Basic BARF costs me @ £11 per week to feed 3 adult Rotts

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WOW.... thats much better than I expected, do you mind telling me what you feed them on for that £11 per week??? I would imagine me feeding 2 cavaliers will be about half that amount??? which is about the same or just a bit cheaper than JWB???

Also, I really liked the sound of the KUDOS beds that were mentioned as I think this will help a lot. Are these the ones waterproof, washable dog pet beds, Mattresses & Blankets for Dogs from Kudos Pet Products Ltd these would fit into the cage nicely. The same site does the throw for the sofa which would be great as well

Feeling much more positive now about all this

I would say more like 1/4 of that a week unless they are big cavaliers

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For one lab cross and two cats raw cost me about £15 a month. My butcher actually does a pet food that is everything they need ground up, 80% meat, 10% bone, 10% organs with half of that being liver for .50p a pound, on top of that I give the dog big meaty bones to chew, and the cats get chicken wings every now and then.

Apart from a fresh meaty smell on their breathe my dogs don't have any noticable smell at all, unless they've rolled in something.

Hill's is not a good food, look at the ingredients!

I feed 3 dogs RAW for about £15 a week, it's not expensive.

Have a look at these threads for more information on raw feeding:

Why Feed Raw?
BARF / Raw Made My Dog Ill

and this website:

RawFed.com Home Page - The Many Myths of Raw Feeding

Off to the local butchers in the morning to see what they can do... Take it is just off cuts etc the butcher puts into the dog food.. and I presume it is all raw... How do you store it?

Right then, the wife really isnt happy about the thought of a barf diet minaly because it will entail us having to buy a freezr to keep the food in and she has been after a 2nd freezr and I have been saying no simply because of the leccy bills being so bloody high. But while looking on Landywoods site I saw the price for the laughing dog complete chicken dinner. This is the same price I am paying for bakers and much cheaper than JWB and seems to tick all the boxes in the fact it appears to be a good food without all the crap...

Does anyone have any thoughts on Laughing dog food????

Cheers

Are u sure they are not peeing in the crate, especially as they are in there a lot, it does seem as if the smell is excessive, I also came of Bakers as I was horrified when I read the ingredients, I changed to JWB and havnt looked back. The dogs love it and are all really healthy and have calmed down a lot. I know it must be hard as u didnt have them from pups but I would persevre in encouraging them out of the crate,

Not peeing in the crate, if I take the bedding out in the morning it smells sweaty and doggy but its never wet enough for them to have weed in it, and the 1st thing they do in a morning is run out for a wee...

Have their anal glands been checked recently? Spaniels do get smelly, my cocker gets very whiffy occasionally, and I can always tell when those glands need doing ages before he starts scooting around the floor because the smell gets particularly bad. You might have to invest in some more bedding so that you can wash it more frequently, Lucas's is done at least once a week or it smells. Not nice for him or for me.

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