Merrick May Not Be Telling The Truth About Products - YorkieTalk.com Forums

Superpup · 05-02-2007, 12:28 PM

I was really concerned when I read the forum on ITCHMO about Garth Merrick and the Merrick Co. Seems that he owns a "rendering" plant that uses "dead" animal carcasses.

Please read all the threads and the links and decide for yourself.

I just ordered LovingPets All Natural Beef Snack, and it had mold in it!!! My Spencer had soft mucous poop for 2 days now. More horrifying: the distributor is in NJ, but bag says, "MADE IN CHINA"!!!

I home cook and make treats with non-grain flour, but the boys like to chew on something so I order "natural" meat treats. The love Merrick's Texas Toothpicks, but now I'm concerned about that and everything else!

Here's the Itchmo forums link, and please read the links on it.

http://64.79.216.38/~itchmo/forums/index.php?topic=220.0

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JCarlson2004 · 05-02-2007, 12:33 PM

WTF???

Are you serious?

Yorkiedaze · 05-02-2007, 01:44 PM

Rendering plants do not pay to have people bring them any dogs, cats or any other animal. They pick up all the dead animals from Vets. offices, lab animals, farm animals and road kill. Most of these animals died of diseases and chemicles, and boiling does NOT kill these harmful chemicles.
Ever wonder why these rendering plants won't give tours to let you see how their products are made?

Wylie's Mom · 05-02-2007, 01:48 PM

That is horrible and sad.

Patti · 05-02-2007, 01:54 PM

Great I switched mine to Merricks wet a few weeks ago. I am also giving them Solid Gold kibble and Innova wet and cooking hamburger and chicken. I don't want them eating just one brand with this nightmare recall. This is so wrong!!!

LitlbitRanch · 05-02-2007, 02:09 PM

Oh s**T!!

Trixie loves Merrick

Yorkieluv · 05-02-2007, 03:45 PM

I have decided that all dog food stinks!! We've started homecooking for our babies, and they're happier than ever. Miko, my liver compromised, yorkie is doing better than ever, healthwise. I'm so happy to see my babies like this.

patty58 · 05-02-2007, 04:31 PM

Man, I just switched Murfee to Merricks because I heard it was so good for them...this s***s

Gracie2006 · 05-02-2007, 04:44 PM

Excuse me, but I did not see any proof that what was rendered was actually put into the Merrick pet food. By the way, do you know what is in the food that YOU eat and believe is healthy for your pets? That Melamine is in the human food chain. I don't think any food is safe unless you grow it yourself, and hope that a cow farm is not upstream from you. Just my two cents.

mojo · 05-02-2007, 04:46 PM

I switched from chicken soup to canidae (dogs wouldnt eat) to merricks hard and canned. What the hell is left to feed them???

TammyJM · 05-02-2007, 04:56 PM

We switched ours from Canidae to Nature's Variety just recently....hope NV is one that we can truly trust.

Tammy

Sapphire · 05-02-2007, 05:01 PM

My Mom and I were in the process of switching our dogs over to home cooked. I had to leave town for a week for work so Mom started Prince & Angel on home cooked meals when her dogs switched.

She had a can of Merricks and fed some of it to Prince because he wouldn't eat what she cooked. He threw up for 24 hours after eating Merricks. Prince had been fine before he ate the Merricks and has not thrown up at all since that episode.

joy and bella · 05-02-2007, 05:01 PM

i feel at this poitn you cant trust any commerical dog food. it is soo much easier to take an hour and cook and then freeze it!!! plus the dogs are soo much happier!!

TLC · 05-02-2007, 05:23 PM

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Originally Posted by TammyJM

We switched ours from Canidae to Nature's Variety just recently....hope NV is one that we can truly trust.

Tammy

I feed Nature's Variety Raw Frozen, but I am just so terrified

TammyJM · 05-02-2007, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by TLC

I feed Nature's Variety Raw Frozen, but I am just so terrified

It is scary...we should be able to trust these companies with our pets lives! We feed ours NV dry kibble.

05-02-2007, 12:28 PM	#1
Superpup Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CENTRAL NEW JERSEY Posts: 102	Merrick May Not Be Telling The Truth About Products I was really concerned when I read the forum on ITCHMO about Garth Merrick and the Merrick Co. Seems that he owns a "rendering" plant that uses "dead" animal carcasses. Please read all the threads and the links and decide for yourself. I just ordered LovingPets All Natural Beef Snack, and it had mold in it!!! My Spencer had soft mucous poop for 2 days now. More horrifying: the distributor is in NJ, but bag says, "MADE IN CHINA"!!! I home cook and make treats with non-grain flour, but the boys like to chew on something so I order "natural" meat treats. The love Merrick's Texas Toothpicks, but now I'm concerned about that and everything else! Here's the Itchmo forums link, and please read the links on it. http://64.79.216.38/~itchmo/forums/index.php?topic=220.0rev_next=next#new __________________ SUPERPUP WESLEY AND SPENCER REST IN PEACE, RIPLEY "Kisses in the day, kisses at night, all Yorkie kisses are kisses done right!"

05-02-2007, 12:33 PM	#2
JCarlson2004 Mommy To 3 Poochies Donating Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: New York Posts: 8,287	WTF??? Are you serious? __________________ Mommy Loves Codie, Tia & Baby Cali RIP My Precious Katie - I Love You

05-02-2007, 01:48 PM	#4
Wylie's Mom Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Phoenix, AZ Posts: 35,889 Blog Entries: 2	That is horrible and sad. __________________ ~ A friend told me I was delusional. I nearly fell off my unicorn. ~ °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨° Ann \| Pfeiffer \| Marcel Verdel Purcell \| Wylie \| Artie °¨¨¨°ºOº°¨¨¨°

05-02-2007, 01:54 PM	#5
Patti Donating YT 30K Club Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Illinois Posts: 35,509 Blog Entries: 6	Great I switched mine to Merricks wet a few weeks ago. I am also giving them Solid Gold kibble and Innova wet and cooking hamburger and chicken. I don't want them eating just one brand with this nightmare recall. This is so wrong!!! __________________ Cali Pixie Roxie : RIP Nikki; RIP Maya;RIP my sweet Dixie girl 1/17/08 http://callipuppyscastle.bravehost.com/index.html

05-02-2007, 02:09 PM	#6
LitlbitRanch Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Phoenix, Arizona Posts: 1,004 Blog Entries: 7	Oh s**T!! Trixie loves Merrick __________________ KimberlyAnn - Mommy to 3 non-Furbabies & :, 1 Designer of the original PuppyWraps & LitlbitWraps

05-02-2007, 01:44 PM	#3
Yorkiedaze My hairy-legged girls Donating Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: lompoc, ca. Posts: 12,228	Rendering plants do not pay to have people bring them any dogs, cats or any other animal. They pick up all the dead animals from Vets. offices, lab animals, farm animals and road kill. Most of these animals died of diseases and chemicles, and boiling does NOT kill these harmful chemicles. Ever wonder why these rendering plants won't give tours to let you see how their products are made?

05-02-2007, 03:45 PM	#7
Yorkieluv Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 7,178	I have decided that all dog food stinks!! We've started homecooking for our babies, and they're happier than ever. Miko, my liver compromised, yorkie is doing better than ever, healthwise. I'm so happy to see my babies like this. __________________ Miko 's his Mommy

05-02-2007, 04:31 PM	#8
patty58 Donating YT 5000 Club Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: texas Posts: 5,272	Man, I just switched Murfee to Merricks because I heard it was so good for them...this s***s

05-02-2007, 04:44 PM	#9
Gracie2006 Donating YT 3000 Club Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Sequim, Wa Posts: 4,541	Excuse me, but I did not see any proof that what was rendered was actually put into the Merrick pet food. By the way, do you know what is in the food that YOU eat and believe is healthy for your pets? That Melamine is in the human food chain. I don't think any food is safe unless you grow it yourself, and hope that a cow farm is not upstream from you. Just my two cents. __________________ Gracie loves Bailey. Holly loves Tucker. Proud member of the YT Gracie Girls.

05-02-2007, 04:46 PM	#10
mojo Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Here, there Posts: 2,693	I switched from chicken soup to canidae (dogs wouldnt eat) to merricks hard and canned. What the hell is left to feed them??? __________________ Bella (I miss you) Sachi Emmy

05-02-2007, 04:56 PM	#11
TammyJM No Longer a Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: With My Beautiful Fur Babies! Posts: 5,525	We switched ours from Canidae to Nature's Variety just recently....hope NV is one that we can truly trust. Tammy

05-02-2007, 05:01 PM	#12
Sapphire Donating Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Oregon Posts: 434	My Mom and I were in the process of switching our dogs over to home cooked. I had to leave town for a week for work so Mom started Prince & Angel on home cooked meals when her dogs switched. She had a can of Merricks and fed some of it to Prince because he wouldn't eat what she cooked. He threw up for 24 hours after eating Merricks. Prince had been fine before he ate the Merricks and has not thrown up at all since that episode.

05-02-2007, 05:01 PM	#13
joy and bella Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: florida Posts: 1,232	i feel at this poitn you cant trust any commerical dog food. it is soo much easier to take an hour and cook and then freeze it!!! plus the dogs are soo much happier!! __________________ I LOVE my baby girl Bella!!!! She is my world!!