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« on: December 11, 2009, 06:58:41 am » |
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Well, new to me anyway......
Was picking up some RAW legbones from my local butcher to provide as chews and he said, "Why dont you just buy a box of dog bones?"
This peaked my interest and I asked what he was talking about.
He said that when they butcher cattle they cut up the gristly bone near the brisket (Im guessing the sternum) and box it and sell it as RAW dog bones. Said the boxes range anywhere from 20 - 35 pounds just depending on what size of boxes they have available and each box is $7.00. Said the dogs eat the whole thing.
I had to try a box so paid my $7 and went home happy, just waiting to see what was inside the box and what my dogs thought of it.
Keep in mind that my dogs combined have not eaten a 50 pound bag of dog food their whole lives. They have been RAW fed from the start. Their diet mainly consists of chicken, turkey, fish, and liver....and in this time of the year venison.
Got home and down to the kennels and opened the box. It was filled with fist size pieces of cartlidge/bone covered in meat scraps. The bone looks extremely porous and is soft. The dogs LOVE this new beef option. They crunch and chew thru the pieces and in the end NOTHING is left. TONS of vitamins/minerals packed in these pieces and all for under 35 cents/pound.....
Now mixing this with chicken backs and my cost per dog - per day has dropped even further.
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« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2009, 03:54:49 pm » |
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A RAW diet is the best you can feed your dogs.
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Our houses are protected by the good lord and a gun, you might meet em both if you show up here unwelcome son..
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cantexduck
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« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2009, 06:39:10 pm » |
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sh it , fire, hell.
You have all the good meat shops down there. On a misson tomorrow to find some around me.
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There's a coon, nevermind, thats Buster.
"So I pawned my lacy off to my girlfriend. That should teach her to meet men off match.com"
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BIG BEN
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« Reply #3 on: December 12, 2009, 08:50:12 am » |
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Whats a rough guess of what you spend per month to feed your dogs, how many dogs? It seems Im buying dog food left and right and would love to cut the cost of feeding them, And its probily better for them too.
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hunt em hard, give em no excuses, and cull harder!!!!!
"Rather have a sister in a whore house than spots on a dog"
"Pretty is as pretty does"- BigO
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« Reply #4 on: December 12, 2009, 09:33:08 am » |
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Whats a rough guess of what you spend per month to feed your dogs, how many dogs? It seems Im buying dog food left and right and would love to cut the cost of feeding them, And its probily better for them too.
It is defiantly better for them, look at wolves. But unless you have a connection in is defiantly not cheaper. If you discover other wise please let me know. |
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Black Gold
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« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2009, 01:57:47 pm » |
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At first I was spending about $1 per day per dog. I found out that (for my dogs at least) 2% of their adult body weight per day is way too much as ALL my dogs were overweight. Right now I probaly spend $50 - $75 per month to feed 5 large dogs total.
When I make the right stops and buy the right ingredients I can feed my 5 dogs for about $1.50 - $2.00 per day total.
Liver and fish a few times a month ups the average, but I stay in the $50 - $75 per month range.
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« Reply #6 on: December 12, 2009, 03:33:49 pm » |
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Thats great cody! Mum and dad breed dogs in Australia and thats where i am right now,they bought a big meat grinder and put chicken carcasses that the butchers were finished with and combined them with fresh squash and cucumbers from the garden,it made a paste that the dogs love.They are feeding a range of dogs from Ridgebacks to Greyhounds and Cavalier spaniels and as differenent as they are conformed they all look phenominal.
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Quote from the great Will Rogers:
"If there are no dogs in heaven,when i die i want to go where they went"
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cantexduck
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« Reply #7 on: December 13, 2009, 09:23:54 am » |
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Deer scraps are free. I havent picked any up this year due to the fact that we just moved and I dont have my shed built yet to store my fridge and freezer in. I am having to buy chicken to feed right now. It cost me right at 6 bucks a day to feed 7 dogs. Cody is lucky, he lives down near meat plants!! Cheapest chicken around me is .56/lb. I can sometimes buy it on sale but it hasnt been on sale in a montrh or more. Once I get my kennels and shed built I plan to feed deer for a few months to help on costs. Also I am going to be on a misson to find some of the product mentioned on the first post. Most people dont feed it b/c it is cheaper. I feed it b/c it is better for the dogs. And one of the things I hate most is the smell of dog crap. Raw has very little waste and the poop doesnt stink one one. Never soft, most blows away in the wind.
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Black Gold
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« Reply #8 on: December 13, 2009, 05:20:05 pm » |
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One thing I've noticed on the days after I feed these sternum pieces (brisket bones) is that there is more dog poo.....Still greyish chalky but MUCH more......figure this is due to these pieces being bout 85-90% bone/cartlidge.....The amount of marrow and calcium they are pulling out of these has to be incredible. Anxious to see what they look like after the first of the year after being on this mix steady for a while.
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