Bad Quality Raw Dog Food & Terrible Customer Service
I have been using Durham Animal Feeds (DAF) for raw dog food for 2 years and although there were some differences in the quality of the batches I would receive, I never had any major issues until my last delivery. I received one lot of food that was basically just blood and smelt foul, and another lot that was really high in bone content and nearly caused my dog a prolapsed colon.
I bought 3 boxes (14x 454g in each) in 3 different flavours. The Meaty Mince smelt absolutely foul and looked like soup - it was all blood and just mush, my dog wouldn't eat it when previously he has lapped up this flavour. The Duck & Pumpkin looked extremely dry and had such high bone content it nearly gave my dog a prolapsed colon, he was yelping in pain trying to pass the stool for 5-10 minutes and his colon was extended out of his body by around 2 inches. Eventually when he managed to pass the stool, it was rock hard - and I am not exaggerating. His bottom was extremely bloody afterwards.
I reached out DAF and explained about the issues and provided photos. I have never made any sort of complaint to them before. They weren't willing to give me a refund or discount on a future order, and instead insisting all they could do was collect 2 samples of the food to be checked over; but I would have to wait a week for them to collect it and then they wouldn't give a timeframe on how long it would take them to assess the samples or how likely it would be I would get any sort of refund (it was clear there were issues with the food from the photos I provided). I said I needed the freezer space to buy alternative food for my dog so could they take all of it back, but they wouldn't take it all and it seemed highly unlikely they were going to refund me anything at all.
I am really disappointed in their customer service after being a customer for 2 years. The quality of this delivery was appalling and I really would recommend dog owners avoid using them.








