Nutro Dog Food Reviews

I continued to work for Nutro until April 2008, when the complaints got to be so numerous and so many of my customer's dogs were getting sick, I could no longer live with the fact that I was promoting a food that was making people's dogs and cats sick (or worse, making them die.)

My four small dogs' health continued to decline. I called Nutro several times begging for them to be honest with me so I could advise my vet on how to treat my pets. The only answer I could get was, A rival pet food company is using ConsumerAffairs.com to bad-mouth Nutro and that NO complaints had be filed thru their office.

On Memorial Day, my 10 yo chihuahua coughed so hard from the congestive heart failure, her eye came out. We had to rush her to the ER Vet. Then the pancreatitis worsened and my Cubbie-girl passed away on 6/20. Boy, my 8 yo male pom, also passed away from the congestive heart failure. Five of the vets we've seen, blame it on the food. I've been told they are seeing a huge increase in Nutro-food related illnesses.

I've also been told, It is absolutely suspicious and highly unlikely for 3 out 5 dogs, of different breeds and ages, living in the same home, to have the exact same diagnosis and symptoms without outside influence. My other two dogs, a pom and chihuahua are not likely to survive either. I was also told the average life span of chihuahuas and poms are 13-16 years. My two dogs died long before their time.

The two labs who were exposed haven't been affected as much as the 4 smaller dogs, but did have gastroenteritis and had to be treated and will continue to need lab work to monitor their heart, liver and pancreas functions.

Nutro needs to be honest and come forward with the origin of the contamination so we know how to treat out pets.

and they said they have not received any complaints. ( which we all know they have ).

so far I'm only out the food that I've bought, but it has been mentally stressful to see my pet going down hill for no reason. She'd just been to the vet and had gotten a clean bill of health right before I changed her food.

My dog had the same issues that most people are describing....lethargic, vomiting, excessive urination and bloody diarrhea. I took her off the food and a miracle happened! She got better. WOW! It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out what the problem was.

Then went back on the following thursday for results and see how he was doing. Vet had no idea nor does he now of why he is blind. He even did a toxoplasomis test but it was negative as well. He is completely blind in both eyes. The other thing is that my daughters dog ate the same food and he started to vomit ever day when she got a new batch in as well. then his eyes turned red. When she switched him to another food they are much better now. I have the address and contact info for Nutro but I couldn't find it right now.

He is blind at 2 yrs old.

Vet bills and sick dogs. Nutro is not willing to acknowledge the problem.

I noticed that they threw up regularly, particularly the 9 month old IG. But it got worse this morning when he woke up and started to whine for no reason. He was clearly in pain, if he stood up his back legs shook, then he would go lie down. He has been lethargic all day and has passed four bloody/mucus filled stools.

I have been researching Nutro for a couple of days now and am disgusted to find that so many problems may exist with the food and I had no idea. I am detached from all of the press stateside and I am very upset no effort has been made to alert military families overseas of a possible problem.

Upon realizing the root of the problem, I sat down and placed a very expensive, high-quality dog food order on the web. Now I have to wait two weeks for it to arrive and in the mean time I will be boiling daily chicken and rice meals for my boys.

I am hoping there will not be any long-term health consequences for my boys. They are both Italian Greyhounds from stellar blood lines, they are also both membrs of my family and I and my children love them immensely. I am glad we caught this in time, unlike some of the others who have reported very serious illnesses or even death associated with this brand of dog food.

If the FDA is examining Nutro, they need to move quickly, it is hard to tell how many people at overseas military bases are feeding this crap to their dogs and possibly killing them.

We now have a Dashound puppy which we acquired a couple of months after the passing of the Lab. Prior to the purchase of the Dashound, we learned of a problem with the Nutro Lamb and Rice. We fed the Dashound Pup a different brand of Puppy Chow until he was abouth 6 months old. Nutro had assured the public that the problem with the Rice had been solved and the dog food was safe for Canine consumption.We put our 6 month old Dashound on Nutro Lamb on Rice Formula for Puppies.

Our Dashound is 3, and has been vomiting frequently for about a month, and has had loose bowels. We didnt think much of it, as Dashounds are dogs who go to ground and may ingest many unappitizing items. It never occured to us that it could be the dog food.

It has been three weeks since feeding him Nutro and the doctor was shocked by his bloodwork results. His pancreas, liver and lipase levels were all normal. She repeated to me twice that she was shocked after eight months of consistently high levels. I believe it was due to the dog food. My dog is now off the medication he had been taking twice daily for his pancreas. I just can't believe there has not been a recall on this yet! I have told every dog owner I know to stop feeding their dogs Nutro.

He was diagonised with Pancreatitus and when he was hospitalized for the 3 days he was on Antiboitics pills for vomiting, and an IV. When I brought him home he was much better almost back to normal. He was sent home with prescription diet food and did very well on that. When he was done with the prescription food he could go back on his regualar diet(which was Nutro).

Again he got sick after I started feeding it to him. I had to take him back to the Vet again & they did more testing. This time they said it was not Pancreatitus, but gave him Antiobotics any way. That week he got sick a 3rd time & I took him back to The Vet again. IV, Meds and another stay at the Hospital.

I took him off the Nutro & He is much better. I chose to go with a Holistic food after that & he is well. I would have never known this had I not looked on the Web Site. I probably would have kept feeding him the Nutro and who knows what would have happened to him. I hope for the sake of others and their pets that they remove this food from the store shelves and do a recall. My Vet bills have been astronomical around $2000.00 plus what my Dog has gone through. I would hate to have any other Dogs & their owners have to have this happen to them. My Dog was lucky he survived this, but who knows what future damage has been done.

So through each stage of her life from kitten to adult to senior and senior light we fed her the Nutro Max cat dry food. She was very healthy, never sick. Once in awhile she might throw up but I thought that was typical cat thing. She'd only had an elimination problem if 1. she was mad at us for being on vacation or 2.moving to a new house, new baby.

Then around the time of our remodel, 2006 I noticed an increased need to drink more water. By the time I thought of calling the vet, she seemed to stop doing that. Then in Nov. 06 we had her in for her normal pet check up (senior cat every 6 mon. or so). The vet said she had gone from 11.1 lb. to 5.45! We had also noticed she was rejecting the crunchies which she loved her whole life. The vet could not determine what it was at first: cancer, thyroid problems or chronic renal failure. We took a step by step approach and finally after bloodwork and much expenses she diagnosed her with chronic renal failure.

I didn't think anything about the tainted cat food since Nutro Max cat wasn't on the list and she didn't die suddenly like others...but now in retrospect since she was healthy and I did everything right by her, maybe the nutro slowly destroyed her system. Isn't that a coincidence that she fell ill around the time this horrible news was breaking?

Let's keep the ball rolling on this. It is too serious to just let it go.

We finally did a pancreatic function test and found him to have EPI, which is a pancreatic insufficiency. He is now on enzymes with his food. We changed his food in April to Beneful, but he developed a horrible smell (Petsmart told me that there is a lot of garbage in Beneful that probably caused the vile smell).

We went to switch to Nutro and bought a small bag. When we went to our normal pet food store that we have ALWAYS bought our food at, we were told that they no longer carry Nutro and never will. We explained our dogs symptoms and they were not surprised. Pancreatitis, if not treated can lead to EPI. We believe our dog developed this condition due to his Nutro food. He was on the chicken and rice and then on the sensitive stomach Nutro.

My dog has suffered with this condition and will now always have it. He will be on enzymes the rest of his life.

However, the next day they indicated Bobbie would need a feeding tube and exploritory surgery to verify the diagnosis. We had already spent 1500 dollars and it would cost another 3300-4400 dollars for the surgery. It would not cure Bobbi's illness. At that time we decided to have Bobbi euthanized.

We are not really sure why Bobbi developed liver disease. The only change we had made was to put Bobbi on Nutro cat food. We started with a 5lb bag and when the cats ate it okay we bought a 20lb bag. Two weeks ago we opened the 20lb bag and started feeding the cats from this bag. We set out a large feeder that does not need refilling but about every 1-1.5 weeks.

When we returned from vacation I just assumed the food dish was filled by my brother just before we returned home, but it wasn't. The cats had stopped eating the food. My other cat, Missy did not get sick but she eats table scraps and Bobbi would never eat anything but cat food. I guess Missy ate enough table foods to sustain her.

Two months ago we had also put our 14 year old poodle, Mike on the Nutro Max for older dogs. It's true that Mike wasn't doing well before the food change but he did develop the soft bloody stools and increased vomiting as reported by other consumers. Also, one of our bloodhounds had diarrhea this past month and one of them vomited a couple of times. Well, enough said you can check the consumers report for yourself. As of Sunday all our pets have been taken off Nutro and placed on another brand of dog food.

I brought her home and fed her only rice, that I cooked, and cottage cheese along with an antibiotic the vet prescribed as a precaution. That very night, Friday, she slept all night with no bloody diarrhea since I stopped the Nutro. From Friday afternoon until today, Sunday, and she is fine. She is playful again, no blood or diarrhea, sleeping all night -back to her old self again!

I am so angry about this! Here I thought I was doing the right thing by only feeding her the dry dog food, no table scraps, treats, etc., and instead, I was poisoning her.

My previous Shih Tzu died from bladder and kidney problems. She had totally different symptoms from this but because of her difficulty I am especially particular about what my present dog eats.

How can a company that had built up a trusted reputation keep saying it is nothing they have done? These instances are not just coincidental.

My son changed his dogs over to Nutro, due largely to my urging him to do so, but he is now changing them to something else, too. His dogs are not having problems but why wait until they do!!

Never will I go back to Nutro. I am just thankful that I didn't have to go through what many others did. It is especially hard on the older dogs. I feel so bad for the ones who lost their dogs.

When I took her to the vet, her gums were nearly white and her hemoglobin levels were low enough to warrant a blood transfusion. Having no money to do this, and having no guarantees that it would work, or even any type of diagnosis as this was a real mystery, we opted to feed her a diet that was high in iron and give her some medication for a start. She ate only liver and a special high iron canned food for a few days. She actually improved over the next couple of days and her hemoglobin levels went up.

Then, on October 19, 2006 she acted very confused and didn't seem to know us or even where she was anymore. Her levels had dropped to a place where most dogs wouldn't even still be walking around. It was time for her to leave us. We said our goodbyes, and went home to grieve and try to understand what had just happened.

We never had any answers....until the dog food recall made me suspicious. We were feeding her Nutro Natural Choice, Lamb and Rice and mixing it with some canned Nutro Natural choice...but I do not recall anymore which cans we had been using...it was a variety. We had been feeding this particular food for about a month because we had moved and it was harder for me to get to the store that carried the better premium food she ate previously. Since her death occurred a couple of months before the tainted dog food story hit, I wasn't positive that she died from the food, but I have always suspected it. Now that I am hearing there are more and more people saying their dogs died unexpectedly while eating Nutro dog food, I feel quite certain that this is what killed our sweet girl.

Our total cost for this horrible ordeal: $1100, including her cremation, and 6 devastated family members.

On Feb. 8, my son said Duke was sick again. We took him to the vet and based on the test results, treated him for the diagnosed kidney disease w/infection. The vet also suspected cancer but didn't confirm so we could treat the kidney disease and try to get it under control. The vet told us that Nutro was suspected to cause disease/cancer. Duke died in our arms and I am convinced it was due to the Nutro, especially as I read of identical problems others have had with Nutro.

With that I was told to get the same version of the food (but not for large breed) until they came back with the old food I fed my Dog. They advised that the food would be available in a few weeks. Needless to say, my Dog hated the new food. He wouldn't eat it unless he was really hungry and when he did he was never satisfied.

Within the next 2 months I went back to store many times to speak to someone from Nutro. They told me when a Nutro rep would be there to speak with. When I asked her if the food formulation was exactly the same she told me yes. I explained to her my concerns & with that she told me to put him on Dental care. I thought that was a bit odd.

Within this whole time frame my Dog's bowel's were never the same, & he was throwing alot up more then normal(he has a sensitive tummy to begin with). As time went on he got worse, throwing up 2 or 3 times a day so it was time to take him to my vet. After $300 worth of tests my vet came to the conclusion that it must've been the Nutro food. Now my Dog is eating w/d prescription soft food & soon I'll have him back on dry food. My vet recommended Science Diet Lamb Meal & Rice.

In conclusion, I plan to go back to the pet store & explain to them what has happened & ask for a refund on the food I have left. If there's an issue with one formulation of their food why wouldn't their be an issue with another? It's appauling to me that they would even continue to stock any food on the shelves at all.

Then my 10 year old male goes into these coughing fits, out of the blue. My 3 year old female HATES the food, but will eat it when she gets hungry enough! And my 7 month old female puppy has been throwing up the last couple of days, not knowing why I just called my Vet. And all 3 have the WORST smelling breath! Are'nt puppies supposed to have awesome breath? Now I find this information on my computer, and it all makes sense to me. I feel just terrible now. No more NUTRO in my house!

Last month, I switched from a Nutro food to a Nutro Max food due to a sale in the store. I mixed the two gradually, but over two weeks later my dogs still had diarrhea. SEVERE diarrhea. I have never had any problems before, so I can only assume something happened to this particular batch of food. I quit feeding it to my dogs and they were fine. Fortunately, my dogs did not have the severe reactions some other consumers experienced.

I may try Nutro brands again, but I will wait several months before giving it to my dogs!

Fortunately, I cut back on it and mostly fed her other catfood. (I hadn't put two and two together and I just thought she had just had a change of preference, which she does from time to time.) I feel terrible that I was feeding her bad food and am grateful to have found this site to realize what was happening. I have also written Nutro about it.

My other dog was diagnosed with Valley Fever last year, when it is was recommended by our Vet to switch him to the NUTRO puppy food so he could gain weight. He was doing very well and gained the weight back that he had lost when he go sick. Within the last month, we think the Valley Fever may have returned. I purchased a 20lb bag of NUTRO puppy food but he will not eat it now. We mixed some of the puppy food with some of his other dog food to see if he would eat it, and he did, but then threw up the food.

At this point I have paid over $50 for two bags of dog food that I dont feel safe giving to my dogs now. My dogs are both now throwing up their food, I have paid over $50 that I didn't really have to spend and now have two sick dogs with food I don't feel comfortable feeding them, especially if this is what is making them sick. How do I get reimbursed for the dog food?

Again they were getting sick again, but this time differently not only the bile and throwing up but the youngest one was suddenly scratching herself under her chin so much that she had scratched her skin bare. I went to the vet and he said it had to do with the food I was feeding them. I had to find another brand of food. I heard of Wellness Brand which had the Venison and brown Rice and they've been fine since and the health problems have almost disappeared.

I had sent my Vet bills to Nutro, which a Desiree who worked there to fax to them, and have not heard anything since. What has happened to Desiree who seemed so concerned! Now I also see in one of your posts She is mentioned again. I wonder if she is a ficticious person to answer complaint with a caring voice and then just disappears .

We are still grieving our loss, as this dog had just started training to be a special needs/special alert dog for our daughter. We are heart broken and Nutro does not care that the product I had put faith in for many years- is what killed my dog. I wish all those with similar experiences better luck than I have had with our case against Nutro. Our dog died, and our other dogs were very ill, and required heafty amounts of medication and vet care to pull through thier illness. Nutro has ignored us.

I called Nutro and of course they said they have not had complaints of this nature and nor do they have any recalls on the dry food.My poor dog has suffered who was completely healthy until he ate that food died tonight. He was perfectly fine til I killed him by feeding him that stupid food.

I am having an autopsy done as well as the food tested by two indepent labs. If it comes out to be that it was definitely that food I will make it my l;ife goal to make Nutro pay for making my poor dog suffer. Tonight my 13 year old son gave my dog CPR to try to keep him alive so the vet could save him. He was dead before we even got there.

The day the seizures happened I went to Superpets in North Charleston, SC and the manager was outside smoking when I pulled up. I asked her if there had been any issues with the food. She stated that there wasn't and there had not been any recalls. She blew me off and did not even ask for my name and number. I asked her if she would check into it but apparently it wasn't a priority for her. Theya are the ones that pushed me to purchase the food.

the last day he was given the food was May 8th - the next day he was back to being lethargic and not eating - on May 10 I went to PetsMart to get him some canned food to eat - I found the shelves where the Nutro dog food was to be almost empty with a sign saying it was not going to e restocked due to manufacturing issues. I came home and searched the web to find others having similiar issues - looking back I now believe the Nutro Lamb and Rice dog food is the cause - when I opened the last bag I noticed it looked different - it had a grainy substance coating it - not having had issues with the dog food before I started feeding him the food -

during the time of April 18 and May 8 I was reintroducing the dog food into his diet and he was having days of throwing up and being lethargic. Since the last introduction of the food on May 8 he has gotten weaker - I have been hand feeding him food to get him to eat. Today is May 18 and I just returned home from the vet to have his red blood count down to 15 - he is border line needing a transfusion - the vet ran several sets of tests again and cannot find any reason for this drop - he is back on an antibiotic and he is going to have blood drawn daily to see if we can get his red count up. I recently purchased a different brand of dog food and started hand feeding him it yesterday, along with what I am cooking - hoping that he will recover.

I have contacted Nutro and am waiting for them to send me an envelope to have the food tested - when I mentioned this website the lady I was dealing with told me that they are aware of the website and it is a form of blog and when one person posted to it they caused a panic and there is no correlation to the sick dogs and what is going on with their food. I was told that they ran out of chicken and the plant that makes their bags had a machine break down. I am also in contact with PetsMart and the lady there told me that PetsMart is in daily contact with Nutro and they are monitoring this websit - they want to know what is going on with Nutro and its food also. I strongly believe that the dog food I have trusted for 10 years is making my dog sick.

All I kept hearing was about the wonderful Quality Controls Nutro has. Well my point is, many companies had quality controls before the pet food recall of 2007 that sickened and killed numerous pets due to melamine poisoning. Then to make things even worse, one of my four cocker spaniels was guzzling water this past month after opening the last bag, and drinking it like he would never get enough. He was peeing like a racehorse too. He was lethargic, refused to go for walks which he loves to do. He seemed like he wasn't feeling well. Initially I thought about diabetes. But then, I remembered the posts on this site and based on that I took him in to have a chemistry panel drawn. Thank goodness it was still WNL. I will have it redrawn this week. He did eventually have a UTI but that was caused by the catheterization that the vet did to get a urine sample. Go figure.. That happens. His stools have been bile colored though and also I've already switched their food to another premium brand.

My dogs are bewildered because they loved Nutro. So did I, until this past year. On my last day, one of the store managers of a store I worked with came to me and reported a very recent death of a young dog and the owner and vet highly suspect it was caused by Nutro Lamb and Rice (small bites). The store has collected a sample of food to be analyzed. I hope that the owner decides to have a necropsy done. It does cost to have one done but in this case, I would want to know what exactly happened. The vet stated to the owner and the owner relayed to the store that the dog died due multisytem failure starting with pancreatic failure. I sure hope that it wasn't the Nutro food but due to some of these sudden death incidents, it makes me fearful that it is. Again, a necropsy as well as testing the food for toxins is in order.

I have incurred about 165.00 of veterinary bills so far with my cocker spaniels' chemistry panel and urinalysis testing with exam. I do have pet insurance. If I have continued issues with this dog or others, then I will ask for an attorney.

I lost my best friend to greed and lack of conscience of a dog food producer that wanted money over having a good quality product.

I questioned all of these stores to see what the issue was. Some stated it had to do with the rice rationing, others said it was because of the new bags. First of all, wouldn't they want to make a statement on their website to clear any confusion between the 2? Sure they would, if that was the case. I'm convinced that there is a problem with the food.

I started reading these posts and said, I'll watch her, if something changes, I'll switch her. Well, I opened a new bag of the lamb and rice..started feeding it to her last week. For the last 3 days she has been having diarrea, peeing much more frequently with no extra intake of water. She's also losing bladder control in the house. Stuff she never did before.

Today she is very lethargic.. not even interested in going on a walk. I'm not taking anymore chances.. I will be switching her food today & returning whats left of the food. This is such a shame. When I first started this food everyone at petsmart was raving about it.. that all of their dogs were doing so great with it. I'd love to know if they're sick too or was the push for nutro BS? Anyway, I wouldn't trust a company that can't get any 1 explaination firmly out there as to why its product off the shelves. New bags?? Please.....

Desiree at Nutro's Customer Service was very nice. WHen they decided they needed a sample, she called right away and left a message on my machine. (They did not offer to provide shipping reimbursement but I will send samples tomorrow along with receipts and lab and x-ray results. I remain hopeful that Nutro will do the right thing and reimburse my vet expenses.

I took him in the next morning and thank goodness I did. The urinalysis showed large quantities of struvite crystals. So many, in fact, that the vet felt x-rays were required to rule out bladder stones. The urinalysis also showed bacteria consistent with infection. The x-ray did not show stones but DID show several clumps of crystals showing on the film. Evidently this is very unusual and indicated a very high crystal count!

As luck would have it, my dog had just had his pysical, with urinalysis and blood work on April 11, 2008. All tests were normal and both office check and outside lab exam were NEGATIVE for crystals or bacteria. My vet told me that it was the clearest case of food-induced crystal formation she had ever encountered! My little guy was started on the Royal Canin SO food for the crystals and antibiotics for the infection. He should be ok. My bank account however requires CPR with an initial bill of $281 (and that's with insurance!)I had already incurred expense with the older dog but not as high as his crystal problem was discovered at his semi-annual exam the month before (which is covered on his health plan...)

After finding this site last night and reading the very alarming stories of injury and death associated with Nutro foods, I called Nutro this morning armed with information. I spoke with Desiree at their Customer Service Department. I only waited 10 minutes or so which wasn't too bad considering some of the wait times reported. I started the conversation by telling her that I was aware of the reports of problems involving diahrrea and vomiting, kidney failure and even death but that my problem with the food was different. She did not try to counter that statement with denials; which I found interesting. I explained the problem and told her that I had lab results both before and after starting the food and my doctors statement about it being food related. I told her that I knew they didn't want to have food with problems out there and she, of course, agreed.

I was put on hold for approximately 5 minutes while she checked to see if they needed any additional info from me. AT NO TIME DID SHE ASK FOR LOT #s OR SELL BY DATES. When she came back on the line she said she didn't need anything else. I, then asked her why they didn't want the lot number information. She paused and then said that info might be useful. I asked her what I should do with the food as I certainly could not give it away knowing that it makes dogs sick. She told me to find my receipt and send it in with UPC code indo, etc and they would pass it to managment for refund consideration. When I asked about my vet bills she told me to send all of that info as well, but that there was no guarantee of reimbursement for them.

Several hours later I found a message on my machine asking me to forward a 4 cup sample of the food. Which I will send with the bill.lab and Dx copies. Time will tell.
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I spoke with my local Petsmart manager. He had received no info from either corporate or Nutro regarding any hint of a problem. After telling him about the complaints on this site he was (rightfully) upset and saifdthat he would follow up with both Nutro and his corporate office. He will keep me in the loop.

Meanwhile after reading the stories on this site I am concerned that the water guzzling and 60 pees a day that my cocker has been doing the past 8 days is not just old age. I think I will have his bloodwork redone to make sure that he is not goin ginto kidney failure.

Then all of a sudden 4 more start getting sick also,The only thing I connect this to is the Nutro,I noticed that it was off the shelves and thought this to be strange,as were other produts limited or not there at all.I told the cashier to get someone to stock the shelves.I am taking this back to the store and will contact everyone involved to get to the bottom of this.

Then came the recall of 2007. Nutro dry dog food, Natural Choice Lamb and Rice Formula, is all that we fed our dogs, and it wasnt on the recall so we didnt worry. Later that summer, around June and July, both dogs started vomiting. Every dog vomits every now and then so I dismissed it at first. Then the vomiting became a daily occurence and was accompanied by diarrea. Suddenly both of my dogs were sick.

I kept telling myself that it wasnt the food because it wasnt on the recall list and that it was such an expensive brand. We had just bought a new 40lb bag of the food and I didnt want to just throw it away. After a week and a half I began to panic because they started losing weight. Both dogs went to the emergency vet because they were lethargic, not eating and drinking water like crazy. Lab tests showed elevated levels of something having to do with the liver and a high white blood cell count .

I went home still unsure of what it was. I decided to just stop the Nutro to see if that worked. I fed them both beef and rice (home made) by hand and after a couple days they started acting better. I then went out and bought another brand, one of the few brands accessible to me that wasnt on the recall list. They have been on that ever since, their coats are better, they have boundless energy, and the lab has really benefited from the protein, he is extremely strong and fit.

I will never trust Nutro again! Like many others, I wrote and called Nutro and recieved no help what so ever, they wouldnt even address the issue. I do believe it has something to do with Mars buying them out. They have changed the formula, just read the ingredients on the bags from now and from 3 or 4 years ago, they are different. Mostly the same but a couple things on there are different.

As for those of you who say it is a great Premium? food, Nutro calls itself a premium food. I dont consider any dog food company a premium food when they manufacture their food in the same place as Ole Roy dog food, which was the case with Nutro during the Menu Foods Recall. I drove 45 minutes south to go to PetSmart to get that food, when I could have gotten food made by the same people in the same way right up the road at the local pet store or Wal-Mart. Nutro in my opinion has now become nothing more than an extremely overpriced below average grocery brand, its definitely not a premium brand, much less a super premium? brand.

I mean come on, $40 dollars for a dog food that is made right next to $8 Ole Roy?????? Thats a slap in the face!

As for the dry dog food, sure, it's made in the USA, but I bet some of the ingredients (if not all) come from somewhere else!

High Vet bills and extreme stress

I had to go to Emergency twice for Skeez. First for the shots and hydration, then again because he continued to have diahrrea and I had to get more medications. It cost about $300 orso.

Regardless of Nutros responses or lack there of I feel that their food is the culprit. All of my dogs problems began when the packaging changed on the bag of food. I thought to myself at that time I hope they haven't changed the recipe but after reading the other similar experiences people have had I am very suspicious.My dogs will not eat this food again. My 1.5 year old dog has never had any problems either and has also had several bouts of bloody diarrhea to a lesser degree.

What disturbs me most is I only found out about this by a coworker surfing the web. Otherwise I could still be feeding this food and searching for a cause of these problems. This needs to make bigger headlines to alert people having problems that are feeding this food.

I work at an animal clinic and have still spent several hundreds of dollars trying to find a cause for my pets problems. I have been too trusting in this company because Ive been feeding it for years with great results.

So far there have not been any financial consequences. I still have the bag of Nutro dry dog food.

What I found was the shelves that contained Nutro Natural Choice were almost bare.(That never has happened) At the aisle with Nutro area they had a Nutro rep stationed here. When I questioned him about why no food was here, he stated that no 'recall' is in effect and Nutro just happened to shut down a few plants who were producing what he termed as ,not as tasty food' and the 'quality' was not up to par.Seeing that a dog can't talk, I asked him how they would know it was not 'tasty' and it seemed far more plausible that a company whos main product is dog food would not shut down a plant and have no product unless some very extreme situations were coming to light. He stated that the food plant being shut and my dog dying were coincidence. Further more, the 800 number he gave me is not being answered now.

I have a meeting with Petsmart tomorrow to discuss. I do not blame them right now for the death of my dog, but I stated to the manager I had a BIG issue with them allowing a Nutro rep to tell prospective clients some very vague, questionable, and misleading information, on the status of Nutro food. As noted, the 1-800 number just kept ringing.

Additionally, I checked their wb site and found NO information regarding any plants being shut down. To me, that would be very signifcant information to relay to all consumers especially if supposed steps were being taken in the best interest of the dog because the food was not as 'tasty'.Also, letting consumers know info on lack of product and when to expect more would seem to be the obivous steps for anybody not hiding something.

I am not sure what you can do but I am simply hoping you can point me in the right direction. This is not about money and simply about wanting to save even one person the heartbreak and guilt I am going through and holding those parties accountable. I will not let this be swept under the rug and hopefully will get confirmation I am looking for with testing of Pet food I still have. I appreciate any help you may be able to lend.

It started with new bag of dog food - then an emergency trip to the vet with a diagnosis of poisoning. Fed her rice and chicken and she recovered. Began adding her kibble back and she relapsed. Back the emergency room with the same symptoms. I threw out the dog food. I did careful research and now feed a different brand that I trust. After a month-long recovery she has never had another sick day. Liver's can heal, kidney's don't. When I asked whether it could be the dog food the vet said that the recall involved kidney failure, not liver problems. So I am hoping to find out what the cause was when this food is tested.

I had $1,200 in vet bills and my dog almost died.

The pet food recall really threw me for a loop because I believe in the products I sell and I stand behind them. Everything settled down and I continued to work for Nutro, Inc. My dogs have done very well on the Natural Choice Lamb and Rice. However recently, several customers have approached me about problems they have encountered with their dogs. Most were vomiting and diarrhea and some were other issues I have reported it up the chain.

Two weeks ago, a customer approached me and told me similar story about the dogs not doing well on the Nutro Ultra and she had switched them to another good premium brand and the dog were doing well. She said Have you seen the consumer affairs website? I said No, I sure haven't. I told her to call our 1 800 number and report her concerns. She said she heard nothing and its' been a month by email. I apologized and said I'm so sorry that this occurred, please keep trying to contact Nutro and save a sample of the food. She had already returned the whole bag.

I've have been hearing complaints. I am concerned as this is serious. I've never heard these complaints before about Nutro until January of 08. I'm not counting the complaints during the recall because that was resolved I hope. My advice to our customers is to keep a log of what is going on if your dogs are affected and save the bag if any problems occur. Write down who you talk to and when and what the results were of that conversation.

1. If you change foods either converting from another brand to our food or converting from our food to another brand due to issues you are having with your pets, take it slow. Mix the food as directed. Most of our bags give directions on converting the food. Every dog is different and your pet has a sensitive stomach, take it even slower. Some breeds may need up to two weeks to convert to a different food. If diarrhea develops, back it up to the previous mix amount and stay there for a few more days. I can't stress this enough. One can also try some probiotics sprinkled on the food (1/2 to 1 tsp) or try some canned pumpkin (1 tsp to tbsp) with each meal. Pumpkin contains fiber and may help bulk up the stool. It also helps with constipation. Sometimes customers have issues with transition and this may help.

While in transition, avoid treats, biscuits until the dog is switched over successfully. Some treats can interfere with the intestinal flora and you won't know if its the treats or the food causing the symptoms.

2. If you are still having issues, please call our customer service line or email us. If you don't get the response you want or need, please be persistent.

3. If any of your pets develop diarrhea or vomiting, and weight loss after a successful transition or with a new bag of the same food, please call it in and save the bag! Call your veterinarian if symptoms do not resolve quickly because your pets can become seriously ill or die with extended diarrhea or vomiting especially puppies or senior animals. If in doubt, call your veterinarian please. Use your gut instinct. It is hardly ever wrong.

4. Also remember that every dog or cat is different. One dog may tolerate a certain food well while another may not. Do your research on pet foods but whatever you do, don't go back to using a non premium food or grocery brand. Many ingredients are not as digestible as what is contained in premium foods or super premium foods and you may wind up having the issues you were having with your pet i.e. allergies, excessive stool output etc that you had prior to converting to our food. Read the ingredients, ask questions.

5. I know that some of this advice comes too late and I am so sorry that any pets are sickened or die who eat our food. Noone likes to lose a family member. Many have incurred large veterinarian bills by the sound of it and this is unfortunate. You have to do what you have to do whether it be report it to this website, or switch to another food. I dont' blame you but I hope that you at least contact someone at Nutro and report your story.

As a pet nutrition specialist, my job is to promote our product and stand behind our quality testing and methods. At the same time, I am truly sorry for any problems any of you have encountered and I hope that you receive some validation and satisfaction from our company. I wish everyone a happy, healthy pet whether you feed our food or not.

After two weeks, the diarrhea was worse than ever and our once active little pup was now very lethargic. We took him back to the vet who tested him for worms. None were present in his stool sample but felt that he should be treated for them anyways. Of course, the medicine did not work and our puppy only got worse.

Finally my husband and I began researching possible causes of our puppy's illness on the Internet and discovered the complaints against Nutro. We immediately brought this to our vets attention. The vet told us to stop feeding our puppy the food immediately. After a few weeks of getting the tainted food out of his system, we are happy to say that our little pup is once again healthy and very active.

In the past two weeks she had became lethargic, lost her appetite, losing body weight, and her condition in general seemed to be declining. She also has had several bouts of muscle/joint pain in her right front leg and has been limping severely.

This week I happened upon your web site and the info about problems with Nutro dog food. Many of the pet owner's experiences were similar to mine so I switched to another brand of food. My dog showed marked improvement within 24 hours. Today, she eats vigorously, her bowel movements are firmer, and she has perked up noticalbly. She couldn't go for a walk yesterday but walked with me tonight from 2 miles without any problem or limping. I am going to take the Nutro food I purchased last week back to Petsmart for a refund and will never use Nutro products again. I am convinced there is something wrong with the food I purchased.

She was throwing up, eating grass, diarehea, bad gas, and not eating. Her stool and throw up started getting some blood in it. We took her to the vet and she had blood tests in which her protien levels were very low.

The vet immediately put her on an IV and had us handfeed her boiled chicken and cottage cheese over the next couple of days. She started to feel better and a week later we tryed to reintroduce her to the Nutro dog food - and she started to get sick again. We stopped feeding her the dog food and she got better. We are now feeding her baby food and chicken and cottage cheese with a multivitiman. We do not trust the dog food companys anymore. We thought we were buying her premium food only to find out we were lied to and our dogs health put in jeapordy.

By the time I got her there she was comatose and in kidney failure and had to be euthanized. I then had to rush home and get Max to the vet. He had began Vomiting at 2:30 am but, was not as ill as Sophia had been. When I got him to the vet she found elevated creatin and bun levels. She admistered an IV and retested latter in the evening on the 28th. The levels were still rising but, she said he may pull through. By the morning of the 29th he had blood in the whites of his eyes was vomiting aganin and showing signs of distress. We again had his blood checked and the levels were through the roof.

She told us there is no hope he is in acute renal failure. We decide to euthanize to limit his suffering. We racked our brains thinking what could have happened. The vet said they were poisoned so we immediately thought maybe a neighbor. Then I began researching symptoms and discovered their symptoms resembled antifreeze poisoning but not entirely. There was no drooling, no convulsions or seizures.

I then thought of their food that we had just started feeding then about three or four days before Nutro Max Natural Choice small bites lamb & rice. I started searching the internet and found the symptoms associated with last years poisonings and everthing fit. Sophia had in the past few days before becoming ill seemed very scared almost like sometimes she didn't reconize people. Both dogs were excessively thirst emptying their water bowl repeatedly through out the day and drinking from the toilet.

Both had several accidents which was not normail. Both dogs are now at the Purdue University animal science center in Indiana undergoing autopsys to find out the exact cause of death. We contacted the FDA and they said only testing could determine if it was in fact food related so we are now waiting to hear.

Both are beloved pets are dead. we spent almost 1000.00 that did no good. We would have spent what ever it took to keep them alive if we could have.

Find an alternative food to use until the situation is corrected for you pets. Most of all, stay in touch with the rep you contact. Remember, the sticky wheel gets the most attention! Keep in mind, too, that most companies will not volunteer information unless you ask the right question. I have to keep probing to get the answers I seek. I stress.... DO YOUR RESEARCH! Don't just post complaints. Have your facts in hand when you place your calls.

We have already spent 300.00 on vet bills and will have to do all of the testing again to see if we are improving we also are trying to get meds to get his liver enzymes down.

To the best of my assumption he ate it for a while before it built up in his system and created problems. Unless is was literarily one piece of kibble.

His sensative stomach continues but seems to have recovered over all.

I went back to Petsmart and asked them if Nutro had changed the formula and they said they were not aware. Petsmart as always did suggest that I return the unused Nutro food and purchase a different one. I emailed Nutro to complain months ago, but as of yet I have not received a reply. I find Nutro's lack of response to loyal customer questions and complaints unresponsible on their part.

Soon after our cats started eating Max Cat Weight Control Roasted Chicken Flavor Dry Cat food they started vomiting. Our older cat has developed a sore on his mid back about the size of a quarter. Both cats are not able to keep it down.

It seems this last bag of Lamb Meal & Rice is adversely affecting my dog. He's had chronic diarrhea with numerous accidents inside the house. He hadn't had an accident in the house since he was a pup. His stool has been soft, messy, very bad smelling, and contained mucus in it. I sent a sample of his stool to the lab and the results were negative.

I've emailed Nutro inquiring about any possible changes in formula that may not be agreeing with my dog. I never received a response. After reading similar experiences here, I'm going to throw away the remainder of the bag and try a different brand. It's too bad if the food is indeed the cause of my dog's problems. I really stood behind this brand for many years, was proud to use it, and recommended it to many.

Well, that is untrue because my food is currently there being tested and I have called in. This shows me, once again, that Nutro is NOT taking any responsibility or being accountable. Consumers, please, if your dogs are getting sick or acting differently, please watch them closely. I'm not telling you to take them off the food....all I am saying is to be aware of them and their habits. The Nutro food could be a problem for your pet. Until this gets figured out, I won't be recommending this food. And my dogs will not eat it again for a number of reasons.... one being that RAY did not tell me the truth!

I decided to change her food from Purina One lamb formula to Nutro's Natural Choice venison and brown rice dry food. It has been 6 weeks now and her coat is shiny and smooth and she her feet are not bothering her anymore. In fact, the large nodule between her toes has all but disappeared! I'm sticking with this product as long as I continue to see these great results!

both dogs got the runs immediately.

After having them off the Nutro food for just a few days, they both completely recovered. My other 3 dogs that eat another brand of food were perfectly fine & never developed any GI problems. I am certain it was the food. I returned it all to the store & will NEVER feed Nutro again!

Not only did I spend close to $1000 in vet bills, but I nearly lost 2 of my precious babies because of this tainted food. Nutro needs to step up & take responsibility!

I am now convinced that this food was making my dog sick. Nutro of course says they have not heard of any problems with Nutro Max and requested I supply them with four cups of the food to test and also sent the vet bill (so far $320) which I am in the process of doing. They also told me it will take a month and a half to two months to test the food and that that point I will hear back from them.

i had been hearing from numerous people about how wonderful 'NUTRO' is, so I switched Franny from her usual kibble to 'NUTRO.' The vet believes it was the change to 'NUTRO' that caused Franny's diarrhea. She prescribed some Flagyl & some (doctor prescribed) 'Science Diet' i/d cat food & w/in a few days...no more diarrhea the vet also suggested that I try giving her a little of the 'NUTRO' after her stool had hardened up, to see if it really was the cause... ...lo & behold, I gave her some in the morning & that evening...diarrhea, once again.

I have used Nutro for years, but am now no longer going to use their product. Our dogs are our babies and given they cannot tell us that their food is making them feel ill, chancing the quality of the food in the future is not worth it to me. I am now out $40 for the food and $125 for all the vet work. I am very disappointed in their lack of quality control, especially given the past issues with pet food industry. I thought most companies would be especially focused on preventing tainted food issues from ever happening again.

The dogs might not be dying like previous cases, but they are certainly not well and for especially small dogs, a 3lb weight change could be a life or death situtation! Luckily they are now eating a new food and are back to normal. I am sure with time Lola and Bean will be able to gain their weight back and become normal again.

40lb dog bag thrown out, $40. Vet work, bills, tests (totaling $125), floor cleaning, stress to our dogs for a month.

We now have a 2 year old black lab, and we only feed her Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul. We researched dog food quite extensively prior to getting her. When the problems and deaths happened not too long ago we researched the company again and found that none of the ingredients that were the culprits int he deaths werer evident in what we use now. She is energetic, happy and full of life. I would strongly recommend this brand, do the research for yourself, you will be amazed.

Then in late January early February we were not able to locate any of their food. My son also noticed that a lot of other manufactures seemed to be out of or didn't carry lamb and rice feed. For anyone who has had to switch their dogs food without weening to the next one knows, this is not good for your dogs stomach and a nightmare to someone with 8 adults eating this product. We decided to go back to the Lamb and Rice food they were on prior to Nutro (members mark from sams club) and feed our expecting moms and pups Iams Proactive health large breed puppy. Every one has been doing much better and gaining weight. No more loose stools or vomiting or urinating before their normal outing times. I am concerned though because I just went to purchase the Members mark food and they did not have the lamb and rice blend. Here we go again?

I had vouchers for 6 40lbs bag of Nutro and just picked up the Nutro Natural Choice Large Breed Adult (not lamb and rice) thinking I could continue mixing it and not waste the $180 worth of food we earned in free bags (thinking only the lamb and rice products were affected). Now that I have read this page, I will be returning it all (a 3 hour trip from where I live, with these fuel prices!) and see if I can get the Iams products instead. I am very disappointed in Nutro. When I contacted them about the product not being in stock, they stated it was due to their bag manufacture. I don't believe a company that makes a product would allow distribution to stop over the bags. It would never get to that point. They would lose too much money. I do not buy that excuse and now the out of stock situation has been extended to June? I believe they are aware of the problem and are not disclosing it to protect them from further recalls and bad press. I do not believe they have the health of the animals eating their food as a priority or a concern.

It just makes you wonder what is safe to feed your animals. To all those who have commented to defend Nutro, I am very happy your animals have not been affected. You are very lucky, but please do not criticize the consumers who clearly have been. We have been raising our beloved GSD's for many years and are very experienced animal handlers and we have been affected by the food. We understand how to change foods and know that on occasions that dogs will vomit and have cases of diahhrea and even trouble holding their urine. We took all of that in account and we are sure the food was causing the problems. Since we have made the changes the dogs are gaining weight, stools look good and no messy crates in the morning. Please keep an eye on your pets to notice any of these problems before serious problems occur.

The only consequence is $400 vet bill I had to find out I had a bad bag of food, and the unknown health consequences.

I totally believe this was as a result of the food, and I had always fed Nutro as our rescue had always encouraged us to utilize Nutro as it was a high end dog food. I will never utilize Nutro again.

It made my purebred great dane puppy SO SICK!!!!!!!

After two days, he started to vomit. He would vomit in the morning and evening. I knew it was the food since we have not fed him anything different or taken him anywhere different where he could have eaten something by accident. I wanted to see if there were any similar cases so I searched the internet and found this website. THANK GOODNESS! Looks like there are more complaints about the same things my pup went through. I went and exchanged the food as soon as I read the other comments.

I told Petsmart that there are many complaints this month online about this product and they said I was the first complaint. I also spoke to the Nutro representative on site and he said that they were making changes to the dog food since they did not want to use their supplier in China due to the recalls and rice quality. I wish I would have known sooner. It does make me wonder why you need a representative to promote your product in the first place. They must be having problems and need to push their product on people as they did with us. Im so relieved I found this website. There were no physical problems since I caught the problem early and as soon as I switched back to the Purina Chow the vomiting stopped. I wanted this to be posted so people are aware.

No physical damage but people need to be aware so they do not encounter problems.

In January of 08 he started to lose interest in his food (I was using the Lamb and Rice formula at this time). So to try and make the food more appealing I wet is and warmed it up. This worked for a while. He started throwing up bile maybe 2 to 3 times a week. He also started to have terrible gas as after talking to the Nutro Rep at the store I switch over to the Nutro Natural Choice Chicken meal, oatmeal and rice formula for sensitive stomachs. The gas did improve but the throwing up continued.

On February 20th I took him in for a vet check up and update his shots. I mentioned the vomiting to the vet but she didnt think much of it and he looked healthy other wise. He did test positive for round worm and he was treated for that. The vomiting continued and got more frequent but only a yellow slimy substance that smelled horrible and only in the morning.

I called a week later to get him back into the vet to be seriously checked over because of the vomiting but the soonest opening was March 25th. The vomiting continued; he would be okay for 2 to 3 days then he would vomit again each morning in his kennel for about 4 days straight. When he was seen on the 25th his stool was checked and there was no sign of worms. He had blood work done that showed a high white cell count. He had the start of an eye and ear infection which was treated with antibiotics.

That Friday (the 28th) he vomited all day, would drink a lot of water and go out and vomit it. Then he stopped drinking and was still vomiting. That night the diarrhea started. I took him into a clinic open on Saturday and they did a work up on him showing blood in his urine but all other kidney function levels were fine, high white cell count, high belie-Rubin count but all other liver function levels were fine and had low potassium and of course of dehydrated. They gave him an IV and put fluid under his skin to help keep him hydrated after he came home. He was given a anti-nausea shot and a sot of antibiotics. We were sent home with the pill for both. He has slowly improved. His energy is back he has vomited a little food once but no bile. His coat looks good and his eyes are clearer. I finally started feeding him again Sunday night rice and some chicken. He eat it well and kept it down.

After a few days of that I slowly add small amounts of Bil-Jac dog food. Then after he did well with that I started removing the rice and chicken. He has been on the Bil-Jac dog food for 2 weeks now and has not thrown up once, looks great and is acting like a happy dog again. I took him back to the vet the following Friday (April 4th) and his white count was back were it was supposed to be but his belie-Rubin was still a bit high. The vet has no idea what could have been the problem. She said she sent us with the anti-biotic in hopes that would take care of it but she was unsure of that. The Friday that he started vomiting so bad I contacted his breeder and she emailed me a forum where people had reported some of the same symptoms that my dog had and they were all on the same brand of food.

That is when I took away the Nutro food and will never feed my dog that food again. My vet bills are about $1,000 now. I contacted Nutro and sent out some of the food for their testing hoping that it wont be biased. I have more of the food and would like someone else to test it but I dont have any ore money to spend on this situation. With so many complaints I would think Nutro would be seriously looked into. Thank you for your time.


Very sick dog whose heath is now improving but time will tell if he has any permanent damage.
About $1000 in vets bills because of his illness.

He was to be a show dog and I hope his heath comletely returns so this won't effect his career. The money spent in vet bills was to go to his training.

I began feeding my cats Nutro Natural Choice Complete Care Indoor Dry Weight Management. Everyday I also offered my cats various brands of canned cat food-some Nutro until the recall of Menu Foods in spring of '07. My cat Sebastian always favored the dry cat food, very rarely would he ever even take a bite of the canned food. He just nibbled at the food as I free fed it from 5 PM to 7AM so that I could get sleep at night. My other cat is overweight so I thought I was making a smart choice.

Late January of '08. I noticed Sebastian (now about 5 years old) was growling after urinating and grooming himself incessantly, so I knew he was having some problem. I thought maybe he had a UTI. I took him into the Vet and she analyzed his 1st urinalysis. She said his white blood count was high and prescribed an antibiotic. She suspected stones.

A week later my cat was not improved, I took him back to the animal hospital. The Vet ordered an ultra-sound which revealed stones. My cat had to undergo a cystotomy and have the tiny stones surgically removed. Afterwards they were identified as feline calcium oxalate bladder stones. His vet bills totaled about $1300.00.

Early in February 08 as I began searching for answers, I began searching the Web and I was shocked at the horror stories I found of others that have shared their nightmare experiences by feeding Nutro pet food to their pets. I will never feed any more Nutro pet food to another animal, or buy any Nutro pet food products. It was a very stressful time for my pet and for me.

We started to question the food and mentioned it to our vet when we took our dogs in for their annual check up. 3 of our 4 dogs have heart murmurs this year and didn't last year. One of the dogs also has adrenal insufficiency and didn't last year. Our vet suggested we change foods. We are now feeding Blue Buffalo with good results. I also noticed the N/C Complete Care Indoor cat food had a foul odor. I returned the food to the store for a refund.

I sent an email to Nutro 3/23, Please respond asap. There is word that your products are killing dogs and cats again, very recently and I am concerned. I have been feeding
my dogs your natural line of treats - then came across this website. I would like an explanation. These animals are my world and if what I am feeding them can casue harm I demand to know it immediately.

They sent back the following 4/9 -

Thank you for contacting Nutro products. We appreciate you taking the

time to share your concern with us.

All NUTRO(tm) products are 100% safe and conform to the standards set by
the FDA, USDA and AAFCO. NUTRO(tm) pet foods undergo rigorous quality
assurance testing beginning with raw ingredients and ending with testing
all finished products. This includes testing to confirm that no
melamine, mold toxins, or pathogenic bacteria are detected in any

NUTRO(tm) pet foods.

The safety and quality of our products is our top priority. We take any
complaint regarding the quality and safety of our NUTRO(tm) products
very seriously. In the rare instance when a consumer does have a
concern with any of our products, an in-depth review of the
consumer-provided samples is performed to determine if an issue does

exist.

Nutro Products, Inc. remains committed to the quality, safety and
performance of all our pet food brands. As we have for over 80 years, we
strive to deliver the finest natural products to our customers and their

pets.

We thank you most sincerely for your loyalty to Nutro Products pet food
and for allowing us the opportunity to address your concern and clarify

the issue.

Should you require further assistance, please contact our Consumer
Services Department at (800) 833-5330, Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5

pm, Pacific Standard Time or visit our website at www.nutroproducts.com.

Best Regards,

This is 17 days after I emailed them. Who knows, my dogs could be dead if I had continued feeding them these treats. They deny any problems but even if they are safe, this customer service is just terrible and their regard for consumer concern is obviously very low on the priority scale. I buy Canidae and Nylabone Organic Vida treats now and I am confident they are safe and the dogs love them. I tell everyone I know to stay away from this rotten company Nutro. I am DISGUSTED!

using Nutro Natural Choice food lamb & rice for several years. The last bag purchased recently was very dark & smelled different. As a precaution I took her and other dogs off the brand. My old dog had suddenly developed bad breath and when food was withdrawn, her breath returned to normal. The bad smell was same smell as the food in question.

She seemed to be drinking unusually large amounts of water and couldn't hold her urine...it was like she had to constantly go out to pee and each time I let her out to go which was alot..(she kept coming by me and looking at me as if to say..I gotta go mom)..she would urinate 6-8 times each time I let her out. I ceased feeding her for a full 24hrs until the vomiting subsided and only gave her ice cubes...she had diarrhea for days !! I resumed placing her food down but she would not eat it and she became very lethargic...

My sister in NY told me about this notice she spotted at her Vets office regarding NUTRO DOG FOOD...and mentioned it to me( I had told her about the dog vomiting for 12hrs and couldn't figure out why) I got the Vets phone # and had them fax me over the notification and it all made sense. I immediately stopped feeding her the Nutro and she has been fine since...she resumed eating...of course I fed her a little bit at a time increasing the amount each day...she is back to her ENERGETIC self and hasn't been sick since. I returned the food to the store and put her back on the original food I had been feeding her and she is back to normal. No constant urinating no obsessive water drinking ..no diarrhea.

months or so. I'm rather surprised it's continuing and that nothing is being done about it.

Three days ago my toy poodle started with very loose stools. I have been unable to stop this and will have to take her to the vet but I haven't done so yet. I just read the reports on Nutro dog food and I'm wondering if my toy poodle has consumed tainted biscuits.

We will have to get the whole house steam shampooed as his **** is not coming off of the carpet in many places inspite of my using several different products. This could cost us over $500.00 and we are hoping our dog will get better or it will cost us a lot more.

Vomiting bile almost daily.

I ran into a friend at Petsmart today when I was returning my bag of Nutro and stopped her from buying a 40lb bag of Nutro Natural Choice. I saved a small amount of the food I returned to have tested and will contact the FDA. I have already contacted the Nutro company by e-mail but have not heard anything back. I will be telling everyone I know to avoid buying Nutro until I am satisfied that it is safe.

However she did get sick again and she stopped eating altogether. When this occurred, we brought her back to our vet where she stayed two nights, attached to the tubes to feed her. They could not find worms or parasites, or anything wrong with her but she still did not eat, and her stools were still wet if anything at all. After 2 nights and 3 days, my husband picked her up and brought her to Tufts Univ Hospital in Mass. where she went in as an emergency case. They could not confirm anything but she stayed on intravenious feeding and had many tests. The only thing they could confirm is that she had problems with her stomach, and felt they were full of ulcers. She did start eating after a few more days and was able to come home.

We have stopped feeding her any Natural Choice. I started cooking her turkey with rice and veggies. She loves it. She even has pep. We thought she had extreme arthritis, however I think she was being poisoned by the food. She is a totally different dog. The bills exceeded $2,000.00. Money well spent. If you are having these problems, stop feeding you dog this food, and start cooking your own. I don't know if the intravenious feeding cleaned her blood of the poison or just time. The vomiting is violent, and the total lack of energy is heartbreaking. I really do not trust commercial dog food at all. I might try evo dry slowly with my home made turkey. I might not. I don't know who to trust.

At least $2,000.00 in Vet bills. But I think Katie is well again.

None that I know of, though I have one dog who occasionally has diarrhea, that suddenly worsened after starting this last bag.

The circumstances of her death were strange- she was a very healthy dog until one Thursday evening she vomited- we did not think too much of this as sometimes she did vomit or have diarrhea for no known reason. I had taken her to the beach on Wednesday, but she was on leash the entire time and really didn't have the opportunity to drink salt water nor did I catch her eating anything but I thought maybe I missed a quick snack of something disgusting.

Friday she was fine and on Saturday she vomited again. By Sunday we knew something was very wrong phoned the vet, and on Tuesday we took her to the vet who over two days conducted two blood tests which came out normal,9 ex-rays which showed nothing and exporatory surgery which also turned up nothing abnormal. All tests came back normal, nothing could be found to cause this illness. Our dog died on the Friday of that week due to complications of constant vomiting. The vet could not find any cause for our dog to be vomiting. She was always on a leash for walks and was not out of her yard unattended therefore poison was ruled out.

When I read a few accounts on this site of other people's experiences with Nutro brand dog food, I seriously question whether we fed her tainted food. Tainted food would be a plausable explanation and could account for her other bouts of intestinal upset throughout the past few years- she seemed to have occasional bouts of diarrhea or vomiting for no known reason as she was always on leash and well supervised. We fed her Nutro brands of kibble exclusively - chicken and rice until we switched to senior when she was 8.

I thank you for this opportunity to share our story.

She started getting diarrhea on the second day, then began vomiting on the third day. Normally, shes a super high-energy dog but she suddenly wanted to sleep all the time. She didnt want to go for walks; she didnt want to play at the dog park. I knew she was sick but didnt even consider it might be from her chow.

I switched her to a brown rice diet to give her tummy a break. She improved and I resumed feeding her the Nutro kibble. Once again she was reluctant to eat and became sick when she did.

I can't be certain the dog food is bad--my dog could simply have developed sensitivity to one of the ingredients. Im not taking any chances, however, so we have stopped using this food.

Another important thing to note is that none of the vets that these animals went to thought Nutro was the problem. I have called Nutro and spoken with them on numerous occasions concerning ingredients and other aspects of their food, and they have always been very nice. I find it EXTREMELY unlikely that a business would laugh at a customer on the phone, not only from a sensitivity standpoint, but also from a liability standpoint. Overall, I think Nutro is a great product. My feelings go out to all of the people that have lost a pet, but unless you have actual proof, it is dangerous to spread false information. Get facts, THEN place blame.

The first Vet bill was $400 plus $275 to have my carpets cleaned. The bill this week was another $400 because they had to do x-rays again and a Barium test to see how the food was progressing in his stomach. It seemed to be causing and extreme amount of gas and he really was not digesting in.

I saw your site and stopped the Nutro Ultra. I also think all the people with complaints should notify the FDA in their states to take action right away as of this date the FDA has no complaints as I called yesterday. they are the ones to stopped this problem.

Not only have they done amazingly well, health wise, on this food, but i often get asked what it is I am doing to get their coats so silky and shiney. I tell them Nutro Natural Choice.

1) if you change your dogs food quickly, it's likely to get an upset stomach.

2) Things can happen to ANY food - people or dog, even if the food is fine. It can get damp or bugs or be out of date, and it isn't always the manufacturers fault.

3)Even a careful company can have problems on occasion. If you have problems and can't attribute it to anything but the dog food - contact the company. They may ask for food to test. If you don't contact them, and there is a problem, they can't fix it or do a recall.

I had a friend who got food with an incorrect mix and because she was diligent and sent samples, the company did a recall. She had already stopped feeding her dogs the specific batch, but she probably saved many other pets.

We've been very happy until this last bag(dated 10 may 2009,13:38 2 a x 4 j p). Our dogs were throwing up, diarhea as well as the usual allergy reactions. I figured they had gotten into something they shouldn't have, so I fed them brown rice and boiled ground beef to allow bellys to settle down.

The dogs got better, I resumed feeding Nutro, with the same results. I figured the bag was somehow tainted with corn, causing the intestinal and other reaction. I purchased another food. Symptoms immediately subsided. I was determined not to waste a 40 lb. bag of dog food(please forgive me) so I tried to mix it 50/50 with the good food. Bad Idea!!!! Immediate return of symptoms.

Called the company to report my dismay because of course they would want to know about this problem with their wonderful food.

Well.... after a 25 min. wait, (no exaggeration, I have a timer on my phone) I spoke to a very uninterested woman, probably the only one there, who told me to take the food back to the store for a new bag or a refund.

I was shocked that there was not more alarm that their food wasn't properly manufactured, I mean, someone put corn in this high end food! (I was still naive) She also told me they could test the food, although they would not test for corn content, which is what I was perceiving as the problem at that time.

I was frustrated and dumbfounded at this lack of customer service so I said goodbye. I then googled to see if there was anything going on with other folks.
Wow am I surprized, and a little scared that I tried so long to get my Zippo to eat this food. I guess I'll go back to cooking for him, like I did for the first year.


There was no need for a vet visit, hoping there are no major problems down the road.

He's happy, my kids say he eats better than they do.

Back and forth we went between the Nutro/Lamb and Rice and the rice and cottage cheese until my vet told me to put her on straight boiled chicken breasts and boiled skinned diced potato. She has not gone back to the Nutro. She lost a substantial amount of weight, her coat turned rough and dull looking and her skin turned rough instead of the silky smooth skin prior to feeding her Nutro. She had absolutely no energy and could not pull my manual wheelchair as trained.

After 3 months of the chicken/potato diet she has a shinny coat, her hair is silky once again as is her skin. She has boundless energy again and able to pull my manual wheelchair. Bye bye are her favorite words...she can NOT wait to go with me no matter how short or long the trip. I produce a radio program in S.F. She is my # 1 fan.

Needless-to-say, the cost of preparing the chicken and potato diet that my Service Animal requires since the Nutro food was poisoning my dog has been enormous difference in monthly expenses. I live on a fixed income due to my disability...and now have cancer and am dying. Who will care for my Service Animal who must eat this chicken and potato diet--she eats small amounts through out the day, 8 meals a day every 2.5 hours from sun up to a last feeding at 12:30 a.m. the next morning.

Not only do we use the brand ourselves, but we also ask our adopters to continue to use it, as we want the best in health for our rescues.

Sally Hull,
Executive Director

Hull's Haven Border Collie Rescue

www.hullshaven.org

We then adopted a 8 month old puppy, Bernese Mountain Dog who came to us in good health but she stopped growing and began to lose weight also. This seemed to work. We switched her to another holistic puppy food. She is now on target to where she needs to be. We adopted a 6 1/2 year old BMD and she has lost 10 pounds in the 6 weeks we have had her. She has also started to vomit bile 2-3 times a day. Yes, we have bought our last back of this brand. It seems too much of the same thing for 3 dogs at three different ages, from 3 different backgrounds to have the same symptons.

I usually feed other brands to my cats, but one has cancer and it has been difficult to get him to eat at times. He really likes certain varities of the Max Gourmet Classics canned food. He is actually doing very well physically and has had no problems with the food. I feed him the Max Gourmet Classics when he refuses the brand I prefer. If I believed it was making him sick in any way, I sure would speak up. That is my experience with just one product produced by Nutro Max as of March 24, 2008.

After about 2 weeks on a diet of only rice and chicken that we prepared, her stools were once again fairly normal. As soon as we started her on the Nutro dog food again, she began with the bloody diarrhea. We threw that food away & began her on another commercial brand after more chicken & rice. She has never been the same since.

She has developed some lumps on her side and a growth on her mouth and also seems to have some type of breathing difficulties. I don't know if that has anything to do with the Nutro episode but as I said, she has not been the same since.

The vet bill was $280.00 but that was nothing compared to the agony of not knowing what and why this was happening. I also had to take time off work to be with her when she was so weak and to take her to veterinary appointments or from being up most of the night with her. I am so tired of companies worrying about their economic bottom line instead of a quality product! There is no excuse for so many pets to be negatively affected by companies that should be experts in the field! Pet Smart should also be liable for not posting informational warnings.

So far, my 50 pd Heinz 57 mix has been fine, although she did have some intermittent pale stools last month that I did not connect to her food (I suspected some new treats) both because the issue was intermittent and because she's been on this food for the last 4.5 years (Nutro Natural Choice L&R puppy prior to that). But now you've got me very concerned that perhaps it was her food, and could be a growing problem! Maybe it was intermittent because in all likelihood there is more than one bag of food mixed in the container in which I keep it? So some days she gets more of one bag and on some days more of another? I'll be sure to speak to my vet about this as she is due in April for her annual vaccinations.

It would be really helpful, I think, if people would include the lot numbers of the product they purchased so consumers can get a better sense of whether this is a problem limited to certain batches/lots of product or whether there is a broad potential contamination. If it is certain batches/lots, that in no way absolves Nutro/Mars of any responsibility, but it might be easier to track and verify the problem if it is traceable to specific batches/lots of product.

My heart to goes out to all of you who have lost a pet or have seen your pets suffer. Such a terrible loss!

When he plays with his buddy too much he gets to coughing and hacking like an old man. He's not as playful as he was when I first got him and he almost seems depressed a lot (maybe he's just in pain...?).

He repeatedly tests negative for stomach parasites and we have been uncertain what the problem was until I received an email about Nutro foods from the shelter he came from. I know I will be weening him off Nutro IMMEDIATELY! In the meantime, is anything being done about this???

I have had vet bills and just constant concern about my little sweety because he's been so unstable and not himself and I don't know what to do about it...

One night he came out of our bedroom, stumbling as if he was drunk. He fell over, cried weakly, and urinated uncontrollably. Off to the emergency vet, where $800 later they wanted to keep him overnight in a bare, stainless steel cage, above a constantly barking large dog. I was in tears, they couldn't figure out what was wrong with our guy. He just wanted me to hold him, and wailed if I put him down; I couldn't leave him there to suffer. We took him home, spending a long night in tears with our sweet boy curled between our heads, on a puppy pad to protect our bed from his constantly flowing urine, and next morning took him to our regular vet. She diagnosed him with kidney failure, and he was so far gone we had him put to sleep. I was heartbroken; it took me a good year to be able to think about him without crying.

Oh, and the kittens his mother was expecting? Our eldest queen, with the impeccable mothering skills and healthy strong babies? Dropped one by one over the course of several days, little kidneys unable to hold any fluid. Same with the next litter from a different queen. I called Nutro, not to seek retribution, but to tell them what had happened and ask how their products were tested. The man I spoke with refused to answer my questions, just kept shouting a nonsense, scripted reply. I told him losing Jack had been terrible and I wanted to make sure everyone else would be safe but he LAUGHED. Yes, Laughed.

Jackie is buried under the peach tree in our yard, everyone now eats Blue Buffalo and thrives. No more dead kittens, no more young adults dying and ripping our hearts out. I am beyond lucky we didn't lose any of our other adults. Our pets will be switching to home raised raw food soon, even though Blue has been good, I just shudder a bit still every time I think of how ours suffered.

Consequences... apart from two broken human hearts and a couple feline ones (don't ever let someone tell you animals don't grieve) as an altered bengal male, Jack could have been sold for $400, not that I ever would have willingly parted with him. The eight babies, anywhere from $400-$1000 each. The vet bills, which are still racking up on my credit card, are now $1200. Oh, not to mention all the food wasted on Nutro for three years before all this happened.

So far none, though possible upcoming emergency vet bills, lost time at work due to pet illness, and cleaning fees / new carpet caused by sick dogs.

I'm on disability and I'm sure having 2 dogs affected by this will be extraordinarily expensive. I don't know how I will afford this.

I am a widow and I lost my companion!

I took stool samples to my vet and all the dogs on Nutro were clean, no parasites. The only dog I wasn't having problems with was the old dog that can only eat raw meat, no dog food at all.

My youngest dog, a puppy, just wasn't growing like she should be and I thought there was something wrong with her, she looked like she had been starved and her coat looked real bad.

I stopped feeding the Nutro a month ago and put all my dogs on a raw diet. They had all gained weight and their hair is growing again.

I thought it was just my dogs but glad I found this web site and see it isn't only mine that are having problems with Nutro. Now that I know others are having problems I will be contacting the company.

My puppy is 10 months old now and her growth seems to be stunted, I have never had this happen in the 40 years I have been showing and breeding dogs. I'm not sure this show quality puppy will now get big enough to show or breed, it is so heart breaking to see such a good quality dog not live up to her potential because of a dog food.

My dogs have tummy problems and one is refusing to eat. Loose stools or totally watery stools. Vet bills will be incurred again.

I faxed pages and pages of this information to my veterinarian, who became alarmed, and told me to stop feeding Nutro Natural Choice immediately. Within a couple of days being off this food, my border collie started acting like he felt better. Within a week, he had regained 2 pounds and after 2 weeks, his liver enzymes were still high but improving. I can tell he is continuing to gain weight and his energy level is as good as it has ever been. My veterinarian and I are convinced it was the food. I cannot explain why this happened all of a sudden since he has been eating this food for years, but I know my dog and I know it was the food. He was not responding to any medical treatment until we stopped the food. So far, this event has cost $500, but even more important than the money, I almost lost my dog, whom I adore. I cannot believe that a company that sells their product as safe and natural is, instead, injuring and killing pets. If I had not been informed about other pet owners' experiences with Nutro Natural Choice, my dog would be dead. It is my hope that some consumer group or authority will begin to investigate this company and its products before other pets are affected.

I placed a call to Nutro yesterday and spoke to a customer service rep. She said they had NEVER heard of any dogs having problems like the ones I described. And then, the next day, I found your site and saw the numerous complaints. I am NOT PLEASED.

Vet bills and meds are upwards of $100; and, of course, a bag of food cost me in the amount of $35--plus the emotional cost of hours of worry and physically running back and forth to the vet, plus gasoline expense.

However, the vomiting continued over the next week and a half, with at lease one of the dogs throwing up each day, occasionally accompanied by loose stools. Finally, on 2/19, after 2 weeks on Nutro Max, the vomiting suddenly increased. While on a walk, the puppy threw up bile 3 times in a row. Less than a minute later, the Papillon threw up a large amount of food. When we came inside, I looked online and found numerous complaints all detailing similar symptoms. During that time, the adult dog threw up bile three times in a row. I took away the food, and followed vet advice to fast them for 12 hours, followed by boiled chicken and rice. We've switched to a different dry food, and after almost 48 hours there has been no more vomiting. There were absolutely no other changes in their diet or lifestyle over the last 2 weeks. The vomiting started within one day of starting the new food, and affected both dogs. It has stopped now that they have stopped eating Nutro Max.

All of this, combined with other consumer complaints, as well as a review here:

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/showproduct.php?product=1593&cat=6

Luckily, just a wasted 20 pound bag of food. Dogs have seemed to returned to normal health, and have not warranted a vet visit.

At 1030 PM, sitting next to me,Zoe screamed out and died. I tried to get her to breathe again but to no avail. Zoe was 9 years old and in very good health. She was a small dog (8 lbs), a Maltese-Pomerian mix, which we found in Hawaii six years ago. Our daughter who is also 9 years old, asked where Zoe was the next morning and we told her she was sleeping under the bed but we were taking her to the veterinarian. Later that day we had to tell our daughter, that Zoe had to be put down on the advice of the veterinarian. She was crushed as was my wife and I.

Took her back and she was x-rayed,given barrium to check for blockage,put on IV and catheder and admitted to ICU. Blood test revealed high way above average kidney,phosporus,and Bun levels. Dr suggest recent ingention of anitfreeze (she is strictly indoor kitten) no chemicals present we do have one older cat and dog. She was dyagnosed with renal kidney failure by ingestion of toxin/heavy meal. The only change was her food. She died this morning. I am left with a $800.00+ vet bill for a kitten that was only 5 months old had her spayed and all shots. This is a nightmare I found her on the side of the road abandon, she blossemed into a beautiful wonderful cat and all the time and energy spend to care for her I am left with nothing but a big vet bill I can not afford. Everything she received was paid out of my pocket befor this. I was doing a good deed as we have not animal orginazation around her that cared to help me.
called again 1/24/07 and was forwared to him after explaining my kitten had died in all fairness he said he was sorry for my loss, I told him I wanted tp speak with someone who could expedite this so I it was the food another animal would not die,he said he would give my claim to suppervisor since the kitten had died. I feel the is urgent I dont want soemone else to have the pain our family has gone through Claim Number 628604 Also this kitten was fed Nutro kitten canned food for the first three month of her life 3oz can were these recalled?

seriousness of the cats death was not taken as a priority, other cats could be at risk if they did find something in the food. I feed all my pets Nutro and will discoutinue until I get an answer. Idid got to the Pets Plus store tonight where the food was purchased amd they did give my their sales reps name and phone number, I will contact be reguarding this issue to see if he can get this issue expedited before more animals are harmed. I could have this food tested locally be the expense I can not afford as I am spent emotionaly and financially.

My dog died alone in our backyard, probably of kidney failure from the toxins in the food.

My second dog who ate the same food spent the weekend in the emergency care. He will be going for emergency surgery for a mouth growth they are expecting to be cancer. Again, caused by the Nutro. This company should be closed. This weekend cost me another $1,100. Who is protecting our animals? I believed the store. I paid money to kill my dogs. When I was picking up my dog from the emergency care tonight, there was a woman waiting for her dog who was being treated for its cancer. Guess what is being blamed for that dog's problems? Nutro Dog food. When will someone do something?

Here we are watching our dogs die while Nutro lies about their products and makes money and so does Pet Supermarket. Two weeks ago I was in there and a woman was recommended Nutro by the manager. I told them not to sell that and for her not to buy it. I explained my horror story, but he said he did not know anything about the problems with Nutro. If I know about it HOW COULD THE MANAGER NOT KNOW ABOUT IT?

The consequences of my situation were that I spent about three hundred dollars at the vet's office and some serious worry about whether or not our dog would survive, and totally wasted my time in the false belief that the people at Nutro were concerned enough about the animals who use their product to follow through with the promised testing of a suspect bag of their dog food.

Because I didn't connect this with the food they were eating, my other dog continued to eat Nutro. This week she became extremely sick with vomiting, severe weight loss, lack of appetite and lethargy. She, too, was diagnosed with extremely high enzyme levels in her liver and as of today she is in the hospital on IV fluids.

I have no doubt that the Nutro dog food caused this -- my dogs are fed very carefully and especially so after the first one became sick.

My dogs have been in terrible pain for days on end. We've spent many hours at the vet and in the hospital. It has cost nearly $1000 in vet bills and one of my dogs is still in the hospital. If she survives she will need to be on medication for months to regenerate her damaged liver. My other dog needs dental treatment but she can't have it because the anesthesia could further harm her damaged liver.

This has been very expensive, time consuming and most important, it has caused great pain and damage to my dogs.

Suddenly this afternoon (10 days after purchase) he developed hives all over his body. I took him to the vet. The vet gave Hooper a couple of shots and prescriptions for Metron/flagyl and Diphenhydramine and orders to stop feeding the new bag of Neutro.

So far it's the physical indications I've described above and a $210 vet bill. My concern is for other dogs and not for any compensation for expenses.

When we picked her up on day 6, her report showed she had been throwing up bile some for a couple of days and not eating well. That night we brought her home she ate very little of her dinner and I counldn't entice her to eat more. That night about midnight we woke to hear her throwing up bile. The next morning she wouldn't eat at all. This is highly unusual for her as she is typically not a picky eater at all.

I remembered the nightmare of the recent past in the dog food arena and did a little research online and learned of the recent issues with Nutro products so I immediately call our vet and took her in. The vet did blood work and an urinalysis. Thsi morning he called and said the bloodwork results looked normal however the urinalysis showed the beginnings of a bladder infection.

I feel strongly this is related to her food intake of the nureo Natural Choice product. I have the balance of this food and I underatand there are places it can be sent for testing but that it costs $200 or more. I feel confident that something in this poduct has made our labradoodle sick.

May 17, 2007, I receive a letter from Hartford Insurance stating our investigation has dtermined that our insured (Nutro) is not responsible.

This dog was perfectly healthy with a clean bill of health about 1 month before eating the tainted dog food.

We were hours from putting the dog down, and the Vet asked us to hold out for 1 more day and we did. The dog slowly began eating table food, and his health improved. I firmly believe from the stories of other pet owners that the Nutro Dry was responsible for this issue.

$3,000 vet bill, and a lifetime of prescription drugs that cost $80 per month. The dog is now in good condition, but has a damaged liver due to this pet food.

That evening she got a lot worse and my husband took her back in. That night they ran an IV on her. The next morning they were performing a barium series test on her and once again she got worse. At this time I received a call from the vet stating if they didn't do surgery she would die and she could still die from the surgery. I informed him to do the surgery.

Juliet made it through the surgery however was filled with blood in her abdomen and all organs were bleeding. They closed her up and started a blood transfusion. Several hours later she was placed on a ventilator. At that point we asked the vet to let her go. I was told the cause of death was lack of blood coagulation due to a toxin.

I never thought it could be her food the dry Nutro Max Puppy until I started doing research. I called Nutro and explained what happened and they ask that I mail in her food for testing. I am very sad that our puppy who was only 6 months old and only part of our family for 6 weeks could be dead because the food that I thought was good to feed her.

We have lost over $3000 in the purchase of Juliet and in vet bills. All of which I have receipts for. Also my family has suffered a loss of an important family member.

She had no record in any of her prior bloodwork that showed anything was wrong before until I switched her food to the Nutro, which I did before the recall was made. I thought Nutro to be a good brand of dog food and my vet even recommended it. I am in a lot of pain emotionally because she was the world's sweetest little dog. Her name was 'Hope'! And she would always greet anyone with a kiss a a wag of her tail. Thank you for listening.

Upon checking the appropriate recall and news websites, we were once again relieved to find no mention of our dog's product. His bowels never did return to normal, and he became increasingly lethargic, and now he is dead after having a series of grand mal seizures, a result of liver damage.

My dog was mature, but his vet called him the spunkiest 12 year old I've ever seen. He still had a lot of puppy in him and loved to play. I had no idea he was so close to death.