Walmart’s Private Label Jerky Treat linked to 23 Sick Dogs, 3 Deaths

I think that because these products remain on big store shelves, people erroneously believe that it is safe, or the store would be liable.

Why is there not a picture of the treats’ package? Does this brand say it was made in China on the package? There are still many brands on shelves in most stores that are made in China. I read, I leave if it says China or does not disclose where it is made!

I learned a long time ago that walmart products cannot be trusted. Even before I became a really well-informed consumer, I learned that walmart clothes NEVER last very long.

Even if you buy a brand you trust, it can’t be trusted if bought at walmart. I stopped shopping at walmart years ago, but, a couple of years ago I was tagging along with a friend (just didn’t want to have to lecture her), I needed a new lock set for my front door. i saw a well-respected brand on the shelf at walmart, and bought it, thinking it was a decent purchase. Well, when I had to call a locksmith when it ceased working properly, he told me that manufacturers will send lower quality goods to walmart, so they can get to the lower price.

Sadly, most people who shop at walmart just look at the price of something as the only factor in the purchase. Quality is not part of the equation, and, with the chinese jerky, safety is not important either.

I had 2 pets die from this jerky–My dog and my cat loved the waggin train crap from Walmart/Sams. My dog was a very healthy 10yrs old and the cat only 8 yrs old. I will NEVER give ANYTHING to my pets that is not grown-processed etc in the US. I have also used a friends dehydrator to make my own jerky and sweet potato treats. Walmart needs to stop having these products on the shelf–they are not SAFE. People be smart and stop buying and feeding these treats to your pets-

Buying Anything at Wal-Mart promotes CRUELTY to Animals. Look at the abuse of pigs in gestation crates. Be proactive and sign those petitions!

The Waggin Train jerkey treats said “Made in the USA” right in the bag, but the ingredients were outsoursed from China, correct?

So if that is true…then what difference does it make if a pet food item says Made in the USA. You can’t be sure unless you call the company.

Can’t buy anything at Walmart for our pets, too risky they get stuff from China and everywhere who have no respect for animals. I will not buy food or pet foods from there and I am fed up with how Walmart does its business ever since Sam Walton passed away.

If you would like to cover a story of two healthy, precious dogs (dachshund and yorkie) who died horrible, painful deaths with multiple organ failure, weeping subcutaneously due to the shifting of fluid which caused hair loss and then hemorrhaging as a result of the Golden Rewards treats, please email me. We had tissue samples studied by multiple Universities, have found a probable cause and know that Shandong Honva is at fault. When they were inspected several years ago they refused to allow the US inspectors to truly investigate the cause of all the deaths. I filed a complaint with Wal-Mart, who sent me to their company that handles complaints about products….and ultimately prevents them from being sued. I even spoke with a Shandong Honva representative in New York who asked me “how much I want”. I told him nothing but take the Golden Rewards off the shelves. Of couse, it was not removed. I believe the culprit is rickettsia that is killing our pets. The nasty conditions in Chinese factories sis to blame for the infected rodents, fleas and body louse (and their stool), all of which can be found in the bags of treats…not the treat itself, during packaging.

I bought my vandal(a pit bull/great dane mix puppy) 2 bags of the golden rewards jerky. One chicken and one duck. I gave him one of each the same night I bought them. The next morning he vomited twice. I didn’t put two and two together because I was not aware of the problem these treats have caused so many animals. Plus he is a puppy who gets into everything, eats anything it seems like. He seemed fine the rest of that day. Well that evening, I was in the shower and vandal had gotten both bags of treats and ate every single one of them out of the bags and tore up the bags into pieces. That’s when it went downhill…he had diarrhea, vomiting and he did not hardly move off the couch for almost 3 days except to use the restroom. He would drink water and I got him to eat a tiny bit of dog food just twice in those 3 days. I could hear his stomach making loud gurgling noises and he looked just pitiful. I could see he felt absolutely horrible. He just wanted to sleep or lay around. He is normally an extra hyper dog, who wears me out trying to keep up with him. This has been a week now, and thank god, he is better, back to his old rambunctious self, eating good, playing, being a vandal. I have 0 doubt that it was the dog treats that did it. Could just be that he ate too many wje. He got into the bag, but he was very very I’ll. I will never again get a bag of treats from walmart or let anyone I know give their dogs any. I wish I would have known about the investigation and illnesses linked to these treats, before I had bought them. It could have been a way worse outcome, and he still may have problems related to it in the future, who knows what damage it did.