dog food

[Cornbelt]

I've noticed several mentions of dog food being one of the best foods to keep it's nutrition long term.
  Just wondering... how you supposed to fix it? (In a dish on the floor?)

[blind ear]

Cornbelt

The homeless usually serve it straight from the can while sitting in an alley. For formal occasions they heat the dog food on a George Foreman Grill and have milk crates with newspaper tablecloths and a newspaper fire for ambiance.

Before the outlawing of horse meat for much pet food the homeless had more meat protien and less vegetable matter for thier protien source. Such is the modern PC world.

As for me, if I were eating it in a survival situation, any setting without gunfire would be OK.

ear

[bilmac]

I thought you were asking about Dog as food. I think barbequed would be good for anything terrier size and up.

[Scibaer]

My view on survival situational preparedness is to try out any equipment or tactic to see if its really applicable.
i have not heard anything good about dog food and have certainly not tried it.
i think its more urban legend then anything, as its been in a few movies, where the guy is trying to survive in a post apocalyptic world and is seen storing up and eating dog food.   i cant really see that the canning process is any better for dog food then it is for  human food.  now the processing of the food itself would have to be looked into to see whether or not there is a higher retention of nutritional  value , long term for dog food.. but really how would you determine that ?
 if your really  eating to live and prevent starvation.... who cares what it smells or tastes like, as long as you can keep it down.
dogs for food themselves.. sure why not. as just about any animal would be fine for that purpose.
i have eaten mountain lion steaks, so i figure any other cat would be ok, and i would guess there are those who have eaten coyote, so a domestic breed dog should be fine also.  but again, any serious discussion of survival tactics needs to include real trials.
so go buy a can of dog food and try it, see how it tastes, be sure to report it back to us, your results.

[blind ear]

I have tasted several types of canned pet food and a couple of dry types on different occasions just to see what the flavor was like. I didn't eat a lot, just tasted with the tip of my tongue. IF they "smelled" good or bad, they all "tasted" pretty bad. usally not enough salt to taste, salt is not needed and even harmful to dogs and cats. No other seasonings at all. Very bland to the point of yuck!

My thoughts in posting that eating dog food in any situation that didn't involve gunfire would be alright by me in a survival scenario, parallels Scibaer's line of thinking. Do what you have to.

I am not stocking up on dog food. I hope I never regret that fact.

ear

[Cornbelt]

Don't know the protein content, but Milkbone ain't too bad.   For our first anniversary my wife gave me a box of dog biscuits 'cause I "couldn't keep my paws off her"    ...but alas, they were generic.

[Peshtigo71]

     I'd just as soon stick w/ a can of corned beef or roast beef hash.  It looks the same and tastes pretty good. 
     

[Scibaer]

Well the OP's question, was how to eat dog food.. i guess you'd eat it directly from the can, without heat.
as for the durability of  its long term nutritional value ? The FDA don't regulate dog food, the AAFCO (Association of American Feed Control Officials) does.
and here is what they have to say... "Recent pet-food recalls have included one for salmonella contamination in late 2008. While the majority of foods have been deemed to be safe, this is clearly an ongoing issue."
According to the FDA's Center for Veterinary Medicine website, "An AAFCO nutritional adequacy statement is one of the most important aspects of a dog or cat food label. Look for certification by the AAFCO"'
Glutens make up a large majority of dog food components and are a group of ingredients that experts say don't provide much nutritional value to dogs, and are a particular concern since 2007's massive recall of pet foods tainted by contaminated wheat and rice gluten from China.

its sure sounds like your better off eating the dog, not the dog food..

[blind ear]

The dog would have to taste better to!!! ear