of the box in the garbage. Got medicine from the vet & cleared the problem up. I will never buy Beneful products again.

I too believe that the Beneful dog food line had caused the severe illness and ultimate death of our 7 year old black lab, Sasha. She had been eating Beneful for years and periodically would not eat for days. One day in 2012 she became lethargic. The non-eating days became more and more, eating more grass and vomiting. In July 2013 Sasha became so sick with diarrhea and vomiting we took her to the vet where we were told her liver function was failing and her numbers were so high, near death. They couldn't believe she had such high spirits. We choose to IV flush her system for 2 days and hope for the best. After the treatment her numbers came down, but they were still fatal.

I began feeding Beneful wet and dry approximately 2 years ago. 6 months into feeding Faith started a cough; sometimes yellow matter would come up and sometimes it would be a dry cough. She would experience diarrhea with blood occasionally. She would bloat.The vet wasn't sure what was going on and labeled it an allergy. Tried steroids but did nothing to help. Towards the end diarrhea was more frequent as well as vomiting several times a day.

I had 2 German Shepherds fed Beneful Original dry kibble die within 3 months of each other.. liver failure and seizures. My 3rd dog, a French Bulldog, also ate Beneful - was so lethargic she couldn't even go on a short walk without falling over and her paws were so itching she licked them constantly. After the premature deaths of my Shepherds, I went online researching and saw all the complaints against Beneful and took my Frenchie off that food...within days her energy level returned and she has completely stopped licking her paws.

For the past couple years I've been feeding my two dogs the healthy weight fiesta. But over the past 6 months is when I noticed my puggle first losing weight like crazy also accompanied with hair loss, hot spots. He dropped 10 lbs - that's big for a small breed dog. Then my pug a couple months ago had to be put down. He started out getting sick, vomiting and diarrhea. Thought nothing of it for a day. Then the second day it got worse. He couldn't sleep, couldn't get Comfy and wouldn't eat not even treat yet alone drink.

I am not here to point fingers at anyone. My black lab Lokey passed away last year at the ripe old age of 8 years. He was diagnosed with Lung Cancer in Nov 2013. I fed him Beneful for 2 years and he loved it although sometimes he passed on meals when he did eat it. He didn't have any adverse reactions and my ex never told me anything bad... you see we had joint custody of Lokey. My ex definitely would have said something because Lokey was our baby. I don't know if the Beneful caused cancer but I just wanted you to be aware of our experience with Beneful. Our story seems to be the only 1/2 positive one. Thank you for allowing me to tell Lokey's short story.

We just put down our little girl Allie on February 23. Just less than two months after putting down our little boy Indy on December 29. Both from chronic renal failure. Ironic after switching to Beneful dog food that two of our babies are gone. We picked up a bag of Beneful at Wal-Mart in November as a treat and thought our dogs would like a switch in their diets. Boy were we wrong but did not think it would lead to this. Four of our five dogs exhibited excessive need for water, uncontrollable diarrhea, weight loss, peeing in the house, and vomiting. Thought it was a bug that they all had.

Soffi, my 10 year old Corgi, has been showing symptoms of extreme thirst, uncontrolled urinating in the house, lethargic, and bloating. She has had these symptoms for months. She has been miserable. She has been eating Beneful.

I started feeding my Puggle Beneful Weight Control 11/14. On 12/26/14 he had a violent seizure. While we were getting ready to take him to the vets he had a 2nd one. We had given him some new treats for Christmas but the vet didn't think that was the problem. They did a full blood workup but found nothing. She thought it was possible he was epileptic. Since he was showing no other symptoms, we decided to wait to start him on medication. I threw out the treats and he didn't have anymore seizures until exactly one month later, 2 days after I gave him some other new treats. We were convinced it was treats. Until today when I saw an article about Beneful.

I have been feeding both of my dogs, ages 6 and 8, Purina Beneful Playful Life and Purina Healthy Morsels for quite some time. I had originally started with Purina Dog Chow when my boxer was a puppy, but it gave him horrible "bathroom" problems. So I switched to Purina Beneful and Purina Healthy Morsels after the Beneful. My boxer started displaying odd symptoms of urinating in the house, drinking lots of water, runny stools, vomiting and has bald spots on his rear. I took him to the vet and they said it could be a UTI, which it wasn't, and maybe acid reflux causing my dogs to get sick.

I was feeding my dog Beneful and he just passed away. He has most all of the symptoms that are listed here. It hurt me so bad to think all the pain my children and I went through because of the food I bought for him! I trusted Beneful!

I am mortified to realize we had fed our Pomeranian Charly Boy, this food for many years. Not knowing that its ingredients consisted of ANTIFREEZE!?!? We lost our baby boy last fall due to devastating ingredients of this food. I've been seeing hundreds of similar cases with same symptoms. I'm appalled that this is still on the market. Please Help. Miss our Babybou taken too soon.

My dog would only eat Beneful. Recently she started drinking and urinating excessively and vomiting. We took her to the vet and found her kidneys were failing. A week later she was diagnosed with Lymphoma and sent home to die within the month. Our poor baby is only 5, way too young to be taken from us.

I have a 6 year old English bulldog. Whom has eaten Beneful for nearly most his life. Within the last two months he has had 6 unexplained seizures. After hundreds of dollars in vet bills, blood work, testing and medication. Now I read this article and it explains why my once perfectly healthy dog is now ill.

Dog got sick... up chucked for two days.... threw Beneful out. Purchased dog food at Publix and Petsmart.

My Dog was a 12 year old dog I've had since I was 10. She was still spunky and loving until the first week of December of 2014 when we noticed her stomach swelling. We took her to the vet and though the vet could find nothing wrong with her beyond the basic blood test, her x-rays showed otherwise. We had her drained and we started giving her lasix to keep the fluid off of her. Slowly her lungs filled and we had her put down only days ago thinking it must have been cancer. After seeing an article on Purina Beneful's dog food and the symptoms it was causing we then put two and two together. We had started feeding our dog Beneful in November and her decline was rapid. This picture of her was taken the day we put her down. She could barely use the bathroom and she was having a hard time breathing. The peace I felt in putting her down and out of her misery is now gone knowing that it could have been Purina's Dog Food.

Our Shih Tzu started becoming lethargic then had seizures out of the blue. Prior to that, I suspected something might be wrong with his dog food (Beneful) because he stopped eating it but would eat other food. When he had seizures, the vet noted he had elevated liver markers. They gave us medicine to treat him but unfortunately, two weeks later he had a massive seizure they could not control and we had to put him down. He was otherwise very healthy.

I've been feeding my 3 year old dog Purina Beneful for several months. Late one evening In January of this year (2015) it appeared that he was having a seizure, grabbing at his head with both paws and was unable to walk. He was taken to an emergency vet and after being examined (no blood test) they said he showed no signs of any illnesses. I'm now beginning to wonder if it has anything to do with the ingredients in the Purina Beneful food. In order to prevent any future complications I'll be changing his food immediately.

My dog had never been sick. Recently my beloved healthy six year old Pomeranian became very ill and suffered from vomiting, diarrhea, loss of weight, and overall lethargy. She was drinking enormous amounts of water and would wake us up at night wanting more water. We took her to the veterinarian and she was diagnosed with renal/kidney failure. She has been eating Beneful Incredibites and the last bag purchased had bar code 17800/13639. We still have this bag. After six overnight stays at the veterinary hospital, continuous intravenous fluid treatments, tests, antibiotics, and after returning home more under skin fluid treatments my beloved pet had to be put down because the kidneys would not recover. We are heartbroken and we believe this product (Beneful Incredibites) caused her symptoms and eventual death.

Our dog Slash is a 5 year old mini pin. He is getting ready to die and we are devastated. We fed him Beneful for a few years. Right now he won't get up and the vet said his kidneys are failing. He was throwing up, will not eat or drink. It's breaking our heart.

A month ago I bought a bag of Beneful dry dog food for our 9 month old Blue Healer! After a week of eating it he all of a sudden started looking really sick. He lost a lot of weight, drinking tons of water, would not eat, foaming out of the mouth, and vomiting. He looked so miserable! We gave him a booster shot on a Monday hoping it would work. He had all his shots when he was born! So there was no reason for him to get sick like he did. Well his symptoms lasted 5 days we got lucky and the shot saved him! After he got well I continued to buy this brand of dog food but he would not eat! This explains why!!

Just had a bad experience with Beneful dog food. My 8 year old dog has been eating this food for about 5 years. His breed (Australian cattle dog) has been know to have a high tolerance for pain, so it was difficult for me to see when he started to be in pain until recently. He had been vomiting continuously for 24 hours so I took him to the vet. After an X-ray and a fluid sample from stomach, we found that he had internal bleeding. The news was devastating and took him home to comfort him before he passed away early the next morning. I had no clue what the cause was until reading all these reviews with extremely similar cases! Cannot believe this stuff is still on the shelves of stores! RIP Sako.

My dog has been fed only Beneful. She has stopped eating and drinking lots of water. She isn't gaining any weight. I thought if I bought puppy food it would get her weight up, but didn't. Come to find out I was still feeding her Purina. She has been to the vet and been put on super antibiotics. After reading up on this subject I am going tomorrow to find other dog food in hopes it will help. It has been a very emotional couple of months.

After reading about a recall on Purina Beneful dog food, I became very upset and concerned. I too recently lost my dog with major internal issues -- vomiting, loss of bowel control, liver damage. We had to put her down since she became so sick. I fed her this food for years and I am horrified at the thought it was slowly killing her. This is no coincidence. Shame on Purina.

For 7 years I have fed my two Chihuahuas regular Purina kibble. As they are getting older I noticed that their breath was getting a little stinky so in the fall of this year I transitioned them to Beneful Healthy Smile which is a softer kibble. As we neared the end of the second bag of this, I decided to transition them to regular Beneful because they were gaining weight. The more dominant dog would snarf up all the red pieces of kibble and leave the rest for his brother. As we neared the end of the second bag of that, I saw that he was not losing any weight so I transitioned them (always over the course of a couple of weeks) to Beneful Healthy Diet. We were not very far into that bag when my little red-kibble-piggy began to vomit, on Saturday Jan 31st.

My dog is 15. In 2012 he began having a foul stench and losing his hair. My vet thought it was his teeth and gave him a steroid and antibiotics - it didn't help. Took him back to the vet now he has a heart problem! I began feeding him wet dog food (high end) thinking it was his teeth. His hair hasn't come back but amazingly he has gotten better. Now I see this information about the very same issue and the dog passed due to propylene glycol poisoning linked to BENEFUL! The ONE thing I stopped feeding my animals! I am furious! Thanks Purina! I have rescued animals for years and TRUSTED YOU only to find that I was actually feeding them poison! My animals are my fur babies! How can this happen?

Well it all started when we brought a new puppy home and started feeding it Purina Beneful. Not thinking anything about it, shortly after feeding it to my puppy he seemed to be acting weird. He started shaking uncontrollable, some liquid was coming out of his mouth and he started flipping around, what I later found out it was a seizure like activity. I took him to a emergency vet hospital. He had blood work, which found some elevation of some blood. Then had an extensive blood test which came back ok. Doctor put him on special puppy food for dogs with liver problems.

I always have fed my 11 year old dog Beneful without any problems. When I started reading about this product I decided to switch her food. We are that process now. I truly hope it's not too late.

I purchased Beneful for the first time this month. It was a special at Winn Dixie. Worst mistake ever. All three of my dogs were throwing up everywhere within four days. Very lethargic. It hit my largest dog the most (I'm assuming because he eats more). He would not even get up to go outside to the bathroom. My entire leather sectional is ruined. I threw the Beneful away, went back to Healthy Choice Dog Chow, dogs got better.

My dog was a healthy boxer/shepherd mix, but slightly overweight. We started giving him Purina One. Over a period of time noticed him losing lots of fur in the winter time, he was very hungry all the time and started getting into the garbage and wandering down the street on trash night. He was also very very thirsty. Very suddenly, he was having trouble breathing, lost 15 pounds in 1 week, he was lethargic, stopped eating - we had to force him to eat. We had to lift him down steps to do his business outside. He didn't want to get up, walk, and would trip up and down the steps. He would wince and yelp when we would move him around.

I adopted my dog, a red heeler, 2 years ago and he had been on Beneful since he was a puppy. I continued using it but found he shedded a lot, would throw up and have loose stool. I was concerned but he seems otherwise healthy. I switched him to get more oils maybe in his diet for the shedding. It continued so I was at Sam's Club and they had a new Beneful healthy weight which I thought I might try. It affected him very badly. He was throwing up, uncontrollable bowels, dehydration and sometimes his body would twitch as if he was on pain. The shedding got even worse.

After feeding our dog Beneful he started foaming at the mouth and acting sick. I googled Beneful and found that other people had similar happenings. I immediately changed our dog food to Iams and I'm happy to say he completely recovered and is a happy boy.

Our Maltese died as a result of eating this dog food. I read all of the comments and it is the same symptoms as all the others. Our vet said he has gotten into antifreeze or something and we knew he had not. He was perfectly healthy. We still have our bag that has a little left in it. I am so sad because of this. Whatever I need to do to testify or be a part of this lawsuit, please let me know.

I have 3 dogs, 2 older. My youngest 10yr old mix baby suddenly became ill on 2/6/2015, wouldn't eat, drink, lethargic..... She DIED that night. All my dogs have been eating Beneful for years. The 12 yr old boxer, has liver damage, thirst, losing hair... I believe now that is from Beneful. Stopped Beneful and will look into lawsuit. Wish I knew before our baby died....

Hello, we had a Siberian Husky {Koda} that we had to put down a couple of weeks ago. She has been on the dog food Purina all her life. We would only buy Purina products bones, snacks etc.. About a month ago, she went from being playful everyday to sudden illness within 2 days. She was very lethargic, dizzy, and could hardly walk and kept pacing and looking like she was drunk. We took her to our vet and she had a temperature of 105 deg. They could not figure out the main culprit of what was making her so ill. We took her to NC State of Veterinarian hospital for further testing as to what could of caused the sudden illness.

After hearing on news & I did some online research I now feel scared about my dog eating this brand. I noticed about 2 years ago he would throw up his food sometimes. I just thought his stomach upset but now I wonder. I'm going to keep a close eye on him and make him a Dr appt.

I have fed my boxer Beneful since we adopted him. He has always done well with the food but this January we nearly lost him to internal bleeding, liver failure, and kidney failure. The vet thought he had been poisoned but there was no way that he could have been. After reading an article today about Beneful and the symptoms these dogs are having, I realized this has to be what happened to my dog. I'm so upset... I fed him Beneful today not realizing that it could be poisoning him again!

We switched to Beneful in the beginning of January to feed our almost 6 year old Jack Russell. He began to be listless. We brought him to the vet who said he was fine. He lost weight. He stopped eating. On Jan 23rd he vomited blood. We rushed him to the vet who told us he was critical and was exhibiting signs of poisoning. He passed away the next morning. He was previously a healthy, happy, energetic dog. We don't know what to do. Don't use Beneful.

I am pretty sure that I have written a complaint on here before, but I am writing another one about Beneful in light of recent media attention (finally!!). I fed my beautiful dog Cabella nothing but Beneful for 5 years. I never shopped at a pet store for dog food, I always got her dog food when I was at Kroger... thus I never learned how to shop for quality dog food and believed what the ads said.

Our 10 year old Cairn Terrier died Jan. 28, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. We fed her Beneful Healthy Weight dog food and that morning when she came in from outside at 7:00 a.m., had a seizure. When I took her to the vet immediately, she had another one and became unresponsive. Up until that morning she was acting normal. Within 2 hours we lost her. The vet was not sure what caused all of this. She asked if we thought she had gotten into some poison somehow. Seeing all these reviews and the fact that a suit has been filed makes me question the safety of this product. I will never use Purina products of any kind again.

I thought at first my dogs liked the food but stopped eating it. All my dogs did after eating the food would vomit over and over again. It messed their stomach up to where. Now I have to give special food.

Our family dog Tippy passed away at the beginning of this month. She had started having symptoms of food poisoning, diarrhea, vomiting and everything else. The only dog food that she was eating was Beneful for small dogs. She really seemed to like this food but something changed. She started getting excessively thirsty and then she stopped eating all together. We even tried to get her to eat people food and she just could not get it to go down. I called the vet and set up an appointment for her for Monday but she passed that Friday before the appointment.

Due to some recent changes in our family budget we decided to switch our dogs over to Beneful as it was significantly less expensive than our current brand. We followed the recommended directions for changing over our dogs' food slowly as not to upset their digestive system. Within a month of being entirely on this Purina product, a full month and a half after first introducing it, all three of our pups were experiencing daily loose stools, bright almost neon-colored urine and random bouts of vomiting after eating.

Our almost two year old shiba inu, Dakota, had been eating Beneful for months with only one problem: loose bloody stools. The vet said it was giardia and after the meds he got better for a few months. Then, at the start of this fall, he stopped eating. He simply refused. It wasn't stubbornness as he began to have diarrhea and accidents in the house, something he had never done before. We chalked it up to nervousness from a bout of thunderstorms until the weight fell off of him. Our once bouncy, healthy, 25 pound puppy was lethargic and had lost 7 pounds over the course of two weeks. Terrified, we rushed to the vet and they had no idea. We tried another vet, again, no clue. They referred us to an internal specialist who ran him through every test they could think of from addisons to broad range allergies. They did blood work, endoscopies, ultra sounds...No answer. They still have no idea what went wrong.

Our 10 year old dog Nala has been eating Purina Beneful for several years now. The past week she has been repeatedly throwing up and acting very sluggish. She peed in the house for the first time in years this week as well. I called the vet today and when I told them her food type they told me to discontinue immediately and research. She has the exact same symptoms as thousands of other dogs from this food. We changed her food and she perked up within the hour. She is vomiting blood so we will be seeing the doctor tomorrow. How can this be sold with so many consistent complaints and pet deaths?

I always used Beneful for years! One day my two Shih Tzus stopped eating it. I tried over and over buying new bags but they refused to eat and went hungry so I finally bought them a different kind. I decided to use those bags for my outside dogs. They died within three months!!

I had a beautiful healthy puggle named Roxie. She had just celebrated her 7th birthday! Against my better judgment we decided to switch her to Beneful and it was the biggest mistake I've ever made because now she's gone! After eating the Beneful she became very ill, vomiting and peeing in the house (she had never done before). Then came blood in the urine, severe dehydration & lethargy! Within 3 days she went from a perfectly healthy dog to a complete mess! Took her to the vet, every test was performed & asked if we knew if she had ingested toxins. Desperate, we even went as far as having rabbit feces from the back yard tested! Nothing! By the end of the week she was gone! Liver failure, pancreatitis tumors bloating & dehydration, not to mention the pain & suffering from starving to death because she couldn't eat! Totally lost without her! Don't even care about these maxed out CC with thousands of $ in vet bills! I just want my Roxie Girl back!

After giving my 2 year old cavachon these dental snacks only a couple of times, he started to have diarrhea and having accidents in the house. We couldn't figure out what was causing it at first. Then we realized that was the only new thing he had eaten. We stopped giving him those treats and within a couple of days it stopped. We immediately threw them away. Would never buy that brand again.

We bought a bag of Beneful Dog Food (not our usual brand) 6 days ago. For the last 4 days our dog has not been able to do a BM and became lethargic. So starting tonight I have gone and bought a bag of food (NO fillers, no wheat, no gluten etc.). Because we do not feed our dog any people food, nor does she run free to eat whatever, I will never ever buy Beneful again. I know this is what caused her to be constipated and sick! I feel that Beneful is for dog owners who really don't care about their dogs.

I was giving my dog a bichon frise wellness dry food. He is 3 yrs old. I guess he was getting tired of the wellness because he wasn't as excited as much when it came time to eat. So I figured I would spice it up a little and someone told me to try beneful. His dogs loved it.? So I bought a bag and mixed the two together. My dog never had any issues with vomiting diarrhea or peeing in the house. Within a month he had all three issues. I brought him to the vet and he treated him for dehydration and told me to give him chicken and rice which I did and he improved. I had no idea it was the beneful so I went back to his normal diet of wellness and beneful when he felt better.

Last year my dog Chino got extremely sick. After witnessing him gaining a large amount of weight in his abdomen, staggering around to the point that he could barely walk, losing bladder control and eventually refusing to eat, I knew something was seriously wrong. After rushing Chino to the Vet we found out he had a very large mass in his stomach (the size of a small watermelon). After learning the tumor wasn't cancerous, we were hopeful. But then after we found out poor Chino's liver and kidneys were failing. After thankfully surviving a very long, expensive surgery we were extremely happy to have Chino back home. We continued to feed Chino Beneful Dog food (wet and dry) like we had for years. And about 3-4 months after surgery he suddenly passed away. I am a firm believer that Beneful and its harmful ingredients are responsible for the loss of my family dog Chino and something MUST be done.

I began feeding my two dogs Beneful in November. Starting in February, I noticed changes with both of my dogs. They started drinking a lot of water and every night, at least one of them would throw up. At first I thought they had the flu, but it continued for more than a week. I then thought it could be their canned dog food that I mix in with the Beneful. However, I changed brands, but they both continued to get sick every night. In addition, my older dog is now extremely lethargic. I stopped feeding them any dried food last Friday (2/13/15) and only canned food. They have not thrown up since Sunday. My older dog continues to remain lethargic and they are still drinking a lot of water. I heard from a store clerk today that people were having issues with Beneful. I truly believe that there is something poisonous in the dog food and I worry that my older dog will not recover.

I purchased the Beneful Dry food for my dad's dog Oscar who is a pug. He didn't have any problems, but over the next month he started peeing in the house, dehydrated, vomiting, wouldn't eat, could hardly walk. They took him to the vet, they kept him, gave him iv's, ran blood test and finally after 2000.00 out of pocket, he gets to come home and has a special diet and finally has gotten back to himself except now he has become a diabetic and is going blind. He didn't have the diabetes or blindness before all this. I can't prove it was the food but he had all the symptoms from reading all the articles. I am glad he survived this. I no longer have the receipts from where I purchased the food.

All the same symptoms. Peeing in the house, vomiting, drinking excessive amounts of water. She's been on Beneful dog food and not doing well.

I had been feeding my dog the Beneful (Happy Fiesta) dog food for the past 6-8 months. During the last several months, patches of hair began to fall off of his back leaving it bare to the skin. The skin on his back developed welts and began to blister. It was extremely red. He also seemed very sluggish. I immediately took him to the vet for this problem. We thought he had a common infection and later discovered that it was indeed the dog food that was causing such harm to my dog. I immediately replaced the dog food and within the last month have seen some improvement. I will never buy Beneful again! It's like giving poison to a dog!

We have given our dogs Beneful for a few years. We have always taken them to the vet to keep them healthy. About 2 months ago our French Bulldog Cassie started having sudden yelping and crying for no reason. Several times since then she would have spells where you barely touch her and she yelped like she was in pain.

We rehomed a Beagle/Corgi 2 year old male in September. The previous owner said that he had always fed the dog Beneful (about 9 months). We kept the dog indoors until we could no longer contend with his hair loss. His hair came out in handfuls, and brushing made no difference. We moved him out into a covered kennel because of the hair loss. About the same time of the hair loss, his body waste (poop) became excessive. Since September, his routine was 1-2 poops each day. Then abruptly it moved to 6-8 poops a day. Too many. We had already began research in finding him another dog food when we heard that there were a lot of complaints about Beneful. We changed dog food today.

Our young Shih-Poo had been on a diet of Beneful Healthy Weight dry food and the Beneful Prepared Meals. He started showing signs of constant itching, and then with spotty rashes on belly and backside. We thought it was some environmental issues. Tried a few things, like shampoo change, grooming, wtc and still it continued. Then he started having gastrointestinal issues, and finally started losing blood. Preliminary testing at our Vet showed no environmental issue, and was initially thought he had a food allergy, some gastrointestinal issues and a bladder infection. Urine test came back negative.

We got a new puppy about a month and a half ago. We started feeding him Purina one, but he didn't like it. He was a little over 3 months old at the time. After a week we started giving him Beneful puppy food within a couple of days he started having diarrhea, and occasional vomiting. We read that sometimes puppies can have issues when you change foods so we tried to wait it out. He started having accidents on the carpet because he couldn't hold the diarrhea, and vomited on the sofa. He had less energy, and we took him to the vet.

In December 2014 my husband purchased a bag of Beneful dry dog food. We normally feed our dogs Iams but the store was out and we were in the midst of the holiday rush so we settled for Beneful. Shortly after we noticed our 7 year old Bassett Hound Izzie acting lethargic and refusing food and having trouble urinating. After about a week of no improvement and her condition seemingly getting worse we rushed her to the emergency vet. They ran tests and told us that she was dehydrated and in liver failure. The vet said that she needed to stay in the hospital for a few days and they could try to treat her with medication but the next morning they called and said she had passed away. Initially I did not make a connection to the food but now I am sure Beneful killed our dog. She was a good and loyal soul and did not deserve to suffer the way she did. Purina should be ashamed!!

I purchased a bag of Purina Beneful dry dog food for my 3 little dogs. After eating the food for a few days, all three got seriously ill. They all had terrible diarrhea and wouldn't eat for 3 days following the diarrhea that lasted 4 days. Upon see the diarrhea for the first time, I immediately stopped feeding them the Beneful. It took at least two weeks for my babies to feel better, but with constant attention, as well as feeding them steamed rice and boiled chicken (once they would eat again), they are now better. I honestly wasn't sure it was the Beneful until I started reading all of the other complaints. Now I know it was the Beneful. I could have lost my dogs like so many others did.

I began feeding Beneful to my dog at 3 months. She loved it, so being a Purina fan, I continued. She began having seizures. So we tried to figure out why being she was a healthy pup with parents that were healthy. After 4 years and 4 years of beneful (which I trusted to be a premium brand) she had 12 seizures in 32 hrs. I had no option but put her down per vet's advice. Now I read that the dog food I trusted caused seizures and other serious health risks. I feel Purina needs to replace my dog.

My six year old Lucy who loved to play with my other two dogs was on the Beneful dry dog food regimen for two years but my other two were brought up on Iams. Lucy was perfectly healthy one day and all of the sudden she stopped eating, had a few seizures, began peeing on the floor, diarrhea, rapid lost weight, stopped drinking water, became dehydrated and started vomiting. I changed her food but she wouldn't eat. She got so weak that I had to carry her to the vet only for them to tell me she had multiple cancer masses and there was nothing they could do and their recommendation was to be put to sleep. How could a perfectly healthy dog get sick so fast and have to be put to sleep. I want to know why it took a class action lawsuit to find out about the Beneful dog food problem. Is anyone from St. Louis involved in this lawsuit? Now I feel guilty about My Beloved Lucy's death.

This food caused my 1.5 year old lab to become very sick. He was throwing up several times a day and dehydrated. Unsure if the use of this dog food has caused any permanent issues. Thankful I discontinued use before it resulted in the death of my sweet puppy.

I had switched my dogs back to Beneful dog food 2 months ago. My Chihuahua (8 years old) in the past month has started having seizures and throwing up white foam. My Boston Terrier has also experienced nausea. I have been so upset because the vet said with my Chihuahua's age it was probably a tumor. He had another seizure the other day. I was on Facebook and read an article about Beneful poisoning dogs. I immediately took the Beneful away. I am praying that my poor helpless dogs recover from this.

I have three dogs, a dachshund that is 13 years old, a 2 year old Pug and a 6 month old pug. I feed all my dogs Beneful and the 2 year pug has started violently vomiting at random times. I took him to the vet and she said pugs have sensitive stomachs and I shouldn't switch his food so after given him boiled chicken and rice he was fine, and I then continue his regular food and he is sick again. My 6 month old seems like she doesn't want to eat her food and the older seems fine except they all drink a lot of water and I just heard about the problems with Beneful Food.

I began feeding my dog Beneful. Woke up one morning to her vomiting large pools of blood and her entire abdomen purple. Rushed her to the vet where her platelet count was found to be only 8000. She was given a blood transfusion but vet didn't think she'd make it through the day. Five months, 8 medications, countless office visits and thousands of dollars she survived, but this company needs to be put out of business!

I started feeding my dog Beneful about a year ago and he has been getting sicker and sicker. Bad smell, dry skin, urinating in the house, constant panting and just all over not feeling well. I don't know what to do, other than change foods. He's been to the vet so many times and now is on pain meds and thyroid medication and both don't seem to be helping. My poor boy!!! Purina is a HORRIBLE company and I want to know what I need to do to help make sure they don't poison our dogs anymore!!!!

I took my dog Fenway, a mixed breed, to the vet and they said he was in perfect health. However, they suggested a change in diet (I had been buying Target's Boots and Barkley dog food due to finances). I toiled over what to buy for at least a half-hour, not wanting to have to spend $50 for a bag of dog food. I decided on Purina's Original Beneful. About four days after starting Fenway on the Beneful, he woke up in the morning puking and lethargic. He was sick for most of the day and would not eat until about 10:00 pm (we woke up at 6:30 am), but that was brown rice and boiled chicken to help sooth his stomach. I thought he had eaten something he wasn't supposed to, so I treated it like an upset stomach.

Was gonna ask BUT I looked 1st & sure as **... It's made by Purina, who poisoned a dog I had 15 yrs ago. She had to spend several days at the vet hosp in Bishop, & stupid me, sent the dog food to Purina for testing &, of course, they SAID they tested it & was fine. I'd never be that stupid again, giving back their poisoned food + I couldn't afford my own lab-testing & never bought Purina anything since! They wouldn't pay the several hundred $ vet bill because that'd be admitting some kind of guilt. Like I said, I never have nor ever will buy 1 single Purina product for the rest of my life (& my single dog home life) ever again!!

I am horrified after hearing about the symptoms of dogs sickened by eating Beneful Dog Food, as they mirror almost exactly our experience. About a month ago, our dog became ill: uncontrolled vomiting, extreme thirst, distress to get outside. After three days of unrelenting vomiting, we took her to the vet. He couldn't diagnose her - we ended up getting expensive X-rays, giving her an IV and ultimately assumed she must have eaten something that made her sick and it had passed through her system.

We had our dog Lassie eating Beneful and no other dog food types or treats because we were scared about the "last" incident with pets being poisoned from eating the Jerky type treats. One day during the summer, she just started not acting "right", feeling nauseous and not wanting to play and sleeping a lot, and just looking like she felt awful, you can tell when your pets aren't feeling well. That night she had what looked like a seizure, but only once and then she walked around a little so my friend Larry (Lassie's "Daddy") thought maybe she was dreaming or something, we weren't sure what it was. The next day she was markedly sick and couldn't walk, and was gagging. He took her to the vet right away and the vet gave her a shot of something but it didn't help. He asked the vet what was wrong, she didn't know, and it looked like Lassie was poisoned.

I have been feeding my dog Beneful for about 5 years. He started out by eating only Iams but he rarely ate it so I switched. Since then, he seems to enjoy the food but one time I bought a bag from Target and noticed he vomited each time he ate the food for 3-4 meals (about twice a day for a couple days he vomited). I went back to Target and exchanged the bag of food and he seemed to get better with the different bag. Hearing all the scary stories about Beneful especially today with the lawsuit, makes me question the brand, and I do feel there is merit to their claims as my dog has experienced sickness from this food specifically. He hardly ever gets sick either, so that was strange. I will be promptly switching his food tonight and get him started on something better. I love my dog, he is my best friend and part of my family, the only one I have. He deserves the best!

I have 4 Maltese; my husband decided to try Beneful chopped dinners. We have prepared our own food of chicken, brown rice & vegetables for a number of years now; however due to illnesses & deaths in our family, I had to be away from home. That is when we started using Beneful off & on. Our little female became very ill; vomiting & loose bowels. Took her to our vet; she was given meds and during that time she was not given Beneful until she was herself again. I thought she was better and again fed her Beneful. Again she started vomiting & loose bloody bowels; she was very ill. Again a trip to our vet. She was once again given medication (which she is on now).

Our 120 lbs, 7-year-old St Bernard (Jimmy), who has only eaten Beneful dog food, started acting sick, throwing up, was drinking lots of water, and started having episodes of diarrhea. He had always been extremely playful and active and would wake me up in the middle of the night to eat and go outside to use bathroom, he has been having episodes of peeing in the house and wants to sleep most of the time anymore, the vet suggested to stop feeding Beneful and to change food and monitor him if condition worsen or improves.

Shortly after buying a bag of Benefuls Healthy Radiance in Harvard Illinois in October of 2014, our 7 year old golden retriever mysteriously died. I took her to the vets office where they couldn't tell me the cause of death but did state they didn't see any signs of trauma. I went ahead and had her cremated without a necropsy. That was on October 8th. We moved back to Colorado on October 23th. We moved in with our son who had a 3 year old cattle dog mix. My son's dog ate out of the same bag of dogfood for 2 days and we found her very lethargic in the backyard. She died in my arms on the way to the vet. The vet also said he didn't know the cause but she showed no sign of trauma. I called Purina that day and left a message. I never received a call back.

I was out of town and bought Beneful for my Labrador retriever and fed it for a couple of days - by the time I got home he was vomiting and had diarrhea. I thought he ate something bad but never suspected the food! That was Oct 2, 2014 and we had to put him down in Jan 2015. I hope this company is put out of business!!!

I've fed my chihuahua Veneful dog food for years. One day she started throwing up then got a tumor on her leg and had to be amputated - we did surgery. A few months later she had liver failure and bad hips they say. So sad what's happening to these animals eating this dog food.

I own two Miniature Dachshunds that has been having vomiting and diarrhea! One was bleeding from her rectal when she went to the bathroom! They were both lifeless and had to be taken to the vet. This has been an ongoing issue with them for a while now. I will be switching their food after reading about other dogs deaths and illnesses.

Well my 6.5 pound Chihuahua died 3 days ago. Today I stumbled upon a report that the same dog food she ate poisoned thousands of dogs around the country. I thought I'd tell my story. She was a huge part of my life and my family. She died from all the same violent symptoms as all the other dogs - seizures, loss of balance, vomiting, excessive drinking, vomiting bile, stopped bowel movements yet still swollen, developed hard mass on abdomen etc. I still have the last bag of food she was eating from. We will miss her for the rest of our days. I just want this to never happen to anyone ever again. We need to really review the additives in our food as well as our pets. I believe propylene glycol is the culprit of all these dogs - or so I've been reading from most of the testimonies. Thank you for reading.

I had a beautiful Pekingese dog named Boo Boo. I loved this dog like he was a member of the family, as did my children. One night Boo Boo became violently and suddenly ill. He began shaking, vomiting and passing bloody diarrhea. It began as black tarry stools with blood and quickly changed to nothing but bright red blood. He died during the night before I could even get him to a vet. I was left heartbroken and confused over what had happened to my previously happy and healthy pet. My dog passed the 19th of February and I found out about the complaints against Beneful the 25th and I am quite upset due to the fact that Beneful was what I was feeding my dog when he became ill. Nothing will bring back my dog regardless what happens to Beneful. I am angry and hurt. My heart goes out to anyone who also lost a pet.

She has to have surgery in March to remove mass, she's losing lots of hair and lack of energy.

Been giving my pets beneful incredibites. My blue heeler started having seizures, took her to the vet - he could not find anything. She died 3 months ago. My schnauzer recently died- she couldn’t control her kidney functions. I have one pet left and I’m throwing away the beneful and starting her on something else.

At the time of his death the vet said he had internal bleeding and could not say exactly what was causing it. Since then we have taken Molly (my female) to the vet several times costing crazy amounts of money, the most recent visit cost us over $900. She has gone in with different issues ranging from bloody diarrhea, vomiting and kidneys issues and each time they have not been able to come up with any solid reasons. It makes me absolutely sick to think that we have slowing been poisoning them. I firmly believe that the Beneful dog food is what killed our Spencer and has caused so many issues with Molly. We love our dogs. They are our family. Spencer was the first child that my husband and I raised together. He was the absolute best dog anyone could ask for and we were both completely devastated by the loss.