Beneful Pet Foods Reviews

Last year bought a bag of Beneful chicken dry food. Got home open the bag and it was full of maggots and flies. Called Purina to complain. I was told to bring back to where I had purchased it and they blamed the retail store of course. So I continued to purchase that same food somewhere else. In the mean time received coupons from Purina to compensate for that bag. While eating that food our dog was having little spasms like shaking his head and almost like having seizures. We brought him to the vet and was told maybe he had ear infection and prescribed antibiotics. Then received e-mail from a friend about Beneful so stop him completely from eating Beneful. Hopefully we did in TIME!

Our dog Ares who is a staffy has been violently ill in and out of hospital - vomiting, white gums, lethargic, trouble standing, glazed eyes, losing lots of hair, loss of appetite for 2 weeks now....He has had X-rays and blood tests, been on drips, in and out of hospital and nothing. He is getting worse. We heard of the issues with Beneful and unfortunately that is what he was eating. The food was thrown out Tuesday and 5 days later he is getting worse. The vet has not been able to help and we are desperate as he is getting worse. I'm researching as much as I can about dogs being sick in Australia and any cures, but no luck so far. It is not looking good. We are all beside ourselves. I'm trying to find out any medication that may help him before it is too late.

I did not know how sick food that should be good would make my poor dog so sick. I thought I was buying good food, not some cheap no name brand. Then my poor baby started throwing up everywhere and could barely stand. My kids were scared and thought their dog was dying in front of them. I had to rush him to the vet/animal hospital. By then, he was also turning yellow. The vet ran several tests on him and said he was having liver failure and would have to stay until he was better. 7 days later and hundreds of dollars out of my pocket then vet flushed his body out of the poisonous toxins from the food. SHAME on you PURINA/ BENEFUL.

Pet has had this problem that started at age 4. He has been eating Beneful since he was born. Started with puppy Beneful and moved him up to other Beneful as he got older. Will be visiting the Vet Monday. This should not be happening.

We were feeding my English bulldog Daisy Beneful for a while after we had her to the vet who suggested Beneful healthy weight, which we started feeding to our beloved dog Daisy. But she was having seizures on and off. She was drinking a lot more water and was not herself. Well on Feb 20, 2015 I got a call from my husband at work crying, "You must come home. Daisy is foaming at the mouth and having really bad seizures," and she never came home. The vet told us she was too far gone to bounce back. We had to do the hardest thing ever. We had to put her down.

I purchased Beneful last week to save a couple bucks. Big mistake. My dog threw up...a lot, for two days. I'm glad I followed my instincts and took it away. He's been fine since getting back on the Iams. Buyer beware.

We fed my pitbull. About a week later he was swell up. After test, x-ray, we spent 2000 and still lost on March 24 2014. I knew it was this stuff that cause it. I'll call the Dr, anything. My heart is broken. Have 2 vet did know what happened to a healthy dog.

I fed my dog Beneful and he started losing his hair. His nails started cracking and he was sick all of the time. This went on for almost a year. After multiple trips to the vet we decided to change dog food brands. He is doing so much better. His nails are healthy, he had more energy and his hair grew back! He is 5 and only ate Beneful for a little over a year. This dog food should be taken off the shelves!

My dogs became ill after I started using Beneful over a 6 mos period. Stomach became bloated and recently there was a leakage from their behinds which they constantly licked at. As soon as I change dog food, the problem stopped! Now they aren't as lethargic and have energy back again. BENEFUL IS CRAP AND DANGEROUS.

I would have never thought that one of the Better/ Larger brands of dog food would have killed one our most loved Pets. Iloga started getting sick a few days before Thanksgiving just last year. He was 11 years old so yes for a husky, getting up there in age. We have fed him Beneful for the last 5 years and to have this problem come out of the blue just blows me away. What is Beneful doing now that they weren't doing a few years ago? Seeing all your stories is heartbreaking and I wish you all the best. I as well will no longer be feeding my 2 remaining Huskies Any Purina Product... Any advice on a better food? I hear Iams is having bad reviews also...

I just seen this article. OMG, I am disgusted with this Purina company now. My dogs have been eating Beneful but since opening this new bag, my beagle/boston terrier has been bleeding when she goes to the bathroom. How do I get in touch with this company. This could now cost a fortune or I could lose my dog.

My Mikey has been hit with the same symptoms of these other animals. I am working hard at saving him...Hair loss, anxiety, skin itching, breathing, lumps....He is a part of our FAMILY and this is beyond what I can fathom. We trusted that the food we were feeding our animals was safe. You people are unbelievable.

Our dog has eaten Beneful dog food for some time now. Recently she got a bacterial infection and had to take three weeks of antibiotics and a steroid for itching. Then I read about Beneful on Facebook and we were wondering if this is where it came from because there was no other explanation as to why she got this. The vet said that sometimes older dogs get sick. Now I wonder.

We had a 3mo old Rhodesian Ridgeback and we thought we were purchasing good quality puppy chow. The package says it's for "Puppies" and claims to be a good source of protein and vegetables to support growth. It seems fine, but I noticed after a week or so, our puppy was constantly itching and biting herself attempting to scratch her itchy skin. A few more days passed and she started shaking her head and trying to scratch her ears, at which point I suspected an ear infection.

Have been feeding my dog both wet and dry Beneful for 2-3 yrs. Recently diagnosed with hepatocutaneous syndrome, a form of liver failure manifested by swollen weeping cracked foot pads, crusty sores on her ears buttocks and around her eyes. Have been told this is a progressive and fatal disease. We are keeping her as comfortable as possible but know that she will not suffer when the time comes. Has caused us much heartache and I will miss my best friend and companion.

We had our dog on Beneful from age 2-6 battling severe pancreatitis and skin infections along the way. At age 6 were told she had extremely high liver enzymes and an ultrasound showed not only an enlarged liver but that it had damage. We've been battling with liver disease, severe pancreatitis, diabetes, skin infections, ear, infections, eye infections amongst TONS of other issues incurring HUGE vet bills. She's now been on a cooked diet which has resolved a significant amount of the issues and she's been doing much better considering, but the residual effects are VERY apparent. I'd be interested to make this story known if only to warn others and make sure food like this is taken off the shelves.

on DEC 26 we got up and found the dog laying on the floor and he could not get up. He was 75 lbs lab. We called and got the vet to open up to check him out as his belly was swollen. After she checked him out and seen that his gums were almost white she was shocked as he started to pass blood then just passed away. We the proof of this but we were feeding this dog Purina for years and it was Beneful.

In January we bought Beneful Dog food and my red nose pit bull was very sick. He was vomiting and and diarrhea. We immediately changed his dog food. Reading the comments it was a good thing we did. We have him on pro plan by Purina and will be taking him off of that. My dogs are the world to us. So please recall all Purina dog food.

I have two Queensland heelers and a senior lab chow. I switched from pedigree dog food to Beneful approximately five months ago. I have noticed them vomiting after eating. My one heeler she's seven years old now, has a hotspot on her front left paw and she has two tumors on her upper chest and one on her nose that were diagnosed two months ago. I recently switched back to Pedigree dog food and the vomiting has subsided. The tumors are still present. I feel they should have to compensate for damage they have caused and any further health care they may need.

Our 7-year-old blue Heeler went through some severe changes rapidly with her hair falling out, sores, kidney failure, dehydration, vomiting and lethargic behavior to the point our vet recommended we put her down. She was on a strict Beneful diet. I'm very sad and at the time, we wondered how all this could have happened so fast when she had been very healthy a few weeks prior. The thought that she could have been sickened from her food is horrific. She was our first pet and only child for 5 years.

Mr. Rex is DEAD after eating Beneful. It was just extremely sudden. Every organ was very very healthy. He, too, had a mass that was encapsulated. But his kidneys were shutting down. The last food he was eating was Beneful. I saved the bag and the rest of the food, because I believed it was the food that caused this horror. It was excessive drinking and going. I actually spanked him for going on the floor - something he had never done. If I had only known. The kidneys were even healthy looking. The vet believed Rex must have gotten into 'something'. He deteriorated despite three days of IV's. I then took him to the Emergency Clinic for further treatment - and everything just shut down.

I had a teacup puppy for 7 months. Started feeding him Beneful Healthy Growth for puppies with real chicken, him and our other dog. 1 week ago, our bigger dog started throwing up large puddles of vomit. Yesterday, my baby boy Harley was playing like he often did, then he laid down and passed away. It broke my heart. I couldn't stay in my own home last night. My baby was a healthy, playful member of our family and now he's gone. When we switched dog foods, Toby, our other dog, stopped throwing up. I'd really like for someone to contact me concerning this matter. Do you know how hard it is to explain to a 3-year-old that was here and watched Harley being covered with a towel what happened? This food is tainted and killing loved members of families.

Finally have answers. Start off, I've used Purina dog chow for years with my 3 year old pit bull, was a healthy happy dog. I changed over to benemulate in early 2013. In the summer of 2013, I noticed my boy was losing weight & peeing all over the house. When I could get him to pee outside he'd cry when he peed & it smelled terrible, so we took him to 2 different vets - blood tests, pumped his stomach, steroids. They couldn't find what was causes ALL his problems. They keep calling him the puzzle case. They put his case online so other vets could know what was wrong. After him standing with his head up against walls, vomiting, diarrhea, yellow eyes, lethargic for weeks on end, took him to the vet about a dozen times. Nothing helped him. They asked if I gave him the foreign treats, what dog food, all that. Never once thought it was the food.

My little dogs have ate Beneful for the last 2 years for my Bella and the last year for my Minnie. Minnie just recently became very very sick and had her at the very with gastro problems. After 700$ and meds and almost losing her I read this, I have changed foods and I'm worried what else could be wrong now.

I had a 11 yr old Beagle who died Dec 15, 2015 who ate Beneful for over 5 yrs. Over the past few years out of no where my dog would develop really bad cases of diarrhea, at which time I would change her diet to baby meat with rice mixed in. October 2015 my dog had surgery on her leg, and two weeks after surgery her fur starting falling out in clumps, the vet said it could be a result of the surgery and stress due to the cone she needed to wear. From that point on she keep getting worse she was losing weight, 10% of her body weight in less than a month, our vet drew blood and she had become anemic.

3 out of 4 cats that was fed this food has died. All 3 lost weight, vomited, had diarrhea, lost a lot of their hair. Would let out sudden screams but when you looked at them they appeared fine. They had always been healthy large cats that ate good. We had fed them Meow Mix from the time they were babies until I started giving them Beneful as a treat. Then thinking that Beneful was better food we switched them full time to it. Our last cat is now losing weight and hair with vomiting. We have put him back on Meow Mix and hope it is not too late for him.

My dog a 12 lb. Yorkie just died. Her kidney levels were Very Elevated. She had been eating this food for years. Could this contributed to her death?

My dog has been sick off & on for a while. He got really bad last week with diarrhea, vomiting, drinking water like crazy. He didn't t eat at all for 2 days so I made chicken soup for him & he ate it on Tues. He ate the soup again yesterday morning & he was acting & looking much better, so much better he ate his Beneful at dinner time, by evening he was very sick again. So I began researching a change of foods for him, thinking maybe he needed wet food cause he s getting old, I knew it had something to do with the food. To my horror, today I received this info about Beneful on Facebook from a site I visited yesterday! For some reason I trusted Purina?! From now on I am preparing Chub's food in my kitchen. I feel like if you can t trust Purina who can I trust? I am praying that Chub's health improves.

Started feeding my Weiner dog Beneful dog food for a while. She got sick - her kidneys shut down and her bowels; wouldn't eat. After the 3rd day I called the vet, he said to bring her in, but she died on me that evening.

My dogs have been using Beneful dog food for years. Over the last few months all 3 of them have had diarrhea, vomiting, uncontrolled urination and just overall sickly. When I started reading reviews, I was stunned. It was as if each person was describing my experience exactly. My vet diagnosed my Mountain Fiest with pancreatitis, after she was hospitalized for dehydration and my Chihuahua had to have emergency surgery. This product should not be on shelves at all.

I bought a bag of wagon train jerky duos and now my dogs are coughing so bad they vomit phlegm. They have never had this problem before and I've used your products for years, my little one eats Beneful moist food. I will no longer feed my animals this food. I used to feed them the hard dog food, healthy blend and my male pit got very dry skin and lost patches of hair and started getting sores all over. I switched him from that immediately and he cleared up, but after reading all of these, I will never buy any Purina product ever again.

My 8 year old son had a 4 month old puppy. We feed him the Beneful puppy food. Puppy began to vomit and urinate all over the house and would not eat. He became very lethargic and passed away. The vet gave him antibiotics and an IV, but it did not work. I never thought of it being the food until I read the story on the food. I would hope they would put out an apology. My little boy is so completely heartbroken. He lost his best friend.

My dog, Sandy is a Golden Retriever Mix and has been eating Beneful dog food for about a year. Sandy is five years old and was abused by her former owner when she was young. She had her first seizure around the beginning of January and her second and third were on the same day, in about the middle of February. Afterwards I have been noticing yellow stains on the floor. I know it is not urine because this is normally what her vomit looks like. She has peed on the floor a few times since the seizures, as well as vomiting. She has also been seeming a bit skittish and miserable-looking and has had diarrhea a few times.

My Pyrenees/ Anatolian mix, Lola, has been eating Purina Beneful Healthy Weight for several years without any problems. About a week ago I noticed that she was vomiting frequently after eating. I finally made the connection that the vomiting started about the time I opened the last bag of food. I threw out the remainder today's and purchased a bag of Iams. I follow all the dog food recalls and was certain there had not been a recall but thought perhaps I had gotten a "bad" bag. Out of curiosity, I googled "Purina Beneful" and found all the posts. I'm so sorry for all the pet parents who've watched their dogs suffer and I'm horrified that I've been feeding this food to Lola. I hope and pray that she has no permanent damage from eating Beneful! Come on Purina, if there's a problem step up and recall this food.

We laid our 7 year old German Shepherd to test last week - no health problems. Then all of a sudden she couldn't get enough to drink, trouble walking at times, surreal loss of weight over a couple days and then died before her vet appointment the next day. We fed her this food. I want answers. This is so unacceptable. There was nothing wrong with our dog and now she's gone, taken from us way too soon.

We purchased this dog food for our two dogs about 3 weeks ago. After feeding this food to our 10 year old lab she started vomiting. After a few days of constant vomiting we changed dog food and the vomiting stopped. We will never purchase this food again.

My Jack Russell died of liver failure and the Dalmatian almost died. We saved the Dalmatian. After considering many factors the only thing the two had in common was eating the dog food. We had thrown it away so it couldn't be tested.

Started my pup on Purina Beneful and just left the vet today because he has had diarrhea for the past two days and has been vomiting. His body is also bloated. The vet has him on three medications rights now!! Talk about expensive. I just hope my poor baby is going to be ok with the help of this medicine.

Every time my dog has eaten beneful, he's been feeling bad and throwing up in his kennel. After today, I will not feed him this dog food anymore. I couldn't think of why he has been feeling this way but now it makes sense. He also seems to be drinking a lot of water.

I had a two year old doberman/shepherd mix. He just recently passed away. We fed him Beneful the whole time. Max our dog began showing signs of illness such as excessive thirst, lethargic, nausea,and cough. After a few days of this we took him to the vet where they put him on antibiotics for what they thought may be an infection as well he was on prednisone and a diuretic due to an excessive amount of fluid on his lungs. After bringing him home, he continued to eat Beneful food and continued to get sicker. We took him back to the vet where they had to give him iv and another stronger antibiotic. He continued with all the same symptoms with no signs of getting better.

I started using this product last year. I was trying to get Sheena (my shelty) food without corn. I started noticing she wasn't eating well about November and was very listless so I got some cans with real meat and gave her that a couple of days and then the dry for 2 days. I started to notice a smell from her and thinking she was sweating. I made an appointment at the groomer for a shampoo. On Dec 30 I took her to the groomer who noticed- spots where her hair was loosening and some bald spots - she whole body area was full of what looked like blisters and there was pus running out of them. She thought about hot spots but suggested seeing the vet. Luckily I was able to get in to see her and after checking Sheena out suggested surgery because she didn't know what was wrong -the result was to put her down.

I have a 2 year old Dogue de Bordeaux. After just 2 meals of Purina she has blood in her urine and stools, she has lost weight and is drinking more than usual, I have never ever fed her a cheap supermarket brand before, I've always paid top dollar for a decent dog food, but I was low on money and thought it wouldn't hurt just this once...... Lesson learnt, will never EVER buy cheap nasty dog food again, if my dog doesn't get better I will hurt whoever is responsible for this **!

I have 2 dogs and ran out of their dog food. Hubby was going to Menards and I asked him to pick up something to get us by. Hubby bought home Beneful. The dogs ate it so didn't think of anything. Halfway through the bag our beagle keep throwing up the Beneful, my labradoodle didn't. I went and got their regular dog food. Max (beagle) stopped throwing up. Bear (labradoodle) was still really sick. Took him to the emergency for pets (gave him meds). Took him to the my vet first thing where more blood drawn and shots. This was Tuesday (throw up everything I asked him to eat and drink).

I was just reading all the comments regarding dogs getting sick after eating Beneful Pet food and I'm sick to my stomach at the symptoms because we just paid almost $400 for our Newfoundland who has been having issues. She has been drinking excessively and peeing in the house which is out of her nature. We thought maybe she had diabetes and took her to the vet, they found nothing of the sort in her urine test. So they ran blood work and it came back that her liver levels were not right. They could have done an ultrasound but it was expensive, so we went the route of giving her antibiotics and liver medication to see if it helps. We feed her Beneful, I will never buy another bag of it again!!! We just bought a huge bag at Costco, it's going back and I'm calling my vet with this information. Consumer Affairs please check into this!!!

Our dog became sick on 12/10/14. Started drinking lots of water & vomiting, not eating. Took her to Vet. on 12/12/14. Ran test & gave her Cerenia.. Didn't help. Admitted to hospital on 12/15/14. Put on iv & test run. Unable to stand & blood coming from nose, had lost 8 lbs & stomach bloated. In severe pain & it was decided no hope for her & best to Euthanasia her, which was done at 11:45 A.M. on 12/18/14. My Son is disabled & he & his dog moved in with me. I feel so guilty as I am the one who bought Beneful & fed it to her for 3 years. I saved the bags & used them for trash disposal. Still have some left. Just checked & it says 100% complete & balanced nutrition. No mention that it could kill your pet. Total bill was $667.91. She was what kept my Son moving & happy as she stayed by his side 24/7. Very sad house.

I had been feeding my dog Beneful dog food and in the last 3 weeks she was showing signs have extra thrust and odd behavior. She had a seizure on the night of February 6 and was acting fine so she had some dinner which was the Beneful food. That night she had extreme seizure that would not stop. By the time I got my dog into the car to the emergency vet she had stop breathing.

After reading the alert about Beneful, I now know why my dog has a great thirst and vomiting.

My sweet Lab Lilly ate Beneful for many years. Her stools were always loose, she got frequent ear infections, and developed rash and hot spots. The vet bills were very high, so we decided to switch her to Blue's Fish and Sweet Potato. No more problems and hasn't been sick since the switch. I would never recommend Beneful Dog Food.

We have an APBT and a Shar-Pei. Our Shar-Pei seems to have not been affected by Beneful but our APBT (Diesel) is another story. We have had him to the vet so many times due to his itchy skin and hot spots. He has bald spots on his rear quarters and the top of his head. The vet has done a skin scrapping and blood tests and prescribed steroids and a prescription benadryl. Still he has been miserable. We didn't think of the dog food as being the culprit due to our Shar-Pei being okay but after reading other posts it is the only thing that makes sense. I am immediately stopping Beneful and I am praying that this will aide in our baby getting better.

I being buying Beneful for a long time for my two dogs. A couple of months ago I bought a new bag in Walmart. Immediately after the first time I fed them both got diarrhea. At first I didn't think that was the food because I also start giving them a new treat. Neither my dogs veterinary thought that was the food. Medicine didn't work. The diarrhea last for a week until I stop feeding them the food. I bought another bag in a different store. So far they are ok.

Been feeding my dog this for about month now. Opened a new bag yesterday only had couple meals out of it. Today he totally wouldn't eat it which isn't like him. He eats everything. He's also has got diarrhea, seems thirsty and sleepy.

I was feeding my dog this dog food when he started to have seizures, which followed to cluster seizures. He now has liver damage and takes anti-seizure medication. I have changed his diet to one supplied from my Vet for dogs with liver damage. He has been so sick from this and has cost us thousands in ongoing vet bills and treatment. We could not figure out how he got the liver damage he has. We put him back onto the food once when we could afford the more expensive Liver Diet food from vets and he started to have more seizures.

I have never had a bad experience with Purina Brands. I have been feeding both my dogs Beneful and one of them will be 17 years old in May.

Our dog has been eating Purina Beneful dog food for about a year now. He has been healthy playful and energetic. Running low on dog food we bought a new bag of Beneful and our dog just wouldn't eat it. The color of the new dog food was dull looking and didn't smell the same as the old bag so thinking there may be something wrong with it we discarded it and bought another new bag of Beneful which looked good like the old bag. Our dog began eating again and everything seemed back to normal until just recently when we bought a new bag of Beneful again.

I purchase this food for my German shepherd. She became very sick...lost weight. I called my vet and was told all i could do was coax her to eat by feeding her whatever i could get her to eat. I seen an ad that said they was a recall on the food due to it having metal shavings in it. I took a bowl out of the bag and run a magnet thru it and it was covered in shavings. I call the company and they ask me to send them what I had left. They even sent me a prepaid box. Guess what ...that was over 6 months ago and i still have yet to hear from them. So I told everyone i know not to feed this to their dogs. Happy to report my shepherd is ok. Took two weeks of eating table food to get it all out of her system. Would never use this food again. SHAME ON YOU BENEFUL...hurting our love ones.

I feed my dog Beneful for 6 months. Larry was full of life and then he was swollen in stomach and lethargic. I took him to the vet twice with temperature. The vet did not diagnose liver was failing. I took him to another vet when he had blood in urine and vomiting. The vet took blood from his swollen stomach and operated on him to find his liver was pus. Larry died on the operating table. He was only 8 years old. Way too young for a kelpie to die. My husband forked out thousands and we cried forever this year. I would like to see justice done to the food company. Suffering caused this way is inexcusable.

Started feeding this to my 2 dogs in November 2014 one dog got sick in December and died at age 10. I thought the dog died of old age but that's not that old. My 2 year old black lab got very sick and I didn't know why. The dog was smarter than me and refused to eat any more of the food so I switched to another brand and after a week he was back to himself so I was lucky there. Now we are seeing a lot of similar posts how some of them read these before it's too late. And by the way save your empty bags and receipts this will be going somewhere fast.

He did used to gag and vomit every now and then but I assumed it normal...I think was fiesta blend. It made my dog smell like Fritos. He shed a lot. I changed to brand with no grain and same day the smell it's gone and a week now his coat is soft and smells GONE.

I have 3 dogs, 2 pekingeses & 1 lab, the end of December 2014, 1 had to go to the vet - costing me $940.00, diagnosed with pancreatic & gastro issues. The end of January 2015 the 2nd was was sick with same symptoms as the first, costing $740.00, and now on February 10, 2015 took our lab to the vet with the same symptoms, cost $900.00, and by the end of the day we had to make a decision, we ended up having to put our lab down. Each vet said this is due to the food they ate within a 24 hr. period. Each dog started with stop eating, vomiting, dehydration, & blood diarrhea. My dogs have been eating Beneful for quite some time. I am not happy with this. I have kept what is left of the dog food they were eating. Hoping to have it tested. This has been very upsetting to me knowing what we feed our pets.

My dog has recently stopped eating all together. I was only adding about two table spoons of the beneful wet food to her ideal balance dry food. Her stomach is making horrible noises, and she won't pee anymore. I am pissed off. I have been reading reviews and if I find out something is wrong with my dogs liver because of this, I am going to sue their butt off. Do not buy this cheap crap!

Beneful dog food is poison. After giving our two dogs Beneful, one has kidney failure and the other very sick!

Our beautiful, healthy seven-year old Shiba Inu became extremely sick, with vomiting and refusal to eat. We eliminated items one by one from her diet, but let her keep eating the Beneful veggie-shaped treats she has enjoyed since she was a puppy. At our vet's recommendation we finally put her on a diet of boiled chicken and rice, which seemed to help immensely. It was only after she ran out of Beneful treats that the digestive trouble completely stopped. We thought it was a coincidence until our local store said they would not be carrying Beneful in the future! Aha! Now that she is eating only her boiled chicken and rice with no Beneful veggie-shaped treats, she is fine! We feel awful that she suffered, and we're warning others that Beneful dog treats could make your dog very sick.

I am really concerned after all the complaints that I have just read on Beneful. I have feed this to my dog since she was a puppy. The last year she has developed a cough or a gag and these past couple of months she has been drinking a lot of water and has had diarrhea and horrible breath. Took her to the vet. They put her on antibiotics and a probiotics. She is 100% better. But after reading all about these complaints about Beneful, she needs food and I am afraid to get it. The vet said nothing about changing her food...What to do?

This food has caused medical issues and death in 6 of our 7 dogs. We have had masses developed, bladder stone, infections, severe itching, and yesterday it took the life of one of our dogs.

My 15 year old Siberian Husky has been eating kibbles and bits as well as old roy for most of her life. As age creeps up on her, her breath is bad and her teeth are browning, so I decided to try Healthy Smile for what it was supposed to do for these problems. Instead, the day after her first bowl of food, she started drinking a lot more water. She got weak and has problems standing. She started vomiting and crying when she wants to move. It has been 3 days since I bought the bag of food and after reading all these other comments, the bag is going into the garbage and I am going to get her some kibbles. I would rather smell her bad breath then watch her DIE from some ** dog food!!!

My dog died last week, she was 19 years old. I recently switched her to beneful dry and packaged meals. She developed seizures, vomiting occasional and couldn't hold her urine even though she was on a prescription. She got to where she had trouble walking. All of this since I put her on beneful because she would eat better. She developed a tumor on her stomach spleen area that was pressing on her intestines. Then someone told me about beneful's deadly effects from other dog owners. She had been going to animal hospital Pensacola fl so they saw her on a regular basis. Her name was pretty girl, her dr. **.

I usually make my puppy's food, but kept a few cans of beneful's wet dog food in the cupboard in case I ran out of the usual. My 6 month old cockapoo is normally healthy and happy. Last Friday I ran out of homemade food and gave beneful- dog threw up violently, and diarrhea! Completely dehydrated, thought he would die! Nursed him back to health- not knowing what had caused the trauma. A week has passed my son gave him Beneful again, and it happened all over again. I am not sure if it is coincidence but thought it was important to add this in - just in case others had the same problem. I am leaning toward the idea that it is the dog food because twice it has happened.

I bought a bag of Beneful - not our usual brand. After 5-7 days of eating Beneful, Maggie stopped eating, was drinking abnormal amounts of water, became jaundice, and lost bladder control. The vet said she could have eaten a toxic mushroom (unusual for mushrooms in January) or she may have Lepto. (The test results will not be back for another day or two). After 3 days at the vet with IVs I brought Maggie home. A friend suggested I research Beneful online. I am shocked to find out there are many other dogs who got sick with the exact same symptoms after eating Beneful. My vet never mentions the dog food could be the problem. Currently looking for a lab to test the food for heavy metal content or other poisons. I am not sure the food is the cause of Maggie's liver failure but I do intend to find out, especially if the Lepto test comes back negative.

We have two dogs. We began Beneful and both dogs became sluggish or at least not their normal selves. Over a month we used it. And being winter they lacked much exercise. We lost our Jack Russell last night the same day we heard about the Beneful food issues which we instantly stopped feeding them. The smaller dog the JR started with excessive thirst and urination, some vomiting and then including diarrhea at the end. We thought she was gaining weight with canned food and packaged foods yet we kept giving Beneful too in our ignorance of the issues. The larger dog doesn't show such symptoms, a Shepherd mix dog, both dogs we had for years without problems. Going by the posts and our dogs symptoms, kidney and liver failure was surmised. A no hope situation but we tried and hoped for the best. The info on the Beneful came too late for her, but not for her larger sister bf. We will Never EVER trust Purina again though.

My Wheaten has been on Beneful for a couple of years now. She is only 3 and started peeing in the house and at night. I brought her to the vet and they thought that she had a weak bladder as it is common in Wheatens, but not usually at that young of an age. They put her on Proin and it seemed to help some, but not totally.

My 10 year old chihuahua started vomiting and had very loose diarrhea the day after a new bag of Beneful Weight Management Dog Food. At first I thought maybe my dog had found something that made her sick. She continued getting very sick. I started feeding her only rice to help her stomach. After days she is starting to get better but 9 year old Boxer started getting sick in the same way. We have thrown out the food and started the Boxer on Rice. We are hoping he starts getting better. I thought Beneful was a good dog food.

I started feeding my Golden Retriever Beneful Blend when we first got him. He was 1. The first bag we got was fine. He loved it. I picked up another bag and my daughter, who has 2 dogs, picked a bag up on my recommendation. My dog and her 2 dogs got very sick. No more Beneful Blend products for us... I cook my dog’s food now.

In June 2014, my dog became severely sick. Symptoms were vomiting, bloody stool, yellow eyes, seizures, unable to walk, very thirsty and bloody nose and trouble breathing and bloating. Pnut was only 7 going on 8. In October 2013, I had noticed his ears started getting soars and bleeding on the tips and started curling up. July 4th, took him to vet and they did tests, and his liver enzymes were bad, and Dr said his gallbladder was extended. Dr decided to do surgery and he passed away. All his organs were bad and I was in Complete shock. I can't believe you would sell this poison and all these reviews with pets dying and getting sick. I would like for something to be done. All these deaths and sickness cannot be a coincidence. I had a dead dog with a 2200 hundred dollar bill and something needs to be done!!!

Mayhem was healthy in late Dec. 2014. She started peeing in the house which was never done before. On 1/17/15 she became acting different. We took he the vet on 1/19/15. She was dehydrated, she was given fluids and antibiotics. Over the next 4 days she deteriorated quickly. Today is 1/23/15 and our baby is gone. Her suffered from Pancreatitis. Her liver and kidneys shut down. We had to put her down.

Beneful dry dog food... 4 1/2 yr Rottweiler, same symptoms: urination, vomiting, bloody diarrhea, very weak. Been at the Vet now since Monday 1/19/15, on IVs & medicine. No improvement. Need class action asap to save other animals from this company Purina/Beneful. This food needs to be off ALL shelves. I stand in dog food aisle to stop people from poisoning their beloved pets.. Someone, please help me stop this company. I would like to talk to everyone on these pages that has experienced the same things. I am Unable to see anyone's contact information on here. So if my information is visible please email me.

The morning of January 6th my Pekingese started having diarrhea. On January 10th I took him to the vet because the instructions they gave me on the phone weren't working. They tested for parasites, negative. The vet asked if I'd changed his food. I later remembered I'd just changed it to Beneful. They gave him 10 days of antibiotics.

My dog had an allergic reaction to Beneful dog food per vet. He lost a lot of fur on his face, got an eye and eye infection also. Dog was itching his face and ears a lot. Dried his face up pretty bad.

After reading a horrific amount of complaints about Beneful I am convinced my lab was also killed by this product! I fed her Beneful for many years. At 8 yrs old she became very ill. Started vomiting and became lethargic. I took her to the vet and found her liver was failing and she had a mass in her stomach. $1,500 later I cried for days feeling like I failed her. And now I know why!! I fed her poison!! To make matters worse, I've been feeding my new puppy small amounts of wet Beneful with her good dry food, NOT the grocery store crap. I'm sick to my own stomach thinking I've been feeding this to my puppy! Thankfully only a spoonful 2x a day. I will never buy another purina product!!

My chow, when he eats Beneful dog food, he loses hair, smells awful and has hot spots and sores on him.

Bought the Large Bag of Beneful small bites dry dog food. Upon opening for my 2 small dogs, I noted something Moving! Poured onto plate to inspect before feeding my dogs, found The whole Large Bag to be laced with maggots!! I thought maggots only fed off living things, Obviously NOT!!! don't understand, but they were definitely Filled with Maggots about one every 5 pieces had a maggot!! It was disgusting I will never purchase this dangerous brand again! Thank God this Dangerous "Food(??)" was Not Fed to My DOGS!! Buyers Beware!!!

I have a small Chihuahua/terrier since she was a born. She is now 5 years old and I only feed her Beneful until about 3 months ago. My dog initially started with a skin irritation but I didn't think nothing of until it got worse..when I feed my dog she would start to growl and bark her leg while eating. It got to a point where she would literally go crazy while eating her food.

I have 2 Chows that loved Beneful but within the past 6 months I have noticed changes in them. I never thought it was the food they were giving, I just thought maybe I wasn't giving them enough water. Started with my Male losing a lot of his fur to what I thought was a uti because he was having a hard time urinating and a strong odor with him peeing in my house, which he never did before. Then my female started losing her fur in clumps, losing a lot of weight, having trouble urinating and also drinking a lot of water. She was also peeing in the house which was very odd. I noticed blood in her urine and when I took her out to go to the bathroom she would go 3 times, come back in the house and 1 hour later was peeing on different places on the carpet. I never thought it was the food. I looked up recalls on Beneful and found other dogs were having similar problems. There needs to be a class action suit to take Beneful off the market before it kills more of our precious animals.

Bought a bag of Beneful and the bag opened up in the back of my car. Dog food all over the place. It appears to be some type of re-sealable bag, but there are no opening/closing instructions, no pictures, no nothing..... What kind of a dull-witted clerk would design something so stupid? I am going back to Costco's Kirkland Brand and will chalk this up to just another idiotic, moronic brainstorm from some 100.00/week executive at Purina.

I fed our new pup, this Beneful puppy food and he has bloody stools and is very lethargic. He only consumed about 3/4 of a cup. Purina is supposed to be a trusted company. What are you all doing to our dogs? I will only buy an organic food from now on. I pray he gets better.

My 8 y.o male Labrador was taken to the vets office back in 11/2011. He had routine labs done and results were all normal except for his liver enzymes. They were extremely high (over 500). An Ultrasound was recommended but declined due to cost issues. I took him back 6 mo. later and the liver count was still high. I believe it was the dog food now that caused this- Beneful. We fed it to our Lab since he was about 1 y.o. He liked it and I thought nothing about it causing problems to his liver. He died on 12/23/14 due to liver failure and a mass on his spleen. I believe he would have lived longer if I had fed him a better, high quality food. I am so saddened & wish he was still here with us. Why?

For Christmas, I decided to give Oliver, my 10-year-old golden retriever, special treats for Christmas eve day and Christmas day. On 12/24, I gave him a package of Beneful Prepared Meals, Hearty Roasters, Simmered Beef recipe. On Christmas morning, I gave him a package of Savory Pork recipe. He behaved normally throughout the 24th and during the morning of the 25th. On Christmas morning, he ran to the car knowing I was going to take him for a ride. He had his usual dry dog food for lunch and still behaved normally. However, at 6:00 p.m. that evening (yesterday), I found him dead on the living room floor. His stomach was bloated. I never heard any sound of distress from him, so I don't know how long it took him to die or what he might have gone through. I did see in the bedroom that he had thrown up and defecated there and there was urine on the floor where he died. He had been to the vet only a week prior to this and the vet could find nothing wrong with him.

Oh where to start.... Let's start by saying that after all 4 of our beloved hairy beastie babies aka: Dogs began throwing up aka: vomiting, nausea, lethargy and just plain old refusing to eat Purina Beneful Healthy Radiance less than a week I realized it was the food as they hadn't had any of these symptoms before starting it & they were sick and miserable. For the first 4 days they loved it and then they all got terribly sick.

My dog ate this food for years. One day he woke up sick and within a few day looked terrible, under weight, wouldn't eat so we took him to the vet and he was diagnosed with kidney failure a year ago. We are lucky we still have him but he isn't the same dog. He still looks terrible. We know it's a waiting game now with him but my point is I wrote to the company and never got a reply back. Please do not use this food. This company only wants your money and don't care about your dog!

We started using Beneful dog food for our 9-year old dog Roxie a few weeks ago. A few days later our dog started going to the bathroom all over our house. She also started drinking a lot more water than usual. We started putting her into a crate during the day and she would just do the same in her crate. So we brought her to the Vet for blood work and her liver functions were really high so the Vet had us bring her for a ultrasound of her liver. The ultrasound turned up negative. Two days later our dog had passed away in our family room. At first it didn't make sense why our dog acted this way, but now after realizing this started shortly after we started her on this food and after reading these complaints we think the dog food had something to do with it. We hope this doesn't happen to any other pets.

I had several of my dogs eating Beneful Healthy Radiance for years. Originally, it even helped one that seemed to have some food allergies, that was about 10 years ago. Since then I've used it on and off. Recently I had both my big dogs eating that food and noticed them losing hair and scratching and licking their feet. Occasionally vomiting as well but they both have sensitive stomachs so I think much about that. It just seemed that something in the food was different, the recipe or whatever. I changed foods immediately and they seem to be getting back to normal. My Great Dane is a harlequin and he even started getting red color on the area around his eyes. It must have been the dye in the food because since that time that is gone as well. I will never use this product again especially after reading these other horror stories, I'm sorry for the loss of people's fur family members and am grateful that I only seem to have some allergy issues to deal with.

I have fed my Yorkie Beneful many times without issue but my husband bought Healthy smile and my 5 year old yorkie got very sick throwing up and diarrhea with lethargy! We chalked it up to our dog on walk or in the backyard getting into something. I accidentally bought the same food. My dog had the same symptoms but one time had blood in his stool. As a nurse I made the connection and immediately switched his food and he is now fine! I hope they check into the ingredients and or dyes etc.! Something is very wrong!! I will pursue this further!

I had been feeding my dog Beneful dog food and he began to have problems urinating. He literally could NOT go to the bathroom. We had every kind of CAT scan, x-ray, and sonogram done. The veterinarians could not figure out what was wrong with him for two years. I would take him to the vet at least once a week for him to be catheterized. The bills were adding up and no cause could be found. I then read about how bad Beneful was for dogs on Facebook and immediately went home and threw away the Beneful, and bought him a new food, with NO GRAIN in it - made in the USA. He got better, and it is now 3 years later and he is doing well. He has not had to be catheterized since I changed his dog food. He now eats PURE VITA salmon with cranberries & sweet potatoes. I order it from www.chewy.com.

Hello all, first wanted to say I am so sorry for all of those who have lost their best buddies due to this. I wrote a review about this around 2 yrs ago. My bud was on Beneful Healthy weight and had all the same symptoms, took him to the vet and he was in kidney and liver failure. After a week in the vet and roughly $7,000, I live in NY everything is expensive lol, my bud came out just fine. I had a strange feeling it was this food that was the problem because I noticed when he would eat before we took him to the vet, he would just pick out certain pieces of the food to eat and leave the other pieces on the floor, smart dog. I tried suing Purina but the problem was no lawyer would take the case because first it was a dog, second the $7,000 I wanted to recoup was not a sufficient amount for a lawyer to take the case. I would love to take a class action lawsuit against Purina so if anyone reads this and would like to work with me on getting the ball rolling and seeing what we could do about this please email me at ** . I can't believe this is still happening and it needs to be stopped.

Purina Beneful Healthy Weight Dog Food - My Jack Russell started throwing up daily. We had just returned from a 10-day trip having left him with a sitter, so I thought it was anxiety. However, after 6 days he was still vomiting, yellow frothy vomit. I decided to check for complaints from other dog owners about this dog food, and found almost 800 complaints. I am stopping immediately feeding him Purina products. Shame on Purina for not recalling this product!

My 8 year old male shih has been on Beneful since he was a puppy, he has always had a weird cough but the vet said it could be allergies. We put him on this based off the claim that it had a good balance of meat and veggies, although after further research we found that it's mostly corn and fillers. SHAME ON YOU PURINA!

Last Wednesday my dog, Roxie, had seizures. I immediately took her to the vet. X-rays, blood tests everything was normal... Took her home, noticed the last year. When I started giving her Beneful, she was drinking a large amount of water, which was unusual for her, since she was only 3 1/2lbs a toy yorkie.. She could not stand. And finally after holding her for 3 days she died in my arms on Sunday morning.. I only became aware of the Beneful problem after someone told me this might be dog poisoning.

My dog started having what looked like seizures. His stomach would get real hard, then he would throw up (a great amt) and pant so bad, then after calming him and resting he comes out of it and is somewhat back to normal everyday. I can't afford a vet at this time. I am unemployed. I have been feeding him Beneful dry for like 1-2 years. I Googled his symptoms and it brought up the 787 reviews. After reading them, all our dogs are having similar problems. He is my baby, did this food do this to him? Why is it still on the market? Does no one care that these animals are part of our families? I am so scared now, that my dog may die from this poison. PLEASE SOMEONE HELP OUR ANIMALS!!!! Take this food off the market.

I bought Purina Beneful Healthy Growth for my dog and suddenly he stopped eating and drinking lots of water so I wasn't sure what was wrong. And then I noticed that the bag had lots of small tiny white worms inside the bag I had to throw it out and I will never buy the food from that company again.

I had a great dog that was doing fine for the age of 12, he was a mix of bernese mountain, golden lab and golden retriever. In June of 2014 I purchased a new bag of Beneful Healthy choice. He has been on Beneful brands for several years, and he just didn't eat like he normally did, he would eat a little bit here and there. This went on for about 2 weeks so I decided to do the mix of hamburger and rice to get him eating again, in the meantime his thirst was unbelievable. Once I gave him the mix of burger and rice he would eat it so I started to mix the dog food in with the burger and rice about 3 days into him eating just the burger and rice. Again he pretty much stopped eating.

I started my dog on the Purina line of dog food because I couldn't find the brand I originally used to buy. At first my dog was fine. I was feeding her Purina Alpo for about two months and then she developed problems with the ligaments in her legs. I then switched to the Beneful kind because it was offered with the healthy joints option. She seemed fine at first but then I started noticing incontinence problems. A few weeks later she started becoming lethargic, then she started vomiting and I noticed a decrease in her urine output. She was given antibiotics because it was believed she had a UTI. She couldn't or wouldn't eat much at this time so I stopped feeding her the dry dog food and switched her to a bland diet of real cooked chicken and rice.

My dog has been eating Beneful dry dog food for years. A few weeks ago after purchasing a new bag I noticed he was coughing a lot. This went on for weeks and I couldn't figure out what was causing it. The other day my dog had a seizure, went totally rigid, couldn't stand up, and his eyes were moving rapidly. I rushed him to the veterinarian, and my dogs blood work showed he had the beginning stages of kidney failure. They weren't sure what caused his seizure, but when I got home I threw out the beneful and put my dog on a diet for kidney failure. So far he is doing so much better. I blame the Beneful dry dog food for all of this. I am so upset and angry over all of this. I think Purina must have changed their ingredients. I am feeding my dog fatty meats, rice, and vegetables now. I will never purchase a Purina product again.

We just bought BENEFUL yesterday. Tried it on our pugs (11yrs old, 10yrs old and 9yrs old). Our dogs were originally on Science Diet Advanced Fitness and suddenly our black pug (10yrs old) started throwing up, having diarrhea, refused to eat it. So we decided to switch them to Wellness Puppy because they are small bites and our pugs can't eat large bites. They love Wellness but they poop way too much on Wellness so now we have decided to use the Beneful Dog food with the Wellness to see how things go. So far our doggies enjoy the flavors and sleeping comfortably. REMEMBER PEOPLE IF YOU'RE GONNA CHANGE YOUR ANIMAL FOOD MAKE SURE YOU MIX THE NEW FOOD WITH THE PREVIOUS BEFORE FULLY SWITCHING!! and I don't believe Purina kills animals. My cats are also on Purina dry and wet foods. Been on it for years, never had any problems.

I have two dogs, 1 American Pit Bull Terrier (APBT) and 1 APBT/Labrador Mix, both approximately 60 lbs. First, my APBT starting showing signs of difficult/uncontrolled urination. I collected a sample and had it analyzed at the local vet. He had red blood cells in his urine, and was subsequently treated with oral antibiotics (Ciprofloxacin to be exact). After about half a year he had the same issue, frequent/uncontrolled urination with +RBC's when sent for urinalysis. As is true with humans due to anatomical differences, UTIs are not as common in male dogs as female dogs, so the recurrence of UTI was a curious finding.

My dog Daisy started getting bad sick after my vet recommended Purina Beneful dog food. She’s vomiting, very weak, dehydrated, lethargic, couldn't walk. She’s always been a happy playful yorkie. We been to vet, spend 300 dollars on her. They don't know what’s wrong with her. I believe it’s the dog food. My baby is sick. Please take this bad dog food off the shelf before someone else’s family member dies… Don't buy this. If you have it, throw it away.

Dog (8 years old) getting surgery on 10/20/2014. Vet said it was bladder stones, large ones. Asked us what type of dog food we use. Beneful. He said that makes sense, a lot of dogs come in with this condition, always Beneful. They will be hearing from my dad soon.

My dog loves them and now I can't find anywhere. Looking for info on what happened.

I have been up all night with my Yorkie that is vomiting, bloody watery stool and very sick baby. After reading the comments that other people have made, I am convinced that my baby is sick from the food! Initially this evening, she vomit mass amount of the food that did not digest. As the evening progressed, it has become watery and same with the stool. She keeps drinking water and keeps getting sick. My girl Gizmo has always been healthy and I cannot believe that Purina is making this food and with so many other people having this problem, why they have not stopped! Don't they realize that these animals are our family? SHAME ON THEM!!

I Have A Perfectly Healthy Fourteen Old Mixed Terrier. She went from happy to sickly upon eating Beneful. She had the basic symptoms that are posted. I stop the food and bam, she was back to normal. Then she had what I called a seizure. Took her to the vet and was told vestibular disease. Really she was healthy before Beneful. I'm not buying the diagnosis. One of the causes of this is toxicity. HELLO. The only change was the food. Mmmm. She is now unable to stand at this point but I'm trying to nurse her back to health. After 224 dollars + and climbing due to having two pads, extra things she needs. NO COUPON IS WORTH MY PET'S HEALTH.

On 9/24 approximately 3am my 4-year-old Malemute vomited so much blood I thought he wouldn't make it to the clinic in time. He has primarily eaten Beneful his whole life. They immediately got him on IV fluids and watched him overnight. No move committing however the next morning began having extreme blood stool (literally liquid blood) which continued for two more days. His PAC cell count continued to drop showing signs of worsening internal bleeding. I got a call later that day stating he was experiencing heart arrhythmia and needed to be transported to a different clinic that had a cardiologist.

I have a three year old Boxer/Lab mix named Mimi. This coming February of 2015 I will have had her for two years. The most important thing is she's a service dog that assists me with mobility and balance issues from an on the job injury in 1995. Her diet is 98% Purina Beneful "Healthy Weight", "Playful Life" but usually the "Original" flavor. She loves it and has had no health problems due to diet or other. Her coat is shiny and soft, with no skin allergies, dandruff or ear infections etc, her eyes are bright and the stools are firm (not too dry etc). She attentive and alert while performing tasks related to my disability, she is very athletic when playing ball. In the spirit of full disclosure, human treats/table scraps make up maybe 2% of her diet and consist of bites of organic Dave's Bread and carrots both with unsalted butter, leftover cooked oatmeal and take out Chinese food, chicken, Schwans supreme pizza or maybe an occasional raw egg.

My 1 1/2 year old dog has been suffering with vomiting, diarrhea, lethargic and no desire to eat for the last three weeks. We've been back and forth to the vet and vet hospital many times. I've spent over $6,000 on overnight stays and exploratory surgery. The diagnosis is irritable bowel. My dog had been home for four days and all he was eating was chicken, cheerios, yogurt and pumpkin. Last night he ate beneful and today we are back to square one. Please if you have the food - throw it. Let all of your family and friends know how harmful this food is. Many, many animals have suffered and it looks like we are suffering one last time due to this harmful food that Purina created. This food should not be on the market!!

My dog Ti-Lou was a healthy 2-year-old Schitzu...He never had any health problem until my mom gave him a can of Beneful not knowing the consequence:( Ti-Lou was a happy little dog, doing a lot of tricks like "give me 5", roll around, give us his paws, pretending to sneeze when he wanted to go outdoor and he had his little blanket that we didn't have the right to touch it. He was loving kids so much and loved the visit and didn't want them to leave! Until he ate a can of Beneful and he didn't even ate it all, he just licked it....Ti-Lou start to feel weird the next day and it get worst and worst. He got lethargic, don't want to eat or drink...he screamed and cry out...it was so devastating to see him that way. He was a member of our family and everybody loved him so much. He suffered so much that we didn't have the choice to put him down:( So ya Beneful killed my dog:(

For three years, I feed my food science diet. I have a disability and hard to always go to specialty dog stores for science diet. Did some research on reviews of Beneful and Walmart and many other were 4.8 stars out of 5. Used soft food when previous dog was 14 years old to mix his meds in when he sick (that was 5 years ago) and wonderful to mix meds in when old. I decided to start to change my present dog to a food I thought was good food available at regular grocery store and had coupons to help with cost occasionally. He seemed to like it at first. Then he started itching, hot spots, drinking a lot, acting weird (even when my mom came to visit she mentioned it). I thought he had allergies to food even though I was changing him over gradually 7 lbs Beneful to around 30+ pounds science diet.

I rescued a very healthy pug three years ago. About two and a half years ago I had a coupon for Beneful. My dog got very sick stopped eating was weak and had loose diarrhea. I got antibiotics from the humane society. Didn't realize it was from the food at the time. Three months later my wonderful dog was dead. I sent the UPC to Beneful. They reimbursed me for the vet bills that were about $700.00. I thought my dog was getting better. He died a few months later. The culture showed a kidney infection. Benef killed my dog.

I have always fed my dogs Iams. We ran out of dog food one day and my husband brought home a bag of Beneful Healthy Fiesta. My 5 year old pit bull would not even go near it. My 5 year old shar pei ate half a bowl and the next morning was kinda mopey looking. I came home from work that night and he was throwing up bile everywhere. We tried giving him water and he wouldn't even drink. The next morning I found my dog dead. Up until the day this food was given to him, he was a lively and happy dog. I attribute his death to this horrible dog food that is still being sold. After reading all of the complaints on this dog food, Purina should be ashamed and made to take this brand off of the shelves.

We had our dog on Beneful healthy weight for 3 years and then started hearing that our friends 8 year old boxer who also used Beneful was having hip and joint problems and was told to switch dog foods because that was causing the issues. Our 4 year old dog always seem to scratch and shake and this past year she was taken to the vet because she had diarrhea and she was throwing up. They diagnosed her to have stress but at that time they did no blood work. They said she had stress when we would changed shifts. So last week she got sick again. We also had recently switched her food from Beneful to Pure Balance which you can only get that brand at Walmart. We thought Pure Balance was ok. Maybe not. So last week she started not eating her new food. Even though she ate it when we were mixing it with Beneful to change it. Once it was just the new dog food. She stopped eating Pure Balance and we could only get her to eat her dog treats. She stopped eating but she continued to drink and poop. She also seemed to constantly scratch at her stomach and wouldn't stop.

I have a mini dachshund who is 11 years old. He is always energetic, loves his walks, and likes playing tug of war. However lately he has been getting sick, lethargic, thirsty, and looks so sad! It all started about a couple of weeks ago when I bought a bag of Purina Beneful healthy weight dog food. Even with his walks, he was putting on some weight so I thought I would put him on a diet. I didn't know I was slowly making him ill. I know it is this dog food because he started acting this way when I started feeding him this food. Then he wouldn't eat it and practically starved himself. I thought it was because it was different than what he was used to eating and didn't like it. He still loved eating his treats and left over steak from when we barbequed. I stopped giving him that bag of dog food and bought some other food. He was back to being happy and energetic again.

Are you kidding me? I have been feeding my dog, Keely, nothing but Beneful for the past 7 years. She doesn't get table scraps. I bought this stuff thinking it was the best....not that I was poisoning my pet! Last week she threw up in the house...which is rare. A few hours ago, she started to throw up and as I tried to carry her outside, she pooped and peed while throwing up. I then googled her symptoms and came across all of these horrible reviews for the Beneful line. Something has to be done about this..... What can we feed our pups that isn't organic or homemade...? Is there a decent dried dog food? Hopefully Keely will pull through... I'm hard broken that I ever fed her this stuff.

I had my dog on Science diet sensitive skin and stomach for over a year when I went to order more from my Vet, I discovered they discontinued it. So I bought a bag of Beneful from Walmart. I weened my dog into it using the remainder of her science diet. As soon as she started eating the Beneful on its own, she would throw it up. Every night for a week I would be woken up by her puking. On Sunday I switched her back to the regular science diet (not sensitive) but she wouldn't eat it so I tried giving her Beneful and she wouldn't eat that either. I tried giving her some chicken, nope and some of her favorite treats.. Again wouldn't eat it.

We got this great dog off of Craigslist. His name is Marley. He's 2 years old. We brought him home and had no problem at all with him the first two weeks. Then he started peeing in the house, then pooping diarrhea in the house. He looked just as shocked as we did when he did it. Soon he became very lethargic, started throwing up bile and having bloody stools. We took him to the vet and about $800 later found out he had horrible stomach ulcers all over the place. He would barely drink water and wouldn't eat any food.

I CANNOT BELIEVE what I just read about Beneful dog food! I am shocked, confused and outraged. It is UNBELIEVABLE to me that this product is still on the shelf!! We have been feeding our 50 lb dog, Awesome-Dog, the wet Beneful food for 'dinner' EVERYDAY for YEARS. Over the past 8 months, Awesome lost her appetite. She's very lethargic on walks, around the house and just not her usual Awesome-Dog self. Her stomach gurgles a lot, is bloated at times and she always wants to nibble on plants. The vet prescribed meds to treat her GI issues, but there was no improvement.. so more tests.. Her blood work was good, but she had a low-normal thyroid level, so we treated that.

I discovered two years ago that Beneful Dog Food was dangerous for my dogs and my friend Shelly's White 98 lb Boxer, Lexi and we started feeding our pets organic cooked food. However, my adopted Mom was getting older and she wanted my two Chihuahuas with her full time for company and therapy (she feeds them, she feeds herself, she walks them, she walks herself, plus they are a joy to keep her company). Well I discovered, TOO LATE, that her Housekeeper was buying and feed my girls Beneful. Tieka died of all the symptoms of eating this food including excessive thirst, trouble defecating, lethargy, restlessness, etc. Took her to the vet where tests were performed. Enlarged heart, calcified kidney, and oral squamous cell carcinoma. This all started in June and by August 7th, 2014 she died in my arms! I only feed my Peanut and Grace Organic food I cook myself. Purina can rot in hell!

I have just bought a bag of Beneful which my 9 week old puppy seems to love. But when I was out the other day and I got talking to this lady about dogs, about dog foods and which one was better. She said they are all about the same but don't feed your dog BENEFUL! Then she went on to a similar story as I've read on your web page. What I want to know is has the problem with the food been resolved? The latest report you have posted is in 2012. My sister lives with me and has two dogs and the older one has eaten Beneful all her life and has had no problems. My puppy keeps getting out with her older dogs food and seems to love it. That's why I bought her a bag of puppy Beneful. We don't want to continue with Beneful if this problem hasn't been resolved. So Please let me know ASAP.

After opening a new bag of Playful Life by beneful my dog was horribly sick. He was vomiting, diarrhea, lethargic, wheezing and couldn't walk or eat. We rushed him to the vet where he was put on steroids, IV to re-hydrate and antibiotics. He almost died. He was there for four days. We got him home. We had him on the meds and a rice and meat diet. This past Monday we started him back on Beneful (the same bag). He was worse than before in just hours. We got him to the hospital and the vet got him on an IV and flushed his system. He was sure it was this Lot of food. We finally got our boy home this afternoon and I will be making his food from now on. I started a claim with the company and am in the process of joining a class action lawsuit against them. Please like my Facebook page as well "Ban Beneful."

Let's see, where do I start. Beneful killed my dog. Puppy-Dog was a healthy 8 year old purebred black lab. She ate Beneful and Alpo canned food (also terrible). In January of 2013 she had an episode where she vomited yellow bile uncontrollably all night, but was fine by morning. I assumed it was something she ate. She also had 3 bad accidents in the house that year. I assumed it was from the canned food and that it messed with her stomach. In October/November I noticed that she stopped eating her canned food, which was so rare for her. I chalked it up to her preferring the beef version to salmon or chicken. She also refused the Beneful even with wet food on top.

I have been feeding my dogs (7) Beneful Healthy Weight for over a year now. I have just recently had to have one of my dogs euthanized due to calcification of the organs... Vit D poisoning. This dog food contains Vit D3 which is more toxic than other Vit D. I feel that they are responsible for her death. They must not care for the animals. It must be all about the money. The 4 vets that examined my dog had never seen an animal's organs like hers EVER in an ultrasound. She received no supplements, just the dog food. No table scraps. They said her organs were calcified. She was lethargic, depressed, lost 30 pounds in almost a week, would not eat and was retaining water in her abdomen due to increased thirst. She was also peeing in the house which never happens. Her sister is displaying some of the same symptoms. I had to spend $1000 and then have her put to sleep for additional amount of money. When will it stop! I have no photos, nor did I have a necropsy done. I feel it is the dog food. I am going to change brands immediately. The food makers know it is hard to prove exactly why these things happen so are not concerned. Shame on them and I hope they feel the guilt of all of this when it is time for them to be laid to rest.

My 9 month old puppy has been eating Beneful since she was about 4 months. This recent purchase after eating she had uncontrollable diarrhea and was extremely lethargic. Feed her chicken and rice for 2 days and she improved drastically. Just went back to Beneful today and have been up all night with her again - about every 15 minutes she has to go to the bathroom.

Always wanting to provide the best nutrition for my dog, a seven year old Yorkie, I too fell for the pretty, tempting, glossy photos on the bags of Beneful dry dog food, specifically, Incredibites for small dogs. My dog has been enjoying this phony dog food for the past few several years, always seeming to enjoy it and always finishing what she was given. Just this past weekend, Saturday evening to be exact, while visiting my parents with our dog, she suddenly started vomiting. After returning home, the dog vomited a few more times during the night and could not settle and get comfortable. Sunday morning came along, the vomiting had stopped.....we tried to resume our normal morning routine.... Went outside, she was too tired to walk so I carried her to the backyard. She would not move and simply wanted to be picked up.

Luckily I found the screw before I dumped the food into my dogs food dish. The screw was about 1/2 inch with a pointy edge. I noticed it as soon as I opened a new bag, so it did not just magically appear after the bag was opened. I opened the bag in case there was more. It obviously happened at the factory where they make the food. My dogs are safe but I am concerned about the product.

I have just recently stopped feeding my two cavalier King Charles spaniels Beneful dry dog food. For the last week they all of a sudden have shunned away from the food. They normally have very voracious appetites when I feed them it. However, they just recently balked at the food and refused to eat it. They eventually caved in and ate the food due to hunger. They have been on Beneful for two years and never refused to eat it. So now my dogs are sick at home. Not horrible but enough that I went and bought a different brand and they gobbled it up with no adverse affects. They had mild bouts of diarrhea and vomiting with the Beneful in the last week. It was a new bag so I suspect something was wrong with it. Treats they had no problem eating either. It was just when I fed them the Beneful that they turned away from it. I read others complaints and knew something was wrong and I didn't want to chance so I had to toss out an almost full bag.

Vomiting, diarrhea, and wheezing - we just changed his food to Beneful and this is happening.

I have a three year old golden retriever and a one year old lab mountain cur mix. My golden has been eating Purina Playful Life for the last year and I just recently switched the lab mix to it too to just have one bag of food in my house. Last week I bought a new bag. My golden messed in her kennel after eating the new bag for two days. She cried and needed to go outside every hour so I immediately began feeding her a bland diet of rice and chicken I cooked myself. My lab mix ate the food for one more day and suddenly he had the same problem but my golden was doing better and had a normal appetite again. They're both eating rice and chicken now and I'm afraid to give them this food again. Huge waste of money for me but at least I don't have the vet bills others are talking about.

We took a 15 month old golden retriever that was surrendered back to our breeder. He came with his crate, a dog bone and a bag of Beneful. He didn't even look like a golden retriever. His fur was short, dry and coarse and his tail looked like a lab, no long hair like a retriever and no feathering on his legs. The vet called his tail a "rat tail".

I have fed my dog nothing but Beneful dog food for the 10 yrs I had her. She was very healthy until she wasn't. Dr. said she had a spleen tumor and signs of pre-cancer. She also showed enlarged lymph nodes. Her blood work was all over the place and she was lethargic and not eating. She would eat anything but her Beneful. She had been shying away the last 2 bags I had gotten but I didn't realize what was happening. She was telling me "no!" "Something's wrong and I don't like this anymore." I took it as she was getting old and picky with her food. She wouldn't even eat the Beneful when I poured bacon grease on it.

After switching my 10-month-old Boxer Coonhound to Beneful, she began having bloody diarrhea and vomiting. She was admitted to the emergency hospital from her regular vet for severe dehydration and cause for concern from the excessive diarrhea and vomiting that couldn't be controlled. She was required to stay for 3 days and the medical expenses exceeded $1600. This food was the ONLY change she has had in regards to diet or anything and HAS to be the cause for this. I will NEVER put her on this food again and I am looking into more research on the issue. If we didn't take action and admit her to the ER she would've died.

Yesterday my pooch started vomiting and messing on the floor. Today it has gotten worse. She also has diarrhea and refuses to eat her food. She is drinking a lot of water and is lethargic. I think this food is harming her! I'm discontinuing this food and hopefully I have caught this problem before it seriously harms her! I thought I was making a healthy choice for her! I have almost a full bag left. Is there any way I can get reimbursed for this? What about the vet bill? If she's not better tomorrow I will have to take her in.

I had wanted to give my dogs healthier food and hopefully to lose a little weight. I always heard how good this brand was. So I picked up a small bag of the healthy weight loss brand. A few days go by and my dogs start vomiting and have bad diarrhea. Thought it was just a virus and just let it be. It got worse overnight. We finally figured out that is was the dog food. So we slowly look it out throughout the day. My dachshund made a fast recovery after taking some pepto bismol. My other dog, a much older beagle did not have a quick recovery. His got worse. Both were vomiting blood and blood in their stool. Like I said, the dachshund made a quick recovery. The beagle started have massive diarrhea and it was nothing but blood. A massive amounts within an hour. I was so scared that I was going to lose him. He would not eat or even drink. We thought it was going to be the end.

We fed our Flat Coat dog only Beneful and after four years he started having seizures. I had him to two different vets and they found nothing as he suffered four seizures. The poor guy was so healthy and then almost died. The Vets had zero answers so I went online and there it was...all his problems. I almost broke down because I was killing my beautiful big black Retriever. I was so angry that this Chinese crap is on the market. I took him off Beneful and it has been almost a year now on Science Diet....no problems and I have our old dog back. He looks older now but he is healthy again at 7 years old but I wonder how many years I took off my best friend's life.

Our healthy, energetic, happy Shepherd/Pyrenees Ranger, who had always had a very healthy appetite, began showing signs of lethargy and started to refuse his food within 2 weeks of purchasing Beneful Purina Dog food. He was a strong loving dog that did not yelp or whine. He was all male. He died suddenly 3 weeks later on July 1st 2014. Veterinarian said it appeared he had a tumor rupture in his spleen area. He was a couple months shy of being 10 yrs old and he was in excellent health until he began the Beneful, which I purchased because of a coupon I received. I wish to God I'd never switched him. I feel horrible after researching Beneful reviews and now know he would be alive today had I not fed him that. Our family has been mourning his loss for over a week. He was a completely indoor dog.. My baby. We're all devastated by his loss!!! Purina has made some good products but Beneful is NOT one of them. PLEASE DON'T FEED YOUR DOG BENEFUL!!!

In April I switch my dog to Beneful wet dog food and noticed a change in my dogs health shortly after. Originally thinking it was caused by less walks due to our long cold winter and additional food intake I over looked the symptoms. The symptoms started at just bloating but soon she became lethargic, wasn't eating as much and eventually stopped eating all together. She also suffered from bloody stool and vomiting. Not long after the bloody stools started she passed away. This is when I with the help of my grandson researched what could cause these issues only to be astounded at the fact that her food is what caused her death. The additives and other things in the food causing the liver and kidneys to shut down, in many dogs, along with the symptoms that were present in my dog. I brought this to the attention of my vet who explained that she doesn't recommend Beneful to the owners of the animals she treats.

Ellie was a white shepherd greyhound mix and a wonderful animal. We were feeding her Beneful for a while until she became ill. It started with her not wanting to eat. She would poke her nose around the food bowl and push most of it onto the floor. I wish we paid attention to this! We kept giving her Beneful thinking she was just being picky. One evening after dinner she started throwing up black fluid. There was what seemed like buckets full, it just kept coming. Then she started to move her head around from side to side and up and down as if she was out of her mind (I have video). She would drink a lot of water and started to pee in the house. Sometimes in her sleep. We changed her food. Months later, she started to slow down until she couldn't pick herself up. She pretty much stopped eating and slept most of the time. She started throwing up water when she would drink it so we took her back to the vet.

We recently started feeding our 3-year-old cur Beneful a few months ago. I noticed she went from eating around 3 bowls of food a day to now only nibbling at 1 bowl. She began drinking lots of water and having diarrhea. My first thought was she might have randomly gotten into something outside. I noticed her trying to eat grass pretty often. She then began to scarf my mother's dog's Science Diet food when she was around her. So I decided to get her some new food because she obviously is trying to tell us something. After only a couple days, she is eating again and licking my face. Something is terribly wrong with Beneful to make so many many dogs so sick. I've been reading reports now and this problem dates back to 2006. Something needs to be done about this food! Please get this food off of the shelves!!!!!!

My son's 5-year-old Black Lab has diabetes. He was on Beneful pet food since birth. We only discovered it was full of sugar after he nearly died of diabetes. This is disgusting that it could kill my son's dog. It cost us thousands of dollars at the vet to get him stabilized. He had seizures. Liver and kidneys were failing. He got an infection that would not heal, fever, etc. Doctors gave him a 20% survival chance but after a week of visiting the hospital every day, carrying him into the vet, for IV antibiotics, then home at night, he was on the mend.

I scooped food out of my 5 year old female Blue Heeler's already half eaten bag of Beneful dog food. It was a 15.5lb bag of Purina Beneful IncrediBites SKU# 1780013639 with an expiration date of April 2015 and the code below the expiration date is 4115 1082 1549 L10-99. It was purchased at Walmart in Norwalk, OH. When I scooped the food out of the bag, I found this "fabric string" in the food. It is about 6-7 inches long and almost a centimeter in width. It looks like very thin fabric or a paper type material that is covered in a hardened glue substance. I called Purina Beneful at 1-888-236-3385 to let them know what happened. They were nice and listened to my story of what had happened and apologized.

We have 3 Labradors who have eaten Beneful original for over 4 years. This is the only food their tummies could tolerate. We opened a new 42-lb bag purchased at Costco 4 days ago. Our pups are good eaters. Yesterday, my 5-year old only ate a few kibbles, green & red. Today he took a mouthful from his bowl and spit them out on the floor. My other 2 seem ok so far. Something told me maybe it was the food. I went to Walmart and purchased a small 5-lb bag. I came home and gave him a cup, he scarfed it like normal. I gave him another cup, same thing. I then got a cup of the other bag and put it in his bowl. His reaction was a sniff, a snort (how he voices displeasure) and walked away.

Diarrhea, massive heart attack; Slinky , beagle, 13, bloody Diarrhea, complete kidney shutdown; Babezee, 13, dementia, bloody Diarrhea, falling down, crying, everything shut down. They were like my kids. I failed them as I fed them Beneful. Who do I complain to? Here?

Why is this product still on the shelf? If Purina Beneful is so trusted why can't I put my trust in them to REALLY look into this matter. =( Seems like they don't care about our dogs only the money they are getting from the $1.99 product yet we are stuck with thousands in vet bills! Someone PLEASE has to investigate. Our dogs are part of our family! To sum up my story my dog Daisy (just turned 9 in May) was checked around a week ago, blood work pretty much everything for a healthy status. All of her levels were great! The Petsmart Banfield Vet said for her age she is excellent! Randomly, I thought Beneful would be a great product to start giving my dog for dinner instead of her dry food (Science Diet). I've always heard slowly mix or transition your pet into a new food so I thought a quarter of the packet will do (small portion).

Our beloved, barely 7 yr. old Max (Shepherd/Akita Mix) died last week from kidney failure. I strongly suspect he was poisoned by the Beneful line of foods/treats and am in the process of proving it. Poor guy tried to pull through but it was just too much of an assault on his stressed out body. I wonder if it's only a matter of time before it's proven that the contaminated food killing our pets is partially the FDA's fault for approving and allowing an increase in the amount of aflatoxin-afflicted corn to be blended into our animal feed. Could this Sept 2013 FDA ruling allowing higher amounts of this fungus into our pets food be causing the problem now because that food is now presently on the grocer's shelves?

I have three Dachshunds. I bought Beneful IncrediBites at Walmart. My 9 yr old female Martini had horrible pain and trembled. My Vet said she had a Pinched Nerve but treatment did no good. My 9 yr old male Dylan started peeing in the house and my 6 yr old male Skyy has rashes under his front legs and is itching constantly! I stopped feeding my dogs this crap and they started feeling better. My little girl has had a miraculous recovery. My boy Dylan isn't peeing in the house, and I'm waiting to see how long it will be before my boy Skyy recovers from his bout of rashes and itching! I am no longer a trusting consumer. The makers of these products need to Be scrutinized! Our pets depend on us!

This week I bought our 2 year-old Golden Retriever a new bag of Beneful from Walmart. (She's eaten Beneful for over a year.) Since eating this new bag, she's been vomiting. Suspecting she had a "stomach bug," I stopped feeding her dog food and prepared a bland diet of rice and eggs. Immediately the vomiting stopped. After 2 days of rice/eggs, I slowly incorporated her food in with the rice (about a half portion). Today was her first day eating only Beneful for her meals... and guess what returned: yes, sick puppy: vomiting and sad. So, goodbye Beneful.

My dog Mulaa was 3. She was such a lady. She nursed me back to life with her love & protection when I came home from the hospital. May 15, 2014, my husband fed Mulaa Beneful dog food. She began to lounge around, vomiting, and having bloody diarrhea during a flash flood. By May 17, 2014, she passed away.

Our poor doggy is in the hospital very dehydrated after we gave her Beneful. So only ate it for one week, vomited once, started with loose stools. Then this morning, bloody diarrhea and bloody vomit. This is the only difference in her life. Even the ER doctor said it was most likely caused by the "change" in her diet. She may not make it. I started googling Beneful and found all of these horrible reviews. Beneful, you most likely killed my dog!! I'm so pissed!!

I've been feeding my new puppy Beneful food lately, and she started twitching involuntarily! When I first got her, I fed her kibbles and bits, but I mentioned to the vet that I was feeding her Beneful and she didn't oppose. But now I know Beneful must be the crack of dog food or something.... Scary.

It has been six months now since both of my dogs have been off of Beneful Healthy Weight dog food. I think one reason they are still alive today is because I discovered the link between their dog food and their numerous tumors, tremors, seizures, and liver problems. Both dogs were having the same problems, in addition to throwing up yellow foam which looked like bile. Since changing their food, only one of my dogs has had one tremor. I am convinced that it was the Beneful. I don't know what made me look up the reviews on their food, but I'm glad that I did and made the connection. Please, if you care about your pets, you will not feed them Beneful.

Our terrier mix was getting older and had to be put on meloxicam for arthritis (he was having a hard time getting around). This made him sick to his stomach, so we tried a few different dog foods to see if one whetted his appetite. We tried Beneful and he ate some, but continued not wanting to eat. We reduced the meloxicam and tried mixing Beneful with Rachel Ray's dog food and he finally started eating again. Within a week or so of eating he had a seizure (he never had one before) and died within an hour of it. It's possible it was his time - he was 12. But the way he went.... He peed himself, was weak, just so sick.... Do not use Beneful! Even if all these reports are coincidental, it's not worth the risk. It was a horrible way to go.

My 7 year old rescue mix breed love of my life, has always been neurotic but not prone to illness, until now. I have always fed her Iams weight control because she is a fat butt (I know I have read about Iams, but for 7 years have had no problem with it). About 7 weeks ago I ran out of food and the store didn't have Iams weight control so I grabbed Beneful weight control as it seemed comparable when I read the ingredients. Right around that time Chelsie started peeing in the house. I just chalked it up to the fact that she's getting old and maybe getting up the stairs at night to wake me up was too much trouble for her, and that she couldn't hold it all day while I was at work anymore.

We bought a bag of Beneful a week ago and now both our dogs are violently ill... vomiting everything they eat or drink...

Our 4 1/2-yr-old American Bulldog has been on Beneful since she was 8 months old; the first week in April, I bought a large bag of Beneful. It seemed to have a strong dog food smell and was more orange but I thought nothing of it. Immediately my puppy started having bulldog farts that could clear the house. If you have a bulldog you know how they like to fart but these were constant and nauseating. She started 3 weeks ago with liquid soft stools. Then exactly 2 weeks ago, she started pouring straight water out her bum.

We have always fed our Pomeranian Beneful dog food. In March of 2014, she started urinating blood. We noticed that she was leaving the red colored dog food and not eating it until later when she was very hungry. She began urinating blood and seemed to have little to no control of her bladder. We took her to the vet and had her on antibiotics for a week and it seemed to help. We began removing the red colored Beneful bits and her bladder was better and she stopped urinating blood. We are now discontinuing the Beneful brand after more than seven years using this product.

I chose a bag of Beneful kibble off the shelf from Vons in Mira Mesa, and after 1 feeding needed to take my white Shih-Tzu/Poodle mix Roxy to the emergency veterinarian twice over two weeks. She died just this morning after suffering continuous trembling, lethargy, weakness, imbalance, and eventual loss of appetite. Is Beneful to Blame?

I'm sure this dog food was the cause of my Akita dying from Kidney failure. I switched to Beneful dog food after a month or so. It was like my dog was always feeling bad. She was getting older & I blamed that but then another two months go by & she is in ER vomiting, so weak she couldn't stand, to find out her kidneys were failing. They ran all the tests, no disease caused it. Only thing that could I'm convinced is that rotten dog food.

My dog was a little sluggish, then four days later she could not walk and she died. My other dog had eaten Beneful the night before and I noticed there was throw up on the kitchen floor, so I googled it. My dog had the same symptoms that I have read from others.

We bought our dog, Daisy, Purina Healthy Morsels about a week and a half to two weeks ago. She has always been a healthy dog and was a great eater. She would graze, not scarf her food. This weekend several family members commented that Daisy looked fat. I didn't realize the slow bloating as I am around her every day. Monday she stopped eating, has been vomiting and has diarrhea. Not to mention she is very lethargic and will not even come to her name. She will look at you but not happily come to our side like normal. The ONLY thing that has changed is the dog food! There is a lot of bad news related to Beneful but has anyone else noticed their dogs getting sick on anything else Purina? From what I have read on here, we tossed all the food and have tried to feed her chicken and rice. She is not eating it. I am scared for her!!

Since my dog has been on Beneful she has been having seizures, throwing up foamy looking yellow stuff, lethargic some days, has developed itchy rashes and has generally not been feeling well. I found several complaints about Beneful but most say that Beneful denies any relation to their product and refuses to pull it from the shelf. I'm taking my dog to the vet to confirm but I'm pretty sure that it is related to her eating Beneful dog food.

We just opened a new bag of Beneful purchased at Walmart March 2014. My dog became violently ill, throwing up and diarrhea. We put him on Science Diet IM soft food to get his digestive system back on track. I gave Beneful the benefit of the doubt and tried to feed my dog this again after he had been stable for two weeks. He immediately started throwing up again.

My wife and I went out yesterday and forgot to take our regular food. We always use Science Diet or Puppy Pro Plan combination. Since we were outside, as a temporary solution, we got Purina Beneful Chopped Blends from Kroger for his lunch as it came in a small container and there was no wet Pro Plan in a container, which I now realize was a big mistake. We gave the same Beneful for dinner as well, just to finish the can as we did not know at that time that it would be harmful for my little one. When we took him out for a walk, he started eating grass and I thought his stomach was perhaps upset with a different brand of food and did not take it serious at that time.

This past month (March), I purchased the Beneful Healthy Smile.... Obviously this was a mistake after seeing all the complaints a total of approximately 713! What is going on? Why hasn't this been removed form the shelves? I have read many of the complaints on this site and have come to this same conclusion that this dog food is obviously a danger to our dogs which are more like family. Many of the symptoms described on the complaints my dog (Shelby) is experiencing now, so it therefore is the dog food the company is selling and for this to be acceptable is society is insane. This company should be brought up on charges for animal cruelty and animal endangerment which they have done to numerous dogs. This is ridiculous. Purina has lost my business for ever. This is obviously not a company that has animals at their best interest!

Our small dog has eaten this product since she was a puppy. On March 6, 2014, she got very sick and could not eat. She had diarrhea throwing up and only drank water (almost as if she drank anti-freeze). We decided at 3:30 pm that we would wait till the next morning to take her to the vet and she passed away at 6:30 pm that day. We are elderly and live 100 miles from the vet. We are heart broken and it has been a month. She was a very energetic little thing and could run 40 miles per hour and when she barely could walk for only one day, we did not know what to do. We waited only a few hours too late. She was a mix bread of Jack Russel and Chihuahua. Very spoiled and loved. We made most of her food and she only snacked on the dry food.

I have had my 3 dogs on Beneful for about a year. The last large bag I bought 2 weeks ago I threw out because 2 of my dogs were sick and the other one would not eat any of it. Last week I had purchased a new bag from the same Walmart store. One dog would not eat it and the other two got sick again when they ate it. I have changed the food now and I am convinced something is wrong with the Beneful. I decided to do some research and see if there had been a recall and I have read the comments about so many pets that have died. One case was written by someone who lives near my location in Florida and they said they bought their food at Walmart.... wondering if it was the same Walmart where I bought the last two bags of Beneful? I am grateful to everyone's posts for the info. Hoping my dogs recover since I have changed their food! There obviously is something literally DEADLY wrong with Beneful!!!!!

My name is Cheryl and I have 3 gorgeous doxies, Clyde 10, Sadie 6, and Roxie 7. They have been enjoying Beneful for 6 months now, October 2013 - Feb 2014. And I noticed like my dogs were acting funny in the face area, like blinking like something was biting their eyes and nose, mouth. I’m very close to my animals. I spend day and night spoiling them. They didn't ever even have fleas or ticks. So I thought they never go out of their yard and no other pet has been around. We are very private people. I gave them mite and flea treatment. Still the same rubbing their faces and they after a month of not correcting this I was at a loss.

Our pomeranian, Wilbur, was very healthy until a little over a month ago when my parents switched his dog food to beneful for its "benefits" for his health and being "tastier". Wilbur began having trouble walking, seizures, vomiting non stop, became excessively thirsty and could not eat anything. I took him to the vet within two days (due to a snowstorm), and he informed me his heart was failing, his lungs were full of fluid as well as his liver and kidneys were failing. He gave Wilbur three days to live, but he said we'd hold on to hope and gave him two weeks of a diuretic as well as a vitamin for his heart. Wilbur made it for two weeks.. and I had to take him for professional services this past Friday.

My dog really likes Beneful and until this month (March) there hasn't been a problem with it. But, this past week my dog started having diarrhea and vomiting. So I did a 12 hour fast with him and he started to feel better. Then I gave him more of the Beneful healthy smile and he started having diarrhea and vomiting again. I have quit feeding him the Beneful and he is feeling better.

Two weeks after a perfect annual full vet check, we ran out of our Aldi dogfood and my wife bought Beneful from Wal-Mart. Less than a week later she died. I ran her with my ATV to a neighbor's house 6 miles away and did this several times weekly for the past 4 years (she was the pinnacle of health and could reach speeds in excess of 40 mph). She ate a bowl mostly full of this Beneful dogfood prior to the run and seem more tired than normal when we arrived home. I fed some livestock and went inside and approx. one hour later my wife served dinner (Angel was not there). We searched several hundred acres in the dark to 2 a.m. and at 2:30 the next day I found her with blood on her anus and clear foam piles of vomit in front of her. My wife and I have cried now for over three days and I will never trust any Purina or associated product for the remainder of my years.

Finding all these complaints about Beneful is frustrating for me because I fear it may be too late. My 12-yr-old Lab is deathly ill. He cannot keep anything down, refuses to eat or drink, has trouble walking, and most recently began to quiver. I never suspected it could be the food. It started about a week ago (and coincided with opening a new bag of Beneful little bites) with severe vomiting. Figuring he had eaten something he shouldn't, I put him on a bland diet of rice and chicken. A day later, he seemed much better. As he was keeping the food down and having regular bowel movements, I started incorporating the Beneful back into his diet on day three of treatment. By day four he was vomiting uncontrollably. For two days, I have been trying to keep him hydrated by using a syringe (no needle) to force small amounts of water. He will not eat, will not drink, and keeps getting worse. Although it may be some other reason, I find it a strange coincidence that all this started and resumed upon the feeding of Beneful dog food. I fear my dog will not recover and will have to be euthanized to end his obvious misery.

I ran out of my natural dog food and ran to the drug store to buy Beneful for the first time. Within three meals, my dog became very lethargic and broke out in hives, itching and scratching like crazy. Removed the food and the symptoms disappeared.

Our sweet boy Max was first diagnosed with a food allergy to Beneful. We had switched him to Healthy Weight Beneful a year earlier. When he was diagnosed with the food allergy, we changed his food to a vet recommended brand only to find out it was too late. His health continued to decline so we took him back to our vet. He told us that Max had 3 to 5 days to live. That he was dying from kidney and liver failure due to the food he had been eating...Healthy Weight Beneful. We had to make the hardest choice we have ever made 4 days later when his body was giving out and he was clearly in pain. If only we had known or had seen all of the complaints and reports of dogs who were getting sick and dying from eating Beneful. Our baby would still be with us today. I will never understand how they can continue to sell their poisonous "food."

Our dog Sadie has been on Purina healthy weight dry dog food since she was 12 weeks old (German Shepherd). Had no problems at all. Our dog is the life blood of our family as she is the reason my wife is still alive from her stroke. Now we jump ahead to this last month of February 2014, the 19th to be exact, the date Sadie was born and she now has turned 12 yrs old. Noticed out of nowhere Sadie started having diarrhea and would not want to get up and come sit and watch tv with my wife and I. Kept a close eye on her wondering what if any has changed with her. I could not find anything at all except that I just started a new bag of Purina's Beneful healthy weight.

My mom had been feeding her 10-year-old German Shepherd/Chow mix Beneful. The doggie's appetite was slipping, until suddenly her appetite was gone. She was vomiting, refusing to eat, and lethargic. Upon visiting the vet, there was no clear explanation for the illness. The vet said that other than the mystery illness, the dog was otherwise healthy. The vet gave medications to increase the appetite and help with nausea, nothing helped. She just wanted water. Eventually she had to be put to rest. If there was indeed a recent mold problem with their grain supply... this would explain the recent death of my mom's dog as well as several others listed on this site recently. In this instance the product should have recalled and been pulled from the shelves. How very sad.

Dog began to become sick about a month ago, mostly seem to have trouble eating the hard food. I tried mixing hard Beneful with Beneful Tuscan medley. He continue to eat the food for 3 weeks but each time he ate, he ate less of hard food until he ate none of it. The next week he started to vomit and was not eating much of the wet food at all. Took him to dr on March 7, 2014. They did x-ray and blood tests and determine dog's kidneys were failing and at only 25 percent working. They have been feeding and hydrating dog with antibiotics, also the creatinine and other levels did not drop and dog was very lethargic this morning. Dr said we could try dialysis but not to get our hopes up. We decided to put dog down. I just read on this website there are 703 complaints for Beneful for kidney failure and that is why I am writing you.

I had been feeding my 4 year old Cocker Spaniel Beneful for a few months with no noticeable problems. I switched out his food for a couple a weeks to a grain free natural product just for some variety. About 2 weeks ago I bought Beneful again and within a couple of days noticed Charlie wasn't as enthusiastic about eating it. A week later he was vomiting and had large bright red bloody stools. I immediately took him to the vet and they gave him IV fluids and medication to stop the nausea and diarrhea. Within 48 hours he started to improve. I stopped the Beneful and have been cooking rice and chicken for him and he has regained his appetite and is feeling much better. Had I not taken him in to the vet, it's likely he would have died. The vet feels as do I, that there is a direct correlation to the Beneful and his symptoms as they started at about the same time. I will never buy this product or any Purina product again.

My American Bulldog Koda passed away Sat. March 1st 2014. I woke up to find her struggling to breathe and she had pooped and peed all over herself and her bed. I rushed her to the emergency care clinic, she stopped breathing on the way there. The doctor tried to get her breathing again to no avail. He told me that she had fluid on her liver and a little bit of blood in her stomach.

My 4 pounds Chihuahua is a picky eater, so I thought I would buy her some Beneful. Within 8 hrs she was bleeding & puking. 24 hrs later we took her in & they gave her 50% chance to live. She was there 5 days in an incubator & had 2 plasma transplants. She is home now & recovering. There is no doubt the Beneful did this. I called the store & company. They really didn't care.

Friday 15, 2014, my 15 year old dog Trixie who has been sick for 3 months, we assumed she was at the end of her life. Blocked Sadie our 10 year old from eating her bowl of Beneful, so I put Sadie in a separate room, I then realized she was the one throwing up and wouldn't eat. By Monday I found an enlarge gland in her throat, brought her to the vet. They took an X-ray, blood work and valley fever test, put her on IV and flushed her system.

Hi, feed my dog Beneful and she started having seizures and 1 week after starting on Beneful, she passed away.

My dog immediately began throwing up after eating the first bowl of Beneful. Having never fed this before I thought it strange. After a week of throwing up every time he ate it, I switched back to his regular food. Problem solved. No more throwing up.

We have had our dog Jasmine for 8 years now, almost 9. My dog was on the heavier side, our vet suggested we switch her food to a healthy weight kind. The vet didn't not say to buy Beneful, I just went to the store and picked one off the shelf. As soon as we switched she started to throw up, I have always heard dogs get sick from switching food. I was still having her eat the food, hoping her stomach would get used to the switch. She ended up not wanting to eat or drink at all, so we brought her to the vet. The vet did some blood work, then let us know the horrible news. She said her kidneys are failing. We took our dog home with 5 different types of medication.

The following was written a week before I had to put my Female Tootsie to sleep and 2 weeks before I had to put my male Tank to sleep. To make a Long story short, read this top section: Do NOT feed your dog BENEFUL dog food PLEASE!!! Do Research!! I believe It is killing my 2 dogs who are both conveniently suffering from kidney failure!! I am so sad I didn't know the thousands of dogs this food has killed sooner!! I feel so bad for harming my sweet pets!!! Please Please Do Research!!!

I have a small two-year-old mix breed dog that has become very ill eating Beneful. The dog has started to get seizures for no reason. I took him to the hospital one evening and they could not really tell me what was causing the seizures. They got so bad they were happening at least twice a day. I have been very sad and under a lot of stress not knowing what I could do to help my dog. I did some research, and read that it could be his food. I stopped all Beneful a few days ago. My sweet dog has not even had one single seizure. I know the damage has been done for he is no longer the dog he use to be. He appears fearful for minimal stuff and sometimes at night he does not see well. He can handle home cooked meals at this time. He is alive today, but everyday is a sad reminder that something very bad happened to him. I hope that by writing someone hears how sad and helpless I feel.

My 6 year old boxer died within 1 week. She was fine and 1 nite she started chattering her teeth and throwing up white foam all over. Took her to the vet and they told me she was in kidney failure? How can a dog go from healthy to dead in 1 week. She got so sick and the vet told me he couldn't do no more so I brought her home to die. This crap needs taken off the market. Anyone I see with Beneful, I will tell them that the dog food killed my dog. Nuff said, my son had to sit and watch her die?

I have been feeding my 8 year old Rottweiler Synamon Beneful Wet dog food for quite some time. She was throwing up, excessive drinking water, some nights eat everything I gave her, then some nights not eating at all so of course I changed her dry food & not the wet food. Friday 01/17/14 Synamon's right eye starting filling up with blood & went to her left eye & so she went blind. I had taken her to the vet @ Lakeside Animal Hospital on 01/20/14 & they just told me we need to start with blood work for $195.00 to find out what is wrong. But at the same time she told us that we have a couple of issues (but NEVER told us what they were). Just kept repeating we need to do blood work.

I am shocked by these negative reviews. I switched my six dogs to Beneful Healthy Weight two years ago because my local Walmart stopped carrying the Dog little bites. They love it! And just last week I gave my 21-year-old dog Misty the Beneful prepared meal for the first time and she went ape over it. I have struggled with her diet the last 8 months, going from Mighty Dog canned food, to Pedigree, back again, then to Science Diet, then seeing her go totally off dog food completely and feeding her baked chicken with rice only to repeat the cycle again. The Beneful prepared food has given her energy like she hasn't had in two years. As I write this, she is not sleeping as usual, she is prancing around the kitchen looking for food and she ate two complete meal packets already today. My vet recommended giving her as much as she could eat at this stage of her life, so I am going to give her another bowl and I am thrilled to do so. In closing, I will say that I've fed all the dogs I've had in my adult life Purina brand foods and they have thrived.

On Tuesday December 17, 2013 I spent the latter portion of the afternoon digging a hole to bury my 4 year old Red Nose Pit Bull. She was an extremely kind and loving animal that was a constant companion to my children. Dunalah spent the last week of her life in misery. She was completely unable to eat, unable to walk, or even stand on her own. She was unable to control her bodily functions and repeatedly messed on herself. The amount of blood involved in those messes was quite disturbing. I was able to get Dunalah in to see a vet who informed me that her internal organs were failing her. She then asked if she could have been poisoned. The answer was no. Dunalah was an inside dog, only going outside with myself or my wife to supervise. We also do not keep any caustic chemicals in the house as we have children. We use vinegar instead of bleach etc.

I recently took my 7 month old German shepherd to vet with symptoms of vomiting, excessive drinking, lethargic, weight loss, no appetite, diarrhea, after feeding him Beneful puppy food. I also have a 6 month old German shepherd started showing same signs after feeding Beneful puppy. I got them to vet just in time. Vet said any longer they could have died. If Beneful would have recalled their food my dogs wouldn't have gotten sick. I wouldn't have a high vet bill. I love my dogs like they are my kids. This highly upsets me. How many more have to die or become ill before you do the right thing and recall this poisonous food?

In June my Lab died very unexpectedly & quick. For the past 6 days, my German Pointer has been very sick. I went on Internet to google pet food recalls & it popped up, the many complaints about the same symptoms & the similar denominator was Beneful dog food. Horrendous Purina is getting away with killing our dogs.

MY dog is 12. He has developed food allergies and nasal cancer. He has been on Beneful since he was 2 years old. He has a sensitive stomach and started throwing up Beneful. I changed his dog food, along with an antibiotic, he could keep his food down. The Vet gave him 6 months to live. I thank god he is still with me. All Beneful had to do was recall the bad dog food. He is a big part of our family, my best friend. Purina does not care as long as they're making a buck!!

Molly a 1 yr. 1 month old Blue Nose/Red Nose Pitbull has been a very healthy and playful dog , But as I write this she is so sick, took her to the Vet, he gave her a shot and put her on Prednisone. I myself have been giving her Benadryl 50 mg. She was on Gravy Train, Changed her food about a week ago thinking her coat would get shiny and would be a healthier dog food for her. But I was very wrong, I pray to God that this Dog makes it. She's like family and everybody in the house loves her and my kids would be devastated. PURINA, IF THIS WAS YOUR DOG, WHAT WOULD YOU DO???

A couple of years ago, I started buying Beneful dog food for my little Pomeranians. Before I bought the food, I had healthy, happy critters who were feisty, sweet and healthy. Not long after the switch from homemade food to Beneful, Daisy started having massive seizures. Tesser, our younger pup, has also had several seizures. The seizures would last for a week or so, culminating in up to ten grand mal seizures a day. Daisy's coat was dry, brittle and looked unkempt, even though she's bathed at least weekly. We don't use any harsh cleaning products, we make our own from citrus and vinegar.

I had a beloved runt of the litter shih tzu who was just over one year old when she had, what the vet told me, unexpected kidney failure. I was in shock. I had a new baby and chalked it up to everything circumstantial, except her food!!! In retrospect it is so clear to me. We had to switch her food because they were out of her normal Royal Canin diet, so we purchased this "trusted" brand at the supermarket. I was a newer dog owner and switching her diet suddenly is one of the things I did wrong and will forever regret.

I adopted a 7-mo Lab puppy. I got her the "happy healthy" Beneful puppy food because of what it promoted. Over the next week: She started with itchy ears. So I cleaned them. Then her body seemed to be itchy. So I bathed her and checked for fleas. Then her breath smelled like metal. So I got her dental bones. Then her eye was red and swollen. So I put a compress on. Couple hours later her whole body had huge, I mean massive, hives all over her poor body. She was crying and uncomfortable, but personality was still pretty normal. Gave her 50mg of Benadryl. Over the next few days we eliminated everything down to her food. And during that time we were still giving Benadryl.

My husband and I have a beautiful 7-y/o Jack Russell Chihuahua that has been eating Beneful since day one. We have spent over $3000 to watch our sweet boy fall apart. At first we started accusing the breeder for giving us a dog with problems but then it came down to we were the only family that was giving him Beneful out of the nine pups. His mouth has been rotting out and we do everything down to brushing his teeth every day. We only give him the same water that we drink... Only the best Poland Spring water. He can't even eat, and just last week we had him in the vet to have his teeth removed but left with no operation because he is too weak and has a bad heart as well as kidneys.