Pedigree Pet Foods Reviews

Four years ago I bought a case of Pedigree canned food at a local Costco store. All cans are sealed. I opened one can and found a circular mold growing on top. Now this is in a sealed can! I placed the open can in a plastic bag until I was able to write to the company (Masterfoods, aka M&M Mars). Within five days the mold grew 5 times the size, I separated it from the rest of the product and shipped it to the address listed on the can. Pedigree's response was, sorry and gave me a coupon for more Pedigree food. I have not bought another Pedigree product since then.

When I got my first Boxer in 1996, I got a free bag of Pedigree puppy food. He started to vomit and had terrible diarrhea. I discontinued this dog food after only a couple of days. Once I changed foods, the vomiting and diarrhea stopped. This was almost 20 years ago.

July 31, 2013 my dog suddenly started to lick his paws and had a hard time walking without falling over.. thought he had injured his paws and was licking them from the pain.. took to vet, started antibiotic treatment.. He stopped eating so I carefully put Pedigree can dog food in his mouth so the antibiotics wouldn't upset his stomach.. He was not doing well, so I switched to cooked turkey and pureed it and gave him that for almost two weeks.. He was showing some improvement and the antibiotics were done but he still didn't want to eat or run around but could walk to go to relieve himself outside. I then pureed his food with another can of Pedigree, and in hours was in terrible shape so thought it was lack of antibiotics, so started another round of it. But it didn't help.

February 2013 Lost our baby Zoro - It was a Thursday night and we noticed Zoro (turned 11 the week before) had not been eating and was lethargic. We said well maybe he just has a little bug. By Friday, he started vomiting yellow and diarrhea looked black and he smelled so strongly like ammonia. After an intense internet search, he showed all the signs of end stage kidney failure. It was too late to do anything for our little man. He passed away on Monday, poor little guy. I wonder what is everyone's time frame on their pet's illness. Was it around the same time as our dogs? I hope someone finds out what happened.

We bought a Toy Pom and initially just had her on pellets but bought the little sachets of Pedigree puppy as a treat. Approx. three days later, she started having diarrhea (black stool) and vomiting. She could not get up and looked like she was having fits. We rushed her to the vet where she stayed for three days on a drip. As we were not sure if it was something in the environment or change of diet that made her sick, we put her back onto only pellets the Monday after her release. By Thursday, we started feeding her a little of the Pedigree again and lo and behold, the same symptoms appeared. This time she was in hospital for a week and nearly died. Coincidence? I think not. Every pet owner plans to spend some bucks on an animal during the course of its life but within two weeks our cost (not that you can put a price tag on a life) has been R 9000.00.

We feed digestion formula to our 18 year old Boston/pug Harley, and to my little popo wawa Benz. The little guy never liked it and would turn away but Harley has been the one that has suffered. He has had severe stool problems along with the throwing up right after eating. We've now gone back to the lamb and rice from another really good company. Fortunately this has given me a lot of answers to my questions and hopefully it will help in us getting him better. And thanks for the Info on this, I hope it saves more dogs. It has ours.

I had Two Labrador Retrievers whose worth is over 2500 a piece. Both became very ill on the Pedigree Large Breed Dry Dog Food. Diarrhea, vomiting, blood in stool, lethargic, refused food and water, bleeding from rectum. First one I forced fluids and he would drink a little on his own. He recovered but still has major digestive issues. The other, Camo, would not eat or drink, wouldn't even swallow when I used a syringe to give water. He died after suffering, seizing, and being in pain. It was horrible. Never again will I ever use anything that has the word Pedigree on the packaging. It almost killed me having to treat and take care of these dogs. Never again!!! And before anyone asks, yes they had their vaccinations and no, it was not PARVO.

I have fed Pedigree to my Dogs many Years…I trusted them frankly because it was actually made in the US not China...3 of my 4 Schnauzers became very ill - throwing up and diarrhea…Leyla and Lugger never hide their illness so I knew quickly there was an issue. The one dog who did not get sick was Sugar, my diabetic Schnauzer who is on prescription food…Hubby had asked why poo in the yard was black. I thought it was just from drying out in the sun. (If I only knew then what I know now) After Leyla and Lugger started throwing up with diarrhea, I switched them over to Sugars RX food thinking they may just have a little stomach upset and the diabetic food is easier on digestion, within days the symptoms cleared up.

I have 2 large dogs that normally cannot wait until feeding time...I have been feeding my dogs Pedigree for YEARS!!! Have noticed lately they were not as happy when it's time for feeding...I just thought that maybe they were being somewhat finicky, but I should have known something was wrong. This has been happening for over a month. This morning I fed them & one of my dogs ate just about 2 mouthfuls, walked away & proceeded bring up the food he had just tried to eat.

Sophie, my heart, dog of my life, had all of the same symptoms reported on these pages. I had already switched her to a better brand but she demonstrated vomiting, loss of appetite and thirst, very bloody stool, legs giving out and her unable to get up, swayed walking and stumbling, a tumor in her stomach and finally euthanasia. Did Pedigree kill my best friend? My vet recommended this brand a long time ago. Did they change the recipe? WHAT IS IN THIS FOOD?

DO NOT throw the bags of Pedigree away if you believe that they caused illness to your dogs!!! Please keep the food as "evidence"!!! There are numerous ways to have the food tested for contamination. Keep part of the food along with the original bag (because it has lot number, sell-by date, etc. on it) crucial to an investigation. Contact the Pedigree manufacturer and let them know you are sending a small portion to them (in a ziplock bag) to be tested. Do not send them the bag even if they ask for it.

Y'all can lie all y'all want saying Pedigree isn't killing the animals. My dog has been on Pedigree since she was old enough to eat on her own. She was 13 months old when I bought a new bag 20.4 lbs Adult Complete Nutrition and she was perfectly fine until the 3rd day on this food. I woke to a horrible smell and I checked my dog. There was black poop everywhere. I knew it had to be old blood.

I've just come upon this information about Pedigree Dry Dog food, but I've had my suspicions for quite a while now. Some years ago the dry dog food had little soft filled squares in the food. My dogs loved them so much that they would pick out the squares and leave the rest. Suddenly, Pedigree stopped making that mixture. I noticed all three of my dogs' teeth began decaying, and I always wondered if that mixture was the culprit. Up until May this year, my dogs have always eaten Pedigree Dry Dog food.

I just hours ago lost my little man, Ripley, a ten year old Pomeranian in perfect health. I have raised my four Poms on Nutrience Dog Food for small breed dogs. I ran short of this just a few days ago and picked up a bag of Pedigree Dry Dog food to get me through until I could get the usual brand. My male who was the only one who ate the food took sick within hours of eating this, vomiting, lethargic and then continued with no appetite and less and less energy. With 29 hours of eating this food and no other explanation for his behavior and subsequent death, I did a little checking into it to see if others had any of the same problems/symptoms. So much for the new improved formula of Pedigree.

My dog has ate Pedigree for years! Brudus just passed away on Tuesday August 13, 2013 and after reading all these reviews it got me wondering. Just about 4 weeks ago we noticed he was losing a lot of weight, he stopped eating and got very weak. It got to the point where we would literally have to carry him outside because he didn't have the strength to walk. Brudus was and will always be a part of the family. I am just very saddened by all of this. What made me really think if it was the food is that my younger dog Bella has not been eating much either but she is still active. I need some pointers on what I should do next. I don't know if I should look into it any further or not but I am definitely changing dog food.

I have been feeding this food to our pet a beautiful Lhasa Apso. He has quite frequently of late been vomiting yellow bile and sometimes white. He also is frigidity and gets the shakes on occasion. We have bundled him up when he got like this but there was no need for him to be cold.... Quite recently he has been having black stools. He has had all his shots so he shouldn't be sick. Lately he is shunning his food altogether. I'm glad I found the notice about the food... Definitely will NOT be getting this for him again. Will be making some and trying to find a decent brand. Have read that chicken, rice and veggies are good too. Only small amts. of protein for the small breeds though since too much protein can destroy their livers and make them sick. Maybe there is too much of that in the Pedigree brand? Who knows?

I have been feeding Pedigree Dog food for approx. 1 year now. In the last 2 months my dog has been throwing up bile and having mustardy yellow loose stool and diarrhea. We have not been able to figure out what is wrong with him and there have been no changes in treats, dog food, etc. After reading that more people are having the same symptoms with their dogs who are being fed Pedigree, I can only assume this is the culprit. I have wasted no time in changing my dog to a premium dog food and will no longer be feeding Pedigree.

My little Miniature Doxie has eaten Pedigree since she was weaned. They recommended this be continued so I have fed her half dry Pedigree and half canned. I do substitute the canned frequently with the homemade dog food I make for them. I make this to help keep them healthy. Unless Pedigree has really changed the ingredients, they must be doing something right as Heidi is now 12 in October. Her only puppies (three) have always eaten Pedigree as well. IF Pedigree has changed its formula and my dogs start doing worse, I will be looking to change. I do feed Heidi the "healthy joints" at her age and her adult pups get the Mini Morsels dry food. So far/so good... However, if Pedigree has changed its formula and my fur babies get sick, I will be looking to change dog foods immediately.

In May our two shih tzus, Tubby & Kahlua, both started with throwing up for 2 weeks on & off. I thought it was after I gave them a white raw hide bone, can't remember company but yellow bag (I bought at Walmart) it was right after that they started. I took it to the vet when I took them, test after test nothing showed. They were lethargic with dark stool sometimes yellow mustard smelly stool... cost 2,385.98 to find out they had a bacterial infection that can be transferred from human to dog. I'm still not 100% satisfied with their findings, because every now & then both dogs show signs that it's still there laying dormant, with loose stools that are black, throw up now & then but not lethargic. I learned you pinch the back of the dogs neck & twist (doesn't hurt them). The slower the skin falls the more dehydrated they are & may need intervenes (if it's slow), being now August they are still up & down but have energy.

My dog is throwing up bile. This is her second time in two months. I hope she doesn't die. We are changing to Iams.

I think the canned may be bad too. After 2 days, I had two barfing their brains out and one with terrible diarrhea. Went back to their other food and all are back to normal. I will never take the chance of feeding my kidlings this garbage again.

I had a very sad and traumatizing, she went from eating fine to not eating and throwing up. Within 3 weeks she was dead... I took her to the vet and they said she had what she believed was a dog flu so we gave her antibiotics and began force feeding her. She progressively got worse, wasn't drinking or taking down the meds or the food.. She began pooing black and within 24 hrs she was dead in the hallway. I took my "dead" dog to the vet and she said she had been poisoned and was unsure of what because I refused to cut her open. I allowed her to get blood and gave a poo sample. She had what they think was rat poisoning but I have only gave her Pedigree and that is what I believe killed her. I am taking my dog food to the K State Toxicology Center to get it tested.

First I would like to say that we have used Pedigree for many years without any issues and trusted their products, up to now. We recently took our 2 year old lab to the vet because he was acting very strange and started stumbling one morning. They ran a series of test but could not find anything specific. I just stumbled onto this site when I was looking for different forms of illness for canines. After reading down through several post many of the same symptoms were present in our dog, throwing up yellow bile and loose stool. We also have a daughter that has two dogs that are fed Pedigree. One has been fine but the other has been sick with similar symptoms. We changed to a new brand of food two weeks ago and both seem to be back to normal. I consider us to be lucky to have caught this in time, not like some others.

Like most of you my puppy went through a horrible sickness because of Pedigree dog food. She became very lethargic and depressed for days then the nasty started. She started puking up yellow bile and pooping black and blood she was on the brink of death she couldn't even get up she was puking non stop. She finally stopped eating all together. We thought it was parvo but the test was negative. We didn't know what was going on and it happened for a few days before our friend told us that it could be her food. We thought it was because it was dry food and she was allergic to it so we switched her to wet food for a few days and she was back to her normal self.

I am so thankful for everyone on here who posted about their experiences. My puppy daughter has been vomiting bile and shaking when I have her all bundled up, so I know it's not because she's cold. I am in tears, because I could not imagine losing her, especially to something we buy to nourish them. I will be replacing her food in the morning. Glory to God I found out about this, cuz there would be hell to pay if Pedigree for Small Dogs killed my baby!!

Our healthy Labrador became deathly ill last month. Last month we bought a new bag of Pedigree Dry Dog Food. He is now skin and bones. We've invested over $2,000.00 in vet bills to save our boy, including emergency surgery . We changed his food and when he started to improve we put him back on his old Pedigree dry food and immediately he started vomiting AGAIN. His stool is dark (blood?) and runny. He does NOT have this reaction to a different brand food, only the dry Pedigree... the "new" formula.

We have Beagles and had been feeding them another brand of dog food, but earlier this year, we acquired another dog (rescued), and because the previous owner was giving him Pedigree, we started feeding all of our dogs Pedigree. Up until about a month ago, everything was fine. Since then, we have lost two puppies and have had the rest of our dogs become very sick and losing weight and lethargic. We recently changed back to our other brand and all of our other dogs are doing better. The dog that we took in eventually got used to the other brand, and I am so glad because losing the puppies was hard enough, but to lose our other dogs would have really set all of us off. We WILL NOT go back to Pedigree!!!!!!

A few days ago, my 2 shih tzus (age 2) became violently ill. Projectile vomiting, slimy, yellowish, mucousy. The puddles were so big, it took us over an hour to clean them up. There were still chunks of food in them. Then the diarrhea began, culminating in very bloody, runny stools. Our vet thought it was upset tummies and told us to give Pepto and bits of plain yogurt and to make sure they were hydrated. They were so lethargic, I didn't sleep at all just checking to make sure they were still alive. It seemed to pass and they were active and normal the next day (just not hungry, which was fine b/c we were still feeding only yogurt).

When my family and I walked in the door late Saturday night, my daughter was the first to about face at the threshold holding her nose. We walked into a scene of a puddle of vomit/bile at the doorframe, and massive amounts of blood covering the entire spence of my kitchen, living room and hallway floor. The lower walls were spattered with blood as well. My Black Lab Missy was crouched to the floor like she had done something bad, her breath carrying the same scent of the blood. I had never seen anything so sad.

On July 2nd, our rottie Duke suddenly starting vomiting and having bloody stools. He couldn't even keep down water. We took him to the emergency vet clinic and they weren't able to save him. We spent over $3,000 and he died anyway! We were heartbroken! He was only 2 1/2 years old and the mascot of all of the kids' sports teams, so it wasn't just our loss, but a huge loss for our entire neighborhood! I have heard a rumor that there is a class action lawsuit against Pedigree because of this. I am trying to track that down because Duke was my protector and best friend. His loss devastated our family.

I've got a 9 week old puppy. I've been feeding him dry Purina Puppy Chow and Pedigree wet puppy food. Yesterday and this morning I have found some spots where he has thrown up. It's very watery and this morning his stool is runny too. I've had him since he was 3 weeks old and he hasn't done this before. Does anyone know if the wet food is bad too? Or is it just their dry food? After reading everyone else's stories, I'm now worried about my baby...

My dog Precious was one year and six months. She was a happy and healthy Puggle. She enjoyed playing with my son who has special needs and being a loving dog. July 28th 2013 she died. Within 24 hrs from the time we noticed she was a bit off to the time she died. It started with her being tired and eating grass. We thought she had just ate something somewhere that upset her stomach... then she started shaking nonstop and throwing up. We thought, Oh God Not PARVO. All of the Vets were closed by the time everything happened. Then she started pooping loose stools of blood all over the house. This entire time she looked up at us with sad eyes as though she was doing something wrong because she couldn't make it to the puppy pad.

My black lab had blood in her boop, threw up some yellow looking stuff, also had loose stool, hives, didn't want to eat or drink. We didn't do anything different.

My story is exactly the same as everyone else's! My dog Duke almost died while on Pedigree and was vomiting, diarrhea, blood and lethargic and went to die and thank God we caught it just in time! Not even a day later our second dog caught the same exact symptoms but pulled out faster! Both negative Parvo tests! Since then we've switched and haven't had one problem! Don't trust the cat food either! We just had a problem with our cats getting sick also.

I will be doing everything I can to get this food recalled. I just lost a puppy last week with all these symptoms and a negative PARVO test and almost lost the second one with the exact same thing. There are 3 puppies that have died in my family from this, thankfully the fourth one pulled through. I don't know what's in this food or what is going on but it needs to be taken care of. 3 deaths and thousands of dollars not counting the pain of the situation and they are not doing anything about this is ridiculous. I will be contacting the Better Business Bureau and the news station on this to try and save as many animals as possible. Please do not use PEDIGREE products!!!!!

My dog had always ate Pedigree. He was seen by our vet and we were told he had kidney problems. The last few weeks of his life, he did not seem to want to eat and was vomiting. Our little Pit bull refused to touch the bag of food... I did not know what to do. Poor Lab seemed to be acting funny. Called a vet and was told if he did not seem any better to bring him in. He then started pissing blood and had loose stool. He seemed very tired. Some time around 230 am, he walked to the hallway and fell over and would not move. I called the vet and he said to bring him in. I called for help seeing as I could not lift my dog. He was very huge.

I had been giving my two Jack Russells Dentastix for the last couple of months and the bones did help with their bad breath. I opened a new bag of bones for them this week and gave them one each before going to work. When I got home, both my dogs had gotten sick all over the house. There was so much mess I couldn't even tell if it was vomit or diarrhea. My older dog, 12, wouldn't get out of bed for 12 hours and wouldn't eat for 2 days. They both seem to have recovered now that it's the 4th day out, but I will not take my chances with Dentastix again. There was no other change in my dog's diet or habits to cause this, and my 12-year-old never gets sick and never messes in the house. She's the one that scared me the most since the younger one does have a sensitive GI system. I have emailed Pedigree with my concerns and am waiting to hear back. Have they changed the formula? Is there a contamination issue? I am hesitant to buy any of their products after reading these reviews.

I guess I should be thankful my puppy is still alive. I only continued this dog killing food because this was the food he was started on by his previous owner. After purchasing and opening my second bag, it was then that my dog fell so ill, up all night with diarrhea. Unbelievable that I am his 3rd home in his little 7-month life due to "issues" (most likely accidents in the house). He is potty trained and so sad that he has probably been punished due to accidents due to this horrible food. Changed his food immediately and miraculously he is back to his normal self... Thankfully he did not die! Pedigree dog food will result in costly vet bills and death!

I had no clue that Pedigree had changed their formula. If so, I have a hard time understanding those people that think it's so important to fix something that ain't broke, as the saying goes. I've had Labrador Retrievers for years and fed them Pedigree. My first one lived to be 13 and developed a malignant tumor and I put her down. My 2nd one, Kelly, was 15, and old age caught her. Then my Maggie was 15 1/2 and was still getting around great, but became very incontinent, so I put her down.

It all happened so fast. I lost two of my dogs (Yeng Yang and Blade...both precious family members) to food poisoning. Pedigree has no recall on this dry dog food. The two recent Pedigree purchases were the 10 lb dry food bag, and then a smaller bag for small breeds 2x. Pedigree, I learn, admits to recent formula changes. There are 271 (many recent) complaints and no recall - ONLY their canned WET food. I have contacted the local media, and I urge others to do so to help impose the recall on Dry Foods by Pedigree.

My grandson went to fill up my brother's dog dish with Pedigree and found mold in it. My sister's dog and brother's dog both gotten very sick off it. My brother had to take Emma to the vets cause she was very sick. It was brand new food just bought 2 days before that so I know we didn't have the food too long. Took it back to Walmart - they wouldn't take it back.

I was reading about the dogs getting sick from Pedigree Dog Food...I have a lab that last week started throwing up, but we thought it was the Dye in the Purina Dog food I had changed them to so they would have something different but still by Purina. I also mix it with Pedigree Healthy weight because my blind border collie likes the chicken. Now to hear these comments, it must have been the Pedigree. They finished that bag and I only bought the Purina this time in the little bites which they eat all the time and not throwing up. But my border collie sometimes had the upset tummy. Glad I read these comments. So sorry all of the animals had to suffer to find this out...

I have been feeding my 6 dogs Pedigree. Adult for some and puppy for some. We have had ALL of the dogs throw up. Have very loose stool. It goes away for a day or two and comes back. But my dogs kept getting sick. 3 days ago our 6 month old Maltese got sick. It looked like what the others had and I didn't worry too much, until a few hours later when she was sitting in a pool of blood. There was no real fecal matter. Just blood. She was over night in the ER, a day and night in the regular hospital. She was on IV fluid and very sick.

I purchased a bag of pedigree dry dog food and within one day my Yorkie started getting sick. Horrible bloody loose stools. I am going to the vet tomorrow with her. I hope she is ok. After seeing the other comments about Pedigree I hope I took it away fast enough, if not I will be contacting an attorney!!!!!

After close to $2000.00 in vet bills, I had to put my 9 yr old sweet chocolate lab to sleep last Saturday night. I had bought a new bag of Pedigree food the first week of June. She had one serving of it and then would not touch it. Had always used it and never had a problem. So I bought another brand at the request of my vet. My dog was already sick from the Pedigree. She threw up a couple of days in a row. So back to the vet we went. They drew blood and sent it off. Called me the next day and said she was in Renal Failure.

I have a BEAUTIFUL 3-year-old black and red German Shepherd. He is supposed to weigh 80 to 90 lbs... He now weighs... 25 lbs!!!! He is considered class 5 (being the worst) emaciated. Extreme diarrhea and weight loss, hair falling out and black tint to skin. The vet's first response was to feed him more food including can... Well, the more we fed him the sicker he got. After $700.00 in vet bills and tests, they say it's the DOG FOOD!!! My dog is now on steroids as a last ditch effort to save his life... Vet said to go to Blue Buffalo!! I hope it's not too late - God help him please.. I will post again with the news - whether it's good or bad... Please, pray for him.

Pedigree MarroBone made my dog sick for several days with terrible diarrhea and vomiting. I stopped the MarroBones and his sickness cleared up. No more of the Pedigree MarroBones for my Beagle. BEWARE!

I stated a complaint on here yesterday. Well, I guess the Pedigree team won.... My dog passed away last night in my fiance's arms. Something needs to be done about all these complaints and sickness to animals. One has to wonder if the ones who are responsible for these changes in the dog food, if they feed their animals Pedigree. Such a sad day for all of us.

My dog was healthy and happy. I purchased Pedigree Dog Food and my dog became extremely ill.... Took her to the vet... $400.00 later, she was dehydrated and lethargic. She was put on antibiotic and seemed better..... I started up the food again mixing it with Pedigree canned food. She started eating a little better for about a week. Once again she stopped eating. Diarrhea and throwing up all over again. The food is no good. I boiled her chicken and she devoured it. So over the Pedigree name!

We had been feeding our 4 dogs Pedigree Sensitive formula. They all developed diarrhea. Our vet told us to not use Pedigree because it is not a good food. We switched to Diamond Naturals and the problem cleared up. It costs quite a bit more, but is well worth it.

I have been giving my dog this same food for 2 years now. I just purchased a new bag and case of cans and all of a sudden, he is deathly ill. As I read the reviews here, I am convinced it's the Pedigree Dog Food. RECALL PLEASE BEFORE SOMEONE ELSE’S DOG GET SICK!! Product numbers on my cans, BB-031815 21 2 312CKKCF 1807SB. Product numbers on my bag of dry, 318D1KKM08 07:33.

Just bought a new bag of Pedigree Breath Buster treats. Gave two to my dog over the course of one day, and he had bad diarrhea that night. I didn't think it was the treat because he has had it before and had no problem. Gave it to him again last night, and he vomited and had bad diarrhea again overnight/early morning. Am throwing away this food and calling the company. What are they putting in their food to make our dogs sick like this?!

If anyone you know is feeding their dog dry Pedigree food, PLEASE CALL, TEXT, EMAIL, SHARE and tell them to THROW IT AWAY IMMEDIATELY!!! Our foster dog has been throwing up and has had bad diarrhea since Thursday when I started giving him food from a NEW bag. He too would not eat last night or this morning, even with some wet food mixed in. I got him to eat when I got home, and he again threw up and had diarrhea. Also, our Choc Lab (who usually has a stomach of steel) ate some of his food last night - she threw up also. THIS STUFF IS POISON!!! We need to initiate a RECALL before more dogs get sick and die...

Bought a bag of Pedigree dry puppy food. Started to feed my chihuahua and my beagle puppy. Both dogs became ill and have had diarrhea and blood. Took me a few days to find out what was the problem. THIS STUFF IS POISON TO DOGS. I am really angry when I read all the comments and many people experiencing the same thing. I am going to ring Pedigree and complain as it seems it's a really common problem. AVOID AT ALL COSTS.

I am from India and recently bought a Stage 2 Pedigree packet for my Terrier-Pom cross breed. I have fed the same thing to my dog before. But after feeding a scoop of it, my dog started jumping and running around ferociously. Later on, it started fainting and falling dizzy. I thought it was a problem with my dog, but I kept aside the Pedigree and fed the same a week later. This time it ended up with a swollen face, nose and eyes. What the hell is happening? Have never had such a worse experience with a food product like this. I have contacted their support email, but my mailer returned a delivery failed notification.

We just started using a new bag of Pedigree dry dog food. We have been using Pedigree for years. When we opened the new bag, the food looked a brighter color and kind of shiny or something. By the next day, all 4 of our dogs had diarrhea. One of our dogs seemed hesitant to eat it at first, but did anyway. Something must have changed with the dog food. I just made some rice and beef to help our dogs' digestion and also bought a different brand of dog food. Not going to buy Pedigree again. Sticking with no grains and organic food from now on. Our dogs are all seniors and can't afford to get sick like this.

Our dogs became sick after eating a newly purchased bag of Pedigree Puppy Food. They had been eating Pedigree Puppy food all along, but I had bought a new bag. As soon as I put it in their dishes, they backed up and didn't want to eat it. I thought they were just being finicky. I left the dishes of dog food out. I feel bad now as they ate it because they were hungry. They both got diarrhea, very bloody stools, throwing up yellow bile and just laying around. Surely not acting themselves. I did not think it was the food. I thought maybe they ate something in the yard. I started both on boiled chicken and rice. Zoey being so little, she weighs 3 1/2 to 4 lbs and went downhill very fast. She wouldn't eat, then her diarrhea turned into pure blood. That is when we rushed her to the closest Animal Hospital.

I introduced food to a 13-year-old Cairn Terrier. Within 24 hours, the dog had explosive diarrhea and vomiting. I took him to a vet and after a night in intensive care, the dog recovered. I did not make a connection to the food. I kept the dog on chicken/rice diet for 2 weeks. Today, I introduced him back to that food and within just hours, the dog had a seizure, vomiting, and diarrhea. We had a vet visit again and confirmed poisoning. The manufacturer lines are busy and closed for the weekend. Is there any place out on the web where it can be posted that this food is poison?

I have just switched brands of dog food due to the fact that my miniature pincher, Max, is getting older and he had been eating dry dog food most of his life, specifically Beneful. We switched to Pedigree Little Champions 8 pouch variety pack to make it easier on his teeth. Almost immediately, he began having diarrhea on the floor at night, every night, for three days and now he is exhibiting signs of some sort of neural difficulties. Symptoms are extreme dizziness, confusion, strange behavior and falling over. I have this all on video for evidence and I'm very unhappy.

My dog is 1 year old and house-trained. After feeding her Pedigree Sensitive Nutrition, she couldn't even make it outside. She had diarrhea all day and all over the floor. Even today, I am still cleaning this up. I was about to take her to the vet today because it was getting really bad. We recently started her on Pedigree and I know for sure this is the problem. I WILL NEVER BUY PEDIGREE AGAIN! Absolute waste of my money, and to think she could have died from this is insane. I am calling with my complaint tomorrow morning and I expect more than a refund.

I have been feeding my dogs (2 cocker spaniels, 1 boston terrier) Pedigree healthy joint dry dog food and Pedigree canned chopped chicken for a couple of years now. My blonde cocker spaniel has been throwing up off and on since. I thought it was just a weak stomach as the other 2 dogs seemed okay. The last bag of Pedigree I opened had brightly colored dry chunks in it and I don't remember seeing them in the previous bags so I don't know if they have changed the recipe or not. (I have e-mailed Pedigree to ask, no response yet.) All three dogs have developed really bad diarrhea. Just wanted to put this out there in case anyone else is having the same problem. And after reading all the negative reviews on Pedigree, I will be changing their food immediately.

Contact Consumer: 877-720-3335; Here are the numbers you need to be calling as well as all your local news stations. I bought a large bag of this dog food last Friday. I went out of town to do relief work for the Oklahoma tornadoes. While I was gone for 4 days, my roommate said the dogs (I have 3 large dogs) were hardly touching their food. I figured it was because I was gone but after being home for 24 hours, I realized they still weren't touching their food. I found this website. Start sharing the info and make this go viral. It's the only way they will recall their poisoned dog food.

I stopped feeding my pup this dog food after spending $200.00 at the vet. He told me he was having a reaction to the food. I called the company and was told no one else complained. They offered to send me back the money I paid for the food. I am happy to say since I stopped this food, my dog is fine. No more stomach problems, still have not received the money they were going to send and it has been 2 months. Please everyone call and complain, then maybe this company will do something. Too many of our beloved pets are getting sick or dying from their food.

Tuesday, I opened a new bag of Pedigree for small breeds. And Friday, I find my 3.5 lb Yorkie, 8 months old lying on the floor dead. The next day, I find my 13 lb dachshund who would have been 3 on the fourth of July lethargic in the yard. And 10 minutes later, he passed away in my arms. The only thing they had in common was the food they ate. I noticed the day before my Yorkie passed, he only ate about half of his food which is not like him. He eats any food I put in front of him.

I have two dogs and started feeding Pedigree Sensitive Formula Dry Dog Food to them about two weeks ago. Both had soft stools right away, but I thought it would get better soon and was just a change in diet. One dog seems fine on it to this day, but the other one has had horrible diarrhea for the past three days. I am throwing it out. I bought a different brand that I know they will do well on. I am sorry for all of you who have lost your pets to this product. Thank you for posting. I was shocked to see so many horrible reviews.

I have always used this Pedigree brand of food. Last week I purchased the same thing as always at Sam's. UPC 23100 05110, Manufacture number 318 B1 KKS 02. My 2 dogs will not touch it at all! I have never had a problem with my youngest fur baby eating anything. He usually eats his and then tries for my other one's bowl. Neither dog will go near it. After reading the reviews on this site, I will not be giving them this food at all. I would like a refund from Pedigree because I now have 50lbs of dog food that I cannot use.

I found two rubber pieces in my Pedigree Chopped Chicken canned food. My can upc is 2310001075. So please check and let me know.

I bought a 6-pack of Pedigree Chum today. On the way home, we thought there was a burning smell and couldn't figure it out until arriving home and unpacking the car/shopping. The bag with the dog food cans was dripping brown juice! On opening it, the stench was disgusting and when I ripped the plastic covering that held the cans in a pack, I discovered 2 cans had burst and the plastic was also full of red/brown maggot larvae creatures. Now, I will have to return the whole lot to Tesco tomorrow and obviously want a refund, but who can I complain to that even cares? This is unacceptable in 2013 and I will NEVER buy this product again.

I have 2 puppies that I bought Pedigree food for them for about 2 weeks, but they have been with diarrhea and are vomiting. I'm getting scared that they might die or something. And I'm thinking about taking them to the vet tomorrow. But also by reading all the reviews about this food, I think it's the food definitely.

I bought 2 bags of Pedigree puppy food on April 4, 2013 from our Kmart store in Kapolei, Hawaii. Our dogs have been eating it before with no problems. As soon as I opened the bag of dog food, both dogs backed away from their dishes. They didn't want to eat it. I thought they were just being finicky. Our 3 1/2 pound dog started getting sick, throwing up and diarrhea. She went downhill fast. When we found a big pool of blood in our living room tile floor, we rushed her to the vet. After being on IV fluids, anti-vomiting meds, anti-diarrhea meds for 3 days and a big vet bill, the vet released her eating Science Diet I/d canned dog food and continued the meds for a week.

I found maggots in my dog’s bowl 4 times. I thought maybe they were getting in from somewhere not even thinking they were coming from the actual bag of dog food. I purchase a plastic container to keep the food in which I would do immediately after buying the food. I opened up the container and there were thousands of maggots in the dog food! I'm done with Pedigree. So much money wasted, not to mention my dog’s health!

My black Labrador was sick for three days. I'd taken them out for a walk in the country, and there was a dead deer in the ditch. He'd been near, so initially I thought it was because of that. He wouldn't eat, he was throwing up, and had diarrhea. He even refused to eat rice and hamburger for the first day. He ate a little on the second day. By the third day, he was ravenous and was cleaning his dish. Meanwhile, I was worried so I got a new case of canned Pedigree with chunky beef, bacon, and chicken meaty ground dinner (code #: BB030415 21 I 310CKKCC 1258CC).

I have two small breed dogs. One of them I have been feeding Pedigree wet food for 2 yrs. and my new puppy for 5 months. In the past few months, I noticed my older dog wouldn't eat it any more and the little one would throw up every time she ate it. I quit giving it to her for awhile thinking she was eating it too much. But I gave her some today and she has thrown up 3 times already. I thought there maybe something wrong with the food and now, I have read all the comments. I am scared for my little babies and will never feed them Pedigree again!

I called the food company about all the problems everyone was having with their dog food and they said they were unaware of any complaints. They asked me all kinds of questions, where I kept the food, how was it stored, does he get any other kind, etc. They offered to give me a check for the amount I paid for the bag of food. They did not say they would look into this further, so please call and let them know about the problem or they won’t know how much this is affecting our pets. Thanks.

I have been using Pedigree dog food for years. Recently, all 4 of my dogs got sick. They were retching, vomiting and had blood in their stools. I racked my brain to try and figure out why. The only thing they all had in common was their food. My husband recently bought a new case of wet dog food and we narrowed it down to that. I went online and read all the comments about their food and got sick. Thank God I figured it out as soon as I did since some of the dogs online had died. They need to investigate this. My dogs responded as soon as I stopped their food.

I'm so angry now that I have been reading these articles about Pedigree dog foods. I had a little Chihuahua puppy that I loved so much. He passed away last night suddenly. He was perfectly healthy before and had just gone to the vet a couple of months before this incident. I fed him this food (Pedigree little champions) and noticed that he began vomiting and also got diarrhea, and refusing to eat the food which didn't make any sense because he had always loved eating that food. But they barely came out with a "New and Improved formula" when he started having the problems with the food.

All of my dogs' stools are loose and they have bad diarrhea. My favorite dog, Xandi, died. What can I do?

I have an 8-month old pup. I have been feeding this dog since I got him. On March 18, I opened a new bag and three days later, he was gagging and acting like something was stuck in his throat. I took him to the vet and he said he could be having a reaction to something. $175 later, he is throwing up yellow bile and refusing to eat that dog food. He seems fine in every other way. Still not thinking about the food, I continued to try to get him to eat. I put some soft food in with it. Now, he won't touch the food but will eat anything else I give him. So I did some research and found this site and the other complaints. I am calling Pedigree today to see how many more people are having this problem and will be making another trip to the vet. Thanks for sharing on here. It helped a lot.

Last week, I purchased Pedigree dry puppy food for Boomer, my Redtick Coonhound. This was the first time that I had fed him Pedigree. He developed horrible yellow diarrhea and was listless. I did research online and found out that Pedigree was a culprit for many serious issues. I immediately stopped feeding him Pedigree, found a home-made dog food recipe online (cooked rice, browned ground turkey, and mashed veggies). In addition to this, I purchased Taste of the Wild dry dog food that is grain free. He is like a new dog, much livelier and happy. I will not feed him "crap in a bag" again!

We had 2 golden retrievers. We recently lost our male golden. We bought and mixed the Pedigree adult complete and the large breed nutrition back on March 21, 2013. Neither dog was interested in eating the food. We put some gravy on it and our male ate it for 3 days, then started to refuse to eat and started vomiting a yellow bile. This went on for 3 days. We took him to the vet and his calcium levels were almost double. We had some blood test done to rule out leukemia and some other disorders. The vet said there was really nothing we could do; he was dying. We lost him a week later. We have always fed the two goldens Pedigree. The dogs refusing to eat the food recently purchased and my female still continuing to refuse to eat it has made me suspicious about the food.

I gave my dog Pedigree pet food and he threw it up. I thought he would get over it. A day and a half, my dog was dead. He wasn't moving around or eating on the second day. My cousin who is a vet diagnosed his death due to bloat. Stay away from Pedigree. This has seriously messed up my life and I've lost a very dear friend.

I switched my dogs to Pedigree Dry food for sensitive stomachs a week before Easter. The day before Easter, my Dachshund started to get diarrhea. The week after Easter, he started having blood in his stool. I got him to the vet and they could not figure out what he may have gotten into. Today, I had to take my Terrier to the vet for the same thing. They tested her fecal matter and showed she had E. coli. They have no access to trash nor are they giving human food. The only change that had been made was their food. I would like to send the rest of the food to be tested for contamination but don't know where. After a $300 vet bill, I will no longer purchase Pedigree products. I purchased the food at Walmart in Montgomery, Texas. I now feed them Hills Science Diet I/D.

I went to buy my regular dog food and the store did not have it in stock. Since I was completely out of dog food, I bought a bag of Pedigree dry dog food. After two days of feeding the Pedigree to my 10-year-old coonhound mix, Murphy, he suddenly started having seizures. Every few minutes, within 24 hours, he could not stand up at all. I live in a remote place so I could not have brought him to a vet in time. I did the only thing I could think of to save him. I quit feeding him the Pedigree and started mixing some hamburger meat, eggs, milk and cheese along with a tiny bit of milk thistle. I managed to get him to eat although he couldn't even stand up. Within about 12 hours, he slowly got better so that he could stand. Within 24 hours he was walking slowly and staggered.

After my last purchase of Pedigree Adult Dry Dog Food, both my dogs had runny, yellow stools and our Jasper had a seizure on Easter Morning. Jasper has always been in good health since the day we got him 3 years ago. I suspected the dog food right after the seizure and immediately changed to Nature's Recipe. Both dogs now have healthy stools and Jasper has had no reccurring seizures.

We have a very healthy 10-year old Boxer female who has not been sick a day in her life. We have always fed her Costco brand Kirkland pet food and she has done very well with it. She is very lean and not overweight. She is never fed any human food or table scraps. Her energy and vitality is tops and she is a very happy dog. The other day, we made the regrettable decision to give Pedigree adult complete dry dog food a try. We knew going in that some digestive issues commonly arise when trying new foods so we mixed 50/50 with her Costco Kirkland brand food. She seemed to like the taste and we did not notice any issues right away. I decided to research this food a couple days later and found this forum.

We bought a bag of Pedigree dog food. We have 3 Shih Tzus and all 3 threw up the food. We are concerned about giving them the food. Our dogs have never gotten sick like this all at the same time. This was the Healthy Longevity brand. We believe we should be given a coupon for a new bag.

I've been an owner and breeder of Brittany Spaniels since the early 1980s. Based on the experience of a fellow breeder, I've consistently fed Pedigree dry dog food to my puppies and adult dogs over the years. I've never had any problems until my recent purchase of a bag from Costco. I normally buy at Walmart, Kroger, or Southern States, but Costco had a great deal on a 52-pound bag for $20.49. A friend bought the same food for his Newfoundland / Black Lab mix. We've both been feeding it for about 2 months. Each of us has dogs over 10 years old.

I have been researching a lot about pets and pet products while browsing this site and I had become worried about the dental health of Gracie, my miniature sheltie. Knowing how many pet treats and products have been recalled recently, I was wary to just grab something off the shelf without investigating first. My boyfriend and I spent 20 minutes in the dog treat aisle at Target reading all the ingredients and where each product was made until we came across the Pedigree Dentastix Fresh Treats for dogs in the mini size (Made in the USA).

I fed my pembroke welsh corgi, 5 years old, Pedigree dry dog food for about 10 days. He vomited late at night and we found him passed away the following morning. He had no history of health problems. He was a good dog that our family will miss. I spoke with our vet who suggested an autopsy. We declined, but wonder if the new introduction of Pedigree dog food caused his death. Please check into the ingredients and handling of dog food made.

On 02/23/13, our 11-year old black lab, Elvis, was rushed to our local animal E.R. after presenting the same symptoms listed by other pet owners. He almost died, and this is a dog with an iron constitution who never gets sick. At the same time, friends who were unaware of the case told us about their dogs, both labs, that were in the same boat (one died) at the same time, at different vets. We talked more to find out we had one common denominator - Pedigree dog food. After a painful ordeal, Elvis recovered and we paid a $4,000 vet bill. We thought it was just a coincidence, and although we changed dog foods, we did not pursue the matter.

I am so pissed. I've bought the Pedigree canned dog food for years. Now all of the sudden problems are starting. My babies, two Rottweillers, have been eating this daily, and now I will never buy a Pedigree product again. I've just bought a pack of cans from our local Walmart, and opened one can; it smelled so bad and was milky looking. Yes, I threw it in the garbage; the other cans looked okay. But Haley won't touch it! So it's all going into the garbage, but what pisses me off is I've called and wrote to Pedigree and there’s no response. Don't buy Pedigree!

We have used Pedigree canned dog food for our dachshunds for years. About a year ago, I started buying the Healthy Joints canned food. Last Friday, I found a piece of wood or bone (1/2" long) in Clifford's food. Luckily, I found it before he ate it. It makes me wonder if there was some in other cans that I never noticed or if this was an isolated case. He just had surgery at Michigan State University Small Animal Clinic for a ruptured disk in his back, which was very expensive, so I'm very protective of him right now. He has had seizures about 6 times a year since he was 3 years old and now after reading some of the reviews, I'm wondering if the Pedigree was involved. I don't think I want to feed him Pedigree anymore.

I started giving my 7 weeks puppy Pedigree canned food. In less than 2 weeks, he was having seizures. I took him to the vet; they took his blood for a test. Blood test result took 4 days because I couldn't afford $500 in house. I paid $250 instead. They gave him antibiotic, new food. That day, I thought he was going to die. He wasn't moving or walking. We used syringe to give him water. The next day, he was the same and I was ready to take him to the vet and maybe put him to sleep. I've been praying for Raider to get better. I got home from work and he was better, super hungry. I gave him his new food and he was okay. Four days later, my husband fed him canned Pedigree food and, within 1 hr, he was having seizure again. He had 3 seizure within 3 hrs. My poor baby. I hope he makes it and I hope it's not as bad as the last time. I will never buy this brand again.

My dogs (3) got really sick and were close to die after eating Pedigree dog food - 3 silky terriers age 7 months old. They began throwing up, stopped eating and stopped drinking, and got really sick after consuming this crap of dog food. People, please be careful and aware of this. My dogs almost died and I spent hundreds of dollars in vet services and medicines. I got really lucky they survived, but not okay yet because they lost weight and got really skinny. I spent almost 2 weeks with no sleep to try to give them a little food with a baby bottle and water, but finally they are better now.

We have been using Pedigree Adult dog food for at least 5 years. We purchased our last bag from Costco about 2-3 weeks ago. Now, both of our dogs eat very little; they barely drink any water. They both have been throwing up a yellowing color vomit. Both have been having problems going to the bathroom. They began having blood in their stool. It seems my lab has a very hard time every time she goes to poo (like she has to go but cannot), and she used to have a big amount of stool each time she went. Now, she barely has any stool and it is runny. They also would have accidents in the house. We have changed their food to a Purina One Beyond, which is all-natural with white meat chicken and whole oats. They both have been doing much better. We have thrown out our Pedigree dog food and not ever buying this brand again.

My 6 year old male Bernese mountain dog had a seizure in Nov. 2012. Losing balance, head tilted, and an upset stomach, the vet could not figure out what was going on neurologically. I couldn't afford a CT scan. My dog was given 3 months to live and continued to decline until he was unable to eat or walk and had to be put down. In Nov. 2012, we had also adopted a healthy 3 year old Bernese female. This dog after only one year on Pedigree canned dog food suddenly began vomiting and looking lethargic. We took her to the hospital, and they found that she was in acute liver failure. Ultrasound found liver and kidney damage. The blood tests ruled out all diseases. Both clusters of symptoms are evident in the complaints posted about Pedigree dog food.

We have a Boxer mix and recently switched her over to the (Pedigree) dry adult complete nutrition/large breed mix. She has been throwing up all day, and has been pooping and peeing very strange colors. She is also scratching herself non-stop. She didn't want to eat this food in the first place; I had to mix an egg into it to get her to eat it. We have had her on other dry food before and have never had an issue. We also tried the puppy formula for her when she was smaller, and she had similar problems that went away. We thought it could be the marigold extract in the puppy formula, but after seeing these symptoms return now when she eats the adult formula, I feel that it is probably the brand. Quite frankly, I am furious that this garbage is allowed to be sold - we're throwing it out.

I took my 12-year-old dog to the vet on January 3 and January 5, 2013. She began having seizures for the first time in her life on December 31, 2012. From December 31, 2012 to January 5, 2013, she has had a total of 6 seizures. My vet has been treating her for Mega Esophagus since November 26, 2012. During this time, I have cooked her food, chicken and rice. Then later, I began trying canned dog food. On December 30, 2012, I purchased 4 cans of Pedigree canned food and meaty ground dinner, and I started her out with one can. The next day, she had her first ever mild seizure which consisted of her not being able to stand up from the lying down position with her front legs drawing up, almost like a muscle cramp. This didn't last long, and after a couple of minutes, she was able to get up and move normal.

I am the proud owner of a 6-year-old healthy Pomeranian. I had been feeding my Pomeranian her usual food for the last six years of her life with no ill effects; that is, until the pet store ran out of her brand. Not wanting my dog to go hungry, I decided to try out Pedigree. After all, the website seemed to imply that their food was healthy and made from quality ingredients. This was about two weeks ago. Four days ago, my dog started becoming disoriented, falling over, losing her balance, walking sideways, and seizing up, which then developed into full-on seizures.

My Great Dane of 5 years old became very sick last Friday - vomiting, diarrhea, feverish and lethargic. My 2 dogs' basic diet is normally fresh frozen meat with vegetables, but I also feed them occasionally with dry and canned food when out of fresh meat. I bought a bag of Pedigree dry food for the very first time a few weeks ago. Both my dogs have had occasional diarrhea since. It did cross my mind that it might be caused by this particular brand, but I thought I would finish the bag and not purchase it again.

I have three dogs, all adopted from the SPCA. Two of them had seizures within 2 and 1/2 days of each other. We took the first dog, Sohpie, to the vet's E.R. on a Sunday night for her seizure. She has never had one before, and we were scared that she was going to die. They kept her on a 24-hour watch, did all sorts of x-rays, blood work, urinalysis - nothing showed up, except for ketones in her blood, but her blood sugar levels were fine. She came home the next day and seemed to be okay. The total vet bill was $1,126.00.

We got my Labrador when he was a puppy. He was about 15 weeks old. When it was time to start adult food, we put him on Pedigree. Ever since then, he was beyond skinny. I always thought it was because he was a growing puppy, until people were questioning me what's wrong with him at 11 months old. When people started bringing it more to my attention, I brought him to the vet. But a few days before that, I mentioned something was really wrong. He would poop every 2 hours, pee like crazy, cry all the time, braking like no other dog I’ve ever had; with all the Labradors, I never saw one act like this.

My dog eats these treats all the time and has been for over a year. I have never had a problem until the last package I purchased from Costco. He has eaten 3 treats out of this pack and after each one; he's thrown up everywhere as soon as he finishes it. Where is the expiry date? Is this a bad batch? What should I do (other than stop giving him the treats, which I have already done)? What gives?

The pouches made my little dog sick and have seizures. The vet said he was poisoned. I thought he was going to die in my arms. My little SPCA Rescue Dog is a special friend. I almost lost him. I will also contact the SPCA.

Recently, I brought a bag of Pedigree adult beef flavored dry dog biscuits for my 6 year old Border collie cross. She has been eating this since she was a puppy. When I bought this from pets at home in Huntingdon Cambs, I asked the staff if the food had changed. They had informed me that the food was the same. I got home and realized the food has changed; there are no meat chunks and there are no color bits inside. My Border collie dog will not eat it now and I’ve now gone to think about looking at another type of dog biscuits. I am very disappointed with you. It has upset her stomach and she is very reluctant to eat it. I would like to know why it was changed. I have always had the original food and feel really let down and have to consider changing to another brand.

We had been feeding Sassy, our 10-year-old 35lb mixed breed (some terrier in her), with the dry Pedigree Healthy Joints and Adult - back and forth or mixing them. Everyone should know that when you change your pets’ diet, expect stool changes until their body adjusts to the new diet. Switching to what is on sale all the time is detrimental to the dog's overall health. Well, we moved and the store didn't have Pedigree but another brand that was supposed to be healthy and formulated for older dogs.

I have been feeding canned Pedigree to my 3-year-old and 1-year-old Great Dane. It's hit and miss on these cans. Sometimes, you get a bad can. I gave my 3-year-old Dane 2 1/2 cans last night and he started becoming ill 2 hours later. By the time the morning came around, he was lethargic and hardly moving. He looked as if he had been poisoned. He wouldn't eat and was running a fever. He was extremely sick all day. Thankfully, he was feeling better by the end of the day. The day before, my 1-year-old Great Dane had eaten 2 1/2 cans for breakfast and had gotten sick as well and stood in her dog house for several hours. She was fine before she ate the canned food, but once she ate it she became sick within one hour.

I recently switched to Pedigree canned food for my dogs. I have 4 but 2 who are quite picky. I usually feed mostly dry with a couple of tablespoons of wet mixed in. I noticed after a few days, my elderly Basset Hound was out of sorts. I did not connect it to the dog food at all at first. I kept feeding her more wet to encourage her eating. She was peeing all over the house at night even though she was being put out frequently. She was throwing up, uncomfortable, severe pain in her movements, drooling and she had a funny smell to her. The only reason I even considered the food as a source for her poor health was the fact that we took our dogs to the kennel where they were fed differently for a few days.

Something has definitely changed in the Pedigree canned food. I've been feeding my dogs Pedigree for years. I usually mix canned with their dry in the morning. Starting around the beginning of summer, my Shepard had started to vomit hours after being fed. Most of it was undigested food. She also started turning her nose up at the food. She vomited again tonight and again, undigested. So, she had all this so-called food in her stomach all day. I decided to Google Pedigree and found this site. After reading the other posts, it dawned on me that my two other dogs had the same symptoms also: diarrhea, eating grass, lethargic, etc. I came to the conclusion that it is most definitely the Pedigree canned food. I'm just glad I caught it before it caused serious damage. I will never buy Pedigree again.

I opened a tin of Pedigree Chicken and Vegetable in Gravy and there was 1 tiny piece of carrot in. I was very disappointed, as I have bought Pedigree product since we have had our dog for 9 years. She loves the vegetable, that’s why I buy it. Tin date 01/07/14, other numbers 15180gb208e294 sa22; 151904gb208e294, multi 6 pack bought from Tesco Billingham.

I have a 2-year old Boston terrier and a 10-year old German shepherd who have been eating Pedigree for years. On September 6, my Boston terrier began throwing up yellowish bile and then began having diarrhea. She would still eat but was incredibly lethargic. Her condition worsened over the weekend and she would not even eat scrambled eggs. After noticing blood in her stool, I immediately took her to the vet and they suggested that she eat a bland diet and take an antibiotic/probiotic for a couple of days. Her health has yet to improve. Now, the German shepherd is throwing up yellow bile and having diarrhea as well. Neither dog leaves the house or eats anything other than their dry dog food. If anything happens to my poor dogs, I am very interested in filing a class action lawsuit against Pedigree. This situation is absolutely ridiculous and to know that other people are experiencing the exact same thing shows that there is something very wrong with this dog food!

I have fed both my dogs the Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition for at least 3 years. Recently, they both became finicky and were reluctant to eat; they would smell the dog food and walk away. Both have developed the same colored runny stools as well as vomiting within two hours of eating this brand. I am taking them to the vet tomorrow, but I can assure you something is wrong with this dog food. My dogs have the same exact symptoms as others have posted about it, even down to the funny coloring of the stools and vomit, lack of energy, and decreased intake of water. I will never buy any Pedigree brand again and am asking the vet to recommend a good quality dog food that doesn't put my girls at risk!

I usually feed my 2-year-old jack-rat, named Beans, Dick Van Patten’s Natural Balance dog food; but I recently moved in with a friend, who had two jacks as well, and they were being fed Pedigree dog food. I was not going to switch her food, because I've always been picky about what she eats. But one day she decided she didn’t want to eat at all, so I tried the Pedigree and she ate it so I switched her to the Pedigree. Now a few weeks into her eating the Pedigree, she has become ill. She vomits up yellow bile daily, and she wants to eat grass when I take her for a walk because her stomach is so upset. I took her to the vet because she threw up over and over all over the couch. The vet didn’t do any tests upfront; just told me to keep an eye on her. She’s always been a healthy dog.

We recently ran out of dog food and my wife picked up a bag of Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition at the store. This was not our usual brand. I initially noticed an extreme difference in the stool of our three dogs (Beagle, Dachshund, and Yorkie) after eating the Pedigree. It was strange in color and consistency and the amount of stool indicated that much of the product was being passed without being digested.

Our dogs have eaten Pedigree for years. A few months ago, we started to notice strange eating habits. We assumed it was the change in seasons and warmer weather that was causing them to be finicky. Then within a week or so of opening our newest bag of Pedigree, we got a phone call from a neighbor who had driven by and found our six year old lab having seizure in our yard. He was rushed to the vet, but never regained consciousness. Over the course of the next week, our other dog, a four year old mix, began to eat less and less. We assumed it was because she was missing her companion. Within the week, we came home to find her mostly dead in the yard. After rushing her to the vet, she died of apparent liver failure by morning. These were healthy dogs, with no problems. If it was not the Pedigree food that killed them, it was one amazing coincidence. Please do not feed your dog Pedigree!

My dog hurt his knee playing at a dog park and for a while had limited mobility. I was at the pet store when I saw Pedigree Healthy Joints dog food. Thinking this was an obvious purchase, I brought some home. My dog ate it and it didn't seem to be a total bust so I continued feeding it to him. I noticed after about two weeks (though injured he is a very active dog normally), I had not seen him get up and play or really do anything but lay on the floor like a rug. Then after about three weeks, his mouth started to swell. I immediately contacted my vet who thought he had been bitten by a spider and that it was a pretty common allergic reaction to spider bites and that I should just give him Benadryl and he will be fine. After about a week and a half of pumping him full of Benadryl and realizing he was not getting better, I started to question his diet.

My 11-year old Rat Terrier has been eating Pedigree Adult Small Breed formula for most of her life. A couple months ago, I purchased a new bag at our local Walmart. First signs of anything wrong, she started scratching all over and has made herself red from scratching. Then, the tremors/jerking/muscle spasms began and have taken her to the vet four times. I was told she had an allergy because of the scratching and unsure about tremors. I did a complete blood work panel and all is fine. Next step, abdominal ultrasound and spinal x-ray. If all checks out with these tests, an MRI of the brain would be the next step. She no longer wants to play, having been a high energy dog, just lays around. She has begun not wanting to eat her dog food - smells and walks away. After reading some of the complaints, I am concerned about the brain tumors. I'm waiting for a call from the vet as I write this and praying this Pedigree dog food does not take my 11-year old companion's life.

I recently bought Pedigree canned (Healthy Joints). When I opened the can to feed my senior Yorkies, the smell that came from the food inside was rotten. I actually gagged when the can was opened. The odor was strong enough to fill the kitchen with a foul odor. I have used Pedigree dry and canned for over fourteen years and have never experienced this situation. Needless to say, I could no longer feed this to my dogs. The numbers on the can are as follows: BB (or 88) 030614 21L 2100KKCC 1032PJ. No health consequences since I threw the food away, however, the question is has this batch of food been recalled or complained about recently? I would hate to change brands as I have been satisfied for years until now. Please respond.

Something has changed. For years I've fed Pedigree Wet to our husky mix and he has been eating it without any problems, but now he refuses to eat it. He, like others I read about, turns his head and refuses to eat it. This dog has gone for as many as three days and refused to eat every can that we've tried. Out of twenty-four cans, he has eaten no more than four or five cans and the rest has had to go in the garbage. Is there anything worse than your beloved pet not eating regularly?

I just brought a bag of Pedigree dog food from our local Walgreens. I had never tried your brand before and my dog would not touch it. So thinking it was my dog, I tried it on the two neighbors' dog because they will eat anything and everything in sight. But they both turn their noses up at it, so I don't know if I got a bad bag or what, but I have not found a dog yet that would eat it. Thank you for taking time to read this.

I have fed my two dogs Pedigree dry food mixed with a half a can of wet food for several months. However, about a week ago, they became extremely ill. They both were vomiting, diarrhea with some blood in it, and lethargy. I took them to the vet and had their stool tested and the vet found very high levels of bacteria in it. I asked him what it could be from and he said sometimes the food or treats since my dogs are inside dogs and they don't eat human food or trash. I thought that maybe it was the pepperoni treats I was giving them so I threw them out.

We have raised several dogs on Pedigree without issues for years. Recently, we have lost 2 of our dogs and are concerned that it may be related to the dog food. Both of our dogs were diagnosed with brain tumors with only an occasional bout of vomit and/or diarrhea. Although they were older, 8 and 10, the illness came on quickly and progressed rapidly. Our other two dogs have been hesitant to eat the Pedigree and we are switching them today to avoid any potential issues. I am not sure if there is any correlation but I sure am not willing to take a chance with my pets' lives! Has any one else had similar issues?

My dogs have been eating this dog food for years. Then suddenly the golden retriever had horrible diarrhea. Then the second dog had diarrhea. It also seems possible that some have been transmitted to some members of the family per the doctor. The symptoms from the dogs reminded me of the salmonella contaminant stories I have been hearing. So I am in the beginning of researching this as it is all very recent. I think the company (Pedigree) needs to start doing an investigation. At the time when I took the dog to the vet with the stool sample, I did not think of getting it tested for salmonella. I called the vet today and he said it is $150 to have stool tested for salmonella. People just do not have this kind of money; however, not knowing could have potential fatal outcomes eventually. We are just going to change the dogs’ food instead.

I have been reading a lot of the posts on this site and decided to post due to my frustration with some of these complaints. I have a non-profit pet rescue and for 11 years, have been feeding all our dogs Pedigree. We have had over 6,000 dogs that we have rescued and placed in that time frame. We have not had any issues with the dogs eating Pedigree. It seems that a lot of the complaints on this site are from people who bought the food and started feeding their dog for the first time. As with any food change, it can cause severe intestinal upset to the point of the dog having to be hospitalized. When changing foods, you need to do it slowly and mix it together with the old food and gradually switch the dog over. Vomiting, diarrhea, bloody stools, etc. are all possible if the dog is not switched over correctly.

We've been on Pedigree now for a couple of months. All of a sudden with the latest bag, my dog has had vomiting and diarrhea. I feel like they have changed their mix. I’m taking her to the vet tomorrow. I just happen upon these complaints looking for explanations. Thank you everyone for sharing.

I have four dogs, and my youngest is a black 7-month-old German Shepherd mix. Because he's still a puppy, I feed him twice a day. Last Thursday, I gave him, like normal, a cup and a half of dry Pedigree dog food and added a can of Pedigree wet food. Later that evening, I gave him a half raw hide. On Friday morning, he was sick, throwing the raw hide up and all his dog food. I can't say if it was the dog food or raw hide, but my baby has been recovering since. I took him to the emergency vet clinic and couldn't afford blood work or an x-ray.

I purchased Pedigree canned dog food with lamb and vegetables and all I know for sure is my dogs smelled it and turned their nose up and walked off. I have 3 miniature dachshunds and I used to feed them dry Pedigree for several years. But they were getting fat so I changed their food to Science Diet. They would not eat it so I have been mixing it with canned Pedigree to get them to eat it and now feed them twice a day.

My Norwich Terrier just got home from spending 9 days in the hospital. We had just purchased a new bag of Pedigree and within a few days, my dog began throwing up. The day that we took him to emergency, he had thrown up more than 30 times. A few days later, he developed diarrhea and a horrible odor. The vet bill was almost $5,000. I was suspicious about the dog food so I checked this website, and it appears that a lot of other people have had the same problem.

I had three dogs. I had just adopted a poodle mix from the pound and saved his life there. I have a 7-month-old lab mix (still) and a Chihuahua mix (also still, thankfully). I bought a large bag of Pedigree and started feeding them both the same formula. The poodle mix was the first to show symptoms. He began with extremely explosive diarrhea. Then it turned to a very dark, foul smelling diarrhea and progressed to straight blood. He wouldn't drink or eat anything. We spent thousands of dollars at the vet, and when our lab mix got sick we decided the only way we could afford to keep one healthy would be to give one up. We had to take the poodle to the pound and continue treatment on our lab mix. The doctors said the only thing they found was that it was poison.

Golden Retriever is sick from dog food. I have had two adult Goldens on Pedigree since they were born. I purchased a new bag last week (June 2), noticed the bags have gone from 40 lb. to 36 lb. for the same price and now, the bag is back to 40 with "10% more free" on the bag, new packaging. It doesn't say "Small crunchy bites", and has other new claims.

We have a 9-year-old golden retriever who seemed to like the Pedigree dry dog food for mature dogs (extra vitality), but it’s full of worms and bugs near the bottom of the bag. Disgusting! I threw the rest away and went back to Alpo.

I have had great luck with Pedigree dog for years. I have used the puppy, the adult, and the canned food, too. My dogs have never gotten sick on any of it. My dogs, all of them, are healthy with shiny coats. I tried to change foods to the more posh food that everyone is going to - grain-free and all that - thinking I was doing better with my pets just to have them sick and go to the vets. My vet said to put them back on Pedigree and I have! I am very happy with the food and so are the dogs.

I have been feeding my two-year old duck toller Pedigree since I first got him. Yesterday, he finished his last batch and I topped up his dinner from the new bag. Within minutes of eating, he was foaming at the mouth and this went on for about an hour. Then, last night, he had diarrhea. I took it back and got something else. I note that the bag has a "New Immunity Booster" notice on it. I don't know if the two events are coincidental or not, but it sure didn't agree with my dog.

I have two cocker spaniels: one approximately 40lbs and 8 years old; and one approximately 20lbs and one year old. The older dog has been on Pedigree for as long as I can remember, mostly on the weight control (healthy nutrition) for the past three years. The younger dog has always been on the weight control just for simplified feeding from same bag as her brother. We have never had any problems with the food until this week when we bought a new bag. The bag was purchased the week of 5/17/12 and they began feeding from it on the morning of 5/18/12. The younger one had explosive diarrhea starting within about 12 hours and has remained constant. The older and bigger dog had one bout of very loose stool on 5/20/12 and has been suffering from consistent explosive diarrhea on 5/21/12 (today) since his breakfast feeding.

We purchased a bag of Pedigree Puppy Food and fed our dogs two meals from it. Two of them had diarrhea. Our larger dog had explosive diarrhea all over our living room but seems to be doing fine now. Our little dog is projectile vomiting and has diarrhea, and her stomach is churning very loudly. We normally feed them higher quality food like Blue Buffalo and had only picked this up because we were out of food and the pet store was closed. So, at first, we thought it was just due to the sudden switch of food and immediately purchased different food the next day. But now, I believe it may be something else wrong with this Pedigree food.

I bought the Pedigree Healthy Weight for my dogs. My dogs have been throwing up and having explosive diarrhea! It took me hours to clean up the mess that I was welcomed to when I got home. I stopped feeding them the food instantly. There is something wrong with this food, and it needs to be taken care of. I emailed the company and have not yet got a response. Has anyone filed a class action lawsuit yet? If not, how about we get started? This is ridiculous! And we should not have to worry about what we are feeding our dogs.

I recently adopted a 2-year-old male Shih Tzu and I immediately put him on Pedigree small bites dog food (I bought one large bag). Two weeks later, I brought him to the doctor for vaccinations and to have his pre-surgical bloodwork performed (he was to be neutered the next week). His ALT, a liver enzyme was 500 (normal range is to 100). We thought it to be a fluke since he seemed so healthy, so the doctor recommended waiting 3 weeks and retesting. When I brought him in the second time, it had doubled to 1000!

I opened a can of Pedigree ready to serve my dog and I saw a strange blue piece of rubber. My question is who is in charge of quality control? What is next?

I really wish your advertising people would seriously stop and think before actually putting these commercials out there that we have to listen to. I don't even have a dog. I've been a cat owner throughout my life, so the actual food product isn't what this complaint is about. Why would you choose to have the announcer say the word "butt" in your commercial rather than something that's not insulting and much more decent for us to have to listen to blaring at us all over the house? I mean, please. What happened to decency in something so seemingly innocent and endearing as a pet commercial? But of course, nowadays, everybody and every ad agency thinks it's cool to just say anything and everything - like the people who have to listen to it either agree with that or don't care. But I care and I think you should be ashamed.

I bought a bag of Pedigree large breed dog food from Walt's 3 weeks ago. Since my dog ate this crap, he began throwing up. He stopped eating altogether. He stopped drinking water also. I took him to the vet and they couldn't determine what was wrong with him. He lost a lot of weight, slept all the time and could barely walk. He passed a black mass of stool, then blood, then he died. Pedigree killed my Sumo. He was only 2 years old. RIP buddy. If anyone reads this, please tell me what I have to do to sue these **.

My dog, my best friend, who I bought in the beginning of my 8 years as a military wife, has been through 2 deployments and a loss of his daddy and my husband due to TBI. He is now 10 and has been through the worst times of my life with me. I went through his worst times last year when he spent 2 1/2 months on the vet floor without coming home, fighting for his life. Three surgeries later and almost dying from sepsis, he came home with me (after me sitting on the floor from open to close at the vet, syringing homemade pureed food to him). The only thing I could get him to eat was a Pedigree wet dog food.

Approximately May 1, I purchased a large bag of Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition Dog Food, 20 lb. bag, proof of purchase ** at Target, scanner#231001471-2, Mars Petcare USA. I've fed my dog 2 meals from this and she immediately got sick, diarrhea, throwing up and fever! What do I have to do to get this researched to be recalled? I looked online and there are several other dogs getting sick from this. It needs to be recalled. Please help. Molly is going to the vet today. I am hoping she doesn’t get any worse!

My husband bought some Pedigree dry dog food. We have 2 dogs, a lab retriever mix and a much cocker mix. The lab is about 4 and ate the dry food right away, but the cocker was much more hesitant. He got to the point where he would just sniff it and walk away. After 2 days, our lab was no longer happy or moving around. All she would do is lie around and eat grass to try to vomit (which was yellow bile). She stopped eating and even drinking. I told my husband it had to be the food. We immediately stopped feeding them that food and bought what we have been feeding them. They both started eating like they were starving! Within hours, the lab had explosive diarrhea!

I purchased about 3 weeks ago, a large bag of Pedigree dry dog food and within 2 days, all three of my dogs got very sick. I stopped feeding immediately and switched to another brand and within a day, the dogs were well again.

I am having some financial problems, as so many are, these days. My income has dropped drastically in the last three years. I am now forced to buy less expensive food for my yorkies. I had puppies and older dogs all inside, so I mixed the puppy chow I bought with the 40 pound bag of Pedigree. In the past week, I noticed they didn't seem to be eating as much as usual and then the pups began vomiting and having diarrhea with blood (the largest pup and the biggest eater had a huge bloody stool). I immediately began treating them at home with fresh garlic, brown rice and hamburger, as advised by a vet, a long time ago, for Parvo. I personally have treated over 15 dogs over the years with vet confirmed Parvo and within a day, they begin eating on their own and within three days, they are back to normal. So, when they didn't improve and I lost three of my yorkie puppies. I was also hydrating them with a syringe. They should have gotten better, if it was Parvo or Campylobacter (sp?).

Around a month ago, I switched my dog's food from regular adult Pedigree to Pedigree nutrition. My dog seemed skeptical of the new food, but he still ate for the first 2 weeks. Then he suddenly stopped, but still begged for human food. I figured he was being picky because this new food was supposed to be "healthier.” Well, it got to the point where he wouldn't eat anything, was acting lethargic/depressed, lost a lot of weight and would throw up. He would barely even eat human food. So we took him to the vet and they did a full blood work up (after running other tests and coming up with nothing) and he found out he had a serious liver issue. They ran more tests to try to pinpoint it, but were not able to and referred us to NC State University Veterinary Hospital because our poor Chewy was getting sicker and sicker and losing weight.

My husband bought a bag of Pedigree New Healthy Weight food last weekend and within 2 days, our Lab-Rot mix began having explosive diarrhea. The second day, it contained blood and mucous. We stopped feeding the food to her and began feeding her rice and boiled chicken. Our smaller beagle continued to eat the food. Today, she vomited blood all over as well as the food from her breakfast. Our larger dog is still having diarrhea, but it is much less frequent and explosive. I took the beagle to the vet as soon as we got home and discovered the bloody vomit. We should get the results of the blood test tomorrow. This was the first time we have ever purchased Pedigree food. I am really scared now that the food may have done permanent damage. Is there something going on? My dogs got sick after eating Pedigree dry dog food. I have seen multiple posts like this in this month alone.

I have found multiple pieces of very very sharp plastic pieces in my puppies' dog food. They have been hesitant to eat it and while I was trying to mix the food up, I noticed the plastic pieces. It would have caused serious damage to my puppies! I am so not happy with this product! I am very disappointed and scared for other puppy owners that they might not find the plastic in time.

I went and bought two large packs of Pedigree dog food which more than half of them had gone off. I found the lids was not sealed properly. I have four large pedigree dogs and always found this dog food was suitable but after spending nearly $14 and only got three good tins, I'm very disappointed.

I purchased Pedigree Adult Complete Nutrition for my 2 adult dogs. Within 24 hours of their first feeding, one of my dogs began to have diarrhea. By 36 hours, she was out of control, diarrhea, puking, and then more diarrhea with blood. My other dog has not been as bad but he too, is having very loose stools since the transition. I have never purchased this brand before and, after I throw away the remaining food, I will never buy it for my dogs again. This has been the worst experience I have had with any food I have ever purchased for my dogs.

Be very careful of Pedigree dog food. Yesterday, I opened a can of their dog food and it was rancid. I mean rancid! Please, if you love your pet, beware of this product. Oh by the way, the seal was not tampered with.

After I bought a bag of Pedigree dog food 3 weeks ago, my male boxer started having violent seizures! I have never seen a dog have a seizure before and it scared the hell out of me! Since the 1st seizure, he has had back to back seizures now and it's tearing me apart to watch this healthy dog go through this! I also have a female boxer who is sick now and a corgi that is sick as well and my vet bills are getting out of control now. All of this since that big bag of Pedigree dog food. I need answers and won’t stop until I get them. I feel that I bought a tainted bag of dog food and want to get to the bottom of this ASAP!

My dog quit eating her dog food for about 10 days, so we thought we would mix some wet food with his normal food to get her to eat it. She still ate her treats and always wanted our table food. We added two table spoons of Pedigree can food and within 4 hours she was dead at the pet emergency room. What the hell is going on here?

We have tried your dog food in the can (a variety of flavors) with 2 of our family dogs and the both had seizures after they ate your brand of food. Our Sheltie has passed away about 1 and 1/2 years ago. This just happened to our 5-pound Chihuahua last night. It is very hard to watch. He is our family dog. We do not want to see this happen to any other family pet.

Our 3-year old St. Bernard has been eating the Pedigree caned dog food for only a few weeks and just in a days time, it has made this dog so sick that he can't even get up. Our vet and I are trying everything to keep this dog alive! IV fluids and stomach mess - this is costing us in the $1,000s so far. Has anyone contacted the feds in this matter? Also, does anyone know what is in this food that makes them this sick?

I am starting a lawsuit against Pedigree/Mars Petcare. If your dog has had these symptoms, please contact me. My dog is 2 years old, and up until now, he's as healthy as can be. His whole life, he has eaten Pedigree dry dog food. About a month ago, he began to not eat as much as usual, but as any house dog will, he begs when I eat, so I give him a little of mine. So I just passed it off, as if he simply didn't want his dog food anymore.

Our 8-year old choc. lab became unexplainably very ill. She started hacking and couldn’t breathe. She was vomiting and chewing on my oak staircase, eating grass, pacing around the yard and licking everything. You could tell she was very uncomfortable in her skin. I went to vet and he couldn’t pin it down to anything. After blood work, nausea meds, and $400 later, there’s still no explanation. Since the dog obviously had a throat problem, we put her on rice and tuna, chicken, and turkey diet. Guess what? She became her old self again. I gave her 1 bowl of Pedigree dog food after she was better and she instantly got sick again. This product should be pulled from the shelf and a class action suit filed to recoup damages from sick and dead animals.

I have three dogs--a Rottweiler/black Labrador (Lucas), a yellow Labrador (Jaxx) and a Chihuahua (Kika). Lucas and Jaxx have both been on the adult dry (52 lb. bag) for almost two years since getting off puppy chow. Until two weeks ago, they were the picture of perfect health. Last week, 03/23/12, Lucas started hacking and coughing like he had swallowed something and had it lodged. I thought he would cough it up and out eventually. Then, Jaxx had the same symptoms starting yesterday.

My two dogs (one golden retriever, the other a shepherd lab mix) became very ill after trying Pedigree dry dog food. They drank extreme amounts of water, passed soft stool frequently, were very lethargic, and panted continuously. I thought they were in kidney failure. After two days, I thought I would try just changing the food. I am grateful to report that my pets are recovering. Since I am on a limited income and do not have pet insurance, I could not have diagnostic testing done. I was scheduled to have my pets euthanized 1 day before they got better after taking them off the Pedigree. This food needs to be checked for possible contamination.

We have fed our dogs Pedigree wet and dry for many years and we also moved and noticed our dogs were having accidents in the house which they have never done before. Both are 70 to 80 pound dogs so we stopped using the wet, thinking it was that since they do not have a doggy door at our current residence. They are both females, one is a pure bread black lab, 11 yrs old and the other is a Rhodesian Ridge Back, she is 6.

I purchased a 625g can of Pedigree dog food. Expiration date on the can is 021414. However, when I opened the can, the top of the food contained large amounts of mold! There is obviously a problem with the canning process. I was disgusted and feel a recall is in order. Other numbers on the top of the can are BB 021414 21 1, 207EKKCD 1246BB.

My Boxer became unhealthy. He had fever first time he ate Pedigree adult dog food. Cost for the vet was $260.00.

Two weeks ago, we picked up a St. Bernard to foster while she waited for an adoptive family. The rescue gave me a bag of Pedigree dry food and several cans of Pedigree canned food. She had severe diarrhea, and the whites of her eyes were totally red. We had to return her to the rescue. We exchanged her for another Saint that had no history of medical problems and had been eating Dog Chow with his previous foster. Again, the rescue gave us a bag of Pedigree dry and 3 bags of canned food.

I purchased Little Champions in the packets to go with the Pedigree dry food for my Yorkie/Westie mix. The last box I bought was from Big Lots. When I opened the pouch, the food had nearly liquefied. The smell was so bad that I had to wash my hands 4 times to remove the stench. Needless to say, I didn't give my dog any of the food. I kept the proof of purchase label and wrote to Pedigree to complain. So far, I have had no response.

On Saturday, I gave my 8-year old Bichon Frise two Pedigree Dentastix for small dogs. Saturday night/Sunday morning, she was not feeling well. I gave her another Dentistix later on Sunday for a total of 3 over a 24-hour period. On Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, she would not get out of her bed and join the family. She would not go for a walk. When she did move, she ran low to the ground and acted very weird. She felt warm. She would not eat and took minimal water. Luckily, yesterday she started to feel better and today she is doing well and back to her normal attentive self following us around the house and eating/drinking normally. I plan to complain directly to Pedigree, tell all of my friends and family, and you to beware!

Pedigree Canned Dog Food - My dog is at the vet's right now and may not make it. He has been eating Pedigree for 2 weeks now because I stupidly switched him to this. He is diagnosed with Pancreatitis that is probably from feeding him this fatty dog food. God forgive me and please let my little friend live.

I don't know what happened but my husband and I were shocked to find all these bad reviews. We've been at wit's end the past month or so trying to determine what was making our two labs sick. We just moved into a new house and having kennel messes has not been fun! Let alone what it's been doing to our poor dogs. Our labs (one yellow, one chocolate) have been on Pedigree for years since they were both puppies (they are 4 and 7 now). Typically an issue happens when hubby forgets to pay attention to the bag and bought the large breed Pedigree dog food vs the regular adult Pedigree. But he's been very careful the past month or so and made sure to buy the regular smaller version. Our yellow lab wouldn't touch the food for about a week and only drank water. Then would drink so much water, she'd vomit. Our chocolate was having diarrhea in his kennel. Hubby hopped on the internet and you can imagine our dismay in reading all of these comments. Natural Choice is now our brand of dog food and Pedigree should be ashamed of themselves for doing this.

I have been feeding my German Shepherd and terrier Pedigree dog food for years. On two occasions, I purchased the Pedigree dry food and open the bag and my dogs refused to eat it. I figured they weren't hungry, which is never the case. They would smell it, and simply walk away. My friend convinced me that something must be wrong with the dog food (stupid me), so I returned it back to Costco. After the first experience, I switched to another type of dog food for 6-8 months, then returned to the Pedigree dog food, and things seem to be fine. After a while using the Pedigree, the same thing happened again, but they ate if for a couple of days. This time my terrier got sick and would not eat it anymore, and came down with diarrhea and bloody stool. So I immediately returned it to Costco. I feel bad that I took a chance and put savings over the health of my dogs. I will be notifying Costco tomorrow, that they should look at the consumer reports and strongly consider discontinuing the sale of the Pedigree dry food!

I have fed my dogs Pedigree dry and wet food for years and had been very satisfied. In December of 2011, my 7 year old lab started having major skin and hair issues. We had just moved into a new house and I thought maybe the problem was in the backyard. She was bathed, dipped, and had her flea meds but the problem worsened. Then, my 5 year old mixed breed started throwing up at least twice a day. He has always been an energetic, happy little dog but now he is lethargic. My lab started drinking gallons of water every day and her hair has fallen out and she has massive hot spots. She cries all the time. I have thrown out all my Pedigree food after reading all the other complaints on this site. I have sterilized their food bowls and am hoping that I caught this problem in time. Had it not been for the other postings I saw this morning, I would still be feeding my dogs this stuff. We are hoping and praying for the best at this point.

About 2 months ago we bought our normal 52-pound bag. We have an Australian shepherd and a lab/chow mix. They normally eat like pigs (especially the lab chow). They were out of small crunchy bites so I bought the next size up. They would pick at it and eventually basically refused to eat at all except the bare minimum to not starve. I thought it was the size, so we returned to the store and purchased the usual small crunchy bites. Same result. They have been on Pedigree since they were pups. It is the only food they have ever eaten and it has never been a problem. Finally becoming very concerned, we grabbed a bag of a different brand. Poor things woofed it down like they were starving, which I now realize they were. Been on the new food for 2 days now and not a speck left in the bowls. I'm so sorry I didn't realize sooner. Lab/chow also has hair loss which we just attributed to a flea allergy. I wouldn't be surprised if it starts growing back soon. There is something seriously wrong with this food! Something must be done before more pets are hurt!

Pedigree 12-pack 13.2 oz cans has caused my bullmastiff to lose weight. He has had diarrhea and has been vomiting. He has been eating this brand for about 5 months and I am hoping I can get it out of his system and it hasn't damaged his liver or other organs. He has had hotspots on and off due to the low quality of food it is as well. I am making him homemade food from now on.

I have 4 dogs, a Basenji, Dingo, Australian cattle dog and St. Bernard. I started this new bag of the "improved formula" One Lamb and Rice approx. a week ago. We thought it odd that the dogs almost instantly started to itch and were not as active as they normally were. They refuse to eat the food now and all have IBS. The Basenji is as flatulent as anything and the St. Bernard just won't eat it. He has gone from 220 to 198 in just a week. I do not recommend this food to anyone who cherishes their relationship with their pet.

My dog has just came through a horrible cancer ordeal and I had decided to give her Pedigree dry dog food. She ate it for about a week now and then she wouldn't eat it anymore, started throwing up which scared me thinking her cancer was back! Then our other dog started the same thing. She usually will eat anything. So I went on the website to see if there had been any recall and I saw all the posts. I was shocked! I went to town and bought Purina and they inhaled it! The vet said it hopefully hadn't done unrepairable damage!

Our family's 2-1/2 year old purebred Newfoundland female has been eating Pedigree kibble for two years. About 90 days ago, my son began noticing that the dog was looking thinner and that her hair was falling out. In looking online, we all found shocking information about similar complaints in other dogs, same food in common. Our dog should weigh between 90 and 115. She's down to 68 pounds, is still missing substantial hair, and was recently tested and discovered to have pretty serious concerns with her liver even though she's been off Pedigree for three months. These are the same concerns I am seeing online from others.

I purchased Pedigree Choice Cuts Beef & Liver at Walmart for my 14-year old beagle. I have been feeding him this food for over a year without incident. I opened a new can and it looked normal but within six hours, my dog had vomited and had liquid diarrhea. This continued for 24 hours before I took him to the vet for IV fluids. Two days later, he is still there and it is still touch and go. I don't know if he's going to make it or not but I attribute his condition to this food. I know it is going to cost a small fortune for his vet care and I plan to complain to Pedigree about their food, especially with all these other complaints here about the Pedigree both dry and wet food.

I have been feeding my 2-year old yellow lab Pedigree dry dog food ever since he was a puppy and have never had a problem. Last week I bought my usual 17 lbs. bag of Pedigree dry food and fed my dog after which he soon became ill while vomiting and having diarrhea. I thought he was sick with a virus yet no one could explain to me what was going on with him. After refusing to eat for three days, I thought he was going to die. I was desperate so I decided to try another brand of food, which he loved and is now recovering. I will never go back to Pedigree again. I think they need to take responsibility for what they did to our pets by refunding vet bills and other expenses.

My daughter opened a can of beef flavored ground/loaf type of food and mixed it with some bread cubes she was preparing for our two dogs. It smelled so bad it almost made both of us sick. I quickly disposed of the food. I had bought the can within the last week. I use this brand all the time. The can did not look perforated or deformed in any way. Now I am concerned about continuing to buy this brand of dog food. I have never smelled something so rancid/bad in my life. I am just glad that it smelled so bad so we didn't feed it to them. I am going to all homemade food from now on. This is just not right.

I bought a can of Meaty ground dinner- with chunky beef,bacon and cheese. I usually stick to the chicken and rice or beef and rice kinds, but, changed it up with a couple cans of this. I have 4 small dogs, all under 20lbs, whom I feed by mixing dry dog food and wet together in a bowl before transferring to their individual bowls.

I discovered a triangular piece of floor tile, approximately 1 x 1 triangle, in our dog food. It was dry food. Unfortunately, we do not have the bag to give you the lot number. I suggest you check the quality control of your product.

Fed my pet Pedigree (can). He got really sick and had most of the same symptoms as others on here are reporting. He was in vet hospital for 2 days on IV. The vet bill is nearly a $1,000. I will never ever again feed this brand to my pet. One minute my dog is just fine. By morning he was very ill. Me and my husband were in total shock of the complete change. Don't know what company to trust anymore. I thought I could trust Pedigree. By the way, how I found out it may be Pedigree food is that my cousin had just started feeding her pet same thing and hers got sick around the same time and she sent me this link. I'm so shocked to read these stories and so sad for the ones whose pets have died. I'm passing this link to everyone on FB and to the vet hospital.

I fed my English bulldog Pedigree and bought a new bag Sunday. Since then she had diarrhea and vomiting. My husband came home and found her dead. We are getting tests ran on her and the food.

I have been using little bites for over 10 years. Friday, I bought a new bag and all 3 of my terriers are very sick. Vomiting, diarrhea, and lethargy. I can't keep anything down. I took it back to the store. They gave me my money back and told me to toss it and call Vons’ corporate office. They said I am not their first complaint of this. I will never use Pedigree again. I know I am going to end up at the vet with all 3 dogs and this will be quite costly.

After using Pedigree canned and dry for years for my 7 dogs, I have had to cremate 3 of my healthy dogs in the past 29 days. I am dumping the rest of this bag and changing brands. I strongly recommend everyone do the same until Pedigree reformulates or recalls the food they have on the shelves. It is a hurtful way, too bad to loose the 4 legged family members!

I had two dogs, one wolf hybrid and one miniature schnauzer. I began feeding them both Pedigree Adult Complete, the 52-pound bag from Sam’s Club, about eight months ago. Both of my dogs are now dead from the same symptoms: lethargy, vomiting, liver damage, and finally kidney failure. The dogs died about six months apart. I thought that the wolf had been poisoned since he frequently was able to get loose from the back yard. When the schnauzer died of the same symptoms I began to look for common factors. It was the dog food, the same bag that killed the wolf eventually killed the schauzer as well. Both dogs were 3 years old.

After feeding half a can of Pedigree Choice Cuts in gravy with beef & liver to my 14 year old lab, he became very ill and started vomiting. He couldn't even keep water down. We had to take him to the vet. He was given an IV to rehydrate him, meds, and after an abdominal x-ray, it showed a blockage. He will not eat, and this has been for 5 days. He does keep water down, but has been extremely ill, since I fed him this. It has been a costly situation, not to mention, harmful to my pet. He still has not recovered. Something in this food is deadly to our animals. This needs to be investigated soon, before more animals end up seriously ill.

I recently started buying Pedigree Wet Dog for my 11-year old dog. I have found the strangest odor when opening the cans; it has a spoiled smell. I have even found rocks and big giant parts gristle. I will never buy this dog food again. Their customer service number on the side of the dog food can is 1-800-525-5273.

I fed my Pomeranian the Pedigree with chunky beef meaty ground dinner and found a tooth in the can. What are they feeding my dog? This is the last time he will be eating this brand! I tried calling customer service and found no answer on regular business days and hours. This company needs to have some accountability!

I would rate 0 stars if it were possible. I bought a big bag of Pedigree large breed dog food two weeks ago. I opened the bag and dumped it into an air tight sealed food bin in my laundry room closet where I have always stored it. We have seen little worm/caterpillar looking things in the dog's water bowl, on the walls, and so on and could not figure out where they were coming from. We pulled everything out of the laundry room, including the Sealed container of dog food. Lo and behold. the food was infested with these larvae. I'm talking a massive amount squirming around in my dog's food. We immediately took the entire container and threw it in the garbage outside, along with her food dish and water bowl.

I have fed my chihuahuas Pedigree dry and canned food mixed since they were old enough to eat. I changed to small breed dry, when they came out with it, and it worked well, until the recent changes in the ingredients of the dry food. In the last few months I've had problems with my 5 lb chihuahua throwing up a great deal, as well as not eating for a couple of days at a time.

I have four dogs and feed them all pedigree for several years now. Recently, I have had to take my dog to the vet because we noticed she kept frequently vomiting white to sometimes yellowish mucus like substance. The vets found nothing and recommended we change her food. After while, we noticed the other three dogs had the same reaction to the food as well. There has to have been an obvious change in the manufacturing of the food. They all immediately stopped throwing up after we changed their food gradually. I'm truly upset that these dogs entrusted us and we were not informed enough to know how this could have even been allowed on the shelves at Costco.

I have fed my two Boxers dry and canned food for years as well as the third pair of Boxers with no problems. In September 2011, the male began throwing up a white mucus filled vomit and quit eating. I took him to the veterinarian for test. After $800, absolutely nothing was found. The veterinarian said to feed him with canned only and the vomiting stopped. I started dry and wet again then both dogs started vomiting. This was on a new bag of Pedigree. I have changed to Purina One dry and finishing up with Pedigree canned and will change to Alpo for canned. It appears that the latest ingredient change made by Pedigree wasn't for the better or they have put out some really bad batches of dry food. In any case, I'll not be back and the balance of dry food left is garbage bound.

While feeding my 3 dogs this morning, about a dozen pieces of plastic like things were seen and removed from the dish. I have saved the pieces and would like to have you identify what they are! I am concerned that they have eaten some of this in the past now that it has been discovered. It is the same color as the food and was just by luck it was found. I have recently had a very sick small dog. I am now thinking it could be caused by more of whatever this is she could have ingested. I’m not a happy customer.

We have been buying Pedigree dog food for our three dogs every three weeks. Just recently we have noticed a change in bag size. The original bag was a 52-pound bag at $21.23; the new bag is a 32-pound bag at $21.23. This is clearly unacceptable as a consumer. After 20 years of buying your product, I feel very deceived. I guess the end result will have to be, that we will be looking for a new food for our dogs.

I opened a new bag of food and it had bugs. Not just one or two bugs, but it was infested with bugs. Also, it looked like some of the nuggets had mold on them. Petsmart did replace the bag, but I am very hesitant to buy this product again.

I have a 6-year-old peke-a-poo, which I bought as a puppy for my elderly Mom who I cared for until she past away 3 years ago from ovarian cancer. We lived together, so when she passed, the dog was left to me. He means the world to me, as now I am alone with him. My dog ate Pedigree moist dog food and the dry for small dog food.

Wow, after reading these many complaints, it's become clear to me that Pedigree is a problem in our household also. We have three dogs, ages 13, 9 and 7. The middle dog and the smallest one have gotten ill for the past many months. The common factor is Pedigree wet and dry. Diarrhea, white spit up, the little one has stopped eating at all and lost weight. She will eat out of desperation at times but basically she turns her little nose up. I'm attempting to change her diet and will also do so for the other two dogs. If Pedigree is killing our pets, we need to make them stop!

I have been trying to locate Pedigree Small Breed dog food in Henderson, NV and Las Vegas, NV. Petco, Walmart, Smiths, and PetSmart no longer stock this food. My two dogs are healthy and enjoy this food. I've used Pedigree for my dogs for the last 20 years and prefer the Small Breed dog food. Why are you no longer stocking it?

We have been feeding our dogs over the past 10 years with Pedigree dry food. Just recently, I noticed when feeding our great dane/Rottweiler, the food looked moldy. It had white and green on it. I was so disgusted and worried how long did we feed her this without noticing. Luckily, she has not been sick, but I will not purchase pedigree anymore.

My dogs have recently been eating Pedigree dry food, and in one bag today, as I was getting ready to feed them, I came across this white stuff and some sort of a bug wrapped up in a web. Yes, a web. I was disgusted, and both my mom and I, decided to feed them a few bits that were salvageable, and we cooked them homemade food.

I have two dogs that mean the world to me and I've fed them your products for years until the day to my horror, I lost all confidence in you when I found a foreign object (bit of rubber) in the can of meat I was about to feed them.