Questionable dry dog food on lawn

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Questionable dry dog food on lawn

Post by lojack323 » April 22nd, 2019, 12:58 pm

Long story short, we have a couple of bags of dry dog food that we got off Amazon. Our dogs have been eating the same food for 5+ years but this was the first time buying online. After eating it they both started vomiting and I saw on the Amazon reviews that one customer from a few days ago reported the same issue.

Amazon refunded me for both bags and they told me to not send them back. Would any of you toss it in the front lawn if the dogs aren't in the front yard? I was thinking the food could just be spoiled (not properly sealed, back of hot delivery truck, etc) but also concerned there could be a possible health issue (ie samonella)?

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Re: Questionable dry dog food on lawn

Post by bpgreen » April 22nd, 2019, 5:49 pm

I'm pretty sure somebody has posted about using dry dog food as lawn fertilizer before. I think it was DC Hall.

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Re: Questionable dry dog food on lawn

Post by likeasponge » April 22nd, 2019, 9:53 pm

lojack323 wrote:
April 22nd, 2019, 12:58 pm
Would any of you toss it in the front lawn if the dogs aren't in the front yard?
Personally I would; Plan on watering right afterwards to help break it down.

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Re: Questionable dry dog food on lawn

Post by lojack323 » April 23rd, 2019, 11:14 am

bpgreen wrote:
April 22nd, 2019, 5:49 pm
I'm pretty sure somebody has posted about using dry dog food as lawn fertilizer before. I think it was DC Hall.

likeasponge wrote:
April 22nd, 2019, 9:53 pm
Personally I would; Plan on watering right afterwards to help break it down.


Sorry if I wasn't clear. My concern was mainly if it would be wise to toss it on the lawn if it was possibly contaminated with something like salmonella. I wasn't sure if it would be an issue if the area wasn't used for edibles and didn't get a lot of foot traffic from the dogs.

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Re: Questionable dry dog food on lawn

Post by bpgreen » April 24th, 2019, 4:47 pm

If you wager it in right away, I don't think you need to worry about it.


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Re: Questionable dry dog food on lawn

Post by likeasponge » April 26th, 2019, 12:11 am

lojack323 wrote:
April 23rd, 2019, 11:14 am


Sorry if I wasn't clear. My concern was mainly if it would be wise to toss it on the lawn if it was possibly contaminated with something like salmonella. I wasn't sure if it would be an issue if the area wasn't used for edibles and didn't get a lot of foot traffic from the dogs.
I don't know a lot about salmonella but was there a recall on the dog food? If you had a known source to verify, that would be one thing.
Water it in, give it a couple days and water some more.

If you're unsure about it, throw it away.

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Re: Questionable dry dog food on lawn

Post by lojack323 » May 9th, 2019, 11:23 am

likeasponge wrote:
April 26th, 2019, 12:11 am
lojack323 wrote:
April 23rd, 2019, 11:14 am


Sorry if I wasn't clear. My concern was mainly if it would be wise to toss it on the lawn if it was possibly contaminated with something like salmonella. I wasn't sure if it would be an issue if the area wasn't used for edibles and didn't get a lot of foot traffic from the dogs.
I don't know a lot about salmonella but was there a recall on the dog food? If you had a known source to verify, that would be one thing.
Water it in, give it a couple days and water some more.

If you're unsure about it, throw it away.
Thanks for the reply. I kept looking online since my last post and haven't seen anything about a recall or other dogs getting sick. The food is currently melting into my lawn :hello:

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Re: Questionable dry dog food on lawn

Post by Dchall_San_Antonio » May 13th, 2019, 6:53 pm

I would absolutely put it on the lawn. One of the great things about tens of thousands of species of microbes in the soil is that they can convert just about any pathogen into harmless.

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