Pedigree Pet Foods Reviews

I left the care of Teddy Bear, my 15-yr-old Yorkie with my son while my husband and I were on a 2-week vacation in Alaska. He'd been having sporadic staring seizures and I'd been seeing personality changes in him for several months which I contributed to his age. He was constantly begging for snack. But, when we left, he was having no health concerns. Three days before we were to come home, my son called and said Teddy was staring, had very bad diarrhea, and was not eating or drinking. It being late Friday and our vet being out of town, he wasn't able to get him medical care until early Sunday morning. I received a call from the vet. He was severely dehydrated and wouldn't be able to diagnose until he was given an IV, etc. He was in terrible condition. I okayed him to put him to sleep. I wanted to end his suffering.

I just discovered worms (larvae) in our pedigree dog food. I was totally disgusted to find this in our dogs food and being unsure if he had eaten any. He was prescribed a dewormer. Now we have to switch brand as I will not be feeding him this brand ever again. The prescription cost me $73 as well as having to throw out the remaining food and purchase more. I was told by the vet to watch our dog over the next couple of days for any changes in him such as vomiting or diarrhea. I am so upset and disappointed with this and I truly believe that the dog food was infested from the factory. I do not have the original packaging as I keep the food in a air tight container and not in the bag.

Needing to cut a corners we started buying Pedigree for our Labs ages 8 and 9. They started vomiting and had bloody stool right away. Our 9 year old Lab had to be put to sleep. We bought another brand of dog food and our 8 year old has been fine ever since. Will never buy Pedigree again!

I lost 2 dogs over a couple years both from cancer tumors in the neck area, removing them and coming back. Thinking it odd that they were both passed of thing in same area I started thinking what did they both have through their life that could of caused tumors. The only thing was water and pedigree. Talking to my sis she said same thing. She lost her two dogs to the same type of cancer.. both raising our dogs on pedigree.. Reading up on this there has been many complaints and no recall.

I bought Pedigree food for my Labradors from Sam's Club, starting 4 months ago. This week they have both had vomiting & diarrhea.

I have been feeding my Shih Tzu Pedigree Jumbones. He collapsed on the floor, I ran him to the emergency vet and had to have him put to sleep. When I looked at the ingredients weeks later, I noticed ingredient propylene glycol and did some research on it. I found out it was toxic and the symptoms before he died and his behavior for years before made me realize that it was this propylene glycol that killed him. He had liver failure.

We had a new Golden Retriever puppy and at the beginning of July I bought a new bag of Pedigree Puppy food. One morning I woke up to find our puppy very lethargic and vomiting. Before this, she was very active and healthy. I took her to the vet and on the way she had several seizures. Her blood glucose was very low. A parvo test was run as well as fecal tests and they came back negative. The doctor said it was either a liver shunt or a toxin. We had to have her transferred to a larger hospital that could do more testing. All together five veterinarians examined her and I was told that it was not a liver shunt, that it was a toxin and that the level was so high that it would not even register on the machine and my veterinarian told me that in 25 years she had not seen a level that high. Unfortunately, she passed away. We were very protective of our puppy. She only went in the yard to go potty and was always supervised and while in the house she was in a pen. Since our puppy died, we have went over the yard and have found nothing that could have harmed her. My veterinarian thinks it was the food.

I purchased a 15.9lb bag of pedigree dog food from Rural King store in Spring Hill Fl. The bar code was 2310029161 and the expiration date was 03 21 15. I stored it in its original packaging in a large container and used it for 3 days. I then noticed worms and bugs in the container. Upon examining the food in its original packaging I found worms and small bugs. I have since thrown out the remainder of the dog food.

For over 10 years, I have been feeding my dogs Pedigree dry and once a week a can. I have used the chicken brand for the past 5 years due to stomach issues with beef. I had just purchased a new LARGE bag of dry at Walmart and was pleasantly surprised it was only $19.96. Now... we have a HUGE problem. First my 10-year-old Golden became ill. I came home to an absolute mess. This dog has not had an accident since she was a pup and there was bloody diarrhea in the grandest amount. I was mortified. Also, she had vomited yellow foam everywhere. I took her outdoors only to find her straining and then pure blood from her rectum.

I bought nine 22-oz Pedigree canned dog food on July 22nd, 2014 at Walmart. My mother bought me the 13-oz 12-pack of Pedigree dog food on August 5th, 2014. I had been feeding my Basset Hound named "Princess" the 22-oz cans until the 5th of August. I had already fed "Princess" 6 cans of the 22-oz cans. The first can of this food she ate just fine. The next can she ate just fine as well as the third can. Then she began experiencing flu-like symptoms. Her stool became black and sticky and tar like. She then became hesitant about eating the canned food when it came to the 4th can of Pedigree 22-oz dog food. Her condition worsened and she only would eat half of the 5th can. So I supplemented her with a different flavor in a 13-oz can from the 12-pack of Pedigree canned dog food. Her symptoms became worse, and she refused to eat the food.

For years me and my family have used Pedigree for any dog we have had. I noticed just this last week that the bag of dry food me and my husband had gotten for our huskys was getting moldy white and black on what food was left in the bottom of the bag. Yes our dogs are very active and have an average structure to them but since we got this bag around may or June, our youngest (2years old) has been getting skinnier than normal. I'm not sure what Pedigree has done to their dog food (wet or dry) but it's not making me want to buy another bag because I don't want my dogs end up sick or worse from a manufacture mess up.

My poodle ate some of your Jumbone treats that contain Propylene Glycol and as a result was very sick. Vomiting and bloody diarrhea for several days. How can you produce a consumable product, that contains Propylene Glycol better known as anti-freeze, and sell it to unsuspecting pet owners? Shame on you!!

I just read another post from a user about Pedigree canned dog food from Walmart. I too fed all three of my dogs the Pedigree canned dog food and the very next day, they were all vomiting and had severe diarrhea for 5 days straight and wouldn't eat. I do not understand why this is still on the shelves?

I recently purchased pedigree dog food from Walmart for my Chihuahua whose name is cha chi. The formula was for joint health. Shortly after eating the canned dog food, he became very ill and started to have seizures. Cha Chi experienced one seizure after another. It was absolutely horrific to see this beautiful little baby suffer. He was foaming at the mouth, flopping all over the floor, long strands of mucus and foam were coming out of his mouth. He had 15 seizures one after another. He never had a seizure before eating the pedigree dog food. I was shocked to learn after going online that many people were reporting their pets having seizures after eating this dog food. Why isn't there a recall on this garbage. From what I understand, many little lives have been snuffed out.. Yes, I am very hurt and angry.. I thought these people cared about the health of our little pets who are more like family members. What can be done about this?

Never feed my dog Pedigree until last week and I have lost 8 dogs in 7 days.

My 2 little dogs ate some from the can. I am concern about their health because they have been acting lethargic and without appetite whatsoever. I do not have the money to take them to the vet so they can be tested. Called Co and they were only concern about how to ship the can over to them. They never asked the status of my dogs until I asked them "What about my dogs?" I would like to take them to vet but I do not have the money to do it. You do not even have to send "me" the money. You can send it to the vet office in my city, but they said they do not work like that. If I want to take my dogs to the vet, it’s up to me but there is NOT guaranty I will get a reimburse for visit nor any test.

I have been feeding my lab/pitbull mix canned Pedigree for many years, but in the last month and a half she has had on and off diarrhea (On when she ate canned Pedigree and off when she ate chicken and rice), and I'm convinced it's the food. When it first happened I figured she just had an upset stomach, skipped one of her meals and then started feeding her chicken and rice for a few days. Her stool firmed up after eating the chicken and rice, so I slowly started feeding her the canned Pedigree....then after 3 or 4 days the diarrhea returns. I took her to the vet and had her blood, urine, and stool tested, everything came back normal. I have repeated this cycle 5 times now. It is definitely the food. I will never buy this garbage again!!

I recently purchased canned pedigree select cuts for my dog Sonnie. After half a can and four hours later he is sick!!! Vomiting all night and thru day today. Liquid diarrhea, and shaking and trembling. I called my vet and they said to give some boiled chicken and rice. Pedigree.... recall your food. I called the store Costco where I purchased and they are investigating.

Our beloved pet has been eating Pedigree Small Dog targeted nutrition for 6-8 months. The past two weeks she has have diarrhea, vomiting and gagging. Lost at least 5-6 pounds. She is a mix Beagle and Cocker Spaniel. She weigh 23 pounds when we got her. We almost lost this past week. We had to take her to three different vets before we found the right one. We will change her food. Will not buy nothing by Pedigree and associate companies.

My dog woke me up around 11PM. He had been eating his Pedigree canned dog food. He started vomiting up foamy stuff, panting, gulping and whining and drinking copious amounts of water and looking for things to eat to make him throw up. They tested him at the ER that night and did x-rays to rule out obstruction. They could find nothing wrong with him. He came home and sat and drooled the whole day the next day. I gave him a spoonful of the Pedigree which he kept down. Then another spoonful at dinner. He was still drooling and lethargic. The next day he looked almost normal. I fed him this evening the normal amount for dinner and within a half an hour he was having the same symptoms. I am thinking this is the food. He has been eating this food for 1 and a half years and been fine. So this is surprising.

Gave our Aussie a Pedigree Dentastix and within an hour he threw it up. This was two days ago. Since eating the Dentastix, he hasn't been able to hold his food down. I am hoping chicken breast and white rice without seasoning will help. Seems I'm not the only one that has experienced this problem.

We have been using Pedigree for many years. We have a 9-year-old Boxer. Her name is Misty. We call her Mimi for short. She is the perfect dog and the best family dog you could ask for. We have always used the regular Adult dog food Complete Nutrition dry and I went to Meijer last week and they did not have any at all. The only kind they had was Adult Complete Nutrition (Chicken Flavor) dry. This has make our dog very sick. She has had diarrhea with blood in her stool and throwing up. It started Sunday morning. She is still having diarrhea but she is drinking water. I am hoping this don't kill our dog. She is very much loved and we have taken such great care of her. I would hate to see something bad happen to a great family member.

This just happened this past week and my beloved Ollie died on 6/30. Unfortunately, I have been unemployed and cannot afford a veterinarian. Ollie became very ill on Wed., 6/25, and vomited frothy phlegm all over the place. I also saw where he had vomited dog food. I was told to make certain that he had plenty of water because he probably had an irritated stomach. He drank on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday morning, I found him in the basement, lethargic. Brought him upstairs and helped him drink some water. He started sleeping a great deal which I figured was due to the fact that all the vomiting made him exhausted. This is a dog that is never ill and has eaten Pedigree for a long time.

I ran out of our dog food and my boyfriend bought a couple of Pedigree canned foods. My three year old Maltese is having diarrhea and I find light colored blood on her stool. Pedigree was the only food I gave her for past two days and her diarrhea won't stop. Since I found similar other reviews online, I will throw the leftover canned food. I won't buy again.

Been feeding my dog Pedigree little bites for the past several years with no issues. About the first week of June I went and purchased more food because I had ran out. Roughly about a week later, my dog started with loose stools and then diarrhea started along with some blood. Did the usual rice to bind a little then reintroduce the food little by little shortly after the symptoms started all over again. I thought maybe a little bug or something, kept a close eye on him, started feeding him rice again, and as soon as I introduced the food to him again, the symptoms start all over again. This went on for almost a month.

I have a Standard Poodle named Bentley and a small mixed breed named Biscuit. I fed them Pedigree twice a day for the past 2 years. About 3 months ago both of my dogs starting vomiting on a daily basis, sometimes throughout the day (I noticed that Biscuit was reluctant to eat her food and sometimes would just walk away). I know that 3 months sounds like a long time to allow such behavior to go on, but I also had started giving them pills to help their urine not kill my grass. I honestly thought it was the pills that were causing the sickness. I stopped the pills, but the vomiting continued and they began to have diarrhea. I stopped feeding them Pedigree two weeks ago and put them on rice for a week to calm their tummies. This helped almost immediately. I then decided to purchase Blue Buffalo Lamb and Brown Rice for them. They love it! And thankfully are no longer sick.

In May of 2011 my then 2-year-old yellow lab had his first of many seizures. At first they were every couple of months and progressed to a point of one seizure every week to 10 days. About six months after the onset of seizures the vet placed him on potassium bromide; however, the seizure frequency did not improve much. Ozzy still had seizures about twice a month. In 2014, in mid April, I read an article via Facebook about dog treats from China killing over 1000 dogs here in the USA. It was at this point I decided to try Ozzy on a different food as seizure activity was mentioned in the article. I went to Tractor Supply and purchased a 15 lb bag of Source natural dog food to see if he liked it. He did and still does.

I opened a new bag of dry Pedigree dog food, and found it LOADED with small brown worms and live, crawling black bugs. Purchased at Walmart in Hooksett, NH. Threw the whole bag away. We're sticking with Beneficial, as this was not the 1st time we found this in Pedigree.

I was watching my friend's dogs while she was on vacation. She purchased Pedigree Large Dog, and Pedigree Active Dog, plus Pedigree canned food. Her big Dane, 10 mos. old started w/ vomiting and diarrhea. When I told her, she said he was vomiting and diarrhea before she left on vacation. We thought it was the canned food. I stopped the canned food. I switched them to my dog's food, and they resolved somewhat.

I have been feeding both my dogs (1 medium size breed, 1 smaller size breed) Pedigree Longevity for a couple weeks. I decided to try Pedigree thinking it was a better quality food and many foods I have fed my dogs seem to make them urinate more, which increases the chances of accidents in the house. After about a week, the medium size dog seemed to have constipation at first and then the small size dog got diarrhea. I changed to regular chicken flavored Pedigree thinking it was the "Longevity" recipe that was the problem.

Upon reading the saddest heartbreaking posts from Pet Owners across the United States, and having my two dogs, and four Puppies poisoned by the contaminated Pedigree Food I fed to them, I can only say I am blessed to still have my Babies. My dear friend I grew up with was not as fortunate as both his beloved Dogs were poisoned and his 10 year old best friend died in his arms this morning while on way to Vet. His other Dog is fighting for her life. I'm filing a Class Action Suit against this Manufacturer and making them accountable for their negligence. And to hold them responsible for the Pain and Suffering and Mental Anguish bestowed upon Pet Owners and the inhumane suffering Our Pets have had to endure. Anyone with me?

My 12 yr old min pin has been on Pedigree all his life. Last month, I bought a large bag of small dog formula at Walmart. He started having black stools and I'd find small amounts of blood in his bedding. I thought maybe he was just old and having problems with his teeth. I bought various flavors of the canned Pedigree at Walmart. He's vomiting bright red blood and still having black stools. He's very lethargic and having difficulty standing and walking. He was doing well before the recent purchase of pedigree small dogs dry food. After reading all the reviews, I'm sure it's the food. Same type/brand of food and same symptoms, same time frame. I believe the recent batch(es) Pedigree produced were contaminated. I'm going to switch brands and hopefully my dog will get better.

I have been feeding my dog Pedigree Adult Dry dog food and wet food for many years. About three months ago he began having diarrhea about 35 to 40% of the time and lately has been drinking a lot of water. I took him to the vet a week ago and after $280 of testing of his blood, urine, and a stool sample, they found nothing wrong with him. He's continued to have the problem this week and in desperation I Googled this brand + diarrhea and found your website with so many other dog owners' complaints. I think we all need to follow through and report this to the ASPCA and any US Government-appropriate agency. I will immediately now go buy different food for my dog based on reading all these reports. Apparently something toxic is in this brand of food now.

My dogs have been sick lately, throwing up and my oldest has these seizures. I always used Pedigree dry. I had recently changed to another brand of weight maintenance food and when my local retailer was temporarily out, I switched back to Pedigree dry. Then the dogs started throwing up and having loose stools. Also my oldest started the seizures again. Then this morning when I was feeding, I found a sheared off 1/2 steel nail with a head on it in the food. I am so mad I want to sue. A nail? Can't they be more cruel as to have sharp nails in their food? I would check all your dry Pedigree for nails could be what's causing the bloody stools with no known illnesses.

Okay so I have two blue nose pitbulls one being four years old and the other being nine months, my boyfriend and I went and bought them a big bag of pedigree dog food !! BIG MISTAKE, at first my girl dog (4years old) would not eat it for about three days, we thought it was because we moved and she was home sick, and my boy dog will eat ANYTHING AND after a few days he was starting to turn it down which was really rare. Not even a week after them using it, they're both losing so much fur and bald spots all over their bodies, random lumps in their skin. Scabs everywhere!!! What the hell do they put in these foods, because I read the comments and seems like they only deserve one star!!! Trust me don't EVEERRR buy this food! Pay the extra 20$ or so, it'll be worth it knowing your dog's happy & healthy and won't have to pay tons on vet bills! Very unsatisfied.

Feed my dog pedigree for the first time, wet canned beef flavor chunks with gravy, made by pedigree, because I ran out of my normal canned blue buffalo brand so I was out of town and just grabbed a dog food I had used in the past for my dogs we had growing up, and there were never any issues. That night my dogs stool turned runny. Both my two dogs started to poop all over my hotel room and their stool just kept getting softer and runnier eventually. I was laying in bed with my dog and he had explosive diarrhea all over me and my bed. He's never done that plus he had already pooped like 6 times before, he couldn't control his bowels. When I got home he became worse and I had to take him to the vet and they couldn't find any cause except change in diet. 500$ later! What is up with this food?

I usually feed my dog Science Diet but I decided to buy a can of Pedigree wet food. It was a BIG mistake! I gave my puppy a half can of the food and ate it all. The problem is that a few hours after he ate the food, he's real lethargic and has tremors. My pup now has vomited which I'm glad because there must be something wrong with the food. But I am very worried. I hope my baby is going to be ok. I've read some of these reviews and my pup is experiencing the same thing. Pedigree needs to put a recall on their dog food.

June 6, 2014, I purchased a 44 lb bag of Pedigree Complete Nutrition Chicken formula dry dog food. I have the same problem too. My dogs will smell the food and walk away from it. The next morning, their bowls are more than half full. Dogs won't consume the food like they normally would. I am concluding that there is something in this Complete Nutrition chicken formula that my dogs know shouldn't be there. This happened about three times on the previously purchased bag (same brand and formula), but I just thought that the dogs were full and didn't want to eat all their food. Everybody should pay attention to their dog's signals about this. I am switching to a different brand tomorrow.

Both my dogs have been eating Pedigree for a couple of years. There has been no change in their diets. This last bag of Complete Nutrition... which is their regular, made them so sick. Both had massive diarrhea for over 7 days. I had their stool tested and nothing. I discontinued this food and am now making them a bland diet. This is a horrible company and horrible food. Sad that a company can't be honest and actually care about what they are producing.

Last weekend, my 5 year old Maltipoo developed severe lethargy and trembling after eating her food. I took her to the vet at midnight, they ran tests, gave her a sedative and sent her home. Next day, she was worse... diarrhea, regurgitating (not vomiting, just kind of drooling)...so I took her to another vet. Blood tests, xrays all normal. We switched her to an ID gastro canned food and she bounced back after a couple days. I introduced her pedigree two nights ago....within an hour of eating, she was lethargic, shaking, trembling....really sick. She spent the day at vet yesterday... they think it's the food. DO NOT FEED YOUR DOG PEDIGREE. It has cost me $1500 in vet bills for the past 2 weeks.

My dogs not eating their dog food. They got sick. Throwing up, runny stools, tired. There's something wrong with this food.

I gave my 7-month-old Pedigree Beef and now I have been up cleaning vomit and explosive diarrhea all night. What's going on? This is twice. First time I thought she ate too fast. Now I'm scared she's going to the vet hospital. What is going on?

5-29-14, I have been feeding my Rottweiler pedigree for years with no problems until 3 months ago. She started passing blood in her stools. And then it turned to chronic diarrhea. The Vet checked her stool for any worms. They found nothing. He put her on Pancerazyme and Metronidazole. This did not help. I took her to another Vet and he checked her stools and complete blood work and check her over complete. He couldn't find anything wrong. He put her on 6 different meds. And nothing worked for her diarrhea. She is not feeling well at all. She just wants to lie down. The Vet wants her to be scoped, both ends. That will happen 6-4-14. So far this has cost me $1400.00. I don't know how much the scoping will cost.. DO NOT FEED YOUR DOG PEDIGREE DOG FOOD. I don't know why there is not a lawsuit against Pedigree.

We've been feeding our beagle and basset hound Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition Beef Flavor until the last I bought. They have discontinued the beef flavor and now sell the chicken flavor. My dogs loved the beef flavor and ate heartily. I began feeding them the new chicken flavor this week and they smell it and don't want to eat it. They aren't lethargic, just hungry. I've had to feed them table scraps until I get another brand.

I've fed my dog Pedigree can food for two weeks (or at least offered it to him) and he refused to eat most of the flavors, but the one he did eat caused him to vomit and he lost weight and not active which is not his usual habits. What have you done?

I recently bought a large bag of pedigree dog food for my outside and inside dogs. In less than a week two of my dogs are dead and one about not gonna make it. I know it has to be this dog food because they were fine and then developed bloody stools, vomiting, lethargic and laid around until they died.

My dog's fur was falling out and looked terrible. She is a 16 year old mutt... some lab/beagle. I was constantly taking her to the vet for skin conditions. I started using Pedigree for skin and coat and now her coat is beautiful. She likes it better when I heat it up in the microwave about a minute. However she hates the Pedigree dry dog food and it gets moldy in her dish if she doesn't eat it right away so I don't give her the dry stuff anymore.

I found these reviews because I bought Pedigree dry food (can't remember the flavor, sorry) for my dog as it was a bit of a rough week financially and I couldn't afford the premium stuff I usually buy. The dog got horrid yellow diarrhea. Put him on plain chicken and rice for a couple of days and he was OK. As I wasn't sure what caused the runs, I mixed the Pedigree with some premium food, so the ratio was about 1/5 Pedigree. Again, diarrhea. The cost savings are not worth the damage this obviously does to a dog's health. What the hell is in this dog "food"??

I have already contacted the company via email and will be calling on Tuesday due to holiday weekend. Both dogs experienced severe diarrhea for 4 days culminating in bright bloody stools last night. After going to an emergency vet for a bill of $510, results were negative for parasites and blood work was normal. However, food borne pathogens were not tested. Both dogs are being carefully monitored and given fluids and high antibiotics. Other recent reports have shown the SAME symptoms and with some reporting sadly death of their dogs. I urge others to report to this site and contact Pedigree for an immediate recall.

I fed my healthy puppy Pedigree Puppy in the pouch. She started blowing bubbles out her nose and slinging slobber or mucus out of her mouth. It never dawned on me it was caused by the food until it was too late to save her. Something must be done about this!

On Saturday, 10 May 2014, we bought three cans of Pedigree Dog from our local Walmart. That Sunday night, 11 May 2014, we gave our dog Jinx 1/3 of a can. That night, she began throwing up. The dog would not eat or drank very little and couldn't walk, died at 00:20 Thursday morning.

I have been feeding my little dog Pedigree canned food for a good while now. Lately he has been getting sick on and off. He has been vomiting yellow bile. He had some mucus in his stool. He is very lethargic and is sleeping a lot. A week or so ago I had to take him to a vet emergency room late at night because for some reason he was in a lot of pain. They didn't find a reason which satisfied me that there was nothing serious. I fed him chicken and rice and he got better. When he went back to the pedigree he got sick again. It finally dawned on me that his sickness occurred when he went back to eating the pedigree. Actually, a good while ago he did have a couple seizures. He also had a bout of bloody diarrhea. Related? I don't know. But I do believe that there is something wrong with the pedigree, especially if others are experiencing the exact same problems. I won't ever give it to him again. I would like to get back my energetic, happy, hyperactive, play- crazy dog again.

For the last 5-6 months, we have been, I suppose you could say "forced" to purchase chicken flavored Pedigree dry food, as finding the beef flavored has obviously been discontinued without any kind of notice. I have fed my Rottweilers the beef brand for many years & never had any problems... until April 23rd, 2014 when Daisy threw up gold colored bile & was not acting right... We took her into the vet, only to be told that she had experienced a "Flipped Stomach"(Bloat) & was bleeding internally... We had no choice but to lay Daisy to rest. I started researching if there were any recalls & found this site... The reason for my complaint is that my other 2 dogs have been throwing up 'bile' as Daisy had... & are 'lethargic' in a lot of their regular behaviors... Thinking back, Daisy was not eating as she usually would & my other two 'babies' are acting in the same mannerism... Do my dogs know something that I don't? Did Daisy pass away an untimely death because I fed her this food????!!!! Beyond Angry.

I've been feeding Pedigree for years and thought it was good dog food (wrong). Eight days ago, my 14 Y/O 18-pound Dachshund mix had a bout of diarrhea - fluffy, mucus-filled diarrhea. Her being a dog who will eat the grossest stuff, I figured the problem would clear up on its own like usual. One day later (a week ago), she began vomiting after meals and then suffering from black, tarry stools which rapidly progressed to stools like used motor oil. Examination of the samples showed no parasites or foreign bodies. Per her vet's instructions, I withheld food for two days, made sure she was hydrated, and gradually introduced small meals of boiled chicken and white rice. She is better now, almost well. I did not connect her problem with the food. However, my other two dogs (a 7 Y/O 25-pound whippet-terrier mix and an 11 Y/O 10-pound Chihuahua mix) have been eating the Pedigree chicken and rice food all week and now have the same puffy, vile-smelling diarrhea filled with mucus which began the first dog's illness. Neither is prone to eating strange things. They don't test positive for any parasite or disease and have always been healthy. The ONLY common denominator is Pedigree canned chicken and rice food. My guess is that the formula has changed or the food is somehow contaminated.

I have a mixed yorkie/schnauzer that I have been feeding IAMs Natural dry food and also the Pedigree canned or pouch food for about 8 years. I basically would use the wet food to make him eat the dry food because it made it taste better. The dog developed seizures at about two years old and would get them every 2-3 months and the vet could not determine the reason for them. My dog is now almost 10 years old. His seizures have stopped for the past 10 months since stopping Pedigree.. The only thing I have done differently is to take him off of Pedigree and give him a higher quality wet food. He used to have the worst breath ever. His breath has gotten better and he has gotten more active.

On Sunday we ran out of food for our 4 1/2 yr old cockapoo, Katie. I had to work 5 pm to 1 am so I ran to Walgreens to get some more...I thought this would be faster, as I was pretty tired and figured I would run to the real grocery the following day but she needed something for the morning. Her regular food is Purina (in the pouches) but they didn't have that so I just grabbed two cans of Pedigree canned food at $.99 each.

Why is it that I can't find beef flavored dry dog food in Toledo, OH area stores anymore? My dogs have eaten beef flavored for years. I don't want to change the formula of food. I'm afraid it might make them sick. What is the problem? Or should I find another brand.

For the past month, I have been feeding my dogs Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition and they seemed to enjoy it at first. We only bought it because it was a big bag of food for a fair price and I always thought this brand was a good brand. Well recently my 3-year-old Pit Bull got sick with extremely bad diarrhea. It was so bad that I would be awoken at night to him sleeping and not realizing he was letting his bowels go in his sleep. I was concerned but chalked it up to stress because we had just moved to a new home and I thought he was just getting used to it so I bought some Kaopectate and rice and fed him that for a few days and he improved. I started giving him this food again and his symptoms have returned. Only now he pants so bad and strains to use the bathroom and the smell is horrific. It doesn't seem to be affecting my other 2 dogs so I didn't think it was the food until reading these reviews. I just threw out the remainder of the bag and will never buy this food again. I'm so glad I came across this site and stopped this before it became deadly. I'm very sorry for those of you who have lost your beloved pets. I can't believe this company can still sell this food with this many negative complaints.

My dogs have eaten Pedigree Adult Dry Food for years. A month ago, Wal-Mart only had Adult Dry in Chicken Flavor. So I bought a 40 pound bag. Dogs ate it ok. April 22, 2014, 1 dog could not use his hind legs for 20 min. Dog #2 IS THROWING UP.

I too, have used Pedigree for a number of years. They must have changed something in their formula recently. Last week I bought a new box of the wet food in pouches. My female Chihuahua hardly ate, which is very unusual for her. My male didn't eat for 5 days, and had dark loose stools. I suspect that he had bleeding in his upper intestine or stomach because his stools were so black. By Saturday, he was getting lethargic. I was scared, but being the weekend, and the vet being closed, I went and bought some Natural Choice Nutro Chicken and Rice. For the first time in 5 days, he ate. He's no longer lethargic. His stools are back to normal, and his appetite is better than it's ever been.

I bought a large bag of the dry food for the small breed of dog. Gave it to my dachshund. He went into shock like he had a stroke. I wasn't sure what the cause was, thinking, well, he was just an older dog now. He was lethargic, didn't even stand up. I had to put him in front of the water bowl. I thought he was a goner. I fed him some different dog food recommended by a pet store that had pumpkin in it. He improved. So, I thought, hmm... the dog food is alright.... just that he is so old, he needs to just have moist food. He got back to normal.

April 2014 - I have a 9 and a half month old Golden Retriever. We started her on Pedigree puppy food at the advice of breeder we purchased dog from. Always had fed my other older Golden Retriever and past dogs Iams. We switched the puppy to Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition recently to feed both my dogs same food. After three days on new food, puppy became ill, would not eat food and was very lethargic, dehydrated, panting and looked ill. Took her to vet. They did comprehensive blood test and pancreatitis test.

Was feeding my dogs the Pedigree for two years and had no clue that it was the dog food making them sick, causing dental problems and hair loss. My youngest dog had to have 15 teeth removed at the age of 2 years and was losing all her hair on top of her head. My other dog had loss of hair on her back and severe itching. I changed the dog food to another brand and all the problems cleared up.

My dog has been eating Pedigree since he was old enough to start dry dog food...(birth). I've always bought the small jaw bag. It was the regular Pedigree. Now where I live everywhere they now only have chicken flavor in all sizes. I did not want to switch the brand of food because my dog will be sick. But seeing how I didn't have to switch he is sick anyway. I have never had chicken flavored Pedigree for my dog. And as a consumer I should not be forced to buy it. My dog has had bloody diarrhea for two days straight. I do not recommend Pedigree to anyone anymore. And I want legal action taken.

My dogs have been eating Pedigree without incident for 2 years. When I found the extra large bag at Walmart for a lower price than what I paid anywhere else, I bought it. Well, the first clue should have been that it took 3 days for the dogs to eat a full bowl of food each. One dog has suddenly started to ingest non-Food objects and my other dog woke me up in serious distress on Saturday morning with what appeared to be hives. I gave her Benadryl, made sure there was nothing she was getting in. I found nothing at all; I thought maybe she just ate something out of the garbage. Her hives did not subside even with Benadryl but she still seemed better than when she woke me at 4 am on a Saturday.

Use to buy this product by boxes of 24 cans weekly. Last time the content of the the can was far less meat. The meat was substituted by water and fats. The information in the can about the content was the same as always but there was less meat, and the information about different percent of ingredients. I am feeling robbed and fooled by Pedigree foods.

I purchased the dry dog food (Adult Complete Nutrition) on March 29, 2014 from a Walmart. After several days of my dog eating this product, he became very ill with vomiting and watery and bloody diarrhea.

We have a yellow lab that is about 14 years old. We have always fed her Pedigree. She started to throw up about 2 months ago. And as usual would eat grass. We thought maybe she got into something. So we fed her rice and chicken for a few days. She got better for a month or so. And then the same thing happened all over again. So we switched her to a more expensive brand of dog food. So far no problems. Happy lab sleeping on the couch like a baby. But just for kicks I thought I would search the internet to see if anyone else was having issues with Pedigree...... And here we are. Enough complaints in a very short period of time that it SHOULD warrant some kind of consumer warning in the media. If there is a problem Pedigree should step up and say something. Or if they changed the formula of their dog food. Change it back!!! Like they say, if it's not broken, don't try to fix it. But at this point in time, I can't see myself ever buying a Pedigree product again.

I have not used Pedigree for years. In my 30 years of having dogs, I did use this product at one time, and remember distinctly the smell of both the food and the stool following consumption. Their dog food has changed and it is being refused by my 4 pets (1 foster care). Since I have purchased this at Costco, and since I see several ~thousand~ other complaints regarding Pedigree food and inability to digest, I want to return my product to Costco for a refund. If Pedigree does not pull this product from the shelf, I will be interested in joining a CALS in order to do so. After just one day of eating this, the dog's stools are mucus filled and unformed, stinks to high heaven. There is something terribly wrong with this product. If we cannot trust the food we feed out pets, WHAT CAN WE TRUST?

Our 3 dogs started experiencing vomiting and diarrhea. The vet put the oldest dog on meds and rice for 5 days. My husband thought it was okay to feed the dogs the canned food after they were better and all three are having the same symptoms. Are other posters reporting this to Mars PetCare (the company that makes the product) or the FDA? Just complaining on a blog isn't going to fix it. My product #BB11715 212.

I changed my 10 week old Pomeranian from his regular Asda soft puppy food with dry Eukanuba pieces to PEDIGREE and he is going NUTS! Not only is he running faster than Road Runner, he's digging into the laminated floor as though it's grass or dirt. And then he runs around frantically as though he's looking for something on the floor (think frantic hunting dog) but just going round in circles and "finding" nothing! Everything is over dramatized and hyperactive. Our normal calm games are now somewhat aggressive! I don't like it. I'm actually scared! I need to NOT feed him this RUBBISH and change to either my regular food or something new. Any suggestions? It is the dog food isn't it? Because I've not seen this behavior in him. Anyone else notice this since they started using Pedigree?

Wow, the stories I am reading are so (gulp) familiar. Having 3 dogs and some major personal medical issues we did have to switch from "premium" dog food and thought Pedigree would work as my finicky Golden Retriever seemed to love it. A few years later and I had a complete set of lab work done on the Golden, all of which was great. Said he was in wonderful shape for his age and 2 weeks later he succumbed to "pancreatitis" after 5 days on IV fluids. Changed foods just in case.

I'm horrified after reading the reviews on Pedigree foods. After feeding only pedigree wet food to only one of my four dogs for only one day she became very ill. The first day she refused to eat, the second day she started vomiting, the next few days she had loose stool then progressed to extreme watery & mucous-filled diarrhea then bloody diarrhea. NEVER EVER feed your animals Pedigree Foods. I simply went to a low-cost canned food as I ran out of the food I supplement her kibble with.

Our dogs (one Shitzu and one Border Collie) used to eat Pedigree canned dog foods. Then they refused to eat the "cuts in gravy" varieties. Now, neither will touch the food. Something is wrong. Both have been to vet and are not sick. I've never had multiple dogs refuse to eat a particular dog food before. I feel as if they are trying to tell us they don't like it - maybe something is wrong. Just sharing our experience and curious if others are having the same thing happen. Most of this began after I found the large cans on sale for $1 each. Saved between .25 and .45 per can. Then the following week, I found it on sale - same thing - $1 per can. That's when dogs really began to walk away from it. Something has to be wrong that I believe our dogs are trying to tell us. Does anyone know?

We purchased Adult Complete Pedigree dog food approximately two weeks ago or so. Dog didn't like the food; we added other things into the food. She seemed increasingly lethargic - although - she was lying around a lot before -- now it seemed more. Today she didn't seem right. She let me cut her hair and brush her almost as if she was sleeping; but she wasn't. She went on a walk - was slow. Didn't want to eat - so bought her canned dog food which she only ate some of it. Nothing remarkable here, no vomiting, no seizures, no diarrhea...

I bought this brand of dry dog food for my pups. We are on the second bag of it now. I have had 3 dogs become sickened. One died. One ended up in the hospital for 3 days, and one of them has thrown it up several times now. They were tested and treated for Parvo although the test for Parvo were negative. I will be tossing out the rest of this garbage food and notifying my vet's office immediately of my discovery.

At the first my dog only eat rice, vegetable, and meat. I sometimes give her some dog food (not Pedigree) but when we run out the dog food, I decide to buy her Pedigree at 2 March 2014 and give it daily. She enjoy it at first but then she become weak and sad because I afraid something might be wrong (without thinking it maybe the food). At 5 March, I went to the vet and the vet give her injection, and medicine. She fine at the first but then start refuse to eat anything. At 10 March, after few days I give her a baby food but she still refuse to eat, so I have to feeding her with a baby bottle. After several hours she will vomit and throwing all the food.

I just had my three year old English Bulldog put to sleep after a month of intermittent vomiting that progressively got worse. I foolishly tried to save money and fed him Pedigree for the last few months. Blood tests and x-rays showed nothing but in surgery the vet found several large cancerous tumors growing in his stomach.

I was looking online for a dog food for sensitive stomach because my dog was vomiting every day - also had a seizure twice so far. Took him to the vets to find out what was wrong with him. They ran blood work and it came back ok. Then my vet then ran several x-rays on him with contrast to see if he had blockage. He did not. I ran across this website and I couldn't believe what I read. Some other people had had their dogs having the same symptoms. I also read on Dog Advisor how poor the quality of Pedigree is and what’s in it. How can they make this product and get away with it. I will be looking for a good product for my beloved pet. Beware of Pedigree.

Tried Pedigree complete adult nutrition dry dog food. My dog liked it at first. A week into it she started throwing up and began refusing to eat. I went to the store and bought a cheap dog food to make it thru till next pay day. My dog was overjoyed with the switch and began eating again. My older dog refused the Pedigree from the start. I will not make that mistake again.

My dog is almost two years old... Being that he's growing out of the puppy stage, I decided to mix canned wet food with his dry food. He's always eaten IAMS dry food all his life which suits him well. For canned food I bought Pedigree... I didn't know any better. I thought because it was popular it would be a better brand. I am not a dog expert. After eating the canned food, for the next three days he's had terrible diarrhea with blood. He hasn't eaten either. I've had to give him dry toast to ease his stomach. Now he is feeling better, his stools are firmer. I can't believe this happened after 1/2 a can of the wet dog food. The food was not expired. I will certainly never make the same mistake again.

I cannot be sure Pedigree caused my dog's health problems, but I will say that she has shown significant health improvement since we switched her to a different brand. We had her on Pedigree since 2000 when we first got her as a puppy. There were no problems until sometime during the year 2012 when she started vomiting bile 1-2 times daily. During the year 2013, we also noticed her stools were runny and green and her energy levels were noticeably lower. She barely ate and barely moved, and she began vomiting bile 5-10 times daily. We did a blood test and had her examined by the Vet, but found nothing. We assumed she would pass away soon.

I went to Walmart and bought my boxer dry bag of Pedigree dog food. He went from a health dog to a very sick dog. Within a week, he had 3 seizures and throwing up bile. To find that it was me that was killing my dog by finding him Pedigree dog food makes me mad that Pedigree was aware of this and did nothing to protect my dog. Now my dog is on medication to stop the seizures.

made. My poodle passed away this morning, 3-06-14. Like you said, we have stuck to the same dog food and just decided the past couple weeks to change their food. They seemed to like the Pedigree a lot.

I purchased 2 50lb bags of Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition from Walmart. It killed 7 of my dogs and 5 pigs. I had the dog food tested to see what was wrong with it. The results came back that the rancidity was high. This causes many health problems including death.

I am very sorry to hear about your dog. We started feeding ours Pedigree early this week and she had a series of 7 seizures this morning. She is now with the vet. I can't believe this is happening.

For everyone that is having major troubles with this brand of dog food, take a look at the side of the bag where the ingredients are listed and nutritional facts. It clearly states that this brand of dog food is not an approved source of nutrients. I would never recommend this brand to any pet owner, if you love you dog like a child this is the worst thing you could feed them. The first ingredient isn't even meat. That there shows its a waste of money. You always want to read the ingredients and nutritional facts before buying your pets food. Always look for a brand where the first ingredient is a meat. Our loved pets need six basic food nutrients to be healthy and happy: carbohydrates, proteins, fats, minerals, vitamins, and most importantly water. Puppies should be have 4-6 small meal portions for proper feeding to prevent bloating and obesity at a young age, and for adult dogs, they should have 2-3 meals per day to again prevent bloating and obesity...

About 2 weeks ago I purchased a 55-lb bag of Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition from Costco. We don't normally feed our dogs the dry Pedigree, but on occasion will use the canned food. We woke up three days ago to find that our smaller dog had passed away sometime overnight and we were heartbroken. I had assumed it was due to old age as she is approximately 13 years old. However after talking to my son who had been feeding her, he mentioned that she was lethargic, excessively thirsty and had lost her appetite a few days prior. In thinking back, I remember my husband telling me that our dogs didn't care for the Pedigree that I had just purchased. In order to get them to eat it, he was adding some canned food to the dry. He noticed that they would pick around the dry and try to only eat the wet.

We switched our dogs to pedigree for two weeks. Our yorkie got sick with throwing up and seizures. We took him to the vet and his whole system was shutting down. After a lot of money and a week of nursing him we had to put him down. Meanwhile our outside dog, a collie, just looked like she did not feel good for about an hour. The kids found her dead. We are worried about the two dachshund puppies, we let eat it. They seem to be ok so far. I think it just was bad for the two older dogs. They were 7 and 10.

I've been reading all these post and my dog has had the same symptoms. I've been feeding him Pedigree puppy food for a week and he started having seizures and diarrhea. I'm going to take him off the food and see if he gets better. I was so concerned about him.

We recently switched to Pedigree Complete Nutrition 55 lb Dry dog food from Sam's Club. The first three bags my 3 dogs did fine. The 4th bag we noticed that the Terrier mix was vomiting frequently and the Dachshund mix was not as active. We thought they were getting into something outside. Last week our Lab had a very strange episode where he was opening his mouth, turning his head sideways and sticking his tongue out all contorted. It went away as fast as it started. We opened a new bag 1 week ago and they all three do nothing but sleep. They all 3 have vomited and have the most disgusting breath. They have horrible gas that is running us out of the room. The Terrier mix's tummy gurgles constantly.

I have a AKC Certified Pedigree Papillion who I can not breed because of the seizures caused by the small breed Pedigree dog food I fed him that came from your company. I took him to the vet on 7/15/13, and paid 254.30 to have the vet tell me it could be anything and to change everything and slowly introduce new stuff. So I changed everything including your food and it stopped. Recently I reintroduced your food and BAM, he had another seizure. Everything else had been reintroduced except your food. Now I don't want anything from you, but you need to remove the defective product from the shelves. After doing research I realized that a lot of people are having the same problems, some people even worse. You have made the dog I paid a LOT of money for useless as a breeder, no dog that has had seizures can be breed as AKC.

I'm concerned as I read about Pedigree dog food. My dog was raised on the Pedigree dry dog food for most of her life. I usually buy the very large bags at Sam's club - I believe they are 55 lb. and during the winter I stock up so I don't have to buy such a big item every time. My dog will be 14 in Oct; however, she has had two serious bouts of what I would consider is some type of intestinal problem. The first time it happened her symptoms were more diarrhea and loose sometimes bloody stool (this was about 4 - 5 months ago) then just 3 weeks ago she started throwing up multiple times in one day. She is the type of dog who only eats when hungry so we put food in her bowl and she only eats 2x day. She is not considered overweight.

We decided to change up our dog's food with Pedigree adult dog food. The next day, she was excessively vomiting and when she didn't have anything on her stomach, she was vomiting up bile. At first we thought that she had got a hold of something, but then realized when she ate this food, about an hour later she would puke it up. We decided to take away her dog food & feed her something bland, like boiled chicken. She ate that and a couple hours later, that was back up. She finally got to where she wouldn't eat at all for the rest of the day. Finally on Sunday, she was able to keep a few milkbones down. Then another brand of food. Now, it is Wednesday, and she is finally back to her normal self. I am glad that we figured it out that it was the dog food in time, before it cost us more than that.

We got a new dog and started feeding him Pedigree. He had severe diarrhea with blood. Took him to the vet and they treated as if he had gastroenteritis. This seems to be clearing up. I suspected Pedigree the symptoms began as soon as I started feeding my 2 dogs a new bag of Pedigree. I continued to feed my other dog the Pedigree and she started to have diarrhea as well. I can only suspect the Pedigree.

We have used Pedigree dog food for years. In December we bought a new bag and both our dogs refused to eat it. Like others on here we left it until they were so hungry they would eat. I finally bought canned food to mix in it so they would eat. They were vomiting etc. And we called the vet. They had us make rice and boil chicken to get the older dog to eat. By this time it was too late.. We took her to the vet and they gave her medicine. A few days later her organs started shutting down and we had to put her down. We still did not know what was wrong with the dogs. I just found this site and see everyone is having the same things happening to their dogs. Someone needs to do something to get this food off the market. We bought ours at Costco.

Not really sure when we started feeding our sheltie Dentastix... was a lunch treat. In October 2012, he was given a clean bill of health for his annual check up. We were told he was in excellent shape. In summer (2013), we noticed his eyes and hearing were failing. Filmy covering developed over eyes almost overnight... like cataracts, but not really cataracts. Seems to have suddenly gone deaf. Chalked it up to him being almost 12 years old. In October 2013 physical, he had lost weight from last year's physical... from 19 to 14.5; noted to vet that he had recently started falling down.. would sort of zone out and then fall over.

I bought a large bag of Pedigree small breed dry food 4 months ago and my dogs would not eat it... I just thought they were not hungry. They would eventually eat it because I would not feed them anything else... so I tried other dog food and they ate it just fine. Then I accidentally bought it again the other day and after the first day one of my dogs' stomach was going crazy with sounds! Crazy. Then they started puking it up all day yesterday and today.... they will not touch it. Still in their bowls right now.... Now I have always fed my dogs Pedigree, never had a problem until the past year. I am going to pull it out of their bowls, wasted 14dollars... and go get them something different.

I have always fed my 10-year-old American Bull Terrier the large dry dog food because he is big, all 90 lbs of him. In less than 2 days after opening this last bag, he started to spit up some and then he started to vomit and runny stool. Took him to the Vet, he gave him a shot ran blood work and some pills for his stomach. He is a lot better and is going to be alright, but he sure was sick. They know there should be a recall put out on their product but that would hurt their bottom line and the Inspectors turn their head.

I have used Pedigree about 15-20 years ago with no problems. So when I decided to have a service dog, I naturally chose Pedigree. My dog has off and on chose to eat puppy, both wet and dry and now is/was on sensitive stomach for about six months. Lately she has refused to eat any of it, both wet and dry. I have enticed her to eat it with meat juices, etc. Since we moved into the new place she outright refused to eat, has become thin and now is lethargic; has even thrown up this stuff. I chose not to give her anymore, hoping I am not too late. I since have been feeding her homemade food: brown rice, some potato, lentils, cooked chicken gizzards and livers, and spinach (which she eats even when being so weak). I have an appointment for the vet this afternoon, we will tell you what has happened. I am going to take this bag of Pedigree to the vet's. I will let you know the results.

I have purchased Pedigree Canned dog food for my dogs for years. I recently opened a can of chopped chicken and as I was feeding it out into my 2 yorkie's dogs bowl right in the middle was big chunks of hair and skin. I had to look twice to see what I was looking at. This was the most disgusting sight I had ever seen. I showed it to my daughter to make sure I wasn't seeing things. I took pictures and called the distributor's number on the can. She said they would notify the quality control plant and send me coupons. No thanks, I will not purchase this for my dogs ever again. I have now learned this is a common practice in making dog food, so I am now in search of a new healthy dog food for my pets. I don't understand why the makers of these dog foods would go to great lengths to save money. These pets are part of our lives and our family, and deserve better.

I fed my Cockapoo Pedigree Small Bites and the adult size when Small Bites was not available. Over the years, she vomited, had foul gas, and diarrhea all the time. Many days she would not eat her food at all. I added chicken and she would eat, and many times still not eat. Well, after cleaning my carpet for the hundredth time, I started to research Pedigree dog food. I wish I had in the beginning.

I have three dogs, one Yellow Lab and two Dachshunds. I have been feeding them Pedigree dry dog food, Small Bites, for years without issue until about a month ago. In late December my husband bought a bag of Pedigree here in Glendale, AZ. My lab began shedding profusely. Then came the constant runny mucous filled diarrhea that all three got. They began losing weight rapidly and drinking excessive amounts of water. They were lethargic and stopped eating. I knew it had to be the food. I threw the remainder of the bag out and replaced it with a bag of Beneful original brand. The diarrhea, excessive thirst and all the other symptoms went away and their appetites increased. They made it through thankfully but I will NEVER buy Pedigree anything again!

On multiple occasions now after being given a Dentastix Fresh chew our 6 year old German Shorthaired Pointer has been sick, bright orange/yellow bile and there has been urine around the kitchen in the morning. We hadn't linked her eating them to the issues, but it's become worse recently, we came down to her crashing around the kitchen, with piles of poo and urine everywhere, foam on the doors and kitchen units with blood from her mouth. We took her for blood and urine tests and nothing too untoward, no blood abnormalities, her urine a little watery, retested and then fine. She's in lovely condition, 24kg, only has the UK's only Natural Dog Food Company dry food and would hunt all day if you let her!

I bought Pedigree DentaStix and fed them to my healthy, 7 year old Labrador-cocker spaniel mix. She had eaten a bag of the treats and I had just opened another bag. She became lethargic and she wouldn't eat and could barely move. We took her to the vet. The vet said her lungs were full of blood and most likely she had blood in her intestines. She was dying, so we had to put her down. It has been four months and I am still not over her death.

Based on a study completed in France with rats states the use of GMO's in corn that is used in dog food creates tumors in dogs. We have been feeding our five dogs Pedigree wet and dry dog food. Now our beautiful Golden Retriever, Chloe, who has only given us joy has developed a tumor on the left side of her head. We had her left eye and part of the tumor removed in order to keep her with us for a while longer. After the tumor was removed it started growing again. Despite the fact that it continues to grow she exhibits all of the attributes of a healthy dog in that she eats well and enjoys exercise. It pains us to see this happening to her. Now one of her pups that we kept has developed a fatty tumor on her left side near her rib cage. If GMO's are not an issue from companies like Monsanto then why do they not want food labels to display their use?

I have 2 rescued Shih Tzus, m/f he being 5 and she is 2 1/2. I have fed my M Pedigree canned chicken and rice mixed into a dry food since he was a pup. She has been eating the same since I took her in, 6 months ago. They BOTH have been sick for a few days now, with explosive diarrhea, projectile vomiting, lethargic but they are thirsty. Both are very healthy, seen by the vet regularly, they have not been in contact with other pets/dog parks,kennels, or into anything poisonous at our home or outside. There just simply isn't an explanation as to what, other than this food, could be the cause of this. Right now I have watched my F lay on her bed only to raise her head for 3 straight hours. I will be returning all cans to the store and will be contacting Pedigree directly first Monday morning. I will never purchase a Pedigree product again.

My Chihuahua has always eaten Pedigree Small Breed no problems. Opened a bag and the first night we noticed he didn't eat all his food thinking maybe he had a belly ache or something. Next feeding still didn't eat, tried some bologna and he ate that. He was 12 so figured maybe teeth were bothering him. Tried some water, he licked the water around the food but would not eat. This was the Friday before Christmas. Tried to get him to eat anything after that feeding he wouldn't touch anything. At this point he was just SICK!!! Christmas eve my daughter and I tried to syringe feed him, he would just hold it in his mouth (broth). On Christmas Day, my little guy took his last breath with my daughter and myself by his side. The bag was Small Breed, number on the bag 342F1kkmo4 time was 13:47.

When we brought our new puppy home, we began feeding her Pedigree Puppy. The breeder told us she had just been wormed so the first few days of diarrhea I thought was contributed to the wormer. I waited, still no change. Explosive diarrhea then became watery. She was eating the food and drinking lots of water. After another week I called breeder to ask if any of the other puppies had a problem. She suggested trying another food. After changing food she is much better. When I googled Pedigree Puppy and found complaints for Dec 2013, I was surprised that the food was still on store shelves. You would think the company would be concerned about the issue. My batch # printed on bag is 325B1KKM06.

I feed my dog the Pedigree dog for with Nutrition and I had to put my dog down due to his liver went bad. This food killed him and I am really upset that I lost my dog.

My Newfie has been barfing quite a lot lately and I was able to determine that he became ill after every time he was given a Denta Stix! Even though very expensive, I tossed the entire bag and will never buy another Pedigree product!

I've been feeding my Dachshund Pedigree Small Bites dry food for several years now. I bought a new bag in LA on 12/24. She had her first accident while I was at work on 12/26. In the days that followed, I've never seen my 6-year-old dog so sick. Diarrhea, vomiting. She was so weak she could not walk. Wouldn't move or get out of bed. Tried home remedies (pumpkin) mixed with her dog food. Never suspected it was the food since she had been on it for years... But now there's no doubt in my mind it was. Although her appetite had diminished, I was still feeding her, but took her off the food completely on 1/31. Went to the vet who suspected she 'got into something she wasn't supposed to,' although I know, with basic certainty, that she did not. She finally stabilized to, more or less, her old self on 1/5. All this after only 5 days of eating much less than her normal portion of Pedigree Small Bites.

I had never feed my Akitas cheap food, but being December and in a hurry late at night, I grabbed a CHEAP brand of dog food... Pedigree Large Breed...... just to get them by for the day or two. Biggest mistake of my life... My 7 year old female started vomiting and then started this explosive diarrhea.... No other way to describe it, just SHOT out of her butt like a fire hose (and all watery). I took her to the vet. She was up 20 pounds. They did a thyroid test and have her on thyroid medication.... but this diarrhea is still continuing.

Fed my Akita/Rottweiler the Pedigree Large Breed Nutrition from a new bag (1 1/2 cups) for dinner & the same in the morning. When she came up for her breakfast, I noticed that she was lethargic & her face looked swollen. After she ate, she started scratching and she was having difficulty breathing. Then noticed that her eyes were swollen almost closed. Heartbeat was rapid & pockets of fluid appeared under her chest cavity and under her neck. She vomited. Called for an emergency visit to the vet....after benadryl & prednisone injections... 3 days later, swelling went down & seems she is doing much better. I believe that had I not acted immediately, my dog might not have made it thru the ordeal.

Of my three dogs, they have been fed Pedigree for the last couple months, Large breed and can for my Shih Tzu. All of a sudden they all got sick my Shih Tzu the worse (on the can). She started vomiting, and followed with black tar and bloody diarrhea. Not wanting to eat, drink and lethargic. I pulled her off all food, started her on rice water, yogurt pesto and penicillin. She is now doing better but not out of the woods. My Huskies went off their food and on to another food and are getting back to normal. As a vet tech, I will warn EVERYONE not to feed Pedigree. It is horrible that they have not pulled the food and are ignoring what is going on. I agree that a class action suit should be brought against them.

Like most reviews here, my dog ate a Pedigree brand dry food, within 1-2 hours' time he was vomiting profusely, had horrible diarrhea, was in pain, extremely uncomfortable and lethargic during the period the poison in the food was in his system. We put him on a 48-hour fast, medicine for his symptoms and when he got better, started off with a light diet and then tried the Pedigree again in case his symptoms were caused by something else - they weren't, it was the food. Within the same time period, the symptoms hit him again and significantly worse. They lasted for almost a week over Christmas, which was a shame as the poor guy didn't get any treats or his share of the turkey. Only today has he been okay and able to tolerate food again. He had no other food, foreign substances in his body, no food intolerances or allergies, so the only cause of this was Pedigree.

Opened new bag of Marrow Treats purchased at local pet food store in Midland, Ontario and gave to my 85 lb. 7 yr old male golden retriever, 8 lb. 9 yr old male Yorkie, 3.5 lb. 2 yr old female Maltese, 4.5 lb. 2 yr old female Maltese....Within 12 hours all 4 were vomiting and had severe diarrhea. Determined it was treats causing them to be sick as they had been eating their Natural Balance grain free food from same bag for more than 2 weeks without issue prior to the new Purina marrow treats. After we stopped giving the treats the golden recovered quickly, the smaller dogs had more of a struggle and the smaller Maltese had to receive intravenous treatment to rehydrate. We will be notifying Purina office in Ontario, Canada.

Our dog got very ill after eating Pedigree Jumbones on Christmas Day. He couldn't get up, was very unstable, wouldn't drink water and had difficulty getting up and down the stairs. He was trembling, shaking badly. My daughter became extremely concerned, and we made an emergency vet appointment for him. After $150 visit, which included bloodwork, the vet still had no idea what was wrong with him. That day was the ONLY day our dog had EVER had a Pedigree product - we usually feed him Evolution brand, which has no corn, soy or wheat in it, as he does have a mild allergic reaction to grains. The bones were a gift from a friend, and we decided that a little treat would be OK for him.

My mom's Chi eats Pedigree, don't know if its food. She has been vomiting today and won't eat. My Pit eats Pedigree can and he wouldn't touch the can I opened last night.

I purchased a bag of their Large Breed Dry dog food on 12/9. I started feeding that bag and within 2 days, both of my Dobermans had explosive diarrhea. We discontinued using the product immediately and started to give them boiled chicken and rice. My older Doberman bounced back fairly quickly but my younger Doberman continued to decline. I called Mars Corp and was told they had not received any complaints.

My dogs have been eating Pedigree dry dog food for a while and have never had a problem until last night. My husband just bought a new bag and my Chihuahua started vomiting a little while after eating. We at first thought she may have eaten too fast but she threw up 3 different times. Then in the middle of the night my Black Lab started having severe diarrhea. I thought maybe they had gotten into something but my Chi doesn't go outside and there hasn't been anything to get into here in the house. The Pedigree dog food is the only common denominator. Will be contacting them asap!

We have also fed our Golden Pedigree for a lengthy period of time. Suddenly after consuming a bag from Costco, he had bloody stool, vomiting, extreme thirst and frequently passed blood without any stool. He was treated, taken off the food and recovered. He will never eat bagged dog food again.

We have been feeding my 8-year-old dog Pedigree for over 5 years. She stopped eating the Pedigree food almost 6 months ago, preferring cat food and table scraps. She was never underweight so we didn't think much of it. We recently got a new Yellow Lab puppy and began feeding him an Eukanuba brand of puppy food. 2 weeks ago, we purchased Pedigree puppy food and both dogs began eating it. Within 2 days, both had violent diarrhea and became lethargic. They were not drinking water. My older dog was barely making it upstairs and was soiling herself. I did a google search and noticed all of the recent consumer complaints. I switched brands of dog food immediately, and since that time the puppy has completely rebounded and has more energy than ever. The diarrhea has stopped and they are both now drinking plenty of water. The older dog has more energy and is back to her normal self.

First let me start by saying I have fed my dogs Pedigree Adult Nutrition for years! I've never experienced any issues until this last bag. First we noticed our 10-year-old German Shepherd became very lethargic and stopped playing and interacting with us. Next, our 7-month-old GSD started acting weird, very thirsty and not having normal bowel movements. THEN, both dogs started with diarrhea and became very sick. They were unable to control themselves in the house and vomiting. I feel horrible because it took us so long to realize it could be their food! Our dogs were so sick and to think we were doing this to them. We did chicken and rice for a few days and switched to another brand. Both dogs are doing better, but I CANNOT believe they have not recalled this.. Our dogs are our furry family, we would be devastated if we lost them.

I got an 8 mos 80 lbs boy Mastiff, it was eating another brand but I had to transition him. I did the 14-day system. Once he was eating this regularly all of the sudden he stopped eating. He ate his morning feeding but his second he did not touch. That morning his stomach was rumbling you heard it. His energy level was low he would only sip low amounts of water then he vomited up this brown stuff but still did not eat. Then that evening his bowels was running. He won't even eat his snacks. I prayed because Nothing changed but his food Pedigree adult. This could have been the death of my dog if a family member did not tell me about how this food was linked with deaths of some dogs. They need to do a recall NOW. I put that death bag in the trash and I thank God I stop it in time... Now I think this food killed my Pit that did die for no reason and I feed her this food??????? Upset!!!!!!

I bought Pedigree 2 weeks ago. All 3 of my dogs became sick, vomiting, blood in watery stools. My oldest dog required IV drips and we almost lost her. My other 2 recovered after taking them off of the food and feeding them chicken and rice I made. I have 3 healthy dogs. This was a shock to see them become so sick so fast. There is something wrong with this food. Vet said he has seen 4 other dogs with the same problems, all fed Pedigree over the last 2 weeks. I do not understand how this is still on the shelves and why Pedigree cares so little about our dogs.

I just had the same issue with both of my Labs. We opened a new bag a week and a half ago. Within a couple of days, my one dog began vomiting. Both had loose stools and very excessive thirst, I googled the food and no recalls but seen this site. I immediately stopped the food, did the chicken and rice diet with probiotics. Thank god by day 3 they were feeling better. I am sending a sample of the food to Pedigree to be tested. I told them something is wrong!

I have 2 dogs/1 cat. All three of my animals vomited. My youngest dog was severely sick to his stomach and vomiting for 24 hours (12/8/2013-12/9/2013). I had recently purchased a new sack of Pedigree dry dog food (23100/10474/net wt. 14.97kg/33lb). I went online to see if there was a recall as this was the most logical common factor of food for them. I found there is no recall but I found I was fortunate my animals were still alive as the numerous complaints listed included the death of a lot of pets. I want to help warn others before their animals get sick.

Just an update to my prior entry. I went to the vet today for what was supposed to be my 2-year old German Shepherd's "follow-up" appointment after having blood tests last Friday. I went alone of course because my dog did not make it through the weekend. The blood test results revealed acute kidney failure. The vet confirmed that ingesting something toxic could cause this.

We had previously given our German Shepherd Kibbles N Bits and she was always a good eater. Sometimes, she left just a little and there would be ants over her bowl when I came to retrieve it. Some weeks ago, we got Pedigree Adult Nutrition dog food for her and she did not care for it. I had commented to my husband that even though quite a bit would be left in the bowl, no ants would ever be on the bowl, i.e., that even the ants were not going for it. Instead of buying her new food, I regrettably came up with ways to get her to eat some--I or my son would add some wet food to it or mix doggie treats in.

My Yorker and I went to visit my daughter. She had just bought a bag of Pedigree Dog Food for her Pit Bull. Within a few hours, both dogs are sick. My Yorkie is shaking and panting and now is not eating or drinking anything. The Pit Bull has diarrhea, vomiting and she isn't eating or drinking either. Both dogs are lethargic. This is very abnormal behavior for both dogs. Now we have to take them to a pet Emergency room as it is after hours. Thank You, Pedigree, how many complaints is it going to take? Is it going to take a class action lawsuit??

My Labrador Retriever is 4 1/2 years old, has been eating Pedigree dry dog food for years now. I purchased an 8kg Original Vitality on November 29. On Monday evening, I opened this bag of food to feed my dog (this was the first scoop from the bag) and later that evening my dog was not his usual self. He had an abnormal behavior, and suddenly fell down on his side, with froth coming from his mouth and was unconscious. I called my dog's name but no response. Once he did become conscious, he tried getting up and just fell back and then starting rolling. When he did come around enough, he vomited several times. I could tell that he had went through a lot and a toll was taken on his body.

We have been feeding Pedigree dry dog food to our dogs for years. I purchased a new bag from a Petco ten days ago. After feeding it to our German shepherd, he got violently ill, vomiting profusely, indications of blood in his vomit, and violent diarrhea. Moved him to rice diet for a day, he was fine, then reintegrated him with pedigree mixed with rice. Symptoms returned. Back to rice diet, he recovered. No reason to suspect the Pedigree as he's been on it for so many years so we reintroduced the dry dog food. Again, uncontrollable vomiting (indoors) and diarrhea returned, along with intense thirst. This has baffled us until I started questioning if it may be his food. We will discontinue Pedigree entirely. I will call pedigree to file a complaint.

After losing our puppy, Daisy, we found the site Pedigreecomplaints.com. I only wish we had thought about the food a few days earlier. I would never have dreamed going to the store and purchasing dog food by what Kroger promotes as a trusted brand would end up with the death of a previously healthy puppy. Our older dog showed all the same symptoms but recovered after we discovered the cause.

We purchased a bag of Pedigree puppy food on Monday, November 25 and started feeding it to our pup the next day. By Thursday, she was showing no interest in food or water and started showing some signs of lethargy. By Sunday she was dead. She was current on her shots. We started researching Pedigree and see all these issues with dead dogs from eating this stuff. A perfectly healthy four and a half month old yellow lab dead because of dog food. I could accept it if she was hit by a car, but dog food? The people that manufacture this stuff are killers, pure and simple.

A few weeks ago we started giving my 3 big dogs Pedigree dry dog food. Within hours, we noticed 1 of the dogs getting sick. Within 24 hours all 3 were sick. A few more days go by and they won’t eat the dog food. Vomiting, runny bowels, thirsty, laying around. I came across this site and realized it is the dog food. We stopped the Pedigree and was able to nurse 2 back to health. Needless to say, 1 didn't make it, the smaller of the 3. Bull crap it’s not the Pedigree, I do in fact believe this dog food killed my dog!!!

We have 2 Boxers, well, now we have 1. We just had to put down our 4 year old male Boxer because of his health condition, a condition that went unsolved. We had recently started to add Pedigree wet food to our dogs’ dry food so they would start eating it more, and, we thought it would be an added treat for them. After a few days of giving it to them, our male Boxer became violently ill. Not one test came back with an answer. He became worse, convulsing, seizing, vomiting, etc. and it was so bad we actually had to put him down. Now a few weeks later, which is now, 11/19/13, my other Boxer has been acting strange. She has become excessively ill, bad gas, diarrhea and vomiting. I'll be damned if I let anything happen to her because of this food. After reading all the similar stories, it baffles me that Pedigree is allowed to sell their food. Something needs to be done before any more innocent pets die. It breaks my heart reading all these stories.

I have been feeding both my dogs Pedigree small bites for about a year now, with many regrets. About 3 weeks ago my shih tzu mix threw up and had diarrhea. Still acting normal I did the normal routine of rice and chicken and once back on the pedigree started with loose stools, mucous etc. all over again. My chihauhau seemed to fare better but still had loose stools for a bit. I happened to go online to see if pedigree changed the formula of what they were putting in their food and found all of these horrible stories. Well 3 weeks later and on a better food, (of course I threw the bag of pedigree away) I am still trying to get my shih tzu's digestive track back to normal. We had a trip to the vet today and she is now on some meds and a probiotic to get her tummy healthy again. SHAME ON MARS! They need to recall this dog food and make their customers aware of what is going on before any more dogs get sick or die!

My 6 month old rottweiler passed away one week ago. Today after being sick and having him tested for parvo thinking he had that and came back negative, I have been looking into why he was not eating his pedigree dry adult dog food like he usually did and then throwing up. And after first day throwing up green bile cause having no food in system then 2 days throwing up blood. And vet said give him lots of liquid and try to get him to eat. We gave him pedialit and pediasure. And he would just vomit it up. He would drink lots of water but would not eat. Was lethargic and just would lay down... This was so horrible and I just want answers. Vet said it was a bacterial infection from something he ate... HOW DO YOU TEST YOUR DOG FOOD???? I need to know and vet said they don't know. I called pedigree today. They said they have not had any complaints which I told them. Bull crap cause I have been looking into this for a while and lots of people are complaining. Pedigree vet will be calling my vet and seeing what they say... Please help me figure out how to find out if it was the dog food. Email me. Thank you so much and I hope this stops. This is so hard.

The same thing happened to my dog. You need to call Pedigree and file a complaint. I just hung up with them and we all need to call. This won't take more than 5 minutes of your time. They have to hear it direct from the consumer. My dogs ate Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition dry kibble. Within a few days of starting that food. Both started "acting funny". EXCESSIVE thirst. Vomiting. Having accidents in the house (they never ever do). Started laying in the driveway at night and wouldn't move. They started refusing the Pedigree Kibble. I even tried mixing peanut butter in one day and real chicken in the next. They wouldn't touch it!

Bill of Bernice OK, your story is almost identical to what happened to our 3 year old Red Heeler, Maethor. By the time we got him to the vet, his kidneys had shut down, he was blind and he lost his sense of smell. They had to put him down. I have cried like a baby for three days thinking I did something to him to kill him. Then when our 4 year old mixed breed, Sasha, started showing the same symptoms, we called an emergency vet hospital that told us how to limit her diet and not to feed her table scraps to see if things got better. I mentioned feeding her the dry food. Hearing only my side of the conversation, my wife got a hunch and started researching Pedigree recalls and found this site. All of the tales are similar to what happened to Maethor, but again, Bill's is almost identical.

We have been feeding our 3 year old cockatoo pedigree ground dinners with rice for years. In the last weeks she became excessively thirsty and started to refuse the food. I thought she was being a spoiled princess because my MNL had been feeding her real chicken at her house. Then, last week we had two episodes in which after she ate the food her pupils dilated and she sat, cowering in the corner, looking out, turning her head back and forth, and blinking excessively. The first time I thought maybe she was reacting to a bug bite or something , then it happened a second time right after eating! I am so glad we stopped feeding her Pedigree. I had no idea so many people were having issues such as this and I feel so bad for those who actually lost their furry family members. Something needs to be done! This is unacceptable!

Eight years ago I began feeding my Miniature Schnauzers Pedigree Dog Food and was very satisfied with how well my dogs seemed to be. Perhaps 6 1/2 years ago, Pedigree changed their formula and the dog food was noticeably red (formerly it was brown). I am a dog breeder and had several healthy litters of puppies until the formula changed to the red color. I had no idea that about the time the formula changed my puppies started dying and having deformities. I was a responsible breeder and love my dogs like they are my children, so when multiple puppies died I had my male neutered.

Big healthy dog. Never had any problems. Bought Pedigree kibble almost 2 weeks ago and my dog is now in the hospital hanging on to his life with IV's and anti-nausea medicine. His liver is failing. It's because of the dog food. The vet told me.

I am inquiring as to other breeders having problems when having switched to pedigree. I know of 4 so far. Just can’t figure out why after many, many years of relatively no problems that many dogs between the 4 that I know and myself have had dogs aborting, as well as those that did make it, puppies died quickly. This after switching to Pedigree. I found it hard to believe as Pedigree has been around so long…was this possible? Thinking for just myself but now I know of others as well. Coincidence? Looking for feedback.

I purchased Pedigree dry and have for years for all my dogs. My Lab in the last few weeks just when I opened the new bag didn't want to eat it and left it there for hours, this a dog who gobbles up food. He began to have really horrible gas. I called the vet and they suggested I check recalls. I saw there has been complaints but no recall. I changed food and within 2 days he was back to normal. I purchased it in Watertown, NY. I am going to return all I have which is 3 large bags.

I had been purchasing Purina One Chicken & Rice formula dog food but tried Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition to save money because with 3 kids and 4 dogs, I thought that saving a few dollars on dog food was going to be a wise decision. Unfortunately, I was wrong. My Malamute has been suffering from diarrhea since eating the Pedigree while I haven't noticed a problem with our other three dogs (two of them are 12 years old). Our Mishka is miserable and has made several messes of very runny and mucusy diarrhea. Last night it happened in her crate. She seems to be acting normal, running in the yard and digging for moles as usual. I am going to switch back to the Purina One brand and pay the $10.00 more per bag because, obviously, there is something wrong with Pedigree. I've learned my lesson on trying to save a buck when it comes to my dogs. It's not worth risking their health when you feed them a food they love and doesn't make them sick. I hope my other 3 dogs are okay as I haven't noticed any problems yet with their stools.

I changed my dogs' food to Pedigree and within a week my shepherd was dead. I've read that I'm not the first. How tragic! What are they putting in their food?

For the first time, I decided to try Healthy Diet dry dog food by Pedigree with my dogs when it was on sale. Both my dogs started vomiting within an hour or two after eating it, and every time they ate it. I went back to my regular Kibble and Bits, and they were fine. So just for an experiment, I fed them Pedigree Healthy Diet a few days later, and the vomiting started up again. I dumped the near full 15-pound bag in the trash and my dogs have been vomit free ever since. I noticed online a plethora of complaints about Pedigree causing dogs to vomit, and am curious how and why Pedigree still sells such products?

I had a Chocolate Labrador Retriever who was 11 years old June 21, 2013. He had begun to have hip problems the last 2 or 3 months and I took him to the vet and we decided to try Prednisone. It seemed to be working and last week the vet recommended going from one pill a day to one every other day.

I am writing this post in a state of shock and horror because my little six month old pug named Attila, just died late last night in the care of a veterinarian, after falling ill with Parvo-like symptoms that might have been caused by being fed Pedigree little bites dog food for the first time last week. I made a dreadful mistake last Tuesday when I chose to pick up a bag of the Pedigree food as a convenience at the grocery store, largely because I didn't want to drive out of my way to buy our dogs usual food.

I have two large breed dogs - one is a champion purebred yellow lab and the other is a Plotthound mix. This morning, I was very unpleasantly surprised to find dry mold on several pieces of dog food, so I saved some of it in a plastic bag. I was not aware of any of the recent complaints/problems with Pedigree dog food so all of this comes as a total shock to me. Feeding my dogs food containing poisonous mold makes me very angry and now I'm beginning to think that some of the health related problems my dogs have been experiencing in the last (month or two) are related to this.

My 9-year old female Pitbull Terrier CoCo, spayed and healthy, she's never close to other dogs (we're her pack) and we've had her since a pup and have been feeding her Pedigree for the last 5 years with no noticeable problems, until a few weeks ago. We bought her Pedigree dry Healthy Longevity with lamb and rice. After piecing the puzzle together and ruling out her getting into anything in the house (she sleeps in a kennel and is with someone 90% of the time and if she's left alone, she's either in my room or in her kennel, which are both doggie proofed), well now it's been going on 3 weeks of very foul diarrhea and gas. She has the diarrhea several times a day and sometimes several times in one outing.

I gave my two fur-babies the new beef flavor. They both got sick.

I bought this Pedigree Dentastix last month for my 8 month old pup on her birthday. I started to give her one stix a day for a few days. First few days, seemed to be fine and then after that she immediately threw up. I remembered one day she threw up almost 10 times. We were worried and stopped giving her any food...only ice cube for 24 hrs. After that, we gave her brown rice and broiled chicken...mixed with her daily food. She seems to be okay for weeks without any treats. BUT this morning I decided to give her one Pedigree Dentastix after finish daily walking. She immediately vomited and her lips were swollen. I freaked out and went to see the vet very quickly.

I have three healthy dogs, ages 6, 5 and 3. These are my babies and I treat them as such. Very well taken care of. I purchased a bag of Pedigree Dentastix a few weeks ago and gave them each one for a few days. I noticed my 6 year old one night acting strange. She was in my bed and woke up in the middle of the night. I thought she just needed to go outside. So, I got and proceeding to let her out, but I noticed she wouldn't jump off the bed. So, I picked her up and set her on the ground. Immediately she stumbled. I carried her outside and after she relieved herself, she took one step and started stumbling. She looked completely drunk. I knew something was wrong. This has never happened. I tried to remain calm and stayed up with her until she fell asleep.

I read on Consumer Affairs warning about Pedigree dry dog food the same morning that my Boston started vomiting and was very ill. She also had very loose stools and was passing a slimy substance. She had never been sick previously. I had been feeding her Pedigree for about a year. I immediately gave her some water with a little vinegar added. Had to use eye dropper to get her to drink. I fed her some spoonfuls of Pure Pumpkin. I trashed the Pedigree. She has recovered and now she gets a highly recommended natural dry food. However I see recalls on lots of brands, even the highly recommended. The food I am now using has never been recalled, thank goodness.

This review is being written for my parents who bought the Pedigree Dentastix in October 2013. They have a 15-lb Dachshund that vomited less than 20 minutes of eating one of these things and didn't stop for two days! Thankfully the dog has been better since.

My 8 year old Lab mix, Rudi, had to be put down 1.5 weeks ago. He started losing weight about 4 or 5 weeks prior and then started having vomiting and diarrhea as well as loss of appetite. He was losing weight rapidly but his stomach was blowing up. I didn't pay much attention at the time we got his last bag of Dentastix about 2 weeks before all this started that he wasn't that crazy about them anymore, like he had been. The vet did blood work and said he had very elevated liver enzymes. After further x-rays and tests, his liver and spleen were very enlarged and there was a large mass as well as fluid leaking into the abdomen which they feel was probably blood. We tried for a while to see if meds or eating whatever he liked would help, but in the end he could barely walk and didn't want to eat anything, so we had no choice to put him down. He was very thirsty for those weeks. I feel so sad he is gone, but much worse now after reading all of these stories. I wish I would have known!!! I miss you Rudi!

I just feed my dog some dog food and found a piece of brown rubbery stuff. No, it is not the food this rubber. It is chicken & rice dinner in meaty juices.13.2 oz. On the bottom of the can BB 080415 21 2 332BKKCF 2144GG. Be on the lookout.

Last Wednesday, I bought a bag of Pedigree dry dog food. This was the only change in his care. We haven't had him very long. He was a puppy and had his shots. He runs in the backyard and slept in the crate at night if it is cold, or in his dog house outside if it isn't. I fed him from the new bag of food on Wednesday, and on Wednesday evening, he was acting a little different, sort of sluggish. He would be better and then seem a little off again. Yesterday, he threw up but his food was disappearing. He was drinking water and seemed hydrated.

If I could give a rating of 0, I would. The products this company produces aren't even worthy of rating and should just receive a 0. My dogs have eaten Pedigree Adult "Complete Nutrition" for a very long time; one getting-up-there mix who is now 11 and a little beagle who is 6. Sam, the older, has eaten it for nearly 8 years of his life and Precious, my beagle, has eaten it for all 6 of hers, until yesterday.

I purchased Pedigree Vital Protection Adult Dry Food believing this to be one of the best brands to buy my dog... I was wrong. I have two dogs of different breeds and both dogs were constantly throwing up and being sick while on this food. As soon as I stopped giving it to them and changed to a another brand, they stopped being sick and got better. What the hell is in this food? My dogs are my babies and if I were feeding an actual child, there would be stricter practices and they wouldn't get away with this!!!

I have three very beloved dogs that were my husband's who passed away Feb. of 2013. They were our babies. I fed them what I thought was the best dry dog food. Turns out the dog food is what killed two of them. I expect the third one to pass soon. They bled to death, stopped eating. These dogs were very healthy dogs. Now they are gone. I am heartbroken. I still have the bag and a new bag. I refuse to give them any more Pedigree food. I need help to make them recall the food and be responsible for the death of my beloved pets. They did not have to suffer this way. How many other dogs have had such horrible deaths? These dogs were my babies. Pedigree needs to be responsible.

I have only been feeding my dog Pedigree wet food for the last 2 weeks and he has become very ill. His diarrhea has gotten really bad since the day before yesterday. He had 5 diarrhea episodes today and each one has gotten worse. I'm taking a stool sample to the vet tomorrow. They just saw my dog last week so they can prescribe something without seeing him tomorrow. I hope I have caught this in time. I've been up since 4 am since my dog woke me and he frantically runs around the house whenever he's about to have a diarrhea episode. This is grotesque that this is happening to so many people from dog food! I'm letting my vet know about this tomorrow and will immediately buy another food to try. I'm praying I caught this early enough that my baby will be okay. He's a Retriever Chow mix and 9 yrs old. I agree a class action lawsuit needs to be filed. This is a disgrace that so many dogs have been poisoned and died from something the FDA says is safe!!! Unconscionable!!!

My dog is now at the animal hospital being treated for kidney failure brought on by the results of giving him both Pedigree dry dog food and canned food. He was an active, healthy dog but after giving him this food, within hours, he became lethargic, stopped eating and drinking followed by throwing up bile with blood. He is very sick. Hopefully he will pull through this but I don't understand how a company receiving so many complaints cannot recall their product. Maybe a class action suit against this company will make them think twice about putting out products that hurt animals. Is there any way to test the food? I'll send mine where I can to get it tested. It is a disgrace!!

On September 29th, I bought the Pedigree Dentastix for both of my dogs, which are both over 50lbs. I gave them each one stick. In less than an hour, both dogs were vomiting. One of my dogs had traces of blood in her vomit. This went on for the entire week. One dog stopped eating her dog food and the other would eat then vomit. Couple days into this, both dogs started having diarrhea. The vomiting was bad enough that bile was coming up. This evening, I also sent a complaint to Pedigree. Luckily as of last night, there hasn't been any diarrhea or vomiting.

We came home from holiday in May and our dog had been in kennels - the same kennels we have used for 30 years. He was happy and healthy. Four days later, he started being lethargic and then started with terrible diarrhea. He is 12 years old and has never made a mess in the house, but this time he actually climbed the stairs, three times, to wake us up to let him out. We took him to the vets who gave him antibiotics and said to go back in a week. During the next few days he got worse. He was frothing at the mouth, was weak, finding it difficult to get in the car and panting. My daughter suggested a second opinion and so we took him to her vet, on the Friday.

I bought this package of wet dog food Monday night, September 30. Tuesday morning, woke to find dog hair all over floor. Dog was initially scratching non-stop. By noon, her face around eyes and mouth was swollen. Gave her Benadryl and the swelling reduced for a few hours but regularly returned. Today is Thursday. Dog has been vomiting within an hour of eating. She's finally refusing to eat but still vomiting regularly. She is still scratching and chewing hair out. Hopefully now that we realized it was the dog food (thanks for all these complaint stories, they were very helpful) she will continue to get better. I reported to the Walmart where I bought it.

In July of 2013, I bought a bag of Pedigree, which I fed to my rat terrier Shiloh and German Short-hair Crystal. Bought another bag in August. During this bag and a half, I noticed they were losing weight and hair, LOTS of hair, and throwing up bile. I got up August 28th 2013 and Crystal was dead, and now Shiloh has been at the vet's office with bronchial pneumonia and antibiotics are NOT doing anything. I took her into vet. She wasn't eating but really coughing. They gave her injections, kept her a few days and sent her home.

My 2 yr old Boston terrier has been a really healthy dog since we got him until 2 weeks ago he had a seizure and another one today. This second seizure was way worse than the first one he had. He didn't recognize anyone and started to growl and charge at everyone walked in front of him. After a few minutes he returned to be the lovely puppy he has always been and we took him to the vet immediately, ran blood tests and everything is normal. Then I remembered we started giving him Dentastix at the beginning of Sept which I bought at Costco. I found this website while researching Dentastix and seizures, and I'm surprised and angry that so many pets and owners had to suffer to find out about this. I'm thankful my baby is doing fine now. I will never purchase anything from Pedigree.

I bought Denta Stix Fresh and gave my dog as suggested 1 per day for 3 days. On the 4th day, he had foul smelling gas and when he pooped, he had a large puddle of blood. He had blood in his poop again that night and again 2 more times on day 5. I rushed him to the Vet. They tested for Parvo and parasites and all came out negative. The 5th and 6th day, I did not give him a Denta Stix. The 6th day was when he had no more blood in his poop. I realized immediately that the only thing that I added to his diet was these daily Dental Stix. I started researching if anyone else has had problems with this product and found others on this site and on the web with sick dogs from this product.

I posted my story on the 21st. I also contacted the FDA. The FDA is going to do a necropsy on our dog as well as test the dog food. Please tell all of your friends and family that have pets to stop the use of Pedigree, it could be very harmful to their dog.

I am concerned about the recent packages of Pedigree Healthy Weight dog food I recently purchased. Since my dog has gotten older and put on weight, the vet told me to switch to a lower calorie food. I started her on Purina Fit and Trim a few years ago and she had no problems at all. Recently, Wal-mart has either stopped carrying the Purina Fit and Trim or they never seem to have it, so I started buying Pedigree Healthy Weight.

We have 8 dogs, various sizes and breeds... all fed Pedigree Healthy Digestion canned food for years. Two weeks ago, our longhair dachsund threw up a lot and then the diarrhea started. Same timeframe, our 13-year old basset hound became unable to control her diarrhea and became disoriented. Vet said low white blood cell count. Then another basset hound became ill with the same symptoms and the same diet. When we took them to the vet for examination, they of course don't feed Pedigree... so they switched brands for the time they were staying. That and a probiotic along with metronidazole and they are fine.

Pete, our 19-month old yellow lab, was switched to Pedigree on August 30th. We bought our second bag on September 13th. He began to show signs of Lethargy on the 17th. We believed it to be his allergies. On the 18th, he had walked into our kitchen and lost his balance. He tried to get up and lost his balance again and urinated on the floor. We immediately took him to our vet where they ran a battery of test on him and everything came back normal. We brought him home and kept a very close eye on him. About 3 hours later, he had an episode where he lost his balance again and lost control of his bowels. He seemed disoriented and had a hard time walking. About 45 minutes later, he went into a full blown grand mal seizure. We took him to the emergency vet.

Our 11 yr old boxer was on Pedigree dog food for all of his life. Last year he started to have seizures. After several medical tests, all negative, dog continued seizures periodically. One day our boxer had seizure after seizure with no rest in between. Vet recommended putting him down because eventually his brain would give out. 2 weeks after our boxer's death our 7 yr old golden retriever also on Pedigree dog food started having seizures. All tests negative. We have since changed to an all natural dog food. It's been a year and no seizures.

My 11-year-old Lab developed yellow, foul smelling diarrhea out of the blue on Sept. 3, 2013. Because she had recently visited a dog park, we thought she had picked up a virus. Brought her to the vet who put her on prescription canned food and antibiotics. Her bowel movements became normal quickly, but when we switched her back to both Pedigree Dry & Canned Weight Management, her nasty diarrhea returned while still on antibiotics. I suspected it was the dry food because on the same day we opened a new bag of Pedigree, the diarrhea started on Sept 3. Her fecal test showed absolutely no virus, infection, parasite, or giardia. I've now switched her to Blue Buffalo and immediately her bowel movements went back to normal.

I have an 8-week-old dachshund puppy. When adopting her 2 weeks earlier I immediately purchased Science Diet puppy food (wet kind). She was amazingly growing and happy. Loving her food and her stool was normal. After going to the vet, whom recommended Pedigree as one of the best food for dogs. This is my first time being a dog owner. I have 3 cats (2 were poisoned by Hartz flee drops), 1 male bunny and 2 horses. I listened to the vet's recommendation and bought Pedigree. This was Friday and she ate her Pedigree food. Yesterday Saturday she was not very hungry and left her food sitting. It surprised me but did not think much of it.

Have fed my dogs Pedigree for years, and never had problems until the bag I bought last week. My dogs refuse to eat it, and the one that will still eat it has had diarrhea and vomiting ever since! All three were lethargic until I bought a different brand of food!

Same as many others, I have two dogs, one Wheaten Terrier, and a Maltipoo. I purchased the treat from Costco knowing that they put all their products through vigorous tests! After feeding the treat, my Maltipoo started to have accidents all over the house... It was a nightmare, but after 3 days, I started to be suspicious of my dog being sick... My Wheaten actually refused the treat, and my Maltipoo would eat his portion... While I was up all night on the third day taking my dog outside every half hour, I reached for the Dentastix to give to my Wheaten and a light bulb hit me! I place the bag on quarantine, and, sure enough, my Maltipoo got better! I am absolutely disgusted, especially after reading so many similar complaints. I will never, ever buy any treat or food for my dogs unless it is proven safe... Homemade is all they will get from now on! Thanks so much for everyone that has taken the time to write their story! I will now put in a formal complaint to the FDA...

I just wanted to say that I have been using Pedigree for 15 yrs and I have an 8 month old bugg and I couldn't imagine her getting sick and something happening to her. I feel for anyone who lost. Rip Zomby you will be missed. I feel clueless bc this has been going on for months now and I'm just learning of it. (Feeling like bad parent) I am loyal Pedigree buyer but would like some knowledge and facts. My baby is ok thank god but I don't want to chance her either, please give me facts.

I have been feeding my dog Pedigree for about 6 months now, with nothing positive or negative to comment about. I bought a new bag last week and as soon as my healthy 5-year old Lab started eating this new bag, she became ill. She threw up constantly for 4 days, was lethargic, and weak. She lost a significant amount of weight in just a few days. I could not get her to eat anything at all. As soon as I looked online and saw all the concerning comments that other dogs have been ill this past month, I immediately took the Pedigree out of her dish. The next day, she accepted other food and started to perk back up again. She has been off of Pedigree for 4 days now (thankfully, she stopped eating it herself before I figured out what was wrong) and she is almost back to normal. I'm grateful that she is herself, and there were no other consequences as I am reading here. I want to know if this was a bad batch of food... or what?? I am going to be calling Pedigree next week to inquire further.

I have been feeding my dogs Pedigree for years without any problems. I bought a new bag from Walmart a couple of weeks ago and immediately BOTH of my dogs became violently ill. I gave them Beneful and they were fine. When I went back to my new full 40 lb. bag of Pedigree AGAIN, they had like parvo symptoms. Thank God my dogs are healthy. I can only imagine what would happen to an older dog with a weakened immune system. Please recall Pedigree Complete Adult dry dog food.

My puppy has been having seizures. I took him to 3 vets - 2 said distemper, 1 said tetanus, even though he has not displayed symptoms except seizures. They took tests and came back inconclusive. And the vet told us that they believed it was not distemper. We had him on canned food for three days. He seemed better, only one seizure a day and very light. Then the fourth day, we ran out of canned, so we give him Pedigree dry. He had a severe seizure that night. We immediately took him off the Pedigree. And here we are going back to the vet for more medication because we are pretty sure the dog food has poisoned him.

After my dog turned 1 year old I was given Stage 3 Pedigree (Chicken and Vegetable) for my Labrador and after eating that he was excreting about 5 to 6 times a day. I had to change it to another food. He was fine with that.

After a few weeks of noticing my little dog of 15 years getting a progressively worse cough and wondering the source of it since nothing in her little life has changed since she was a pup, started to look at the ingredients of the packets for little champions. To my surprise onion powder and garlic powder was listed among them - 2 things that are deadly to any dog and over time I have unknowingly been feeding them to my dog. I don't know if it has been since the change in the ingredients or the entire time. When I called I was told that it was within USDA standards.... What is USDA standards when any dog it depends on their level of sensitivity to both and both are in the food? Hence and therefore, I asked for the review of those 2 ingredients in the food and again was told it was well within the standards. If my dog is having any problems it is not the food. I have changed the food for the sake of my old gal and I call her for her healthier living. As soon as I did she started drinking more and more crunchies (not Pedigree) have been eaten. The food was switched to a free of onion powder and garlic powder wet food ingredients.

I had two older dogs that were always healthy. My 15 yr old Keeshond Cody suddenly would walk and fall. He wouldn't eat and started acting odd. We always bought Pedigree cans. They seemed to love it. Now he wouldn't. He didn't want to come in and would walk around outside until he fell. He was moaning and crying and couldn't get up and walk. With our vet's advice we put him down. A few weeks later our shepherd mix Shep started dragging his hind legs. We started to help him, but he couldn't even stand. He would just start yelping and then stopped eating. A few days later he had diarrhea so bad and couldn't stop vomiting. He couldn't even keep water down. It broke our heart that we had to put them down because of what we thought to be a good food for our dogs. They were family!!!

My dog ate Pedigree...and we buried him last Friday. I wrote before about my dog getting sick after eating Pedigree. We realized what his problem was after he vomited and refused to eat it. By then the damaged was done. Still no recall; shame on Pedigree. We have a new dog and will never purchase ANY Pedigree product again. Why? Because he was a member of our family and shouldn't have gotten sick from his food. We didn't have to lose him so early.

I live in India and I had a Golden Labrador. Angel was only 8 when she had to be put to sleep 5 years ago. She had been on Pedigree and information wasn't as easily available. She seemed fine all her life. She wasn't too fond of Pedigree, but she would eat it once a day. She developed some strange tumor and got so sick that she stopped eating and was put on IV fluids. As mentioned earlier she had to be put down. Now I have a Lhasa Apso and I have noticed that while I have been giving her Pedigree for Small Adult, she has got this allergic itch. She keeps scratching herself.

We had 3 healthy dogs as of August 8th, 2013. A 7 year old sharpei mix, a 5 year old Australian cattle dog mix and a 3 year old Redbone Coonhound. All 3 dogs eat Pedigree Adult formula and as of August 10th, 2013 started eating Pedigree canned dog food labeled "choice cuts in gravy". As I write this today on September 2, 2013 we only have 1 dog still alive - our Redbone Coonhound. And we spent all day at the emergency vet with him yesterday. Our first dog to become ill was Delilah our 5 year old dog. In the very early hours on August 9th she woke us up whining and in obvious pain. All 3 dogs live in the house. By 8:00am Friday morning she was walking like she was drunk and would stumble and fall. We took her to the vet that day.

I reported earlier about my 3 small dogs and two large dogs' near death on Pedigree both dry and canned. I reported to the FDA. They got all my vet records and had me take a can and my dogs to the vet for blood testing... They are looking into this. Please if you are feeding Pedigree, take your dog to the vet, save any unused food, and please please contact the FDA, file a report... This may save other dogs. Please do your part. Stay on top of this.

I have been feeding my 3 year old mini poodle Pedigree Puppy Complete Nutrition for 3 years. She has had two incidents, the first one was months ago but today August 31, 2013. She had passed her stool and then waited for me to clean her, but then I was terrified there was so much blood coming from her rectum. Cleaned her up, went to church and came home and she was just prancing, would not sit or lie down.

I too was subject to bad dog food. We need to start a class action lawsuit against them.

I've pulled my dog off the Dental Stix because, when I walked into my apartment yesterday afternoon right after work, my dog was sick! Not buying that stuff anymore from them!

I bought a chihuahua puppy as a companion for my other chihuahua (Teddy) who is a picky eater. I bought her 3 weeks ago at the age of 3 months. She was a healthy pup with all her needles and vet card. I fed her on Pedigree puppy on the first day. By the second day... she showed signs of lethargy and weakness. I thought as a pup she was just tired. On the third day... I woke up to diarrhea on the floor and the pup soiled herself and she was laying in a puddle of it having a fit and twisting her neck and her back and shaking. I brought her to the vet straight away and he kept her in overnight and gave her steroids and antibiotics... which cost me 80 euro.

I would like to take time to write a comment on this page in hopes that somebody else does not have to go through what my family is tonight. My wife and I had to make the tough choice of having to put our dog down tonight. The cause can only be linked back to one source, and after doing extensive research it is due to the Pedigree brand dog food. My Bull Mastiff was as healthy as could be on Thursday night when we ran out of their normal food. We feed Fromm Mature Adult on a normal basis. Living in a rural town in SW Missouri, we ran to our local grocery store and bought 1.5lb bag of food to feed until I could get their regular food when I was back in Springfield Friday. Stella (that was her name), ate one bowl of this food Thursday night.

I was notified by someone about Pedigree Dry Food and it struck a chord with me because I had just stopped feeding my 3 dogs Pedigree canned food. The store was out of my usual brand so I bought 2 cases of canned Pedigree. I started feeding it to my dogs (2 Boston Terriers and one Jack Russell, Chihuahua mix) and within a day or two they started having bad diarrhea all over my house. I work and they are confined to a kitchen/family room and they NEVER have accidents, but this was horrible. It happened 4 days in a row and my male Boston would not eat it anymore, he would back away from the bowl when I gave it to him. Then it finally dawned on me that that this was different dog food and I stopped feeding it to them and the diarrhea quit too and my male Boston started eating again. Something is not right and I am stuck with 20 cans of this stuff.

I am soooo Glad my mom saw a post about this on Facebook. My sister has a 9 yr old beagle/basset hound and has always fed him Pedigree. She got a new bag about 3 weeks ago and the last 2 weeks her dog has been feeling ill, lethargic, barely eating, etc. I've just told her today about this as I just found out and she's at home cooking chicken and brown rice for him now hoping he'll eat and get better. Even worse, 2 weeks ago she came over with Dewey and brought some of his dry food and a can of real canned chicken to mix in since he hasn't been eating as well. He was not feeling well and did not eat it. But my 16 yr old cat did. This was a Sunday night/Mon morn, by Wednesday my cat would not eat or drink and she has hyperthyroidism and ALWAYS eats and ALWAYS drinks plenty of fresh water. Was getting concerned, but she's had little issues here before and there and didn't do normal stuff for a day or two in the past years.

I quit buying Pedigree years ago. We had a cocker spaniel named Lady. We got her when she was 4 months old. She had been through 8 homes and no one wanted her. My heart just hurt for her because I could tell she had been abused.