Pet Food Recall

FDA ^ | 12/06/2011 | Self

[TennesseeGirl]

Recall on some pet food. Iams, River Run, and Marksman so far. http://www.fda.gov/Safety/Recalls/default.htm

[Slings and Arrows]

De nada.

[MarMema]

Thanks, bookmarking your link for later...

[rmh47]

Yes, she is a cutie! BCs are the best dogs.

I'd like to get a bumper sticker made that Says, "My Border Collie is smarter than your honor student." In most cases, it would be true, I think.

I looked at you "About" page. Clearly, you have an attitude! LOL! I like your attitude.

[USMCWife6869]

They sell Blue Buffalo at my Petsmart. I feed Wellness.

[rintense]

That’s my holiday meal for my dogs. And usually whenever I’m cooking chicken for myself, too. Green beans are also great ‘filler’ food if you’re trying to get your dog to lose weight. Simply cut the normal amount in half and add green beans. My dogs love them!

[algernonpj]

Thanks for the info.

[trisham]

My husband buys it online. I can’t remember the source. I also give our dogs vegetables and canned salmon from time to time.

[algernonpj]

... Are these “pet foods” named in the recall manufactured in China??

One has to be very careful. Even if manufactured in the US, some of the ingredients may be from China.

[algernonpj]

For difficult to find pet food, you might try:
http://www.petfooddirect.com/

They carry a US sourced organic cat food there that I can not find locally.

[algernonpj]

I just checked; they carry blue buffalo.

http://www.petfooddirect.com/Brand/Blue-Buffalo/Category/Dog/Dog-Food

Possibly the other foods your vet recommended.

[Ditter]

Yes I have heard about the cocoa shells being dangerous but I have never seen any.

[CAluvdubya]

Vets are NOT trained in nutrition. They get one semester...and all vet schools are funded by pet food research.

That is exactly what my vet told me about felines. She attended the UC Davis vet school in CA. She was one of the few vets I've ever run into that advocated a wet/raw food feline diet, calling dry food "kitty crack"

[CAluvdubya]

Try to find a vet’s office that doesn’t have a Hill’s Science Diet / Royal Canin display. Good luck unless you go to a holistic vet. The reps from that company get to the vets while they’re still students. I wouldn’t use that brand if it were given away for free.

I am positive that Science Diet dry food was the root cause for my kitty's diabetes. I was ignorant and thought I was buying a better quality dry food. He developed Felline Diabetes shortly after I switched.

[Altariel]

Recall pet food? Yes, I do recall it. I remember feeding it to my dog and cats. Why do you ask?

(Thank you, thank you, I’ll be here all week.)

[vetvetdoug]

I can't believe the idiocy that is being written here. Vets aren't schooled in nutrition... Well, vets aren't schooled in heart surgery but post doctorates are. And the same is for nutrition. Every course in veterinary college has nutrition tied to it. The same animal science courses that the "animal nutritionists" take are the requirements before veterinary college. Diseases that are tied to nutrition are taught in almost every block so the statement that nutrition is not taught is complete and total ignorance of the system.

As for the Science Diet, the military procures that brand after scrutiny and quality control has been examined. The dog food is not bought on the lowest bidder, it is quality and the ability to supply a quality product consistently. Blue Buffalo had a recall recently that was tied to poor quality control as did Diamond, Iams, and about every other dog food company, except Science Diet. Science Diet refuses to procure products from overseas and chose to go up in price to keep the quality and they have suffered for the step but it was strictly a decision based upon ethics and quality. Purina has good quality control. Also, the Mark Morris Foundation was an outcropping of the Hill's Company.

As for SD causing diabetes, if you can prove what sets off diabetes in a diet then you should tell the human Diabetes foundation because they still don't know all of the factors. Science Diet and later Royal Canin and Purina jumping on the bandwagon, took the time to develop diets for sick pets to extend the quality and time of the beloved pet's life and is why vets have it in their office. The cheaper or designer companies don't give a rat's ass about your sick animals that have special needs.

The "Raw" diet is also a fad. For every dog that lives 13 years on it, there are several that don't live long on that diet.

So, all of the intelligent posters here, who does the research on animal nutrition, efficiency, and quality control? Usually a veterinary nutritionist. I ramble.

It does matter what diet one feeds their pet but look at the quality control and where the company procures their ingredients. There is a great deal of fairy tales and advertising for idiocy on the Internet, Freepers should know this well.

[Shannon]

You may find http://wwww.catinfo.org to be of great help.

The site is done by a lady vet and she’s all about nutrition; proper species appropriate nutrition. Diabetes even gets it’s own section.

[acapesket]

JFYI. I did change out my mulch to “river washed rock” whatever the heck that means! Gradual improvement, mulch invites mold which invites fungus which invites parasites that love mold and fungus.
I have done every thing that I can think of to help my baby.
I only balk re: the raw food because we eat only organic and even the rice/burger treat for the runs is bad for her.

She loves deer poop and we are surrounded by white tails and wild turkeys, bunnies you name it!

Best wishes to all!

Good luck, this sucks.

[potlatch]

Thanks for the alert Joe. I’ve fed my dogs Purina and have never had a problem.

[devolve]

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Tex: :

Hunter Mix (mucho high protein)

Table scraps of all kinds w/gravy please

and WILD THINGS

- never sick

kept all speeding PUs to safe low speeds on Ray Hill Road

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[simplesimon]

OMG that is THE cutest pup ~