What’s the cost comparison like with this?
Cheaper - but its more effort.
You need a chest freezer.
For chicken - I feed quarters and backs. Chicken I feed three times a week and that's where he gets his bones from . The chicken itself I buy from maple lodge farms outlet, which is, just like the title says a meat outlet store. I don't buy my meat there, but for him I do. I buy around 60 lbs of chicken at a time.The rest of his diet consists of green tripe and oaffal. I get the green tripe from a butcher about an hour away from Toronto for $1.54/lb and the oaffal is $1.74/lb. I buy around 120 lbs every time I go.; so around $200 CAD.
My dog weighs around 110 lbs (and growing) and eats around 3.5 lbs of meat a day. His food costs me around $150/month - because I sometimes run out of shit and I have to get him chicken at the store like once or twice a month. If I was feeding him kibble I'd be doubling that, easy.
It is significantly better for them, their coats will starts to shine like you won't believe, they shit way less cause there is less waste to get rid of, no allergies, no bad breath, it's the best thing you can do for a dog. I consider myself an involved dog owner; my dog is a hobby to me and not a pet - I'll train him in various activities, so I'd like to think of myself as being above average in knowledge - raw food is the best thing you can do for your dog.
The pre-packaged stuff is very expensive. I tried it once when I ran out and i noticed his stool was way hard, which tells me that the bone content is too high. Their diet should be around 70% meat, 20% bone, 10% organ.
Dogs are very tough animals - North American society and that fucking loser Bob Barker have swayed the general publics perception of what these animals are.
Look at this guy, hard as fuck, and he just got a bitch pregnant, made me $1000 - my boy: