Anyone else feed an all RAW diet?

[Roxyluvsme13]

Wow! Where I live, regular ground beef is under $1.00/pound. I can buy a HUGE package of it for under $8.00.

It's really expensive, like a huge roll is $20+

[Giselle]

Ahh! I have to check our local Whole Foods Market out now! Is it in the freezer section or...?

Roxyluvsme13, have you checked out a local Walmart or anything? It's odd that hamburger/ground beef would be that expensive. Are you *positive* that it costs 5$ per pound? It sounds more like filet mignon than regular ol' ground beef, LOL. At our Safeway, we can buy a medium package of ground beef for 1-3$ which would suffice to make at least 20 Satin Balls. If you think about it, that's 9$ to make 60 Satin Balls which could last you about a month. That's pretty inexpensive

[bckrazy]

Yep, it's in the freezer section! You could just call and they'll tell you

Roxyluvsme, you need to tell your Mom that Roxy NEEDS a better food. Dog chow is probably going right through her, it has very little nutritional value. Imagine if you could only eat a limited amount of cheap corn flakes, and being an athlete or living in extremely sever temperatures - you would NOTTT be healthy. Seriously, tell her that Roxy just won't keep healthy weight on if she is bought discount kibble and living outside. Try to at least bump it up to Purina One, which at least has some meat protein in it, and add either good quality canned food or satin balls. Tell her that animal control can and will be called by concerned neighbors if she doesn't put weight on - and, you need to explain to her that such a poor quality food is actually costing you MORE than a better quality kibble would! You're probably feeding her 3x more Dog Chow than she would need to be healthy on a higher quality kibble with more calories/protein/nutrients. You could save up spare change and buy a few lbs of ground beef to add to her diet! My Dad just bought some, and I checked and it costs $3.99 for a large package... about $0.50/lb, and this is California!

[nicanc724]

wow this is a long thread.......
i feel daisy jo IAMs puppy food.....is that good? I hope...she sure likes it

[Roxyluvsme13]

Well I probably overexaggerated on the ground beef price, but it really isn't cheap anywhere. a Small package is about $5..which isnt alot of ground beef. I have $10 right now, but it's going to Seb's new tank...so I dunno. We're sorta low on money because of income tax, but I'll see if I can do anything to get her a better dog food.

I already tried the whole "If we buy a better dog food, it actually saves us money!" Thing. My mom said she wasn't going to pay $30 a bag for dog food(it was Nutro, that I wanted to put her on) Since we have started feeding her more though, she is gaining weight...UGH I hate my mother sometimes.