My Raw diet for upcoming puppy. advice plz

[USMC-k9]

Ok I have put together my diet for the upcoming puppy.

I will be feeding 2 lbs per day split up into 3 meals at
MM-60%
RMB-30%
OM-10%
So that will be 19oz MM, 10oz RMB, 3oz OM per day. I plan to feed my OM in the last meal blended with some MM. I will start with all chicken first, Chicken necks, Chicken breast, chicken liver and then add more variety in several weeks.

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around a months worth of raw diet costing the same as a months worth of Blue Buffalo. I can't find any butcher shops or grocery stores that sell at bulk prices or sell me any out dated meat. There is also some kind of law where butcher shop are not allowed to sell left over cuts or organs. So I have been shopping around at reelrawdog.com and can get 40lb of chicken necks for about 40.00 and 6lbs of liver for about 12.00 but all the MM is extremely expensive and I can buy 36 lbs of chicken breast from Sam's Club for 67.00 as opposed to 125.00.

Please give me your thoughts on the diet and also some help on finding a supplier.

[USMC-k9]

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[Karma6577]

Congrats on your new puppy!! We have had Nero for a month and he is the best When I switched him I went cold turkey and stuck with one protein source and did OM three times a week until he got use to it. It can really rich for their little tummies to get use to..I'm no expert and have been doing RAW for 5 years..there are people on here that are great and a mountain of info and will chime in soon .
As far as getting meat in bulk look for co-ops in your area...Facebook or yahoo groups is one place to start your search. If you don't mind where are you located?


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[USMC-k9]

Originally Posted by Karma6577

Congrats on your new puppy!! We have had Nero for a month and he is the best When I switched him I went cold turkey and stuck with one protein source and did OM three times a week until he got use to it. It can really rich for their little tummies to get use to..I'm no expert and have been doing RAW for 5 years..there are people on here that are great and a mountain of info and will chime in soon .
As far as getting meat in bulk look for co-ops in your area...Facebook or yahoo groups is one place to start your search. If you don't mind where are you located?


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I'm in Douglas WY right now. Its difficult finding any kind of supplier or maybe i'm just not looking in the right spot

[Karma6577]

Well I did a search in your area and didn't find anything but if there is an all natural food store (human) you can ask them if they can get bulk meat in for you. Whole foods does and gives you a 10% discount. If you can talk to your local commissary and see if they can work something out for you. That's what I did before I got in touch with a co-op here. Have you thought about traveling to Casper once a month and stocking up..you will need a deep freeze. I know military life always moving..my husband has got 23 years in and is working a dual status position and has 15 years left. Thank you for all you have done for this country so far!!


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[bellagriff]

Not sure what you have around you for grocery stores, but here in Chicagoland I have found the ethnic grocery stores to have the best prices and best variety. Obviously Chicagoland is different than WY, but maybe there is something.

We do use a raw dog food supplier (MPC) to gain some extra variety, but try to focus on sale items and specific products that are a good price per pound. I'm not sure what Blue Buffalo costs, but we were starting Orijen when we decided to go raw with our puppy. In the beginning we were spending quite a bit more per month than any kibble, but now we are actually spending a little bit less than the Orijen (currently feeding 1.5lbs). My guess is that it will end up being just about the same cost wise each month, unless there happens to be a good sale on meat one month.

[USMC-k9]

Originally Posted by Karma6577

Well I did a search in your area and didn't find anything but if there is an all natural food store (human) you can ask them if they can get bulk meat in for you. Whole foods does and gives you a 10% discount. If you can talk to your local commissary and see if they can work something out for you. That's what I did before I got in touch with a co-op here. Have you thought about traveling to Casper once a month and stocking up..you will need a deep freeze. I know military life always moving..my husband has got 23 years in and is working a dual status position and has 15 years left. Thank you for all you have done for this country so far!!


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Yeah I get all my groceries in Casper, and I know there in a natural grocery store but I didnt think to ask them about bulk. I thought they would be over priced since they are all organic. I will look into them. Thanks for your support ma'am, im sure your husband had done a lot more than I have so I thank him.

[USMC-k9]

Originally Posted by bellagriff

Not sure what you have around you for grocery stores, but here in Chicagoland I have found the ethnic grocery stores to have the best prices and best variety. Obviously Chicagoland is different than WY, but maybe there is something.

We do use a raw dog food supplier (MPC) to gain some extra variety, but try to focus on sale items and specific products that are a good price per pound. I'm not sure what Blue Buffalo costs, but we were starting Orijen when we decided to go raw with our puppy. In the beginning we were spending quite a bit more per month than any kibble, but now we are actually spending a little bit less than the Orijen (currently feeding 1.5lbs). My guess is that it will end up being just about the same cost wise each month, unless there happens to be a good sale on meat one month.

ok so raw food shopping is like regular shopping for myself, just find the best deals. I guess I was thinking too much about buying a months worth all at once.

[Mog]

You should be able to get meat at a processing plant easily where you are. I googled it and found Hy-County Wild Game Processing and Kompac Meat Processing in Casper and one in Glenrock, Medicine Bow, etc...

You have Claus Natural Beef right in Douglas, Tom's Sausage Kitchen, etc... not sure which is open to the public, but would think at least one would be open to the public.

Go to this page and look at the "In nearby cities" listing at the bottom....

http://www.manta.com/c/mr0f3kd/tom-s-sausage-kitchen

[Mog]

Here's the Douglas Chamber of Commerce page with 6+ meat processing plants/stores

Douglas Meat & Seafood Manufacturing & Wholesale in Douglas, WY