Comments on: Menu Foods Class Action Being Organized http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157 Essential news for cats, dogs and pet owners. Wed, 23 May 2012 05:23:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: Julina http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-53300 Julina Sat, 01 Sep 2007 16:46:58 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-53300 I finally found this forum again. My heart goes out to all who have suffered a loss. I read the above post again, just now being able to start to get my senses after the death of my beloved dog, Isis. The date she was rushed to the animal hospital and subsequently died was May 12th, not May 17th, I am sorry for the typo. I was dealing with the grief and all the days were running together while I was researching just how this tragedy could have happened. It took me some time to be able to call the animal hospital and ask them to mail her medical papers. Those of you who have suffered the loss of your pet know what I mean. Talking to them on the phone is like reliving it all over again. I just couldn't stand the pain. I have had to switch vets because I just can't walk in there again. I have been notified by the class action lawyers and sent papers that I signed and mailed off. If there is anyone who wishes to get in contact with me regarding this or if I can help in anyway, you can contact me at: julina_jabecilla@yahoo.com I hope soon this horror will end for all of us, new laws will be in place to protect our precious animals and those who are responsible for this outrage will be held to full accountability. God Bless you all and my all of our animals rest in peace knowing that they are forever in our hearts and will not be forgotten. "If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men." -St. Francis of Assisis I finally found this forum again. My heart goes out to all who have suffered a loss. I read the above post again, just now being able to start to get my senses after the death of my beloved dog, Isis. The date she was rushed to the animal hospital and subsequently died was May 12th, not May 17th, I am sorry for the typo.

I was dealing with the grief and all the days were running together while I was researching just how this tragedy could have happened. It took me some time to be able to call the animal hospital and ask them to mail her
medical papers. Those of you who have suffered the loss of your pet know what I mean. Talking to them on the phone is like reliving it all over again.
I just couldn’t stand the pain. I have had to switch vets because I just can’t
walk in there again.

I have been notified by the class action lawyers and sent papers that I signed and mailed off. If there is anyone who wishes to get in contact with me regarding this or if I can help in anyway, you can contact me at: julina_jabecilla@yahoo.com

I hope soon this horror will end for all of us, new laws will be in place to protect our precious animals and those who are responsible for this outrage will be held to full accountability.

God Bless you all and my all of our animals rest in peace knowing that they are forever in our hearts and will not be forgotten.

“If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter
of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their
fellow men.” -St. Francis of Assisis

]]> By: Kristi Robinson http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-33126 Kristi Robinson Sat, 07 Jul 2007 04:39:16 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-33126 Does anyone know of a class action suit against the makers of Alpo? We lost our georgous gentle giant, shepherd-chow mix, February of this year. He was such a good guy he would never complain if something was wrong with him. One morning, my husband yelled "Babe, Killer's dying"....I ran down to see what was going on, and sure enough our georgous guy was lying with bowl all around him and having a seizure. We rushed him to the vet who diagnosed acute renal failure (kidney failure). He advised that Killer's kidneys were shot and they can not repair themselves. My husband was a medic/nurse in the army and knew all to well that Killer would never get better from this - so we made that horrible decision to lay him to rest. We found out that the Ol' Roy we still had was not on the recall list, but all the Alpo we purchased and still had some of was on the list. We have many cans still with receipts as well as the vet diagnosis and bill. We called Alpo to find out what they were going to do, and today (July 6, 2007) they finally offered a settlement of paying $600 for the vet bills. My husband told them that was rediculous and that they should at bare minimum also pay to replace the dog's value....They offered us a total of $800. My husband got angry with them, as we obviously feel Killer's value was way more than any amount of money can buy, and told him that was not enough of an offer. The gentleman quoted something from a paper he was reading that was to the effect of "I can no longer negotiate with you, I will not call you again, please do not call this office again as our offer to settle is no longer valid" and he hung up on my husband. That has made me so angry to know that the companies who are responsible for poisoning our beloved animals are trying to pay vet bills, if anything - when, if this was to happen in our human food chain (and I have read reports that state this chemical has been found in the feed given to our poultry, pork, fish etc...) What would they offer us if this happened to one of our sons? Well, Killer was another one of our sons. God bless those who have been devestated by this horrible tradgedy - Kristi P.S. I just read a website that is a class action suit against many pet food companies, not just for this poisoning - but for their misrepresentation of offering quality pet foods like meaty chicken n rice or something tasty - when in fact what is actually put in pet food is morbid, disgusting stuff that truly isn't healthy at all....things like carcasus of dead cats and dogs, hair, body parts of other animals, diseased carcasus of dead animals......Our little Scrappy, Manchester Cahuahua, gets a homemade meal of hamburger and rice and/or whatever we're eating now. We don't even trust the products out there now - as I've seen the latest addition to the recall list was just this past May. Does anyone know of a class action suit against the makers of Alpo? We lost our georgous gentle giant, shepherd-chow mix, February of this year. He was such a good guy he would never complain if something was wrong with him. One morning, my husband yelled “Babe, Killer’s dying”….I ran down to see what was going on, and sure enough our georgous guy was lying with bowl all around him and having a seizure. We rushed him to the vet who diagnosed acute renal failure (kidney failure). He advised that Killer’s kidneys were shot and they can not repair themselves. My husband was a medic/nurse in the army and knew all to well that Killer would never get better from this - so we made that horrible decision to lay him to rest.

We found out that the Ol’ Roy we still had was not on the recall list, but all the Alpo we purchased and still had some of was on the list. We have many cans still with receipts as well as the vet diagnosis and bill. We called Alpo to find out what they were going to do, and today (July 6, 2007) they finally offered a settlement of paying $600 for the vet bills. My husband told them that was rediculous and that they should at bare minimum also pay to replace the dog’s value….They offered us a total of $800. My husband got angry with them, as we obviously feel Killer’s value was way more than any amount of money can buy, and told him that was not enough of an offer. The gentleman quoted something from a paper he was reading that was to the effect of “I can no longer negotiate with you, I will not call you again, please do not call this office again as our offer to settle is no longer valid” and he hung up on my husband.

That has made me so angry to know that the companies who are responsible for poisoning our beloved animals are trying to pay vet bills, if anything - when, if this was to happen in our human food chain (and I have read reports that state this chemical has been found in the feed given to our poultry, pork, fish etc…) What would they offer us if this happened to one of our sons? Well, Killer was another one of our sons.

God bless those who have been devestated by this horrible tradgedy -
Kristi

P.S. I just read a website that is a class action suit against many pet food companies, not just for this poisoning - but for their misrepresentation of offering quality pet foods like meaty chicken n rice or something tasty - when in fact what is actually put in pet food is morbid, disgusting stuff that truly isn’t healthy at all….things like carcasus of dead cats and dogs, hair, body parts of other animals, diseased carcasus of dead animals……Our little Scrappy, Manchester Cahuahua, gets a homemade meal of hamburger and rice and/or whatever we’re eating now. We don’t even trust the products out there now - as I’ve seen the latest addition to the recall list was just this past May.

]]> By: Susan Munoz http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-31220 Susan Munoz Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:27:32 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-31220 Both me and my husband spent Easter sunday in the emergency clinic with both our beloved shorthair of 6 years and our newly adopted Sphynx kitten - only 7 months old. Within 48 hrs of feeding Blue Buffalo kitten dry and spa select moist food, both cats were diagnosed with kidney failure. We lost our shorthair and the Sphynx barely pulled through - but my a miracle unknown even to our vet - pulled through and is now on a special kidney diet. You can only imagine that she is now eating the same food in which I took her off of in order to feed them a "holistic" food because I was scared to give them Science Diet. Blue Buffalo has promised to reimburse, but doesn't believe in reimbursing for "future expenses" and to date, I have seen no $$ returned. The pain and agony that my cat and kitten endured throughout this was excrutiating to watch - and heartfelt by our entire family. My heart goes out to everyone who has suffered a loss throughout this food recall. - as tears really poured out of our family during this crisis. Blue Buffalo should not be fed by any means, and I believe it was the FDA's testing of my food that prompted the food recall of Blue Buffalo. They were called by me and told about the food immediately, but chose to do nothing. Other than providing our pets with homemade food, there is no guarantee of preventing this. I do believe that everyone that has pulled funds out of of pocket should be reimbursed in full for every single penny spent on their pets because of this contamination, both for past, present and future call if needed. Both me and my husband spent Easter sunday in the emergency clinic with both our beloved shorthair of 6 years and our newly adopted Sphynx kitten - only 7 months old. Within 48 hrs of feeding Blue Buffalo kitten dry and spa select moist food, both cats were diagnosed with kidney failure. We lost our shorthair and the Sphynx barely pulled through - but my a miracle unknown even to our vet - pulled through and is now on a special kidney diet. You can only imagine that she is now eating the same food in which I took her off of in order to feed them a “holistic” food because I was scared to give them Science Diet. Blue Buffalo has promised to reimburse, but doesn’t believe in reimbursing for “future expenses” and to date, I have seen no $$ returned. The pain and agony that my cat and kitten endured throughout this was excrutiating to watch - and heartfelt by our entire family. My heart goes out to everyone who has suffered a loss throughout this food recall. - as tears really poured out of our family during this crisis. Blue Buffalo should not be fed by any means, and I believe it was the FDA’s testing of my food that prompted the food recall of Blue Buffalo. They were called by me and told about the food immediately, but chose to do nothing. Other than providing our pets with homemade food, there is no guarantee of preventing this. I do believe that everyone that has pulled funds out of of pocket should be reimbursed in full for every single penny spent on their pets because of this contamination, both for past, present and future call if needed.

]]> By: Julina http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-31099 Julina Mon, 25 Jun 2007 01:17:38 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-31099 I too have suffered a loss. My dog was perfectly healthy, strong and beautiful. She only ate dry food Purina brand. The only thing different I did was purchase a bag of dog food from PetSmart, they had just opened one in our area right across from a brand new Sam's Club, which I am a member. She was use to eating Beneful and Purina Indoor chicken and oatmeal formula. I use to buy her food from Target. They assured me that no dry food had been affected and all had been pulled off the shelf, so I purchased Purina One chicken formula dry dog food after seeing they were out of Beneful. She was 5 years old and had never had a problem before. The early morning of the 17th of May , 2007 she was having diarreah, drinking alot of water, more than normal and she was very weak, after taking her out to potty, she started panting and kind of collapsed on the bedroom rug. I rushed her to the vet and he said had she been in rat poison our antifreeze? I said no, we don't use that in or around our house, my two kitties appeared ok. She was an inside dog only and only walked on a leash, by myself or my husband, she was never out of our site. My heart just sunk because I think a parent knows when something is really wrong and I knew she was dying and my gut told me it was the food. I was in shock and after spending as much time with her as we could, she was euthanized. We held her in our arms, cried and had to take her home to bury in the backyard, all of this happened so suddenly right before Mother's Day. My husband said it was time to bury her but I just wanted to stay with her in the front room, she was in her bed and I just couln't believe she was gone. My husband and I cannot have children and she was our child. I am still grief stricken and in much pain, I am also furious at how this is going down. I also suspect PetSmart food and wonder just how many people who's pets may have died or become ill purchased the suspect food from PetSmart. It is curious to note that my receipt is very vauge and does not show the exact product, but rather says SA Food????? I do still have the food and treats I purchased right before she got sick and I went there to confront them as to why my receipt said something different? The manager was rude and insulting. He could not give me a definite answer. I became really concerned when I brought a bag of the exact food up to the counter and it said exactly what it was. Something is not right here. He had the nerve to say that if I could prove that the food was purchased there the other manager would be glad to refund my money!!!! It was all I could do not to haul off and hit him. I am not a violent person but I told him don't you dare insult me, that is a slap in my face, if you think I would want your money. I don't want money or nothing from you, I told him. My dog is dead, and your money won't repalce her. I do want to get to the bottom of this and I do want someone held accountable. I don't want anymore needless, gruesome deaths of animals and I don't want my Isis's death to be in vain. All of our animals deserve so much more than that. This is a nightmare and I don't know why some people refuse to wake up. This is not something just happening to one person, or one animal its happening all over!!!!!!!!! The Purina food was Purina One Natural Blends Adult Dog Chicken & Oatmeal Formula says Best Used by Dec2007 61701083 0630L02, the treats were Amercian Kennel Club, Bacon and Cheese Flavor and Old Mother Hubbard P-Nuttier, I don't think it was the treats because I noticed she through up right after eating the Purina One Natural Blends. I too have suffered a loss. My dog was perfectly healthy, strong and beautiful. She only ate dry food Purina brand. The only thing different I did was purchase a bag of dog food from PetSmart, they had just opened one in our area right across from a brand new Sam’s Club, which I am a member. She was use to eating Beneful and Purina Indoor chicken and oatmeal formula. I use to buy her food from Target. They assured me that no dry food had been affected and all had been pulled off the shelf, so I purchased Purina One chicken formula dry dog food after seeing they were out of Beneful. She was 5 years old and had never had a problem before. The early morning of the 17th of May , 2007 she was having diarreah, drinking alot of water, more than normal and she was very weak, after taking her out to potty, she started panting and kind of collapsed on the bedroom rug. I rushed her to the vet and he said had she been in rat poison our antifreeze? I said no, we don’t use that in or around our house, my two kitties appeared ok. She was an inside dog only and only walked on a leash, by myself or my husband, she was never out of our site. My heart just sunk because I think a parent knows when something is really wrong and I knew she was dying and my gut told me it was the food. I was in shock and after spending as much time with her as we could, she was euthanized. We held her in our arms, cried and had to take her home to bury in the backyard, all of this happened so suddenly right before Mother’s Day. My husband said it was time to bury her but I just wanted to stay with her in the front room, she was in her bed and I just couln’t believe she was gone. My husband and I cannot have children and she was our child. I am still grief stricken and in much pain, I am also furious at how this is going down. I also suspect PetSmart food and wonder just how many people who’s pets may have died or become ill purchased the suspect food from PetSmart. It is curious to note that my receipt is very vauge and does not show the exact product, but rather says SA Food????? I do still have the food and treats I purchased right before she got sick and I went there to confront them as to why my receipt said something different? The manager was rude and insulting. He could not give me a definite answer. I became really concerned when I brought a bag of the exact food up to the counter and it said exactly what it was. Something is not right here. He had the nerve to say that if I could prove that the food was purchased there the other manager would be glad to refund my money!!!! It was all I could do not to haul off and hit him. I am not a violent person but I told him don’t you dare insult me, that is a slap in my face, if you think I would want your money. I don’t want money or nothing from you, I told him. My dog is dead, and your money won’t repalce her. I do want to get to the bottom of this and I do want someone held accountable. I don’t want anymore needless, gruesome deaths of animals and I don’t want my Isis’s death to be in vain. All of our animals deserve so much more than that. This is a nightmare and I don’t know why some people refuse to wake up. This is not something just happening to one person, or one animal its happening all over!!!!!!!!! The Purina food was Purina One Natural Blends Adult Dog Chicken & Oatmeal Formula says Best Used by Dec2007 61701083 0630L02, the treats were Amercian Kennel Club, Bacon and Cheese Flavor and Old Mother Hubbard P-Nuttier, I don’t think it was the treats because I noticed she through up right after eating the Purina One Natural Blends.

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]]> By: eileen lucia http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-19976 eileen lucia Sat, 19 May 2007 19:27:39 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-19976 My cats were all eating Science Diet MD dried perscription cat food. I have just been told that one of my cats has a very low blood count and could possibly have 1. a mass on his pancreas or 2 lymphoma. One of my other cats and licked away all her fur on her tummy and hind legs. We took them of MD as soon as we heard news that it had been recalled. My cat that was licking all her fur off has now grown new hair and at last looks normall. I would like to ask anyone if their kitties had a low blood count. I asked the vet if it could be connected and she did not care to say. I can only assume she does not want to get dragged into a law suit. Tommy and Tara seem to be better now on Purina's DM. How can I find out if the MD gave them other symtoms beside kidney. My cats were all eating Science Diet MD dried perscription cat food. I have just been told that one of my cats has a very low blood count and could possibly have 1. a mass on his pancreas or 2 lymphoma. One of my other cats and licked away all her fur on her tummy and hind legs. We took them of MD as soon as we heard news that it had been recalled. My cat that was licking all her fur off has now grown new hair and at last looks normall. I would like to ask anyone if their kitties had a low blood count. I asked the vet if it could be connected and she did not care to say. I can only assume she does not want to get dragged into a law suit. Tommy and Tara seem to be better now on Purina’s DM. How can I find out if the MD gave them other symtoms beside kidney.

]]> By: Jeannie R. Hudson http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-19682 Jeannie R. Hudson Fri, 18 May 2007 23:38:58 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-19682 Our 6 year old Australian Shepard mix was put to sleep on May 4, 2007. The first time we noticed something was wrong was not until April, Simba ate at night, we did not realize he stopped eating, until we noticed a weight change, and flu like symtoms. He wouldnt eat, and at first drink water, then was always thirsty, he could barely walk from being so weak. We took him to the vet for test, and found that he had kidney failure, but could do treatments, we tried home treatments, because we couldnt afford the treatments for him to stay, we did get prescriptions for IV's from the vet to take home...he still wouldnt eat, then developed sores, and we took him back to find out he then had complete kidney failure...We then put him to sleep. We are devestated, he was family, and my kids don't understand how this happened, they are angry, and hurt. We did what we could afford to help him, but he just was suffering so much, he looked as though it was OKay when the needle was inserted to put him to sleep..I cried for hours, and held onto him when he was pronounced deceased. I couldnt believe it all happened so fast...Someone should be responsible, we tell our children to be responsible for our actions, these people responsible for the foods that humans, and pets eat, should make sure that its safe!! Our 6 year old Australian Shepard mix was put to sleep on May 4, 2007. The first time we noticed something was wrong was not until April, Simba ate at night, we did not realize he stopped eating, until we noticed a weight change, and flu like symtoms. He wouldnt eat, and at first drink water, then was always thirsty, he could barely walk from being so weak. We took him to the vet for test, and found that he had kidney failure, but could do treatments, we tried home treatments, because we couldnt afford the treatments for him to stay, we did get prescriptions for IV’s from the vet to take home…he still wouldnt eat, then developed sores, and we took him back to find out he then had complete kidney failure…We then put him to sleep. We are devestated, he was family, and my kids don’t understand how this happened, they are angry, and hurt. We did what we could afford to help him, but he just was suffering so much, he looked as though it was OKay when the needle was inserted to put him to sleep..I cried for hours, and held onto him when he was pronounced deceased. I couldnt believe it all happened so fast…Someone should be responsible, we tell our children to be responsible for our actions, these people responsible for the foods that humans, and pets eat, should make sure that its safe!!

]]> By: JC Morrison http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-18052 JC Morrison Mon, 14 May 2007 22:36:31 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-18052 My cats (2 years old) were both fed Special Kitty all their lives. In Feb. the smaller of the two, they are sisters, quit eating, started drinking alot of water, lost weight she couldn't afford to lose, and just layed around 24/7. About 2 weeks after the other one got the same symptoms but she had extra weight on her so I couldn't really tell she was sick. I took them both to the vet the 1st week of the recall and the little on was diagnosed with kidney failure and the vet kept her for almost 2 weeks. We decide not to traumatized the bigger cat and put her on the same diet as the little one. Well, after 2 weeks of IV fluid replacement the vet said I could take my baby home so I did. She said she would give her a week at the most and then we would probably have to put her down. She was so traumatized being in the vet for two weeks she was like the pet cemetary cat that came back to life. Her potassium level was all off so her head was real stiff and bent, it was awful. Anyway, I was determined she wasn't going to be put down because I was attached to her now, and I have never had pets all my life. It's now been almost 3 months, I feed both cats a diet for kidney failure and also give them pedilite mixed with their water. They are both getting healthier everyday but I still have the vet bills to pay plus they are going to be on this kidney diet forever. That means special food that the vet prescibes which costs a bit more than regular food. Also, checkups with the vet every 3-4 weeks. I spoke with a representative from MENU foods and they said they would be sending out claim forms but thats been a month ago and I haven't received anything. I figure they won't have to pay. So now what? This is going to be on going for ever....do I join a class action suit or what.....someone should be held responsible for this. What are other pet owners doing? I would appreiciate your input. Thank you. My cats (2 years old) were both fed Special Kitty all their lives. In Feb. the smaller of the two, they are sisters, quit eating, started drinking alot of water, lost weight she couldn’t afford to lose, and just layed around 24/7. About 2 weeks after the other one got the same symptoms but she had extra weight on her so I couldn’t really tell she was sick. I took them both to the vet the 1st week of the recall and the little on was diagnosed with kidney failure and the vet kept her for almost 2 weeks. We decide not to traumatized the bigger cat and put her on the same diet as the little one. Well, after 2 weeks of IV fluid replacement the vet said I could take my baby home so I did. She said she would give her a week at the most and then we would probably have to put her down. She was so traumatized being in the vet for two weeks she was like the pet cemetary cat that came back to life. Her potassium level was all off so her head was real stiff and bent, it was awful. Anyway, I was determined she wasn’t going to be put down because I was attached to her now, and I have never had pets all my life. It’s now been almost 3 months, I feed both cats a diet for kidney failure and also give them pedilite mixed with their water. They are both getting healthier everyday but I still have the vet bills to pay plus they are going to be on this kidney diet forever. That means special food that the vet prescibes which costs a bit more than regular food. Also, checkups with the vet every 3-4 weeks. I spoke with a representative from MENU foods and they said they would be sending out claim forms but thats been a month ago and I haven’t received anything. I figure they won’t have to pay. So now what? This is going to be on going for ever….do I join a class action suit or what…..someone should be held responsible for this. What are other pet owners doing? I would appreiciate your input. Thank you.

]]> By: Diana Legakis http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-16858 Diana Legakis Fri, 11 May 2007 00:46:27 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-16858 Our beautiful Tat Cat is suffering from kidney failure due to eating Special Kitty from Wal Mart. We are suffering with her - Fluid treatments every other day, medications that she hates, cooking 4 or 5 different items trying to entice her to eat, just to keep her alive - We are starting our 6th week - so far no improvement, but no worse either. We are not giving up - Can't imagine life without her. We have unopened packages of the tainted food along with receipts and mounting vet bills. We also have 2 Dogs & a Bunny, and we are living in fear of more recalls and more sick animals I would like to make sure the companies involved are held accountable for their negligence. I would also like to see tighter restrictions put on imports and more thorough inspections on products before they hit the shelves . There has to be some way to ensure that this never happens again - either to our animals, our children or ourselves !! Our beautiful Tat Cat is suffering from kidney failure due to eating Special Kitty from Wal Mart. We are suffering with her - Fluid treatments every other day, medications that she hates, cooking 4 or 5 different items trying to entice her to eat, just to keep her alive - We are starting our 6th week - so far no improvement, but no worse either. We are not giving up - Can’t imagine life without her. We have unopened packages of the tainted food along with receipts and mounting vet bills. We also have 2 Dogs & a Bunny, and we are living in fear of more recalls and more sick animals
I would like to make sure the companies involved are held accountable for their negligence. I would also like to see tighter restrictions put on imports and more thorough inspections on products before they hit the shelves . There has to be some way to ensure that this never happens again - either to our animals, our children or ourselves !!

]]> By: Julianne Wisor http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-16774 Julianne Wisor Thu, 10 May 2007 19:52:42 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-16774 Outrageous! My 10 year old dog Rosie and I have beaten mast cell cancer twice. Last Sept. we were told she had a month to live. She kicked cancer's backside even through that death verdict until she ran into some of the recalled Menu Food Product. How ticked off and angry am I that we could come through and beat all of those odds stacked against us to have the very food I feed her almost kill her. Thanks to your NEGLIGENCE she is in kidney failure and I almost lost her twice while she was in the animal hospital for treatment. Her suffering through this poison in her food was FAR WORSE then any of the cancer treatments she underwent. Not only should you be ashamed of yourselves but I truly believe those of us with animals affected should get all of your money until you are bankrupt! You've almost bankrupted me with the vet bills so you should feel my pain. In a society of an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth I would love to see you eat that stuff you were having us feed our pets so you could suffer through the pain they suffered through as well. Dispicable! Outrageous! My 10 year old dog Rosie and I have beaten mast cell cancer twice. Last Sept. we were told she had a month to live. She kicked cancer’s backside even through that death verdict until she ran into some of the recalled Menu Food Product. How ticked off and angry am I that we could come through and beat all of those odds stacked against us to have the very food I feed her almost kill her. Thanks to your NEGLIGENCE she is in kidney failure and I almost lost her twice while she was in the animal hospital for treatment. Her suffering through this poison in her food was FAR WORSE then any of the cancer treatments she underwent. Not only should you be ashamed of yourselves but I truly believe those of us with animals affected should get all of your money until you are bankrupt! You’ve almost bankrupted me with the vet bills so you should feel my pain. In a society of an eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth I would love to see you eat that stuff you were having us feed our pets so you could suffer through the pain they suffered through as well. Dispicable!

]]> By: chris M http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-16262 chris M Wed, 09 May 2007 14:59:08 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-16262 Well I unfortunately have had to research this group, you see my beautiful cocker spaniel ,who had been eating Alpo, of course the one that was recalled has just given birth to 9 little deceased babies, The week that we learned of the Alpo recall was the week the puppies internal organs were being formed, I hace a canine pregnanct chart that is very accurate, (We used it last time she was pregnant, and it was within one day of her delivery date), this is so incrediably devastating to all of us, Bless our pets. Chris Well I unfortunately have had to research this group, you see my beautiful cocker spaniel ,who had been eating Alpo, of course the one that was recalled has just given birth to 9 little deceased babies, The week that we learned of the Alpo recall was the week the puppies internal organs were being formed, I hace a canine pregnanct chart that is very accurate, (We used it last time she was pregnant, and it was within one day of her delivery date), this is so incrediably devastating to all of us, Bless our pets. Chris

]]> By: Lauren http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-15580 Lauren Mon, 07 May 2007 18:21:17 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-15580 On Friday, May 4th we lost our dear 6-year old Airedale due to Kidney Failure. He spent 5 days being treated on IV fluids, and on the 5th day they let us know that his numbers (CREA, PHOS, BUN) were getting worse. Our dog was jogging with us just the week before. Please, if you know anyone who is seeing differences in their dog's behavior, please encourage them to get a blood test at their vet. It may be too late, but perhaps they'll save their pet's life. We are devestated beyond belief, and an autopsy will be performed to more accurately access what may have been the cause for this suddent illness. Thinking of everyone with pets in these troubled times, Lauren On Friday, May 4th we lost our dear 6-year old Airedale due to Kidney Failure. He spent 5 days being treated on IV fluids, and on the 5th day they let us know that his numbers (CREA, PHOS, BUN) were getting worse. Our dog was jogging with us just the week before. Please, if you know anyone who is seeing differences in their dog’s behavior, please encourage them to get a blood test at their vet. It may be too late, but perhaps they’ll save their pet’s life. We are devestated beyond belief, and an autopsy will be performed to more accurately access what may have been the cause for this suddent illness.
Thinking of everyone with pets in these troubled times,
Lauren

]]> By: Pet Food Recall Lists | Elaine Vigneault http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-15461 Pet Food Recall Lists | Elaine Vigneault Mon, 07 May 2007 11:39:49 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-15461 [...] Yahoo Group for class action law suit: www.itchmo.com/read/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized_20070319 [...] […] Yahoo Group for class action law suit: www.itchmo.com/read/menu-foods.....d_20070319 […]

]]> By: Roie Griego http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-15211 Roie Griego Sun, 06 May 2007 13:39:43 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-15211 One of our rescued dogs, Sammy Girl, a sweet & gentle yellow lab/shephard mix whose owner went into a nursing home came into our rescue in foster care. She had been with us a while & was doing great until she ate a can of Schnucks dog food. She went downhill from that point forward - we did everything we could to save her, but she finally died from kidney complications. At the time that she ate the food we were not aware of the recall yet, but realized it shorlty afterwards. We have no empty can or real proof that she ate this food, but we did tell the vet who treated her. We ran up a lot of vet bills trying to save her - she was worth it - but should not have had to suffer & die because of this outrageous negligence. For the Animals, Roie Griego, President Friends of the Animals, Inc. One of our rescued dogs, Sammy Girl, a sweet & gentle yellow lab/shephard mix whose owner went into a nursing home came into our rescue in foster care. She had been with us a while & was doing great until she ate a can of Schnucks dog food. She went downhill from that point forward - we did everything we could to save her, but she finally died from kidney complications. At the time that she ate the food we were not aware of the recall yet, but realized it shorlty afterwards. We have no empty can or real proof that she ate this food, but we did tell the vet who treated her. We ran up a lot of vet bills trying to save her - she was worth it - but should not have had to suffer & die because of this outrageous negligence.
For the Animals,
Roie Griego, President Friends of the Animals, Inc.

]]> By: Bonnie http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-15095 Bonnie Sat, 05 May 2007 23:45:31 +0000 http://www.itchmo.com/menu-foods-class-action-being-organized-157#comment-15095 I lost my cat this Feb. He got sick the last of Oct. He was a very healthy robust cat until suddenly getting ill. Blood tests revealed the highest abnomal numbers my vet had seen and was at a loss for a reason. antifreeze was mentioned but that was not possible. He was treated in the hospital for a week and was returned to me to be treated at home until I had to let him go in Feb. I was told he had to eat cat food instead of only the broiled chicken so I fed him the cat food again only to find out after he was gone I had poisoned him. If you used a store discount card like the ones from Petsmart and Petco they should have proof of what food you purchased. I know this food was tainted prior to November. I spent over 4,000.00 on my boy only to lose him anyway I am now treating my girl she has IBS and was unable to hold the food down as much but the heartbreaking struggle goes on. My heart goes out to everyone touched by this ... I lost my cat this Feb. He got sick the last of Oct. He was a very healthy robust cat until suddenly getting ill. Blood tests revealed the highest abnomal numbers my vet had seen and was at a loss for a reason. antifreeze was mentioned but that was not possible.
He was treated in the hospital for a week and was returned to me to be treated at home until I had to let him go in
Feb. I was told he had to eat cat food instead of only the broiled chicken so I fed him the cat food again only to find out after he was gone I had poisoned him.
If you used a store discount card like the ones from Petsmart and Petco they should have proof of what food you purchased.
I know this food was tainted prior to November.
I spent over 4,000.00 on my boy only to lose him anyway I am now treating my girl she has IBS and was unable to hold the food down as much but the heartbreaking struggle goes on.
My heart goes out to everyone touched by this …

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