Well, we are new to this and the estimated amount to feed is 2-4% of their body weight…….so each 100 lb dog is getting 2 to 2.5 lbs daily. One has maintained his weight and he is the one I want to keep very lean due to the HOD. The others have lost a little weight, so they are going to be upped about 8oz more per day. I am weighing them weekly and feeling them DAILY for hip bones and ribs, etc.
So, for now we are feeding around 10lbs daily. The cost is probably higher than cheaper kibble but not as high as premium kibble. The last bag of dogfood I bought cost $46 for a 35 lb bag. It was Eukaneuba Salmon.
Their fish for this month is mackerel on Fridays and they love it. It was 99cents a pound in a 25 lb case.
Some of the stuff is a pain and I am learning by trial and error. I did learn real quick that I don’t like to divide the tripe and have to bag what isn’t used, so I am getting it in 2lb tubes that they finish in one day. (each gets .5 lb)
I’ll know more in a month or so if I want to continue this – in any case, it is expensive to feed these dogs and if I am going to spend a lot, it might as well be something more natural to their species and healthful. I just love those shiny white teeth!
Laura
Laura Roberts
R Half Pint Farm
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Subject: RE: [CHICKENS-101] BARF.........including chicken!
haha, well, I have 8 LGDs, I figure I would need about 20 to 25 lbs a day, at one time I had that illusion of raising my dogs' food myself, once I did the math, it became a no-brainer, no way could I raise that much meat year-round and still have money to feed myself. Not to mention the amount of food I would have to haul in. I don't have a pasture or large operation where I could grow my own food for meat animals.
Most of my dogs like their kibble just as much as they like the raw meat and bones. Actually several of them take the raw stuff out of their bowl, eat the kibble first, then eat the raw stuff. One time I made the mistake and fed the pups raw chicken parts in the chicken yard, well, the chickens had no reservations to steal the raw stuff from the pups, I hadn't thought of that.
Marlene
Nevada, USA
CHICKENS-101@yahoogroups.com
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