[Suzanne P]

MaryLou & Lorena – You’ve probably done so by now, but if not, please do not continue to feed your dogs the most recent bag of dog food that you purchased from Costco. From what we’ve seen in this trail of posts, Costco dog food is unpredictable and even one bad bag can lead to some really undesirable effects. Multiple “bad” bags of food have been tied to causing organ failure which has lead to the deaths of many pets. Hopefully, you’ve switched dog food and your dogs are getting back to normal! If your dogs have progressively gotten worse, scroll back through the many posts and read what others have posted with regards to types of medications that have helped their pets regain their health…an expensive but worth-every-penny effort!

[Suzanne P]

My issue was with the dry dog food. Sorry, I can’t speak for the canned version.

[Suzanne P]

Hi Sydney!

I’m interested in the class action lawsuit against Costco due to the extreme medical issues and deaths their Nature’s Grain dog food has caused. I still have several cups of the dog food which I was feeding Gracie that I’m happy to submit to a lab for testing purposes in support of our case. I’ll contact you through the kirklandsuit@gmail.com email address and hope others do the same.

Thank you for coordinating!

Suzanne

[Suzanne P]

Thank you for the additional information Dena. I still have one unopened bag of the Nature’s Domain (blue bag – salmon flavor) which I could return so I am “on record” as having a complaint; not a bad idea. I am hanging on to what food is left from the bag I was giving Gracie when this whole thing started in case somebody might need it as “evidence” of the “bad food” they were selling.

I’m sorry to report, Gracie is not doing any better and her hind legs are getting weaker making it difficult to get up from a seated position. Her vet was concerned about fluid build up as well. Gracie had some edema that has subsided – maybe due to the new medication? I’m feeding her twice a day now just to keep some weight on. Previously, she only ate about 2 cups of the ND dog food with some water added to it. Gracie is currently on Metronidazole, Prednisone and Atopica…basically things to suppress her immune system.

I will continue to post in case something we mention helps somebody else.

[Suzanne P]

First, Dena B., I’m so sorry to hear you lost your dachshund, Dottie. Has Costco responded to your inquiries? My Golden (Gracie) is still recovering. We are on a lot of medications and most recently went to a medication called Atopica. It’s expensive, but I’m hoping it will be the thing that turns her around.Otherwise, we end up having to put her down because her Albumen level keeps dropping (started as 1.4, got it up to 2.1 and now back down to 1.3) and organs will start to fail.

Sharon A. – I’m thankful that you caught it quick enough! Just curious as to what part of the country you’re from? Many of these issues seem to be tied to the western states; however, I’m in Georgia and having this issue as well.

[Suzanne P]

Thank you so much for everybody writing these posts. I live in Atlanta, so not sure that this is just a “western state” issue. I’m not sure if the Nature’s Domain (ND) in the blue bag is specifically causing my dog’s issues or not, but I’m going to stop feeding it to her immediately. I have a 6 year old golden retriever who has been successfully eating ND for 3 or 4 years now. However, towards the end of May, I bought a new bag and for the last month she has had extremely loose stools. Took her to the vet and a check for parasites was negative, no enlarged organs, and blood work showed a couple of different issues (white blood cell count up and something with her liver was off). The vet prescribed an antibiotic and probiotic in case the issue was really a parasite and perhaps the stool test simply didn’t have enough “stool” to measure accurately because it was so diluted. I started to feed her mostly chicken and rice but always including some dog food. Then, as she started to do better (I thought due to the antibiotic), I increased the dog food, reduced the chicken & rice and the diarrhea (and now vomiting) is back with a vengeance. Thankfully somebody at my office had read that Costco has some quality control issues regarding their own dog food. Subsequent research lead me to this forum. I plan to feed her an all “homemade” diet for the next couple of weeks and see how she does. I’ll report back with an update.

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