I'm PO'd too
It still bothers me. I'm afraid now to feed them any store bought food. I threw out all my dog food except for my dry Dick van Patten... Still, I'm even worried about that one... I checked their website and they said that they are not part of the recall so hopefully my babies are fine...
However, they are still a little hesitant to eat their food and it maybe because of the memory of when they were sick. I used the dry food mixed with the pouches so maybe they think the dry food is was causing them to be sick... Yup, I'm upset over this...
our family pet is 17 - about 6 months ago, she started refusing to eat her dog food (don't even recall the brand) - switched to the "gravy" chunks and slices - she would eat one flavor for a few days, then refuse; we would go to the other flavor for a few days - got to where she would only eat IF we hand fed her, and then she seemed reluctant.....she had a kidney infection and two other "episodes" that the vet could not definitely diagnose as heart attack, stroke or possible seizure - she continued to be lathargic, consume large quantities of water and for the first time, had accidents in the house, including bowels, kidneys and vomiting...... \also, she is a med size dog and often her abdomen would be extended and hard.
we were so sad ( now angry! ) thinking that all of these problems were "old age" .....even our vet thought so. we are now convinced that we were inadvertendly feeding her the poisoned food - even when the list came out, like others, i purchased two different brands that were announced "ok", only to have our pet refuse to eat after one serving and later to learn they too were tainted.
now, we feed her table scraps; i buy large bags of chicken thighs/leg and boil for her ( meat off bone of course ), chicken livers, cheap hot dogs ....finding that if i go to aldi's, savealot and walmart, except for the inconvenince of "cooking", the cost of the food is about the same.
my best to all of you and i agree that the illness and death of our beloved pets is much greater than being reported.....however, one news report in our city said that to be included in the statistics, a pet had to have had a positive toxin report.......how many of us can afford that?
......an even greater concern is that it doesn't take a rocket scientist to determine that this "tainted" problem is the result of importing the gluten in order to save money........i did not realize until recently that imported items, food or otherwise, do not have to met usa standards -- while i do not want to lose my pet, i wonder about the food for human comsumption, especially babies, who like our pets cannot talk to us.
(re: items not meeting usa standards - an expensive leather rocker, recliner that we purchased just over two years ago broke recently - one of two springs (a large, heavy spring) broke in two places - when the furniture repair man arrived, he explained that we should get two springs because since the chair was imported scandanavian leather, the steel did not have to have a certain ratio that would make it strong - he showed me tiny air bubbles that he says would not be allowed to be in usa steel, regardless of its use.......i have never been one to be opposed to a global economy, but now i wonder exactly what will be our cost?
