Royal Canin Pet Foods Reviews

My beagle has been on Royal Canin SO for bladder crystals for about a year. Just the other day I purchased a new bag at the vet. When I opened the bag I said to myself “This looks different.” So I fed the dog that night and the next morning. That afternoon she started vomiting up the food and all day white and yellow foam, and drinking tons of water. I went on this website to see if anyone else had problems. Boy am I glad I did. I won't feed her that food ever again. Thank you everyone for writing in.

My dog is at the first stage of kidney failure. Vet suggested Royal Canin Renal food because Hill's k/d seemed not to interest my dog's appetite anymore. I bought the can version and I was amazed to see my dog eating the food without complaints. On the contrary he liked this food very much. Then I was curious to see if the dry food is tasty as the wet one and went to a research before I buy some. And then I read the Consumer Affairs reviews and I got worried. First I have to admit I was skeptical because these are very tricky times and you shouldn't believe everything you read, or at least I thought that since my dog's food is made in EU and I haven't heard about complaints in Greece, I should be alarmed but not to the point of being hysterical.

I have a 4 year old Shih Tzu who was diagnosed with pancreatitis. Vet recommended RC GI low fat dog food. I bought the can dog food not the dry food. I only bought 2 since that was all they had on the shelf. He has been on it for 2 days and so far, no bad reaction. However, reading the numerous reviews/complaints about RC products, really scares me to death, as my poochie is my pride and joy! I am calling the VET first thing in the morning for him to recommend another low fat GI food besides RC. Thank you for opening my eyes!!

First I want to thank every pet owner who has written. My dog was put on this food for bladder stone treatment. She was doing well until I got her second bag and she became lethargic and she lost her appetite. I since reading the report posted noticed that I have bag BBD/MA 04172016/CAD 17ABR2016 02; 46 HECHO EN/FABRIQUE AU/MADE IN USA. I am very concern, but my Vet bill is so big at this time I am watching her and encouraging her to drink water. I tried to give her favorite soft dog food and she is not interested.

I have a 3 yr old male cat with Struvite stones. I had him on RC Urinary SO regular and then switched to Moderate Calorie. At first no problems, but about 6 months ago he started vomiting irregularly for 3-4 days, either right after eating or some time after or both. Vomit was vivid yellow with mucus. His appetite was seriously reduced. He would also spit out some pieces as if he found them unpalatable (or too hard? as other people on the site have commented). At the time he was mostly outdoors so I was worried about infections/poisoning. My vet did all tests available but found him in great health.

Royal Canin Renal Prescription Dog Food - Product was prescribed by Vet for my dog with CKD, I purchased the palatability pack - rather expensive, but if was going to help my dog, I did not really mind. I would do anything for her no matter what it cost. However, to start off with everything seemed fine, but over a period of about four days, my dog's fur started to fall out, so much so, every time we stroked her you would get a handful of fur. I then realized, that it had only happened since being fed this food. I then decided to revert back to a homemade renal diet and within two days her fur stopped falling and is now thankfully, getting back to normal. Would certainly not recommend.

I have been feeding my cat Royal Canin dry food for 4 yrs with no problem, until this last bag 2015. My cat vomited after eating it every time and was very lethargic. I did not know the first couple of times that it was the food, but by the third time that she vomited after eating, I immediately took the food away and threw out the very large and expensive bag. I sadly bought two bags and now have to see if I can get a refund for the unopened bag. I have switched her food and she has not vomited since! PLEASE check out this company. I fear for the pets that may still be eating this.

I switched to Royal Canin from Blue Buffalo approximately seven months ago. I thought my older dog, who is now nine, had a skin issue his entire life. My veterinarian suggested I try Royal Canin, and my dog's skin issues cleared up within a few weeks. I was so pleased with the results, I switched my other dog, and both of my cats to Royal Canin. I have noticed their stool has less of an odor, and that there is not nearly as much. My pets are more active, my older dog acts like he is three years old again, and their breath is much better. The specific products I use are Royal Canin Maxi Senior, Royal Canin Small Breed, Royal Canin Indoor Cat. I have never been so pleased with a pet food before.

I am not sure if this is due to the Royal Canine food as I am going to the vet tomorrow due to my dog having a rash under her arms and above her ears, and also a bald patch on her belly. Lately I have noticed crusty spots around the red spots and we have given her absolutely nothing except the Royal Canine Hydrolyzed Protein diet. We have kept her on this due to having stomach and diarrhea issues, however after reading other posts and seeing similar problems with hair loss, I am concerned. The previous labeling said hypoallergenic, however they changed to hydrolyzed protein.

A few years ago I was raising my Rottweiler puppies on Royal Canin - and only Royal Canin. I noticed that when the pups reached about 6 weeks of age they started to shake and battle to walk. My vet at the time told me that it appeared that they were growing too fast and the only food we were feeding was Royal Canin. I took them off Royal Canin immediately and put them on another puppy food and after a week the shaking stopped and they could walk fine. I then discontinued use of Royal Canin until recently I tried it again hoping something in the formula had changed.

I have been feeding my cat a renal diet for years. She is 20. I switched to this brand last year - gave it to her mixed with other food - and have had nothing but problems. 4 bladder infections and very bad gas. I had just switched to giving her this food exclusively over the last 2 weeks and she has had very bad diarrhea ever since. I didn't realize until now that it is her food! I do not know what is in this stuff but I paid a ton of money for it and it is crap. What is wrong with this company? How can there be so many people with the same concern and nothing being done about it?

Let me start out with saying my 5 year old schnauzer mix has been on Royal Canin so for urinary issues for about 3 years or more. I recently picked up a new bag in March and opened in April. She is now getting these weird blister like rashes. They swell up and don't appear to be painful. They swell up and reduce to nothing in a matter of hours and it's been happening for almost a week now. Has anyone else experienced this? I've limited everything she's getting to just her Royal Canin food so I'm thinking they have changed something. Based on a number of reviews it is making dogs sick as well. Does anyone have any additional information on if they have changed something or if they are experiencing the same as my poor pooch?

I have two Himalayan cats and fed them RC Persian formula for a long time. They loved it and seemed to do well. I was happy about the special shape of the kibble because my one flat faced kitty could eat it much easier than other dry foods. Then suddenly one of them began to vomit on a daily basis, sometimes several times a day. I changed their food (which is no easy task) and the vomiting stopped. I have tried to go back to the RC several times because they did like it so much but the vomiting has happened every time. I also have to say I am VERY unimpressed with the ingredients in this food, especially for the price. Byproducts, corn, etc. Not good quality. I don't think the original version had the by products so it appears something has changed, which might be the whole problem. We won't be back.

We purchased and opened a new bag of RC Urinary SO dry dog food for our Bailey, who has had bladder stones occur and needed them removed surgically twice. This dog has otherwise been healthy and happy and always a good eater. She was fed her 1 cup of food on Saturday evening, but by 4:30 Sunday morning she was vomiting all of it up, and appeared listless or lost. A couple of hours later she was panting, and drooling and felt warmer than usual. She was rushed to the Emergency Animal Hospital with 103.5 temp and spent the night for observation.

I bought this food for my cat while I was in the southwest as I had run out of her usual food. She's an older cat and I looked for a lower protein food. This indoor cat food looked just the ticket. After a few weeks I noticed her fur was growing but she was not shedding. Soon I noticed mats forming. I was brushing her but very little fur came out and the mats were hard. I stopped feeding her the food and threw it out. I got some other food and started her on that. I am hoping that after four months after starting the Royal Canin food she will start shedding and the mats with come out. I brush her several times a day and pull out a few mats. She is patient up to a point then she gets testy and I stop. I believe the mats are painful. The company needs to put a warning on the bag of food that it will cause serious matting. Expensive food is not always good food.

The vet put my Shih Tzu on the S/O after having surgery for stones to prevent her from getting them again. A few days after she started the food, she started vomiting nonstop. I took her to the vet and they gave her medication for the vomiting and had to hydrate her. I had her on the chicken and rice for a week and yesterday I gave her the S/O dog food and again she started throwing up. I couldn't believe this food that we are giving our animals to help them feel better are making them sick! I am disgusted and this food needs to be taken off the shelf NOW. This company has no business being open.

My 7 year old Pichon got sick with severe diarrhea. I had just opened a brand new sealed bag of Royal Canin Mini Special Dog Food that I had just purchased from Petco. I was concerned because my dog had been on this food for over 5 years without incident but the diarrhea came on suddenly. I remembered hearing of other dog food manufactures having tainted food. I was concerned if this was now happening to Royal Canin. I put my dog on a rice diet (something dogs get when they have diarrhea).

My Jack Russell (Jack) spent a night at a local kennel while the family took a road trip last weekend. When Jack went in to the kennel he was fine and in true Jack Russell form. When we picked Jack up 2 days later he was lethargic, shaking constantly, and started throwing up violently, and constantly, so we rushed him the Animal Hospital. He spent one night in the hospital and was rehydrated with IV, and medication to prevent additional vomiting (Hospital Bill $1000.00). Later that day upon bringing him home from the hospital Jack again started vomiting and diarrhea, so back to the hospital where he stayed for two days. The wife and I called the kennel and spoke to the owner who suggested the Royal dog food could be the cause as several other dogs became ill (throwing up) during the same short stay as Jack.

I have just started feeding my cats Royal Canin SO for Urinary Tract issues, but these reviews are worrying me! One cat does seem a little sluggish, but not overly so. The cats never seem to get full on this kibble, which is disturbing, and one vomits a bunch - but she was doing that before from eating too much grass. I would be interested in hearing which brands the April 5th commenter switched to. None of them like C/D. For now, the cats all seem to gobble this up.

My vet suggested Royal Canin Hypoallergenic dry food for my cat's scratching, due, it seemed, to food allergies. He has been on it for at least two years and ate it with no problems, though he is still scratching. Starting in March of this year he started to lose weight and lost 1 1/2 lbs over two months. At the same time, he became lethargic and, most unusually, began vomiting every few days, four on average. My vet took an x-ray ($300) but found nothing that could cause this.

I have used RC boxer formula for my boxer since he was a puppy after trying a few different "high quality" foods, specifically high protein foods. The high protein foods tended to give him bad gas and he didn't seem to like it very much so I was happy when the RC seemed to be the answer to the problems and it was for years. In 2014 our food supplier told us that they would no longer carry the product because of unhealthy changes coming in future ingredients. They explained that the ingredient has been linked to health issues in dogs.

We have fed our Bichon Royal Canin Veterinary Diet Urinary SO for about 3 years to prevent crystals and bladder stones for which she had 2 operations. Up until now she has loved this dog food and had no problems. It is all that she eats. In the last two weeks she has developed diarrhea and now has blood in her stools. She started leaving her food on her dish when she is always ravenous about it. I called the vet and have an appt. tomorrow but I am convinced there is something wrong with this dog food. My husband called the company and they said they only had trouble with cat food. I feel I have to stop using this product and would like to know how to get it analyzed.

I have been feeding my 2 Boxers R/C for about 5 years - they love it and never an issue. I made the big mistake of trying Blue Buffalo, what an idiot I was! (You can see my review on their CA site dated Jan 8th '15). I only changed because felt BB had more antioxidants, what a costly mistake. My dogs are now on Royal Canin for the remainder of their lives. Thank you for really caring about our pets.

My 12 year old Miniature Schnauzer has been on the RC Urinary SO dog food for about three years with no problems. The last bag I had gotten from my vet looked different. The pellets were smaller and very hard. I figured they had changed their formula or something? After every meal about an hour or so later my dog would get really bad vomiting spells. This went on for about a week. We took her off of it and she got better. As soon as she went back on it because this is the food she needed for the problem, it started again. She was very lethargic, vomiting and eventually stopped eating everything.

The vet recommend using the Royal Canin Urinary formula both wet and dry because my 8-year-old pug had crystals in urine. She first became constipated then I was told to add water. Then she still experienced little to hard stools. The vet said I could put broth in her food. But then stool became watery and soft. I then stopped the broth and just fed the diet by itself the wet and dry RC urinary formula and she started vomiting yellow. This has been going on for 1 week now. I'm stopping the food altogether.

I was looking for a cheaper but decent dog food for my 12 month old Bull Mastiff Bella. She had previously been eating Eukanuba with a little rice. When her stools became runny I decided to try Royal Canin sensitive on the advice of our pet shop. Two days after starting this new food I noticed lumps appearing all over her body, I didn't think too much of it as they didn't seem to be bothering her. However by the end of the week she was scratching like crazy her previously shiny coat was dull, her fur was falling out more so than usual and she just didn't have the same amount of energy that a 12 month old puppy should. I stopped the food immediately. I will never buy this food again and I will inform my pet shop. I have since put her back on Eukanuba and she is almost her normal self.

In December 2008, my 5 year old domestic shorthair cat Lucas had a urinary blockage and spent several days at the vet recovering. Fortunately he survived and my vet recommended that I start feeding him the Royal Canin Urinary SO to help prevent the issue from happening again. The food was well liked. Lucas continued on the RC Urinary SO for several years with great results. In April 2014, Lucas began vomiting -- typically in the early morning hours and mostly broken down food from his meal the evening prior. At first it was typically every other day to every 2nd day. Within 3 - 4 weeks it progressed to every morning without fail.

I had fed my 10 year old male DSH Royal Canin SO for about 8 yrs & he's only had several infections. After his first infection, it was suggested to include the canned SO to prevent renal disease, I would only give him 1/6 of a can. He was always hungry & would even eat silk flowers, & he did quite a bit of vomiting. This was so fattening that I could only feed him 1/3 of a cup & he weighed 11-12 lbs. I found that a moderate calorie diet was available & switched so he could eat more & not have a weight problem. After mixing for about a week or 2, he is now on MOD calorie SO dry 1/2C & 1/4 can of the Mod calorie SO wet. I spent almost $500 to find normal urinalysis, blood, x-ray & urine culture & ultrasound guided cystoscopy, all normal.

Our cats have used this formula for years without problems. We feed it to our older male cat who gets crystals in his urine sometimes. All of the cats get this food because we leave a bowl out for them with half Blue Buffalo and half of the urinary formula. Like I said, we've been years with no problems. Recently, with our last bag that we bought at the end of January, all of our cats began having problems. They were all vomiting at least once a day, had horrible diarrhea, and their breath smelled terrible. At the same time they were shedding an awful amount of fur and sleeping more than usual. We have 8 cats and all of them had some sort of symptom, like they weren't feeling up to snuff.

Ok, I just read someone else's story from 5 minutes away from my home regarding similar issue. I gave my cat Royal Canin Persian and just switched to Royal Canin Sensitive Stomach for cats and now she looks like she is dying! She is no longer eating or drinking water. She was throwing up and having diarrhea but because she isn't eating, it sort of stopped. It appears she is going into renal failure. There are no recalls on this food so how can 2 households from the same area be having the same problems with this brand of food??? I am disgusted. I just lost my other cat from pancreatitis and now may be losing the other.

We've fed our two dogs’ prescription Royal Canin Hypoallergenic dog food for the last 7 or more years. Last week, one of my dogs had a sudden, very violent vomiting episode coupled with a total loss of appetite (even for straight chicken/rice or ground beef). The severity of the situation was established when she refused treats - she NEVER refuses treats. She was drinking copious amounts of water and had a very unusual peeing accident in the house, which was totally abnormal behavior. And now that I think back about symptoms, they were both more lethargic around the house. The next day, my larger dog of the two, also started vomiting and refusing to eat anything. They did not eat anything for a straight 72-hours :( only coupled with an unquenchable thirst for water.

My cat ate same the brand cat foods for all his life. I would often bring him something new, but would always go to trash. One day, I brought home a trial package Royal Canin dry foods, and he went crazy over it. Considering his history of rejecting all "new" foods, it was rather weird. But, I figured that RC foods were healthy as many vets' offices sell them. Within short time, my cat was eating RC foods only, both wet & dry.

I have four fur babies and have all been on Royal Canine Miniature Adult 27 for years. We purchased a new bag of food the latter part of January and since then, 3 of my dogs have been hospitalized with poisoning! Severe vomiting and severe bleeding from the rectum. My 7 year Dachshund was in the hospital for 2 days recovering this past Monday. I didn't know what it could be and my last resort was the food. I was so unsure until I stumbled upon all of these complaints. They need to pull the food immediately!! Pets are at risk!!! I had made my husband pull the food and buy another bag, but after reading this, I will never but that food again!!!

I have tried many, many brands of foods and treats for my 10-year old Yorkie Terrier (Sophie). She gets finicky and will eat one brand for kibble food then get tired of that and so I have found the best results come from the following 3 brands (which have also been verified as very good choices) and so Royal Canin, Wellness Brand, and CORE Brand dry foods and treats seem to make her happy and her digestive track happy. Many of other brands such as Kibbles & Bits, Natural Choice, Alpo have no REAL FOOD value. I have always been advised that dry food is a MUST as the main source in diet for several reasons, a major one is KEEPING THEIR TEETH HEALTHY - dogs who eat only wet food have nothing to keep the tartar and plaque minimal and we include Denta Stix as a daily treat.

I heard great reviews for Royal Canine. I bought the brand for my type of cat. I was trying to transition him from kitten food to adult food. I mixed a 1/2 cup of royal canine with his food to transition him slowly. He ate a couple chunks of the royal canine, so I was excited that maybe this was going to go well. Within 12 hours he had stopped eating and drinking water. He was using the litter box with a lot of stool in it, but no urine. I waited two days, took him to the vet, with no real answers from them. They can't find anything wrong. A little bacteria in his urine and, a little dehydrated. Really? I told you he was getting dehydrated.

My cats have been eating RC hydrolyzed protein dry cat food for 5+ years as prescribed by their vet. In December 2014, we purchased a new bag through the vet as normal, and while our healthy 8 year old showed no signs of issues (that we know of, she is very shy and hard to catch) the normally social 14 year old broke out in all over hives, had trouble breathing and was rushed to the emergency vet. After a few aye he was scratching to the point of bloody spots all over his body and had no hair left on his legs, stomach and head from scratching and biting it off.

I have two 2 year old ragdolls, one has had his share of issues, the other is healthy as a horse. At a very young age I began to only feed them organic grain free food, only wet, no dry as they will not touch dry. The not so healthy one was recently diagnosed with a portasystemic liver shunt and it was recommend I feed him Royal Canin renal. They both loved it immediately, however, the one with problems developed a blockage within 2 hours, so off to the ER. He stayed at his regular vet for the day, they fed him (not Royal Canin) and watched him to make sure he was passing urine. I came home to find the healthy one had thrown up all over the place. He has never done this his entire life, this cat as never been sick! Not even hair balls!!!

Our toy poodle has eaten RC since he was a puppy and is now 10 yrs old. In November we bought a new bag of food and he wasn't eating as well as he had. He also started vomiting at least once a day, and continued to worsen until a few weeks ago, he was up all night vomiting and shaking. In the morning, I noticed that his urine looked brown. I got a sample and took it to the vet with him. His urine was full of bilirubin, his blood work was triple the levels that it should be for liver function, and an ultrasound revealed pancreatitis with liver involvement. They weren't even sure he would survive this.

We recently decided to purchase Royal Canin "Hairball" because one of our two cats has been having hairball issues, and I did some research and found that this is a medium-rated (not highly-rated) brand. But we're living in Hong Kong now, and this was the only medium-to-high quality hairball food available to us. Well, after only a few days of trying to introduce this food, our cats have been having constant vomiting problems. We were shocked by this! Before, they might have each vomited once or twice a month, which is quite normal for cats. Since introducing this only four days ago, however, we have witnessed them both vomit about 7-8 times in total.

I bought a 15 kg bag of this food at pets at home and my dog had an allergic reaction. All his face was full of lumps and swollen ears. It is definitely the food. I thought something bitten him but after checking every time he eats this food he has the same allergic reaction. This happened before with this food... a few months ago he was vomiting and had diarrhea.

I've been using Royal Canin for my cat for about 2 years and I didn't encounter any problem so far. The packages mention that the (dry) food is produced in Europe. However, after I read some reviews, I'm worried. I also noticed that in the ingredients there are soy oil and corn. Unfortunately there are also preservatives. Does anyone know if the soy or corn is mutant (genetically modified)? In USA, the genetically modified vegetables are allowed, but not in Europe. I love my cat and I don't want to suffer something. What should I give him to eat? What is really safe and good (quality food)? Thank you in advance.

I have 6 cats. I tried this cat food in October. The recent bag purchased in January caused 4 of my cats to projectile vomit and have diarrhea. I took them all off the food and they got better. I knew from the start that the ingredients were not the best but had an issue with one cat that had poo problems so I wanted to try it, and the first 2 bags were ok..but this last one was a nightmare so I switched to Blue for sensitive stomach. I called the Royal Canin company and they said they have not had any problems with this food and that I should ask for a refund from place of purchase. I'm done with Royal Canin. Thank you.

I use the Royal Canin pet food weight control. My dog broke out all over her body. The sore on her body was so bad. It took weeks for her to heal. She had been eating the one for small breed. She was fine until we done the weight control. My baby girl was miserable. So please don't use this product.

I have a 10 year old beagle that had bladder stones a few years ago. After being on the Royal Canin urinary food for a few years we never had a problem. My dog always was happy to eat her food until recently. I noticed her not as eager to eat as usual. It would take her almost all day to eat the kibble that was in her bowl. Then she refused to eat it all together. Then the vomiting started. Took her to the vet and had blood work done and an xray of her stomach to make sure she had no obstruction.

Our dog has been on this food for years with no problem. In November 2014, I went into vet to get another bag and our regular brand was no longer there. I asked the office and they said this other Royal Canin bag was the same as our regular food but they had changed the color of the bag. Within a week or so of having our "regular" brand in the new bag, our dog started to experience stomach rumbling, vomiting and diarrhea. She is now at the point where she is eating very little, including beef and chicken - foods she was rarely treated to and ones she passionately devoured in the past. My wife checked for recalls and we stumbled on to these posts which are almost identical to what has happened to our dog.

I've been giving my cat Royal Canin for atleast 12 years. The vet recommended it because she had crystals in her bladder. Four years she has eaten nothing but that cat food and just recently she's been drinking a lot of water and going to the bathroom a lot and I was worried I took her to the vet. $500 later I find out she has a bladder infection I thought she might have diabetes. She was Lethargic and I really thought she was in a dangerous state. After reading about Royal Canin I immediately changed her food and now the difference like day and night she's looks so much happier and she's able to get around, she's not tired anymore. She's like her old self again.

My cat was diagnosed with an inflamed urinary tract, and the vet recommended that I put her on Royal Canin S/O. Not only is the food incredibly expensive, but when I opened the bag it smelled like corn! Why am I paying $40 for a bag of corn and by-products? The food did help calm her bladder, but made her very lethargic, lazy, and thirsty. I'm fairly certain that all this food does is make her drink more in order to flush out her bladder. I switched her to a diet of high quality canned food with a high moisture content for the same price I was paying for that awful prescription food, and she's doing much better with no side effects. I wish I could get my money back, and I will never be recommending royal canin to any of my customers as I work for a national chain pet store. There are so many higher quality foods that will help prevent issues for the same price as prescription food.

I have 2 Shih Tzu puppies, 4 months and 10 months. The vet told me to put them on Royal Canin. They've been eating it for months without any issues. This week, I bought a new bag and now both dogs have diarrhea and are vomiting. It has to be the food since they haven't eaten anything else. Taking them to the vet tomorrow. When I googled this tonight, I found all the complaints about the same thing. I'm calling Royal Canin tomorrow to file a complaint. They can't poison animals and get away with it!!

So after our 4 yr old Pug having Bladder Stones, we were recommended to put her on the RC SO. She ate it, but a Pug will eat just about anything. After a few days on it I could tell she didn't like it but ate it none the less as I was mixing it with some warm water as we always do with any dry food. Several times she had gotten sick from it, which I thought could have been normal due to changing foods, although we have changed foods once before years ago and none of our 3 Pugs ever had the slightest issue with it.

I have used Royal Canin pet food for years because it touted as being the purest and best food on the market. I specifically have used SO Moderate Canin for crystals in the urine of my black lab. I ordered a new bag which I fed my dog from Sunday Jan. 11. I fed her 2 meals on Mon, Jan.12 and began to notice a foul horrible flatulence from her which she NEVER has. By Tues. even Jan 12 she still had the flatulence, began to act uncomfortable, and kept going outside to eat grass. 2 and 4 a.m. she threw up twice. So, I stopped the food Wed. a.m. and out her on oatmeal and the symptoms went away immediately. I contacted the company and of course they said there is nothing wrong with their food...blah, blah, blah. So, I reported this to my Vet which she said she had heard some rumblings about this...duh! And she didn't inform me! So, I posted my complaint on FB and asked my friends to repost it and hopefully their friends will repost. Won't be buying anymore Royal Canin, folks.

My healthy 12-year old Labrador Retriever has been on Royal Canin Hypoallergenic dog food for several years now and was previously on Hills Science Diet Z/D Low Allergen. She always enjoyed the food until recently, starting in September or October. We brought home a new bag of dry food which she would not eat. We then bought the canned version which she was willing to eat some of.

I recently opened a new bag of Royal Canin Weight Maintenance for mini dogs. My dog became very sick vomiting and having straight blood diarrhea. Has anyone else had this same issue? If so, do you have the lot numbers on the bag of dog food?

My dog has been on this food for 9 years and in November 2014 I opened a new bag. Within 3 days she was vomiting and not eating. After a vet visit and 2 weeks off the food she was finally well again. So I started her again on the food and now 45 days later we are again at the vet. This time in the emergency room with her vomiting again and passing gelatinous bloody stools. I am so upset that I didn't research all the same stories that I am now reading on this site regarding the food. I just didn't believe after so long with the same formula that this would be happening. All indications are pointing to the food. Her blood work will be back and X-rays and I hope I don't lose her. This company needs to listen to these complaints and take it off the market until thoroughly testing again. The vets and hospital says no one will test the food unless there is a recall or many complaints. That's why I am posting this. I hope I can help someone avoid this terrible experience. My poor dog!!!

We took one of our 3 cats to the vet last week for a suspected bladder infection. With the infection confirmed, the vet gave us an antibiotic and had us purchase a small $35 bag of Royal Canin food to "help" with urinary function. We asked if the food would be okay for all 3 of our cats (ages 1.5, 5, & 7). The vet assured us it would be fine for all. After a week of being on the food, all 3 cats have become somewhat lethargic. The youngest began vomiting, and has pooped on the carpet, which has NEVER happened before. He is coughing every few seconds like he's about to vomit and his tummy is tight and making awful noises. He's obviously miserable. The eldest appears to be having stomach pains and we can also hear the noises from his belly. The middle cat, the one with the original infection, is lethargic and not at all his happy, playful self.

I have a large shepherd/rottweiler mix and he has been on this product for approx 2 years. He has never had any issue with this product. Last 26 # bag I bought through Rx from Pet360 seems to be "off." He refuses to eat and when he does he has a vomiting spell or the food remains totally undigested. Their formula must have changed as he always LOVED this food.

The dog started refusing the food. Then, when she did eat, she threw it up and developed diarrhea. She has been ill for 10 days, and it just occurred to me that it could be the Royal Canin. I put her on a diet of rice and wet food by a different company, and she is improving over the past 24 hours. I will be contacting Royal Canin tomorrow.

Our toy poodle has been on the Royal Canin, "Poodle 30" for small poodles for all of her life and it was good. The pet store where we buy it told us last year that they the formula was going to be changed on the food and that we should buy a bag of the new one to mix with the current to gradually accustom our poodle to the change. However, we saw the same bag without any change still in the stores so kept with it.

My Jack Russell has been eating SO for 3yrs now with no evidence of any issues. He liked the food. I bought a new bag on 11/13/14 and within days my dog began to have vomiting spells right after eating and tremors. He progressively got worse so I took him to the vet. The vet states after X-rays and a physical that they cannot find anything health wise other than food so he needs to start taking eating rice and boiled chicken along with Pepcid ac. He stopped vomiting till I reintroduced the SO in his diet again. This caused explosive pooping. I have contacted royal canin with my concerns.

I have 3 cats, 13 years old. They have been eating combined Maine Coon and Hairball dry food from RC for several years. I recently bought new bags of both (Dec 2014; I buy the large bags, so they last several months). Suddenly both cats are vomiting constantly- the noise is actually waking me at night. They don't get any other food, and they don't go outdoors. Nothing else has changed. I have been very happy with these foods, so it is sad to hear that to save a few dollars, they are willing to kill cats. At a cost of over $150 for the two bags, I expected better quality ingredients, and better control of the presumed quality of the materials they source from other companies.

My cat has eaten a total of 3 bags of Royal Canin Pure Feline over a period of about 4 months. Bought a new bag on 17/12/14 and the very next day after only 2 portions of it, she had become lethargic, had difficulty walking (her rear end was slightly sagging) and was drinking a LOT of water. Took her to the vet where she had a high temperature of 40 deg C. After an antibiotic and anti-inflammatory shot, she is no better 12 hours later. I immediately suspected her condition may be food related which brought me to this site. Not eating anything - boiled up some turkey which she loves, but she hasn't touched it. I fear after reading posts about this food that it may be the cause of whatever the problem is which may be kidney-related. Am going to try her on Science Plan or one of the other recommended dry cat foods today and pray to God she will recover. Vet seeing her again this evening.

Royal Caning Renal LP feline and Urinary SO feline - I bought a new bag of both of these foods right before Thanksgiving. My 2 Tonkinese cats who are very picky and only eat Royal Canin stopped eating the food. I noticed it was too hard to chew at all and then I tried to HAMMER it to break it into smaller pieces and it would not even break up! My cat tried to show me that it was impossible to eat I think. Now I am force feeding one of them the Royal Canin Renal LP food in cans I had purchased last year for a sick cat and the other cat is eating only Royal Canin dry food that I am grinding in a food processor (but even then, it doesn't break apart much).

I took my cat in for constipation issues. Her condition had finally returned to normal a couple of days prior to my visit with the Vet but he recommended Royal Canin Gastro dry food and stated the higher fiber content would keep her bowels running smoothly. I expressed my feelings of doubt about Royal Canin foods as they are packed with fillers, preservatives and artificial coloring. I am a firm believer of canned food for cats as they drink little to no water and they need the moisture in their colon and it's proven to keep their kidneys healthier. Plus my cat is fed grain free. I gave in to the vet's insistence and purchased a bag. After 1 month of a gradual increase of food she began to pull her fur out with her teeth on her top hind area and scratching around her neck causing tiny bumps and scabs.

Our dog has IBD and has been on Royal Canin hydrolyzed for 6 months and doing great until we noticed two weeks ago they changed the label and now she has bad diarrhea. I have read that they changed something with this food... Why would they do this?

Royal Canin Hypoallergenic HP Dry Cat Food - Our Vet recommended to switch our healthy cats from wet food to the RC Hypoallergenic HP Dry Cat Food. Within 3 days the cats started having explosive watery diarrhea. Our vet insisted to continue with the formula. After 10 days both cats stopped eating and would only drink. We immediately switched back to the old food and our cats are immediately better. I do not recommend this product as a safe product for your cat having witnessed a dramatic decline in our cat's health.

My dog has been on Royal Canin Lowfat Gastrointestinal (dry mostly, occasionally wet) for about 4 years now, and we had never had a problem. Our dog took to this food as if he'd been on it all his life, looked forward to eating it, and we were happy to pay the extra cost for such a great food that kept him healthy. We purchase it through his veterinarian. However, in the past year, little by little, things have begun to change. His coat became more dry, he became more itchy, he shed more, and his flares of colitis became more frequent. We chalked it up to him being older and like anyone getting older, he's going to have more health issues. We treated the symptoms that he had with the help of his doctor. The colitis flares and itchiness were much more frequent and much more intense over the past year, though. It was getting to the point where his colitis would flare up, and my family would be puzzled trying to figure out what actually triggered it because it seemed to just randomly flare up recently.

I changed my 10-year-old Siamese cat to RC as I believed it was a superior food. She became listless and was vomiting, seemed to have a tender mouth. I did not realize it was the food and took her to the vet and bought another case of RC canned food. I decided to change her food and she immediately perked up. I am angry as I now have purchased expensive food, which I can't use. But at least I have solved the problem before her health deteriorated too far.

I took my cat in to emergency for a bladder infection (was straining like he was blocked) and the Vet gave me a script for Royal Canin Feline S/O. He also sent 2 cans home with me and said my cat should be on that food. I trusted him and thought it was good food based on the outrageous price. I have another cat at home and decided it would be easiest to just feed them both the same kind of food. The canned food made both of them constipated. They didn’t have a BM for over a week. I took one cat in to see if something else was blocking him. The x rays showed nothing. Blood work was fine. Took him in again as it was suggested that he get an enema. That didn’t help either. My Vet told me to feed them more food as I was only giving them can in the morning and a can in the evening. That’s when I started giving them the dry Royal Canin Feline S/O. Then the nightmare began.

11/25, purchased new pup. 11/29, new vet visit, clean bill of health. Sent home with and recommended to feed pup Royal Canin. 12/3, purchase more food. 12/4, my pup became very ill - diarrhea, poop with just blood, severe tremors, and explosive vomit.

I have a 2 month old Yorkshire and I fed him with RC for puppy. After 1 month, he seems ok. 1 week ago I bought a new RC and he didn't want to eat it and began to scratch his body. First I taught it was a flea, but I didn't found anything yet I found this red spot like pimple all over his body. I went to vet and after checking he said that my puppy positively had a demodex because of the DF I gave. Now I switched with Holistic + for allergic and he gave me a traditional recipe for strengthen my puppy. I'm very disappointed because that dog food quite pricey. And thank God I took him to vet as soon as possible. RC, any comment???

I have been using Royal Canin Low Fat Gastrointestinal food for my Miniature Schnauzers, age 8 and 2-1/2, for about 2 years without issues. I just bought a new bag of food and my youngest Schnauzer appeared to have an allergic reaction, developing redness all over and appeared to be in distress, shortly after eating. Had to rush her to the emergency vet hospital. My oldest Schnauzer began vomiting within a few days of being on the new food. I stopped feeding to allow her to stabilize, but when I started feeding her the Royal Canin food again, she began vomiting once more, even worse than before. At this point, I'm very concerned that there is something wrong with this food. I took both of my Schnauzers off of it and am now contemplating changing to another dog food. I don't know for certain that their sickness and distress was caused by the food, but I'm concerned because the problems started right after opening this new bag.

I just got my cute kitten from the shelter, and they sent me home with Science Diet kitten. My kitty, Luna was doing fine. Then I decided to switch her to Royal Canin after hearing good things about it at work, and that is where my nightmare began. Within weeks, my cat developed diarrhea.. almost constant. She had terrible gas that could clear a room, and her coat was dull and lank. I had transitioned her food slowly, so I was unaware at this time if it was the food that was causing all of this (as she was a new cat to me). My Cat's lymph nodes were grossly swollen as well. After multiple visits to the vet, antibiotics and finally an abdominal ultrasound - my vet thought she could have a food allergy and recommended Royal Canin Hypoallergenic.

I'm a mostly raw feeder after having researched over and over and also from my own background of being a progressive nutritionist and alternative coach. So I got a new baby chihuahua from a breeder who feeds similarly to my kind of thing. The intermediary who brought us together is a commission agent for Royal Canin and insisted that l feed the pup with RC. He also made me believe that l had to at least start with this feed as this is what the pup had been eating so far. Within a day the pup was itching like crazy. I checked for fleas and mites and gave my chi a good wash with sulphate free baby shampoo etc...

I am shocked by some of the reviews I have read on this website. In June of this year, my cat developed UTI and was put on SO. He has been on it for a total of four months. I took him in for a checkup and they did some blood work to have his teeth cleaned. The vet called me and informed me that his blood work was all over the map. He is now telling me he may have kidney disease. My cat also didn't want to eat it. I picked up a new case of canned last week. Before that, he was eating it. He never did like the dry and he would walk around crying because he was hungry, but would not eat the dry. He also developed colon issues and would cry when he had to use the box. After a long discussion with my vet, we took him off of the SO and put him back on the food he loves. When I put the food in his bowl, he went over and scarfed it all down. Right now he has extremely low phosphorus levels, almost not even recordable. I have serious doubts about this food and I doubt seriously if I will feed it to him any more.

I have been feeding my 3 year old male cat RC SO Urinary for about a year after a bout of urinary obstruction and a trip to the vet. The food helped a lot until just recently. After opening a new bag, my cat has started showing signs of severe allergy, itching, hives, rash, hair loss. It has only been three days and he has bald patches! I am taking him off of the food for a while to see if that is indeed the cause. I thought it might be a new litter I bought, but I had used it before a few months ago with no problems. I had to use it because the store was out of the exact formula (same brand) that I usually bought.

In 10 years, many times I brought home new foods for our cat so he's not stuck with same old food. But, he rejected every one of them until Royal Canine (herein RC) was served. I was shocked to see him all but abandoning his regular food for RC - and it was immediately. I even joked that RC had to be laced with something. Then I noticed that our cat was constantly tearing, throwing up often, and became lethargic. The only changes that took place was RC foods. So, I went back to his old brand and took him to a vet. After a checkup, blood & urine tests, the vet suspected possible damages to kidney etc. We are to do ultrasound and more procedures. In the meantime, I noticed that our cat now stopped tearing and does not throw up as often. More procedures will tell us whether there has been any permanent damages, but I am more than convinced that RC was the problem.

Royal Canin Siamese - Put my 4 cats on this formula 10 days ago - to my horror, my elderly little girl has suddenly gone completely bald underneath her tummy area - it's raw and itchy. The only thing that has altered is the diet. The Vet has had to put her on steroids whilst we get her well again - she is so itchy. Have never used Royal Canin before - will never use again.

My tabby cat like most male cats with UTI, so my vet recommended special food. My cat has gained too much weight and now he needs to be in a diabetic formula thanks to this food full of corn bad for the pets. Why do they make as first ingredient corn? I'm not a vet but I'm smart enough to know that the special diets for pets are not good until they do a better formula. My vet said now they are using low calorie from same brand and same bad formula. At list purina proplan first ingredient is turkey, chicken etc. At this moment he is treated bad infection, no crystals in the lab work but now diabetes is alarming. Very irresponsible that companies are focus in dollars and not concern about well-being of pets.

I have been reading the recent reviews on Royal Canin dog food. I have a chihuahua who has been eating the chihuahua food for 8 years. About a month ago she wasn't so enthusiastic to eat it. About a week ago, I came home to her shaking and yelping when touched. Finally it stopped and she has refused to eat the Royal Canin. I went online this morning to see that others have been having this same kind of problem the last two months. I read the Royal Canin has added fillers to their food. Their food is not cheap. I switched food to Canidae. Royal Canin needs to review what they have added to their food as it is making cats and dogs sick.

My cats have been on this food for most of their lives. Six months ago they started having bad reaction to the food, constant vomiting, not eating as much. I thought it was because of age, they're both 13, so I switched. Went back and tried it this week again (they had been on it 12 years prior) and within a week they were vomiting and having horrible diarrhea. The vomiting is nonstop --- six or seven times in a row when it stops. The cats did not do this with the other food. The only new thing was the Royal Canin. Something is wrong with the food. Please help.

My 12 yr old cat has been eating Royal Canin cat food for 12 yrs. I bought a new bag of food 10/3/14. She began vomiting every time she ate. I took her to the vet 10/5/14, all blood work came back normal. I found these reviews and felt like I was going to pass out. I had to take her back to vet 10/10/14 because she was lethargic and not eating the organic human chicken breast canned in water only. X-rays were done and nothing was found to be abnormal. She had to be given fluids and had lost 1 lb, she only weighed 6 lbs as it was. I called Royal Canin customer service to report this and they said they had no other complaints. I have spent 950.00 on vet bills to find out my cat has nothing wrong with her... I know it was the food!!!

My cat, Bloo, was diagnosed with FLUTD in 2011. He was put on a prescription diet and would only eat Royal Canin Urinary S/O. He's eaten it without issue, both wet and dry, for years now. We got a new kitten and we feed her different food, which he's been interested in, and we've had her since May. But over the last month, month and a half or so, Bloo has been refusing to eat his wet food. He'll eat his dry food (from a very large bag we got last year) but he wouldn't eat his wet. I assumed that it was because he was bored with the flavor and wanted to eat the kitten's wet food instead. But our kitten, who was intrigued by his food before, won't eat his wet food now either. I took the cases we had of his wet food and exchanged them for new ones at PetSmart, thinking we'd gotten a bad batch. But he still won't eat it and she won't either.

I have my dogs RC all their lives, 18, 16, 9... Never any problems.. No loose stools, vomiting! They all get the weight control, dry. No people food. Milk bones once in a blue moon.

My cat has been given Royal Canin Maine Coon dry cat food for years. Recently Royal Canin changed the formula and at first we had a difficult time as the cat did not want to eat it. Eventually, he started to consume the food and there were no other problems until last week. We purchased a new bag of food and within one day of eating from this new bag, our cat is extremely ill. I've just read other comments on this site from owners, both dog and cat, that their pets have gotten ill and need emergency treatment, IV's etc., and the only thing different in their routine has been new bags or switching to this food.

I started my rat terrier on this food in June of this year at my vet's recommendation, since crystals were found in his urine. I mix canned and dry (moderate calorie urinary SO) and did switch him gradually from his old food. He ate it readily, and had normal formed stools and good health, until this past week. I had just received a new shipment via mail order, of both cans and dry, and started him on the new batch... three days or so later, earlier this week, Spark didn't seem himself, was mildly lethargic, and needed to defecate with extreme urgency after eating. He passed a formed stool with both blood and mucous in it. My vet had me send a stool specimen for parasites, even though routine blood work and stool test in June were completely normal. This current specimen was also negative for parasites... vet said to "keep an eye on him".

My husky mix has done well on this food for over a year. When I bought my last bag the dog got severe diarrhea after eating it. I switched to home cooked rice and chicken and gave her pepto bismol and she is much better but now I am stuck with a 100 dollar bag of food.

Our 12 year old Bichon Frise has been eating Royal Canin Urinary SO for many years without any problems. About two weeks ago we purchased a new bag of the Royal Canin Urinary SO. He refused to eat it. I thought he was just being picky. I mixed it with a little boiled chicken and he ate it. A few days later he began vomiting. I suspected the food and just started giving him boiled chicken and a little rice. Yesterday he vomited all of the chicken and rice. I will be taking him to the vet and I am hoping because I stopped the Royal Canin food that he will be ok. This is completely unacceptable. I wish I had found this site immediately after he refused to eat his food. I will take legal action if my dog does not recover.

On July 28/14 I switched my 1 year old dog from Golden Retriever Puppy to Pro Golden Retriever Adult. After 5 days of being on it she developed bad diarrhea and by the 7th day started vomiting. I took her to the vet and she was placed on medication as well as probiotics and blood work was done. The blood work came back saying that everything was normal. After 5 days of being on the medication my dog was back to her old self. Two days later she started vomiting again and was completely listless. Took her to the vet and she was given a shot to stop the vomiting, blood work was done, and a litre of fluid was injected into the back of her neck for dehydration. The blood work came back the next day stating that her WBC and RBC were fine, Chloride, Total Protein, Albumin and Globulin were all low, ALT and AST were 3 times higher than the normal high, and Bilirubin (Total) was high.

Our Pomeranian had developed bladder stones about 2 1/2 years ago. We spent over $2,500 for all of the tests and surgery. Vet told us he needed to go on a prescription diet. I don't know about small animal veterinary, I know Equine. Anyways, I started him on the diet, and it was VERY expensive. He did fine on the canned, but that was pricier than the dry (I can always add water, right?). Needless to say, he will get constipated and will only poop every 2 or 3 days. I have seen him pop three anal gland abscesses, only since he's been on this food, all recently. His activities have not changed. They just come up from nowhere. I am taking him off the S/O, and putting him on something else. He is 10. I'm not going to make him go through any more than he needs to.

My family had a healthy English Bull dog. Yesterday morning we gave him a new bag of Royal Canin Food and by afternoon he was dead. He had blood on his nose and the only reasonable explanation according to a Houston hospital is that he was poisoned by this food.

My 11-yr-old papillon has been on the Royal Canin Urinary SO for 9 years. We have been happy with her diet, and she has been a happy eater. After having to take her to a vet, I have started reading more and more comments about the Royal Canin packaging. All of a sudden, our papillon will NOT eat. She turns her nose up from the Urinary SO morsels, which she use to absolutely LOVE. Why oh why?? If something is broke, don't fix it. Was it the change in packaging and adding soy to their products that have made her ill? We shall see.

I was researching why my cat could be extra hungry all of the sudden and I came across this site. I have used Royal Canin prescribed food for over 2 years. I recently switched to an unprescribed version and noticed my cat is extra hungry but also lethargic. He wakes up even earlier than usual for food and I've been feeding him twice as much as before because he is acting as if he was starving. I'm now fearful of continuing to feed him after all these comments. I wonder if something in the food is triggering this behavior change and whether worse symptoms can come if I continue feeding him this brand. Anyone know of an organic homemade diet I could start feeding my cat? (He is 14 years old.)

My three Yorkies have been on Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Food since they were little. They are now 10 and 11 years old. Last week, August 8, 2014 I bought a new bag of the Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier food for them. The next day one of my Yorkies had diarrhea. I really didn't think it was the food. I continued to give them the food, and throughout the week all three have diarrhea. I called Royal Canin and they told me they changed the formula. They now have chicken by parts in the formula and she said that is probably why my yorkies are sick. Just a warning to everyone.. the new bag of Yorkshire Terrier food does not have the number 28 on it. She told me that I should've combined the new food with the old food for the change... What the heck is in this that is making my dogs sick? I have now put them on a chicken and rice diet until I can find another food for them..

FOR THE SAKE OF YOUR CATS, PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE FEEDING THIS FOOD TO THEM. And then make your own judgment. We have been feeding our cats this food for a number of years without issue. However, on July 19th, our first cat had to be taken to the emergency clinic. Within a couple of days, our second cat had to be rushed to the vet. Anemic, wouldn't eat, wouldn't drink, lethargic, diarrhea, eye discharge, fever and near death's door. After running blood work, urine samples, x-rays, everything appeared normal though you could tell, he was anything but fine. Then the third cat began to show the same symptoms.

Our chihuahua has been sick for 6 days. 4 vet visits later, no news. He is the worst right after he eats. He shivers, convulses and then becomes really lethargic, but in a lot of pain. He has been on Royal Canin low cal gastro for about 3 years. I have just read that RC has changed the make-up of the product to add more filler. Since we are pretty much at the end of all of the possible diagnostic testing (thank goodness for Trupanion insurance!!), we are going to switch his food and see whether it makes a difference... keep you posted. Given there were so many recent posts about this, I thought that it was important to share our pooch's experience.

I just read a review from the past month where the person experienced exactly what we did. We were on the same special diet, the intestinal low-fat. Just as her Yorkie did, so did ours. The symptoms are acute renal failure. Who checks this food? I'll never use or recommend Royal Canin, quite the contrary, I will make sure people know my story.

Since I got my Chihuahua I started him on Royal Canin puppy food. After a few months I started noticing his head bobbing. He then started acting very strange, bobbing his more, shaking head, falling down. Ran him into the vet thinking maybe low blood sugar. Not... Vet recommended to not feed him the dog food. I started him on healthy food diet I cook and prepare myself. Amazed at the difference in a short period of time. But there is liver and kidney damage. Will never buy dog food again. As far as I'm concerned it’s like giving a dog poison.

Our beagle became violently sick after opening a new bag of Royal Canin. She refused to eat anything after. We took her to the vet and they did a full course of tests. All anti-diarrhea and meds did not work. She could not keep anything down by force feeding. After 2 1/2 months of daily visits to the vet and I.V. treatments she passed away. This food poisoned a healthy dog. I hope this serves as a warning to anyone who uses this food or is considering using it.

My 10 year old Yorkie passed away last week after being sick since opening a new bag of Royal Canin low fat GI food. She had been on this brand/type since Jan. 2014 with really no problems except a slight case of pancreatitis in April 2014 which she recovered from in a few days. The new bag was opened July3/4th and within an hour of eating breakfast, she vomited and throughout the new 2 weeks, had left food in her bowl - very unusual. It was pretty much downhill after that and she passed away on July 23 after suffering a severe stroke/seizure. Never had any issues with seizures.

We have been feeding our German Shepard Royal Canin GSD for several years. A couple of days ago I purchased a new bag and began feeding it to my dog. He uncharacteristically turned his nose up at it and would only eat small amounts. End result? Violent diarrhea!

My cat was recently diagnosed with diabetes so I purchased the Royal Canin Diabetic cat food to see if he liked it and it would help lower his blood sugar. Well he loves it but he now has diarrhea. At first I thought it might be stress (he's been to the vet a lot lately) but then it occurred to me it might be the food. I saw some posts on other websites from people who were having the same issue. I am going to stop giving him this food and switch to another grain free cat food and hopefully the diarrhea will stop.

Earlier this year Royal Canin changed their formula to include soy. This is a fact confirmed by various vets, animal dermatologists and animal internists I have spoken to. I also confirmed with a rep locally. It is having a wide variety of negative effects on animals. After 10 years with this brand, I have moved to another brand too after hundreds of dollars in vet bills.

Discovered your site as I was investigating Royal Canin SO in preparation to buying it for our one-year-old short-hair rescued from outside. While on standard foods for cats, he has developed allergies and crystals in his urine, and bloody urine ......no problem with squirrel, chipmunk and mouse while he was still an outdoor boy.

A couple of years ago Royal Canin decided that they didn't want to pay a percentage to distributors any more and moved customer service in-house. It has been an unmitigated disaster for customers. Despite the fact that the customer's information appears on a computer screen IN FRONT OF THE REP it is their policy to force the customer to provide a laundry list of information - account number, address, name, telephone number, etc. with each and every call. Since the reps lack adequate listening skills this often means repeating this information 2-4 times before they will take your order.

I believe that they have changed something in the Royal Canin Urinary SO formula. I have been feeding the Urinary SO dry food to my boy Sparky for at least 5 years. NEVER had a problem and at 17 pounds he obviously enjoyed it. Did I mention Sparky is a cat? At my vet's suggestion I switched him to the low Cal version, his next stool was loose, and he then advanced to diarrhea. I then tried gradually mixing the old and new but the only way it stopped was when I completely eliminated the new (low Cal) food.

Our Main Coon had to be put down shortly after my second posting. We were devastated. It's been a year and I'm still not over losing my boys. I am 100% sure that there was something wrong with this formula. I don't know why it hasn't been investigated, especially since I've read so many similar postings. I hope they burn in hell.

My 8 week old chihuahua loves this food... no problems at all. :) Not sure about all the negativity. I'm sticking with Royal Canin chihuahua puppy.

This is the food we started our Sphynx cats on when we first got them. While we ended up picking another food to transition to for a variety of reasons, my cats had absolutely ZERO issues with this food product and seemed to genuinely enjoy it. They loved the taste and looked forward to getting their little cans of wet food every meal time. My only gripe with Royal Canin is that the pricing is way higher than other foods, but the quality isn't that much better than the more affordably priced foods on the market. Other than the price, we've had success getting even the pickiest of our two cats to enjoy this food.

I've been using Royal Canin for GSD for more than 10 years! My 10 1/2 yr old German Shepherd has been having issues with inconsistent stool for the last 6 weeks. She recovers from her diarrhea after giving her just rice and chicken for a day or two, but when I reintroduce her kibble, she'll return to having loose stools. I thought it was dog treats she was eating, and have resorted to baking my own biscuits. I put her on probiotics, but still she has the runs. Is this an overall change in their bags of food? Is there a place to send the food for analysis? She still loves her kibble, but now I think I should try a different kibble. Any suggestions?

I recently switched to Royal Canin mobility for my aging rottweiler. He likes the food, but his stool started changing and is now very loose. I will have to find another dog food - Is this a problem with the Mobility?

My dog has recently had some gastrointestinal issues and her vet prescribed Royal Canin. We have not yet tried it so I can't write from experience - and why I rated it 2 stars out of fairness - but when I saw the ingredient list, I started doing some research to see if this food was well received by others and was quite shocked by all of the comments on this site. So many people have been using RC for years without issues and then suddenly, after starting a new batch of food, have had problems. I continued to look around the internet and found an article on Truth about pet food from May 2013 - ** - that I think is very interesting. RC put out a flyer - ** - saying that they were changing their formula from containing chicken meal to containing chicken by-product meal and explaining why this was not a bad thing. The article went on to explain the definitions of each and essentially, the by-product meal can contain intestines and feces. I have no idea if this is part of the issue but the fact that they changed their formula and the problems started certainly seems suspicious.

My 10-year old Australian Shepherd has been on Royal Canin Urinary SO for many years (dry food). He develops stones in his bladder and this food has kept him from forming large stones - he still forms stones but he passes them before they are any trouble. Prior to putting him on this food, he had to have two cystotomies to have large infected stones removed.

My 7-month-old Mal-shi (Shih Tzu and Maltese) puppy has been throwing up on and off since early March. I have taken her to the vet multiple times and was told that since she had no other symptoms, I shouldn't worry too much. But I just know there is something wrong. After going on here, I am almost positive it is her food. She has only ever eaten Royal Canin Puppy food so I never thought it could be that but there wasn't any other explanation. She hasn't eaten anything bad and has all her shots. I have immediately removed the food and I am waiting on my vet to give me a recommendation but this whole thing has me so scared. If there are this many complaints, I really hope that Royal Canin is investigating their latest food because there is OBVIOUSLY something wrong with it.

I had been feeding my two Mini Schnauzers Royal Canin for quite a while. Several weeks ago, both of my dogs came down with a horrible case of diarrhea. I took them to the vet and the vet put them on antibiotics. I also switched to a rice and boiled chicken diet. After a couple of weeks and continued trips to the vet, it was still uncontrollable so I switched to another vet. The vet said their stool did not indicate they needed antibiotics so he put them on a pill called Endosorb for the diarrhea. Meanwhile I agonized over what element in my home could be causing this and changed lawn services in case it was coming from something being put on my lawn. The diarrhea stopped within a couple of days. He said to keep feeding the rice and chicken for another week and gradually add back in the kibble.

I have two sick Rag doll cats from eating Royal Canin Urinary SO dry food. Both are being treated by my veterinarian under emergency conditions. The male is only 18 months old and the female is 10 years old. The male began urinating outside the litter box more than a week ago and cried each time he urinated. Yesterday, the female's face was swollen and she was too sick to walk. Although overweight, she has always been a healthy cat with few trips to the veterinarian except for routine shots. The common element linking the two illnesses is that they both had been eating some RC Urinary SO kibbles I mixed in with the male's normal food to see if it would help with the LB issues.

My 12 year old miniature schnauzer, Joy, has eaten Royal Canin SO for several years. Last week I opened a new bag of it and she got diarrhea after eating her first bowl. My dog has NEVER had diarrhea before in her 12 years. The only thing that was different in her diet was that new bag of food. I thought maybe it could have been something else, but there is nothing else. Nada. So, after a long weekend of dealing with her poo poo and misery I started feeding her rice and boiled chicken. Well, you know the reason she eats SO is to keep her protein balanced and her kidneys in check.

I have a vet appointment today for my Shih tzu. She's been on the royal canine urinary so for bladder stones for almost a year. I've had no problems until this past Saturday night. I opened a new can of food and noticed it looked like it had an orange tint to it. Usually its a tan/gray/beige color. She has been puking and having uncontrollable diarrhea since late Saturday night. I don't know if it is the food or not, but I saw all of these posts and got concerned because she isn't snapping out of it. She looks drunk and sits in the backyard staring off instead of barking to come back inside. (She never stays out alone!)

My 8-year-old pug has had gastro problem for the last six weeks. He's been eating Royal Canin for the last five years and in early March he started vomiting and having diarrhea. We took him to the vet, had X-rays and blood work and we're told he had stomach flu. Got put on antibiotics. Loose stools and vomiting continued. Changed his food twice. Still problems. Now he has water in his stomach and have diagnosed ascites and hydroproteinemia. And the vet wants to do an endoscopy to see what procedure to take. We are very worried and want to make the best decision for him.

This Thursday, my 11 year old Yorkie was sprinting from one end of the park to the other, as she normally does. If you'd have asked me that day, I would have said she had several more years left to live. That afternoon she ate Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Adult Dry Food for the first time ever in her life. She was dead by Saturday with lungs filled with fluid and congestive heart failure. I am not a vet. I do not have extensive knowledge of congestive heart failure. Of course this could have just been her time.

My 2 5-year-old cats have always been on Royal Canin indoor. Yesterday they both started to have diarrhea after I fed them from a new bag (expiration date 2015). Today they both refuse to eat the bits. Even when I mix it with wet forage, which they only get as a treat once a week, they refuse to eat it. My sister-in-law's cat had the same problem a month ago. They thought it was because they left the bag of cat food outside but this makes me rethink their problem too. Tomorrow we will call the Vet as I find it very strange that both cats have diarrhea and refuse to eat but act hungry. We will also contact Royal Canin and FDA especially because these are a lot of the same symptoms in a short time.

A week and a half ago, my cat was diagnosed with a UTI and had some crystals in his urine. My vet told me to put him on Royal Canin SO formula as it's better than the Hills brand because there are two different types of infections or crystals that cats can get. He said the 'S' fights one type of crystal and the 'O' fights the other. I immediately changed him to the can SO formula. Then one night I read the contents on the can and noticed there was nothing special about this food. It's filled with byproducts from chickens and pigs and it even has corn in it. Everything we are told to not feed our cats, especially when they have a UTI or crystals.

My 6-month-old Boerboel puppy has been eating RC Giant Puppy pellets with no problems. After opening a new bag this week, he started vomiting continuously 2 hours after evening meal. By midnight we took him to vet, diagnosed as gastritis and given anti-emetic jabs as well as antacids. Slept for 5 hours, followed by not wanting to eat or drink for 18 hours. Was admitted on IV fluid, X-rays and barium meal did not show obstruction or foreign body in stomach. Whilst at vet, ate 3 meals of chicken and rice, no vomiting. Discharged after 24 hours at vet. Continued with chicken and rice at home, but seems to be hungry soon after meals, no vomiting or diarrhea.

2 months ago noticed the Royal Canin for Boxers dry food had a strong smell. Occasionally our Boxer would not eat it. Then occasionally vomited. Now after 6 weeks of sometimes eating & sometimes refusing the food, we are on the 2nd bag with the same strong smell. Our Boxer now has diarrhea every 2-3 hours. We have stopped the Royal Canin for Boxers completely. We have researched for any recalls on Royal Canin and came upon the complaints on this site. We have put our Boxer on steamed rice & chicken & will be calling the vet tomorrow. If there would be a problem with the Royal Canin food, we would appreciate notification. We would like to treat our dog effectively to cure his diarrhea. Hoping this issue does not turn into a serious condition.

Royal Canin Urinary SO - I started feeding my pug this food due to her having crystals in her urine and the Vet prescribing this as her food to dissolve the urinary crystals. We bought 3 cans and were given some hard dog food as a sample to make sure she liked it. Well she ate the canned food with no problem as far as I thought. However I did notice her stools were very loose. I had to feed her the dry food the seventh day as I ran out of wet can food. She ate it up and that evening I thought she did not look too good. She was walking slow and almost drunk like. I did not even figure it out until the next day when I spent $60.00 on some more dried dog food and wet can dog food at the vets.

One of our cats was diagnosed with a food allergy and the vet suggested Royal Canin Hypoallergenic PD. We used it for about three years without any problems. About three weeks ago, I gave them food from a new bag and at first I didn't notice a problem until a week later. My two kitties didn't seem as energetic as usual. Then one of them started vomiting and quit eating and drinking water so I rushed him to the vet and he gave him Sub-Q fluids, an antibiotic, steroid injection, B12 injection, something to settle his stomach and ran blood tests. Which was normal except for a slightly low protein level and the vet said that was probably from not eating.

We recently bought another bag of the Royal Canin gastro food that our 10 month old Lab has been on for over a month. Within a couple of days of eating it, he was throwing up his food, then refused to eat the kibble from that bag (would smell it and walk away). He would eat another brand of kibble and did not appear to have lost his appetite. There were no other symptoms. We took him to the vet, who did x-rays and found our dog had gas in his stomach, no blockage. We were told to only give him the gastro food (we had been mixing it with a small amount of another brand). We had to put some wet Royal Canin food on top of it for the dog to eat. Once again, he began to throw up.

I have been feeding my cat this pet food for years and have had nothing but brilliant results. She is very healthy (according to the vet) and she has very beautiful fur. I have plenty of friends who use this product for their pets and they all have very similar comments. Actually I find this site quite peculiar since I see nothing but bad stuff about the brand I have trusted for almost a decade. Anyways the main reason I'm writing is to find out if this site really is legit and would include comments from anyone. If it does, I would probably be worried and would consult my vet immediately.

Our puppy has recently had severe diarrhea and some vomiting. She has been on Royal Canin German Shepherd puppy food since she was 12 weeks old and then after a month and a half we opened a new bag of dog food and instant problems. What is the FDA website to report this? It didn't come through on the previous post. Going to buy a new brand today. What recourse do we have as consumers if there is really contamination?

I adopted my chihuahua in October and started feeding him Royal Canin Chihuahua food. I bought small bags at Petsmart. It was totally fine. Then I ordered a giant bag at Wag.com because I had a coupon. I started feeding my dog and noticed he began to have diarrhea with blood. I have had other dogs, so I treated him at home and then it didn't go away and he was ** blood so I took him to the emergency vet. They managed to stabilize him and I fed him rice, pumpkin and chicken pureed. Along with his medicine, he got back on track, then I started his dry food again and the blood diarrhea started again. It seems after reading all these complaints that the two are connected. And I have to say I spent $300 at the emergency vet and now my dog is back to square one (he will be okay in a couple of days, but why should he have to go through this again?). And Royal Canin is not a cheap food - a small bag costs $17. I just want to thank everyone for posting their experiences or I never would have figured out the cause of my dog's extreme gastric distress.

My cat got a bad tummy last Wednesday. We put it down to him eating something in the garden. Then it dawned on us.... We had a opened a new large bag of royal canin sensible recently. He has had very loose poo and still does poor mite, so I'm now thinking after reading these reviews that I could be linked! Can I return this food? Am I within my rights to do so?? He has always had a dodgy tummy and now I'm worried it could be his food all along (as he was fed this from being a kitten).

I found this site, by accident, a few weeks ago while trying to find phosphorus content in the Royal Canin Urinary S/O my cat has eaten for 8 years, as another cat I have was possibly going to be put on, and that one needs low phosphorous. However once I found this site, it made me uneasy and I asked my vet to put her on a different brand.

Can you have someone explain to me what is going on with the product recently?? I was buying Royal Canin for 6 years and recently my dog is having diarrhea. I switched it to another type. From Maxi Adult to the German Shepherd Gold Bag and still same issue. Please respond back soon! Thanks.

My cat has been eating Urinary dry food for a few years now ever since having kidney stones. He had to have a complicated surgery, basically turning him from a boy into a girl, so he could pass stones more easily. He recovered well and is rarely ill. He never vomits, except when he has a hairball.

I've been feeding my one cat with urinary tract disease Royal Canin. SO for the last year and haven't had any problems, but I just opened a can from a case purchased recently and it smells like feces - strongly. After reading the reviews, I'm quite concerned about feeding this to my cat. So I plan to look into having it tested for contaminants. Will post any follow up or test results. For a pet food this costly, there shouldn't be ANY issues with quality. If anyone has any info on where to get food tested, I'd appreciate hearing about it.

I opened a new bag of Royal Canin Chihuahua food for my 2 Chihuahuas around Jan 10, 2014. I have two 4-year-old Chihuahuas, one is 3 lbs and the other weighs 6 lbs. About 2 and a half to 3 weeks after giving them the Royal Canin food my 3 lb Chihuahua had multiple seizures and I had to take her to an emergency veterinarian clinic. She convulsed multiple times a day for 3 days and had to be sedated with Valium. She hadn't eaten anything new, she hadn't been poisoned, and I hadn't used any new cleaning products. It was the first time she had ever had a seizure. I took her to my regular veterinarian and they ran many tests and everything seemed fine.

I have fed RC urinary SO for the past 4 years. I was buying the Canadian Medical until last spring, when I started buying the USA variety, because it can be purchased cheaper than here in Canada. I have had 2 boys on this food for 4 years, the third boy has been eating it a year and the 4th boy (All Himalayan neuters) has been eating it since his pu surgery last early fall, and recently a little 17 year old Tonkinese female has been eating it as well. I have had no problems whatsoever but.... with what I am reading here, I am beginning to wonder if there is now a problem. My boys are gorgeous... long matt - free silky coats and weighing around 11 to 12 pounds plus. The little Tonkinese spay has always vomited a fair amount but this food stays down well... and she loves it.

Our 8 yr old toy poodle has been on Royal Canin SO can food for about 2 years. No problems until starting her on newest purchase. This week she has been to vet twice for all types of testing due to intestinal swelling and gas, seizure, pacing from pain, and unable to rest. She has always loved her food and been an eager eater. However, with this new supply of Royal Canin, she will take a bite and walk away, come back and do the same for a few more bites. At her last feeding, she wouldn't touch it. She is very smart and seems to have figured this out before we did. She is weak and stumbling. Have a call into vet now. It appears we will be taking her to ER. The only change in her diet/routine was the new purchase of Royal Canin food. Our daughter has a poodle on the same food who has been in vets this week on IV for diarrhea. We are hoping we do not lose our little fur baby. Royal Canin sold to Mars and it seems another pet food has gone the way of others.

My 4-yr-old DISH has been on Royal Canin since I adopted her at 3 months of age. She is strictly indoor, never gets table/people food, and is an "only child." Over the past 6+ months she has been less and less interested in eating her food and has been throwing up. She has also developed what appears to be miliary dermatitis with hair loss without any signs or symptoms of fleas. At first I thought the dermatitis might be due to a change in her litter from clay to wheat, so I switched back to clay. The dermatitis - and her lack of interest in her food - has not changed. I used to brag about her beautiful, shiny coat (per vet, diet related). I am confident that her signs and symptoms are a direct result of her food, Royal Canin Indoor, mixed with dental formula and will be finding a new food in hopes that my poor kitty will once again have her appetite and health. When I spoke with someone at the pet supply store, they said that RC changed its formula recently. I, for one, am not happy with the result. I hope that a new diet will help her - and all the others mentioned here!

My cat has been on Royal Canin Hypoallergenic for years. First, she started drinking excessive amounts of water, followed by increasingly violent vomiting, and extremely loud stomach noises. Several times when she vomited, she could not breathe, her tongue turned blue, and her middle (just before the hips) got very very skinny. It scared me to death. I've just found out Royal Canin has been recalled due to Melamine toxicity! The same thing that killed all those animals in 2007! This is a prescription food. My vet kept selling it to me and never even called to say it had been recalled! Now I just hope she makes it.

My wife and I are the owners of our 2nd Jack Russell puppy (now currently 2yrs old). Our first Jack passed from Liver and renal failure. We are also clients of your veterinary clinic. I am writing to you in hopes that someone will read this and not just see some wack job spouting off to your clinic, instead a concerned pet owner who believes that the products your clinic is recommending had a hand in the illness of our pets. I have no proof but I have common sense and a bit of research that tells me "if it smells like a duck", "quacks like a duck" it's probably a DUCK! I am an average person and consumer who loves his pet not some crazed lobbyist or "against the machine" citizen who feels the need to fight the system. My wife and I will continue to bring our pets to your clinic. We love the care and attention they receive and truly believe that the work being done is in earnest. This is not about your clinic.

My cat has the same symptoms described above. Vomiting, stopped eating, vomiting bile. 700$ later: all X-ray and blood tests were negative. Going back to the vet again today. Interesting he first developed an allergy (eyes became red ) to the adult 'vet prescribed' can food. I donated the two boxes. Got him the Duck version. 2 weeks later he is sick - he has been very healthy, has been eating RC dry food vet prescribed for adult since 2012. He is 5 years old. I will definitely try to have the remaining cans examined! The recent purchases were made through Chewy.com but directly shipped from RC (not sure).

My Shih-Tzu/Poodle mix has been eating the dental formula dry for many years now and we have experienced absolutely not problem with this food.

Within days of being fed from a brand new bag, my cat became lethargic. He was throwing up violently, repeatedly. He would sniff his food and walk away. He no longer wanted to eat his kibble which he previously loved. One day that week I came home and found his face looked bloody, his lips and eyelids bright red and swollen. His chin bright red and gums. The skin over his temples had lost fur and were covered with inflamed "sores". The skin was bright red in those areas. He was congested and sounded like labored breathing.

Our Bearded Collie has been on Royal Canin gastro-intestinal canned dog food for many years. On December 19, 2013, he ate 1/2 of a can and threw the food up within an hour. On Friday the 20th he ate 1/2 can and walked to our bedroom and died at the foot of our bed. It was a surprise since he had been fine before his meal. We were just five cans into a new case of 24 when this happened. We are heartbroken and curious if his death could have been brought on by this canned food. I hesitate to donate the remaining cans in this case of dog food in case it is contaminated. Our pets are too valuable to take a chance on, I plan to call Royal Canin today!

Just a follow up to let you know Lucy, our long haired Persian cat, is still very poorly. Having returned from the Vets after being hydrated by a drip overnight, she is still vomiting and now has an upset tummy. She is slowly drinking a little water and taking a little food with TLC but is very lethargic. As predicted, the vets told me not to believe everything I read on the internet and no recalls have ever happened to Royal Canin Persian Food or any others and yes, they sell only Royal Canin. I will NEVER feed her Royal Canin again and I can only hope she recovers from this as soon as possible and gets back to the lovely lively cat she used to be a few days ago. I cannot understand why there are no warnings to the public in the media, Royal Canin has obviously been poisoning our pets.

My dog had recurring urinary tract infection so vet put her on Royal Canin Urinary SO. I was feeding food for 2 months to both my dogs and one wouldn't even touch the dry stuff and the bag had a strange odor to it. They had been vomiting periodically over the 2 months but I never suspected the food as it was vet recommended and cured the UTI infections. The day before she died, she vomited her food up and on the day she died she ate her canned version, went outside to go potty, came in attempted to vomit then went into a seizure and died in my arms. All within 5 minutes of eating the food. I suspected the food the whole time they were eating it but thought since it was an Rx diet and seemed to worked on the UTI problem that it was okay. I had received a refund on the first bag and still have it along with the 2nd bag and half a case of the canned. Is there a way to have the food tested for contaminates?

My cat who is about 15 (he is a rescue and I've had him 11 years) lives to eat instead of eats to live as my vet says. He has been on wet and dry Royal Canin High Fiber Calorie Control since May 2011 to try and get his weight down. I noticed in November he was not as keen on the wet food. I ordered two new cases of the wet in November and since they have arrived he doesn't eat much of the food. I've noticed that he has occasional hairball coughing attacks but rarely gets them up but the vet said the fiber in the wet food should help him to digest them but I was hesitant and started to mix his old Hill's Science Diet Hairball Senior hard food back into his diet. He has been having terrible occasional gas since the end of November.

After reading these comments, I felt I should let people know what has happened with my lovely Persian Lucy. At the weekend, she started vomiting badly. She would not eat or drink and continuously vomited on and off for 24 hours. This morning she collapsed in my arms whilst being sick. We rushed her to the vets this morning, who has told us she may have Gastroenteritis. She has had all the tests, bloods, etc. and is now on a drip overnight at the hospital. They are not quite sure if that's exactly what it is and all the tests have come back normal. Lucy is 10 years old and has never been sick in her life. She never vomits and is always lively. To see her become so ill in such a short space of time is awful and she has never been away from us overnight so I cannot begin to think how she is coping.

Cat vomiting and serious gastro problems on royal canin SO. I'm reading a lot of posts on here about the Royal Canin products in the last month. I'm also having very similar symptoms with my cat. He is losing weight, not eating right (unless he is at the vet) vomiting, lethargic. It's been since Nov 29th. Ultrasounds, blood work, X-rays... I'm feeling something might be wrong at Royal Canin right now. This needs to be investigated!

I've raised Pudge (black Persian) & his only son Jackjack on Persian 30 for the last 6 years, until they discontinued it in my area..... Recently found a new more 'selective' line of Royal Canine @ Petco last week (separates mane coon from Persian from the rest of the long-haired breeds). DO NOT BUY!!!! Have spent the last week straight @ the vet/groomer/PTO to conduct the monthly bath daily. They have never reacted to this food in such a manner & nothing changed except this element in their daily routine.

In the last month, both of my cats died of a mysterious, unknown illness. Due to the oldest cat (Gemini) having a bout with urinary crystal issues several years ago, we have been feeding them Royal Canin Urinary So dry cat food ($60/bag) for the last 10 years. Due to the unexpected deaths of both cats, the only common denominator we've been able to identify is the cat food. The cats only ate the dry cat food – no table food, no can food or any type of pet treats. They are indoor cats and have always been healthy.