thanks everyone. i thought the same too. the woman in the pet shop told me 4 weeks and they only had big bags of food there. no way i'd use that up in 4 weeks. i get 8 weeks out of a bag of royal canin for callie so the 4 week thing is probably rubbish. just a way to get more money. Sent from my iPhone > On 21 Oct 2014, at 09:21, "Norman Waddington" > <normanwaddington504@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Pam, > > Most dog food has a use by date on it. If you keep it in an air tight bin > you should be okay. > > Norman. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: guidedogchat-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:guidedogchat- >> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Pam >> Sent: 20 October 2014 18:35 >> To: guidedogchat@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >> Subject: [SPAM] [guidedogchat] dog food storage question >> >> >> >> hi everyone. i'm just wondering if any of u know how long a bag of food >> keeps for once it's been opened if it's kept in it's original bag which is >> a zip lock bag.does it depend on what food it is? this food i'm talking >> about is select gold from maxi zoo. it's the only food my pet dog will >> eat. a bag lasts 3 months but just wondered if this might b too long? it's >> not the cheapest food either so don't want to end up throwing a lot of it >> away after a few weeks. thanks for any help. >> pamSent from my iPhone > >