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pets in pet food Re: Happy Hound food and sick dogs

Would be one thing I would suspect if the dogs have been on the food for a while. It is a poor choice of preservative.

I also agree with not knowing what the meat source is in the food.

It could also be a bad bag of dog food.

recalls Re: Happy Hound food and sick dogs

Kidney or Liver failure, particularly

recalls Re: Happy Hound food and sick dogs

Terrible food, doesn't get much worse than that.

recalls Re: Happy Hound food and sick dogs

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Kidney or Liver failure, particularly


Salmonella has been implicated in some renal and liver failures in dogs, although prevailing buzz is that Salmonella is killed by doggy digestive tracts if the dogs are healthy enough. That being said, kibble is usually fed day after day, with no change of diet as there would be in a wild dog. Here is one link on liver failure:
http://www.petmd.com/dog/conditions/endocrine/c_dg_cholangitis_cholangiohepatitis_syndrome

Jerky treats also have been implicated in organ failure in pets eating them.

recalls Re: Happy Hound food and sick dogs

A food that looks that bad could probably cause serious issues long term on it's own merit without salmonella. The digestible protein is probably way low and lacking in some amino acids. People shouldn't have dogs if they can't feed them properly.