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This is going around on Facebook and I thought it was important to share. This is minus the pictures.

****EDITING TO ADD Dallas is home. He should make a full recovery. Thank you to everyone who has shared and kept us in their thoughts.

Vets diagnosis is hemorrhagic gastritis (HGE) same as so many others💔. It is a severe reaction to one of the ingredients in this product. I’ve received hundreds of messages from people who have endured the exact same thing from various Blue Buffalo products 😥💕

I will continue to add some other people’s stories with permission****i can’t add them all there are so many 😞

Don’t buy this s**t. I grabbed these at Pets Mart on Saturday thinking Blue Buffalo $40 dental “bones” would be good stuff (heathy, holistic, wheat free, no chemical dye) for a bit of tartar buildup. My dog Dallas had one yesterday evening (we supervised him and he chewed it up). Sometime overnight he started throwing up blood ( total was 14-18 times before the vet got it under control with meds). I initially wrote it off to a bit of gastro upset and the red in his vomit to the dehydrated beets in it. But he wouldn’t eat chicken and rice and couldn’t even keep water down. Then he started drooling and dragging his feet and then couldn’t even stand.

Needless to say we rushed him to the vet. When I looked up this brand I was shocked to find similar experiences posted online, especially in the last few weeks.

He tested negative for pancreatitis. X-ray showed no obstruction (which we were fairly positive of even beforehand seeing as we watched him eat it) but it showed that his stomach is super irritated and pancreas was a bit off too. Bloodwork is all wonky cause his RBC is so high from dehydration.

He’s staying overnight at the vet on IV fluids. Endoscopy showed a lot of damage in his stomach, too much for surgery. We will know more tomorrow. This has been a nightmare 💔 feels so wrong being at home without my dog and I’m beating myself up for not doing my research first like I usually do 😥

I’m sharing because;

1. This guy has an iron stomach and usually nothing gets to him. 5 yo and NEVER had any previous health issues or food allergies ☹️

2. He ate ONE and it was supervised, he broke it down and consumed it properly

3. If you google this brand there are eerily similar complaints, theres a post of the same experience with a healthy 3 yo dog on January 3rd. Also seems to be a lot of pancreatitis. Their food has been linked with DCM by the FDA. They are facing multiple class action lawsuits for lying about their ingredients. 😳

If it saves even one person the heartache we are enduring right now then it’s worth it. A higher price doesn’t mean better quality or safe!

ETA: If you can’t share my post you might have to click the original post. It is shareable on my wall but some page settings have sharing turned off.

I have not contacted Pets Mart yet. It was late Sunday by the time I got home and not only was everything closed but I’m emotionally fried. My priority right now is my dog and sharing so nobody else endures this and to raise awareness