I got a coupon for Purina True Instincts Grain Free Dog food that would make the bag free, I caved and got it, I typically would never feed my dog Purina brand food at all ever, due to the horrid ingredient list. But I fell for the hype they gave this food. They said it was grain free, they made it look so good and healthy for my dog.
That was my biggest mistake! I should of kept to my rule of no Purina Products allowed in my home!
Day 1 after my dog ate it, his bowl movement was horrible, his poop was so hard and dried out he had to strain to go to the bathroom.
Day 2 he started itching a little, I chalked it up to it was almost time for his bath he has been known to get just a tiny bit itchy within a day or 2 of his next bath.
Day 3 he woke up to having big lumps under his front legs in the "arm pit" area that was wet and oozing something clear, upon further inspection when he refused to stop scratching at himself, he was scratching non stop - this is not normal for my dog! I started looking him over more, he'd rolled over and tilted his head back , and I wanted to cry all under his neck was big red sores dried blood, clear liquid oozing out.
I started back tracking to see what had changed, shampoo was the same he'd been using for months, Treats same as he's eaten for over a year, nothing different outside, same laundry soap on all our clothes and bedding. Then it dawned on me the only change he'd had in over a year - The food!
This food made my dog so miserable, his poop was hard and dry for nearly 2 weeks and I stopped feeding him this food on day 3!! He itched so bad he was making himself bleed, he was on Bendryl for almost a month, I would smear anti itch cream on him in the morning, then smear pure Aloe Vera Gel on him in the afternoon, along with always putting Antibiotic ointment on him, in the evening before bed I mixed all 3 and smeared on him, this was done daily several times a day for nearly a month. To attempt to lessen the itching so the poor guy could get some sleep and be comfortable. We dealt with these issues for almost a month (keep in mind he was only on that food for 3 days I threw the rest away as soon as I realized what was causing his problems). He has finally stopped itching, his sores are healing, he's no longer oozing clear liquid and he's not miserable and his poop is no longer hard and dried out.
I contacted the company, and all they had were apologizes and then had the Gaul to ask me if I wanted coupons to try a different style of their food. since he must of been allergic to something in this particular formula! If this formula was truly grain free this would of never happened. As his food is switched between the 2 main brands he's always eaten every time I buy a new bag of food (about once every 3-4 months, since I buy a big bag and it's only feeding 1 dog). I will never purchase any thing made by Purina ever again. And I suggest no one feed this stuff to their dogs. I've seen other people commenting on Purina's facebook page, that their brand new bags had mold or some thing in it, one picture you couldn't even tell what the clump was supposed to be, but honestly it looked like a dead decaying mouse!
The following picture is of my dogs neck, this is how he woke up on day 3!
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This is the bag I got
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Source of Picture: Walmart.com |
This is on the website with the description of this food, however the food my dog ate out of the above bag was not all brown, there were red kibble in it as well! Didn't show red kibble on the bag but it was most certainly in it
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| Source of Picture: Walmart.com |
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| Source of Picture: Walmart.com |
Some of the major issues I now know about this food and it's ingredient list that I didn't know prior to getting it or feeding it to my dog is Poultry by- product meal can be sourced from dead, non- slaughtered , diseased, or even euthanized animals!Animal digest can be sourced from animals who've been euthanized with phenobarbital, which will still be in the animals system when they grind up the body to turn it into pet food! Animal fat is another one that can be sourced from Dead, Non- Slaughtered, diseased, or even euthanized animals.
So these types of ingredients that can be sourced from dead, non- slaughtered, diseased, or even euthanized animals, could actually be coming from the road kill you see along side the road as you're driving home from the store after buying the pet food!
Also what a lot of consumers do not know is how to read a ingredient list - well not so much read it - but understand it, anything listed at the top say 5 ingredients has the most of that product in it , further down the list a product is, the less it is in the food The pet food company has to list the ingredients the same way our human food ingredient list is put on the packages by weight starting with the heaviest, however if the first product is meat it is at least 75% water according to the FDA.
Final thoughts: Would I recommend this food? NO! Not after the pain and agony my dog went through I wouldn't even feed this to my worst enemy Not sure if you've seen articles going around the internet (I've seen a few recently on Facebook) where peoples dogs have died and when a autopsy was done, the dog died due to ingesting Phenobarbital, now these pet owners were not putting their dogs down, they were healthy, active pets, but shortly after eating certain food (I can't recall all the brands I've seen going around) their dogs got deathly sick, and some did pass away , why would a perfectly healthy active dog have Phenobarbital in their system?
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