I am so upset I don't even know where to begin. I can't believe the irresponsibility of these companies and their quality control and passing the blame. It takes several animals deaths, there's much, much more than 16 or 17, it's more in the hundreds, before they issue a warning,..............and then only for a small # of brands. You look up the names and 'phew!' you're safe, it's not what you give your pet.
Windy, a stray without any tags (about 2 yo), wandered into our life 12 years ago. She was 1/2 Lab/1/2 Chow. She was absolutely the best dog you could ever have. She had been mistreated apparently, because she coward whenever you even raised your voice. But she got over it when she realized we weren't going to treat her that way.
From the first night we had her, as soon as my husband would go to bed, he was the last one, she would lay by the side of his bed and not move until another family member got up in the morning.Then she'd be all smiles. Everyone who ever encountered her adored her. Even when she lost her eyesite due to glucoma (sp?) and eventually her hearing, she was as sweet as could be.
A few weeks ago she started showing intense thirst. Then she started having accidents. Then she stopped eating. We tried dry food and when she ate it up, she wasn't able to hold it down.
She got weaker and weaker and incognant and because of her age and talking to my daughter who was here (she works for an animal shelter), we realized it was time to put her down. It has broken our hearts.
Windy went peacefully on March 30th. That's the same day they added her food, Alpo chunks with gravey to the list.
Why are we letting a 3rd World country process our food? They don't have the standards we do. I don't care that it was for the pet food. These dogs and cats are part of our family!
We knew Windy was getting older, but she may have lived another two or three years. But because of corporate greed and stupidity, her life was cut short and we're left without our precious dog.
I am sad, heartbroken, and really, really, angry.
fran