Royal Canin Pet Foods Reviews

Two weeks ago, I went to my vet to get my 6-year old greyhound’s prescription kidney dog food. He has been on IVD Modified for the past 4 1/2 years as a prophylactic measure following a bout of leptospirosis. In all this time, his kidney values have been normal and have held steady. The vet brought out a bag of Royal Canin Renal-LP modified and told me IVD was no longer available and that this new product was the same. Not having enough of the old food to transition Wrigley properly, I did the best I could. But after 4 days on a mix of the old and new food, he refused to eat the kibble. Thinking he needed a bit more time, I started cooking chicken and rice for him which he'd always devour with relish.

I have 3 cats and have been feeding them Royal Canin since they were about 9 months old. They are now 3 years old. Two of my cats now have hypercalcaemia and all 3 have vitamin D excess. I will never use this so-called "super premium" cat food again. They are under a specialist veterinary care to try and get their hypercalcaemia in check.

These people sold me expired dog food and puppy milk. I called them after receiving the food and told them the product is expired. They said it's fine to use for one more year. Just by trusting them as they are from Royal Canine, I served the food. Just in 8 hours all my puppies fell sick and I lost 2 puppies worth of Rs 50,000 INR by the time I realized that was due to the expired food. It took lot of effort to save the rest of puppies. When I asked them about this their response is, "We have been selling expired food, so far no issues. So we don't bother about this issue.” This is huge irresponsibility towards canine being Royal Canine.

After eating the limited ingredient Rabbit & Potato formula we got from the vet successfully for months, a new bag caused severe diarrhea in both of our dogs. We called the vet, but she has not responded, so we threw it out, and bought a limited ingredient variety from the local pet store. Our younger dog is allergic to chicken and possibly grains, so the limited ingredient diet is necessary. Within 24 hours of stopping the Royal Canin food, the diarrhea has stopped, and both dogs’ stools are back to "normal.” We will no longer be purchasing their products.

Our dog is a young dog and came from a well-respected breeder with many rewards from West ministers and has eaten only Royal Canin for Shih Tzu all his life. He had never had any health issues and was never sick. We scheduled an appointment with the vet for a routine checkup. We had no reason to be concerned because he didn't act sick in any way. He ate well and drank well and his stool was normal as it had been and he urinated as much and as regular as he had always done. Once at the vet, they normally do several things as a complete checkup. After doing a blood test, they say he is in renal failure and has to have a transfusion.

I found some foreign pieces in Royal Canin Sensible Choice Chicken and Rice Cat kibble that didn't look like food and my cat died 3 days later. This was early June 2008. I asked my vet if her illness and death was related to the food and he was unsure, so I contacted Royal Canin and sent them a sample for analysis. I am still awaiting lab results, but they will not provide me with any information and are treating this as though the foreign pieces were just other types of cat food that got mixed in. I saved some samples and can assure you that it's not cat food. I'm still devastated by the loss not to mention the money spent on her care during the last 2 weeks of her life. What's making this even worse is Royal Canin's attitude. They're treating this as though they are infallible since the primary recall happened last year. I am devastated.