How much does it cost to feed your dog?

Cuteybabe8

I was wondering how much it cost to feed your dog on a daily basis. It cost about 55p to feed my 20kg dog, on it's recommended daily amount. I think this is reasonable but its all the toys and bits and bobs that costs me more.

rachiee

If your thinking weekly, about £30 a week for all my dogs. But I love them all to bits

mrcol1000

15kg dog. Costs me about £7.50 a month for Burns dry food. Then about £5 a week for extra treats and tin fish for the weekends.

tonypop

Where do you get burns food??

mrcol1000

tonypop wrote: »

Where do you get burns food??

Direct from Mr Burns himself.

http://www.shop.burnspet.com/acatalog/index.html

tonypop

Great,thanks mrcol

lisa*_5

Roughly 70p a day for each dog - one 33kg and the other 28kg. They are fed on a RAW diet - staple meals mainly come from Landywoods however I get alot of bones free of charge from local butcher.

foreign_correspondent

ooh, I worked it out at something like 18p a day, I think, for my 12kg dog on Wagg worker - I am thinking of swapping to CSJ champ, which will cost about the same or maybe even slightly less! (http://www.csjk9.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=21&idcategory=6)

CSJ do some very good foods for the price - worth checking out, and they often suit dogs with sensitive digestive systems too!

UKTigerlily

£2.50 a week for a 13 1/2kg Dog on Orijen

Welshwoofs

About £25 a week for a 70kg dog here. I buy whole chickens which I poach and he has that with mixer and veg.

Ruby_Moon

I get a 15kg bag of complete from a local shop for £6.70 and that will last a month for mine. They also have a small amount of wet with that which costs about 80p for 3/4 days. All divided by 2 large dogs = hardly anything 12p a day each?? Plus our leftovers which are free.
I get bones from the butcher free of charge too so they get a nice bonemarrow treat every week.
As for toys, I refuse to spend money on Pets for Home toys or anywhere like that as they are totally overpriced and have found that I can either make toys out of old things or find things in charity shops and car boot sales much much cheaper.
Old socks, for example, are great pully toys if you knot them together. Or you can stuff them with a variety of things to make a 'fetch' toy or a chewey toy.
Cut old jeans into strips and plait them to make good strong 'ropes' for toys.
Old teddies from charity shops at 10p a time are great for them. As are some old childrens rattles (not all of them though).
Maybe we should have a thread on home made items for our pets?