This one's for you, Dark!

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Around Christmas I had posted about spending $100+ for a bag of hypoallergenic dog food (whose first two ingredients were corn starch and meal made out of chicken feathers!) that my dog absolutely refused to eat.  When I wrote to ask the company for a refund, I enclosed pictures of where it was mixed with her kibble according to directions.  She carefully dropped all of the expensive stuff around the bowl. 

Anyway, I called the company today because it had been three weeks with no response.  She suggested that I take it back to the vet for a refund.  I wasn't comfortable with that.  After reading Dark's threads, I realized that he would then have to deal with the manufacturer.  Their solution would probably be to provide him another bag of dog food.  I guess that's fine, but I just wasn't comfortable.  This guy isn't Dark; he has one of the biggest vet practices around, but still it seemed wrong to put him in the middle of my dissatisfaction with the manufacturer.  He didn't manufacture the product; they did.

They are mailing me a $91 refund.  They won't refund the tax (that's why she suggested the return to the vet), but that's ok.  I thought of how proud you would be that I dealt with it myself, Dark.

Dang, though, it seems terrible to throw away a $101 bag of dog food that my dog won't eat.  Lol.

[Waffle]

Can you give the remaining dog food back to the vet?  Maybe he could feed it to dogs that have to have extended stays in his office.

[Peace77]

Give the remaining food to the local animal shelter and get a tax deduction.

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I actually don't think any dog would willingly eat this crap.  It is made out of corn starch, chicken feather meal, etc.  The only real protein is soy.  It actually smells horrific.

My dog actually isn't that picky an eater.  Who am I kidding?  She eats anything I give her . . . except this.  We switched her snacks to turkey/sweet potato.  Yum!  Once we finish this bag of dog food, we ARE going to switch her food to something grain-free.  We are just trying not to traumatize her again.  She knows how to hunger strike for a couple of days.  Cocker spaniels are notoriously stubborn.

But I will call the vet.  He mentioned a patient who wanted to try "something else" because of the cost, but then the allergic problems flared up.  The price of this is horrific.  Maybe I can take it him to give to her to feed her dog.

[swamp]

Jan 14, 2014 19:14:41 GMT -5 @southernsusana said:

I actually don't think any dog would willingly eat this crap.  It is made out of corn starch, chicken feather meal, etc.  The only real protein is soy.  It actually smells horrific.

My dog actually isn't that picky an eater.  Who am I kidding?  She eats anything I give her . . . except this.  We switched her snacks to turkey/sweet potato.  Yum!  Once we finish this bag of dog food, we ARE going to switch her food to something grain-free.  We are just trying not to traumatize her again.  She knows how to hunger strike for a couple of days.  Cocker spaniels are notoriously stubborn.

But I will call the vet.  He mentioned a patient who wanted to try "something else" because of the cost, but then the allergic problems flared up.  The price of this is horrific.  Maybe I can take it him to give to her to feed her dog.

Have you ever owned a Labrador retriever?  They will eat ANYTHING. 

[milee]

Jan 14, 2014 18:12:54 GMT -5 Peace77 said:

Give the remaining food to the local animal shelter and get a tax deduction.

Call first, though.  It was a while ago, but when my dog died and I wanted to donate a huge bag of expensive food (of which she'd eaten only a few servings) they were kind, but explained they weren't able to accept bags that had been opened.