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By: David Wright

David Wright — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 14:00:11 +0000

On 11 Mar 09, I lost one of my best friends, an appx 8 year old hound mix. Two days later I almost lost my other dog. Both dogs were lethargic, vomiting, had severe diarrhea, and the one that died experienced early stages of renal failure. My vets could not figure out the source of the problem. I saw yesterday that Nutro is beng investigated, and now things are starting to make sense. Beyond the toxicity displayed by each of my dogs, the other common theme was that I fed them both Nutro Natural Senior dog food. I never suspected this company would sell a tainted product, but apparently I was wrong.

By: LDP

LDP — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:18:38 +0000

The best way to speak to these companies is thru $$$$$.
Do not buy their products… advise others not to buy their products. Stop people in the stores when you see them buying their products and tell them. Nothing travels faster than word of mouth and nothing speaks louder than the almighty dollar!

When they are out of business and shuffling along the sidewalks in their slippers…maybe then they will consider the error of their ways!

By: pam

pam — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:30:36 +0000

i’m just wondering…is canidae dry and wet ok? i’m giving it to my dog since i took him off mighty dog and iams dry.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 06:05:06 +0000

How sad I am so sorry for the pets , and the pet parents of all the pets Nutro screwed not once but twice

By: Katie

Katie — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 04:23:20 +0000

Jeri, my deepest sympathy on the loss of your sweet Sheltie.

These pet food companies just don’t care and are laughing all the way to the bank. It is so sad. And, I don’t think it’s over or ever will be. There will never be commercial dog food in my house again. I hope the big PFI companies start to feel the pinch. Since they thrive on greed, only a decrease in profits would push for a change. But, than they would have to put “real food”, “safe tested ingredients” in the bags and cans, and somehow - I don’t see that happening.

Katie

By: Leslie k

Leslie k — Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:37:07 +0000

Highnote-I had Pur 1 tested & it had excess vit e in it. Send me a pm if you would like a copy of the lab report for you daughter.

By: HighNote

HighNote — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 23:57:15 +0000

Sandi boy was so beautiful! I lost my collie last week. I am so sorry for your loss! I hope that you get your just dues from Nutro! If the food was not tested for proof I am sure it will be harder to prove in court. Hope you still have some of it left and did not throw it away. I am still frightened by all this pet food. My daughters dog threw up twice the other day and she feeds it purina dry food. I told her about all of this but she did not listen like so many people do not listen. I pray her little fur buddy just ate something that did not agree with him but with the melamine, etc. in the human food chain I am so afraid that it will still makes the pets ill! NO ONE HAS SAID THAT IT WILL NOT EFFECT OUR PETS AND I STILL WANT TO KNOW!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 22:26:33 +0000

Jerri, my heart goes out to you.

Nutro - sweet dreams!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:55:38 +0000

Why doesn’t this surprise me? They (the dog food companies) downplayed there was a problem until it was too obvious to ignore. Just like any company, they are more concerned with the bottom line. If they can get out of paying any or all claims, they will. Unless you happen to have undeniable proof; like a video of you feeding the food to your dog.

As a fellow Sheltie lover, my heart goes out to Jerri. Sandyboy is playing with all the other Sheltie angels.

By: E. Hamilton

E. Hamilton — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:14:53 +0000

There is no need for a recall if nobody will buy the stuff, and that is what we need to do, keep spreading the word, make copies of the letters that say they won’t pay for the pets they kill and get those letters out there in view everywhere you can!

Make sure that folks are aware that these pet food companies CANNOT be trusted.
Those denial letters are VERY valuable!
How many people will buy a food made by a company that they KNOW kills pets and blows off the vet bills?
Use their own actions against them.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 20:05:38 +0000

Sorry I meant Sandyboy.

I tried to redit but couldn’t.

By: Don Earl

Don Earl — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:57:55 +0000

This is SOP for big business. Deny all claims and a predictable percentage of those with claims will go away.

I would also say most of these outfits are feeling pretty cozy and comfortable with the success of the whole melamine scam. 40 years of medical and scientific studies have shown melamine to be virtually nontoxic and at least one of those studies feed dogs massive quantities of melamine for a year, with no ill effects.

What a nasty shock it is going to be for pet owners and the class action attorneys who limit their research to whatever hype appears in the latest Associated Press release. They’ll blithely go into court claiming melamine killed their clients’ pets, only to have their heads chopped off when they find it isn’t provable that melamine is toxic. Slam, case dismissed. Exit corporate America laughing.

Why is it that 99% of the food labs in the country are limiting pet food testing to substances known to be nontoxic? Why is the FDA so quick to denounce, and refuse to investigate, any independent findings of substances which truly are toxic?

One nationwide vet clinic reported a 30% increase in kidney failure during the recall period, yet there isn’t a speck of evidence to connect that increase to melamine.

The foods testing positive for lethal substances have never been recalled. There is no requirement for the pet food companies to recall anything, so what we have is one recall related to a nontoxic substance not approved for use in food, and a second, super deadly and widespread problem that was never announced.

There’s no liability connected to the first. The second would force even the biggest companies responsible straight into bankruptcy.

By: Ruth

Ruth — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:49:56 +0000

To Jerri L. I am so sorry for the loss of Sandboy, he was too young for this to happen. I know how you must feel feeding him this poison. I too lost my pet and feel the same about feeding her the pet food that killed her. She too was too young to die.

You have my deepest sympathy.

By: JH

JH — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 19:14:54 +0000

This is all so sad. We fed Nutro (dry) to our baby up until about March. Thank God, no problems, but I took her off the food permanently at that time. My vet still swears that the big companies are sooo good in nutrition. He’s a great vet, but doesn’t know beans about nutrition. Wish he and most other vets would bother to educate themselves. Baby’s on Life’s Abundance now. Tried Evangers but she reacted badly to that - and I do wonder if the food’s ok? My heart goes out to this owner. Beautiful baby.