Pet deaths prompt recall of pet food

AP via Yahoo! ^ | 3-16-07 | ANDREW BRIDGES

[tubebender]

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[Twinkie]

I'm feeding my dogs Beneful dry food now, also half a can each of Alpo mixed with either cooked brown rice or cooked oatmeal; I also mash up a banana into their mush once in a while; along with a slice of baloney most days and a slice of cheese at least once or twice a week. If they aren't careful, I also mash up some boiled okra, cooked potatoes, noodles, boiled carrots, etc. when they aren't looking. They sop it up like sponges. - I would like to get away from commercial dog foods altogether, but they are big dogs and eat like pigs and I couldn't cook enough to fill them up on a bet. Oh, and I also give them a glob of peanut butter on whole wheat toast once in a while just to see them struggle with it stuck in the roofs of their mouths. - This evening we brought biscuits from KFC and the heifers got them instead of us having them with our gravy. . . they also sometimes raid the compost pile and I find eggshells, banana peelings and other things scattered in the yard where they licked them clean of the linings. . I know. I know. It's all against the rules, but these are serious eaters and we are sort of poor. - Oh, I also forgot they sometimes get steak tartare or raw chicken wings for the raw bone calcium content depending on what we have available in the freezer. - The cat takes a dim view of all the variety and will only eat water pak tuna or a little deli sliced turkey breast. . or else will occasionally deign to share a tiny bite of canned salmon when the dogs are having that.

[Twinkie]

BENEFUL?!!!?? THAT'S WHAT I FEED MY DOGS!! INFORMATION PLEASE!!!

[streetpreacher]

This the dry dog food that we use as of now:

But I am considering switching to a raw diet.

[jetson]

We have taken on allot of wild cats and fed tham canned cat food from the grocery stores and they all died of wierd kiddney problems. These were tough cats with wild instincts. We realized too late that the crap you buy in the stores is poison for the animals. We also found it is cheaper to just buy chicken or fish and make your own cat food along with a good kibble that you buy at a feed store. live and learn with animal food and human food.

[Ophiucus]

We switched our pets onto human grade kibble and there has been a noticeable difference in their coats and their energy levels

Human grade kibble??? Is that like soylent green? ;-)

[Dysart]

Beneful link at Snopes: http://www.snopes.com/critters/crusader/beneful.asp

[Lady Jag]

[LibFreeOrDie]

According to this article, Iams and Eukanuba are on the recall list, but there's nothing on the Proctor & Gamble sites about it:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17650075/

"The company said it manufacturers for 17 of the top 20 North American retailers. It is also a contract manufacturer for the top branded pet food companies, including Procter & Gamble Co."

"P&G announced Friday the recall of specific 3 oz., 5.5 oz., 6 oz. and 13.2 oz. canned and 3 oz. and 5.3 oz. foil pouch cat and dog wet food products made by Menu Foods but sold under the Iams and Eukanuba brands. The recalled products bear the code dates of 6339 through 7073 followed by the plant code 4197, P&G said."

[Graymatter]

I usually buy the cat "Cadillac." Actually it smells more like Pontiac, and he doesn't always appreciate it.
When he asks for a particular brand by name, he can certainly have it. I would lay the world at his feet, he has only to speak. Until then---Pontiac.

[Joan Kerrey]

It's only a joke, people. Throw the cat food out too.

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My chihuahua has already told the neighbors cat that the food is perfectly fine for cats.

[Lady Jag]

[Sue Perkick]

Thanks! The codes on his food are different, thank goodness. But I think I may switch him to Bil Jac or something next time he needs food. IAMS should have had something up on their site. This is important. I still remember the Diamond pet food issue from a year or so ago.

[Dustbunny]

Our cat loves venison. If he smells it when I am getting it ready for a recipe, he pesters until I give him some. He likes it sliced real thin and no larger than inch pieces, he prefers it raw.

[Excellence]

Oatmeal and cooked egg yokes works to stop diarrhea in my animals.

[Dysart]

[BluH2o]

If you have this dog food throw is out immediately.

Not exactly ... return it for a refund.

[doodad]

Pull up snopes.com they had the story. We use beneful as well with no health effects.

[MizSterious]

I'm not strong about a lot of things, which might explain why I give her shots--I'm just not strong enough to go through the alternative.

[Centurion2000]

WASHINGTON - A major manufacturer of dog and cat food sold under Wal-Mart, Safeway, Kroger and other store brands recalled 60 million containers of wet pet food Friday after reports of kidney failure and deaths.

What kind of IDIOTS at this company post this as news and don't bother listing brand names.

Whoever is running PR at the manufacturers needs to be FIRED.