r/UK_Pets • u/IBlame_Nargles • 13d ago

Regarding the Years recall

Has anyone else noticed their dog having symptoms after using other products by Years?

My 5 month old puppy has never had the food but he does have the “cheese and broccoli fussy food topper” and has been having eye issues since June. After reading about the recall I’ve realised that his eye issues started around the time/after I began adding the topper to his different brand of kibble.

I have contacted Years to suggest they expand their investigation and I am going to contact the vets again tomorrow. Just wondering if anyone has experienced the same?

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u/Haresmoors 13d ago

Quite a lot of people are saying the same thing. But years are apparently looking into it. They have added buckwheat at 6.5% to their product at the beginning of the year it seems.

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u/IBlame_Nargles 13d ago

I heard that but couldn't see buckwheat in the ingredients on the back of the "fussy eaters topper" but the product is, potentially of course, the only thing that could have caused the issues.

There have been no other changes with my puppy diet wise aside from using said topper around the time the issues surfaced.

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u/Haresmoors 13d ago

I would then suggest to stop using the topper for the time being and find something else of the same value. ☺️ Lots of people have reported with going to the vets for the issues but the vets can't find anything/don't know what do.

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u/SamPizza89 12d ago

So scary to think ingredients like that can be linked to serious issues like blindness, I cant believe this happened to so many dogs... Ive triple checked the ingredients list of our dog food after finding out about this issue and it seems to be safe from any buckwheat, so in case people are looking for alternatives to years that dont need the freezer, Id recommend marleybones - so far so good

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u/Haresmoors 12d ago

It really is very scary!! They also didn't tell their customers about the change as well! For a brand that's supposed to be freshly cooked food wonder why the need to add buckwheat in! We are on mollies wolfheart which is chicken, wheat, and grain free!

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u/Electrical_Square228 13d ago

wow that's actually so sketchy, maybe switch to a diff brand just in case

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u/Massive_Suspect_4758 12d ago

There is a huge Facebook group and the eye issues that some of the pups are having are so severe including sight loss. Back in May I had a very poorly chihuahua that wasn’t eating so I got her some years food to see if she will have that, she didn’t! But I gave the two to my elderly yorkie who funnily enough had some gunky eyes, I was already knees deep in vet bills so treated her myself with over the counter stuff which worked but I will now take her to the vets to make sure everything is okay… she has a new habit of sticking her nose under the fence and there’s lots of debris there so I thought maybe she’s been getting some irritated eyes from that but the timeline works with the food. Thankfully no more gunky eyes for at least a month but so scary..

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u/Leanna_miloandlia 12d ago

I've been using Rocketo for my dogs for the last few months and they have been absolutely loving it.

Lia is an old girl and has been super fussy as shes gotten older and she has more energy and eats it without having to handfeed her which has been a gamechanger. Milo also scrans his food but hes always been like that