Having two huge dogs obviously raises our monthly budget for groceries. When Denali was eating 100% raw and still growing like a weed, I am ashamed to admit his budget far outstripped mine. However, we have tried to find a nice medium by giving him some raw food and keeping the rest as dry kibble. It is far from perfect, but it is much better for our pocket books, and Denali doesn't seem to mind!
In the following posts, I will examine several dog food brands, sharing their protein percentages, ingredients, and price/ pound to illustrate how in Casa DuoDane choose a food.
Spoiler Alert: We feed Denali and Acadia Orijen dry kibble (Denali eats all of the adult varieties) and Acadia is still on large breed puppy for the time being. We supplement with 1 lb. raw food for Denali in the morning, and Acadia gets 1/4 lb (as she grows she will get more and more). But we try to keep it to roughly 30% of their diet.
In a given month, we spend roughly $200- $250 on food for the both of them. Keep in mind that Acadia is just a little puppy, so over time it will undoubtedly be more, but for one dane it was about $150. That is four to five bags of raw dog food (24-30 lbs) and one to two 30 lb. bags of grain-free dog food.
