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Date Posted: 05:28:49 06/01/07 Fri
Author: Kate
Subject: Nutro Chicken and Rice dry food

My eight year old rescued boxer, China, died in February about a week before I heard of any recalls. I had her primarily on a home made diet for a few years, but with a busier schedule I turned to store bought dry food. Wellness food didn't agree with her system, and Nutro was recommended, so I went that route. About two weeks before China passed away she started peeing in huge amounts. She had had accidents in the past, but never when I was home. At this time she would pee rivers not four feet from where I was sitting.

After only a couple days of this I brought her to the vet. I brought in a urine sample and they reported that there were crystals, but no sign of kidney failure. They also ran full blood work and saw nothing wrong. It was determined to put her on incontinence supplements, and see what happened.

After a week of this, there was no change and she was brought in again. She was also showing symptoms of lethargy, dizzyness, blood in her stool, and vomiting bile. I also had reason to believe that she had had a siezure. As she was a boxer it was suggested that she might have a brain tumor. The other suggestion that was presented was an ear infection.

The next three days were very dificult. She would barely move even for a walk. While out walking she would sometimes stop and stand with her head tilted to one side. Encouragement didn't help her move at all.

On the last day of her life, she walked slowely with many pauses and spent a lot of it lying down. When the dog walker came, she refused to get up and take a walk for 15 minutes. She spent the time crying. When the dog walker called me, China heard my voice and started to lick the phone.

The dog walker came back that day to discover her seizuring on the floor. The amazing walker called her boss and drove her to the emergency clinic as I rushed from work to meet them. I found out when I got to the clinic that when she was in the car she calmed down, went to sleep and never woke up again, even though the clinic vets did CPR. I arrived at the clinic half an hour later.

I recently had the nerve to go into the petshop that I bought the food at. They assured me that the dry food was never recalled, but the more I read here indicates that they might not have had all the information. I blame them in no way whatsoever.

As China was a boxer, there is a possibility of a brain tumor. Her decline was incredible fast from stunningly healthy dog to the most heartbreaking sight I have ever come across. In some ways it would make me feel better if her demise was the result of poor breeding than my poisoning her every day for years. Reading this site has brought up my fear that the later is more possible than I had thought.

My heart goes out to everyone else that has lost a pet or has a pet ailing. I completely understand the pain that nothing can replace.

Thank you for hearing my story,
Kate

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