FDA Finally Investigating Nutro! - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Ladymom · 04-20-2009, 05:49 PM

It's about time!

FDA Confirms Probe of NUTRO Pet Food Deaths, Illnesses

Sandysbabies · 04-20-2009, 06:48 PM

It is just really scary. I have been feeding Welliness for a long time now and just read where another company has bought them out and there have been some reportings of dogs getting sick. Makes you so fed up because we try to give ours the best of everything. Guess I will just go to Innovia. Its hard to know what to do and what to trust.

lil fu fu girl · 04-21-2009, 06:11 AM

Great find! Thanks for posting.

Lexi Rae · 04-21-2009, 07:57 AM

oh no, im about to get another bag of wellness this weekend . now what?

LilDaysha · 04-21-2009, 08:08 AM

This is horrible. How can people trust the food they feed their pets. I also feed my dog Wellness too.

Wylie's Mom · 04-21-2009, 08:27 AM

Wow, FINALLY! Crystal will be glad to see this.

dogears · 04-21-2009, 09:19 AM

Am I missing something: I thought Wellness was made by Old Mother Hubbard not Nutro.

LilDaysha · 04-21-2009, 09:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dogears

Am I missing something: I thought Wellness was made by Old Mother Hubbard not Nutro.

Wellness is made by Old Mother Hubber but now its a different company making the food or something and another poster said that since there being made by another company now that their has been complaints about their food too.

YorkieOwned5 · 04-22-2009, 02:20 AM

This needs to be put somewhere on this site so everyone will see it at signon...... This is to critical a situation to not warn everyone immediately before more furbabies are lost or poisoned... ADMIN.. PLEASE MOVE THIS TO A BETTER PLACE....... PLEASE. As a new Mommie of 2 puppies I have considered using this food and have actually told my DH he could get it if he couldn't find what we are using now. I would be devistated not knowing this important information..
I don't normally read this first page so it would be helpful in a more prominent place.

Thank you,
Sharon

dogears · 04-22-2009, 05:10 AM

Does anyone have a link about Wellness being sold to another company and the reports of dogs being sick?

Martin0327 · 04-23-2009, 09:23 AM

I feed my puppies Nutro Ultra and so obvioulsy im worried. i have been to both the FDA and Nutro website. Nutro says there is no investigation and that consumer affairs.com is reporting falsly so i went to the FDA website and cant find an open investigation against them there either. Does that mean that consumeraffiars.com is wrong?

dogears · 04-23-2009, 11:38 AM

Here is more information concerning consumeraffiars.com
FDA Probe of Nutro Pet Food
according to this website the FDA probe is FALSE.

ReyesJ · 04-24-2009, 12:03 PM

My Yorkie was eating Nutro for a long time. She was fine for a while but then I noticed her stomach was constantly bloated like she was going to explode. She vomited a few times, periodically. She also (as in the article) began having frequent accidents.

She is 5 years old and I knew something was not right and you can tell that she was not acting like herself.

Can't say it was the food but it shure as ever is a coincidence.

I have since switched her back to the brand I gave her before and she seems much better.

I've also read that dog food should not contain wheat, soy, corn and sunflower because it triggers allergies in dogs.

ReyesJ · 04-24-2009, 12:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Martin0327

I feed my puppies Nutro Ultra and so obvioulsy im worried. i have been to both the FDA and Nutro website. Nutro says there is no investigation and that consumer affairs.com is reporting falsly so i went to the FDA website and cant find an open investigation against them there either. Does that mean that consumeraffiars.com is wrong?

I think with this kind of stuff you really need to use your better judgment (not that you don't). I won't feed my dog brands that have any by-products but there are people who do and their dogs don't get sick. I have found that Yorkies tend to have a sensitive stomach. If you see no side affects on your pups then I don't see a need to change them. It's like with a kid. My child is allergic to Benedryl but that shouldn't stop you from giving it to yours if he/she develops an allergy to something. Use what works for you.

Abby08 · 04-24-2009, 03:06 PM

Ooooh, my dog loves the Nutro training bites, she will do anything for them. She does occasionally get diahrea and I was not able to figure out the cause, I was thinking it was from eating birds that the cat brings her and from eating other dogs' poop when I don't catch her fast enough.

I rarely give her more that one piece at a time, I break it into smaller pieces and give it to her a little at a time. I'll have to pay closer attention. That is the only Nutro product we use though.

04-20-2009, 05:49 PM	#1
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04-21-2009, 07:57 AM	#4
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04-21-2009, 08:27 AM	#6
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04-21-2009, 09:19 AM	#7
dogears Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, nc Posts: 540	I'm confused Am I missing something: I thought Wellness was made by Old Mother Hubbard not Nutro. __________________ Shoot for the stars, let the sky be your ceiling.

04-22-2009, 02:20 AM	#9
YorkieOwned5 Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Chattanooga,TN & Tampa,FL Posts: 246	Nutro This needs to be put somewhere on this site so everyone will see it at signon...... This is to critical a situation to not warn everyone immediately before more furbabies are lost or poisoned... ADMIN.. PLEASE MOVE THIS TO A BETTER PLACE....... PLEASE. As a new Mommie of 2 puppies I have considered using this food and have actually told my DH he could get it if he couldn't find what we are using now. I would be devistated not knowing this important information.. I don't normally read this first page so it would be helpful in a more prominent place. Thank you, Sharon __________________ SHARON & Her PIXI AND BROTHER SPIKE

04-20-2009, 06:48 PM	#2
Sandysbabies YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Dallas, Texas Posts: 751	It is just really scary. I have been feeding Welliness for a long time now and just read where another company has bought them out and there have been some reportings of dogs getting sick. Makes you so fed up because we try to give ours the best of everything. Guess I will just go to Innovia. Its hard to know what to do and what to trust.

04-21-2009, 06:11 AM	#3
lil fu fu girl YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,045	Great find! Thanks for posting.

04-21-2009, 08:08 AM	#5
LilDaysha Donating Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Bronx Posts: 321	This is horrible. How can people trust the food they feed their pets. I also feed my dog Wellness too.

04-22-2009, 05:10 AM	#10
dogears Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, nc Posts: 540	Does anyone have a link about Wellness being sold to another company and the reports of dogs being sick? __________________ Shoot for the stars, let the sky be your ceiling.

04-23-2009, 09:23 AM	#11
Martin0327 BANNED! Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Houston, Texas, Harris Posts: 87	Why cant i find this on the FDA website?? I feed my puppies Nutro Ultra and so obvioulsy im worried. i have been to both the FDA and Nutro website. Nutro says there is no investigation and that consumer affairs.com is reporting falsly so i went to the FDA website and cant find an open investigation against them there either. Does that mean that consumeraffiars.com is wrong?

04-23-2009, 11:38 AM	#12
dogears Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Charlotte, nc Posts: 540	Here is more information concerning consumeraffiars.com FDA Probe of Nutro Pet Food according to this website the FDA probe is FALSE. __________________ Shoot for the stars, let the sky be your ceiling.

04-24-2009, 12:03 PM	#13
ReyesJ Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: New York Posts: 47	Also had a Nutro Experience My Yorkie was eating Nutro for a long time. She was fine for a while but then I noticed her stomach was constantly bloated like she was going to explode. She vomited a few times, periodically. She also (as in the article) began having frequent accidents. She is 5 years old and I knew something was not right and you can tell that she was not acting like herself. Can't say it was the food but it shure as ever is a coincidence. I have since switched her back to the brand I gave her before and she seems much better. I've also read that dog food should not contain wheat, soy, corn and sunflower because it triggers allergies in dogs. __________________ A good man cares for the needs of his animal. - Proverbs 12:10

04-24-2009, 03:06 PM	#15
Abby08 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: ,nc,usa Posts: 140	Ooooh, my dog loves the Nutro training bites, she will do anything for them. She does occasionally get diahrea and I was not able to figure out the cause, I was thinking it was from eating birds that the cat brings her and from eating other dogs' poop when I don't catch her fast enough. I rarely give her more that one piece at a time, I break it into smaller pieces and give it to her a little at a time. I'll have to pay closer attention. That is the only Nutro product we use though.