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Ol Roy Pet Foods

Susan of Murray, KY March 3, 2010

My older, outside dog had been turning his nose up at the Ol' Roy Soft & Moist Beef Flavor dog food, so when I had a few crumbs of some fried chicken batter on a Saturday evening, I mixed it with the dog food to encourage him to eat. He did and I certainly regretted it. Within minutes he was staggering, he would stop and sway on his feet, acting as if he would vomit. He seemed somewhat better Sunday morning.

When I took him into the vet Monday morning [2/22/2010] after he again refused to eat, he was very dehydrated and had diarrhea. After several IVs and over 300 worth of vet bills, Mac came home and continued to refuse the Ol' Roy. A complete blood panel done by the vet showed his organs to be working properly and not to be the source of his dehydration. The vet said his stomach might be finicky for a while, so I switched to canned food.

Yesterday morning, 3/2/2010, I was out of the canned food and gave him 1.5 packets of the Soft & Moist Ol' Roy. He was in good spirits when he came up, ate well and I was feeling encouraged that he was improving. Yesterday evening when I went home, I had gotten canned food again and went out to feed Mac. He walked up slowly and unsteadily and refused to even approach his dinner. I checked on him several times and eventually he must have felt well enough to eat his [non Ol' Roy] dinner since it was gone this morning. I had mentioned to my vet the possibility of a repeat occurrence of bad dog food [like 2007] and asked about testing the packets I have left of the Ol' Roy, but apparently any cost of testing would come out of my own pocket.

Hunnicutt of clemson, SC February 25, 2010

I just got a bag of Ol' Roy healthy weight management and feed my it to my 7 year old boxer. This is the first time I have feed him Ol' Roy and will be the last time. After just one meal the night before he had the worst gas he has ever had then this mornin he woke with extreme snezzing which he never does/ then about an hour later had about a two min seizure which he has never had one. Don't buy Ol' Roy food!

MELVA of MINNEOLA, KS February 24, 2010

I bought a second bag of this dog food and upon opening it the food inside was quite different than the original bag. I fed it to the puppy thinking the content to be the same only shaped different and of a different color. My puppy got very sick and vomited. His stool was very runny and he had no normal puppy energy.

I tried to return the dog fod, but the store only took a report and said someone from the dog food distributor would call. That was on 02/11/2010 two weeks ago.

Christie of Lebanon, OK February 8, 2010

I had to switch to Ol' Roy dog food recently. My dogs have eaten it for about two weeks. They are so very sick and have awful yeast infections. Note, the 600.00 vet bill and that does not include the meds. I am told it will take them four awful, painful months to get back to normal. If they do. Very concerned about this brand of food! THIS HAS ALREADY COST ME UPWARDS OF 1100 DOLLARS.

Charles of Ft. Thomas, AZ February 2, 2010

On 1/27/2010 we purchased a 40# bag of Old Roy Kibbles, chunks & chews for our dog,we have never tried it before. She is older but in very good shape. I started feeding the new food on 1/29/10. It is now 2/02/10 and she is down, no muscle control, can't stand, I have been in the livestock business for years and she appears to be suffering from some type of poisoning. Is this food on a recall list? Wal mart has a habit of not pulling bad products. The sku is 681131 86453 4 Thank you.

Debbi of Mooresville, NC December 28, 2009

Both of our dogs are sick and after reading about Old Roy... I would not recommend it... heading the the store now to buy a safer product. This is dangerous and ruining my carpets.

Connie of Napa, ID October 17, 2009

I unfortunately fed my dogs the Ol' Roy crap for too long. We had a perfectly healthy blue heeler. She was ONLY 5. I had her put to sleep today because she had acute renal failure. I couldnt understand what had happened or how she could have gotten it, but now I do. We loved that girl with all our hearts. She was the best "child" we had. Yea, she wasn't just a dog, she was our baby!!

Gina of Port ST Lucie, FL September 14, 2009

I adopted a 3 yr old dog from the pound with a clean bill of health. Because we already had a dog, it got exensive to kieep buying the premium foods so we switched over to Ol Roy dry dog food (significantly cheper) . Wthin a couple months the do we had for years got overweight and lethargic and the other one started having seizures.

Diane of Middleburgh, NY September 9, 2009

I have 4 dogs, who have been eating ol roy kibbles & chuncks. I purchased 2 bags on Sunday 09/06/09 1-40lb & 1-20lb. Shortly after eating their first bowl 2 of my lg. dogs ( Lab mix & bull mastiff) began vomitting & severe diarrhea. My dogs are very lithogic. I'm a single parent and only work part time. I can't afford to go out and buy another brand of food until next month. I'm very worried for my dogs as I can't bring them to the vet. I feel that I should be reinburst the money that I spent on product. my sons carpet in his bedroom is d[estroyed].

Suzie of Red Wing, MN August 11, 2009

I've dabbled with changing my dogs' food off and on when finances become tough, etc. and go between name brand dry food and whatever's cheapest [when I'm strapped for cash]. One of my dogs is almost 1-1/2 and the other's almost 6mos and they RARELY have any sort of upset stomach, etc. I started giving them the Ol' Roy Complete Nutrition (red bag) food the other day, it was about 20lbs for 8 or something like that. I think it's been 3 days now and my puppy, who NEVER gets sick, woke me up this morning with nasty coming out of BOTH ends! She puked about 5 different times and had the nasty mushy crap and then water coming from the rear. The older dog is fine and hasn't acted any different however the puppy can eat ANYTHING without getting sick and got this!

Unfortunately I don't have the extra to get a different kind of dog food at the moment but will definitely switch to Blue Buffalo as soon as I possibly can! DON'T GET THIS CHEAP CRAP! I'd suggest getting ANYTHING that's 1-3 more a bag that's NOT Ol' Roy - you AND your pet will be happier!

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