How much is your dog food?

[Freedom]

You need to keep in mind that a high quality food is going to cost more; AND keep your pet healthier which will save you in vet expenses down the road. It will also save you in those travel costs to and from the vet and save you the worry when something goes wrong.

A good food is not going to prevent anything every happening to your pet, though.

The foods I use ARE expensive. I see improvement in my dogs' coats, eyes, and activity level.

Dr Harvey's Veg to Bowl, a 5 pound bag feeds my 4 for a month and costs close to $50. (It is dehydrated, you add water, so they eat much more than the 5 pounds).

To that I must add the protein and the oil.

Marlin's eyes cleared up in 3 weeks once I made the switch.

[*LabLoverKEB*]

You need to keep in mind that a high quality food is going to cost more; AND keep your pet healthier which will save you in vet expenses down the road. It will also save you in those travel costs to and from the vet and save you the worry when something goes wrong.

AMEN!!!
I used to work at a grocery store as a bagger when I was in high school (all of two years ago) and it really saddened me to see customers buying foods like 'Kibbles N Bits', 'Iams' (although I'm not sure if that's a bad one??), 'Ole Roy' etc etc. I've actually looked at the ingredients on the bags of each different brands, and it doesn't look good.
So moral of the story is grocery store brands although are dirt cheap, have dirt for ingredients.

[MonicanHonda]

Yes, Iams is icky. They used to do creepy tests on animals... these animals could have lived after these horrible tests, but they killed them anyways. Plus the ingredients aren't anything to be happy with.

If you want a good book to read, "Food Pets Die For". I got it for Christmas. It'll really open your eyes...

[AllAmericanPUP]

how many dogs do you have? 4
what do you feed? Diamond for the big dogs, wellness for henry
cost? diamond is $26, wellness is $15
how many pounds? diamond is 40lbs and wellness is 8lbs(i think,maybe 6)
how long does it last? both last about 2 1/2 weeks

[wolfsoul]

how many dogs do you have? 2
what do you feed? Orijen Regional Red
cost? Expensive, $65
how many pounds? 29 lb
how long does it last? If I were to feed it alone, about a week. I mix it with 'slump' so I can get two weeks out of it. I'd like to find another food but am so sick of switching kibbles lol. I wish I could afford to feed just raw, but here in this valley it's just impossible when my dogs eat as much as they do and the food just isn't available in bulk. I've spent hundreds a month trying to feed raw to just one dog.

[wolf_Q]

how many dogs do you have? 3
what do you feed? Wellness lamb and salmon
cost? I think it's about $54 and I get it for around $44 with my discount
how many pounds? 30 lbs
how long does it last? About a month? It seems to not be lasting as long right now, the dogs like to eat more in the winter.

[Seravieve]

Three Dogs
Blue Buffalo: Chicken and Brown Rice or Fish and Sweet Potato (Eli loves fishy kibble!)
30lb bag... Lasts 3.5 weeks or so.
Costs $43 on sale at Petsmart... but we've been using manufacturer and store coupons to get it cheaper... Got them down to $27.50 a bag last time we bought 4 bags.

[kokopup]

one dog
Nutro Chicken ,rice, & Oatmeal (sensitive stomach formula)
35 lb
$44 at Petmart
3 weeks

[mruffruff]

I have two dogs. I feed them Precise with a spoonful of canned. A 15 lb bag lasts about a month. It costs $26 a bag.

One dog weighs 20 lbs and gets 1 cup; the other weighs 50 lbs and gets 1and 3/4 cups once a day. Both are over 12 years old so their activity level is less than young dogs would be.

[cloverfdx]

how many dogs do you have? 4
what do you feed? RAW
cost? About $20 to feed 4 for the week. Maybe a bit more when i need to stock up on Tinny's Kangaroo. I always have food in th freezer & use that too so i am not always buying dog food.
how many pounds? Hmm i go by Kilo's, i get 4kg's (2kg's of each) of chicken necks and beef chunks for $12.
how long does it last? 4 Kilo's last 4 days .