ferguson_tom Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 (edited) Further to my poop thread someone suggested a better food might help. I have thought about trying out raw food with the dogs before but to be honest never could be bothered and a decent dried food has been fine. However now I have space for a chest freezer and a bit more time on my hands was going to explore it again. I have clicked through some of the old threads on here but there does not seem to be one covering all my questions so some advice would be appreciated. I have an almost 2 year old springer and 2.5 year old collie. The big question how much does it cost? How much effort is involved? as in what do you have to prep the food? Where is best to buy the food from? Do the dogs really benefit that much from it? How much food are we actually talking in terms of cuts of meats? 1/2 a chicken, decent size steak, rack of ribs per day? Cheers, Tom Edited September 12, 2013 by ferguson_tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson_tom Posted September 12, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 http://www.rawfeddogs.net/Recipes/ If this recipe page is anything to go buy it sound pretty easy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumpy69 Posted September 12, 2013 Report Share Posted September 12, 2013 The big question how much does it cost? It depends if you can find a good supplier we get most of our food from someone who delivers to us. I top this up with value carrots broccoli stems cabbage centers and cheap fruit. The also get rabbit, I just remove guts leaving offal skin and trough in the bowl. How much effort is involved? as in what do you have to prep the food? Minimal. Where is best to buy the food from? There are forums for this e.g http://www.petforums.co.uk/dog-health-nutrition/197702-raw-food-supplier-list.html you might find someone who will deliver to you here. Do the dogs really benefit that much from it? We have never had any health problems with our dogs, when on holiday over the summer as we were in a caravan we put them onto skinners field and trial, they all developed dandruff and were more lethargic and seemed grumpy. How much food are we actually talking in terms of cuts of meats? 1/2 a chicken, dec I suppose it depends on the size of the dog, we don't measure food just know what each dog gets, if one feels a bit overweight reduce food slightly, likewise of one seems a bit skinny feed a little more. My girlfriend keeps her two agility collies thinner than my two gundogs as she sais the jumping causes joint problems when they get older. If you have any specific questions let me know and I can help but I am not going to be on a computer much until next Tuesday but will try to respond. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ferguson_tom Posted September 13, 2013 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Thanks for the info, its all very helpful. Think I will see if anyone local who can get food from and start chatting to local butchers see if can do any deals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
four-wheel-drive Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 I was going to try it some time ago I got some chickin legs made me laugh the first one that I gave to the boy (Jack Russell) he sat on the grass looking at it for 20 mins it took him 45mins to eat the first one bones and all after a couple more he got it down to 30mins. If you shoot stuff it make feeding the dogs much cheaper the only thing that wories me is if you use a shot gun dogs will not spit the bits of lead shot out and as we all no lead is not good stuff to eat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Outlander Posted September 13, 2013 Report Share Posted September 13, 2013 Hi, I feed my spaniel on part raw part biscuit , she'll have chicken wings or tripe or any other cheap raw meat i can get with a few bits of raw veg from our tea and then the rest made up of chudleys biscuit, never a speck left in the bowl. Outlander Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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