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04-24-2012, 02:48 PM | #1 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Waggin' Train I happened to go to Waggin' Trains facebook and leave a comment https://www.facebook.com/waggintrain...t=feed_comment and was just surprised but how delusional this company is. I just wanted to encourage anyone who has had a sick dog and or the death of a dog due to these terrible treats to get a report from your vet and send it in to the company. We have got to try to figure out how to stop these people.
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04-24-2012, 02:53 PM | #2 |
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| Can you imagine the money that company is making!? They have those things in about every kind of store imaginable that sells pet supplies! They won't stop selling them until they are forced to. I agree that if the vets would be more outspoken about this maybe someone would pay attention. A few owners trying to stand up to a big company like this is not going to be enough. |
04-24-2012, 03:01 PM | #3 | |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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04-24-2012, 06:28 PM | #4 |
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| And their product is still on the shelf. DH and I went to wal mart the other day and he said hey babe, aint those the treats they are talking about that are killing dogs and some lady was standing there and she said what. She had no idea and had been buying them for her furkids. Thanks to DH she will no longer be buying them.
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04-24-2012, 06:38 PM | #5 | |
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04-24-2012, 06:39 PM | #6 | |
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04-24-2012, 06:44 PM | #7 |
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| Don't know how accurate this is but I found it on Google. Petsmart Corporate Office | Headquarters 19601 N. 27th Ave Phoenix, AZ 85027 (623)580-6100
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04-25-2012, 06:31 AM | #8 |
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| I looked at the treats in Walmart and they are mostly garbage. They still sell tons of rawhide and it is well known how harmful rawhide can be. I really am against government regulation of a lot of things but someone needs to start governing the pet food industry. There are always people out to make money no matter what the cost to the consumer. The only thing I buy for Gracie are the bully sticks. I know it's gross but the animal has been killed anyway and not using every part of the body would be a waste. They are what would be considered a "meat by product" and are probably in a lot of dog foods anyway. |
04-25-2012, 07:11 PM | #9 |
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| I would never, ever buy anything for my babies from Walmart. They have the cheapest of cheap things on their shelves for dogs and cats. They would sell anything as long as people buy it. Shame on them.
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04-25-2012, 09:45 PM | #10 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| Even Petsmart and Petco are still selling these treats as well as Target and CVS.
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04-26-2012, 04:02 AM | #11 | |
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the 1st class action lawsuit has been filed and i'm sure many more will be speaking up. the man is from my area (near chicago) and his beloved pom died from these treats. this link is his story and will take you to several photos of pets who have died at the fault of waggin train making $$$. i did have a bag of these that someone bought my girls as a gift (meaning well) a couple years ago. my sweet zowi got diahrrea from 1 treat and they went straight to the trash. thankfully i never gave them to my girls other than that 1 time. the pom in this story only had 3 treats, one per day for 3 days, the treats were stopped, and she died about 10 days later from kidney failure. this just breaks my heart! Chicago Man Sues Purina, Wal-Mart Claiming 'Tainted' Chinese Treats 'Kill' His Dog - ABC News i have told everyone i know about them and i will not personally buy any purina products. keep spreading the word everyone - please!!!!!
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04-26-2012, 04:21 AM | #12 |
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| it is so pathetic that they are still selling this crap. i agree everytime i go to walmart it makes me sick to see the waggin garbage still there on the shelf. spreading the word and alerting people is the best way of getting them to shut down. so rotten these companies dont care that they are killing furrbabies. i wonder if the people who work there feed them to their own furrbabies.
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04-26-2012, 07:43 AM | #13 |
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| We have loads of rawhide stuff here in theu.k what is wrong with it. I have been giving it to my Stafordshires for years?
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04-26-2012, 07:46 AM | #14 |
Cedric♥Lola♥Keylo Donating Member Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Gilford, NH, USA
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| real rawhide makes my dogs sick. they are also almost choke on it so i think that what makes them sick along with the fact that my doggies do not digest it well. the bullies and hymalian chews work very well for us.
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04-26-2012, 08:18 AM | #15 |
Yorkie mom of 4 Donating YT Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: LaPlata, Md
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| It swells when its wet inside the stomach and intestines and can cause a blockage.
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