"That's a lot of chicken wings," said the Costco cashier as she scanned the ten pound bag.
"Yeah, it's for my dog ..." and I quickly realized that's not what I wanted to say.
Feeding her raw food like chicken wings and marrow bones is actually cheaper than kibble, which has preservatives and the like. I'm not planning on feeding her ten pounds of raw chicken in a day - this is more like over two months. They're individually frozen to accommodate me when I want to pull out a few to thaw.
Ziggy has always been pretty good about not overeating, but before I started supplementing with a lot of raw, whole foods she was not unlikely to eat because she was bored. Now, she really only eats when she's actually hungry.
So, I'm not really embarrassed about spending $19 on raw chicken to feed to my dog. I just don't need to tell people about it.
Her kibble is Taste of the Wild and I vary the type. Most of it goes into her treat ball and the rest in her bowl, which she only eats when she's really hungry. She gets on average about two marrow bones a week, which I've had cut down to few inches. She gets a bit of cooked chicken each time I leave her in the kennel and a drumstick or wing whenever I think about it, every couple of days. I give her bits of fruits and vegetables such as bananas and raw zucchini, and she loves some yogurt so she gets the dregs of a container (only plain, with no sugar or flavors added). She seems healthy, but I should probably get her some supplements in case we really go to mostly raw foods. I'm not going to obsess about keeping it totally well-balanced, I have too many other things on my mind.
We tried some other kibble but she didn't like the first one very much (ZEssentials). Then I wanted to just get the Whole Foods brand which seemed fine at first but then there was a bad batch that made her pretty sick. Whole Foods insisted that it wouldn't harm her, it was just a manufacturing glitch, but I promptly returned it for a refund and swore it off, which is sad because that was really the most convenient for me.
"Yeah, it's for my dog ..." and I quickly realized that's not what I wanted to say.
Feeding her raw food like chicken wings and marrow bones is actually cheaper than kibble, which has preservatives and the like. I'm not planning on feeding her ten pounds of raw chicken in a day - this is more like over two months. They're individually frozen to accommodate me when I want to pull out a few to thaw.
Ziggy has always been pretty good about not overeating, but before I started supplementing with a lot of raw, whole foods she was not unlikely to eat because she was bored. Now, she really only eats when she's actually hungry.
So, I'm not really embarrassed about spending $19 on raw chicken to feed to my dog. I just don't need to tell people about it.
Her kibble is Taste of the Wild and I vary the type. Most of it goes into her treat ball and the rest in her bowl, which she only eats when she's really hungry. She gets on average about two marrow bones a week, which I've had cut down to few inches. She gets a bit of cooked chicken each time I leave her in the kennel and a drumstick or wing whenever I think about it, every couple of days. I give her bits of fruits and vegetables such as bananas and raw zucchini, and she loves some yogurt so she gets the dregs of a container (only plain, with no sugar or flavors added). She seems healthy, but I should probably get her some supplements in case we really go to mostly raw foods. I'm not going to obsess about keeping it totally well-balanced, I have too many other things on my mind.
We tried some other kibble but she didn't like the first one very much (ZEssentials). Then I wanted to just get the Whole Foods brand which seemed fine at first but then there was a bad batch that made her pretty sick. Whole Foods insisted that it wouldn't harm her, it was just a manufacturing glitch, but I promptly returned it for a refund and swore it off, which is sad because that was really the most convenient for me.
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