I feed raw diet to my 60 lb dog (please do not debate the validity of diet, I realize some people strongly disagree, but that's not the point of this. You can go to Raw Feeding on facebook to discuss it.). Normally, people in my raw group spend around $150-$200/month to feed their equivalent sized dogs a premade raw diet bought from stores or online. We spent $200 to buy a deep freezer, which runs on $40/yr of electricity. I check the weekly ads and use the app Flipp and when human grade meat drops to a 4-6 month low, I buy 50-100 lbs of meat. I won't drive further than 15 min to a grocery store for these deals. It takes about 2-3 hrs of prep every 6 months (chopping up and bagging the meat), and costs $23/month to feed our girl a high quality, fully balanced, raw diet. That is a savings of $1,459/yr (that includes the cost of the freezer assuming it lasts around 8 years).
February 22, 2020 at 09:59PM
