Has anyone had any negative experiences with non-recall, Royal Canin products?

Back in February, before I was feeding my cats exclusively a homemade diet, I was feeding them Royal Canin's Sensible Choice Dry Kitten 34 Formula.

The breeder was feeding them this pet food and I was trying to ween them off of it because I feel that dry food is hard your pet's kidneys.

The last 2 bags were making them sick. The first bag I threw out and bought another, thinking maybe it was spoiled. The second bag was thrown out before it was half gone. The youngest had diarrhea every time he ate it and came down with a urinary infection. Now that they are off of it, both cats are healthier. They're more active and playful.

The first four ingredients are chicken meal, rice, corn gluten meal & corn. It has rice in it and I wonder if it was contaminated with melamine. Maybe there could have been cross contamination during production???

Needless to say, I will never buy their products again. I wouldn't trust any pet food company that has had a recall on any of their products.

I am so tempted to have this Royal canin tested, but these testing labs are so expensive. Somewhere around $130.00 - $150.00.

I too have had problems with Royal Canin. I had fed yorkshire 28 and my yorkie was throwing up and had vomited yellow bile. Would love to have it tested.

I'm surprised they didn't bring in My Late Great Gwainy Cwap Food - Priority (the generice for Deli Cat - which, as an uninformed consumer - thought was Good Cat Food).  So - unfortunately - I have no lawsuits to join (not even sick kitties - I was VERY LUCKY - it probably killed others over the years in their later ages).  I do greive, tear and cry, and pass TONS OF {{{{HHHHUUUUGGGGSSSS}}}} for EVERYONE that has either lost pets, or have sickened pets, from this mess.

My dog got sick back in April, after a week of eating a new bag of Royal Canin Sensible Choice Adult Chicken and Rice formula. She had been eating this formula for at least a couple years. Because it was not on the recall list at the time she got sick, the vet couldn't figure out what was wrong. Royal Canin had recalled the senior formula chicken and rice, but not the adult formula.  I called and wrote to them, asking what the difference was, and they said the adult version didn't use rice protein, and was safe. Well, the adult formula ended up being recalled on May 11th. However, I had already stopped feeding it to my dog, giving her home-made food instead. 

One of the issues with diagnoses was her atypical symptoms- instead of excessive thirst, she would not drink water at all, though her kidney values were too high, and she was urinating excessively. I had to flavor her water with chicken broth to get her to drink. She also had NO loss of appetite.  She still wanted to eat as much as I'd give her. To complicate things futher, she's had problems with incontinence since she was a year old, so her excessive urination was being blamed on her age (she's 8 ), though the onset was sudden and acute. The vet thought she had kidney disease.

After a month of home -cooked diet (chicken & brown rice), her kidney values dropped to the lower end of normal (good thing), and she has shown significant improvement.  She's still not totally well- she gets tired more quickly, so she can't do our daily 7+ mile walks more than a couple times a week. But for a time, she could barely do a mile, if that. So at least she's improved.

I'd like to add that she had slightly elevated kidney values about a year ago, and the vet assumed it was age-related.  I'm not a scientist, but I can't help but think there is some correlation between her new, home made diet (and yes, I supplement with vitamins, bone meal, etc.), and her improved kidney function. The vet remarked that her lates blood work was just great for a large-breed dog of her age.