Following on from yesterday's exchanges on "Labrador off her food - shock horror" I've just carried out a simple experiment that seems pretty conclusive to me. I've got a suspect new bag of Burns Alert that Lady refused to eat with a best before date of December 2014, and I've just been out to buy a stop gap supply of kibble to tide me over until the replacement Burns Alert arrives in the post. I bought a 2kg bag of Skinners Field and Trial with a best before date of September 2014. So I've just carried out a simple test. It was just possible that the dregs of the previous Alert had gone off and I'd put these on top of the new stuff in the food bin, so I shoveled about two thirds of the Burns back into the bag so I was well down to unadulterated food. Took a handful of the suspect Burns Alert and smelt it. Slightly musty but not really nasty. Put it in a neat pile on the floor. Took a similar handful of the new stuff (Skinners Field & Trial). Smelt significantly more palatable (but resisted temptation to try it). Put it about a foot away from the Burns on the floor. Released the dog with the command "find". She quickly found both piles and wolfed down the Skinners, but just nosed the Burns and left it. Went away and came back to the Burns then went away again and came back this time she took some into her mouth, bit the kibble and then spat it out. Then I showed her the whole open bag of the suspect Burns. No interest. Showed her the open bag of the Skinners and had the devils own job in getting her head out of it. So I think that's pretty conclusive. One bag of bad kibbles on it's way back to the shop if I can muster the energy. I can only conclude it's been badly stored and the damp has got into it - hence the musty smell.
Re: Good food - bad food test They dont call them Sniffer Dogs for no good reason do they ? ;D ;D or maybe Lady just fancied a change to Skinners , good choice Sam and Millie have that
Re: Good food - bad food test This did make me chuckle, David, read in conjunction with your other thread. Shall I confess that I have some really serious, important stuff I should be getting on with, and so far today I can tell you that Theakston polishes off a dentastix in 21 seconds??? Tomorrow morning I should be able to tell you his time for a frozen dentastix... And I would trust Lady's discerning appetite every time. Clare
Re: Good food - bad food test My old lab would go off food when it got near the bottom of a bag so I stopped buying the 15kg sacks. My cousins dog does the same. Scott and scout of course get through a bag a lot quicker so I've not had that problem yet. ;D Your doing the frozen dentastix experiment Clare. Forgot to buy some when I went shopping at weekend so I've not been able to. Let me know how you get on. ;D
Re: Good food - bad food test [quote author=MadMudMob link=topic=3924.msg45207#msg45207 date=1389096969] I'd certainly trust the Lab test 100% [/quote] You'd need to get the cat scan just to be sure, though…
Re: Good food - bad food test [quote author=Jen link=topic=3924.msg45220#msg45220 date=1389100540] Your doing the frozen dentastix experiment Clare. Forgot to buy some when I went shopping at weekend so I've not been able to. Let me know how you get on. ;D [/quote] Couldn't resist trying it out. Although I'm also going with Jacqui's excellent suggestion of stuffing and freezing the hedgehog chews, not least because it will be easier to keep a supply ready rather than remembering to refill & freeze kongs quite so regularly! Clare
Re: Good food - bad food test [quote author=ClareJ link=topic=3924.msg45228#msg45228 date=1389104699] Jacqui's excellent suggestion of stuffing and freezing the hedgehog chews [/quote] Oooo - missed that. That is a good idea.
Re: Good food - bad food test Amy has been spoilt over Christmas with extra bits and pieces in her dinner. So funny the way she looks up when its just plain old kibble.
Re: Good food - bad food test This is the link for the hedgehog chews... [/http://www.ecodogcompany.com/inde...how much rawhide I want mine chewing... Clare
Re: Good food - bad food test Just received a fresh consignment of the Burns Alert direct from Burns. In-house "Lab" test passed with flying colours! Woofed a handful up like it was the last kibble on earth. Smells quite different from the other Burns so there you go.
