Ten pound bag of leg quarters at Wallyworld is normally in the 65 cents per pound range (they've just recently gone up - they were 58 cents per). I just bought 40# at Foodlion for 68 cents per # on sale.
Melissa Hoyer Webboard User Reg: 05-09-2005
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I feed 4 dogs (3 GSDs and a Cairn Terrier...think about 150 lbs of meat!) for about $220-270 a month depending on what I grab. I participate in a co-op, order from a local chicken farmer, and also from two companies that specialize in raw dog food. I am in the works of being able to get things wholesale and that will cut my bill dramatically.
Tracy Collins Webboard User Reg: 10-09-2008
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If anything lands on the floor, it is a temporary condition.
eta: actually, mine eat their food from individual bowls on a mat on my kitchen floor. No meat molecules remain when they are done.
That said, raw feeding probably isn't for the overly fastidious. But it's just raw meat. Kibble's covered with bacteria too. Using ordinary kitchen hygene (wash your hands, wash the countertop after handling raw meat) is sufficient.
Or as Aaron said, feed in the crate. Or feed outside. Where there's a will, there's a way.
If you are friends with any hunters, you can get a lot of good stuff from them. I've had hunters save and bring me organs from their deer, give me entire birds that they killed but weren't going to eat, and give me game meat from their freezer that was a little too old for them to bother with, but was perfectly fine for my dogs. All free.
Also, if you live in an area where hunting is popular, find out where everybody takes their large game for processing. Some large game butchers will give you free scraps. The bulk of my dogs' diet in the winter and spring is free venison from a large game butcher.
I also have a friend with beef cattle who occasionally gives me stuff too.
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I second the CO-OP thing...i get a lot of cheap meat from my local CO-OP. You do need to pay upfront though.
same for the supermarket, I get my chicken backs from the local Whole Foods which discounts it to 90 cents a pound for 40 pound order.
Like Aaron said, feed in the crate or in a restrained area. I prefer a thick rubber mat that i can easily wash or take outside to pressure wash. Regardless how well you prepare it will be a little messy
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