Pet owners warn: Be careful what you feed your dog! Is pet food killing them?

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 15 December 2017

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Some big name pet food makers are under fire -- and legal assault -- from pet owners who believe tainted animal food is making their special friends sick and even killing them. Nancy Grace explores the dangers of not reading the labels and not being informed. Her guests include Laura Beveridge, a Georgia dog lover who believes her dog died after she gave it a store-bought treat, veterinarian Dr. Karen Becker, Rodney Habib of pet safety group Planet Paws, and consumer advocate Susan Thixton, creator of the Truth About Pet Food website.

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0:00.0	If you have a dog at home, this might be important for you to know.
0:14.8	Party animal dog food is recalling two different kinds of food that may be contaminated with
0:19.1	pinto barbitol.
0:20.1	That's the same drug used for the euthanasia of dogs, cats and horses.
0:24.7	One dog that ate the food died, for other dogs got sick.
0:29.2	The company sounded it's alarm after a customer in Texas turned over cans of two foods that
0:33.3	had tested positive for the drug.
0:34.9	Class action suits $65 million of damages.
0:37.9	Who do you love the most besides your family?
0:41.6	Think about it.
0:42.6	Who do you love?
0:44.0	Who always greets you with a big smile?
0:47.0	Who gives you a hug whenever you want?
0:50.2	Never ask any questions.
0:52.2	And always happy with whatever little treat you give them.
0:55.8	Well, that gave it away.
0:57.0	I'm talking about your pet.
0:59.7	Right now in my house we are rocking six pets.
1:02.7	I've got my cat, Cinnamon Girl, my dog Fatboy aka Nitro.
1:09.9	My nephew who just moved in with us, his cat and dog, that would be Benji and precious
1:17.9	arguable.
1:19.6	And then my daughter who got obsessed with guinea pigs.
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