Re: 06-07-07 -- Nutro Natural Choice Dog Food Recall Message Board

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Date Posted: 18:44:33 06/11/07 Mon
Author: Stephanie Kemp
Subject: Re: 06-07-07
In reply to: Board Owner 's message, "06-07-07" on 12:22:56 06/07/07 Thu

My Dog Baxter is a Fox Red Lab or Red Doberman and Shepherd mix, we got him about 7 years ago from the local shelter. He's always been a loyal and trustworthy dog obsessed with his ball, and yet, very healthy. Just in the last six months, I started feeding him Nutro lamb and rice with Chondroitin and Gloscoamine, because I was at Petco, and the Distributor's rep was there promoting the product. He said it would improve my dog's coat and help his stiff joints. Baxter is a Large dog, and plays quite hard chasing his ball in the yard so I thought it would help.
About four months ago he had his first seizure. His coat became noticeably bare and he continued to itch wherever he could reach. The first seizure lasted about 5 minutes, and scared us to death. He froze, shook, collapsed, cried, drooled and lost a small amount of urine, became unresponsive, and then finally relaxed. Then he slept. We hesitated taking him to our Vet, because the Vet has a long history of charging a phenomenal amount of money for no clear results and a bottle of pills that we should try, and "maybe it will help him( and our previous pets for other reasons)". Thinking this was an isolated case, as he routinely chews up the darnedest stuff, it was probably something he came in contact with. Though, I now regret not changing his food permanently. I did change it when I ran out of the bag, and bought a small bag of Purina One. I don't know what I was thinking when I went and bought more Nutro. He had his second seizure last night at 1 am. He'd eaten five hours earlier, as he had the last time he seized. I knew then we had a bigger problem.
I knew about the recall, and about how government agencies work, and knew that it may not be limited to the canned food, so I found this site in my search.
I called the National Poison Control Center for animals at U of I in Urbana IL. 888-426-4435. They of course told me about all of the things that could cause the seizures, and told me to take Baxter to my Vet. IF ANY OF YOU HAVE NOT CALLED THEM YOU SHOULD NOW. It's all about record keeping. They have an extensive database of info, and they could have more influence on the Industry. They are DVM's with Board Certifications in Toxicology.
I have quit feeding my dog this food. I never connected the vomiting of yellow bile, his eating of grass and tree leaves, and hair loss with scratching(some spots are bare and flaking) to his eating Nutro products. I firmly believe the the issue is Quality control, as not every bag made him as sick as this. BAD batches???? Poor Clean out procedures between product changes and manufactured batches???? The Pet food Industry MUST be subject to stricter regulations, and this site may be the start of raising the awareness levels of the unknowing public.
I am making a photocopy of the product label, keeping several cups of it as proof for testing, and then taking the bag back to PetCo for my money back after I call Nutro. I wish I could get all of my money back for all of the bags I bought there, but as others have stated, "they won't cooperate with giving us back the product purchase history" They do however send you cards that tell you how many more bags you have to buy to get a free bag. This is the only thing I have to prove how long I've been feeding him this food.
IF ANYONE CAN RECOMMEND A BETTER FOOD, please email me at stephtrue24@comcast.net

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