Has dog food prices gone to far??

[3ToesTonyismydog]

I have been feeding the new Adult formula for over a week and everything is fine. Tonight I added the 6 fish, Tony did great on their last 6 fish, so I am thinking the same goes here. Lucky for me/Tony I found some super meaty chicken hindquarters at our butcher shop, so he'll be getting some of that added. Funny I got those for 1.29 a pound and Orijen 6 fish, is a tad over 2.90 a pound and the adult about 2.45. Has dog food prices just gotten totally out of control. Orijen isn't the only manufacture that has or is getting out of hand. But when I can get burger for 2.05 pound, pollack clean fillets for 1.98 a pound, it's time to rethink how a guy feeds his dog. Now, it is certainly easier to pour the kibble into a bowl, then to have to repack and freeze some of the meat products, along with heating it up. I guess there is some trade off, but for me Tony is about 1/4 fresh meat and the rest Orijen. LOL, it won't be lond before it is 50-50.

[shepherdmom]

They keep raising the prices and making the bags smaller, they are going to push me right out of the decent stuff and back to the pedigree.

[arby665]

I think the right way to figure that would be to determine the amount of meals you can get per bag -vs- how many pounds of raw and the cost per pound of that. Unless you are feeding your dog 2lbs of kibble you can't really compare that to 2lbs of raw. Hope that makes sense.

[3ToesTonyismydog]

Originally Posted by shepherdmom

They keep raising the prices and making the bags smaller, they are going to push me right out of the decent stuff and back to the pedigree.

Don't do that, that cheap crap killed one of my dogs. Just keep your eyes open for different ways to feed your dog. Asian and mexican markets, usually have some cheaper cuts of meat. Check out your local butcher shop's, some carry frozen pet food which they make out of older meat that gets close to going bad. Just don't go and feed cheap dog food, don't give up, you could be sorry.

[jocoyn]

You also have to look at the source quality of the meat. I would rather feed dry food with antibiotic free chicken and grass fed beef than raw food with hormone infused antibiotic laden beef - grain fed (or hamburger from dairy cattle who have been pumped full of the same garbage all their short productive life) or antibiotic laden chicken leg quarters that may or may not have been irradiated because they don't "have" to tell us.

To me, the ideal is scrap from the folks who process quality local meats fed naturally; that is my goal.

[DTS]

I found acana online for $62.99. The store I usually get it from upped the price for the Pacifica from $63.99 to $74. If the prices go up online as well I'm going to have to find something else. If I had a freezer I'd feed raw.

ETA: just checked the place I ordered food from, the upped the price to $77.99 a bag.. Looks like I will be in the market for a new kibble. And I hope when the food gets here it isn't bad because they sent me a 29.7 lb bag and the new bags are 28.7lb. No wonder it was the normal price. Ugh.. I'm not sure where to go from here

[shepherdmom]

Originally Posted by 3ToesTonyismydog

Don't do that, that cheap crap killed one of my dogs. Just keep your eyes open for different ways to feed your dog. Asian and mexican markets, usually have some cheaper cuts of meat. Check out your local butcher shop's, some carry frozen pet food which they make out of older meat that gets close to going bad. Just don't go and feed cheap dog food, don't give up, you could be sorry.

Everyone's hours got cut again at work today I'm not going to have much of a choice if I want to keep everyone fed. The food I've been feeding went from 34.99 a bag to 39.99 a bag and was up to $44.99 a bag this last time. While my hours have gone down to only 10 a week. That barely covers my gas to get there.

[Shaolin]

Hubby and I were just talking about this while shopping for dog food. I paid 30$ for an 8lb bag of BB. We could buy a 30lb+ bag of Kibbles and Bits, plus a case of Alpo and still have some change left over for a bag of treats for what I paid for that food. I refuse to go back to that type of food, but it does make RAW feeding, or at least 50/50 look much better.

[elisabeth_00117]

I don't buy kibble for the dogs but do for my cats. For 1 bag of Origen it's almost $90 and that will last my 2 cats about a month (they also get wet food).

For Acana, it's about $70 for a bag and lasts the same amount of time.

It's insane.. add in the cost of the wet food that they get once per day (1 can each) at $2.29 a can (remember x's 2! per day) and the amount I spend in cat food is probably more than I spend on myself!

The dogs are cheaper because I do raw and buy from butchers and farmers but still does add up when feeding 2 large and very active dogs!

[mego]

Originally Posted by DTS

I found acana online for $62.99. The store I usually get it from upped the price for the Pacifica from $63.99 to $74. If the prices go up online as well I'm going to have to find something else. If I had a freezer I'd feed raw.

ETA: just checked the place I ordered food from, the upped the price to $77.99 a bag.. Looks like I will be in the market for a new kibble. And I hope when the food gets here it isn't bad because they sent me a 29.7 lb bag and the new bags are 28.7lb. No wonder it was the normal price. Ugh.. I'm not sure where to go from here

chewy has acana for 67 with free ship. Maybe you can try there?