Hills Pet Foods Reviews

When we got our little Mitzi at 5 months old a year and half ago, she was the runt of her "Goldendoodle" (she looks more Maltioodle) and diagnosed with Inflamed Bowel Disease after suffering with Giardia. She had severe vomiting and diarrhea and has been on Flagyl and Prednisone for most of her time with us. The only food that has quiet her tummy, with a fewer shortened tummy problems, is the Hills Science special ones. She is now back on Z/D mixed dry and canned and eats it in seconds and her bowels, that were once all degrees of consistency are now "normal". We are trying to wean her off the soft and back to all hard but is developing her past problems with unbearable (for us) gas, as well as new fur loss. Her weight runs around 7-8 lbs. I was hoping this site could help these issues but now greatly concerned over her overall health after reading all of your comments regarding this pet food. Are there other brands that could help her IBD without the problems she is having and all the others problems described here? Thanks.

My dog was switched this week to Science Diet D/D due to skin issues. 2 days I gave him a little dry D/D with his normal food. The third day he got Science diet D/D with Science diet D/d soft mixed with it. He vomited at 2 am, was not right in the morning. Took him to vet at noon, he had stomach distension, and I was sent home with lactulose to cause him to have bowel movement as x-ray showed he still had a lot of food, gas and fecal matter in him. He could not keep water nor the lactulose down so took him to ER vet. He developed pancreatitis and is still there receiving supportive care. They are saying he is stable but not out of the woods yet. I am convinced this food is killing my dog and I am heartbroken!

We wonder if we received a bad batch or old bag of prescription Hill's Prescription. Normally we are happy to buy this expensive for bladder health food. It smells like dead animal and our non-fussy kitty turns up his nose for the first time-ever at his food dish. He needs this vet prescribed feed for bladder health, he gets urinary stones. Commercial brands may not be as safe for him. Please advise. Anyone else.

My dog had bladder stones removed in August of 2013. She is a Teddy Bear (Bichon and Shih Tzu). She had extensive blood work and they removed the stones. She had no masses or problem healing from the operation. Shelby was put on a Hill's CD diet (wet and dry). Her treats were CD. She began acting sick January 3rd. After many tests and huge bills I was told she had many masses around her bladder and a failed kidney (She was clean in August before her diet). I had to put her down January 7, 2014. My heart is broken.

I am curious if anyone's dog has experienced health issues after switching to the new metabolic dry dog food. Just lost my 10 year old lab fairly suddenly after switch food for a few months. Suddenly came down with liver issues after switching to lose weight. I have a second lab still on the food and am concerned. Thanks.

Has anyone else had their animal die after eating Hills Prescription Diet or Science Diet dog food/cat food? If so please post here, then I can give you my email to continue a convo about this food. Please respond. Update from my Nov.30, 2013 post: I'm still waiting for tests to come back. The necropsy came back negative to cancer and negative to any health issues, so basically I was told I had a very healthy dog (which is what I knew) but for unknown reasons after eating her food, she died. She had just turned 10 yrs old.

I have had cats my entire 56 years of living. I lost one to the bad pet food debacle in 2008. Now I find myself dealing with this all over again. One of my cats, who is now 5 years old and who has been eating Science Diet Adult formula since birth.....all of a sudden, they changed the formula to "new and improved" and all he does is vomit after every meal. I can tell it's the food by the color and consistency. He had never had this problem with the OLD formula. I will NOT go though this again! Hills needs to take responsibility for this and own up that they are putting POISON in our pet's food.

My small dog who had no life threatening problems died suddenly after eating her dinner, then vomiting to the point I took her to the Animal Hospital where she died several hours after being cared for there. She never made it through the night to get to her own vet’s office! Her food was the Hills Prescription Diet W/D, which she had been on for many years. She did not consume anything else, as she was in a strict diet. No treats ever and I was with her 24/7.

I decided to switch to this food because I have 3 Toy Poodles and the smallest one had digestive issues. My vet said I could feed all three with this food. I noticed about a month into feeding them our "Teacup" Poodle was losing her fur on her bottom near the top of her leg. Today, I took the three to the groomer and she noticed a change in my second one's skin. He has dry patches under his back legs and a rash. I will call the company to report this and ask them if they had similar instances with other customers.

I was unable to get the Eukanuba Sensitive Stomach and got the Hills Science diet Sensitive Stomach instead as it is a recommended brand and product as well. My Border Collie developed a severe skin allergy from it after 1 week of use with no other changes in location, diet, living pattern and has had to go on Cortisol to stop the scratching. We are now going back to the Eukanuba Sensitive Stomach. Just interested to know if anyone has had a similar issue with the product?

Since opening our last large bag of dry Hills Prescription Diet C/D Bladder Health formula, our cat seems to be unable to keep his food down so curious if we got a bad batch. The vet ran all the tests they could come up with and found nothing and we have been able to get the same formula of the wet food down and keep it down. After reading about formula changes and other possible issues with tainted foods that have reached the market from other people on this site referencing Hills for formula changes, I'm concerned if anyone knows anything about this situation. Any ideas would be much appreciated. The bag expiration date is 6/2014.

My little girl, Rosie ate Z/D kibbles and canned food for 7 years due to her allergies. She died at 10 years old with sudden acute renal failure - it was sudden, brutal.

My family and I rescued an American Blue Nose Pit Bull. When we found him, he was a puppy, skin and bones and tested highly positive for Parvo. We nurtured him back to life and he turned 2 this past month. So needless to say, I'm super attached to him. It's my furry baby. He's very active and hyper and healthy, except for small things like allergies. Recently, he became very sick (vomiting, no bowel movements, not eating). I spent $981.00 on this dog, with tests/prescriptions/IVs...

Based on the reviews of this site, I believe a class action lawsuit is justified. My cat was on Hills ZD diet, which I believe caused him to almost die. This diet caused him to lose 15-20% weight, excessive vomiting, hair loss and extreme stress. The alliance between vets and Hills Diet has to end. If any lawyers are on this board, I would like to know more about a class action lawsuit. Every review is the same - sick, vomiting and weight loss. This is outrageous!

They constantly run rebate programs for "new" ground-breaking food. I am no longer buying it even though it's "free" after the rebate, but Hills Pet Science Diet never sent me a check back. In fact, I never even heard from them since... and I am not the only one. What a shame!

There was a rebate offered on Science Diet cat food for $13, which is what I paid for their crappy cat food that my cat wouldn't eat. I mailed in the rebate with the code from the bag and the store receipt and got a letter back from them saying that my purchase was not eligible for the rebate (for some vague reason I can't remember). They probably do that to everyone. After reading all these bad reviews about how people's pets get sick from their pet food, I'm glad my cat was smart enough not to eat it and I threw the rest out which I had been saving to give to a friend.

Case after case of this, at least last three in a row, have been partially empty. This appears to be from an air pocket or something leaving maybe 25% of the cans with no product. This is an expensive but necessary food. My older pet and I feel I'm getting ripped off here. One case maybe, but not this. Please contact me by e-mail regarding this.

Hill's has changed the formula (adult healthy mobility dog food) to include fish oil. My dog Buddy will not eat it. He hates the smell of it. Now I have 15.5lbs of dog food that he will not touch. This cost me over $30.00. This makes me angry. If it`s not broke, don't fix it.

I have opened four large bags of Feline Science Diet food and all four have coupons with expiration date of 12/31/11. How old is this food and why are there still bags being sold with an expired coupon? I run a feline rescue and depend on the coupons to help cut the cost of the dry food. Science Diet is one of the most expensive dry foods on the market. Product # of bag is 4 8519 LCN 1055.09, 17.5 lbs.

Read what is in KD prescription food! It's garbage! My vet said my older dog should be on it as she has the very early stages of kidney disease. I started investigating and find the ingredients are horrible. The one I may try is burns, the ingredients are great. If you want to get excellent info on dog food, try **. You will learn a lot of good info and find out that many scientists do not believe in low protein diets at all. No scientific facts that they do anything at all.

I have had my two small dogs on Hills prescription I/D dog food for the last 3 years and when they changed the formula resiliently they both have has massive bouts of diarrhea and have been to the be a number of times to no avail of what was going on with them. Well, I noticed that the can food that had been changed has had a horrible smell to it. So after the last trip to the vet and another $150.00 later, I decided to stop the can food and just see if this would help. Well, lo and behold the problem corrected it's self and they are fine now that I have changed them to a totally different brand. So, I called hills and they read from a script that they could not do anything about my problem. (what ever). Now I am so glad that my dogs are not sick all the time and will return what I have left and get my money back at least for what was left.

I gave them a chance and found out that there are still worms and bugs in the dog food I bought from Science Diet. Now my whole house is contaminated with these bugs and worms running around the house! I seriously will not buy Science Diet food again! Now I'm afraid my one-year-old mongrel will have parasites in its stomach!

I recently got a Hill Scientific puppy food to feed my St. Bernard puppy. But when I opened the bag, the pellets were moist and a little soggy.

I am disappointed with the negative complaints, about all the Hills Science diet foods. The people are blaming the products, for the death of 12 year old labs or geriatric cats. I am very sorry that your pets have died or developed bacteria in the stool, but these are actually very common medical conditions and are not the fault of the foods. Hemangiosarcoma (HSA) is a very common cancer of the spleen in large breed (and all other size) dogs. To have a lab live 12 years is impressive, but there is no link to HSA from Hills science diet. As a matter of fact, Hills has the most research and clinical trials behind their foods.

I have an 8year old boxer and a small rescue dog, Two months ago, my boxer was diagnosed with kidney disease. So I started to feed both dogs on Eukannubas special diet for this problem. Both dogs loved it and my boxer was doing great. Last week, I went to my vet to buy more as I had run out and they didn't have any but told me to buy Hills k/d so I did. On the 1st and second day, my small dog was sick soon after eating, and on the 3rd day, I had to rush my boxer to the emergency vet 2 hours after eating because his stomach had blown up like a balloon and he was in extreme pain. He had a 4 hour emergency operation because his stomach was full of gas and had twisted twice in the middle.

I can't prove anything, but I had purchased a small bag of Hill's dry cat food about in December of 2010. I did not know of the stooge who was fired from a plant where they handled and poisoned Hill's cat and dog food. On January 6th 2011, my calico cat Nora died at age 3 1/2 suddenly on my dining room chair. I had just changed to your Hill's dry cat food from a pet shop Park Avenue Pet Center 33 Park Avenue Rutherford , New Jersey 07070. I can't prove it was your food but the owner Joe of the pet shop told me about that poisoning problem. I will never ever buy their products again ever in my pets and my life again. I was so attached to that cat like a wife. I brought her to my mom's house every day. Every where except where I work.

I am a very long time pet owner, specifically felines. I have had several issues with the 2 latest I have adopted about 9yrs ago. I have had them both to several Vet's, with tests, meds, RX can/dry foods and plenty of money that I didn't have, neither one of them "ever" improved.

Not only have I been feeding my six dogs and three cats science diet dry and wet food for the past 7 years, but I work in a veterinary hospital and see firsthand that this food is good quality. They are one of the only pet food companies that put the time and money into research and trials to make a good, safe food. All of my animals love the food and remain in good shape with high energy and overall good health. I’ve seen firsthand the problems with other cheap commercial dog and cat food brands and that you truly do get what you pay for.

Owner of Hill pest Management LLC had sent a representative from his company to a court hearing, I had with a tenant that was looking to blackmail me and extort huge some of money because of a bed bug problem that they claim were found in my apartment.

I sent in all the required paperwork, receipts, and form needed for a Hills Science diet rebate of $7. The envelope was postmarked 2 weeks prior to the cut-off date. I waited 12 weeks for my rebate to arrive. The form said to allow 8-10 weeks for delivery. It never showed up. I finally called the corporate office and talked to Debbie ** who was in charge of the rebate program. She asked me to fax all the paperwork to her as they never received my forms in the mail. Well, luckily, I kept copies of everything. I faxed it on 9-15-10. I never heard anything back from Debbie even though she said she would call me back to update my status. I finally called her the next day. She told me they never received my fax either and if I could I re-fax it again. So I did. I finally got an e-mail from her saying they got my fax and would process my rebate.

The bag was purchased at the vet. After using it for a while, I found wood splinters in it. I saved one, if you need me to send it in. I am feeding the food to my 8-pound Yorkie, so it could cause her a problem. This is not funny, and I am having to pick up each chunk of food before I put it in her dish. The last week I have had her coughing awhile after she eats. That was before I saw the splinters in her food. Now, I am very careful. We have not had any more wood so far.

Hills prescription canned canine ID dog food comes with mold in the center.

I purchased a large 30+ pound bag of Science Diet Advance Fitness for my German Shorthaired Pointer. I found tons of little worms throughout the food, as well as several little black bugs. They kind of reminded me of a little beetle. I called SD to complain because I was very upset that a product that is so highly vet recommended would have "bug" issues. The first words from the woman I spoke with was, "There is no way that they could have come from the factory." She was asking questions that were placing blame on me. However, I store my pets food in a large container that has a lid. She didn't want to listen to what I had to say, unless I was answering a question that she had asked.

I found a beetle type bug in their canned Hill's Prescription i/d dog food. I emailed and they asked me to call 1-800-445-5777 during their business hours. The person on the phone asked questions like, "Where do you store the food? Do you feed part of the can and then leave it out?" All were questions that could lead them to believe the bug got in the can after it was opened, which it did not. Then the representative gave me a lengthy explanation as to why there could not be a bug in their food. In other words, she insisted that I imagined it was a bug when it was not. She offered no compensation or even replacement unless I was willing to send them the bug. Unfortunately, I threw it away. I threw away a case of the dog food which cost me $40.

We got a new beagle puppy the summer of 2009. The puppy had an intestinal parasite, giardia, and had to take meds to rid himself of this. The puppy had severe diarrhea from both the parasite and the meds. The vet had me put the puppy on one of the Science Diet prescription foods which I did reluctantly. The diarrhea continued for months even though the parasite was gone. I began suspecting that the dog food was causing the diarrhea, so I finally switched him to a premium dog food and the diarrhea stopped. Recently, the puppy had a bout with vomiting so once again, the vet recommended that I put him on Science Diet D/D prescription food to help with his sensitive stomach. So I bought the bag of food which was $29.00 for just 8 lbs. of food. In less than a week, our dog who is now 1 year old was back to having chronic diarrhea, roughly every 2 hours, all night long. I have no doubt that this food is the cause. Plus it is preserved with BHA which is considered a poison. I took the dog off of the food and the diarrhea has stopped. This is not my first experience with Science Diet prescription foods.

I use the Prescription Diet k/d Canine canned dog food. There has always been a little air pocket in the can. Recently there have been much larger air pockets in every single can. I called Hills and they tell me that they assure me that 13 ounces is in the can, but when I told them I will weigh it on my own scaled (which measures in 1/10 ounces), they tell me that my scale will not be accurate. They didn't really seem to care, and said that's just the way the cans are and they assure me I'm not being shorted. This is not possible since there is now more air, which means less product and more profit to Hills.

I am much concerned about the freshness and content of the D/D prescription food by Hill's prescription diet. It sometimes is so mealy and in a recent order, is so dry that our dog has a complete distaste for it. This particular case is the following: 01 2012 T11 1 1029 345. I cannot in all good conscience serve this to my dog. Something is wrong. She is under good care with our vet and is not suffering from any health issue. Please respond to allay my fears or tell me to return the case immediately. My dog is not dead. I don't want to have that sort of problem. I am pro-active and am questioning the contents of a particular case/cases (have two with the same lot number).

Debra and I lucked into our adorable female Silky in March, 2005 as she was being tearfully dropped off at a Shelter by her owner (who later brought all her records & toys, etc., to our house). Jewel was a healthy, happy 9 months old. We only fed her Science Diet, never ever people food, period. We did give her doggie treats in moderation of quantity and frequency.

On January 27, 2010, I purchased a bag of Hill's Science Diet, Mature Adult Large Breed dog food. I have been feeding my 7 year old Bullmastiff, Ginger, this type and brand of food for 6 or 7 months. We have always fed her Hills brand of dog food, progressing from Puppy to Large Breed Adult and then Mature Adult Large Breed throughout the stages of her life. She has never had a problem with the food and has been healthy and happy, until recently.

After taking our 4 year old cat to the vet after an accident, we were informed he was very heavy even for how large a framed cat he is. He is bigger than a lot of small dogs but not necessarily fat. The vet recommended Science Diet "prescription diet" for a slight weight reduction in order to prevent health issues later in the cat’s life. The cat already eats Science Diet original and has done since he was a small kitten.

I purchased two large bags of adult maintenance large breed dog food made by Science Diet from Edgewood Animal Hospital in April of 2009. Our dog had previously been on their large breed puppy formula. We slowly mixed it and converted him to the adult formula. He slowly backed off from eating and stopped eating completely by the end of May. He was also vomiting, having very soft stools, having terrible smelling gas and lost a lot of weight. We took him to four different vets with three of them being at the very vet clinic we bought the food from. After multiple tests and procedures, they believed it to be a food allergy.

My cat has been on Hill's Prescription M/D cat food since 2004 with a brief disruption when the food was recalled in 2007. But other than that short time frame, my cat has eaten nothing but this food (dry food). He is an indoor cat, very well loved and taken care of, with annual visits to the vet and clean blood test results. He is currently 9 years old going on 10. A few weeks ago, we purchased a new bag from our vet and about a week after feeding him this food, he stopped eating, lost weight, was shedding, and very tired. I took him to the vet thinking he was just sick and they told me he had acute kidney failure. They then transferred us immediately to the emergency animal hospital and he stayed there from Friday night until Monday night on constant antibiotics, IV. He still was not eating but his toxin levels improved by Monday.

She developed extremely high liver enzymes with vomitting, lethargy, jaundice and seizures. My veterinarian tried all he could to save her but could not. He did not do an autopsy or biopsy but did suspect cancer of the liver. I do understand she was elderly, but she could have been poisoned by something in that food. I watched her like a hawk and know she did not eat anything else. I had noticed her in the last month vomitting but since she pretty much had a history of vomitting maybe once every two months, more or less, I really didn't think it was anything serious until that Sunday morning.

In March, 2007, my male cat became extremely lethargic, and started losing weight. I took him to the vet, where they did blood tests, and that same night, came home from work to find him lying on the floor in the living room, surrounded by pools of vomit.

I have a concern about Science Diet canned cat food. Please note that the food in question was not part of a recall and I had the food tested by an independent lab to find out if it was contaminated with melamine and it's analogs. The test sample results indicated that the melamine was below the minimum detection levels. I am concerned that there may be other contaminants in the food which may have resulted in the death of 2 of my cats. The lab only tested for the contaminants I specified.

Kidney damage and high protein levels.

Hills prescription pet food is a scam. The food itself has been overall good, but the prescription aspect is ridiculous. I have to order it through my vet, or have an additional office visit at Petsmart every year in order to get the prescription. There are no controlled substances in the product. It's just food. It's a scam by the manufacturer to control the distribution and price. I will find another manufacturer.

The inside edge of the Hills Canine K/D can has black slimy stuff . I have been using this product for 18 months, and it was fine until now. On 2 separate occasions I talked to consumer representatives who explained that the dog food was interacting with the metal because the lining of the can had not been properly sealed. But it was still safe to give to my dog. Hills is not fixing the problem (different dated cans continue to have this problem), and I would like pet owners to be informed.

I called to get information on the recall of hills science diet food, as my cat is on Hills science diet K/D wet and dry. She has gotten sick over the past few weeks and has been diagnoed with kidney failure. She has been on IV fluids, but is continually getting worse. When I first called hills, they assured me their food was o.k. This time, the man I spoke to was named Joe. He was very ignorant, beligerent and gave me a hard time about getting the information on the food. He said they have over 150 formulas and cannot give the information out on which ones are a problem. He told me it was my responsibility to read the bag and figure it out for myself.

Per the information provided on the pet food recall the first time I checked the list of affected products I did not see any Science Diet items listed. I then noticed another article that mentioned there were some Hills Science Diet products listed. Because all three of my cats had been presenting unusual vomiting symtoms, I checked Hill's web site and discoved the product IDs they listed as part of the recall were only off my cans by one numeral. I sent them an email on their site to let them know about my concerns to which the automated response mentioned Hills had not been notified of any illnesses associated with their product - although that is exactly what I was doing.