Pedigree Pet Foods Reviews

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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!??

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.

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.

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.

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).

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?

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.

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.

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.

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♥️.

Our Dog has been on this dog food for two years. He started puking and having diarrhea for the last week. He’s never done this before and been relatively very happy. We thought he had caught a bug or just had an upset stomach. That it would go away. NO! We even thought he pulled a muscle because he’s hyper and he didn’t want to move a few days ago. Today it was worse. I noticed blood and a jelly like substance in his stool. I came here for research and I read the exact same thing has happened to other people’s dogs here. I am in shock! He will no longer get a bite of this dog food and I’m going to put him on chicken and rice immediately. I purchased this product at Food Lion in Gate City Virginia and it is the beef flavored with the pink ring around the can.

I have had both of my dogs at the vet for off and on the last 2 months with bloody diarrhea and vomiting blood. They have been given medication and stool medication antibiotics for parasites. They've had all kinds of tests run. $1,500 later my vet has suggested that I get them off Pedigree dry dog food and canned dog food which I was using because it's causing them to be sick and vomit blood and have diarrhea continuously. I believe something has changed and those products. I have called the company and received no response but if you love your pet I would suggest you get them off pedigree because my dogs almost died having it. Since I've switch them to another dog food and put them on chicken and rice they're doing quite well.

I mixed some Pedigree wet can food in with their puppy chow. Before they ate they were energetic running around playing. 6 hours later 2 puppies dead and one is fighting for its life. Why would you sell something that you know is deadly?? We will never buy pedigree again. Nothing with that name on it. I think we will go back to Diamond for all life stages. It’s more expensive but at least it won’t kill my dogs!!

We had been using the Pedigree wet food pouches for a few years now to feed our dog. We noticed recently that there seems to be this excess of fat like, jelly substance spread throughout the food that was not so prevalent as before. We scraped off and removed as best as could before feeding to our dog. About a week and 1/2 ago our dog suddenly started acting very ill. Lethargic, vomiting, and diarrhea that turned bloody. Initially mimicked the symptoms of parasites (which he had gotten before) so we didn't suspect food. Our dog was so sick we thought we were about to lose him. Vet put him on antibiotic and diet of chicken and rice and he steadily got better. (Cost us $600!!!) After a week's dose of the medicine he was back to his old self; energetic, happy and with an appetite. The entire week we fed him chicken and rice and he was good as new.

We have used Pedigree for 15 years. Now all 5 of our babies have bloody stool and 1 is very lethargic since eating the wet and dry food. In the wet food there is now this gel at the top and it didn't use to be there. Have they changed the recipe? All of our babies are now getting boiled chicken and rice to calm their little stomachs. Our 5 month old puppy seems to be recouping but the other 4......not so much. I have just bought a case of 24 cans. What a waste of money. I will ask our vet if it would just be safer to make their food myself. I'll never purchase this brand again.

I recently bought a box of pouches as a treat to top off my pups dry food. Started feeding it to her on Friday and over the weekend she was really gassy and by Monday I woke up to multiple accidents in this house which looked like straight blood. By Monday night the poor thing was lethargic and then was waking me up every thirty minutes to have bloody diarrhea and then started vomiting what looked like blood! I’ve started her on rice and boiled chicken and she is slowly getting better. I couldn’t throw that box of crap away quick enough!! Now I’ve come across these reviews and feel horrible about unknowingly feed her something that has made her so ill. Shame on you Pedigree!

I have always used Pedigree canned dog food but this last time in the last 2 weeks my dogs have had diarrhea and some kind of jelly blood in it. Taking dogs to vet and hope they can help. I don't know what happened but whatever they are using now, during this pandemic is making our dogs ill and has killed others according to the reviews. I am calling pedigree and complain. Others should too.