Beneful Pet Foods Reviews

Spooky, an 8 year old mix, is currently in the hospital undergoing various tests and stabilizing her blood sugar levels. She has been healthy all her life, then suddenly she's dropping drastic weight and throwing up. At first I thought it was just all the exercise of running through snow piles while I shovel then getting over-heated or eating something inappropriate in a snow pile. Within 72 hours she's hooked up to an IV and I'm hoping to have her home Friday. My vet was stunned she tested positive for diabetes as her annual check-up is in May and all this time, she's been aces. I get home, feeling lost and sick myself and see the news about Beneful....I still have the bag in my closet. It was a "treat" to break-up the monotony of the normal Purina Dog Chow I've fed my dogs forever. My vet cannot confirm this is related but I can't believe it wouldn't be.

I began to feed my dog (Max) who was only 5 years old Beneful weight control dry food. I began to feed him this because he was overweight. He began to lose a lot of weight so I thought he was doing good. He however began having accidents in the house and was constantly drinking water. And within a matter of 2 days he was refusing to eat, vomiting, had diarrhea and couldn't walk.

My 7yr old mixed dog has gotten sick like every other day. He has bladder stones so he is also on urinary prescription dog food. I would switch every other day and it just dawned on me the other night when he barfed that he is probably getting sick from the Beneful dog food so I stopped & he is feeling a lil better. He too would drink a lot of water and would pee in the house. My daughter just found this website and told me to read it & to throw his dog food out. If it's so bad why on earth are people not told this and why is it still sold in stores. He was also peeing a lil blood and the vet thought it might be from his stones but maybe it was also from the dog food.

Our 10 yr old yorkie Poo became very sick end of Dec. 2014, he was throwing up blood, sleeping. Got to the point he could not walk. Went to vet, after 350.00 costs, the only thing they came up with was a bleeding ulcer. It is 2 months, he still not eating dry dog food. Had to carry him for a month for outside visits, just could not stand up. We were making plans for him dying. Now we know it was the dog food. He is not back to normal, still walks on 3 legs, no reason, no injury. If we can get some money back to cover the vets bills, that would be great. LET me know.

Our Chesapeake Bay retriever became very ill last summer. She had been eating Beneful dog food for some time and she began vomiting up a lot and got a very large sore in her mouth. The vet could not figure out what was going on after taking x-rays and other misc tests on her. He gave us a few different medications hoping it would help. Lastly, he suggested we may just switch up her food to see if that would do it since the tests didn't find anything. That vet bill was almost $1,000 which is ridiculous. Good news is she's better now and immediately stopped vomiting after we switched her food. When I saw the story on the news this morning I finally made the connection and now I KNOW it was because of Beneful. It may be cheaper than the expensive food our dog is eating now but it's beyond worth it! Purina owes us money for that vet bill.

My 16mo old schnauzer has been throwing up. He threw up blood, took him to the vet, he is on meds. Just found out about the problems today with Beneful. He is on his second bag of Beneful. I lost my other beloved schnauzer last July. Will be calling my vet to get blood work done. Feeding my dog poison and did not know it.

We have fed our 3 dogs Purina Beneful dog food for years. All 3 of them would experience vomiting and diarrhea at different times. Then our shih tzu became ill out of the blue last summer. We noticed she was rapidly losing weight but consumed large amounts of water. She had developed eye infections and had no energy. We contacted our vet and he diagnosed her with diabetes. She lost sight in both eyes within weeks. She declined in health so rapidly we finally had her put down. Our other pets vomit quite often still. We are taking them off this food immediately. My mom uses the same products as well. One of her dogs refuses to eat this brand and the other that does is ill with vomiting and diarrhea several times a week. I tried to contact the Purina company last year about my lawn dying everywhere the dogs' feces was or had been. I was never able to get through to anyone.

My beloved dog Peety started to get sick he was a very healthy 13 year old mix that I rescued from the pound when he was 6 months old I fed him Iams. Always gave him that until someone told me it was not good, so I changed him to Beneful after a while he started getting sick throwing up pooping and peeing in the house which he never did. Took him to the vet they said he had stomach problems and tumors which came out of the blue very sudden. I had to have him put to sleep he was in such pain. I miss him so much I am so mad at myself now for changing his food to Beneful. I now have a new puppy and will never never feed her Beneful.

Our Doberman Pinscher passed away on Jan. 30, 2015. We took him to the Vet in to have a tumor removed at this anal gland and to get his teeth cleaned in April 21, 2014. He came through fine at the time of surgery, they did a complete blood panel and everything was fine. He was happy and healthy and he had ate Beneful most of his life. He had 2 urine accidents in the house in July 2014. He has not had an accident in the house since he was 12 weeks old. Took him to vet, they ran all kinds of blood work, sonogram and could not find anything wrong. He started losing weight at the same time. The vet put him on steroids and he still lost weight.

I just read this article and cannot believe it.. My 10 year old dog Elvis always ate Beneful and died April 2013 from internal bleeding out of nowhere. I cannot believe it could have been the food I chose to feed him! This is heart wrenching...

We have three dogs. About two years ago we switched to Beneful because store did not have the food they had been on for years. Within a few weeks our Chocolate lab had to be hospitalized for pancreatitis. We were able to nurse her back to health after hospital stay and a list of strict instructions for home. A couple months later she had to be rushed back to vet and have emergency surgery to remove her spleen. Another close call. She also had to have surgery to remove 3 large lumps removed from her midsection after everything else she had been through.

I have always fed my pups premium food. Got a small bag of this because I had a free coupon. I kid you not my one dog threw it up and the other picked out every piece as I had mixed it with their old food in bulk do very little was in each bowl. I had to sit and pick each piece out because I got a really bad feeling and then found all the bad information. Shame on Purina... a company I have always had huge respect.

From day one we started feeding our black lab 'Buddy' Beneful dog food. He seemed healthy until he was 2 years old and had a urinary tract infection. The vet said it was most likely caused from the Nyla bones so we stopped giving him them. After he recovered, 6 months later he started having diarrhea and vomiting. The vet said it could be because he got in the trash and to keep an eye on him. The vomiting stopped, but not the diarrhea. The vet said to change his food to Iams and he was much better and became over weight. The Iams got expensive after awhile and we decided to buy the new Beneful for Healthy Weight Formula. Buddy had diarrhea again but the vet said it was because he had to get used to the change in food. After a week Buddy was back to normal again.

My sweet little Snuggles - Schlitz and Poodle mix, is the light of my life. He has been throwing up for some time and as time went by he would throw up more often. For ex. three times a week then lately two and three times per day. This really scared me! I never had a dog before so I thought it was normal and when I asked my ex vet she said it was not unusual for dogs to puke. I should have had a second opinion then had I known about Beneful Pet Food.

In late 2014 we started feeding our 14 yr. old and 11 yr. old labs the Beneful tub food. The 14 yr. old vomited Jan. 8 and died the next day. Around Christmas, our 11 yr. old starting vomiting. Started treating him for liver failure Jan. 8. Treated him for 5 weeks with trips to ER/vet/medicines/fluids but were unsuccessful and finally lost him on Feb 11. Vet says they had to have gotten into something to lose them both that suddenly. The only thing new in their diet was the Beneful tub food.

** 2 dogs suffered neurological problems and the little one ate it for a month and the big one had been eating it for months. I truly don't know if they will be ok. I hate you PURINA murderers. How can anyone put poison in dog food. They should be forced to eat it too. I love my pets. They are my kids.

My service dog Fluff died from Beneful. It has Propylene Glycol in it. I contacted them in 2012 & they offered 1/2 his worth if I could prove he died from it. I reported this to the FDA because they knew the food was killing dogs since 4/07 & sold it.

In November 2013 our family dog, Molly had to be put to sleep. I had been feeding her Beneful Dog Food. One day I noticed she was not eating and was drinking a lot of water. She was vomiting yellow mucus and peed in the house (not like her). Then she stopped drinking water. She was extremely lethargic and yellowing eyes. The Vet said she needed surgery, I could not afford. I took her home but she only got worse - clearly in a lot of pain. It was the hardest decision I have ever had to make! Once I started reading some of these comments I honestly believe this had something to do with Beneful Pet Food.

I was so disappointed when I heard this about Purina Beneful Dog Food... BUT I am so glad someone figured out what was making these dogs so sick.. I have a 5 year old boxer named Enzo and for the past few months he has been vomiting, having bloody diarrhea, and scary seizures where his back legs give out. Enzo is a part of my family and I will spend more money on the organic dog food to keep him healthy.

Our little Pretty Girl was a 10 year old, 5 lb Chihuahua. She was a rescue dog that had been used for breeding. She got too old to breed and was given to us. She had few teeth so we decided to buy her a soft dog food. We chose Beneful soft food. She went from a very healthy dog to deathly sick. I took her to the vet. She had water around her lungs and heart. Pretty Girl died December 9, 2014. The only thing changed for her was her food. At this time, I had 5 dogs. Pretty Girl was the main one that Beneful soft food. The others got what she did not eat. When I think I could have lost all my dogs, it makes me sick. Shame on you Beneful for not being more responsible and helping us keep our pets healthy.

She has been violently sick and at the vet several times with vicious symptoms. I just saw, today, that Beneful is on the news and my Yorkie is eating Beneful. It will be disposed of immediately from her dish and I will hold onto the remainder of the bag in case anything else happens to her so I can have it tested, if need be. "Thank You" to whoever put the word out there! I did contact my vet re. this.

I had been feeding my pit bull Beneful for a few months when I noticed that he was vomiting yellow stuff, and had diarrhea and he got to the point where he didn't want to eat anything so I called the vet. I stopped using Beneful and I now cook my dog's plain chicken and rice twice a day. I will never feed them dog food EVER again!!

I was feeding my pup Beneful thinking I would be feeding her some good stuff. But she started having a lot of gas and runny poo, she lost it in the house even on the couch as she laid there. She started losing weight and stopped eating. We took her to the vet where they treated her as if she had parvo because they weren't sure what was wrong. They gave her antibiotics, an iv, and meds for the ulcers they say she has in her tummy. She was there for over a week fighting for her life. She just barely made it. They said she tested negative for parvo, and her diet has to be monitored very closely now. Reina still has issues till this day. My girl will never be the same, no more Beneful ever!!!

My dog was fed Beneful for years. He would throw up his food. I wish I knew this before as my Jakey died too young. My heart is broken.

I have been feeding my dogs Beneful healthy weight for yrs. Lately in the last few months my dogs have been throwing up and diarrhea. My Orio is old and has developed laryngitis. I will be changing their dog food and hope they recover from this horrible thing. I thought purina was a great company and It saddens me to find out their food is causing our animals to be sick and even death. Please pray for my dogs that they will recover.

In November of 2014 my cocker spaniel became very ill. I was feeding her Beneful healthy weight. I notice for a few days she was vomiting maybe once or twice a day and by the third day she was vomiting violently and had bloody diarrhea. I immediately took her to the vet where a lengthy series of tests revealed a serious Intestinal infection, two days in the vet office and a $700 bill. I'm now on a much better food and no problems. I do not recommend this food at all.

Dog stopped eating - carried out to use the bathroom. It was dark the next morning carried him out so weak couldn't stand. Looked around on porch where he had pissed that night - it was pure blood. Picked him up to bring him in - was holding under front legs and he peed all the way in the house pure blood and after that he started gasping for air. Blood coming out of his mouth. Few minutes he was gone. He was happy-go-lucky couple of days before then went down really fast. I couldn't believe it. You open his cage to go out and he would run turn around to make sure you were coming too happy. He went down fast. I will miss him :( 1957

I switched to Beneful a few months before both my lab and malamute died violent deaths. I just now put two and two together. I purchased Beneful treats for my little Corgi mix and he vomited blood for a day. Took him to the vet and he told me to never give him Beneful anything.

I purchased by beautiful black and red haired german shepherd in 2007 from a very reputable breeder. At the age of 10 weeks, we wanted a strong, beautiful healthy and happy dog. We immediately were drawn to Beneful dog food and began feeding our beautiful dog this food. In the next couple of months she began losing her hair and having ulcerations on her skin. She look horrible and cried everyday. We took her to multiple doctors and eventually to an allergist. Multiple medications were tried but unsuccessfully.

Morning, I am seeing all over the news that there's been traces of poisons found in the Beneful's dog food. I fed my dog "Khaleesi" this food back in August of 2014. I purchased because of a sale at ShopRite along w/ manufacturers coupons I had. Well, I am now wondering if this poisoning issue that is all over the news could possibly be the cause of a serious medical episode we had with her where we almost lost her! Going back in my records, on August 30th, 2014 I was complaining of loose stools w/ a trace of blood and vomiting. On September 2nd 2014, I came home from work, fed her Beneful and approximately a half hour later she began seizing, losing all of her bodily fluid uncontrollably, all while unable to walk, unable to even hold her head up.

I usually use Salmon Beneful and am happy with results. Switched to Healthy Weight and my dog urinates unexpectedly and scratches a lot. Something I noticed was white residue sticking pieces together at bottom of 5 PD bag. Not happy. Glad people report. Now I know what not to feed my girl.

I have a 5 year old blue noise pitty, Briah Belle. She has been on Beneful for pretty much all her life. But for the last 2 years she has done a few things that concern me. It seems like she has seizures, she looks a little spaced out and her jaw will vibrate. She is getting sick to her stomach a lot, throwing up and diarrhea. I have also noticed she has been grinding her teeth, she does it a lot when she is sleeping. It started when I changed her to the healthy weight. I have always fed my pits beneful but I never had the issues or concerns till the last few years with Briah. I wasn't sure what could be causing the issues but now that I read other people's reviews, I know why these things are happening. I will be changing her food today! The last thing I need is for her food, that is suppose to be good for her, to be killing her!

We have been feeding our dogs Beneful. My Lab has been having seizures for almost a year. My collie recently got very sick. We took her to the vet and he thought she may have been poisoned. We are disgusted with the information about this dog food we have invested so much money in. More importantly, it has made our dogs sick! We will NEVER use Purina products again!

Our dog also died (had to be put to sleep) because watching him suffer the way he did and no explanation for why this was happening other than his kidneys may be shutting down. He was a great hunting dog "one of the best" and I thought nothing but the best in Purina!!! Wow reading this just made me sick. Mac was put to sleep on February 2014. We tried everything to help him but his weight decreased in such a short time, stools were runny. He could barely eat, sometimes would go into a state of depression like lethargic looking and push his head down on the couch.

Have used Beneful Healthy Weight for many years to help manage Dachshunds diabetes weight issues with excellent results until January 2015. He didn't want to eat, had diarrhea, vomiting and peed all over the house, and his sugar level was off the charts. Increased insulin dosage and added chicken broth to the Beneful to entice him to eat. Finally started refusing to eat. Chihuahua started refusing to eat and then had a seizure. I knew then it had to be the dog food! Thank God I stopped feeding them Beneful. Both dogs seem to have recovered but vet will check for hidden problems. Had no clue about the bad food until I saw it on the news this morning. I feel so bad that I could have killed my precious pets with this food.

I had a yorkie that I got when he was 12 weeks old, after trying several different types of food, the only one that he would eat was Beneful. This was his food for the remainder of his life. When he was approximately 2 y/o he began developing stomach issues, bloody diarrhea, vomiting, loss of appetite, etc. Each time he was taken to the vet and I was told to withhold food for a day or 2 and resume. This continued sporadically for the next 6 years. The final onset resulted in hospitalization, lots of meds, and finally surgery in which it was determined that he had a very large mass in his pancreas, one like the vet stated he had never seen. The result was death. Needless to say, my husband and I were devastated. After seeing this today, it upsets me more to think this all could have been avoided.

I have fed my dogs Beneful off and on for the past 5 years. 2 of my dogs died due to stomach problems at the ages of 8 and 9. My female, before she took her last breath threw up an ungodly amount of blood. My male, I found him out in the yard deceased. He wouldn't eat 4 days prior to his death. I would love to speak with a lawyer about this please. It was so unexpected and they were my world.

We adopted our puppy, Lily, in 2009 at the time she was only 3 months old. We immediately fed her Beneful puppy food and fed her Beneful brand until around 2013. Lily had seizures during this time, once so severe she had to be hospitalized for 3 days and they said she wouldn't make it... they told us she had ingested something poisonous. We tried to tell them we had been with her and she hadn't eaten anything abnormal only her dog food. Lily managed to pull through, but shortly after continued having seizures again.

Our Golden Retriever, Little Bear, died at the age of 7. We fed her Beneful her entire life.

We lost our family dog last September. Loretta was a rescue and we had her for about 5 years. She was only about 7 years old when she got sick. We had no clue what was happening to her and neither did the vet. She became very lethargic, lost control of her bladder and became very confused and disoriented. Her eyes were glazed over with her third eyelid staying shut. I took her to the vet and they thought she had some kind of virus. Took her home only to take her to the emergency vet that weekend (2-3 days later). She had been up all night moaning and crying. Once I got there, they immediately put her on oxygen, started an IV and told me they did not know what was wrong.

In the last two years, three of my dogs have had serious health problems. Two of my dogs developed tumors on their spleens and required emergency surgery. One of the two passed away after the surgery. The vet said this issue was uncommon, especially in two dogs in the same home who were not litter mates. Another one of my dogs has had a declining appetite, has lost twenty pounds and has kidney failure, with only 25% of her kidney function left. She is on medication, which she won't take because she doesn't have an appetite, which leaves us having to force pills down her throat two times per day. She is also on fluids, which we have to give her twice per day via IV. I've often wondered what is making my dogs sick and have questioned whether or not it could be their food. My dogs have gone through so much in the past two years: countless vet visits and check-up's, pills, needles, surgeries, special food, IV's, etc. Not to mention all the pain and suffering they've had to endure.

In April of 2012 my weenie dog (Oscar) began having seizures, diarrhea, and vomiting. He was 7 years old and his regular diet was Purina Beneful. The vet couldn't determine what was wrong after many tests. We hospitalized him and he was seen by a specialist. She also could not figure out the cause. He died at that hospital. It was terrible. I always suspected that it could be related to the food but the vets never confirmed it. After reading so many similar stories I am convinced it was Beneful that killed my dog.

I have been feeding my 2 dogs (a chihuahua And A wiener mix) Beneful dry dog food for two years and have not seen any signs of poisoning. I've had Bela since she was 6 weeks old. She's now 2 yrs and started her on Beneful puppy. Now all I buy is Purina. A few weeks ago she was throwing up and I never once blamed the dog food that I feed her, still don't. And I had remembered that the day before she had snuck into some cat food, and I had learned from owning so many little dogs that when they eat cat food, no matter what brand it is, it will make them sick. As for my chihuahua, I've had him for a year in a half and has been feeding Beneful Incredia bites and he is healthy and happy.

My poor Dachshund will be seen at vet today. She has been eaten Beneful for a few years. She has bald spots, excessive thirst, and urinates excessively. Dark urine and hot spots and chewing on paws. Watery eyes and bloating. I am upset that I trusted Purina. Will post more after 2pm vet check.

We have a 2 yr old Chiweenie named Sadie who has been eating Beneful dog food for the last year. She is always sick and we have not been able to figure out what her issue was. Was she eating thing in the backyard? We weren't sure so we stopped letting her go out back. Was she licking up grease on the kitchen floor when we cook dinner? We weren't sure, so we make sure she never goes in the kitchen. Every week she has "stomach issues". She gets lethargic and doesn't want to eat and then has bad diarrhea for a few days. We took her to the vet twice and she was placed on Flagyl for her tummy issues. They ran blood tests and said she had a stomach virus and that it was normal for small dogs.

After feeding our yellow lab Beneful, he appeared tired, less energetic than usual and drinking more water. Then could not walk normally. Ultrasound at the veterinarian showed liver failure. There was nothing we could do.

My husband just heard about this today. I don't know if I'm contacting the correct person but here's my story. We had 11.5 year old mixed bread who was healthy most of her life until February of this year. She was vomiting and shaking almost every day. We took her to an emergency vet and after blood work was done, we were advised she had some sort of inflammation. She had eaten Beneful wet and dry food since it came on the market. In September we brought her to our vet for her yearly check up and were told that she had lost 5 lbs. (10% of her weight). We attributed that to that we had stopped giving her table straps.

My dogs have been eating Beneful for a while. About a week ago, 2 of them started vomiting sporadically (one has become more tired than usual). My other dog has had massive diarrhea. I heard about the Beneful lawsuit, and immediately bought them new food. Makes me so angry that this food is still on the shelves. What's worse is that the pet stores are encouraging customers to purchase it for donations to local shelters.

I bought Beneful in October, 2014, for the first time. A month later I had to put him out of his misery. Vet determined there was bleeding in his stomach and he had liver damage. Nothing could be done at that point. It was heartbreaking. I still have the Beneful food stored in a container and Vet receipt.

We only fed our dogs Beneful. We had 2 dogs up until September 2014. Skeena started getting ill in August and we started feeding her anything she would eat because she was not eating anymore. She wouldn't even eat steak at the end. We took her to the vet who ran blood tests and gave us steroids to increase her appetite. She ate once when we got home but then stopped again. We had to put her down 3 days later after watching her suffer terribly.

I had a blue merle shetland sheepdog for 12 years. She died in 2012. She had all these symptoms and I had no clue. Now I have a Lhasa Apso and he is 3 years old and he is now bleeding when he poops and vomiting. Hopefully I caught this early. Pray.

My chihuahua that was 16 years old died suddenly in September. He was old, yes, he had few teeth left, yes, but he was full of life and energy. Two days before he passed we noticed a difference in him. He was lethargic, wanted little to do with our other dog who he used to pick on endlessly and he wouldn't eat. Not even a bite. I even made beef and rice boiled for him with water. Something plain and one of his favs. No luck.

Beneful is making my dog sick and draggy. She has not been herself and she has slowed down intensely and we also found a lump on her left side of the body. She had been fed Beneful for almost a year. Now that the news comes out about Beneful it all makes sense. We will have to now take her to the vet soon and spend a ton of money. Do not feed your dog Purina Dog Food!!

I just wanted to say that I have been feeding my dog Beneful dog food for almost a year and she has NOT suffered any ill effects at all. She loves the dog food.

My dog Oliver was eating Beneful kibbles for a couple of years and I noticed he was slowing down. I saw he had piticker on the belly. I took him to the vets and his blood work that came back fine, but I was a Vet Tech and knew there was something going on. Went back for more blood work and the platelets were very low. Within a month he was dead. He bled to death and now that I see the problems other people have had I see my Oliver had the same symptoms, the vomiting, diarrhea, and internal bleeding. This food killed my dog I am sure of it.

I have 2 two year old Wheatens. I have also tried to feed my kids only the best dog food. I have always given them dry Nutro products but mix in a small amount of wet dog food. I looked at the ingredients in Beneful and thought they would be very healthy for my dogs. I have been giving them this diet for about 6 months. I do not know if this type of Beneful is involved but I certainly want to check it out. I was watching CNN this morning when they announced the class action lawsuit filed against Purina. That's how I got to this website.

My Boxer had been eating it over two years. All of a sudden he started throwing up and not eating. Took him to doctor, said may have internal bleeding cause his ears were pale and tongue. He died Valentines morning. I knew nothing about the problems with the food till today. We always bought the 20lb bag of food twice a month. Where can I get papers to file complaint also? I changed because they said vegetables was in it. He was eating Purina Dry.

My dog's symptoms were so classic to this case it can only be the food + LOOK AT BEFEFUL'S INGREDIENT LIST! I feel so stupid--the bag announces '...With Real Beef' on the front. Did anyone else NOT NOTICE the almost hidden ingredient list, where beef is 7th in line, two behind 'animal fat', just three ahead of 'propylene glycol' (an ingredient in antifreeze) and four ahead of 'sugar'? Yes, sugar. What is THAT doing in a dog food? And THOSE nasty ingredients are EIGHT ingredients ahead (by weight) of the spinach, peas, and carrots shown so boldly on the front! If Purina can mislead us so blatantly on the front of every package, do you think they tell the truth in prepared statements????

My 18-month old German shepherd has been having trouble for months - vomiting, diarrhea, extreme thirst, sluggishness, hot spots, weight loss and then slow weight gain. At one point his eyes rolled back in his head. When ill, he refuses to eat his kibble and can only be enticed to eat with home-cooking and he has to be fed by hand. This extreme sickness has happened at least 5 times in the last 8 months. When I mix the dried Beneful with real chicken or beef and he picks out the meat. The hot spots continue. He also experiences pain in his paws and joints. He has been eating Beneful as his only kibble for nearly a year. Please recall this dog food.

About six-eight months ago, we switched from IAMS dry dog food to Beneful for our 3 1/2 year old Rottweiler, Bella. Over last four months, Bella began wetting the bed a few times a week. Her water intake increased as well. Our 100 pound, healthy Rottweiler became lethargic and ill on February 7th for no reason we could explain. On Monday at 7AM, we took her to the vet clinic where they did blood tests and concluded she had become anemic and diagnosed her with a disease called IMHA.

My white German shepherd has had severe seizures and other symptoms of poisoning. He has been eating Beneful dog food. When I read the statements online about Beneful, I realized that his seizures coincided with starting Beneful Original kibble. The vet has been unable to find a reason and his seizures have not been able to be controlled with medication. In fact, they have progressively gotten worse.

I have a 4 month old pit bull. I began feeding him Beneful puppy food around Thanksgiving 2014 and he ate it up until beginning of February. His skin became very red and irritated and he has now chewed off of the hair on his back side and pretty much anywhere he can reach. He's been to the vet numerous times for skin scrapes, get steroids and Benadryl and none seemed to help. So then the vet begins to think he might have a food allergy so he's now been on a hydrolyzed diet for 3 weeks and he has yet to get better when today I came across an article about pets being poisoned and killed by Beneful!

My 7 yr old Lab has been eating nothing but Beneful for the past 5 years. She recently started showing a lump on her hind leg which has been getting progressively larger. The vet diagnosed cancer. With all the other horror stories from pet owners feeding their pets Beneful I am switching dog foods. Probably too late but why take that chance.

I had given my 4 month old Golden mix puppy Beneful wet food several times over the past month. Each time he vomited and had diarrhea. I had given him several different types of the "Chopped Blends" wet food and he was sick every time. Luckily I made the connection to the food quickly and stopped giving him this food immediately and he recovered, hopefully with no long term damage. I never fed him the dry food, but the entire "Beneful" product line needs to be pulled! The whole time I thought it was just a fluke with my particular dog, but after reading about how many other dogs got sick there is a bigger problem here!

I have a 5 year old chihuahua whom I was feeding Beneful. As we noticed some hacking frequent vomiting, we woke up a Sunday morning to find several puke spots and several diarrhea spots. It concerned us. A few hours later she had diarrhea again only to find straight blood. After rushing her to a emergency vet we were told to get her off the Beneful. After her medication and switch her food she doesn't hack or puke on a daily basis anymore and is doing very well.

Well that's nice that you guys come out now about the product not being good. I fed my dog this for 8 months then she started getting sick about 2 months later. I took her in and they told me she had some poison in her blood but didn't know what from. It's kinda funny when my dog was an inside dog just healthy.

I was feeding my Golden dog Beneful for a while until he had a horrific episode of vomiting and diarrhea on Thanksgiving Day!! I brought him to the ER vet and after, X-rays to determine if he had ingested something (which he didn't). He was given Intravenous fluids, nausea meds, prednisone and an antibiotic!! TG I am a nurse and knew what to watch out for!! This is really bad!!!

Our 8 year old dog has been feeling sick, vomiting and lethargic for a few weeks. Also, she had been drinking more water than she ever had in her life. We were about to take her to the vet when our son sent us information about Beneful dry dog food. When we researched all the information we were shocked because the things people were saying about their dogs issues were exactly like what has been happening to our girl! We will not be feeding Beneful to our girl ever again. Shame on Purina for not addressing this issue!!

March 9th 2014, I went out back to feed my dog. She usually is at the door before I even open it. She wasn't there. We yelled her name and she didn't come. We thought she got out. My boyfriend and daughter walked the yard looking for her. My daughter found her under a bush. She was barely opening her eyes. She seemed weak. We found bloody stool and vomit around the yard. I took her to the vet. They couldn't tell me what was wrong unless she got an ultrasound and x-rays. They said it was something she ate.

We fed our dogs Beneful Original for about 2 years. We started feeding them Beneful when we got our 3rd dog. We had 2 Chihuahua's and a Lab. Our newest addition, a Chihuahua, started having seizure about 8 months after we got her. We didn't think it was the food, we just assumed it was a medical problem, so we kept feeding them the same food. After a year of feeding them Beneful, our Lab started to have seizures - we still didn't blame the food. After 2 years of feeding them Beneful, our 2-year old Chihuahua became extremely ill. Vets ran hundreds of test before checking her blood cell count. When they called us to tell us she had 90% kidney failure, they said they had never seen this in a dog so young and didn't think it was possible. They asked if she had maybe gotten into antifreeze, but there was no way. I mentioned what food we had them in and we were told to immediately switch them.

My 7-year old Beagle ate Beneful dry food and became ill. There was a large amount of blood in her stools. We immediately took her off this food and she has been fine since.

Last year April 2014, I purchased Beneful dog food at Costco for my Rottweiler. After eating it for a month and a half she became deathly ill. Vomiting, diarrhea, loss of appetite and losing nearly 20 pounds. Our vet asked what she was eating, I responded Beneful. It took two months, she nearly died twice, to diagnose her at the cost of over $2000. She now has Addison's disease, with monthly shots costing $300 as well as two different meds taken daily! I should have never switched her to this brand of food, I am especially aware of my choices now!

We have always fed Beneful over the years. We got a new pup for Christmas, we used puppy chow at first then went to Beneful healthy puppy. The first bag no issues. Got her a second bag Monday night. Started using it yesterday. She has started puking so more of this. Leaving to buy a new brand. Looking at Science Diet or Nutra.

Our beloved Jackie Moon ate Beneful. He started having unexplained vomiting and diarrhea. We took him to the vet and they ordered a scope. He had intestinal ulcers and lesions that were leaking fecal matter into his body. The vet couldn't find any medical reasons that would cause this. Two days later he went into shock and passed away. It makes me sick to think this could be the reason we lost our sweet pup.

Beneful caused my 3 Maltese dogs to become chronically sick, developing severe food allergies which led to many infections. Changing foods helped but 2 of the 3 are still struggling with health problems.

Two years ago in November, my dog Cash came down with horrible flu-like symptoms just days after his 4th birthday. The vet said it was intestinal, bad food, and should go its course. Beneful salmon and rice was his regular diet, but my dog did not make it.

This is the Healthy Radiance with Salmon dog kibble. My rescue yorkie, Jamie, has been through a lot in her years. I saved her from a shelter that got shut down locally. I always try to make her food myself, but I also leave a bowl of dry kibble for her to snack on/play with on between meals. I was having issues getting her to eat dry food, so had been looking for something she'd eat when I stumbled across this food. She loves it, though within the past month she has lost her ability to jump onto the couch/chair/bed etc. And has also been very lethargic. Though there are many things that could've caused this, it didn't occur until she started wanting to eat the dry food for her meals instead of what I would make.

Our dog, Pepper, a Rottweiler/Chow mix, died on Father's Day, 2012. He had been fed various Beneful products since he was a puppy. Months prior to his death, he started displaying serious weight loss and loss of muscle definition, and daily bouts of diarrhea and vomiting. He became very lethargic and could no longer climb the stairs in the house - something he used to relish and attack with boundless energy. His vet confirmed that he in fact had liver disease. I had heard the rumblings about the Beneful products and subsequently changed his diet. But it was much too late.

December 2014, our 8 pound dog had these exact symptoms and died even though she was treated at the Vet's twice, there was nothing more that could be done for her. I was just at our Vet's with our 2nd dog 14 hours before reading this article, as she was behaving exactly the same as our first dog that died with vomiting, diarrhea, weakness and anorexia symptoms. Second dog has a very inflamed stomach lining and the Dr. said she must have eaten something bad for her but we would probably not ever know what it was. I have fed our dogs Beneful only, with an occasional healthy Dr. approved table scrap, for years due to the claims on the bag saying how great their food is for the health of your loved pet. Hopefully we caught this in time for our second dog.

The beginning of July 2014, I switched to Purina Beneful Dog Food. I have 2 dogs that have always been in perfect health. Tank and Abby. Tank was diagnosed as diabetic Jan. 7th, 2015. My dogs go to the vet regularly and stay up on their shots. It crossed my mind that it might be due to the change of food, as that was the only thing that I have changed for him. He now has full blown diabetic. He has lost 35 lbs, is completely blind and can't hardly walk now.

My daughter had recently moved back home with a dog I gave her (pekingese) and I noticed he had an awful smell and shed tremendously (neither of which he did when I had him). She told me "I think it's his food doing that to him." She was feeding him Beneful, so I said "well let's change his food and see what happens." We began giving the pekingese the food I was feeding my puppy (boston terrier) and I gave my puppy the Beneful. HUGE mistake...

My 6 year old border collie started having violent diarrhea about a month and half ago. She had only been eating Beneful for about a year at this point, so I didn't think it had anything to do with the food. I took her to the vet, who said he believed this to be a viral issue and prescribed us antibiotics, B12 vitamin weekly, and prescription dog food which she's been on since.

I had to put my 9 1/2 yr old american bulldog down last may 2014 memorial day because of a big liver mass. She started throwing up and had a bloody stool. I had her on Beneful dog food diet. Now I'm seeing on the news about Beneful dog food killing these animals. Such a shame.

After six months of my dog eating Purina Beneful my dog starting having bloody diarrhea and couldn't hold even water down. I spent more than a thousand $ on to different vets and watched my dog slowly die over two months. I have now learned thousands of other have same problems with Purina Beneful - this can't be a coincidence. Please stop this company from killing our beloved pets.

Two years ago, my otherwise healthy dog suffered a ruptured gall bladder and permanent liver damage. The vet suggested that she had been poisoned over a period of time, but I could not think of anything she could've gotten into. Our yard is fenced and we are very watchful of all of our animals. I had been feeding her Beneful. She required several surgeries, and has to take medication for the rest of her life. My veterinary bills were more than $10,000 and her medication costs $90 each month. So glad to hear that Purina may finally be made to admit guilt over the illness and death of so many beloved pets.

We lost our 5 year old pitbull, Jackson, Jan 15, 2015. He was found dead in our one of our rooms in our house. Up until that morning, everything seemed fine. He went outside to do his business in the morning like usual but when he came back in, he wasn't interested in eating his breakfast, which was unusual. Other than that, everything seemed normal. My father-in-law was expecting a physical therapist to arrive, so Jackson was put into the office until the nurse left. He whined and cried like usual as he likes to be with my father-in-law. After the nurse left, Jackson was found dead in the office. There was no autopsy done and he was cremated. We just heard about the lawsuit against Purina and my husband realized that Jackson had been eating Purina Beneful for quite some time. Not exactly sure how long. As soon as we heard about this, we threw away the rest of the food as we have two other dogs.

We have 3 dogs, all of which have been eating Beneful dog food. We have found now one is getting very sick and not acting like he usually would. After bringing him to vet and after paying thousands to try to find the issue, we found he now has liver failure and there's nothing we can do to save him. We have to now put him down to end his suffering. Now we have seen our other dogs having issues and without hesitation are no longer going to feed any animal a Beneful product. We now need to test both dogs remaining to see if they suffer the same issues. There's a problem when so many families are experiencing similar sad stories and all have 1 similar factor... Beneful foods! Please save our pets and get this toxic food off shelves.

My 3 dogs have been healthy dogs overall except starting December of this year when I switched their food to Healthy weight BENEFUL. Then all three starting itching, biting at themselves, peeing in the house, throwing up and losing their hair.

I have read all the horror stories about Beneful the last few weeks and thought I would share my story. I am not sure if it was the dog food or not but my dog ate Beneful exclusively for 7 years. The vet told me he was 90% sure it was Cancer on his spleen. I lost him on 2-2-15 due to internal bleeding. He was a 10 year old Miniature Schnauzer.

Last April my rescue Pit became very ill. Bloated stomach, excessive drooling, bladder control loss, couldn't walk or eat anything, vomiting blood. We tried rice to help him and nothing changed. The day we could get him to a vet we lost him. Not 2 months later our chocolate lab came down with the same symptoms - we got her to a vet and they said it was internal bleeding from naturally occurring tumors. We put her down to minimize the suffering we saw Trey go through. Both were fed Beneful for the whole time they were with us and I'll never be able to prove it but I really think they were two more family members poisoned.

I bought Beneful Dog food. My 2 dogs were acting sick lethargic, vomiting blood, diarrhea with blood, urinating everywhere. So I called the vet. I wasn't sure we were going to make it they were so sick. The vet said they were dehydrated sick - didn't know about them.

I have had my dog for 7 years. We got him at six weeks old. We have been feeding him Beneful all of his adult life. We have noticed within the last six months he has been sick throwing up and refusing to eat his food. We are switching brands.

I am very concerned by recent reports of dogs dying/getting sick eating Beneful. I switched my dog to this early last year, it seemed ok for my dog. In December, I noticed that our dog, a 4 year old Blue Heeler/Australian Cattlehound, who usually wolfs down two cups in the morning and same in the evening, was suddenly going to his bowl and just sniffing at the food. He'd eat a couple mouthfuls and then walk away. We'd have to coax him to eat. Then he'd take all day. I bought a 2nd bag, and it just got worse. He lost weight but seemed to want to eat, and would readily eat any scraps we gave him. I finally realized it was his food and threw away the rest of the bag, then put him back on Rachel Ray's food, and it was a complete turn around. I never dreamed or thought of to research if other dogs were having the same experience with this food. I just thought it was a bad couple of bags. I will be getting my dog to the vet asap.

I have been feeding my maltese dog Beneful dog food for almost 2 yrs and just heard about this, and if my dog dies I will find the people responsible and I will make them eat a bag of this ** and it ain't no joke and if the FDA don't do something I will find one of you and do the same - you will eat a bag of this ** too!

Got our dog in Dec 2011. Started her on purina beneful and have only used that dog food. Within a couple of months we noticed her peeing in the house. Took her to the vet. Put her on meds. Last year they upped the dosage of meds because she cannot control her bladder. In the past 6 months she has had skin problems. I believe this is all due to the food. Have now stopped the food. We have had vet bills and replaced rugs, furniture and pet beds due to this problem. Ugh. Hope she gets better now that we have stopped the food.

After reading about the lawsuit with Beneful it made me think that might of killed our two pets. We fed our dog Koko Beneful for a long time. She suddenly started bleeding, took her to the vet and she said her liver was bleeding. We spent a lot of money trying to nurse her back but she did not make it. We got another Dachshund, fed her healthy weight Beneful, she died too. Just suddenly got weak. Now I know why... They need to recall this product. Too many dogs have suffered eating this food. How could the company say it's not their fault...

Beneful weight formula has long been one of my (3) dogs' favorite foods! My dogs were throwing up and I thought they were getting into something outside. I swirled to a brand called Luvsome and Pedigree and the symptoms stopped! I had no idea it was from the food till now!

We have been giving our husky this food for several months. She has been coughing - we gave her cough meds and she's been to the vet. No relief was found!!! After reading this I hope I'm not too late. I will be stopping Her BENEFUL today!!!!!!!

We have a American blue pit. We started him off with Beneful. He would throw up on a regular basis. He is now 11 mths old and doing great. We changed his and our other dog food approximately 2 months ago. Both are doing fine no more throwing up for either dog. And it outrages me they're saying nothing wrong with their pet food. I see that there are other pet owners that has experienced the same thing my husband and I went through. I hope someone listening because some owners even lost their pets.

Honey started peeing throughout the house. Just seemed to lose control of her bladder. Previously the vets at Purdue Univ. removed a mass from her liver. We thought she would get better, although they did not test for poison or mold or what caused the mass. She never really recovered and never was able to hold her urine. She was completely unaware that she was wetting. Yes, she also had uncontrollable thirst. It was scary.

My daughter called me tonight that her dog Charlie was very sick and having seizures. This is the product #434910861226L07. We don't know what will happen after tonight to Charlie. I am certain the dog food has made him sick.

We used Beneful for many years. Bandit was our first to use it and he became lazy early on but we never really made a connection to that being the reason. Years later we moved to Tennessee in 07 and stayed with family for a long time. My dad had two dogs and I just had Bandit and while they ate various foods because we liked different things for the dogs, Beneful was always around. When we bought this house from my family, Missy left with dad and we kept Canyon with Bandit because they loved each other so much.

I just spent one of the longest days of my life, most of it at a 24 hr veterinary hospital. Our beautiful Great Dane/English Mastiff mix in critical condition with massive internal bleeding. Over $6000 later, ultrasound, x-rays, blood transfusions, and major surgery to remove his spleen and a volleyball sized tumor attached to it, he is stable at the hospital. The surgeon found over two liters of blood in his chest cavity from his ruptured spleen and said if we hadn't brought him in Tuesday morning he would have died. It is still touch and go.

After seeing this my black lab has had this food and we took him to vet and switched him back to other food because his coat and his skin. He was chewing uncontrollably around his tail which had a lot of hair loss and as well under belly and around hind. He is 10 years old. I would hate for this to be the thing that could take him from us!

In July 2014 I moved to a small town where there wasn't any high quality dog food available. I drove 35 miles one-way to buy good dog food. For several weeks I wasn't able to get out of town to buy food, so I bought Beneful at the local grocery, thinking it was the best of what they had. My five dogs ate more of it than other food, and I figured they liked it. In fact, their craving was so intense, I began to wonder if there was an addictive ingredient in it.

I have extremely detailed vet reports to prove my written witness. I can also track the purchase of Beneful dog food as well as provide witness from Dexter's extensive vet staff. Mid September 2014, Dexter, was a healthy 8 year old pug. I fed him Beneful Healthy Weight and as the vet bills and reports state, at that time, Dexter had suddenly suffered severe and ongoing seizures on and off for hours. He also was vomiting. Dexter's vet examined him and sent Dexter to the local Veterinary ER.

My 7 year old Rottweiler, Nicco, ate Beneful dry food for most of her life. Late in 2014 she started urinating in the house, which she hadn't done since she was a puppy. Then on Christmas Eve she had a seizure and was immediately taken to the emergency vet. After 3 days she was stable but they couldn't figure out what was wrong. She was becoming hypoglycemic because there was something wrong with her pancreas but it wasn't cancer or diabetes. After thousands spent I just didn't have anymore money.

My mom's dog has been eating Purina Dry Kibbles for quite sometime. He has since then become ill, lost patches of hair and has a horrible odor. After reading many similar stories, this horrible brand is killing our dogs. Don't buy this poison.

My great dane of 12 years passed away Dec 22, 2014. I had changed him over to Beneful around the first of the month (DEC). I noticed him losing weight and passing blood thru his bottom and problems going to the restroom. I had just bought a new bag of Beneful on Dec 21st. The morning of Dec 22nd I opened it and fed my dog. I did not know it would be my last time. It was cold out when I let him out that morning to use the restroom.

Our dog recently passed and has always eaten only Beneful original dry food. He started with vomiting before I noticed anything strange but he was a strong dog and I figured it was just a bug and would pass. Less than a week later he started having difficulty breathing and couldn't move his legs and acting very confused. He was a strong almost 9 year old, a rotty mix. By the time we took him to the vet his symptoms were advanced and he wasn't himself at all. We were told it could've been poison or tumor bursting and best put him down..... We still are heartbroken and my children are too. He was part of this family. Who do I need to contact about this?????

We have 2 older rescue Great Danes that began having stomach issues. So we went to the old stand-by, burger that's boiled then the fat is siphoned off the top and plain boiled macaroni noodles. Once they were back to normal we thought we'd try the Beneful. They both got so sick with both explosive diarrhea and vomiting. They got dehydrated in only 2 days. We only gave it to them twice. So we obviously went right back to the Burger & noodles only. It took over a week for them to recover. I was going to donate the rest of the bag to our local pound, but decided against it. Didn't want to ruin some poor, stressed out pound dog's chance to get adopted.

Had my dog for 14 years and switched to Beneful. Suddenly my dog started to have kidney failure and seizures. Had to put him to sleep 2 weeks ago. Awful awful awful!

I just found out about Beneful Class Action Lawsuit, and started doing Google search about it. I got so sad and angry reading all the pets that had died because they ate Beneful food. My dog passed away December 17, 2014. I found him dead after coming back from work. My dog had all the exact symptoms like all the other dogs people are describing, such as loss of appetite, diarrhea, drinking lots and lots of water. Since December 2014, I being asking to myself what really happened to my dog, now I finally know what really happened to my loyal, friendly, playful and lovely dog. Beneful Killed him!! I really hope that people stop feeding their pets with that poisoned food. I cried for 3 days and was so sad for two weeks. I didn't know I was poisoned my dog. I never write complaints about anything online, I just hope I can save someone's pet after reading my story. Thanks!

I have had my dog Tito for 6 years, I recently had to put him down. He had been eating Beneful for the last 3 years and over those three years he has gained and lost so much weight. So Sunday Feb 22 he began to have seizures that night and early Monday morning, I rushed him to the hospital Monday morning and they began to give him fluids and other medicine. Later on that day the doctor called and said he was doing fine and he was now responding. I began to smile because I knew my friend was going to be just fine. Then I got another call later on, saying that my best friend of 6 years might not make it and that I should come and say goodbye. When I got there I was told that his liver was malfunctioning and there was nothing else they could do. The hardest decision was to let him go. My beloved Tito passed away Monday afternoon and he will forever be missed.

My golden retriever will be 8 in May... 3 weeks ago I took him to the vet only for the vet to say, "Take him home and spoil him." He's anemic and has a mass that is attached to his spleen that fills his whole abdomen pushing his intestines all to one side, pushing his stomach and heart and everything else. He's lost 27 lbs in 3 months but looks like he's carrying a basketball in his stomach. He's lost his fur on his tail and his ears.....

They should be shut down already! My dog became very sick and passed away last year.. She became very ill.. lesions, liver malfunctioning... All the symptoms which are consistent with other people's pets... The vet couldn't figure it out. She was on an IV.. Had to put her to sleep... Should have known better than to feed her these type of "dog" foods... How many more complaints and dogs need to die????

Our dog Trixie is going to be 9 years old in October. She has been eating Beneful Dog Food for most of her adult life. She has been plagued with itchy skin & hot spots for most of this time. The vet blamed it on allergies of what kind they could not say.... her skin has a foul odor & she her fur falls out in chunks. For close to 1 year now Trixie has been on Temaril-P for the itching & still has managed to get a secondary staph infection & is now on Course 2 of a 30 day Treatment of Cephalexin. About 2 months ago, her eyes started to glaze over & we found that she had lost her close up vision. She could only see shadows if the light was very bright. Since being on the antibiotic treatment for her skin her eyesight has improved tremendously. She has one blue & one brown eye. We could not see the blue anymore. Her pupils were totally dilated. Now in the daytime in bright light the blue is almost back. At night she is blind again. What is your Beneful doing to our Trixie?

My beautiful springer spaniel died after eating Beneful for two months. She had internal bleeding and organs shutting down. Her blood platelets were destroyed. The vet and I tried everything in our powers to save her. Now after watching the news I feel terrible and frustrated that I was poisoning my dogs with this food. We had been feeding them royal canine food but due to a financial situation I had to cut back on everything. Definitely won't ever make that mistake again.

I rescued my pit from a owner in Lynn who couldn't have her and who didn't treat her so well and she was fed this cheap 19$ bag of food for 50lbs. So me thinking that's worse and trying something more expensive and looking healthy for pit pup and around a good price for me to buy often. And I tried this and for a few months now my dog's been throwing up and has hair loss. I finally figured out why, I was told it could have just been a food allergies but Beneful dog food is just bad for your dog. I Can't believe how low standards are in animal food. I'm so angry.

I bought a bag of Beneful ORIGINAL MOIST N CHEWY 13 lb size. Last month at Walmart in Thayer Missouri 65692. I had been using it for 3 months. But this month both dogs I feed it to are ill. I changed bag sizes and stores this time because my new puppy is a bigger Eater now. I had bought it in 5 lb bags at the Dollar General Store with no problems. Anyhow it started with a lot of stomach noises from both dogs right after I started them on this new bag. Then the puppy a 8 month 5 lb Chihuahua started puking and having the runs. Then a few days later my older 3 year old 3 lb chihuahua started puking too!

After feeding my GSD Beneful Weight management dog food for approx 1 year, she suddenly could not urinate. At all. Took her to the Emergency Vet Hospital as it was 9:00 or so at night. Had to have emergency surgery for multiple (>200) bladder stones and sludge type matter, some of which were blocking the urine and could not be moved. We were told by the Vet to stop the Beneful immediately! She was placed on antibiotics for 60 days. $2500.00 for surgery plus the subsequent visits to be followed up and special food. The worry. Thankfully she healed well! We will never be ok with Beneful and what it caused for our dog, our family member, and us! Now we hear that thousands of other people's dogs have endured other medical problems caused by the same food! When will someone help us and them and stop this madness?!

I changed my beloved dog Blacky's food because he was getting older. Not even a month after feeding him Beneful he got very sick. He stopped eating and was drinking a lot of water. He also showed signs of seizures and bloody diarrhea. He passed away in Feb 12, 2015 he was 12 years old. I thought he was just getting old and until I read about Beneful. Everything I have read happen to my beloved Blacky. What I don't understand is there are so many complaints that show there is a problem yet it is still be sold and excuses are being made. What is going on. Our dogs are part of our family. When you lose a pet it's like losing a family member. We are very sad to know that Purnia cares more about money than they do your pet. Take it off the shelves and keep our pets safe.

I am just learning about the complaints and class action lawsuit against Purina Beneful. My dog suffered many of the symptoms that other pet owners reported. I feed my dog Beneful for years and he would vomit often throughout the ten years prior to his death in January 2014. The vet diagnosed him with kidney failure and after learning more about the symptoms, I recall his increased thirst, urination, and weight loss for at least 6 - 9 months before it was recommended to put him down. It saddens me to think that I played a role in my best friend's death by feeding him Beneful. I had my dog from a puppy for more than 10 years. I lost a part of my family and caution pet owners to beware of Purina Beneful.

My dog was sick, throwing up, making weird coughing and gagging noises. We took her to the vet and he suggested changing her food to see if it would help. I switched it to Iams and within a couple days all of her symptoms had stopped. It was heart breaking to see her like that, not too mention the puke stains on the carpet.

I fed my golden retriever Beneful for many years. He died in 2007 from a mass in his stomach and liver and kidney failure. He had stomach issues from the moment I started feeding it to him. He constantly had upset stomach and bowel problems. I never pieced it together until recently reading others complaints. Towards the end I switched to a different dry food, but it was too late. He was too far gone and the mass in his stomach was too big and his kidneys were shot. I know this is too late but I want others to know not to feed this crap to their pups. In fact... be very careful and read the ingredients!! If they are like your kids they deserve your vigilance!!

I purchased a large bag of Beneful Healthy Weight as a backup because I ran out of the normal food I feed my Shihtzu. Not that I put two and two together but I noticed that he urinated a few times in the house and I know that that was not usual. Soon after I brought him to the vet to see why he may be having problems and they said his protein levels were high and that would indicate kidney failure. One night I came home and my dog was lethargic and his breathing was not the same. He then proceeded to have these gut-wrenching convulsing pains along with a sharp whimper.

I have a malti-poo almost 2 years old dog. We have had him for almost a year. We started giving Beneful food from about the beginning we got him. Then recently he has had diarrhea twice, vomited, & has bled when he has pooped. He has also made these noises like he can't breath like asthma or something. I don't know if it's the food & don't know what food to give him cause I'm scared of what might happen, please help.

I had two pure bred labs. My 7 year old died of kidney failure in Sept and my 13 yr old died in Dec. Both eat nothing but Beneful their entire life.

We had ran out of dog food. My mother was in the hospital recovering from surgery, and I was taking care of my disabled sister as well as my mother's pets. It was dinner time and as we'd ran out of food, because of the chaos in the house. I ran to the local grocery store and bought a bag of Beneful, figuring it was the better quality of food available at the store.

I fed my miniature schnauzer, Sparky, Beneful as I thought it would be a healthy option for him. After 3 weeks of feeding, he began drinking excessive amounts of water so much so that he would vomit. He then quickly began losing weight and then lost control of his bladder completely. After extensive testing, the vet determined that his liver and kidneys began to fail. I could not bring myself to put him down, instead I took him home and made him comfortable. Sparky passed away shortly after. He was a healthy, active dog with no previous medical problems. I believe feeding him this dog food caused this - there is no other explanation.

I have always desktop pets Purina dog and cat chow all my life. I am 40 years old. I have had 2 dogs die in the last 4 years to weird things. Also my dogs have developed hot spots and extremely itchy skin and my cats have been puking a lot more in the past 2 years. I am sad to say I changed their food and all better. Dogs and cats both. Makes me very angry that the food I have trusted for years has killed 2 of my dogs and one of my cats before I was smart enough to change.

My dog Dozer has been eating Beneful and has developed seizures and now takes daily medication.

My dog was adopted by my husband and myself in 2008. She will be 14 years old in May of this year. She was healthy when we got her, took her to the vet for a growth to be removed off her eyelid, and the vet informed us that her liver is enlarged and without treatment, she will die. Now after reading what her dog food does to dogs, I am so mad!!! I bought the "good stuff" thinking it would be good for my baby and to find out it is killing her!!! Yes I AM VERY UPSET AND CANNOT STOP CRYING BECAUSE OF THIS DANG FOOD I'M LOSING MY BABY!!!

My 7-year old Miniature Pinscher also got sick from eating Beneful. She became incontinent urinating in her sleep, vomiting so I took her to the vet August 26, 2013. She weighed 12 lbs. The Vet gave her antibiotics and sent her home. She got worse - would only drink water and kept vomiting water. We took her back to the vet on September 2 and she was 10 lbs. They kept her overnight and couldn't save her. She died September 9, 2013. I always suspected the dog food but didn't have proof.

I have fed my dogs Purina Beneful varieties for years and am currently feeding them Purina Beyond Natural Dog Food. I've never really considered the food to be the culprit behind all the problems they've been experiencing, particularly my smallest. However, after reading multiple complaints from consumers/pet owners who speak of similar symptoms my pets have experienced I'm concerned it may be the food that is making my animals sick. I have American Staffordshire Terriers that are experiencing intense itching, redness/hot spots, odor, coughing, and lethargy. I'm discontinuing use of all Purina products today and am hopeful the company chooses to investigate why so many pets are becoming sickened and/or dying after eating Purina brand food.

My 3 dogs all rejected their regular brand dog food, Beneful, starting Jan 28, 2015. My 8 yr old, Cockapoo began vomiting, drinking excessively and became lethargic. He was rushed to emergency vet early AM on Feb 1st, 2015 after vomiting blood. His organs were failing and he died. I am certain it was a result of the dog food, Beneful.

We've fed this food to our dogs for several years now. I noticed a couple Months ago, my big dog started acting like he was under the weather. He began losing weight, drooling, smelling badly, lethargic, and now, is vomiting. Given the recent allegations, I'm concerned. We just threw out a gigantic bag of Beneful and will be exclusively feeding our dogs prepared food, and visiting our veterinarian.

My Min Pin was a rescue. She had been moved from 3 different homes before she came to live in my home. She was the perfect pet! She didn't bark; she didn't get on the furniture; she was house trained; and she wasn't fussy about food. I loved her instantly! She was spoiled and got only the best. (I thought) All of my dogs through the years had Purina Puppy Chow and Dog Chow. I trusted the brand! Beneful had all of the best ingredients to feed your dog if you read the ingredients. I was certain she was getting the best! She had a dry skin condition so I was very careful about what she ate! She had all the different dry food flavors! I had her less than a year.

Eevee was one of three Chihuahuas owned by a very close friend. He fed exclusively Beneful for many years. Eevee became ill around Christmas of 2014 with symptoms including lethargy, extreme thirst, diarrhea. She improved briefly, but became ill again in January, adding bloody diarrhea and urine, refusal to eat, and hemorrhaging under the skin with bruise-like lesions on her abdomen 1-2 cm in diameter, and smaller lesions in her mouth. At that time he took her to the vet, and was given steroids. Unfortunately, she worsened, and within approximately a week she passed away during the night. Eevee was only 8 years old.

I lost my 10 year old Rottweiler just last week. After seeing the post about the class action lawsuit on Beneful dog food on Facebook my dog had a lot of the same symptoms as the people posting about their dogs--drinking allot of water, very lethargic, not eating, anemia. Thought it was heavy metal poisoning, kidney failure. Spent a lot of money trying to save her. She passed four days later. Common - Beneful Healthy weight dog food.

We had to put our 6-yr boxer down a month ago because he was having continuing epileptic seizures. We had him to the vet a few times with vomiting and foaming at the mouth. They thought it might be acid reflux and to just watch him. He began seizing and had to take him to emergency vet. They gave him valium and phenobarbital to try and stop the seizures - nothing worked. The vet said he didn't know what was causing them and a lot of times it's from poisoning or something internal. Of course I now see this about Beneful and I start to wonder. That is the food we fed him all the time. Just makes me sick to think that I poisoned my dog by feeding him this food...makes me so mad that this could happen!!!!!

I'm now convinced Purina Beneful is directly related to the death of our miniature Schnauzer. That was the primary food we bought for him from about 2009-2012. He was only 5 years old and died of premature kidney failure. I remember specifically asking the vet if it could be caused by the food. She assured me the Purina was a good brand that had been around awhile and that surely if there were issues with the food, we would have known. I had no idea 1000s of dogs have died with a commonality of eating Purina Beneful dog food. Another one of our dogs died last year (2014) again of kidney failure. That was enough proof for me to switch dog food brands for our remaining dog. There is definitely more going on than just coincidence.

I had a Sheltie mix. My Lucy was 12, I had her since 3 weeks old. She ate Beneful Regular for years and then Healthy Weight because she was bloated and gained about 20# over a few months, itched so much, seemed very uncomfortable and unsteady on her feet. She suddenly (over a couple of days) seemed very disoriented and had glazed eyes, acted like she was blind and couldn't hear.

I have been feeding my dog Beneful for many years and all of a sudden in December he got very sick. After vomiting and becoming listless we brought him to the ER vet. After several hundred dollars of testing he was dx with an enlarged liver amongst other problems, cancer and anemia. 2 days, $1600 later we had to put him down. I want to be part of this lawsuit. He was only 10 years old.

Beneful Healthy Weight - After my 8 yr old Lab ate Beneful she has vomiting, lethargy, diarrhea, she is dying.... We spent $1200 so far on vet visits. She was a healthy vibrant dog until she ate this. This is still on the store shelves. Purina you are killing our pets.

We are snowbirds - we live in Canada for 8 months each year where my dog eats ** dog food, and in the US for 4 months where he has been eating Beneful dry dog food since December 12, 2014. Charlie is a 4.5-yr old Shih tzu who went for his last veterinary checkup in November 2014 and received a clean bill of health. On arriving in Arizona, we purchased Beneful dry kibble dog food for him. Sometime in January, I saw him get up and walk across the floor but his legs seemed to give out under him - as if his legs were "asleep". He got up, took a couple of steps and collapsed again. I thought it was very unusual but he sat there for a few minutes and got up appearing to be fine. This happened twice - a week or two apart but I didn't make note of the dates.

In December of 2011 I had to put my best friend and first dog down. She was a Yorkie named Tea. I got her as a puppy and she was an extremely healthy dog her whole life. Then I began feeding her Purina Beneful. Within a month her health started to deteriorate. She became very thin, she threw up often and had diarrhea. She got so that she wouldn't eat anything, even her favorite treats. One day, after shopping for Christmas tress, we came home to find her in her kennel. She would not come out at all. I had to tear the kennel apart to get her out. She had vomited and defecated all over herself. She could not stand on her own.

Cooley was a 7-year old Australian Shepherd/Collie. Cooley experience vomiting, diarrhea, dehydration and stomach pains about 6 months ago. The vet at Banfield ran bloods tests and results came up with nothing. Therefore we took him to PVSEC of Pittsburgh because that wanted to monitor him. He stayed for 3 nights where the vets could only identify an unknown illness.

We had our dog of 14 years and he was in great health. Never showed signs of slowing down until we started giving him Beneful when he was about 12-13. He then started to develop signs of be disoriented at times and then developed pancreatitis. He would vomit from time to time and he was just very sluggish. Not at all like himself since we started him on Beneful. We spent over $2500 with the vet for all sorts of tests and meds. We eventually had to put him down last December. He just never recovered and it was heartbreaking to see him just lay around. We had to carry him outside sometimes to pee because he just didn't have the strength to walk on his own. We finally had to do the right thing for him. It was no life seeing him that way. I won't be buying anymore Purina products anymore.

Bought Purina Beneful original and had to switch food. My miniature Pinscher had diarrhea and was not acting himself. Switched to kibbles and bits and he no longer had diarrhea.

We were feeding my dog Purina Beneful dry food until I saw the report yesterday. My dog Seven has had some kind of unexplained allergy where her nose was swollen shut had to be on antibiotics. Every morning our dog vomits. She has had digestive issues which are starting to worsen. After learning about the Beneful dog food it all makes sense and as of yesterday she will no longer eat that food. Thanks to the media perhaps my dog's life was saved.

After reading all complaints on dog food, made me start checking. Had my 6 yrs old male Bluetick with all these symptoms. On Feb. 4th 2015 took him to the vet and they started treating him for possible lepto - the next day the dog passed away. He had been eating Beneful dog food for the previous couple of week.

On February 14th 2014 we almost lost our 4 year old male Great Dane due to bloat. Luckily after spending $3000 for surgery, he did survive. I had been feeding him the Purina Beneful kibble and until now didn't think it had any relation to it! I'm quite positive after seeing this lawsuit that it definitely is the reason that he bloated! I'm so upset!!!

I had 4 Boston terriers. 2 died within the last 4 months. 2 died last yr that went from fat to real skinny and went blind and died all of them. Something sounds very fishy.

In November of last year (2014) I lost both of my dogs over a 3-week period. Taz was a Jack Russell and Holly was a Schnauzer mix that I had adopted from the SPCA. Both of them started losing weight, drinking a lot of water and suddenly began urinating in the house. They were listless and walked like they were drunk at times and couldn't stand up straight. Holly passed away first with seizures, vomiting and diarrhea. She had been to the vet for her rabies shot and a check up. The veterinarian expressed a concern about her weight loss. Taz started also losing weight and refusing to eat along with the some of the same symptoms that Holly had shown. They both had been eating Beneful IncrediBites for several weeks.

I had dogs all my 73 years of life and never had tumor or rash problems with any of my pets. They never had Beneful Pet Food. I now have two Pembroke Corgis that have been on Beneful dog food since they were puppies - vet recommended. I have spent thousands of dollars on medicines and office visits for both of them because one had terrible raw rashes on him and most medicines were not helping. This dog suffered with the rash and I had to constantly bathe him with special, very expensive soaps and it was hard on him and hard on me, but I kept hoping that one day they would work. He also had a tumor removed and now still has a few more, one attached to the wall of his colon. He also has kidney failure.

My dog, Shadow has been on Beneful for 3 years, he started drinking a lot of water, didn't give it much thought. But then he started to throw up, didn't want to go out, and that's not Shadow. My wife works at Walmart and one of the customers told her that her dog started to do the same thing and she read that the dog food might be the problem. I went online and it seems that a lot of people were having the same problem. Someone tell me how the hell this company can sell poison to our pets (children). We as pet owners have to do something about this before more of our pets get sick or die. THROW THIS ** FOOD AWAY NOW...

As soon as my German Shepard was 6 months old I have fed her beneful healthy weight. At first seemed great! She ate it great, body definition was great. I noticed an abnormal loss of hair, sluggish attitude. A complete different dog. After about 6 months on beneful she began puking profusely. I thought she had just gotten into something exploring outside. Due to dog food prices for a while, I was forced to switch to a cheaper food, her character completely changed! She doesn't vomit, it’s as cheaper as could ever be! My outside dogs ate a different food until mid-October. I began feeding all of my dogs beneful. October 13th my Jack Russell/rat terrier mix have birth to puppies. The male adult 2 years old was found dead, curled up outside. Just last week we lost the last two puppies of 6. All found deceased curled up in their dog house, or lying next to the deck. They at 4/5 months old was eating beneful healthy weight. I am sick to find this out.

Our 3 year old miniature poodle had been on Beneful Puppy for her whole life...in December she got sick and quit eating. Took her to the bet and they said she had Tonsilitis and gave her an antibiotic. She did not improve and took her back and he said everything was normal, she was suffering from depression.? He gave her two shots that "guaranteed her to eat" and did nothing for her. She continued to lose weight, and started passing blood. Took her to a different Vet and he ran blood work and said she was dehydrated. Two days later she was close to death. The blood tests came back normal and he couldn't not find anything wrong with his testing. He put her on IV's for two days to try to give her some nutrition and hydrate her. By the third day she was so weak that she couldn't lift her head and had to be put to sleep. VERY angry and saddened to think the dog foot that was supposed to be good for her turned out killing her!

This is awful. Awful. My dog has been having seizures for two years. This is ridiculous. I hope this company dies like all these dogs they have killed. I can’t believe you.

We have only fed our dog varieties of Beneful brand dog food. (Healthy weight, etc) he consistently has bloody stools. He has digestive distress to the point that he becomes lethargic, not getting out of bed. We changed his food after learning about the class action lawsuit being filed, and his bloody stools have stopped.

In 2010, June, my Lab, Shakespeare starting with bloody stools, a lot. Off to the Vet we went, he was puzzled, gave him meds to slow down the constant flow. He had been drinking a lot of water, doc said to hold off on that, stools slow down. He smelled pretty bad, but I thought it was because his stomach was upset. He was eating ok after a few days. Seemed to be doing better. Mid July he died suddenly in my kitchen. All his organs shut down. Till I saw the news tonight, I never thought the dog food I trusted possibly killed my dear friend Shakespeare. He is sadly missed. How can a company like Purina not know what is in their pet food? What else don’t we know about your products? Brokenhearted In Connecticut.

I have a 7yr old male Shih Tzu. I lived in NY on LI until 2012 and now am in Toronto, Canada. He had been eating Cesar's wet food for the past 3 yrs. He has been eating the Purina Beneful Dog Chow since we got him at 4 months. First the puppy chow and then the adult. He would occasionally vomit bright yellow mucousy liquid. In October 2014, he hemorrhaged bright red blood and blood clots from his digestive system in COPIOUS AMOUNTS. First at home, and then at the veterinarians - covering the examination table. It was a shocking sight. They took abdominal X-rays and found that he had a large amount of gastrointestinal inflammation. He was diagnosed with Hemorrhagic gastroenteritis.

My dog lost a lot of weight. She is acting sick all the time. Stomach virus.

Scamp was literally dying. The vet couldn't figure out what was going on with his stomach. This is the food we WERE feeding him!!! I wanna know how I can file a claim... Purina Beneful. Was wondering how to join the lawsuit against beneful. My dog scamp was eating this food, last jan 8th I took him to the vet cause he was throwing up a lot, diarrhea, losing weight... they couldn't find the cause. This went on for three months, he was on the verge of death. They did barium test, pancreas, worm test, everything they could possibly think of... they couldn't find anything. He ended up with no more white blood cells and was slowly dying. I was getting ready for work one morning, stepped out of shower to pile a pile of blood. We rushed him back to the vet. My vet was at a loss something in his stomach was literally killing him from outside. We went on to change his food and hospitalize him (which was VERY pricey). He then started getting better. I sincerely believe beneful was killing my dog and I have the vet bills and stay to prove this. I would like to join this lawsuit. Anyone have any idea how???

My Lhasa Apso, Pritzy, was in perfect health. She had always been a ball of sass and bossiness and just the sweetest little thing. Out of nowhere - after eating Purina for some time - she suddenly had no energy, began sweating profusely, vomiting, and then not even moving. This all happened within THREE DAYS. She was obviously miserable so I brought her to the vet. Just picking her up to put her in the car was almost more than she could stand. I brought her to the vet and he said to leave her there and he would run some tests but he was nearly certain it was her liver. Not even an hour after leaving I got a phone call from him saying she had passed away. The vet was very surprised that she had never shown ANY symptoms at her recent check ups. My family was baffled and mourned her loss but chalked it up to fate. After reading the reports of others, I can't help but blame Purina for her liver malfunction and eventual failure.

I had started giving my Shar Pei/boxer Beneful. I had heard good things about this food. Roughly one week after she started on the food she started biting, scratching, her belly was red and having issues with her ears. I took her to my vet and he just had to look at her and she was allergic to the dye in the food. She had never had issues with the other dry food she was on before the Beneful. After a week on prednisone she is doing better, and went to a dye free food... I've had dogs for many, many years and never ever had an issue with dog food until I used the Beneful. Here I was trying to give my dog something that I thought was high quality and it made her sick.

Lost 2 dogs over the last 10 years, vet could never figure out what the cause was, both dogs lost hair, developed sores, were in pain and on pain pills. Had to have both put to sleep. Dog we have now same symptoms, ALWAYS fed the Beneful!!! I'm sick about this but it sure does make sense now! How can I join the class action?

I am devastated. We switched our dog to Beneful dry and wet about four years ago at age 10. For the last year he has been increasingly vomiting (yellow - frothy) with listlessness and has liver symptoms (increased thirst, unstable walk, ascites). I feel so guilty, not having seen the building evidence from other dog owners and the mounting cry for action. My poor dog...

It's about time a class action suit has been filed. I had two dogs die within a month... thanks beneful! Hopefully you'll receive punishment for continuing to place dogs at risk and not recalling your food.

My beloved golden retriever, Bach, passed away a couple of years ago. We started him as a puppy feeding him vet recommended Iams, but he didn't like the taste. So for most of his 8 year life, fed him Pedigree. The last year of his life, we switched to Beneful Healthy Weight - in hopes to have him trim down some. Vet had confirmed his health prior to, stating he had 'the insides of a 2 year old pup!'. Within months, his health seem to deteriorate and out of the blue, became lethargic, bloated and loss of appetite. In rushing him to the emergency vet, he had internal bleeding too bad to repair as his liver ruptured. We were crushed and sadly had to say goodbye to the best dog ever! DO NOT SKIMP ON COST OR VALUE AND BUY BENEFUL!!! I BELIEVE THIS PRODUCT KILLED MY DOG!!!

Hi. We were feeding our Black Labrador of 8 years Beneful Dog Food years ago. He was such a healthy dog until we switched to that food when a man gave up coupons. Hunter started to act sick. So unhappy. When he started to PEE BLOOD he died. I almost went into early labor as I was 9 months pregnant with our first child. My dog should NEVER have died!

We have been using Beneful for a while since it was the only food that our dog seemed to enjoy. But we started noticing bumps all over our dog's body. He's been very itchy and his skin has been very dry. We went to different vets and even specialist, they even performed a biopsy, skin testing, stool testing, blood work, etc. and up to this day, no one knows what he has. He's been on various type of medications and nothing seems to be effective. Now that I am reading about the lawsuit against Beneful, I am 100% sure that this might be the source of the problem. They use propylene glycol and fungus poison in their food. I cannot believe that this food is still being sold everywhere. I would love to be part of this class action... this company deserves to be discontinued!

I have four dogs, dachshunds. The oldest is ten, two nine and one six. They have been eating Beneful for three years, recently switched to Healthy Weight. In December, Ruby (9) started acting not well, very bloated, listless. Within hours she was panting. I picked her up to take her potty, set her down. She passed out and died suddenly. It was horrific to watch someone you have loved so much die so quickly. The vet said it was kidney and heart failure. She was not or had been ill at all. This happened on December 27, 2014. I have recently saw other cases of dogs eating Beneful and dying suddenly. I will no longer feed my dogs anything Purina products.

My Nick would not eat anything but Beneful. He was 10 years old. He developed a tumor, a thirst that was unstoppable. We had to end up giving him insulin because his sugar was out of control. We lost him December 7, 2012.

I fed my dog Beneful dog food for several years and my yellow lab became extremely sick. Was not able to hold bowels or bladder. Doctor did exploratory surgery and found his entire system, especially his liver, filled with tumors. We had him put down during surgery. We figured it was toxic food. Now, we are reading about others who have had the same experience with their dogs.

I just happened to read about the class action suit on the internet this morning. I had spent the morning cleaning up bloody diarrhea from my 14 year old dachshund. Beneful HAS been her dry food for awhile, although she avoids it in favor of the Pedigree canned food she usually gets. Yesterday I decided she needed to lose a little weight, and didn't give her the canned food, forcing her to eat the dry Beneful. This morning ..... bloody diarrhea. Needless to say I've chucked the Beneful and will NEVER give her anything from PURINA again..... Hopefully she'll get better!!! WTF!

DON'T FEED THIS TO YOUR DOG: We have a 7 month old golden-doodle puppy. We took her to her vet to get spayed in January 2015. She was doing really great and her incision was almost healed. We found a sale at our local supermarket for Beneful Pet Food and started giving her the food. Immediately we noticed that she was dehydrated and drinking water all the time. Then we noticed that the incision was oozing puss, and she developed three open sores and she was throwing up all the time.

I had recently switched my dogs food because they kept having diarrhea. And one of my dogs kept throwing up. I had fed them Beneful pretty much the entire time I have had them. A few months ago I had called the company because both my dogs had gotten violently ill (frequent diarrhea, vomiting, not wanting to eat or drink, sleeping all day) after buying a new bag, the healthy smiles. I had asked if there was any recalls on this food, thinking it was just a bad batch, and told them how sick they were. I was told there had been no other complaints about the food and they sent me coupons and a bag to fill with the food so they could test it.

My Son and I have rescued dogs for about 15 years. I have had four dogs pass in the last 10 years with the same symptoms. Two of the four were puppies under 6 months, one a year, and the last one I lost I had for 13 years a min pin. Looking over my records I was feeding them Beneful at that time. It's strange but we stopped buying Beneful because none of the dogs would eat it. They would vomit, drinking water but not eat. One of the dogs I still have now had similar symptoms. After over $800 and no diagnoses I was asked what type of food and sent home with an antibiotic. I was told he must have eaten a bad plant out of the yard and that was common. I am currently feeding them Purina dog chow and that's the company that makes Beneful so I am concerned so I am looking for a new dog food. We purchase about 250 pounds a month. We have mostly bully breeds and one min pin.

We have 2 dogs. A 6 year old chocolate lab and a 4 year old long hair chihuahua. We've had them on Beneful dry food since we got them. Luckily we haven't experienced any issues like what most of you have described. Although our lab has just started showing dry, itchy skin issues with hot spots, so now I'm wondering about the food. Because of all your post, I will be changing their food immediately! No more Beneful for my babies. I just wanted you all to know because you took the time to tell your stories you probably saved my 2 dogs lives! So thank to each of you and I'm so sorry you are having to go through what you are!

I am sick and just horrified that this happened to my babies. I have been feeding my older boxer Beneful for years. Recently he has had some vomiting issues but I didn't think too much about it as he is otherwise healthy. I got a new boxer puppy back in November and the two of them eat each other's food so I decided probably better they both ate BENEFUL than the old boxer eating puppy food. The puppy has had continual bladder infection, and drinks water like there is no tomorrow. We left and went on vacation and left the puppy at the vets, she ate Science Diet there, and she recovered from the UTI until we brought her home and she started getting sick again, and I can't understand any reason why.....

Our German Shepherd was on Iams for 4 year and noticed she was often gassy after eating. We recently adopted a military K9 Belgian and he had the same reaction to Iams so we decided to try another brand. After visiting the commissary I spoke with a vendor who recommended Beneful and gave me a coupon. It's been 3 bags of food and 6 weeks. We noticed our German was acting funny, very moody/depressed, losing a lot of fur, and drinking a lot of water. Both dogs have been lying around and they usually are high energy dogs. Then our Belgium began itching and we noticed he chewed a chunk out of his side. One of my friends posted about this issue today, I did some research, went and bought Nature's Choice, which was recommended for its ingredients. I came home, have taken this Beneful crap and put it in the garbage where it belongs.

I fed my chihuahua Purina Beneful dog food and treats, I have the bags. He began to stop walking, drinking and eating. Vet euthanized him after running a blood test on 11-25-14. My female chihuahua never liked Beneful, so she didn't eat it. She is alive and healthy. We have prior health records on the male chihuahua. He was fine long before he started eating Purina Beneful, but died after eating it.

My cocker spaniel was experiencing bloody mucousy poop and at times vomiting blood. I had to give her antacids since you could hear her stomach churning, it would wake you it was so loud. I never thought a popular dog food company could be the cause of the problem till I read these stories. Thank God I changed her food to another brand since they had a sensitive stomach formula. I would cry and cry thinking I was losing her but thank God I was a lucky one that she survived maybe just by luck of me changing her food. So sad to hear of those not so lucky if in case this what was causing her health problems!

The night of Jan. 31, 2015 my 10-year old Lab seemed different - wouldn't take any treat. That morning she threw up all her breakfast and continued this for a couple hours before we decided to just take her in. She has always been on this food so never thought it could be the reason, but after IVs, barium test, blood work, in and out of the vets all week then sent to emergency rooms, and finally, Oakland referral critical care; they started. Ultra sounds, stomach pumped from a gallon of bile, trickle feed and more IVs for a couple days, now bland diets and 6 different meds. 2 weekends later she's still not herself and no one knows why.

Last April our 9-yr old Shar Pei began drinking lots of water and having diarrhea. He also had 2 episodes of seizure-like activity that could not be explained. I thought he had diabetes because I could see that he had lost weight. I took him to vet and lab work, wasn't terrible, so vet recommended he come back for an US. He went for the US which showed a mass. The vet recommended exploratory surgery since she couldn't tell exactly where mass was. The mass was so large, his intestines were blocked and he had metastatic disease to liver and lymph nodes. He never got to come back home. :( We had fed him Beneful for 7-8 yrs.

I have a 3 year old maltese. She was constantly vomiting, and would cry very loud as her stomach made awful rumbling noises. She also couldn't lay down. Her stomach hurt so much she would pace back and forth. I was told by our vet she had swollen intestines, and a bloated tummy; so I bought her medication. Her intestines became swollen again about 2 weeks later. I switched her food from Beneful to Nutro Ultra which I bought from PetSmart. Almost instantly she was better (once I switched her food). I highly recommend Nutro Ultra, it’s very good for my dog, and she hasn't been sick since.

After receiving this article about Beneful dog food it's got me thinking. This past thanksgiving my dog past unexpectedly after trouble breathing for about day and a half. He was drinking a lot more than usual for weeks at the time and ate beneful food everyday. And just few weeks ago my fathers' dog died unexpectedly. Was throwing up one day and that night he past. He also ate beneful. We have one more dog that's eating beneful and lately been drinking a lot and eating snow every chance she gets. With the snow, just figure it's normal dogs like to eat snow but now I'm worried. How do I find out if this food was a factor in both my dogs' deaths and is it a problem for our third dog? It hasn't been recalled so I don't know. What if anything I should do. Can someone email me with advice?

I was feeding my Sheltie Beneful and she ended up getting sick and dying of kidney failure. I had spent thousands of dollars on vet bills for tests and treatments trying to save her but she passed away anyway. I wish I had known about the Beneful epidemic at the time or I would have NEVER fed her that garbage. She would still be alive today if I had done things differently. This happened three years ago and I don't have any saved receipts.

After over a year of feeding my dog Beneful, he began to vomit and his urine had an unusual smell. When I took him to the vet-- I was advised he is sick and would need medication everyday. As well as lab test on a regular basis to monitor his condition. He's a little 6lb dog and is now 4.6lbs. He refuses to eat and is withering away. His illness is costing a small fortune and has broken my family's heart that our dog's time is limited. Purina must know that adding chemicals to its pet food would have fatal consequences. Although, Purina may not have had intent of awareness of the harm they are causing that is NO excuse for the damage they have caused.

My 11 year old dog is in the hospital. I bought this brand of food 2 weeks ago at the local Dollar General Store. Afterwards, saw this post & stopped feeding it to her 4 days ago. For the first time ever, she had a seizure this morning. We took her in. They ran blood tests. Her liver is working overtime. Her glucose levels are high, although she doesn't have diabetes. They are doing an IV flush today. :( We live in Ohio. Other than arthritis, she has no other regular health problems. Never has.

We lost our 12 yr old Rat Terrier on 11/22/14 and know I am shock to see that he had all the same symptoms as I see on here. We never thought it was linked to the food since our 10 yr old Rat Terrier was not effected. We have numerous vet bills to try and treat him at no avail. Our 10 yr old just this past week started to not eat his food right away which he never did before and has been drinking a lot of water. I do some online research and found this web site!! We threw away all the food and went out yesterday to buy a new brand. I will never again trust the Purina Brand name!!! Shame on you Purina, all of these dogs getting sick and dying can't be a coincidence!

Starting mixing beneful with my dog’s other food for a little variety. Within a week or so she stopped eating and was vomiting bile about every 2 hours. Then it was mixed with blood, and soon after she had blood in her loose stool. When she started to look for food after two days, we started her on rice for a couple of days. Her vomiting subsided and her stool got firmer. I WILL NEVER USE ANOTHER PURINA PRODUCT.

On or around February 7th, I purchased a bag of the Beneful senior dog food for my 17-year old Miniature Poodle. He's been healthy his whole life and never had issues with his food. I fed him Nutro prior to purchasing the Beneful. I had to buy a different dog food because I was out of his food and the store didn't have the brand I used. I chose the Beneful food because I hadn't heard the reports about it being bad. On February 14, my boy was running around and happy and seemed healthy. On February 15, I woke up to him losing control of bodily functions, also his back end completely gave out on him (he couldn't walk or stand at all.) He wouldn't eat, he drank a little water.

We had a Saint Bernard that was 2 years old when he had his first seizure, it was in December and we had our Christmas tree all set up and decorated. I will never forget the screams that came from the living room. I ran from the back room to find our 185 lb dog having a seizure on our Christmas tree, bulbs busting, tree busted and dog foaming at the mouth and shaking like he was running. The kids were screaming.

Just thought I'd throw in my two cents. I see rampant alarmism recently surrounding this product and it annoys me. If you haven't controlled for other variables such as exposure to disease, and haven't systematically ensured your dog eats nothing but Beneful, you can't legitimately claim your dog got sick from it simply from eating it. I am extremely skeptical of the claims that have been advanced. If this class-action lawsuit succeeds due to an investigation that determines the product is harmful, then the brand will be rightfully ruined for all time. If the lawsuit fails and no investigation anywhere shows anything provably wrong with the dog food, then this alarmism will still cause damage unfairly.

In 08/14 I started my beagle Piper on Beneful dog food and within a week she got very sick vomiting a lot of blood & and bleeding from the rectum. We lost her the next day because her organs shut down. I am very angry that they are able to continue to sell this and why hasn't it been taken off the market?

I started off with 4 dogs (3 mini Dachshunds and a Great Dane). I have been struggling with trying to resolve skin issues, severe bloody diarrhea (in the house), hot joints, bloat, excessive thirst and now peeing in the house. These dogs were in amazing shape and had all their manners and never had issues with housebreaking ever until they got sick. As I have been feeding them Purina Beneful for years and years, I never thought it was the culprit, but these issues started about 2.5 years ago and we have just lost one of our dachshunds to neurological issues/seizures!

I purchased a very large bag of Beneful from Meijers in Sandusky. About 3, maybe 4 days, after giving it to my puppy, he became very ill. I took him to the vet and it cost over a grand to get him better. All the symptoms listed, my pup was experiencing! I'm so upset right now. Does anyone realize how much stress that was! My kids, my husband and I were all emotionally exhausted with crying and worrying. I will be obtaining a lawyer!