Beneful Pet Foods Reviews

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!