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What about using kitchen canisters for the treats in other rooms? If you get sylish ones, they'll look more like vases or pottery than an obvious canister. If you do more than one in one room, I'd get coordinating, not a matching set, and group them like art. You could also use covered candy dishes though they're not air tight so wouldn't work long term or for certain treats. AT did a post on cool candy dishes recently...
Whatever you use, make sure its food-save though or keep them in plastic inside it.

You could always put the dog food in a hamper type thing (either put the bag in it and scope from there or line it with something and pour the bag in)

I use 1/2 gallon sized, wide-mouth mason jars for kibble, and smaller ones for treats.

I keep the bags in a big rubbermaid bin that is in the closet, but i have a glass jar (I think it is a flour canister) from Ikea that I scoop food out of every day, Each of my 3 cats names are written on their respective jar. The jars are kept in a cupboard with their dishes. Their treats are in plastic ziplock container in a drawer. I have to keep everything sealed up pretty tight because my cats are amazing at opening drawers, cupboards, and ripping through plastic bags

big glass jar with the wire snap down closure thing from ikea. Had smaller ones too but gave those away with homemade dog treats in them. The container made a noise as the metal would hit the glass, and my dog would know the noise and instantly knew what was going in.

Thinking of dog treat. How bought posts on them. Homemade recipes. Or would tat be more for the kitchen site. I bought these one treats from a doggie boutique that was oatmeal and flax seed, smelled like cinnamon and sweet. But i can't find a recipe anywhere like that. They didn't look complicated...

For my cat, the tins of wet food are kept in the pantry, the dry food I store in a large glass cookie jar and treats in assorted canisters depending on how big the treats are and how many I have of it.

kitty's dry food is in a tall, green glass mason jar next to the ones holding pasta, sugar, and cereal. wet food in tins in closet.

i bought the special pet food plastic bins they sell at petco and petsmart. they are cheaper at target (can't recall the brand name) and it says that the plastic is ok to store your pets food in with no worries.

for treats we store them in a ceramic cookie jar. my cat likes variety but my dogs don't mind the same kind of treat all the time.

Treats are in cool glass jars from IKEA. Food is in a rubbermaid container from Petco. Not exactly stylish but it stays in the pantry, so no one sees it, anyways..!

i keep my cat food in a cereal container from target, in my cabinet. i keep treats in magnetic spice jars from ikea. & i keep the food in sake cups.

Our dogs kibble is in a Milk Bone large plastic container that we reuse. We took the plastic cover off of it and it is sitting next to the recycling box.

His treats are always in the box because we love pimping the company is comes from: http://www.lucky-dog-biscuits.com/.

Dog food is in the garage stored in an air-tight plastic bin (on wheels!) from The Container Store. For daily use, it's in a giant masonry jar and our dog goes wild for the glass on glass sound! She has several kinds of treats, so they are stowed away for easy access in a "vintage" bread box (http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009XHEO8) on the counter, along with her toothbrush and such.

I have no advice for Kory, but I'd like to respond to the title, if I may. I couldn't find a good way to store a big bag of dry cat chow -- I wanted the food kept fresh, because my cats don't like it when it's old and stale. And I wanted to keep ants out. And I wanted something that was easy to use. Ugly was okay, since I store it in the closet.

The Kingsford Charcoal Caddy is fantastic for storing dry pet food. It's big and sturdy and has a nice handle. It seals up pretty well, and it has a handy flip top lid so I can reach in and scoop the cat chow up. They're a seasonal product, however, and your local big box retailer may no longer have them in stock.

http://www.containerstore.com/browse/Product.jhtml;jsessionid=X3RWXBUQPUDABQFIAILCM44AVABBOJVC?CATID=243&PRODID=10020414

i have those classic glass glass storage jars on the kitchen counter. i empty the dry food and treats into separate containers and throw the bags away.

My cats are like raccoons when it comes to getting into the food bin. I keep a week's worth in a metal coffee can inside a credenza and the rest in a bucket in the closet. The yellow one is darn close to figuring out how to open the sliding glass doors on the credenza!

The litter, on the other hand, is still sitting in my living room in a plastic bucket... Maybe time to get one of those metal trash cans I've been wanting.

I found a great airproof plastic container that holds a large bag of kibble (we have 2 dogs) at Garden Ridge, of all places. They also have the Kingsford charcoal containers. I like the container I have because the lid is easy for me to open, and the whole thing is on casters.

Just wanted to comment on removing food from the original bag. Those bags are designed to keep food fresh, so whatever you use for storage, ideally it would be large enough to fit the bag also.

Another reason for doing this is to keep the date code and all other important info. handy in case there is a problem with the food. Say for example your dog was repeatedly sick and you thought it might be related to the food. Without the original bag and the manufacturing code, there's no way to trace that food back to the plant where it was made, etc. Remember the pet food recalls from last year?

I keep my cats dry food in a Simple Human garbage can with faux wood grain..the treats are in a little canister with hearts from Target..the wet food tins are wherever..

A very large apothecary jar, with a scoop. It helps us keep track of the food level.

the container store has plenty of options to store the kibble and treats. I picked up some large plastic bins to store my bird's bedding, food and treats. be creative.

The cheapest rubbermaid food thing I could find. The cats get fed in the bathroom (LONG story), and as a result I couldn't care less about "pretty" as much as I do about "they can't break it, get into it, shatter it, or do any of the above to anything else trying to get to it"

I second the suggestion about storing it in the original bag in another container (if you must). The foods go through rigorous testing to ensure quality, but those tests are all done with the food in the bag. At the factories, they'll take the bags of food and simulate a trip on a tractor-trailer (heat/motion/etc) and then test the quality, likewise with cold conditions. Also, most pet foods will let you return them even if the bag is empty for credit if something was wrong or the pet didn't do well on the food (via the manufacturer, not a pet store), but obviously you'll need the bag for that.

For kitteh treats, catnip, grooming tools and health care supplies, I like Italian Amaretti tins (many of which have vintage designs), which look lovely on the counter. I keep a large glass jar of kibble on the counter for easy access (when the little sweetheart wakes me at 5am for breakfast and I'm too groggy to do anything complicated) & stow the resealable bag under the counter in a cabinet. My folks use small galvanized trashcan with lid to store puppy-kibble.

We always kept the dog treats in a drawer in the bathroom... I-I don't know why. But it was always fun to tell guests, "Tell him: 'Let's get a bisquit!' and he'll do the rest." It was a puzzle that he'd stop his dead run down the hall at the bathroom door. The humans would go on a scavenger hunt until they got to that most glorious of drawers and Moxie got his Milkbone dog treat, size Small.

well, dog food i keep in an ugly bin in the garage. small treats i keep in a white canister i used to use to hold coffee...

and i used an old giant 'cheese ball' container dressed up and labeled with a piece of scrapbook paper to store his pig ears (which he L-O-V-E-S)

i use that wastebasket that i got at joann's fabric on clearance ($5) for his leash and meds and other largish items. the little milk glass vase holds his heartgard and advantage.

i also had a problem with my dog's cage.... i was hoping i wouldn't need it as long as i have (he still destroys the house when left alone) so i bought a piece of MDF and sprayed it silver and got a piece of burlap to hang over it. i think it looks ok, for a temporary solution. ">http://picasaweb.google.com/jennorwood/LindaLaneProjectsEtc#5248238565507377426"> before &
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next i'm working on a 'window seat' bed to coax him off off my bed. he loves staring out the window. spoiled brat!