OMG, Primal Raw is a LIFESAVER!

[Britster]

Originally Posted by lukes

They look like little freezed-dried hamburger patties that you add water to, then it puffs up into a real looking hamburger. A 16 lb dog will consume about 5 a day.

With Freeze-dried you can take your fingers and crumble it, it's not hard like a dehydrated chew. A lot of people use their treats and crumble it on top of the food as a topper.

Here's the Feeding Calculator for it.

A 16 oz bag has 32 patties, that will last you approximately 6 days.

We feed our dogs a lot of things and we fed a lot, so we can explain how to use it.

There's nothing wrong with adding raw foods into their diets, a lot of people do raw at night and kibble in the morning. We do both as well, we feed primal mostly, but when it's not defrosted enough, or we're in a hurry and we don't have time to properly defrost it, we use kibble and stella's as backups. If primal didn't have a retailer feeding program, I would most likely use Stella's more for the sheer convience and easy storage.

Thanks! Yeah, I didn't couldn't feed it very often lol. Simply because of price.

A 16oz bag was $26 and only lasts 6 days, but our Acana kibble is around $15 and lasts us a month! That's the only problem I've run into with the raw. If I had a smaller dog, I'd probably look into it more.

Thanks for your help.

[TresCutePiggies]

Originally Posted by Britster

Thanks! Yeah, I didn't couldn't feed it very often lol. Simply because of price.

A 16oz bag was $26 and only lasts 6 days, but our Acana kibble is around $15 and lasts us a month! That's the only problem I've run into with the raw. If I had a smaller dog, I'd probably look into it more.

Thanks for your help.

We typically feed kibble in the morning (really out of convenience) and then raw in the evening. I like to rotate between Primal Raw and Stella & Chewy's. My girls do just fine with this combo. I have bigger girls too at 9 and 11-12 lbs. It has been my experience with every dog I have had and nearly every food that I typically feed less than what is recommended on the bag. My girls do get lots of extras too so I suppose that may have something to do with it.

[lukes]

There's really no cheap raw type foods out there, other then making it yourself. But even then with all the time you spend doing it, it's not cost effective either. I had people who switch from pre-packaged raw to do it themselves and after going through the process only to switch back, because they said they weren't saving anything with all the time to gather the foods, to mix/grind it, to freeze it, and package it.

It really depends on the person I guess, Some people enjoy the preperation, some don't.

Unfortunately, I think things are going to get more expensive, I heard a rumor that Acana/Orijen had a price increase in Canada and that will hit the US soon.

[BonBon]

Originally Posted by lukes

Unfortunately, I think things are going to get more expensive, I heard a rumor that Acana/Orijen had a price increase in Canada and that will hit the US soon.

NO! Please, don't say that!!

[lukes]

Canadian one took place on Dec 1, 2009, the last US one was Jan 1, 2009.

Supposedly, this fall it will happen.