hlm04

great pics! i will definitely consider feeding raw

dobesanddragons

What I am wondering - are you going to feed those kitties??? LOL.

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doberkim

when i tell you every animal in my house has extreme food motivation, i mean the cats too

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red_dobe_syd

Looks yummy! Thanks for you efforts and contributions.

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elly

Great pics! It makes the boys here hungry!

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dobermansrule

if you don't mind me asking, what is your weekly raw food budget? I feed premium kibbles which are costly but just wondering how raw stacks up costwise. No doubt raw is healthier I think.

Luvbirds59

Kim....how often and how much Tripe do you feed a week. It cost me about $3.50 a pound.....I'm on a quest to find it cheaper.

Carol
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doberkim

Well, I don't think I'd pay more for feeding kibble - if I do feed them kibble, my dogs would be eating approx 20 cups a day. Tyler eats 6-7 cups of EVO a day, rah is 7-8 cups/day when he is fed kibble, and Berlin was eating 6 when she was eating kibble. So, 20 cups a day between three dogs means you go through 60 dollar bags of Innova EVO pretty quickly, right?

I average feeding about 40 lbs a week - some of my meat is very inexpensive (chicken and turkey, or instance, i can get well under 50 cents a lb, for instance, and I would say that makes up about half of their diet) - but some of their diet is over 2 dollars a lb. I would say on average I pay about 1/lb, maybe 1.25/lb? So say on average I spend 100-150/month feeding Berlin and Rah - Tyler eats mostly EVO, so he eats about 50 dollars worth of kibble a month, plus some Raw (and he's working through random other kibbles right now too - puppy kibble I had for berlin, leftover kibble elle couldnt feed to her dog - Tyler is an iron trash can! I actually got a GREAT deal on venison and rabbit as well right now, and I can get pork for a dollar a lb, so it's really just beef that ends up being expensive, and lamb - so I can feed most of my meals right now for 1/lb or less.

So - long story short - about 100-150/month to feed the two dogs. But we shall see as Berlin starts to grow where she ends up and how much she ends up eating. We are still adjusting.

Carol -
I feed tripe about once a week, maybe once every week or two?

I'll let you know next time I order it through my co=op, maybe you can just order some through me? I paid 1.75/lb i believe ? When I feed it I split the 4-5 lbs between Rah and Berlin, and sometimes Tyler too. Like I said, I go for simple. I buy things in 1-2 dog sized meals on purpose Rah eats 2-3 lbs and Berlin gets the rest.

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Luvbirds59

Thanks Kim....I did put a call in to my store that carries Bravo brand, to see if she can discount it in bulk, she is going to check on it for me.

Carol

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doberkim

how many lbs of food does petey eat a day, carol?

i like the bravo just because it comes in nice 2 lb plastic containers, so i dont have to handle it my current tripe comes in plastic chubs so i have to dole it out... yuck.

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