Poll - Would you feed it to you dog?
Several days ago I took two pounds of ground beef out of the freezer to thaw out to make a batch of meat sauce for speghetti. I put in in the microwave rather than on the counter to keep any chance flies away from it. I figured after a couple of hours I would then put it in the fridge to thaw out the rest of the way so I could use it the following day. The next morning I went to put a cup of coffee in the microwave to warm it up...and there it was .... 2 warm lbs of ground beef. Damn...I can't it that after its been out over night. It's a shame to throw it away. The dogs would love it...but I'm not going to take the chance of getting them sick. So I pitched the stuff. Poll: would you have feed it to your dog? If you vote yes, please give some reason why you think it would be safe. If you vote no I presume either you have a sound reason for not giving your pet spoiled meat or else like me you're just being cautious. Thanks |
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| I would go by the smell.
If it smelled off then no If it smelled ok,and still ok after cooking then i would give it, But i would only do this with red meats, if any others,ie chicken then i would just bin it. So im 50/50 depending on product  |
I guess I am too chicken... HA HA I would throw it away if it'd been lledft out over night. If I wouldn't feed it to my human kids.. I wouldn't give it to my sheepie.
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| The toxin that forms can be odorless, and cooking it does not get rid of it.
With that said, no I wouldn't. Saving 16 bucks or so is not worth the peace of mind of knowing your animals won't get sick. Most likely they won't unless they have a weak immune system as even in humans ...it's uncommon from someone to DIE from it (according to the FDA ...you're more likely to just get an upset stomach if you're healthy), but I would never give my dog something unhealthy for myself. |
| In all honesty I'd be more likely to eat it myself than to feed it to my dogs. I feel that if I make a horrible choice and make myself sick that's one thing, but I'd never risk it for them. They didn't consent.
If it smelled ok and looked ok and I was going to cook it very very well I MIGHT use it for myself and my husband. Chances are I would not anyway. I'm really quite finicky about that kind of thing. Once I gave into peer pressure and kept (and stupidly ate) a questionable tomato and ended up with full on food poisoning. Four full days of h@ll on earth, and I've no interest whatsoever in ever going there again. (All because a grandmotherly type at work scolded me for being so wasteful and wanting to throw out a perfectly good tomato when there were all sorts of people starving worldwide. In hindsight I should have offered it to her to eat rather than giving in I guess...  )
Either way I seem to be far less willing to risk it with the well being of "my boys" at stake. I'm a pretty overprotective doggy mommy. |
| I have given old leftovers to the couple of mine who have cast iron guts. BY old, I mean older than I would eat.
So, I am kind of on the edge about that meat. We have done that micro accident too. Todd finds our mistakes in the morning heating up the 1st cup of coffee as well. |
| I've forgotten things in the microwave... the beef would have gone in the garbage here too.
Just my view but it's cheaper to buy another couple of pounds of beef than it is for a vet visit and antibiotics... for six dogs! 
I stayed up until midnight last night waiting for a huge kettle of vegetable and ground beef soup my husband made for the dogs to cool enough to go in the fridge.  |
| I replied NO. But I would give it to the cats, and here's why.
My dogs have ridiculously sensitive stomachs. I think anything slightly off will make them sick to their tummies, resulting in days worth of diarrhea. My cats on the other hand can eat just about anything, and they will turn their noses up at stuff that has actually gone bad. So I trust them to not eat anything that would make them ill. In the past, I've judged if sandwich meat is too old by whether or not the cats would eat it! |
| Lol. I'll be the only one to go the other way. I'd probably try to eat it myself but I wouldn't give it to the dogs. I always figure, it's cheaper if I get sick than them! |
sharon & oliver wrote: I would go by the smell.
If it smelled off then no If it smelled ok,and still ok after cooking then i would give it, But i would only do this with red meats, if any others,ie chicken then i would just bin it. So im 50/50 depending on product Forgot to add that it would not be Oliver getting the meat(much to his discust) as he is the same as Darth snuggles babies ,very sensitive, but the dogs we have had in the past have been walking dustbins,and they would think it a treat |
Joahaeyo wrote: Saving 16 bucks or so
You're gonna love food prices in the lower 48! |
got sheep wrote: IWe have done that micro accident too. Todd finds our mistakes in the morning heating up the 1st cup of coffee as well.
Thanks, Dawn, I glad I'm not alone in my dementia! |
Never in a million, billion, trillion years. I am EXTREMELY picky about my own food, and if it's not good enough for me, it wouldn't be good enough for my pup. Even if Oscar could eat people food...... 
Laurie and Oscar (Oh Mom, kibble again????  ) |
George wrote: Thanks, Dawn, I glad I'm not alone in my dementia!
George, I once forgot that I had defrosted a couple of chicken breasts... then left town. For a week.  When I got home, the apartment smelled disgusting. And I never could get the smell out of the microwave.
But back to the subject - I would pitch the meat. |
| Noop, if I would question eating it myself, I wouldn't think of giving it to Chauncey. |
| Nope, I wouldn't feed it to the boys. They get beef hearts and neck bones for breakfast and I always make sure they are still good. |
| Not me,if I don't eat it neither will they.but I'll probably give it to stray dogs in neighborhood. |
| No I wouldn't even think about it. It'd be in the trash. I just never varied thier diets much. I didn't want the chance to upset their stomach's so I pretty much stuck with thier dog food. |
| I would be torn after seeing what morgan buries , digs up and eats with no undue results. and this was a dog who had the runs every couple of weeks on kibble. but I also think it depends on what your dogs are used to. |
| NOOO!!!!! not in a million years....wouldn't take the chance. |
| im willing to use/eat out of date products like mayo, sourcream etc....for myself...but id never feed it to panda....especially meat. |
| I too have left things in the microwave - what a bummer.
About whether I'd feed it to my dog - no, for a couple of reasons. 1) I'd never feed anything to my dog that had been microwaved - I just think it isn't healthy even if I succumb for humans at times, 2) I would only feed the best of all raw products to my dogs - fresh, high quality, and yummy. Lots of OES people are feeding raw diet now - if anyone has more questions - don't forget we have a yahoogroup called NaturalOES - all are welcome although we tend to be quiet in the summer - you could get us all talking. Judy & Mick |
| I lost a much beloved husky many years ago when he ate rancid deer. Granted it was much more spoiled than your hamburg but I wouldn't feed the dog anything you wouldn't eat. |
| Absolutely, no way! |
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