How much is your shopping ?

[Sanke]

Hi all
I am contemplating switching to raw once Sheba has finished her next bag of food. I understand the benefits etc & not too bothered about dealing with raw meat but would like some more info re costs. When searching for info the only comparisons I have found is that the raw diet is about the same cost as commercial. However, as we all know there is a great difference in costs of commercial food (& shopping in supermarkets) Would anybody be able to give me some ideas in £'s so that I can see if it is a viable option
Thanks

[Caryll]

I buy the left over lamb bones from Morrissons for about £1 for a pack of 3 or 4 necks/spines/ribs, & Dempsey has 1 a day. Then there's the evening meal, normally heart or tripe. I buy the large frozen bags of chunks at about £1 per kilo for the heart & about £0.50 a kilo for tripe. He gets about half a kilo a day. Once or twice a week he gets kidneys. I'd say from that, that the average cost per week is £7, plus every so often I buy a fresh Ox heart, cut it in two & let him tear it up himself.

[Sanke]

That is about what I have paid for her commercial food so a great comparison, Thanks. Also we shop at Morrisons so a chat to the butcher is in order. Sheba is only 10kg so I would imagine her needing about 300g per day ??

[Heather]

I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong but if I remember correctly you should feed a puppy 2-3% of its expected ADULT weight. When it's an adult the proportion is 2-3% of IDEAL weight.

[Sanke]

Shebas Dad weighed over 40kg & Mum around 30kg So if I take Shebas anticipated weight as 30kg she should have about a kg per day then

[Heather]

I would say between 700 and 900g- remember you don't want your puppy to grow too fast- with raw if you see she's putting on too much weight just cut down the quantities.

BTW I haven't answered your original question as I'm not in the UK so can't advise!

[lauraburns]

Ozzie is raw fed, I have to rely on the minced stuff a lot, as I struggle to get lots of bones and things for him. But on average, he has 454g for breakfast and the same for tea. I get ox heart from the butcher fairly cheap, bones when I can scrounge a few. I feed the 4 jrts raw too, but they eat very little (about a pound a day between them). For all five dogs, I worked it out to about £9.75 average a week.

My two cost around £10 per week to feed raw. Remus is on just over a kg of raw a day, Zee just under. I feed by eye but it does work out at 3% body weight for mine

I've a very good local butcher who does me 1 lb bags of mixed offal and meat for 30p each, plus I buy chicken carcasses, wings, lamb necks, whole rabbits and bones are free. And I've a tripe supplier who'll leave me a bag of 12 whole tripes for £2.50.

I feed my two raw also
Kaiser (37kg) has 700g am and 300g pm
Troy (25kg) (LAB) has 300g am and 100g pm
Their main diet is Chicken wings, drumsticks, thighs.
Turkey, Duck, Rabbit and a lot of whole raw fish.
Their offal is Lambs heart, kidney and Liver.
They have Lambs heart also.
Average £10-12 per week for them both.

[otto]

otto as just gone on to raw last week we get minced food off raw2go about 50p per block so it costs about £7 per week for him also get him bones and a few treats