Comments on: Nutro Ultra (Dry) http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/nutro-ultra-dog-food-dry/ Saving Good Dogs from Bad Dog Food Fri, 10 Feb 2012 04:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Hemigrl89 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/nutro-ultra-dog-food-dry/comment-page-3/#comment-51361 Hemigrl89 Tue, 17 Jan 2012 04:13:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2179#comment-51361 My lab has been on this since a puppy and he is now 12 yrs old. My vet has said his food has helped his coat to stay shiny and soft. The price may be alittle high but I would always use this for any other dog I get. My lab has been on this since a puppy and he is now 12 yrs old. My vet has said his food has helped his coat to stay shiny and soft. The price may be alittle high but I would always use this for any other dog I get.

]]> By: Hector http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/nutro-ultra-dog-food-dry/comment-page-3/#comment-50701 Hector Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:36:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2179#comment-50701 Bob: Thank you for your reply. If you read my post carefully I feed Buddy my 5 year dog setter the chicken dry formula one and a half bags on a two month period of time Nov Dec of 2011 He seem to like it as I was mixing it with his old food. The first bag was a smaller. The second bag was the larger more expensive of the same. After an 1/8 of bag he did not care for it he picked up one morsel at the time out of the plate. Half way he did not care for it at all it was around X mas time. I tried different ways to make sure that he ate it as he lost his appetite entirely. That's when he started show signs of lethergicnes (check spell) By the end of the year he was just sick fully lethrgic, constripacion and or diarriea. Then early this year he was totally out of it non responsive, and he seem like he had sore bones and joints. I thought it was because he did not eat well, so at times I mixed his food with cooked chicken and some cat fod and even force feed him couple of times. He got worst , urinated constantly in the house and drank soo much water all the time. One night january 5th of 2012 after I saw him wabbling toward the door and just peed al over the floor lots urine was as clear as the water he drank. Then I decided that the only thing I had done was change his diet. Quckly I search the internet and I saw some ppl having the same issues almost to the T. So Last friday the 6th I stoped feeding Nutro Ultra and start him with wahtever he ate like meat beef chicken rice I was cooking for him. On monday I took him to the vet for blood work but by then he was showing signs of recovering. Today the 11th he is a totaly different dog, execive water consuption and urination stoped , he is barking , walking around. Blood work came back good the vet just finded that his joints where sweling. I'm not going to feed him this doog food any more. I thought I was doing the right thing and half of bag is just setting on the covert unused. The reseach I did on the internet showed that there had been more cases exactly like we experienced with some fatalities and some very expensive tratments and extrangly enough its happening on the same period of Dec/ Jan and when taken to the vet the doctors could find the reason for the sickness and when the feeding of this dog food stoped the dogs showed signs of improvemet. Also I read that some dogs did very well on this food and others did not even on the same house hold with multiple dogs. The only thing Buddy did not experienced was the white gums and vomiting that other ppl had with their dogs. Perhaps because I stoped it soon enough? I'm not taking any chances my dog is much better now and I'm looking at shopping for new dog food. I used to feed him Nuro Natural Choice Lamb and he did well on it but knowing that the FDA admiting that there is a prove into the Nutro company and there also a history of past issues with it I'm not going back to it. I'm concern. I'll also suggest any dog ownr to do carefull reaseach of any dog food company when choosing. I spended a lot of time reseaching and thank god I did I may just saved my dogs life and thousands of dollats by doing so. Bob:
Thank you for your reply.
If you read my post carefully I feed Buddy my 5 year dog setter the chicken dry formula one and a half bags on a two month period of time Nov Dec of 2011
He seem to like it as I was mixing it with his old food.
The first bag was a smaller.
The second bag was the larger more expensive of the same. After an 1/8 of bag he did not care for it he picked up one morsel at the time out of the plate.
Half way he did not care for it at all it was around X mas time.
I tried different ways to make sure that he ate it as he lost his appetite entirely.
That’s when he started show signs of lethergicnes (check spell)
By the end of the year he was just sick fully lethrgic, constripacion and or diarriea.
Then early this year he was totally out of it non responsive, and he seem like he had sore bones and joints.
I thought it was because he did not eat well, so at times I mixed his food with cooked chicken and some cat fod and even force feed him couple of times.
He got worst , urinated constantly in the house and drank soo much water all the time.
One night january 5th of 2012 after I saw him wabbling toward the door and just peed al over the floor lots urine was as clear as the water he drank. Then I decided that the only thing I had done was change his diet. Quckly I search the internet and I saw some ppl having the same issues almost to the T.
So Last friday the 6th I stoped feeding Nutro Ultra and start him with wahtever he ate like meat beef chicken rice I was cooking for him.
On monday I took him to the vet for blood work but by then he was showing signs of recovering.
Today the 11th he is a totaly different dog, execive water consuption and urination stoped , he is barking , walking around.
Blood work came back good the vet just finded that his joints where sweling.
I’m not going to feed him this doog food any more.
I thought I was doing the right thing and half of bag is just setting on the covert unused.
The reseach I did on the internet showed that there had been more cases exactly like we experienced with some fatalities and some very expensive tratments and extrangly enough its happening on the same period of Dec/ Jan and when taken to the vet the doctors could find the reason for the sickness and when the feeding of this dog food stoped the dogs showed signs of improvemet.
Also I read that some dogs did very well on this food and others did not even on the same house hold with multiple dogs.
The only thing Buddy did not experienced was the white gums and vomiting that other ppl had with their dogs.
Perhaps because I stoped it soon enough?
I’m not taking any chances my dog is much better now and I’m looking at shopping for new dog food.
I used to feed him Nuro Natural Choice Lamb and he did well on it but knowing that the FDA admiting that there is a prove into the Nutro company and there also a history of past issues with it I’m not going back to it.
I’m concern.
I’ll also suggest any dog ownr to do carefull reaseach of any dog food company when choosing.
I spended a lot of time reseaching and thank god I did I may just saved my dogs life and thousands of dollats by doing so.

]]> By: Bob K http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/nutro-ultra-dog-food-dry/comment-page-3/#comment-50246 Bob K Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:22:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2179#comment-50246 hector - As I read your note, it appears you have already transitioned to Iams Ultra after several bags. For an 8 year old dog that has been eating several bags without problem, I would make an appt. to the vet.   The constant urination concerns me.    One never knows for sure but a trip to the Vet is my advice.  You don't just switch dog foods, you transition slowly to a new Brand and formula.  hector – As I read your note, it appears you have already transitioned to Iams Ultra after several bags. For an 8 year old dog that has been eating several bags without problem, I would make an appt. to the vet.   The constant urination concerns me.    One never knows for sure but a trip to the Vet is my advice.  You don’t just switch dog foods, you transition slowly to a new Brand and formula. 

]]> By: hector http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/nutro-ultra-dog-food-dry/comment-page-3/#comment-50224 hector Sat, 07 Jan 2012 11:01:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2179#comment-50224 I'm concern as I switch my setter to the Nutro Ultra large dog formula dry food. after couple of bags he has lost his appetite and started behaving lethergic, some diarriea and costant urinating, urine appears clear almost like water. I started to reaseach this dog food tonight as a last resort to see if any one has this same issue. I hope is not too late. I'll switch him back to his regular food starting tomorrow and see if he gets better. This is the only thing I did for him, since he was fine before so I suspect this may be the problem. He does eat other stuff by as soon as I serve him the dry dog food he wallks away. Hector I’m concern as I switch my setter to the Nutro Ultra large dog formula dry food.
after couple of bags he has lost his appetite and started behaving lethergic, some diarriea and costant urinating, urine appears clear almost like water.
I started to reaseach this dog food tonight as a last resort to see if any one has this same issue.
I hope is not too late.
I’ll switch him back to his regular food starting tomorrow and see if he gets better.
This is the only thing I did for him, since he was fine before so I suspect this may be the problem.
He does eat other stuff by as soon as I serve him the dry dog food he wallks away.

Hector

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/dog-food-reviews/nutro-ultra-dog-food-dry/comment-page-3/#comment-47952 Cheryl Thu, 15 Dec 2011 02:10:00 +0000 http://www.dogfoodadvisor.com/?p=2179#comment-47952 Does anyone know about Nutro Ultra weight management formula because of the fiber for diabetic dogs Does anyone know about Nutro Ultra weight management formula because of the fiber for diabetic dogs

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