[nagdu] Counting The Costs

[Mark J. Cadigan]

Cindy,



I wish I could use an inexpensive dog food, however, doing so results in my 
dog's waste product being the consistency of mashed potatoes at best, and 
pea soup at worst. Although this food is expensive, my dog appears to be 
healthy, happy, full of energy, and is consistently dropping firm easy to 
pick up, baseball sized nuggets. Because this food has no fillers, if you 
have a smaller dog, perhaps the food could last you longer, because you 
would have to feed a lot less. I feed my dog just shy of 3 cups a day.



Also, on principle, I don't want to feed my dog a product full of hard to 
digest fillers, and other chemicals. Although it is impossible to avoid all 
fillers and chemicals unless you feed your dog a raw diet organically razed 
on local farms, this is the next best thing I could find without sacrificing 
the convenience of a dry food.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Cindy Ray" <cindyray at gmail.com>
To: "NAGDU Mailing List,the National Association of Guide Dog Users" 
<nagdu at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 5:14 PM
Subject: Re: [nagdu] Counting The Costs


> Mark, glad you brought up the size of your dog. And, of course, the dog 
> food is a huge factor. If you use some of the other dog foods that are 
> commonly used by those of us who feel our dogs are good with that, and 
> sometimes all of the dogs aren't, you are spending about twice as much or 
> more. I'm feeding three dogs, but we still go through a bag of food in 
> about a month. So, as Mark says, there is a variation. Heartworm and flea 
> preventive are the most expensive part I think, and you usually get them 
> in three to six month packages. Well, don't know about the spray.
> CL
>
> On Sep 17, 2012, at 3:48 PM, Mark J. Cadigan wrote:
>
>> Perhaps I am insane, however, my dog costs around $150+ a month. However, 
>> I do feed my dog an organic dog food that runs around $85 a bag. He eats 
>> a bag every 5 weeks.
>>
>>
>>
>> I am feeding him origin regional red.
>>
>> I give him hart guard for heartworm once a month,
>>
>> Use a topical flea and tick control spray called buddy spray
>>
>> I take him to a do it yourself grooming place once a month cost only $15!
>>
>> For training treats and whatnot I feed him organic dried venison strips
>>
>> He shreds toys, so I end up getting a new one every month or so.
>>
>>
>>
>> So, you can see how the price can add up quickly.
>>
>>
>>
>> BTW I have an 80lb shepherd.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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