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I am considering switching to raw feeding for my almost 2 year old Husky mix and my 10 month old Akita. Neither of them are interested in their kibble and I have nearly exhausted all the 4/5 star food options, but have not been able to find one that gets the dogs excited about eating. Both the dogs only eat about 3/4 of what they should be every day. I am sure that this isn't a veterinary issue, as they both had physicals within the last month and I got them full blood work ups, in addition to fecals, to look into this issue. My vet assured me that some dogs just don't need/enjoy their food as much as expected, my dogs are not lacking in nutrients at this point.
I am still going to consider raw feeding to see if I can get them more excited about their food and work on filling them out a bit more. However, I am not sure whether my budget or spatial needs are going to make it possible for me to pursue this. I would love some advice about some of the things I am worried about.
1) About how much do you spend on raw feeding every month? I will be including veggies/fruits. I do not believe that a meat only diet is healthy for dogs and I am not interested in hearing arguments to the contrary. My budget is firmly $120, which bought me more than enough high quality kibble, although I assume that fresh ingredients are more expensive. Is raw feeding doable with this amount of money to spend?
2) How do you determine exactly how much food your dog needs?
3) Where do you find the ingredients that you need? I assume that the buying from the local "human" grocery store would not provide the volume or cost efficacy that makes raw feeding doable.
4) How do you store the food? Do you prepare food in batches? If so, for how many days or weeks do you make in advance? Do you feeze it and then thaw daily? All I have is a single freezer, and I do keep other things in there (ice cream and vodka mainly
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I appreciate the help! This seems like a pretty big switch to be considering and I'm not really sure where to go to begin.
I am still going to consider raw feeding to see if I can get them more excited about their food and work on filling them out a bit more. However, I am not sure whether my budget or spatial needs are going to make it possible for me to pursue this. I would love some advice about some of the things I am worried about.
1) About how much do you spend on raw feeding every month? I will be including veggies/fruits. I do not believe that a meat only diet is healthy for dogs and I am not interested in hearing arguments to the contrary. My budget is firmly $120, which bought me more than enough high quality kibble, although I assume that fresh ingredients are more expensive. Is raw feeding doable with this amount of money to spend?
2) How do you determine exactly how much food your dog needs?
3) Where do you find the ingredients that you need? I assume that the buying from the local "human" grocery store would not provide the volume or cost efficacy that makes raw feeding doable.
4) How do you store the food? Do you prepare food in batches? If so, for how many days or weeks do you make in advance? Do you feeze it and then thaw daily? All I have is a single freezer, and I do keep other things in there (ice cream and vodka mainly
I appreciate the help! This seems like a pretty big switch to be considering and I'm not really sure where to go to begin.