sandra_slayton
Posted : 4/17/2006 4:15:20 PM
That is what bothered me. The fact they told her they needed 4 cups, but then asked for it all, and how fast they were wanting to compensate her, which i would bet my last dollar it meant her signing a release saying she wouldn't talk about it any more to anyone.
Right after Hunter died oct. 16, 2003, I wrote Fort Dodge and told them their ProHeart6 had killed him. No reply. As I learned of more stuff, like their dear doctor letter (at the FDA's "request") saying AIHA was one of the adverse rections, I wrote. No reply. As dog deaths were mounting up and more came out, like the Dear Doctor Letter writtn to vets listing death as an of the reactions( this was written the day Hunter got his fatal injection, and again as at the FDA "request"). I was writing them every 2 weeks or so with more information. I didnt hear a word from them UNTIL for some unknown reason I sent a copy of my $2300 vet bill. this was in late Feb. I think. I got a letter that they sometimes helped people with unusual high bills, and were willing to pay the $1049.71 diagnositc part of the bill. That sounded good until I read on down the letter and saw about signing the release. That realease would have shut me up. I would not be able to reveal any "data, information, discovery," with "any person or entity under any circumstance."
Need i say I refused. As far as I was concerned they could put the money and the release where the sun didn't shine. No way was i going to close my mouth if i could save one dog for the suffering Hunter and so many otherrs went thru and one person from the grief so many of us had.
I was able to have the tee shirt below made and on the back with same wording is a picture of a border collie mix who died in Wis. the same day my Hunter died here (had his owners permission). I wore it all the time and carried flyers i made up to hand out of anyone asked me about it--and they did. I visited forums and told the story, hubby put up flyers in truck stops, handed them out to other drivers that had dogs in their rigs etc. We will never know if we saved a life or not, but we did the best we could
Meanwhile, I learn about the FDA hand delivered warning letter to the Fort dodge animal meds plant--un sanitary conditions, workers not dressed properly, air being allowed to flow from one contained area to another contained area, etc etc. As it goes on it talks about other problems, like the recall of EtoGesic because of the pills not being up to standard. it so happens my KayCee had been on that following knee surgery just before the recall and I still had the bottle. Then I find out some batches of ProHeart6 had been recalled because of trouble with the time release spheres not working properly. I do not know if they were not releasing when they should, were all releasing at the same or whatever.
Armed with all this I wrote Fort Dodge again and in about 10 days, they paid the $1049.71 and sent a "generous donation to Texas A&M Vet School in Hunter's memory and I DIDN'T HAVE TO SIGN A RELEASE. Maybe they thought i would drop out of sight, but i couldn't.
My point is, ProHeart 6 was killing dogs and they knew it, but they offer to compensate the biggest majority of the people and the ones they did offer, they wanted a signed release to shut them up. This is why I was wondering why this company was so quick to offer compensation Of course it could be they do not think their food is at fault and don't want word to spread like it did with Diamond--even tho Diamond was bad. Whatever, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.
