Large Dogs

Cost effective frozen raw diet for Large Dogs?

I’ve been feeding my boston Nature’s Variety raw and he is doing really well on it. He eats 6 medallions a day, which ends up being about $15-$17 per week depending on the protein. I also have a large mixed breed dog, about 50 pounds, that I would like to start on raw food. Is there another brand that is more cost effective? I’d prefer to keep using a prepared diet, as we’re fairly new to this, and am not comfortable yet making my own.
I live in San Diego.

I agree with Pete above. Doing it yourself is the way to go.

It’s fairly easy to do it yourself once you get started, and you can learn as you go.

It will save you so much money.

Buying in bulk will make it even cheaper.

I fed my dog Ox cheeks tonight for about $1AUD, you cant get cheaper than that.

I get kangaroo meat from my local supermarket, organic for $4kg, which lasts a few meals. I get offal/organs for around $2kg.

I buy whole free range/steriod free etc chicken when they are on special that work out at under $2 per meal.

I buy bags of whole bait fish; pilchards/sardines/mullies for $4 per bag and that lasts a few weeks.

I also get bags of lamb off cuts for $2.99kg, the bags are full of raw, very meaty bones. Many of the bones are shanks, necks and legs that are broken and cant be sold for their higher price of around $6-8kg. I have a farmer here that gives me a 15kg bag of Roo tails for $10.. Rocco would eat a bone around 500grams for a meal, so that is 30 meals for $10! Cheap.

If you’d like any help getting started, feel free to e-mail me. I can give you some ideas based on what I do.

Alternatively, if you want to keep feeding them the Natures Variety, speak to the place where you get them and ask if you buy in bulk can you get a discount.

Good Luck.

Add; Im going by Australian prices here, the prices I gave you make each meal cheaper than a can of *cheap*Dog Food.

Your prices there may be even cheaper.

 

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