Comments on: FDA Continues To Investigate Chicken Jerky Pet Treats

By: Cici

Cici — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:01:33 +0000

I’m trying to get the word out. Don’t feed your pets any dried chicken until you check the back of the bag! Most of them say in tiny little words “Made in China” even if packed by an American company. The only one that is truly made in America is Kona’s Chips. If your dog is hooked on chicken, like ours (and he got sick too), check out these chips recommended by our vet:

www.konaschips.com

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By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 23:32:45 +0000

Question. Name and address of President/ C.E.O. of Smokehouse Pet Products. Need to return a few items. Thank You.

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sun, 18 Nov 2007 06:51:08 +0000

My yorkie, “Winston, ” is fighting for his life tonight and I am holding back tears as I write this. I have no idea if he is going to pull through. We gave him Smokehouse jerky treats from Petco thinking this was “all natural.” What a complete line of B.S. I get sick thinking about the fact that it was us who fed him this horrible product.

DO NOT FEED ANY TREATS FROM CHINA TO YOUR ANIMALS, NOT SMOKEHOUSE, NOT BESTROS, NOTHING. We have visited him in the hospital everyday since Thursday and pray that he will pull through. I can’t describe how painful it is when your 5 lb baby is screaming as you leave him in his cage with an IV needle stuck in his little leg. He is so scared and has no idea why this is happening to him. The pain we are feeling is beyond words.

We know if at least 2 other cases in our area, and the wonderful people at UC Davis Veterinary Medical Center in San Diego have been tracking over 30 other cases of animals harmed by these treats. I can’t believe this damn product is still on the shelves. Boycott any Smokehouse treat, as well as Petco for distributing products that are killing our pets.

By: Tina

Tina — Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:15:57 +0000

Joanne - I live in the Washington, DC are and my story is EXACTLY the same as yours. I called Smoke House, the FDA in Baltimore MD and, State Vet and spent $11,000 in trying to save my dogs. FDA did not help me at all. They just took my name and information. My younger dog died in August and he was 1-1/2 years old and loved the Smoke House Chicken treats. My treats are currently being tested. I am looking for a class action suit, but understand that you can only sue for the value of the dog and not the value of medical expenses. It kills me that these companies are not held accountable for what they sell.

By: Johanna

Johanna — Fri, 02 Nov 2007 22:52:56 +0000

My dog is sick with vomiting, diarrhea and hasn’t kept food down for over a week. Her kidneys aren’t functioning properly. My veterinarian consulted with another area veterinarian, who had three dogs in the past week with the same problem. The common factor was dried chicken strips from China.

We bought the Smokehouse brand treats from Petsmart. In researching this, I see an article that Petsmart had pulled these products in September, but they are now back on the shelves at our Petsmart in Longmont. I spoke to the manager about my dog becoming severely ill with these products, and he said that Petsmarts “voluntary recall” was to pull the products off the shelf in September and replace them with new lots. So much for the recall. Smokehouse’s web site denies that there was any problem with the products.

Joanne–how did you get your product tested? I would like to have it done with the remaining product we have, but I get no response from our FDA office in Colorado.

By: Joanne

Joanne — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:43:05 +0000

My dog was sick with renal failure. I gave three bags of chicken jerky strips to the FDA in late August. Two weeks ago I received a registered letter from the Dept. of Health. The open bag contained DEG and EG (components of antifreeze). The strips were made in China, the company which packaged them is here in North Carolina and won’t return my phone calls. Antifreeze is a known killer of animals.

By: 5CatMom

5CatMom — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 12:17:19 +0000

Sharon & Ken,

Very sorry you lost your poor dog.

Many sad stories are here because of dishonest pet food companies.

The pain of losing a pet is difficult to deal with, but you may find that putting some of the offenders out of business will help.

Do you still have some of the treats? Have them tested by Expertox in Arlington, Tx.

Also join the forums and tell your story. Go to: “What’s Killing Our Pets?”

http://itchmoforums.com/news-r.....1.285.html

By: Sharon & Ken

Sharon & Ken — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:50:59 +0000

We lost our dog to Bestro’s Chicken Jerky Strips on 9/18/07. The vet wanted to put him down last month but we brought him home and tried to nurse him back to health with no luck. I am angry that this type of thing can continuously go on. I am currently in contact with our local FDA here in Baltimore, MD. Fortunately, we still have our receipt from when we bought this KILLER from Wal-Mart. Anyone have any suggestions on how to ease the pain? I am so angry because it still has not been recalled.

By: Vicki

Vicki — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:30:49 +0000

What is irradiation?

By: bernie

bernie — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 17:09:03 +0000

Has anyone considered the fact that these treats were irradiated? Irradiation is some scary s***

By: Don Earl

Don Earl — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 06:02:28 +0000

Gee, who didn’t know the FDA can’t find toxins in pet food?

By: Skittles

Skittles — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 00:11:47 +0000

Trudy

Yeah, it is interesting stuff. I became aware of it after I watched the latest House Committee Hearing on the Toy Recalls. One of the panelists I believe was answering a question raised to him on how to destroy the recalled toys. He said something to the effect that you couldn’t burn them because when PVC is heated or burned that it releases Dioxin! That made me take notice because of the talk of the plastic meat trays that go into rendering. Then I just had to search it out. Here is the webcast of that hearing if anyone wants to watch….

http://energycommerce.house.go.....orts.shtml

By: purringfur

purringfur — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 22:29:34 +0000

JennyBark said: I put my receipe on one of the threads about jerky that I make for my dogs & kitty plays with it too. Please everybody make your own, if you dont have a dehydrator use your oven just make sure itâ€™s all the way dry. It is so simple.
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Thank you for sharing your recipe to help others keep their pets safe. Posting recipes & tips helps others realize that they can make safe treats for their animals, too. People here are so selfless, sharing information, all for benefit of our pets. I’ve learned so much here from all of you and can’t begin to thank you and Itchmo for providing this forum.

I was on a few other sites today (not recall sites), and people were still asking about Bestro jerky and other brands and talking about their sick pets and those they had to put down recently. I referred them to this site and the information we shared about the brands, Fanconi Syndrome symptoms, treatment, etc. There are still people out there relying on the FDA’s recall page and are assuming because they didn’t hear of a recall on the news, that all is well.