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teri of pollock pines, CA September 20, 2009

My dog is a 10 year old rot/shepard mix. He was so healthy on nutro senior for 3 years. 6 months ago he became sick and highly alergic to nutro senior and lamb and rice. I could not even pet him because his skin hurt when i touched him. I am very disappointed in your company not only did you raise the price but you have poisoned my dog. I will look into pressing charges against you for the pain and suffering my dog has endured. He is now on diamond taste of the wild and he is 80 percent back to normal.

John of Holt, MI September 17, 2009

We bought Nutro Natural Choice Small Puppy Bites Chicken Meal, Rice, and Oatmean for our Jug (Jack Russell/Pug mix) about 2 weeks ago. She was previously on Puppy Chow when we got her and I wanted to transition her to a better quality food. I was recommended by a Nutro rep at PetSmart to try it so we did. Initially, there was no problem. We weened her slowly off Puppy Chow for about a week or so. Then we got her a larger bag of food from Pet Supplies Plus. Again, one of the employees swore by it. Said it was the best you can buy, the dog will have smaller bowel movements due to the lack of fillers, etc. After a couple weeks we noticed that the dog was drinking much larger quantities of water and would occasionally belch. We just assumed that it was due to her gaining in size and the warm, summer weather. We also noticed that she occasionally had loose stools, but assumed it was due to the newer, better quality food. This all continued, but on 9/14/09, she seemed lethargic and not interested in her food anymore. She vomited later that evening. The next day, she wouldn't really eat either, but seemed to have a little more energy. On Wed., 9/16, she at 2 meals and proceeded to vomit about 5 times between 9PM and 10:20PM.

Today, 9/17, I looked online for Nutro dog food recalls or problems and came across this site. I have to say, I was very alarmed considering there have been numerous illnesses and even deaths caused from this food. I called our vet and took her in today. He seemed to think that everything was OK. There was that concerned him when he checked her stomach and digestive area. He gave a Rx to help with digestion and gave us the go ahead to change the food based on what I learned. He also said to file a complaint with the FDA which I plan to do. The vet bill was 70 and hopefully our puppy will return to normal. We are trying out Merrick puppy food which is supposed to be really good as well. I hope we caught this early enough and hope we will be fortunate enough to not incur any additional problems. I am grateful for the internet and that we were able to learn of this potentially life threatening issue that seems to be related to this food. I hope that people band together to fix this problem and put this company out of business if an investigation proves they are not using the quality ingredients they claim.

Gayla of Spokane, WA September 16, 2009

I recently changed by dogs dog food from Royal Canin to Nutro Ultra dog food for seniors. I gradually added the new food to her old food to get her used to it. She appeared to be doing fine. After being on the Nutro for 5 days she started to have watery stools and was not her usual perky self even though she is 13 years old. On the 7th day she started to have bool in her stools. I immediately took her off the food and started giving her only rice and scrambled eggs and it appears that she is doing better now. Her stools still have blood in them but they are now starting to have a little form to them. My vet recommended that I continue to not give her any food for the next couple of days and then gradually start her back on regular dog food again. This time I will make her dog food and not ever purchase dog food from a company again. There should be a law against dog food manufactures poisioning our pets.

Jane of Mars, PA September 10, 2009

our 10 year old Hymalayian has been on Nutrol Adult hard food for about 3 years. we began noticing a few months ago that he was having trouble jumping up on the bed. like his rear legs couldnt didnt have enough energy. eventually he stopped trying to get up. at the same time he began going outside his litter box. he never did that before. we thought it might be old age. then a few weeks later we noticed that he wasnt eating and we were finding vomit in his food bowls. he wasnt drinking either.

we took him to the vet and they did bloodwork. the bloodwork showed an small elevated white cell count. he was dehydrated so they gave him fluids and an antibiotic. his eyes looked a little yellow at this time. the vet was not concerned, but we were. my daughter found this site and began reading all of the symtoms associated with other owners who were feeding their pets nutro brand products.

we immediately took him off of it and changed to Royal Canin and health diet soft foods. after 2 days he began to turn around and eat a little more as well as drink more water. we took him to another vet that gave him a steroid shot as well as antibiotics. we contacted Nutro but they denied everything. we believe that if we had continued feeding him this product that he most certainly would have died from it. vet bills totaling 350

Sherry of Capitan, NM September 9, 2009

I have been feeding Nutro Choice Adult light to my 10 year old dalmation for the past 8 months. It was highly recommended by PetSmart. He has since developed severe health problems, bloody diarrhea, bloating, excessive gas, vomiting bile, lethargy, weight gain, excessive thirst and urination, and a fever. He is now at the vet today and we are hoping for the best.

I am throwing out Nutro food after reading all the recent complaints about it. After reading all the complaints, these people at Nutro are poisoners and death mongers for pets. My dog may die. I am getting ready to spend an untold amount of money to try to get him well.

Cheryl of North Dighton, MA September 9, 2009

I believe Mar's "Nutro Natural Choice Chicken, Rice & Oatmeal for sensitive stomachs" made both of my dogs sick. Both dogs ate this food exclusively and up until June, 2009, were OK. On June 4th, our 1 year old female bulldog developed a bladder infection (peeing blood) with a high ph level. Our vet treated her with antibiotics & prednisone. She got better, but it came back in about four weeks.

While this was going on, my Bearded Collie (4 years old) was going through bloody diarrhea that wouldn't stop. He saw 3 vets at two hospitals, including an emergency hospital. Every fecal & blood test was negative. They treated for parasites anyway just in case, but no change. While eating boiled chicken & rice, he was fine. Every time I started introducing his Nutro food into the chicken/rice mix, his bloody diarrhea came right back. The vets had no idea what was wrong.

In August, when both dogs were peeing/pooping blood, the news about the recent Nutro cat food recall got me looking on the web and I found the complaints of sick dogs. I stopped feeding Nutro and both dogs have stopped peeing and pooping blood. It's been about a month & they are starting their second bag of another dog food and are doing just fine.

Nothing changed except I stopped feeding them Nutro! We spent almost 600 in vet bills and the vets were considering an ultrasound test on our Beardie's GI tract, which costs about 300. I will never feed Nutro again. When you buy premium food, you expect it to be good for your pets - not make them seriously ill. I have a zip-lock bag of the suspect Nutro kibble in my freezer if anyone wants to test it.

Alie of Brooklyn, NY September 9, 2009

This is an update on my posting of a few days ago. For all of you wondering where to have your pet food tested: I contacted an organization called Pet Food Products Safety Alliance, website www.pfpsa.org. This group has conducted numerous tests on several brands of pet food, and it was very revealing. There is an interesting chart that compares American and European recommended zinc allowances for cat food - and tested Nutro pet foods is WAY higher in zinc content then those recommended numbers. I highly recommend reading through this site, no matter what brand of food you are feeding your pets. This group is helping me to get my cat's Nutro Complete Care dry food tested, as well as another brand I had been feeding her. Contact them, and they will help you out. They also have recommendations for a few labs if you want to test your food entirely independently.

Considering how unhelpful and unconcerned Nutro has been behaving, I would suggest getting a source outside the company to test the food in addition to having Nutro test it. I wouldn't trust them for one minute to give me accurate results on any test. If your animal is suffering, request a blood toxicity test for zinc, check his/her potassium levels, test for liver enzyme counts, check blood platelet and white blood cell counts, look into kidney problems.

Carmen of Sterling, VA September 8, 2009

I changed my dog's food to Nutro Choice adult, large breed, and after a few days the dog started having difficulty eating the food, then had dihareea, and bleeding. The dog is in pain. I had to take her to the vet, spent hundreds of dollars, and I am very concerned about my dog's life, since she continued with the bleeding and with the uncontrollable dihareea as soon as I finished the antibiotics.

I also had the discard a very nice area rug that could not be properly cleaned. We are exhausted of cleaning the floors evey morning, since the dog can not control itself over night because of the sickness. She never had these kind of accidents before. Now we have to get the dog again on medication, and pray that our beloved dog will get better.

barbara of douglaston, NY September 7, 2009

my two 5 year old plott hounds have been eating nutro large breed dog food and just lately both have been lethargic and have diareera.so far no throwing up. i always buy the 35lb bag and have two on hand right now one is not even opened.pet supplies plus wont reimburse me because i took off the proof of purchase tag.( buy 10 bags get one free ) i wont be doing that any more. i will switch to wellness dog food

Bobbette of Carmichael, CA September 7, 2009

My puppy changed to eating Nutra Dog Food and immediately experienced diarrhea. After looking on the web for information regarding Nutra, I learned that many dogs have become ill from the food. I have just changed back to my old food and am hoping she will be okay.

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