Dog treats manufactured in China are killing dogs

[Gypsy]

A friend of mine gave her healthy dog some treats that she bought in a grocery store and it ended up killing her pup. I just wanted to share the info for anyone who doesn't read the manufacture label for their animal treats.

Here's what she said:

70 dogs have died as a result of eating chicken jerky treats made from chicken that has come from China. Our puppy passed away suddenly on Saturday after eating one. DON'T feed your dogs any chicken treats from China. RIP Rocky :'( He was running around being his crazy self and an our later he died right in front of me. He was such an awesome dog.

It was a Waggin Train chicken treat.

I'm not sure where she got her statistics but I found a link online that confirms the problem. http://www.askavetquestion.com/news/2011/chicken-jerky-fanconi/

Amazon has a ton of bad reviews for them too. This must be a pretty widespread problem.

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[greasy]

That is terrible. I never purchase any type of dog food product (Treats, Rawhides, etc..) from China because of this reason. Sucks to hear

 

[Yaj Yak]

holy shit. im sorry.

my dogs eat some crazy ass shit (ie... squirrels, birds, chipmunks, etc...)

 

[Gypsy]

I never would have even known to check where anything was made honestly. That's why I posted it cuz it's kind of scary that this could have happened to me too, when I had my dog in FL.

 

[Bob Kazamakis]

It's worth shopping at speciality stores vs big chain stores for these exact reasons.

 

[Mook]

makes me happy im so anal about what i feed hobbes

 

[radioguy6]

thats terrible, sorry for your friends loss.

 

[DanJ]

As a general rule I don't give my dog any treats from the grocery store. Mostly because he's allergic to any sort of beef, chicken or pork products and gets ear infections.

 

[Lord Tin Foilhat]

Dam I'm gonna have to start reading packages.

China's trying to kill our dogs secretly lol

 

[DanJ]

So they can eat them.

 

[jason05gt]

I never would have even known to check where anything was made honestly. That's why I posted it cuz it's kind of scary that this could have happened to me too, when I had my dog in FL.

Thank you for posting this. I am going to be looking at packages more closely to check the country of origin when buying food and treats for my puppy.

 

[jason05gt]

Just checked, the treats that we use are Made in the USA!

http://www.petsmart.com/product/index.jsp?productId=11147526&lmdn=Brand

 

[ThirdgenTa]

Same here. I check ALL packages. You also have to be very careful because some packages will say "Distributed in xxx town USA" and people will just assume it was made in the US. Then somewhere in very small letters it will say made in china.

 

[Outlaw]

Horrible

I stay away from most things made in China/ Asian market in general.

 

[BillyBru]

Raw.Chicken. Even though dehydration is supposed to get rid of bacteria I would never feed an animal these. I was working at a petsmart when they came out, a couple months later they were recalled. I dont get how they got back onto the market.

 

[Shadow99]

Holy shit, i work at walgreens and we have a pretty decent size selection of Waggin Trails. Big bags for 10 bucks. Good thing i never bought that shit. Wonder if itll be recalled.

 

[Gypsy]

It looks like the company is refusing to recall them from what I read earlier.