Our tree work is now set for Wednesday, 30th!
Our arborist called early afternoon yesterday to say that they had ended up too late with their prior job for them to fell our tree that day. It has been re-scheduled for next Wednesday.
Conveniently, there was another dog food recall notice issued yesterday and that is the topic of today’s post.
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Merrick Pet Care of Amarillo, Texas, is voluntarily recalling a limited amount of its dog treats due to elevated levels of naturally occurring beef thyroid hormone.To learn which products are affected, please visit the following link:
Merrick Recalls Multiple Dog TreatsPlease share the news of this alert with other pet owners.
Mike Sagman, Editor
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That link offers much more information that is re-published here.
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Merrick Recalls Multiple Dog Treats
May 23, 2018 – Merrick Pet Care, of Amarillo, Texas, is initiating a voluntary recall of a limited amount of beef dog treat varieties due to the potential that they contain elevated levels of a naturally-occurring beef thyroid hormone.
What’s Recalled?
Batch Information
The voluntary recall is limited to the production codes listed below.
To locate the production code, consumers should look on the lower back of the treat bag.
No other production codes, sizes or varieties of these products are affected. The voluntary recall covers only specific production codes of the following beef treat products:
About Beef Thyroid
Dogs consuming high levels of beef thyroid hormone may exhibit the following symptoms: increased thirst and urination, weight loss, increased heart rate and restlessness.
These symptoms may resolve when consumption decreases.
If a dog consumes high levels for a long period of time, these symptoms may increase in severity and may include vomiting, diarrhea and rapid or labored breathing.
If your pet has consumed the product listed and has exhibited any of these symptoms, please discontinue feeding and contact your veterinarian.
What Caused the Recall?
This potential health risk was brought to Merrick’s attention as a result of the FDA sharing one consumer complaint where the dog’s health was temporarily impacted while eating Merrick Backcountry Great Plains Real Beef Jerky 4.5 ounce.
The dog’s health improved and fully recovered after discontinuing consumption of the treat.
Message from Merrick
Pet owners should know there is limited risk given treats are not intended for full nutrition and should only be occasionally consumed.
However, out of an abundance of caution and to maintain trust with our consumers, we are withdrawing all potentially impacted product.
We have not received any similar reports to date from consumers about issues with these products.
As a company of pet owners and pet lovers, we know our consumers place a tremendous amount of trust in us when their pet uses our products.
The quality and safety of our products are the top priority for our company.
We apologize to our retail customers and consumers and sincerely regret any inconvenience and concerns caused by this voluntary recall.
We are working with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on this voluntary recall and will cooperate with them fully.
What to Do?
If you have product, please contact Merrick at 800-664-7387 from 8 am to 5 pm Central Time Monday through Friday.
Or by email at customerservice@merrickpetcare.com so we can provide a refund.
Or visit Merrick’s website and fill out a form: http://www.merrickpetcare.com/customerrelations.
No other Merrick or Castor & Pollux products are impacted. These treats are distributed in the U.S. through pet specialty, grocery and online retailers with limited distribution in Canada.
For more information visit http://www.MerrickPetCare.com.
U.S. citizens can report complaints about FDA-regulated pet food products by calling the consumer complaint coordinator in your area.
Or go to http://www.fda.gov/petfoodcomplaints.
Canadians can report any health or safety incidents related to the use of this product by filling out the Consumer Product Incident Report Form.
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As I always say, do share this post as much as you can because we all care so much for the health of our dogs!
Learning from Dogs 
Thankfully Mags doesn’t eat Blue Merrick Treats! Appreciate the info, Paul.
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As do none of our dogs. Best wishes, Susan (and Mags!)
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I don’t eat the stuff either, so I’m safe.
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Thank you for spreading the word. We get Merrick Backcountry treats but luckily, none of ours are on this list. Whew. Good luck with the tree work. I hope it goes well.
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Thank you! Plus, very pleased to hear that your beloved dogs are clear of the recalled treats. The tree work consists of felling this single, dead fir and should, underline should, go without a hitch. Next Wednesday will tell!
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Fingers crossed all goes as planned. Removing large dead trees is no picnic in the forest. 🌲
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Thankfully this particular tree stands on open ground and has a two-acre grass field immediately to the Northeast. Despite that field having a number of young trees planted by us the odds are that it will come down without any trauma!
But, yes, the forest around us, something of the order of half the acreage of the property, is wild forest and there are many dead trees hung up all over the place! One of the reasons why we love living here!
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Thanks for sharing. We feed Merrick to our dogs, but thankfully not any of these listed.
On another note, arborist!!!??? Haha, I got a quote for pruning all the trees I so lovingly planted on this property and didn’t want to shell out that kind of money. Thankfully, we had hired him to cut down a huge leaning macnut tree and he was kind enough to give me tips and direction to do the rest of the trees myself. I’ve been climbing and got myself a good sharp Japanese steel pruning saw. Only one tree left! Yay! Now will I be doing this 10 years from now? Doubtful. 😉 xo
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What will any of us be doing in 10 years time!? Just hope you are still leaving replies to this place and I am still responding to you! Be careful with that saw!
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