I got a huge tupperware from Target and store it right in my tiny pantry closet off the kitchen, its airtight so no worries. If its an airtight container you will be fine.

I use a Rubbermaid Slim Jim like this but clear.

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It fits into a pullout like where you put your trash and recycle bins. It has a locking cover to seal. I buy big bags at a local grain and feed store, so I needed something larger. Much easier than handling the bags. The best part about it is that the big boy can't chew a hole in the bag, then drag it across the kitchen leaving kibble every darn where when we are not home. Found dog food all over the house for a blooming week :(

I have an airtight container that I bought from Target. Boots & Barkley, I think. They come in different sizes. I put it in the bottom of our pantry. BUT I have a small Shih Tzu and only buy the 4-6lb bags of food... so I am not storing a huge amount in a huge container.

We use a very large container that did contain pet food (so it's air tight) and just keep refilling it. A 15 lb. bag fills it exactly. It fits perfectly into my 21" at the end of a run and the dogs bowls are right next to it and out of the way of all traffic. Works perfectly for us.

Not as elegant or space efficient as some others, but we dump ours into two of those big tins that popcorn comes in around the holidays. They're on the bottom shelf in our pantry. The lids snap on to make them airtight and pretty much impervious to chewing by any critters.

My dog eats just a cup of food a day so I bought a small stainless covered container that sits on the counter. We refill from a larger bag that is living in my guest room right now.

I have a Gamma Vittles Vault Stackable which holds a large bag of dog food. I store it on a shelf in our laundry room closet. It seals easily and holds 33 lbs. of dog food in a relatively small amount of space. Google the name and you'll find many sources to buy one.

Weissman, you just gave me a flashback to the pig carcass that my piano teacher kept in her unheated front hall in the winter. At five it was a little traumatic, but didn't kill my love of bacon! Anyway, back to topic. We designed a dog food pull out in the new kitchen with a small drawer underneath to store the food bowl when not in use.

We store the dog food in our attached garage in a bin Costco offered a few years ago that's tall and slender with a top that flips open. It holds the 40 lb bags perfectly (Katie is a Golden Retriever), and seals tightly to keep out the mice.

I use a bin specifically made for dog food from T or the pet store. I've never had a problem with mice and the dog food in the bin. it shuts tight.

Before I started cooking for the dogs, we used a great container, which now holds the 25 lb bags of brown rice used in their recipes. I love it because it's stackable, and the lid screws on tightly to keep any possible pests out of it. The one we have held 40 pound bags of food. They probably come in various sizes.

NOW that I do cook for them we got refrigerator drawers and the dog food fits nicely in the top drawer in a stainless container. It's nice to just pop open the drawer, lift the ild and scoop. And, the bottom drawer is great for lots of sodas, beers, or whatever.

Here is a link that might be useful: Dog Food Container

in the bag in the corner of the laundry room by the door to outside. Definitely not optimal, I guess, but I can turn the bags cattycorner and still open and close the door (big bags, three dogs). I guess the mice might want it, but they are satisfied with the dog food in the bowl outside the door, I think. I push the top of the bag down with my foot to somewhat keep the air out, but not effectively. They and I are still alive somehow.

I am still in the progress of building a large pantry (need to finish patching and painting and buy shelving) off of my laundry room. I have a large plastic tub that looks like a garbage can with a flip up lid with a measuring scoop holder. I can fill it with about 50 lbs of dog food. The lid closes fairly tightly and provides very easy access to the food. Inside the pantry it's accessible but not in the way or annoyingly visible. When we've fed her canned in the past, we similarly had flats of cans in this same pantry area.

We've been storing ours in a large stainless steel trash can. In this house, our dog dishes are in the laundry room. We have a large kitchen sized stainless steel step trash can for the dog food which holds between around 30 pounds. Next to it, we have 2 smaller ones - one for dog biscuits and one for laundry trash. I believe I got them at Walmart cause they were the cheapest and I was able to get different sizes that matched. In our new house, I hope to have something built in, but this has worked well here.

I use an airtight container that holds the 25 lb bags I buy for my big (adorable, perfect, sweet angel dog)black lab. I put it in a cabinet near where he eats. I had my DH put in one of those pull out contraptions you get at home depot (typically used for trash cans). I believe ours is by ClosetMaid. I don't have much of a pantry, so sacrificing part of one cabinet was well worth avoiding the eye sore!

I guess it would depend a lot on the amount of food you were needing to store.

I bought an actual dog food storage container (holds 50 LBs) that is on wheels. It is under the bottom shelf in the utility closet, and is handy to roll out and get into. I got it at a Farm Supply store and they came in various sizes.

Here is a link that might be useful: Similar to this but not this brand

I have a dog food container in the dog's room. Better than a bag, I guess. If you can find Kitchen Kelly's kitchen on the FKB, she put long drawers in her banquette seating to hold the giant bags.

Heh, I wish we had a dog's room! :) We have the same kind of container chemocurl linked (also not that one, but a shorter fatter variety) right now but I'm trying to figure out a better solution since that doesn't really fit in the space we have now. Plan A was to repurpose our old Simple Human trash can (since now we have a pullout trash) but I'm not sure that's air tight enough. Bonus is that we already have it, though. If you want to spend crazy amounts, SimpleHuman also makes an actual pet food can which looks pretty wonderful---the cup hides in the lid, it has an air-tight lock, and it comes in multiple sizes holding up to 40 pounds of food. But...it also costs $100+. *Sigh*

Our dog is a Harrier (looks like a tall Beagle).

We buy his food in the large bags. Here at home it's not a problem. He eats in the basement.

Thanks for all the tips. After I finish the pantry, I'll look at Target or Petsmart and see if I can find a container that will work.

We have four very large (120-160 pounds each) dogs, so we go through a lot of food, although not as much as you'd think because it's grain-free. We store it in large Rubbermaid bins that also serve as bowl stands. The bins are in our dog room. We keep the food in the bags inside the bins to help with freshness. Most dog food bags are lined to keep the food fresh, so it really makes a difference. Unless you are using Tupperware, your bins are probably not really airtight.

I have one of these containers from Ballard:


The large size in white fits a large/40 pound bag of dog food. That container is in our dog/mud/laundry room area. We used to just have a big tupperware in there, but I opted for something prettier to see every time I entered there.

I keep the extra bags of food on the pantry floor. We don't have an issue with mice inside our home. If we did, I would put the extra bags into a tupperware (again, on the pantry floor.)

I picked up this one from Target because I was there. It fits into an odd shaped pantry cabinet in--well, I call it the dog's room because he sleeps there but it's more of a weird-shaped passageway between garage and kitchen and I'd feel silly calling it a butler's pantry. I need the upright freezer to hold his prison together and prevent him from busting out so that's his room (he's still a baby and locked up at night).

Anyway, it seals well and has wheels.

Here is a link that might be useful: target pet food bin

40# bags live in lidded stainless steel cans in the garage. Never a critter problem in 10 years. Once a week I refill large glass apothecary-style container that sits on counter next to jar of doggie treats and cat food. Whenever I re-do my kitchen, bin on wheels in pantry will be my go-to.

Metal can with a locking handle. We've actually had rodents eat through the plastic ones - aggressive little guys!

In a "Popcorn Factory" 6-gallon can with a tight fitting lid (we store a 15-pound bag of dog food in it...but it doesn't fill it up). Treats are in a 2-gallon can, also from the "Popcorn Factory". They're both stored in the bottom pullout of our "Pet Center". The top pullout has leashes, spare collars, meds, etc. This cabinet is next to the place where we feed our dog. (Yes, we lost one of our dogs recently...Ruby.)

Here's a pic: