Is Feeding Raw More Expensive Than Feeding Solid Gold?
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In a month I would use a large bag of Solid Gold, marked at about $55 at Petco. How much more or less would feeding raw be?
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PETCO is a ripoff on their Solid Gold food.
I just price shopped it yesterday, the same bag they are selling at Petco for $55 is $41 dollars at a smaller local pet supply store. That is a HUGE price difference.
Depends on how you shop. If you go out of your way to special order grass fed meats or go shop at stores like Whole Foods etc then you bill can be higher. Where as if you go with what you can find with grocery meats, do your friends and relatives a favor and clear out their freezer of the old stuff – dog’s don’t mind the taste of freezer burn, make friends with farmers, hunter, rabbit and guinea pig breeders for culls etc and of course hunt down sales like a fiend and buy in bulk raw will be cheaper.
Marci – feeding premades are not the same as feeding IMO a REAL raw diet. Not to mention buying premades can be just as expensive if not more than high quality kibble or in this case high quality wet food.
SO GLAD YOU ASKED! I fed Solid Gold to my large breed pups before switching over to raw. The main thing to understand is that raw CAN be very inexpensive. If you look hard, clip coupons, find random good deals it is A LOT cheaper. But if you just constantly buy from the grocery store, it’s going to be more expensive. Please, please look hard and switch to raw it’s so much better for your dogs!!!
I pay anywhere between $1-$2/lb for food now. My dogs eat a total of 6lbs a day all together. i know someone who feeds her two great danes for less than $75 a month on the raw diet. So it’s just about how hard you look for good deals. It’s totally worth it!!! 
Oh gosh I just read some other posts. Walmart’s “Ole Roy” or whatever is literally the worst dog food you can feed your dog. DO NOT FEED YOU DOG THAT. Pet stores, pet food manufactures dont know very much about canine nutrition. MOST of them pump their foods full of corn, wheat, and soy as fillers, even though they cause many allergies in dogs. Do your research, all it takes is a routine and some organizational skills and raw feeding isn’t that time consuming.
I’ve never really sat down to figure out how much it costs to raw feed my dogs and I don’t know how much a bag of kibble costs. I buy all my meat, organs and bones on sale at ethnic markets. When I was working I bought premixed which is expensive. I’ve been raw feeding for almost 7 years, usually avoid the local chain grocery stores and work at giving them a variety and balanced diet.
To get started with raw, get the premixed packages from better pet stores and get a feel for how it works. Here is a really good Website with lots of information.http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm
The person who suggest Old Roy was probably trying to be funny. That stuff is like feeding meat flavored sawdust with about the same nutritional value.
I would also suggest looking at another store. The chains can sometimes give the impression that they are cheaper, but are in fact not. (This is true of Walmart as well.) Also depends on where you are at.
That being said….
I do better or the same when I compare my price of former kibble (EVO, and Wellness core rotation) to my raw stuff.
The deal is look for sales. Chicken is cheap. Beef and pork regualry go on sale here. Also, join Freecyle, see if there are any co-ops around, and check your local shopper. Sometimes you can score some cheap, or FREE meat. Once found rabbit and quail, free for the taking.
To the poster that said it was more time consuming, dude you really should try it before you knock it. I spend Sunday evening (sometimes, I have way enough meat that I can go awhile) getting things ready. Chopping meat, weighing (I’m getting better at not needing the scale), and sorting into baggie. It really does get easier and faster the longer you do it.
Plus, I know what she is eating, and support my local market instead of big chain stores.
I’m not sure how expensive feeding raw would be, I do know that some people claim to have a lot of success with that diet.
That being said, anyone who wishes the best for their pet would want to ensure a properly balanced diet. Animals have different nutritional requirements than humans, and pet food manufacturers employ nutritionists who have University degrees in Animal Nutrition. While you may love your dog, this does not qualify you as an expert in nutrition.
People are very quick to judge companies as beingout to make a quick buck – do you really think that they don’t care about the end product? Of course they do – they are experts who have pets themselves and who want the best. Be sure that you are not eschewing a very high quality diet in place of one that is lacking in vital minerals and nutrients simply because someone with questionable qualifications tell you that this is better.
Most people eat a far less balanced diet than what is being offered in the higher end brands of pet food. Remember that it is a complete diet in one form – and very easy to determine the amount of nutrients being delivered in a day.
Whatever you choos, if you are changing the diet, do it slowly so as not to upset your pooch’s tummy!
Good Luck!
Feeding raw can also be very expensive if your dog ends up with e coli or salmonella.