 What are the "staples" of your dog's diet?
#320815 - 03/08/2011 10:12 AM |
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I am always looking to add more variety to my dogs' diets.
What are the staples that you feed? (And cost?)
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#320818 - 04/07/2012 10:17 AM |
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Tom turkey necks. $0.50 per lb.
Chicken backs. $0.75 per lb.
Custom butcher grind {organ, muscle and bone from beef and venison} $1.25 per lb.
Ziwi Peak commercial dog food, once or twice per week. $100 per bag {which lasts around 4 months per bag at the frequency we feed it.}
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#320819 - 03/08/2011 10:22 AM |
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Chicken frames. Twenty bucks for a fifty pound box. I go through about a box per month.
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#320823 - 03/08/2011 10:38 AM |
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Chicken backs, $0.30 a pound.
Duck necks, .70 a pound.
Beef heart, $1.20 a pound.
Chicken gizzards, .75 a pound.
Whole turkey on sale, .80 a pound.
Chicken leg quarters, .50 a pound.
Ground beef, 1.75 a pound.
Beef kidney, 1.75 a pound.
Whole frozen sardines, 1.90 a pound.
Green tripe, $2.50 a pound.
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#320829 - 03/08/2011 10:51 AM |
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Jealous of these healthy, varied and inexpensive diets!
Ripley & his Precious
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#320839 - 03/08/2011 11:11 AM |
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Chicken backs, $0.30 a pound.
Duck necks, .70 a pound.
Beef heart, $1.20 a pound.
Chicken gizzards, .75 a pound.
Whole turkey on sale, .80 a pound.
Chicken leg quarters, .50 a pound.
Ground beef, 1.75 a pound.
Beef kidney, 1.75 a pound.
Whole frozen sardines, 1.90 a pound.
Green tripe, $2.50 a pound.
Where do you get the whole frozen sardines, Tracey? I want to get that! 
What a fantastic variety item, and with its tiny lil "Bs" (from RMBs) intact!
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#320840 - 03/08/2011 11:14 AM |
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In addition to chicken frames and backs I feed Urban Carnivore Whole carcass patties. 4lb.s for $30. Pretty expensive but I figure I'm getting a lot of variety in my dogs diet not available elsewhere - lungs, eyeballs, brains etc.
And since we travel and go boating alot, I have her on some grainfree dehydrated foods (only ones available in Canada), small amounts that I alternate with each meal - Smack, NRG, and ZiwiPeak (all around $30 for 2lbs.). This way if we find ourselves somewhere without frezzer capability I can switch to all dehydrated.
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#320841 - 03/08/2011 11:17 AM |
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Can I ask - those of you that feed whole fish, do the dogs smell "fishy" afterwards? Maybe just fish breath for a while?
I have a source coming up of free whole herring, but I hate the smell of fish!
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#320842 - 03/08/2011 11:20 AM |
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I buy whole sardines by the case at a large seafood market. I'll sometimes by whole mackerels at this same place, but I prefer the sardines.
I would assume that most seafood specialty markets could order a case of sardines (50 pounds is the size I get) if they don't stock them. Mackerel and sardines are among the cheapest fish going. Only tilapia is cheaper, and the former are much more nutrient-dense.
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#320844 - 03/08/2011 11:25 AM |
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I'm so happy with this http://leerburg.com/zeal.htm despite the costliness, using it the way I am (as a "side dish"). That is a list of variety that I'm happy to have in one dehydrated-raw food (wild white fish (Haddock, Whiting), sweet potatoes, eggs, organic coconut .... ).
I split a small box with a friend the first time, but I'm getting my own next time. I use it as kind of a gravy over one meal most days, really stretching it out. 
I have one small senior who threw up on any more fish than a sardine perched on top until I got this stuff.
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