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Old 03-17-2007, 03:15 PM   #1
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Pet Food Recall


60 Million Containers of Pet Food Recalled After Dog and Cat Deaths
Saturday, March 17, 2007
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259223,00.html


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Old 03-17-2007, 03:37 PM   #2
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OMG.......that sucks

I spend way too much money on our cats food......but not really, they are family.....

Weve been buying Eukanuba for a couple of years now after looking into the health aspect some.
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Old 03-17-2007, 08:15 PM   #3
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Good Info Kevin
I'm glad my pooches eat Bil Jac Dry food
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Old 03-17-2007, 08:17 PM   #4
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That is so sad for the people who've lost their pets. We feed our dogs Hill's Science Diet - Nature's Best. We stopped feeding Walmart food years ago when it started giving our dogs hot spots.
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Old 03-17-2007, 08:27 PM   #5
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Well last night one of my dogs had a stroke or a seizure causing her some major problems today. We took her to the vet and they had no idea what to do about it, so we are waiting to see if she get better of worse. I thought maybe he food might be it after seeing this but her's is not on the list......

I'll keep you all posted......
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Old 03-17-2007, 08:40 PM   #6
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Well last night one of my dogs had a stroke or a seizure causing her some major problems today. We took her to the vet and they had no idea what to do about it, so we are waiting to see if she get better of worse. I thought maybe he food might be it after seeing this but her's is not on the list......

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Oh No Bill I'm so sorry I hope she gets better quickly
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Old 03-18-2007, 05:08 PM   #7
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wow thanks!!!!

I have been feeding my shepards the nutro max. I mix the wet and dry foods and lately they both have been dropping weight and not eating a whole lot so I made I guess lucky for us I was late getting off work las t week and couldn't pick up anymore wet food so they have been only getting dry. Now they are putting their wieght back on, and I am so glad they are still going to the vet so we can be sure it wasnt anything strange (thet are up to date on thier shots and always get monthly deworming meds) you never know what stray dogs or birds can bring around (we have a alley behind our house) But it is good to know about this so I can ask the vet, if maybe it was as simple as thier food.
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Old 03-18-2007, 05:11 PM   #8
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abigtrout a hope everything ends up ok for you and your dog. two more companies recalled some of their food as well purina and one other one.
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Old 03-18-2007, 05:15 PM   #9
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Were all of the problems isolated to the wet foods?? thats kind of what i gathered but i didnt read it all.....just checking.....
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Old 03-18-2007, 06:12 PM   #10
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Roxy gets Science Diet Largs Breed dry food. I'm VERY glad!
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Yeah, it looks like the problem was just with wet/moist food. Although I don't think they have confirmed that the problem was with their wheat gluten supply, I'm going to guess that's where the problem came from.

A few months ago, maybe closer to 6 months ago, Diamond brand pet foods here on the East Coast had a problem with moldy corn getting into their food and caused botulism, IIRC. We had just bought a pallet of it and had to take it back. Yes, I said we bought a pallet of dogfood...my wife breeds Bulldogs, and a 40 lb bag of dog food only lasts 6 days here.

We only feed dry food for a few reasons...one, it helps keep their teeth cleaner by scraping the plaque off and two, if we ever get a dog that doesn't want to eat, canned food works great since they don't get it that often.
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Old 03-18-2007, 10:01 PM   #12
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Yup, that does suck,,,,hope no more k9's are harmed by the bad batch o food,,,,
It is a long list,,

Luckily i feed Evangers here, Shepherds and Doxies both are on the dry,,,
Never saw much sense in "wet" foods,,My cousin is the biggest retailer of Evangers dry food, in the country,,and after seeing the food making process in person, that was enuf for me to switch from Euk, after using it for 15 yrs prior,,I should eat so well,,,,LOL
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is Purina Cat Chow brand effected ?

my cat aint eating like he used to................
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wow....very sorry to hear you were affected.

Hope your pup gets better.

So it's only canned food? I use Authority's dry food. Authority's on the list, but only the canned. Hope I'm still safe.
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from the info we were sent where i work, it was only the wet foods, and only a few flavors and then only certain production dates.

we've had some people being obnoxious about it.

there will be many trying to unfairly take advantage of this

but i hope anyone who's pet was endangerd/harmed/worse by whatever happend is compensated as much as is possible.
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