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Dog Food: 5 Ways To Help Keep Your Dog's Food Fresh
Dogs are generally not finicky when it comes to dining, but you may find your dog turning his nose up at food that has been sitting around your kitchen, garage, or basement. It could be that his dry food has become stale or moisture laden from sitting around too long. The tasty morsels that made Sparky's mouth water when you bought them can lose their flavor and savor because they have become stale and moldy. This is especially true if your home is damp or if you make a habit of serving your dog old food that has been in the refrigerator too long.
Below are 5 tips to help keep your dog's food fresh and appetizing:
1. Keeping your dog's dry food away from direct sunlight will help keep it fresh and prevent the oils that are in it from heating up and becoming rancid.
2. If you've just bought a big supply of your dog's favorite dry food so you could use up those store coupons before they expired, place some of the food in a container and put it in your freezer, or place the entire bag or box of dry pet food in your freezer if you have room. When it's time to feed it to your dog, get it out of the freezer a few hours ahead of time so it will thaw. Place the unused portion in a sealed container to keep it fresh.
3. Newer products, such as the Scoop N Seal, help you keep those large bags sealed tight as the bag empties. Scoop N Seal is available at pet stores.
4. Close your dog's bags of dry food with a bag clip. Bag clips come in different sizes for different-sized bags. If you have a home office, perhaps you have some binder clips that will work just as well. Like bag clips, binder clips come in different sizes.
5. If you open a bag or box of dry dog food and find it filled with little bugs, chances are that the food expired because it sat in your home or on a grocer's shelf too long. The bug larvae were so tiny that they escaped the food processing equipment and eventually hatched in the food. You will find the expiration date on containers of dry food, so check the dates before purchasing it. If the food has not passed its expiration date when you purchased it, make sure you feed it to your pet before it does.
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