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Ol Roy Pet Foods

Brandia of Lynnwood WA (05/28/08)
I recently lost my job so we went back to using Old Roy dog food lamb & rice at first but then we switched to complete nutrition & within the end of the day all 6 dogs had horrid diarreah. I have one boy who had a grand mal siezure & the rest are all pretty much sleeping all day long.

I don't know what to do, when I talked to the manager at the Quilceda WalMart he said the food was perfectly fine & that maybe my dogs had gotten in to something, but one of my dogs had puppies so she's on a hamburger & rice diet as well as the pups now. None of them have gotten sick or diarreah.

That was almost 2 weeks ago... they still have diarreah but aren't throwing up or having seizures any more. I switched foods within the next day but now I'm worried that it may be too late, the damage may already be done. I've got the bag & noticed that there is a sticky grainy substance all over it which had never been there before.

What worries me is the fact that I found recalled food well after 6 months of the recall still on thier store shelves...there answer was Oops we must've missed that. You think??? I'm going to take back the food but now I know to save some for testing. If they don't want to believe me I'll bring them a bag of poop or a couple poopy dogs. I just thought it upset thier tummies, now I guess I better get them into be seen. I have 2 senior dogs who've been acting funny as well out of the 6.

My vet bill is going to cost me 600.00 right in the door just for a visit & a blood panel, so someone is going to pay for this.

Chantal of Springtown TX (04/11/08)
I have a 12 year old dog. Her name is Lady. She has been on old roy products half her life. Hard food, dinner rounds, bones all old roy. I recently took her to the vet that discovered a heart murmur and kidney stones. The stones have been there awhile. I told him the food she was on and he said that could have done it. She now faces kidney surgery costing almost $700 and will be on heart meds the rest of her life. I am very upset. How can old roy do this to so many dogs? I only recently heard about the recalls from the vet.

Mark of Decatur IN (01/06/08)
We have had rottweilers and we did breed them up until October of 2007. We started feeding them Ol Roy over a year ago and trusted it. We recommended Ol Roy to all our customers who bought puppies from us. But in Oct we noticed that our dogs was losing their energy and not being as active. We fed them on Nov 10th, 2007, in the morning and we let them outside in our fenced yard for a few hours and when we went to bring them back in we found our male rott on his side dead. He was bloated and he vomited blood the day before and had bad diarrhea. They were all vet checked and all had their shots up to date. They had no worms and he was only 4 years old and a wonderful stud our 2 females who died two days later. They were very thirsty all the time. One female was only 3 and the other one was only 4 and also they was weak.

Our daughter's chihuahua died. She lost all her weight and when I called the vet that's when I was told the dog food could of caused this. We are not very happy about this since our rotts were for breeding and they didn't get to live a full life and they were healthy until we started the Ol Roy. We have 2 English mastiffs that had lost all their weight and we were able to save them and since we switched dog food they are getting their strength back and are acting like themselves.

Our rotts were our income, our litters were sold and deposits were made before they were born not to mention they were like our kids and our protectors. I want everyone to know what this dog food can cause.  I never felt so bad since they was part of our family and we lost them one right after another and nothing we could of done to stop this since we had no idea what this dog food was capable of.  My uncle was also feeding this to his shepard and rott, but his dogs were never around my dogs and his shepard dies as well.  The rott is still recovering.

Our damages are that we have this a big empty void in our lives and a very heart broken little girl. All our children where affected from the lost of our loved pets and our breeding business is now gone. We have told our friends and called people that we have sold puppies to to let them know to switch to a different brand of dog food until an investigation is done on the Ol Roy brands of dog food. We would hate to see them lose their family pets.

Frederick of Hephzibah GA (01/04/08)
Our dog, Walker-T, became ill in February had to be put to sleep, February 2007. We went to feed him and he could not stand on his front two legs. The only thing he could do is bat his eyelashes. He was not showing signs of illness before this. He was eating Ol'Roy wet food. We have saved these samples. We took Walker-T to the Veterinarian and we had to make a decision to put him to sleep. We did not know about the MenuFoods recall until our cat became ill.

Our tabby cat, Tom, became ill March 2007. He would not eat and drank all the time. He became very ill. We took him to the vet and the doctor said his kidneys were failing. He stayed 2 nights in the hospital resulting in an exhorbitant hospital bill of $1200.00. He came home and we took him to our family vet. The family vet put him on an IV for 4 more days. He had to receive IV pushes for 4 days. He was also put on a diuretic pill twice a day.

We have called MenuFoods 3 times, but we have heard nothing from them. We really don't know how to go about submitting our claim. Our local newspaper, The Augusta Chronicle, featured a story about several local pets becoming ill and our cat was in the newspaper.

Tom does not have full kidney function. He has to eat prescription food only (Hill's K/D food) for life. It is $1.29 a can. The dry food is $14.00 a bag. It can only be purchased at a pet store on the other side of town. He is not as active as he was before. We have suffered financial hardship during Tom's time of need as well.

Jackie of Cesaptown MD (11/27/07)
I think the contamination of pet food is still going on. We had a beautiful Husky, perfectly healthy until about 3 weeks ago when we noticed she was moping around like she didn't want to move, then drinking an incredible amount of water. We called vet they told us to watch her and if we noticed any signs to bring her in. Well, yesterday, 11/25/07, we noticed her getting sick but on Sunday the vet is closed. We thought maybe she ate grass but then that night we kept hearing her howl and when we went out to check on her she was lying on the ground like she couldn't move. I told my husband that's how she had been the last couple days -  lying around like she couldn't move, but then would,so you would think when she got up slow moving, she had just lied down to long.

But now it all makes sense.  When I went out to the yard to get her she was lying there howling and I called for my husband because something was wrong. I noticed shallow breathing and called the vet, but had to get them to call me back as this was an emergency now.  She asked where I was when I told her what was going on. She said to bring her in because, "I'm on my way there." We rushed her to the vet and she started foaming on her mouth then gasping for air. Then as we were just ready to turn into the Vet she died in my arms.

I talked to the Vet, wanting answers, and as soon as I said it could've been a stroke or a heart attack she asked what she ate and  I replied OlRoys. She turned her head like ahe couldn't look at me and then it hit me - the food!I I asked how we could tell if it was the food and she said there wasn't any way we could get answers. We left I upset and I stayed up all night wondering how a perfectly loving pet was gone. I called the Vet in the morning to get an Autopsy. I didn't care what it cost - I wanted answers. Then when I called to make the arrangements, I told him I wanted to know if it was food related.  He told me I was wasting time and money. There was slim chance that it would show up saying something to do wth their cells in their body making it hard to prove.  I asked whatelse could I do?  I realized I had her food now and I had saved some from other bags she ate. He said, "great, that would be the best way to do it. Test the food." 

I want to file suit with them against their product. and now they need to prove to me their food didn't kill my dog. I think it's still going on and noone is really questioning it. Most of all, I'm tired of being brushed off after I contacted the FDA about what happened. They said to test the food, but were not much help. I can't rest until I prove I'm right for my dog, UNO who is loved, missed, and can't be replaced.  I am emotionally stressed over this, lost a loved pet, and now have vet bills I shouldn't had have.

Nick of Kansas City MO (10/18/07)
My dog who was a mixed breed ate ol roys for 14 years of her life when she took a sudden turn for the worse. Just last week she stoped eating and we brought her to the vet. The vet took xrays of her and informed us her stomach was three times the size it should be (stomach cancer and everything else was ruled out) The vet had no idea what was wrong with her. 5 days from that vet visit my dog started to vomit blood and later passed away.

I just had a idea that ol roys dry dog food might be associated with my dogs problems considering the fact she was experiencing stomach and vomitting issues and this was a dog that never got anything from the table a.k.a people food. She was in great shape and had a lot of energy, but in 1 week all of that came to a halt.

Dewayne of Sparks NV (10/16/07)
We had a female Whippet named Cassie who recently we lost after kidney and liver failure.She had to be put on fluids and dialysis.All this seemed to do was prolong her agony. We bought some Ol Roy buiscuits peanut butter flavored during the supposed recall.We fed Cassie and her brother some.One or two each. The next day both vomitted.They both seemed fine after but then a few months later Cassie started losing weight and and did not seem to have any energy.

We took her to the vet and he asked if she had gotten into any antifreeze.I told him absolutely not because these animals are both kept a controlled environment and watched closely.Then he asked if they had been fed any recalled dog food like Ol Roy.I said yes biscuits.He said this what had occurred with other animals who had eaten them.They had only had two a piece before we found about the recall and the store still had them out on the floor selling them.The displays were totally full.We got ours off the top.

We have lost a very loved and cherished member of our family .Been put through emotional pain we should never had to suffer.We had to euthanize her due to the fact she was suffering.We spent almost 750.00 trying to save her and take care of her .Lost time at work and possibly my girlfriends employment.Not totally sure on that point yet.But just the emotional trauma that we have suffered not to mention stress of losing her is beyond anything I can describe for this whole family is something that was unnecessary.If there was a recall why was the food still on the floor being sold!

Shatonie of Greensboro NC (06/03/07)
My 7 year old male Rottweiler got sudden blurred vision in his left eye and then with in minutes began having shallow breathing. He was taken to his Veterinarian for xrays and scheduled for surgery. It was deemed that even after surgery due to the extensive effects of the Ol Roy dogfood,it would not improve his breathing.

My 11 year old female Rottweiler was in perfect health until eating the Ol Roy Dog food and also developed shallow breathing with in minutes, a white milky substance began coming out of her vagina instead of urine and she was taken to her Veterinarian and with in 3 days due to the extensive side effects of the Ol Roy dog food she was unable to walk on her own and died.

Resulted in the death of both of my Rottweilers; My male died on March 28,2007 and my female on April 6,2007 (10 days apart).

David of Winston Salem NC (05/13/07)
I bought Ol Roy Complete Nutrition dog food and my Rott has gotten very sick but recovered but my 5 year old Beagle died last night. I feel someone needs to check into this. Both our dogs were in good health.

ONly the beagle has died but we will miss him very much as he was a good watch dog and our son will miss him very much.

Faye of Westbrook ME (04/12/07)
My cat died in December of kidney failure after feeding him Special Kitty I bought from Walmart. He was in so much agony, we had to put him to sleep due to kidney failure. We now have a dog who has eaten Ol'Roy 4 flavor dog bones, Alpo and Pedigree which is also on the list. We should take him for blood tests, but we can't afford it. He has been lethargic, drinking a lot of water and is not himself.

We changed his food to Purina and now I think that is tainted too. The good foods on the list cannot be bought here.

We had our cat tested at the vets and they told us he was in kidney failure. It was very expensive and the emtional damage it has done to our family is extensive. How does one live with the guilt of now knowing your precious family member was poisoned??

M. of Charlotte NC (04/12/07)
On April 4, 2007 We brought some Ol Roy Dry Dog Food at wal-mart not knowing that the dog food was poisnous. I was taking care of my niece pit bull (BIG BOI) as well as our pit bull(PRINCESS).. BIG BOI got real sick on sunday april 8th after eating Ol Roy Dog Food I than called my niece and she took her dog to the vet and the vet gave her dog some medicine and diagonose her pit bull with hookworms; later that night her dog begin to vomit and steady diaherrhea we gave him the medicine the vet prescribe that night.

When I woke up the next morning we found the dog dead, I than took my dog to the vet and told the vet the symptoms of my niece's dog he immediately told me that my niece's dog had coronavirus. He gave my dog several shots to prevent the same symptoms from occuring.

Our dog begin to vomit and excessive diarrhea and foaming at the mouth and would not eat, drink or take her medicine. I than rushed the dog back to the vet but didnt make it before my dog expired.

I lost 2 dogs from Dog Food Ol Roy in a period of 72 hours.

Franklin of Jacksonville AR (04/11/07)
My wife and I used to own 4 dogs. We, now, have just 1. Our dogs have been eating Ol Roy dry dog food in the big red bags. They were fine, until about a week ago.

On Friday April 6, 2007, I bought a bag of Ol Roy Complete Nutrition For Dogs Dry Food at my local Wal-Mart.

I felt safe because that wasn't supposed to be recalled. I started feeding it to 3 of my dogs, that same day. My other dog is a toy breed and needs special food, so he didn't eat any of it. The 3 dogs that ate the food were a 10 month old Husky mix male, a 2 year old Chihuahua mix female. and a 6 month old St Bernard mix.

On April 8th, 2007, I woke up, fed the dogs (they appeared ok), then I went to do some shopping and other errands. When I got back about 5 hours later, Roxie, my chihuahua mix, was on the ground dead. The other 2 were very ill.

I called several local vets trying to find one that would see the dogs without any money up front, as I had just spent my entire paycheck on bills, gas, and groceries. I made 11 phone calls and even though I explained the situation, none of the vets or clinics would see the dogs without payment up front. I searched online, made more calls, and finally located a vet about 300 miles from my home, in Tulsa, OK that said to bring the dogs in and he'd try to help them.

I loaded up my kids,wife, and the 2 sick dogs and headed for Tulsa, OK. An hour into the trip, Spicy, our 6 month old female St. Bernard mix died. Zorro, our Husky mix was even sicker, at that point. I had to get gas for the car, so I pulled into a Valero. A guy in the car, next to me, saw the dogs and asked what was wrong. I explained.

He said he doubted Zorro would live to get to Tulsa. He said that if I wanted, he'd be willing to adopt him and take him to his own vet for care which was only minutes away. My wife and I gladly accepted his offer. He called his vet on his cell phone and we loaded Zorro in his car. Zorro died before he got to the vet with him.

Any of the vets we talked with, the following day, said that they would have to charge us way more money than we could afford to do tests on the dogs bodies to find out why they died. So, we just buried them in the backyard. I belive it was the food that killed my dogs. It was the only thing they were eating. I just wish I had the money to have those tests done to prove it.

Sherry of Olive Branch MS (04/04/07)
I first noticed my dogs drinking enormous amounts of water. It concerned me but I did not have them checked out by a vet. Two weeks after they started drinking the water excessively, I heard about the dog food recall. I looked up the recalled food on the internet and the kind I was buying was listed, Ol' Roy Dog Food, Beef in Gravy, Chicken in Gravy sold at Wal Marts in Tennessee & Mississippi. They all had the same bar code numbers listed on the recall list. I took my oldest dog, 7 year old Molly, A Sheltie to the Olive Branch Animal Clinic on Saturday, March 26, 2007. Tests revealed Kidney failure. She had to stay at the Clinic Saturday, Sunday and Monday where she received two liters of fluid intravenously each day.

When I brought her home Monday, March 28, 2007, I had to continue giving her fluids by sticking a needle under her skin twice a day, which consisted of 2 ml each time. I also had to start her on a special prescription diet food for failing kidneys. She also received the antibiotic Clavamox twice a day.

My other dog, Maggie, a one year old sheltie/terrier mix was luckier than Molly. Although she did drink the same amount of water as Molly, she did not eat as much of the tainted food. She checked out okay, but will have to be tested again when I take Molly back.

The total amount for these services has been $459.00.

Molly should have been re-checked by her Vet, Dr. Brandy Ellis on April 2, 2007, but I will not be able to take her until Thursday, April 5, 2007 because I don't get paid until then and I can't afford it until then. I have missed work to take care of my dogs. I have taken 8 Vacation days and I sold 10 vacation days to have the money to pay for Vet care. I have suffered emotional and physical stress due to this, not to mention what my dogs have suffered. I still don't know if Molly will recover. I feel Menu Foods should pay my Vet bills, my lost time from work and the sale of my Vacation Days to cover the cost for care.  

Tammy of Bainbridge GA (04/01/07)
Our St. Barnard died March 1st. We noticed that he was not as perky as he was, and was not eating much. He deveolped a hacking cough after we switched from the Ol ROy in the red bag to the Ol Roy in the yellow bag. I know in my heart that our dog's death was a result of this food, but no one has confirmed this yet. Please let me know if there is anything that we can do about this. We have lost an important member of our family, and I would like to be able to rest at night.

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