I feed any type of meat I can get my hands on. The more variety, the better in my opinion. She gets the regular stuff like chicken, beef, lamb, and pork. But more often I will feed her the more "exotic" things like moose, elk, venison, duck, pheasant, goose, llama, rabbit, goat, etc.

How much you feed depends on the dog. There is a scale that most people go by, however much percentage of meat per whatever pounds of body weight, but I don't pay attention to that. I pay attention to my dog and what she needs. If she is getting thin, I feed her more. If she's getting fat (which never happens lol) I'd feed her less.

Whether it's cheaper depends on the type of diet you are feeding. I feed "prey model" which means that I feed a large amount of meat compared to bones. Most people feed a Raw Meaty Bone type diet, which usually consists of mainly chicken backs and necks and stuff like that for the main protein source. At the most, these will be 60/40 bone to meat ratio. Feeding a prey model diet is terribly expensive. I spend a few hundred dollars a month on Visa's food alone, especially since I buy her alot of other things to like fruits and veggies, yogurt, cottage cheese, eggs, oils, etc. RMB style diets are definatly way cheaper than kibble. At the butcher I can buy a HUGE bag of chicken wings for two bucks. Even with the supplements, it's still cheaper than kibble. I prefer prey model, as I feel it's healthier and more natural, but RMB is still healthier than kibble in my opinion.

Visa's teeth have certainly been healthier since we've been doing raw. You ever notice how when a dog is done eating kibble, there is all that kibble stuck in his teeth? More and more bacteria builds up in the mouth over time and creates plaque and tartar. Raw meat does not get stuck in the teeth or create alot of plaque. That's why you are more likely to catch salmonella poisoning from a kibble-fed dog than a raw-fed dog. Plaque is just bacteria. Visa's teeth are sparkling white and her breath has never been better.

If your mom won't go for feeding both dogs raw, I'd atleast try and convince her to feed Lily raw. Small dogs really don't eat very much, it wouldn't be very expensive, and it should fit in your freezer.