Black neck 16,052 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 8 hours ago, Francie said: I just got 10kg of chicken legs an nearly a kg of sardines for 25quid in sainsbury. Be interesting to find out how much people feed a day,depending on the size of the dog,my two lurchers are 27 an 28 kg in weight,so I'd give a kg in chicken an two tins of sardines a day. Sounds alot Quote Link to post
moonlighter 1,164 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 It’s not just dog food that’s gone up it’s everything… your weekly shop has doubled so obviously dog food will go up.. I buy tripe from a pet shop, and chicken and fish from the supermarket. It’s not cheap to feed a couple of dogs, but it’s still a cheap hobby. I’ve just spent £100 of fuel for a days ferreting in the dales … compared to fuel, £20 on a bit of meat is nothing in comparison. 2 Quote Link to post
dodger 2,765 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 9 hours ago, poxon said: I personally think raw feed prices have gone mental I used to pretty much fill two chess freezers for £80 of a good mix of raw foods I used to buy in as it was all waist products it was cheap as chips then everyone (the pet market) jumped on the raw feed band wagon an drove the prices up to a extent that shit they couldn’t give a way now cost a premium some of the stuff now it’s cheaper to buy human grade stuff I now longer run big freezers for dog foods I no longer keep multiple dogs so I no longer have to keep a stock of raw I buy just a bit of green tripe now I take a couple of fallen old breeding ewes of a local farmer long as there’s no meds in them I also get a few cockerels a year that I process for the dogs. I feed kitchen scraps as well but noticed biscuits prices have gone up again went an picked a bag of skinners up Saturday £27.99 used to be 19.99 a bag I’m glad I no longer keep multiple dogs anymore an just have one or two kicking about with todays prices Your right both biscuits and meat have gone up n some dearer than supermarkets. I know a couple of lads who've recently stopped running there freezer aswell due to rising bills. 1 Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 On 29/10/2022 at 05:36, C.green said: Muntjac hares and tripe is what i mainly feed i found the rabbits were abit wormy do u not have too much trouble with them ? Freeze it all mate and un thaw in fridge over a few days .Only way to beat worms .Portion ,freeze ,thaw . Quote Link to post
Gypsydog94 4,607 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 6 hours ago, OldPhil said: You guys are right,.. the raw meat situation has definitely spiralled out of control Most Butchers nowadays , have chosen to sell their scrap meat for dog food, and process everything into 'pet mince'.. Obviously, they would be foolish not to utilise everything at their disposal to help pay the rent, but it is a bit of a blow to the lad with a team of running dogs and dirt dogs...It makes everything kinda pricey.. The Slaughter houses have also tightened up on certain matters and you really do need to be, 'in the know' and well in , to get a regular supply from such places. I have been fortunate in securing fallen stock , via the Local Hunt, but even that avenue can dry up .. so, ya just gotta improvise and give the dogs, what you can... No different to previous hard times,. and a canny hunting man will always survive.... Luckily for me got a contact in local slaughter house and passes work most days so will drop a bit in and out. The fallen stock isn’t around now like it was. With modern farming practices and the tightening up of dairy bulls having to have a right to life on some dairy contracts. Quote Link to post
Squirrel_Basher 17,100 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 1 minute ago, Gypsydog94 said: Luckily for me got a contact in local slaughter house and passes work most days so will drop a bit in and out. The fallen stock isn’t around now like it was. With modern farming practices and the tightening up of dairy bulls having to have a right to life on some dairy contracts. Used to have a steady supply of bull calves back in the day .Shot with captive bolt soon as they were born but as you say , dosnt happen now . Easy skinning ,easy portioned and easy digest . 3 Quote Link to post
Gypsydog94 4,607 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 6 minutes ago, foxdropper said: Used to have a steady supply of bull calves back in the day .Shot with captive bolt soon as they were born but as you say , dosnt happen now . Easy skinning ,easy portioned and easy digest . 1 minute ago, W. Katchum said: White ones where always culled, madness that it cost more to raise them than they could get selling them on, was handy as you say As katch says was costing more to tag them then they was worth. There not about like they was now with sexed semen. Quote Link to post
vfr400boy 3,455 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 What dry food you feeding I am using csj think it's about £18 15kg Quote Link to post
D Lloyd 2,790 Posted October 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 15 minutes ago, vfr400boy said: What dry food you feeding I am using csj think it's about £18 15kg Anything that makes a dog drink 5 or 6 times the amount of water can't be good I think that's most dry food I can see y people feed it but not for me Quote Link to post
vfr400boy 3,455 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 5 minutes ago, D Lloyd said: Anything that makes a dog drink 5 or 6 times the amount of water can't be good I think that's most dry food I can see y people feed it but not for me I mainly feed raw but it's handy to have a bag of dry in for when I forget to defrost meat or run out etc , my cozen is a butcher so get quite abit off him 1 Quote Link to post
mC HULL 13,099 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 2 minutes ago, D Lloyd said: Anything that makes a dog drink 5 or 6 times the amount of water can't be good I think that's most dry food I can see y people feed it but not for me i use arden grange boiled meat game porridge etc on certain days i feed very little raw you can always put gravy water for the dry to soak up mate Quote Link to post
D Lloyd 2,790 Posted October 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 3 minutes ago, vfr400boy said: I mainly feed raw but it's handy to have a bag of dry in for when I forget to defrost meat or run out etc , my cozen is a butcher so get quite abit off him IV fed rock hard frozen to adults and young ish pups jest saying if you do forget to take it out it doze no harm frozen defo handy summer time as well with all the shitty fly's about mate 2 Quote Link to post
D Lloyd 2,790 Posted October 31, 2022 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 7 minutes ago, mC HULL said: i use arden grange boiled meat game porridge etc on certain days i feed very little raw you can always put gravy water for the dry to soak up mate When I have had to give dry I will soke it well but still not keen on it 1 Quote Link to post
Black neck 16,052 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 8 minutes ago, mC HULL said: i use arden grange boiled meat game porridge etc on certain days i feed very little raw you can always put gravy water for the dry to soak up mate Old skool Quote Link to post
Francie 6,368 Posted October 31, 2022 Report Share Posted October 31, 2022 3 hours ago, Black neck said: Sounds alot Sorry your right that was supposed to be 15quid blacky goodman Quote Link to post
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