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John Thomson Site Admin
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4780 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:30 pm Post subject: How much do you spend feeding your dogs? |
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OK I would be interested to know how much you spend feeding your dogs....tell us the breed , what you feed and the cost. No discussion on merits of diet here
I have two GSD's approx 36 Kilos each, fit, healthy, well exersised, strong appetites, fed 100% raw some purchased and some free from local butcher and fishmonger
total per month is around £12.50 for each dog _________________ John Thomson
www.cumbernaulddogtraining.co.uk |
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Fiona I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 10 Apr 2007 Posts: 1491 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:34 pm Post subject: |
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I have three dogs
Star xbreed 18kg
Libby xbreed 14kg
Jake GSD 11kg (at the moment)
I feed 100% raw and it costs about £17 per dog a month because I use AMP which is a bit more expensive than Landywoods. _________________ Dogs are like Chocolate, you just can't have one! |
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Nicola Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:35 pm Post subject: |
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Well, I have a Westie (9.5kilos) and Multi-Pedigree (aka a mongrel - 8.4kilos) ......I don't actually know, in total, how much I spend on food for my dogs per month. A big bag of Burns (15kg) is £35, that does us for a 3-4 months at least. I would normally buy the 7.5kg bag (I sent my granpa out for it the last time, told him what size of bag to get and gave him the right money for it, and he came home with the biggest bag ) I add a drizzel of EV olive oil to their teas every night. Then you have the tuna, chicken, mackerel, cheese, liver, dog biscuits, chews, treats etc etc etc...... I've no idea how much that all comes to per month! |
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shirley c I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 07 Apr 2007 Posts: 4527 Location: Airdrie
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:41 pm Post subject: |
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Ok confession time
My dogs up till recently only got cheap greyhound kibble, 2 bags a month costs us £14, they have all done ok on it but now they are all (apart from Pixel) ancient I have decided to add a bit of raw stuff, at the moment they are still getting the kibble, once I work out what they will all eat, having 4 makes it a bit more difficult... though I suppose you will tell me Fiona that it isnt that difficult I also need to get an extra freezer.
I think I may go all the way with the raw but we will see I am not the most organised person and I think i need to be for the raw
So 4 dogs, 2 lurchers, I greyhound and 1 whippet
= £14 _________________ lurchers Pixel and Zev and whippet, Fen
3 cats, Greebo, Yu and Lexx - 2 ferrets and Dales pony Jazz and adopted pony, April |
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kirsty I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 30 May 2007 Posts: 2712 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:44 pm Post subject: |
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£20 per month per dog. this is for my landywoods order than I get free chicken backs from the Aberdeen Fish shop. On top of this I pay about £2 per week for rib bones from the butchers.
Reading your post john, I must re visit!! |
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StuartW I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 19 Jul 2007 Posts: 920 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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Dog: Doogle
Breed: Cocker Spaniel
Weight: No, Doogle! I said WAAAAAIIIIIIITTT! Little so-and-so.
Diet: Some raw meat / fish (for those intimate nights in), kibble, Burns and the odd Kebab.
Cost: House and home.
My other half will be around sometime with a sensible answer. |
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Janice I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 09 Apr 2007 Posts: 753 Location: Falkirk
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 9:56 pm Post subject: |
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Don't really know. I think its about £17-£20. Now he's older he shouldn't need so much but he doesn't seem to be putting on weight so I'm just keeping an eye on the quantities. _________________ Janice and Dale |
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Karen Guest
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:01 pm Post subject: |
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Breno weighs 43 kilo and Brodie 40kilo, both were on Hills and extras ie chicken, mince, tuna etc for four years, now on JWB with their extras added in they cost me about £25 per dog a month, a 15kg bag lasts me about 3 weeks, |
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shirley c I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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OK mines works out at £3.50 per dog per month
I dont think I will be cheaper on anything else, but im sure the dogs will be better off on better food, though Misty is the only one looking thinish and at 13 and a greyhound who has lost all muscle tone she isnt the worst _________________ lurchers Pixel and Zev and whippet, Fen
3 cats, Greebo, Yu and Lexx - 2 ferrets and Dales pony Jazz and adopted pony, April |
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Sheryl I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 25 Apr 2007 Posts: 1028 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Thu Oct 11, 2007 10:07 pm Post subject: |
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hmmm i dont know some raw mince which is like 75p for 500g.
and then just there burns which 1s 11kg (i think) for £17.99.
but i would pay any amount of money as long as it agreed with their tummies!!
xx _________________ Kindest Regards,
PRINCESS Sheryl, Keano and Coby. |
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Lindy I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 02 Jul 2007 Posts: 3209 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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2 Jack Russell Terriers
Dora 8kg
Lizzy 6.7kg and still growing
Landywoods RAW minced meats, £10 approx for 6 weeks, occasional treats like hot dogs for training, cheese pigs ears £10 a month so maybe about so roughly £15 a month for 2 JRTs |
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Enid Site Addict
Joined: 16 Jul 2007 Posts: 642 Location: Dullatur
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Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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2 x adult miniature schnauzer bitches c 10kg each.
All in around £13 per month per bitch. _________________ "My little dog - a heartbeat at my feet" - Edith Wharton |
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Lorna I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 24 Aug 2007 Posts: 2187 Location: Cumbernauld
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Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:31 pm Post subject: |
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Basil, Great Dane 67 kilos - £76 per month Royal Canin Great Dane food, evening primrose oil added to dinner once a day, oily fish once a week
Misty, 10 yr old Beagle. gluten free kibble £17 a month. _________________ Regards,
Lorna, Basil & Poppy
Great Danes are not substitute children. They are much more important than that! |
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Suzanne H I don't have a life ...I'm always here!
Joined: 03 Aug 2007 Posts: 1145 Location: N. Lanarkshire
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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I dunno, Ian usually pays
A big bag of JWB lasts about 2 months I think, so about £17 a month. He's about 25kg and still growing.
Cow dung is free thankfully |
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Susan High Post Member
Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 349 Location: Moodiesburn
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Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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Rufus is really cheap to feed!
James Wellbeloved Puppy Kibble - a £6.50 bag lasts for about two -three weeks.
The Kong peanut butter paste, which we use to top his kibble filled Kong was £5 and we are still on our first one.
The odd scrambled egg as a treat, so pennies really!
The wee soul is a cheap date! |
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