Comments on: Evanger’s Dog Food

By: chad lane

chad lane — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 18:29:44 +0000

Kerry this is why you don’t feed canned or krapple (kibble) take a look atrawfed.com.

By: Theresa Goldman

Theresa Goldman — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:35:32 +0000

I have heard only good things about your food I am going today over to Dog Lovers to buy a small bag to try. I have one fussy Standard Poodle who has turned away from all kibble. Hope this works.

By: Kerry

Kerry — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:12:16 +0000

I switched both my poms to Evangers turkey in the cans since one needed a diet that would not affect his allergies. Within two months of being on this food, both dogs were admitted to emergency due to pancreatitis within a day of each other (Due to the allergies, they had no other treats, and were only given vegetables as human food. They had done extremely well on the Fromm’s tuna, but this product was sadly discontinued). The younger dog died. He was only five. I was devastated. The second survived, but developed pneumonia and breathing problems as a side effect of the pancreatitis. This has been an expensive and ongoing health problem. I wrote to Evangers to caution them that there may be a problem with their food and never received a reply. I still don’t know what caused this catastrophic illness, but my vets (the specialists who saw them both) were pretty confident this food must have played a role, since it affected both dogs in exactly the same way.

By: Etta

Etta — Sun, 10 Jul 2011 22:59:17 +0000

It seems that Evangers has some violated moral code on a fairly consistent basis. Lamb dog food that has NO lamb…Duck dog food that has NO duck and instead has bovine (cow). These are serious issues. Suppose that this falsely labeled Duck food was fed to a dog that was allergic to bovine (cow); the repercussions could be quite severe; possibly deadly.

I am no an attorney, but, it would seem that Evangers can add ‘consumer fraud’ to their list of transgressions. If they are hiring illegals (felonious criminal trespassers to the United States) as was suggested by one post, then there is yet another transgression.

Side Bar: My VERY picky dog LOVES the Braised Beef Chunks with Gravy!!!

By: Nan

Nan — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 16:32:51 +0000

May 5, 2011
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration sends another Warning Letter to Evanger’s, claiming that samples of two of their dog food products had been analyzed and found to be ‘adulterated’ and ‘misbranded’.

“From December 2, 2010 through February 10, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) conducted an inspection of your low-acid canned food manufacturing facility located at 221 Wheeling Road, Wheeling, Illinois. In addition, on August 19, 2010, FDA received samples of (b)(4) Lamb and Rice Dog Food from the distributor, (b)(4). This letter notifies you of the violations of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the FD&C Act) that we found during our inspection and from the samples we received from the distributor. You can find the FD&C Act and its associated regulations on the Internet through links on FDA’s web page at http://www.fda.gov.

We found that you offered for sale (b)(4) Lamb and Rice Dog Food which was adulterated. Under Section 402(b)(2) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. § 342(b)(2), a food is deemed to be adulterated if any substance has been substituted wholly or in part therefore. Our analytical sample results of this product revealed that a substance (lamb) was not detected in the product and another ingredient (bovine material) detected in the product was substituted therefore. Furthermore, this product was misbranded. Under Section 403(b) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. § 343(b), a food is deemed to be misbranded if it is offered for sale under the name of another food. This product was offered for sale under the name of “(b)(4) Lamb and Rice Dog Food.” However, the analytical sample results did not detect the presence of lamb, but detected the presence of bovine material.

On December 14, 2010, FDA collected samples of your Evanger’s Grain-free Duck Pet Food during the inspection of your facility. We found that the Evanger’s Grain-free Duck Pet Food product was adulterated. Under Section 402(b)(1) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. § 342(b)(1), a food is deemed to be adulterated if any valuable constituent has been in whole or in part omitted or abstracted therefrom. Our investigation revealed that a valuable constituent (duck) was not detected in the product and had been omitted or abstracted therefrom. Furthermore, this product was misbranded. Under Section 403(a)(1) of the FD&C Act, 21 U.S.C. § 343(a)(1), a food is deemed to be misbranded if its labeling is false or misleading in any particular. The labeling indicates that Evanger’s Grain-free Duck Pet Food contains duck, but the analytical sample results did not detect the presence of duck in the product.

In addition, your firm was not able to provide processing and production records upon written demand, as required by 21 C.F.R. 108.35(h), for products manufactured in 2009.”

By: Bob Mahoney

Bob Mahoney — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 18:07:09 +0000

CAUTION !! Evangers is not something you want to feed to your dogs !! I have four dogs and the Evangers made every one of them extremely ill. I have read and heard over the years that you should switch your dogs food every six months or so. I have been doing just that for years..so please don’t say I didn’t do it right. I know how to switch their food slowly over time and mixed with their old food..I have done it many times without problems. I started feeding Evangers and within a few days they were all sick. Two of them to the point that they wouldn’t come near the stuff !! It took several days after they stopped eating this crap for them to get back to normal. This stuff looks nasty and smells just as bad. BE VERY CAREFUL !!

By: Venita

Venita — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:21:14 +0000

This is for Shannon Marie. I had a yellow lab mix that lived to be 14. She was my baby. As dogs age, it is recommended to feed them twice a day. If you normally give say 2 cups once a day, just do 1 cup twice a day. They seem to have better digestion for some reason. I forgot exactly what was said about it. My vet had suggested that as well. I do have other dogs, one with severe allergies. Since I don’t want to dump all my money into various foods, they all eat the allergy free foods. That is Natural Balance L.I.D..(dry) They have Bison, Venison, Duck, Fish which is Salmon. All are with Sweet Potatoe except for the Duck. That is just regular potato. They get canned food of these types of food just to add for extra flavoring. Occassionally, I give my other dogs Merrick which they love. When I feel they are getting too fat, I either cut back on the food or I get the vets recommendation for the weight loss, which is excellent! Prescription Diet for maintaining weight, or losing weight, whichever the case may be. Something like that. ALso as far as vitamins, I don’t worry too much about that. I give my dogs powdered Vitamin C and Mega Pet Daily. Both are from Azmira’s products, which help so much with their health!! Take it from me my dog was almost 15 years old when she passed.

By: Shannon Marie

Shannon Marie — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 20:17:16 +0000

Okay I just got back from the store and picked up Orijen senior for my Bella and Zeppelin. I normally only feed their Innova once a day in the morning but now I am going to try twice a day instead since I’m switching. Hopefully this will be a good move!

By: Jess

Jess — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 18:00:48 +0000

It would be great for them as it it the best dog food made today. But take your time when switching over, it is going to be a big change for them. You should also be careful about freezing anything with water in it, as ice has been known to break dogs teeth.

By: Shannon Marie

Shannon Marie — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 11:03:28 +0000

Wondering if you think my dogs, Bella 8 and Zeppelin 7, would be okay switching to Orijen senior because it does truly appear to be the best or are they too old to start a complete grain free diet. As I know we all do I want them to live long healthy lives and I don’t know if that would help or hinder their health being that they are older.