FDA Receives Over 400 New Reports Of Dog Treat Poisoning With No Recall In Sight

PetPardonNews ^ | 2/21/12 | Ariel Wulff

[EBH]

Karyn Bischoff, Clinical Toxicologist/Assistant Professor at NY State Animal Health Diagnostic Center, Cornell, said:

The tricky part of this situation is that the clinical signs and kidney changes are not typical of common veterinary toxicoses. This could be something completely new, like melamine was a few years ago. Melamine was not even considered to be particularly toxic, so nobody really thought to look for it. I don’t know if we have a similar situation here, but this doesn’t look like anything I’ve ever seen before. -------------------------------------------------------

They still don't know what they are looking for.

[Sacajaweau]

Maybe not but folks should stop feeding this stuff to their dogs....

[humblegunner]

Chinee Chicky treats ping.

My cats ate a few bags of these dog treats (yeah, they’re not regular cats.. so what?) without any ill effects.

[IYAS9YAS]

This sucks. We just got a puppy. We were at the dog food isle trying to find stuff made in the U.S. A lot were chinese, some were other, some said "Processed in the United States" - doesn't say where the stuff came from, though. Only a few were Made in the USA.

So, for someone who hasn't had a dog for a while, what's okay and what isn't?

[EBH]

I just pulled a bag from one of my clients homes. It was 75% eaten with no ill-effects either.

But, caution is the better part at this point.

[EBH]

See this earlier thread,

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2844497/posts

[silverleaf]

Make your own dog food, lots of recipes and
it isn’t hard to make it in batches

also any good vet should know what to recommend for commercial products

[GeronL]

These companies must have donated to Obama or something

[the_Watchman]

[tin foil hat firmly on head]
What if the Chinese are probing our responses to toxins and ability to perform toxicology analysis. What if this is a dry run to see what would occur if it happened to humans.

Something which destroyed the kidneys without immediate symptoms would certainly fall into the realm of chemical warfare.
[/tin foil hat firmly on head]

[EBH]

Pass the tin-foil.... Since this seems to be happening fairly consistently ...what's to say it has not already been launched against us. Might explain the anticipated need for 0bamacare?

[Mariner]

I shifted to feeding my dogs ONLY what I make for them at home. Not even store-bought dog biscuits.

Give them one of YOUR biscuits or a piece of whole wheat bread toasted.

Feed them raw meat, a little rice or other whole grain/legumes (at least 2-1 ration of meat to grain), carrot, peas, berries, brewers yeast, bone meal, cod liver oil.

In the summer shift to plain fish oil and drop the D3/Vit A of Cod liver oil. Organ meats at least once per week.

A treat for them is fresh lamb...or any GRASS FED meat.

It's expensive. $4/day for a Border Collie. They need about 12oz of meat a day if they're living the life of leisure. A pound of fat hamburger if they're working...plus all the extras above.

[Darth Reardon]

After that last issue a few years ago, I quit buying packaged dog food. I spend about 15 min a week making dog food, which costs me around the same as a quality brand. And the dogs actually like the food more than any treats.

[EBH]

Doggie Ping List...

More deaths...

And they still don’t know what they are looking for...

[chris_bdba]

I read all labels on all food I buy now for the country of origin.If it is China I do not buy it.

[onemiddleamerican]

We give our dogs Charlee Bear treats. Charlee Bear They are tiny treats. Made in the USA. And, we also give them Milk Bone Gravy Bone treats. Gravy Bones are bigger treats. Also made in USA.

[TheOldLady]

Thank God they didn't suffer any ill effects. Your cats are as tough as you are,
SUPER CATS! Let them stick to people-food Chicky Tenders and kitty treats.

[Joe 6-pack]

WOOOF!

The Doggie Ping list is for FReepers who would like to be notified of threads relating to all things canid. If you would like to join the Doggie Ping Pack (or be unleashed from it), FReemail me.

[SamAdams76]

Maybe it’s just me but I think it’s a little odd that we are importing chicken jerky all the way from China when we have the largest poultry industry in the world right here in America.

[EBH]

Blue Buffalo

http://www.bluebuffalo.com/

[Joe 6-pack]

My dog's favorites are Smokehouse lamb lungs...

...made in the USA.