Freezer crisis

I often defrost the dogs' meat to pack in Kongs and refreeze, and I had a similar freezer incidence before. It wouldn't bother me unless the dogs had a compromised immune system, e.g. they were ill, elderly or had an immune related medical condition. Dogs have a short digestive tract with a strong acidic stomach and the common food poisoning bugs don't thrive in that environment.
I asked on a raw feeder forum when I first started, about partially defrosting a box of chicken carcasses to portion up and lots of people said they did it with no problems too.

Maybe for us, but humans wouldn't really eat raw green tripe either! Dogs have the right digestive system to cope with raw meat as food passes through quickly and doesn't sit in the gut while bacteria multiplies. I believe studies have shown even commercially fed dogs shed salmonella spores in their faeces, but it passes through without affecting them.

I've done it before, would do it again, as have many other raw feeders. Having had one of my dogs thoroughly checked out healthwise last year for a behavioural issue, I have the medical evidence that it's done her no harm

I'd feed it, lots of people let it defrost to put it in to portions and refreeze. I've only just started raw feeding but from what I have read it is quite comman for people to refreeze.

You don't get much tougher than a dog's stomach. Humans can be described as having cast iron ones, well, a healthy dog has something akin to supercharged unobtanium alloyed with dilithium. If they were Superman, they'd be eating Kryptonite cookies for tea.


Exaggeration and geekeration aside, I'm sure they'll be fine if they're healthy animals. These are animals who routinely eat other creatures' vomit, clean their bums with their tongues and bathe in fox poo.

I would feed it too