Pricing up Dog food

[Guest Rabbiteer]

Hiya,

 

A friend who lives down the road to me advised me to feed meaty bones to the dogs. With many thanks to him I have been doing this for a while now and it wasnt untill yesterday that I sat down and worked out how much it actually costs me to feed my dogs.

 

I buy a box of chicken carcases from the dealer for £6per 20kg. I then spend two hours mincing it and weighing it in to one pound bags. Before the comments start flying I only mince it because I have a small freezer and it allows me to make the most of the space.

 

Anyway...........................

 

£6 of chicken produces over 44 bags of 1lb minced meat, this time it was 48bags.

 

2 bags get used per day = 24 days of food = at least 3 weeks worth = £2per week.

 

£2 / 7days = 28.5714285714285714285714289p per day

 

28.5714285714285714285714289p / 2 dogs = 14.2p aday each dog

 

 

 

 

Now I know a few of you on here get your stuff for free, I can only wish I was so lucky. But, I think 14.2p per day for the very best food with no added extra's is good enough for me. The only adertives the dogs get is the odd bit of beef, rabbit, lamb or salmon that comes my way.

 

I only really worked it out so I could tell the wife to stuff it because she said feeding the dogs this way was to expensive. And as the Great Ditch shitter said "anyone can be a sack emptier"!

 

Wishing you guys all the best,

 

Rabbiteer

Edited March 9, 2008 by Rabbiteer

[ferretville 69]

At 2 quid a week and it work`s you can`t complain atb FV

[workindogz 0]

feckin hell mines about £100 a week at the moment feeding 7 dogs and 3 pups

[lost scouse 46]

will this dealer deliver to the nortwest

[Guest ripstop]

GOOD WAY TO GO ON THE FEEDING FRONT, COSTS ME JUST UNDER 1.50 TO FEED 3 TERRIERS AND TWO LURCHERS A DAY, ONE WHICH IS A VERY STRONG BIG LURCHER, WHERE IS THE BEST PLACE TO GET THEM CHICKEN CARCASSES AT?

[Guest Rabbiteer]

I would like to say Yes to deliveries,....................................but im going to have to say NO! Collection only im affraid to say.

 

I forgot top mention one of my dogs weighs 42kg too.

 

All the best,

 

Rabbiteer

Edited March 9, 2008 by Rabbiteer

[Guest buster321c]

My dogs have been eating this for years , and minced tripe ,its the best food they can get full of bone, meat , everything a dog is designed to eat and they look great on it .My bitch eats about half a pound a day and every second day a cup full of kibble ( soaked ) The only thing that really pisses me off is when she goes to the vet and the vets insist on trying to push you into ` a complete balanced diet such as pedigree chum ` which is how much % water ??? Telling you the food she eats is not the right food for a dog !!!!!! Anyway , bollox to them , its what my dog always have and always will eat !!

[Hob&Jill 258]

What mincer do you use mate?

[reddog70 236]

looks good grub that do you add any fruit or veg in with it.

[Guest Rabbiteer]

What mincer do you use mate?

 

 

[sue 1]

thats why i use fresh meat its cheaper and better for them no crap

[snoopdog 1,256]

money aint a problem with me ..i look at it like this if it costs me 20 quid a week to feed three dogs ...so what ...its what i do ......i buy fresh chicken and good mince eveyweek ..not frozen or offal //...good stuff ...whats 20 quid ...fook all ...or two hours in the boozer ........rather spend it on my dogs than piss it agaisnt a wall .....

[bigbulls 26]

feckin hell mines about £100 a week at the moment feeding 7 dogs and 3 pups

jebus wept bud!! what are you feeding them?????

[Guest SHOT]

fair play to you rabiteer some folk feed there dogs on utter sh*te.. £ for £ i dont think theres any need for it.

think i spend about £30 to £40 a month on chicken mince and wings etc but its already in lb bags, boxed and ready to go it goes on 3 pups and a terrier think thats 8 or 9 boxes not sure how many lb to a box i never give it a thought untill now

[weejohn 3]

well that is cheap by the way i have the same kettle as you