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By CardiCorgiLover (*) [gb] Date 20.09.09 21:02 GMT
I work in an independent pet shop and this week we received a letter from Nutro UK.
They are ceasing UK distribution as of the 25th September.
It didn't say why but I would imagine it has someting to do with the drop in sales.
It's a shame because it has been sold successfully in this country for years, I guess they will concentrate on the US market now :-(
Just thought I should mention it in case there are any Nutro buyers on the board.
By colliecrew (**) [gb] Date 20.09.09 21:19 GMT
I changed my dogs to Nutro last year around this time with devastating effects. I quickly noticed my dogs drank far more than on their previous kibble. In fact, my older dog became a concern to the point I asked my vet for a blood test which showed he was in renal failure :-( As I had to change his diet, I typed in Nutro + kidney in an attempt to find out if they produced a renal diet. Horror of horror....I read story after story of kidney failure. I had all 3 dogs tested and they all showed signs of impaired kidney function.

All came off Nutro promptly and back on to Skinners. 6 weeks later a retest and my 2 younger dogs had normal results. Sadly, my 14 year old (although vastly improved results) maintained impaired function results.

I will never know whether the nutro contributed but it seems a heck of a coincidence.
By Precious_stone (**) [gb] Date 21.09.09 19:17 GMT
Oh no!!

We moved Ruby onto it about two months ago and her coat has never looked better!

Back to the drawing board soon then I guess......:-(

Nicki xx
By TansDad (*) [gb] Date 22.09.09 10:14 GMT
Nutro's no better or worse than many other foods out there - just average, which is probably why sales have gone down!
You'll soon find an alternative, there's plenty out there
By dogs a babe (****) [gb] Date 22.09.09 11:52 GMT
I gave up Nutro when they had their original sourcing and delivery problems 18 months ago.  I think they had been taken over by Mars (?).  I know a few other owners that also changed supplier at that time.

We were very happy with them but after the takeover, and once delivery problems had been sorted,  I recall some people said the quality wasn't the same...

We moved to AG with no ill effects
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see ~Mark Twain
By justme (**) [gb] Date 22.09.09 15:13 GMT
I use to use it as my breeder did so left my dogs on it, but after a few years delivery was never on time, shelves were empty in the shops and i had to keep using something else while waiting, excuse was paperwork at the docks, so moved totally to burns, but now on the raw so all happy
By Precious_stone (**) [gb] Date 22.09.09 18:09 GMT
Oh I know that, our pup came to us on Pro Plan and is thriving on it, some dogs do well on a food more so than others though and Nutro just seemed to suit Ruby :-)

Nicki xx
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