Dry Dog food storage? Long term

[Tim-g19]

I have to say Ive seen so many good or great idea's here from you other Hoosiers. I really respect your opinions and idea's

So heres the deal. Have a 2yr old Yankee Terrier, He has ALOT of food allergies though, Chicken, Wheat, Corn, Barley. theres 29 total things he is Highly allergic too. Luckily Venison and Rice are not so I have that to fall back on. BTW, try to go and find a dog food w/o Chicken , wheat , or corn in it. It was so fun standing reading ingredients for hours only finding 2 that are stocked by south side pet stores, and not have to be special made or mail ordered.

Anyhow we have some now and I was wondering if anyone had any idea's of how to vacuum seal or store say 100lbs or more of it, Not all together.

Ive never Freeze dried or vacuum sealed anything, Would you need to do much to dry food? to prep for storage?
And how about opinions on machines to do either?

Thanks in advance for help on this

Yankee Terrier is on all his paperwork and Vet and Microchip stuff, but its just another less known name for a Pit Bull.

[AFA1CY]

Is the food dry? If so use a large plastic trash can with a tight fitting lid.

Also have you tried the Iams lamb and rice. I have a Greyhound and it is about the only thing she can tolerate.

[flagtag]

I feel for you and your dog. I had a German Shepard/Malimute mix with the same problem. I got his lamb and rice in a can from the vet. More expensive than regular dog food at the time.

Good luck!

[Annie Oakley]

I use a big chest freezer for storing quantities of various critter food. Horse, dog, cat and parrots----just throw the bags in and have never had a problem.

[BrownDog]

I came across this which may be of interest Emergency Supplies

[JimFloyd]

FYI... Mayday industries also makes long-term storage dog and cat food...

Regards,

Jim

[ar15_dude]

You're right, prepping includes food for the critters. I have about eight barn cats, so I keep a large steel trash can full (holds about 100 lbs, but only lasts 2 weeks!). Similar arrangement for dogs. If things got tough and we ran out of their chow, the pets have to eat scraps, when scraps run out, we eat them.

[kludge]

Vacuum sealers are great. I have a "Food Saver" brand. FoodSaver bags = good. WalMart brand bags = bad. For long term it's worth the money, for something you know you're going to eat next week or this month it's not.

You can probably get 2-3 lbs in a bag easily and will probably double or triple the shelf life.

One more thing you can do is get oxygen absorber packets and put them inside before sealing for even more protection.

BTW metal can't rust without oxygen.

[Mr.Hoppes]

Check this video out. What he does if for different grains but can do just about anything. It is a good starter video for people to see exactly how it is done. He has other good videos as well. iincluding some on BEEs and other long term storage videos.

YouTube - Long term food storage part 1

[Zoub]

Originally Posted by AFA1CY

Is the food dry? If so use a large plastic trash can with a tight fitting lid.

Also have you tried the Iams lamb and rice. I have a Greyhound and it is about the only thing she can tolerate.

To add to this, the trash cans with the twist locking lids. Then one of the dog food containers that has a plastic door and is shaped like a cube. Different sizes and they can be stacked. Mine holds 80 or 100 pounds. I got mine at petsmart or petco

Stackable Pet Food Storage Bins by Bergan - Bowls & Feeders - Dog - PetSmart

I drop food in the trash can but work out of the cube.

My dog eats anything except lettuce and zucchini.