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Denny of Williamsburg, OH June 3, 2007

Fed my puppies tainted dry dog food not included in the recall. 1 dog got very sick, 1 dog died.

Dogs are chattel under the law. But I deeply feel the pain of his death and feel it was my responsibility to protect him from things under my control, (ie his food).

Debbie of Montgomery, IL May 28, 2007

i fed our 7 year old dog nutramax senior dry food and 4 cans of nutramax at the end of march, 2007. within the next week our dog was deathly ill with kidney failure. he was in the hospital for 6 days and came home, we cared for him at home for 8 days and he just got worse so we put him to sleep. this is the only change to his diet in the past 2 years. he has eaten only 1 other food, farm and fleet dry, a local brand. i know he did not get sick from that food because we also feed that food to our pet rats and they are fine. only after i gave him those nutromax products did he become sick.

Sharen of La Fontaine, IN May 20, 2007

I contacted Diamond Pet Foods after my two dogs became ill after eating the Chicken Soup for the Dog Lovers Soul brand of canned and dry food. They became lethargic and had diarrhea, I held the food for a week and tried it again. They had the same symptoms. The response I got from the company was suggestions on how to feed my dogs!! They subsequently recalled the puppy and cat foods but not the dog products.

Eric of Bedrock, CO May 8, 2007

Fed dogs Old Roy can dog food. One died five got sick. One is still in bad shape. Wal Mart is so big they must have known about the problem. I have receipt from last purchase of Old Roy.

My dogs are older and My wife and I are still very upset. We don't have kids and are involved with our pets from and emotional standpoint. We live in a very rural area and the dogs protect our property and us. We have no guns only dogs.

Lee of Nevada City, CA May 5, 2007

My cat got sick overnight; lethargic, no appetite; took him to his vet & she smelled an ammonia type odor from his mouth that she said could indicate a kidney problem. It was acute kidney failure. They hydrated him; had him on an IV; had to force feed him; for nearly two weeks. Despite all their best efforts to save him, he was euthanized 2/6/07. He was my best little buddy and I miss him terribly.

I paid 1726.00 in vet bills. I'm cooking homemade food for my remaining cat. How horrible to think I poisoned my own buddy! The vet is convinced the death was due to tainted food.

Jennifer of Sylvia, KS May 4, 2007

My cat died a week or so after this pet food recall happened. He was in fine health before. A wonderful cat. He was a neighborhood cat that everyone fed. One day he didn't come home, this turned into 2 weeks. I went looking through the neighborhood and couldn't find him. I talked to my neighbors behind me and they found him dead in the their back yard just a yard away. There was no trauma.

I honestly believe he was killed by this, like I said he was fine before and then must have been to ill to make it back home. So many people feed him so I don't know if it was theirs or mine but my food that I feed him was recalled too. We had SEVERAL cats die around here at the same time and like the others they eat at several peoples houses and were just fine then just kept coming up dead. We thought maybe someone was poisioning them but I'm thinking it might be this.

Drew of Blowing Rock, NC April 25, 2007

i had to put down my cat after the vet said he wasnt sure what was wrong, he was a strong healthy male .it all happened in a weeks time, went to my local vet, after some tests was sent to a specialist who still didn't know for sure, at a total cost of both vets of over 8 hundred dollars.

We are so deeply saddened by the loss of our beloved Suma. Just a week before he died he was vibrant, alert, friendly, loving, affectionate. Suddenly he stopped eating, then stopped drinking, and vomited bile repeatedly. His abdomen became extremely distended and it had to be drained.

Robert of Sandy Hook, CT April 25, 2007

My dog ate the product and died of renal failure. He was in good health and died suddenly. Total kidney collapse.

Catherine of Pensacola, FL April 21, 2007

We had 2 precious poodles; needless to say we loved them very much. Our male miniature ate more of the food since he was larger. He started getting sick. His little stomach started hurting him, & I could hear the noise it made. We took him to our vet and he was there and suffered for 3 weeks before we finally knew there wasn't any hope of saving him. We put him down, & still can't believe it all happened!

Kristina of Windsor, VA April 21, 2007

My two male cats both recently got sick on the same day. We rushed them to the vet and they both had kidney stones. One of them is doing ok. The other one died early Thursday morning (19 APRIL 07) from kidney stones. He was only 5 yrs old and healthy up until just before he went in the first time. I can't even believe he's gone. Our cats have eaten the same dry food for years and an occasional can of special kitty over the last year (A type that was not recalled).

When Menu foods did the recall over a month ago, just to be safe we switched them to 9-lives wet cat food because it was not recalled and not a menu foods product. The 9-lives company claims there is no recall on their products, my vet says there is no doubt what happened to my cats is related to their food regardless whether or not it is recalled.

I am deeply saddened by the loss of my baby boy, but even more concerned that one of my other cats or even my dogs may get sick and die. I find it extremely disheartening that there may be more products on the shelves still poisoning our pets and possibly eventually us. What is it going to take to fix this? And who is going to compensate our losses financially, it won't bring back our babies, but it makes the whole experience even worse!

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