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Junebug · 04-20-2007, 06:07 PM

By posting this message, my intent is not to cause frenzy or alarm anyone but to inform you of what we've been through the past month.

Three weeks ago, I opened a brand-new bag of Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Mix, the giant-sized one. I mixed in some boiled mashed chicken livers I bought in the meat department at Safeway's just to make it even tastier for Otis. I had been feeding this mix to Otis for about three days when I noticed he had really bad-smelling gas. The next day he had extremely soft stool, which eventually turned to diarrhea. I stopped the liver, thinking it was too rich, but continued with the Royal Canin. Shortly afterwards, Otis began vomiting (not yellow frothy bile stuff we're all used to), but orange and pink, which indicated to me he had internal bleeding somewhere.

We rushed him to the vet. She tested his feces and said he had colitis, and most likely it was from Otis not being able to handle the liver because of his sensitive stomach. She put him on antibiotics and the bland diet of cottage cheese/rice/chicken.

At that time, we asked her if the Royal Canin could have also been the culprit. Since the livers and the new bag of RC were introduced at the same time, it was hard to tell what made him sick. She said it was unlikely, RC was one of the good safe foods, and that her own dogs were on RC. Nevertheless if it made us feel better, we should swap the bag with a new bag, which we promptly did.

Otis had been on his bland diet for about a week and a half. Once his stool started hardening up, I introduced a newer bag of Royal Canin. Several days later, he started having the same smelly gas he did when all of this started, and that takes us up to present time today. He has bad gas, seems lazier than normal, and his stool is soft.

Today, I hear they have recalled Royal Canin.....but the YT mix is not included on the list.

I called Royal Canin and told her my situation. The rep, sounding annoyed, reinforced the issue that the YT mix is unaffected.

In my heart, Otis's problems and the Royal Canin seems to be too much of a coincidence, so we've decided Otis will be eating homemade meals for the next few weeks until we figure out what is going on.

I might also add that Otis has been eating Royal Canin since he was very small, and has never had a problem with it.

04-20-2007, 06:07 PM	#1
Junebug *Moderator Emeritus* Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,149	Royal Canin and Otis By posting this message, my intent is not to cause frenzy or alarm anyone but to inform you of what we've been through the past month. Three weeks ago, I opened a brand-new bag of Royal Canin Yorkshire Terrier Mix, the giant-sized one. I mixed in some boiled mashed chicken livers I bought in the meat department at Safeway's just to make it even tastier for Otis. I had been feeding this mix to Otis for about three days when I noticed he had really bad-smelling gas. The next day he had extremely soft stool, which eventually turned to diarrhea. I stopped the liver, thinking it was too rich, but continued with the Royal Canin. Shortly afterwards, Otis began vomiting (not yellow frothy bile stuff we're all used to), but orange and pink, which indicated to me he had internal bleeding somewhere. We rushed him to the vet. She tested his feces and said he had colitis, and most likely it was from Otis not being able to handle the liver because of his sensitive stomach. She put him on antibiotics and the bland diet of cottage cheese/rice/chicken. At that time, we asked her if the Royal Canin could have also been the culprit. Since the livers and the new bag of RC were introduced at the same time, it was hard to tell what made him sick. She said it was unlikely, RC was one of the good safe foods, and that her own dogs were on RC. Nevertheless if it made us feel better, we should swap the bag with a new bag, which we promptly did. Otis had been on his bland diet for about a week and a half. Once his stool started hardening up, I introduced a newer bag of Royal Canin. Several days later, he started having the same smelly gas he did when all of this started, and that takes us up to present time today. He has bad gas, seems lazier than normal, and his stool is soft. Today, I hear they have recalled Royal Canin.....but the YT mix is not included on the list. I called Royal Canin and told her my situation. The rep, sounding annoyed, reinforced the issue that the YT mix is unaffected. In my heart, Otis's problems and the Royal Canin seems to be too much of a coincidence, so we've decided Otis will be eating homemade meals for the next few weeks until we figure out what is going on. I might also add that Otis has been eating Royal Canin since he was very small, and has never had a problem with it.