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Making it Affordable
It doesn’t have to be expensive
If
you have done a price check on the commercially-prepared raw or cooked meals
at your local store than you may have been a little shocked at the price.
You may have changed your mind about trying it or been discouraged about
this option. Well, it doesn’t have to be expensive. What you want is
human-grade and possibly organic ingredients. That’s not expensive or hard
to get, that’s what you eat; it’s readily available at your grocery store!
So, you add a few items to your weekly shopping. Select meats such as
regular ground beef, chicken thighs and chicken gizzards. Add some extra
vegetables to your shopping cart; yams, kale, or broccoli. Buy enough to
last until your next shopping and then divide into daily portions to freeze.
Average cost of feeding per day
An 80lb dog
will eat 1lb of meat per day. That meat will cost $1.29 - $2.00/lb depending
on what type of meat. The vegetables are a very nominal cost of $0.15 -
$0.40.
Remember that calculation is for high quality, fresh, human-grade
food that replicates a carnivores natural diet.
*Hint:
use up vegetables that you know your family will not eat before they go bad,
to feed to your dog. After grinding up in the food processor or blender they
can be frozen in containers or bags. Be sure to portion into small enough
sizes that they will be used up in a few days once thawed.
Basic Recipe
A mixture of 75%
raw meat and 25% vegetable
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40%
muscle meat, 20% organ meat, 15% fat
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by choosing meats with high fat
content you will naturally achieve the 15% fat. Choose regular ground beef
and chicken or turkey with all the skin
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absolute precision is not necessary
on a daily basis, the body remembers and will benefit from these ratios
being met over a period of time
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heart is a muscle meat, very rich in CoQ10,
and very important for animals with any heart conditions
For 1 cup of raw or cooked food:
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¼ cup of organ meat (preferably liver)
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½ cup muscle meat
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¼ cup raw ground vegetables (raw is best even if
cooking the meats)
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Calcium supplement by animal weight
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Essential Fatty Acids (Omega 3) by animal
weight
Prepare a larger amount and freeze into daily portions:
For 8 cups of food:
- 2 ½ cups of
organ meat (preferably liver)
- 3 ½ cups of muscle
meat
- 2 cups of raw
ground vegetables (raw is best even if cooking the meats)
- Calcium
supplement by animal weight
- Essential Fatty
Acids (Omega 3) by animal weight
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A TALE FOR A BREEDER
I love my little puppy, he makes my
house a home, he always is my best friend, I never feel alone. He makes me
smile, he makes me laugh, he fills my heart with love. Did some breeder
breed him? Was he sent from heaven above?
I've never been a breeder, or seen life
through their eyes. I hold my little puppy, just sit and criticize. I've
never know their anguish, I've never felt their pain, the caring of their charges, through snow or wind or rain. I've never waited all night long for
puppies to be born, the stress and trepidation when they're still not there
by dawn...
I've never felt the heartache of a little life in my hands, a darling little
puppy who weighs just a few grams!! Should you do this instead of that? Or
just pray to God? Alone you fight, and hope one day he'll grow into a dog,
bring joy to another being and make a house a home. You know it's all just
up to you, you fight this fight alone.
Formula, bottles, heating pads, you've
got to get this right. Two hourly feeds for this little mite throughout the
day and night.
In your heart you know it, you'll surely lose the fight to save this little
baby, but God willing, you just might save the little mite....
Day one he's in there fighting. You say
a silent prayer. Day two and three he's doing well, with lots of loving
care.
Day four and five - he's still alive your hopes soar to the heavens! Day six
he slips away again, dies in your hands day seven.
You take this little angel and bury him
alone, with aching heart and burning tears, (and an exhausted groan).
You ask yourself, Why do this? Why suffer all the pain? But seeing the joy that
puppies bring - it really self explains! So, when you think of breeders and
label them with "greed". Think what they sometimes endure to fill another's need.
And when you buy a puppy, with dollars and cents you part. You only pay with
money ... we pay with our hearts.
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