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  • Health problems reported by users
  • Inconsistent ingredient quality

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    Reviewed Dec. 6, 2024

    I fed my dogs The adult complete nutrition, a brand new bag, and with in an hour one of my dogs died while the other had to be put down because she was in such bad shape. Prior to eating this crap, they were both very healthy.

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    Reviewed Nov. 17, 2024

    Pedigree is horrible for dogs. My dog threw up all the pedigree like an hour later and it made him sick! We also fed my uncle dog pedigree and she kept on throwing up all the food the whole day. We came to a conclusion that the pedigree brand was a horrible food choice for dogs.

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    Reviewed Oct. 25, 2024

    I bought soft can Pedigree food as a treat for my two Maltese... Within days they were crapping blood.. This almost killed my male Maltese.. Never will I ever buy this again. Thank goodness I only fed them half the can at a time.

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    Reviewed Sept. 24, 2024

    If I could leave 0 stars I would. Put my puppies on the Pedigree Puppy formula. Both ended up with moderate diarrhea everywhere. I will NEVER buy this brand again. It is cheap for a reason. Definitely steer clear.

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    Reviewed Sept. 22, 2024

    I’m have a pretty strong suspicion this ** killed my puppy and I will never not feel guilty for it. She usually ate Purina canned puppy food. We ran out, we were in a different store than we usually went to and they didn’t have her food. Since it was just a can for the night and not a whole bag of food to commit to I got a can of the Pedigree wet food. She was perfectly fine that day. I fed this to her that night.

    The next day she was lethargic, refusing to eat or drink and vomiting. Mid-day her stool became loose. By night she had bloody diarrhea, still refusing to eat, and vomiting up the fluids we were giving her. She was gone the next day. You do not understand how much I wish I could go back in time and just decide to go to our usual store to get her usual food. While yes she was just a puppy and I didn’t have her for long, she was the first chance I took on fur baby love again in years after losing my dog of 15 years. I’m ** devastated.

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    Reviewed Aug. 12, 2024

    Giving Pedigree puppy wet food to my lab puppy. He is eating it well and asking for more. When he receives 1 sachet of 70 gram morning 7 am, another at 12, no issues. But since he was hungry gave 3rd sachet at 4 pm. After 30 minutes he started shivering and unable to stand or walk. Then developed seizure like movements in the limbs and head and blinking of eyes. Is it due to overdose? Any chemical in it causing it?

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    Reviewed June 8, 2024

    I don’t like for the fact I was feeding my puppy some puppy food from them and he was sick, ** and ** everywhere. I bought a 16lb bag, something told me to look at the date on the bag and the bag say sell by 2021 and we in 2024, it’s a big problem to me cause this my son. I call the 1800 number and they act like they don’t care telling me they going send me some coupons.

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    Reviewed June 3, 2024

    We have been giving our Jack Russell puppy food and small dog dry food for 18 years. He is still going strong, he looks just like the one on the bag. Thank you for all the years of keeping him and our others dogs living a good, healthy life.

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    Reviewed June 2, 2024

    I fed a healthy 8 week old English bulldog some Pedigree canned dog food and he got really sick. I took him to the veterinarian the following day. She gave him IV liquids and 2 shots. The same treatment was done for two additional days before he died. We had a healthy litter of 5 week old puppies that my husband unknowingly gave pedigree to. There was 8 Great Pyrenees puppies. 4 are now dead. 1 is dying and one isn’t eating. Two are doing ok for now. All of this within 3 days. I have a call into my veterinarian to talk to them about the pedigree food. Please don’t feed your puppies pedigree.

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    Reviewed March 24, 2024

    I purchased a bag of Pedigree Dog Food from PetSmart in March 2024. After 2 meals my Golden Ret had uncontrollable diarrhea which after 2 days was bloody. She couldn’t wait for me to get to the door before she lost control. Also within 24 hours after eating it she was vomiting. It was a Saturday when the bloody diarrhea started so choices were ER vet visit or self treat. I called ER vet and quote was $600 to be seen and tests. Since my dog was still eating and drinking she advised boiled rice and chicken and see my regular vet on Monday. After 2 days of boiled rice and chicken she was improving so I continued with that diet. After 7 days all her diarrhea was cleared up. Never again will I choose Pedigree.

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    Reviewed March 3, 2024

    Please make sure what do you feed your dogs with. The bag claims to be all natural, but when you open the bag, it smells bad, like they spray some kind of chemical so it does not go bad. I wanted to give it a try, but it was smelly and my dogs did not like it very much. They ate because they were hungry but one got diarrhea. Other dry dog foods are not smelly. They are a lot of dogs have to ended up put to sleep for health problem caused by bad dog food. Make sure to give some real veggies and fruits as snacks, and a good dry food. I threw away the bag after I went to the store for a refund, but because it was opened they did not refunded. Anyways I got another brand and my dogs liked it.

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    Reviewed Feb. 11, 2024

    First time buying Pedigree for my dog and the last time. My pit bull choked on garbage in his food. I found a chunk of hard resin with dog food particles in it. So it came out of one of their machines. I contacted them they said would retrieve the piece and replace the bag. They never did any of that. They will blow you off when you contact them but make it look like they care. I have reached out to them multiple times now with no results. I have photos but I don't see how to upload them.

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    Reviewed Oct. 9, 2023

    This product made both my dogs SEVERELY ILL!!! My larger dog stole the chihuahua's food the 1st night so the little one didn't get any but the larger dog shortly thereafter started foaming at the mouth, vomiting, severe diarrhea, and very lethargic. Not realizing the food had been what made him sick, my husband gave some to my chihuahua this morning. Now she is doing the exact same thing. I smelled the can and it has an odd sweet smell to it. Now I see the other reviews and wish I had seen them sooner! This needs to be immediately removed from the shelves!!! I would be glad to provide pictures of how this affected my poor dogs!!!! UPC number is 2310001907.

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    Reviewed Nov. 3, 2022

    We used the soft food packets to top off normal dry food. When there was a shortage of other brands. My Labrador (older but, fine) had sudden major issues. No one could figure it out after major vet bills. Unexplainable. She passed at home suddenly. Now my 2 year old lab is having issues. With the same packet of chicken flavor. That’s the only common denominator. Avoid!

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    Reviewed April 5, 2022

    People have always said Pedigree is the best, it must be because of the name, I'm keeping a strict eye on my dogs now because I am aware of some bad things, For several months feeding my dogs was taking longer than usual because when you open the cans and take the first spoonful it is nothing but gel, I think a little is probably ok but when you are ending up with a quarter can after taking it out the dogs are not getting enough food and I'm reading some bad nutrition facts about this jelly. I lost my beloved bulldog last year to cancer in his kidneys and now I'm worried that this may be tied in, I'm taking my dogs off of it, there's too many good food out there to chance it, I would love to post pics of this gel, but nowhere to put it and of course Pedigree said send them serial numbers etc but it's in every can I buy, they say it's where they cook the food in the can and the gel seals it. Very Nasty.

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    Reviewed Jan. 10, 2022

    I fed Pedigree dog food to my dog (an Australian Kelpie) from the time he was a puppy until he passed away at age 17. He remaind in good health. I think it was a very good product at reasonable price.

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    Reviewed Jan. 9, 2022

    I have a picky German Shepherd and she does not like kibble. It costs us approx $140 a month (based on 2 of the large cans) which is approx only $20 more than we were spending on Blue Buffalo kibble each month. I like that I can add rice or vegetables to it and it mixes well. She has never had any stomach issues with this food.

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    Reviewed Jan. 8, 2022

    Our dog adopted our family. We have fed her the Pedigree brand since we have had her. She is healthy and doesn't turn up her nose at her food and always finishes it. As soon as she hears one of us getting her food, she comes running. Pedigree is good for her and she is always satisfied and is not overweight so we will keep her on Pedigree. We did try Gravy Train early on and she doesn't like it.

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    Reviewed Nov. 21, 2021

    I would never ever recommend this dog food to anyone. I just found a fossilized mouse with dried dog food stuck all over it in the bag when I went to pour my dog’s food into the dish. The only reason I noticed it was because one of the pieces of food looked like it was moldy or something and I was just going to throw the whole bag away and chalk it up as another bad batch of dog food from them, but when I went to look closer the moldy piece was a freaking mouse face. I’ve never been so horrified in my life.

    No wonder my dog wasn’t interested in eating it unless I mixed it with something else like gravy or something. His stomach had been messed up since I started him on this food and he had weird poops, they were watery and black or red. DO NOT FEED THIS CRAP FOOD TO YOUR DOG. It will make them sick. Especially if they have dead mice in the mix. Who knows whether there’s mouse poop in the food along with whatever other ingredients are in it.

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    Reviewed Oct. 6, 2021

    I've been feeding my 8-yr old German Shepherd 2 spoonfuls of Choice Cuts in Gravy along with her Nutrish kibble and Dinovite. Over last 2 months she would refuse to eat about every 3rd day. She was listless, slept a lot and had terrible gas and stomach growling. Obviously in pain. Her stool frequently had an ugly pink and white slime. I stopped the Pedigree. The symptoms went away. She immediately regained her appetite, her energy and good humor. No more gas and stomach growling, normal regular stool, and no indications of pain or discomfort. The Pedigree was obviously making her sick. NO MORE PEDIGREE!

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    Reviewed Sept. 19, 2021

    We have been using the Pedigree brand for years. The cans have been OK...But the Pouches have been a problem lately. I have opened several of the Pouches in the Variety pack and they are rancid! I purchased 2 boxes at Pet Smart, opened them and they were like jelly, very strong foul smell. I opened each flavor, they were all the same. Then I purchased 4 - 18 pouch variety pack from Amazon. Took Forever to get here. In the meantime my wife bought a box at Albertsons and they were the same. Like a slimy grease coated the contents. So far one of the boxes was OK from Amazon. There is something seriously wrong here. What is going on!??

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    Reviewed July 6, 2021

    I've been feeding my dog Pedigree, dry for a year and a half.. No issue. I've tried several cans of wet food as a topper... He started having explosive diarrhea for 3 days!!! I finally figured out today, it was the Chopped Ground Dinner and threw it away. I see several people having this issue.. Why isn't it recalled?? I think the media or something needs to be involved because if it's affecting more pups, something needs to be done.

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    Reviewed June 12, 2021

    I feed this dog food to my dog for over the past 15 years and both of my babies have gotten sick off of this brand of dog food I just recently lost my male baby and after viewing all the other complaints I truly believe it was the dog food cause my girl dog has lost a lot of weight in the past two years and before my boy passed away he was in real good health and all of a sudden my baby lost all of his weight and you could see his ribs. Couldn’t hardly walk or nothing. This company needs to be shut down for good if it’s killing our babies. Let do something to get this company shut down.

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    Reviewed April 8, 2021

    I have no idea what can be behind all these 1 star ratings. Some are real suspect. “I’ll go back to my own homemade food”. Of course that’s better if you have the time and money. I’ve been buying the chopped variety for at least 5 years. I have 5 of my own big dogs (60+Lbs) and am an active foster parent. I usually have 2-3 pit fosters. So usually 7 dogs eating it. I feed dry with a wet food topper. It’s a good food at a good price. I have never had an issue and can only highly recommend it.

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    Reviewed March 23, 2021

    My dog has never been sensitive to dog food but this has been a nightmare. 18 hrs after giving her the chopped food she had terrible diarrhea. It took a few days to narrow down the problem, diarrhea for the entire time and had only offered a small amount of the food for the 3 days, but it was definitely the chopped dog food. Beware, bad food (additives).

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    Reviewed Feb. 12, 2021

    My rescue came home from the pound eating the puppy chow so I purchased the pouches of wet to supplement her diet. I recently switched to the cans and she began having bloody mucus in her normally formed stools (seems to depend on what flavor she is having). Either way, tossing the cans. I may try the pouches again (which she LOVED) but is it possible they have 2 different recipes for the canned vs pouched food?

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    Reviewed Feb. 4, 2021

    My fiancé and I were buying Pedigree dry dog food for both our dogs for over a year. Well purchasing their dog food ends tonight. I saw a Facebook post another person posted 3 years ago about some kind of sharp, hairy, fibrous particles in their dry dog food. Well I went to check our bag of dog food and lo and behold... 3 years later and they are still putting that same stuff in their food the other person mentioned. Saw the same stuff in many pieces of kibble in just one scoop of it.

    Since we changed their food, our dogs have been hesitant to eat. And when they do eat they don’t eat as much as they come did. One of our dogs has become very lethargic and pukes up his food a lot. The other pukes sometimes too. No wonder they have been hesitant to eat.... it makes them sick and tired! Pedigree SHAME ON YOU!

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    Reviewed Jan. 24, 2021

    My girl who is healthy as can be went from jumping and playing to vomiting and seizures. I've been up all night with her, the whole case will be thrown out. I thank you for this website. I knew in my heart what the problem was but needed affirmation. I am so disappointed in Pedigree, Shame on them. Going back to making my own food for them. Praying that people leave this brand alone. We learned our lesson, but at a terrible price. Her energy level is almost not there, she shakes after a walk from the living room to the kitchen. Her seizures are I will do what I can at home to help her, also fever is up and down also. Thank you Consumer Affairs for the work you do.

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    Reviewed Jan. 4, 2021

    I have been using this brand for almost 3 years and my dog started occasionally not eating the product and then starting have severe diarrhea sometimes bloody and uncontrollable leakage vomiting and lethargy to the point that I scheduled euthanasia because I could not afford another huge vet bill after a previous pet food experience cost me $2500.00.

    Because of that I frequently check the pet food recall list and I had just checked and no this product isn’t on it. Then I searched “is pedigree making dogs sick “ and found this site! And I’m glad I did because that’s how I found out it was this brand of dog food. I cancelled euthanasia and immediately started her on chicken and rice and it’s helping. I’ve contacted pedigree and complained and also filled out a complaint with the FDA and I strongly urge anyone having problems with this or any product do the same. I will no longer ever trust or buy another can or product from any company because this is the second time I almost lost my dog due to sub par products.

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    Reviewed Dec. 5, 2020

    Please if you love your animals don’t use canned Pedigree of any kind. In the past 3 to 4 months our dog has been sick with Bloody diarrhea with jelly in it, foam in urine and vomit with foam. I came across this site, did research and now realize it’s not because he is a senior dog. It’s because the dog food quality is questionable. With all these same issues throughout reviews pedigree needs to reevaluate their product. Quality control needs to look into this further. I too had noticed a jelly over the top of the dog food can as well as the smell not being appetizing if canned dog food can smell even a little bit not so bad. Thank you to all of you have made reviews here. Please don’t feed your dog this if you love them♥️.

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