top left Dog Forums

Go Back   Puppy & Dog Forums > General Dog Forums > Dog Food Forum
Forum Rules | Become a Sponsor
DogForums.com Donates $200.00 to Dog Shelter!

Dog Food Forum Dog Food Forums - Come here to talk about what type of dog foods different people recommend for their dogs. Find tips and tricks about what certain dogs may enjoy eating.
Popular Threads: Best Dog Food, Healthy Dog Food.


Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools
Old 08-06-2008, 05:58 AM   #1
Junior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 11
Chini is on a distinguished road
What to do with rejected food?

Is it bad to give a neighbor low-quality dog food you don’t need anymore because you’ve found a better diet?

What do you do with rejected dog food? I have mostly-full or unopened bags of Pedigree, Purina, Science Diet, and Milkbones that I probably won’t ever use again. We seem to have a good system of real food (mainly chicken breast, diced carrots, diced apples, yoghurt, and yak cheese, sometimes with bread or rice) supplemented with a small handful of puppy food each day (this is only second day for Innova, but so far so good). Puppy licks the bowl clean every time and is becoming more regular with toilet. But now I have all of this leftover kibble that seems wasteful to throw away. My neighbor feeds her dog Purina, and I was thinking about offering it to her, but it seems wrong to enable others to give their dogs unhealthful reject food.

Funny discovery: Puppy responds more enthusiastically to carrots than biscuits as reward treats. I never would have considered that an option until I saw it suggested on this forum.
Chini is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-06-2008, 08:39 AM   #2
Senior Member
 
Lorina's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Pocono Mountains
Posts: 3,202
Lorina is on a distinguished road
Re: What to do with rejected food?

I'd give it to the neighbor or to a shelter.
Lorina is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 08-06-2008, 09:12 AM   #3
Senior Member
 
rosemaryninja's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Singapore
Posts: 2,149
rosemaryninja is on a distinguished road
Re: What to do with rejected food?

Same, I'd donate it to a shelter.
rosemaryninja is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-06-2008, 11:06 AM   #4
Senior Member
 
Sunshyne's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Marshfield, MASS
Posts: 446
Sunshyne is on a distinguished road
Re: What to do with rejected food?

Animal shelter... OR your local food pantry. I read an article in our local paper about the people who utilize the food pantry and most had pets... I would have never thought to donate it there, but I gave them all the food Chloe rejected.
Sunshyne is online now   Reply With Quote
Old 08-06-2008, 11:14 AM   #5
Senior Member
 
blackrose's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Lafayete, IN
Posts: 1,408
blackrose is on a distinguished road
Re: What to do with rejected food?

Yep, the shelter or food pantry would be good. They can always use more dog food. When I was doing mission work in L.A. we had a mobile food pantry of sorts and some of the things they could choose from was pet food. I think that was the first thing that people went to get was food and treats for their cats and dogs.
blackrose is offline   Reply With Quote
Advertisement
 
Advertisement
Sponsored links


To avoid seeing this ad in our forum please register at DogForums.com

By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features.
Old 08-06-2008, 11:32 AM   #6
Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: Idaho
Posts: 85
MistRiver is on a distinguished road
Re: What to do with rejected food?

Another option is freecycle. I freecycled a bag of dog food a few weeks ago and had at least four people email me about being out of dog food but not being able to afford to buy more. A lot of people are feeling the crunch right now.
MistRiver is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-08-2008, 08:45 AM   #7
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Posts: 102
TN_LAB is on a distinguished road
Re: What to do with rejected food?

I too am planning on giving dog food away.

It shouldn't go to waste. It's not poisonous. Somebody can still use it, even if it's not right for your pets.

Pet shelter
Food pantry
Craigslist
TN_LAB is offline   Reply With Quote
Advertisement
 
Advertisement
Sponsored links


To avoid seeing this ad in our forum please register at DogForums.com

By joining our free community you will have access to post topics, respond to polls, upload content and access many other special features.
Reply

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are On


Dog Forums

dog sponsors








All times are GMT -5. The time now is 10:26 PM.

dog forum - dog grooming forum - dog health forum - dog training forum - dog food forum

Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.7.3
Copyright ©2000 - 2008, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
SEO by vBSEO 3.1.0
All Dog Forum Content © 2006 DogForums.comAd Management by RedTyger