Feeding a Raw Diet for $1.20 Per Pound: Budget Carnivore Dog Food
Feeding a Raw Diet for $1.20 Per Pound: Budget Carnivore Dog Food
Sharing the secrets to how I consistently feed my dog a raw carnivore diet for around $1.20 per pound! These are the carnivore budget staple foods I always buy.
There is a common misconception that the carnivore diet is expensive and unaffordable, and this can prevent people from trying the diet, causing them to miss out on all the amazing benefits the carnivore lifestyle can offer. This is true for not only us, but for our dogs as well.
In this video I share my secrets to exactly how I consistently feed my dog a raw carnivore diet for less than $1. per pound, which is significantly cheaper than nearly every premium kibble brand on the market! By doing this, I have not only been able to feed my dog a species-appropriate diet that is going to allow her to live a long, happy, healthy life, but it saves me quite a bit of money as well! The best part? We can share almost all the foods I buy!
I find the best deals buying local, and with my massive directory, you can too! Browse over 7,200 local farms, butcher shops, & meat processors: https://apexpackandtribe.com/localresources
Looking to transition your dog from kibble to an all-meat carnivore diet? Check out this video for a full breakdown on how I transitioned my dog seamlessly in 30 days: https://youtu.be/550Ycx-bL6E&list=UL
Timestamps
00:00 – Introduction and what I spent buying kibble
01:20 – Eggs
01:50 – Chicken leg quarters (local butcher)
02:28 – Chicken leg quarters (large-retail grocery store)
03:13 – Chicken gizzards (local butcher)
03:34 – Chicken gizzards (large-retail grocery store)
04:03 – Chicken feet
04:43 – Ground beef (local butcher)
05:25 – Beef tripe
05:53 – Turkey necks
06:58 – Butcher blend
08:03 – Kidney & liver
08:29 – Total cost for the entire haul
08:46 – Local resources
09:55 – Closing thoughts
Disclaimer: I’m not a certified vet or healthcare professional and this is not healthcare or veterinary advice, I am simply sharing my experience. Always consult with your healthcare/veterinary provider, do your research, and make informed and educated decisions that are best for you and your pet.
I just found your channel after searching for “raw diet” for my dogs, so forgive me if I ask a question that may have been covered in some other video. 😊
You are so informative and knowledgeable—I appreciate the info!
One questions is—have you completely transitioned your dogs to raw, or is there still a little kibble in their food bowl every meal? My concern is transitioning too quickly and possibly causing my 3 to get sick—I’ve done that once before with kibble with one of my dogs (RIP Blue), and he got so sick. What’s the best way to achieve a successful transition or is just doing it slowly, adding a little more raw and a little less kibble each meal the way to go?
Sir you did say anything about carbs from rice and fish and chia seeds for omega fatty acids, curd and coconut oil
When you feed your dogs eggs do you include the shells as well?
A lot of organs, chicken feet, tendons, tripe, gizzards can also be found in ethnic supermarkets like Asian markets.
Love the video, I’ve watched alot and this is the best one I’ve seen since I started this journey about a week ago, my question is…if the canine will always be on the smaller side, should the food be ground (I have a grinder that will grind bone) or left whole? Or is it a personal choice? Thanks in advance 🙂
Is there any way to get just Georgia information? I’m not able to pull up the map very well as I only have my Android ph to use
How many pounds a meal and how many meals a day can I feed my aussies ?
Do you give your dogs any omega 3s, probiotics, vitamins, etc.?
Butcher’s in my northern state are no where near that cheap. Our closest one imports all her meat from big Ag, and sells it as "local", charging $3.99/lb for chicken. No one sells turkey necks, or ground up leftovers in my state. Does your local butcher ship?
Hi I am adopting 11 years old Yorkie with dementia. He is also blind and deaf
My question is : how long can I keep raw meat in fridge before it is bad? If i buy regular container of chicken hearts and give him 2 a day , how long is it ok to keep them in fridge. I want him to eat raw I just need some guidance here. Please help. He already had horrible life. He was found frozen to the ground on Dec 23rd!! I am getting him on Friday
Any guidance would be appreciated it! He had horrible life . I want to give him all the best from now on
How many times a day do you feed your dogs?
How do you handle giving your dog a chicken leg? Don’t they drag it around the house and lay it on the carpet and eat it
How do you fe red d this stuff
Great video. I have a Boerbel that is 185 pounds. I do everything this video says. I do feed the entire eggs with shell, sardines in water, pumpkin powder, multivitamin powder, green tripe and a probiotic. Oh I add some oatmeal also. It helps with heart health and digestion.
Holy crap – in Ontario, Canada you’d be lucky to find any of that meat for less than $5 a pound.
I feed gizzards to my dogs daily.
How many times do you feed your dogs per day ?
Thanks for the Vid, time stamps would be nice to review better on 2nd viewing on the video, this Vid helped my 2 dogs, thanks a bunch.
1 egg a day , chicken legs, chicken gizzards 10% of food , chicken feet 1-2 per day , redmeat 25% , tripe , turkey necks small section per day , scrap butcher meat , kidney and liver
The tripe should be green tripe. The tripe that you shown is bleached tripe and doesn’t have any nutritional for dogs. I would ask a local farmer for green tripe as it really is a good source of manganese.
So, do you thaw and give it to them raw?
I also recommend sardines in water from Amazon for $1 something a can. Omega 3 will counter omega 6 in beef.
Mussels and clams for zinc and selenium.
I also feed pork neck.
I shop at ethnic markets.
Excellent video! (*you might want to check out ‘green tripe’ vs storebought cleaned/bleached tripe) Your video gave me hope. I have two large dogs, one is very ill, so I switched her to total raw. It has made a difference! She is happier again, runs, swims and plays. I wish I had done this with all my dogs. We only have one butcher within 3 hour drive. He will not touch poultry and his prices are the same or higher than the grocery stores. Strange. Luckily we have a big Walmart and a small family grocery that has excellent meats for a price less than Kroger – Yay. Again great video and thank you for doing that map. Wow!
Do you prepare batches in advance and freeze the individual meals or just shop week to week? Curious about the longevity of some of the items in the fridge.
let’s also not forget about how cheap this is by calculating in that a lot of money is saved through less or almost no vet visits… it’s a win win!
super helpful ty
What about carbs and other nutrients? Even if its a low percentage?
Any idea on how much of what food to feed 3 month old chihuahua?😮
There is no way I can get these prices in my area. I have one butcher close and they are more than 2x the price of the big chains. And farmers are expensive. I can also get a 40 lb bag of dog food for $27. The local farmer that sells chicken grind of necks, backs and heads (not organ meats) is $6 a pound.
Dogs can eat raw bones? Thought chicken bones can kill dogs
Hi thank you for the videos! My husband went Carnivore over 1 month ago and are doing so well and I I am transitioning my 55 lb dog and struggling a bit with a few things. I bought the 10lb bag of chicken leg quarters and cooked them, deboned them and made bone broth with it. My question with that is it only gave me 3 1/2 pounds of meat and a ton of broth (which i put the skin and all in) she will drink the broth but how much should I give her and would it be more cost effective for the meat to buy boneless skinless chicken since it only made 3 1/2 pounds? My dog will probably never eat bones because she doesn’t like raw chicken and doesnt chew bones well. Also, when I made the bone broth the bones and very soft so could I make up for the loss of feeding her the raw bones by pureed bones? Where it is completely mush and no splintered bones ect.? I am adding hamburger which she likes raw and gizzards if I can find them.
I also wish we had cheaper meat here! Hamburger here at walmart is almost 5.00 a pound and local butchers here are 6.00 a pound. Most of the items you mentioned except chicken and hamburger our local walmart and meat processors don’t have them. Thanks so much for your help 😊
Do you grind the chicken leg quarters? I don’t have a grinder and can’t afford one right now but I know the bones are an important source of nutrients. Will she still benefit from a raw boneless diet for now? While my dog is a heavy chewer, I’m apprehensive about feeding her the bones.
Thanks so much for this video!! How much do I feed my dog? I’ve seen different calculations. I have a 1 yr old boxer 72lb and a 14yr old boxer mastiff 78lb. How do I know I’m feeding them enough? I just bought a meat grinder so I can grind all the bones up.
Eating raw off of fresh kill is one thing. But is there any concern at all with bacteria due to handling and shelving, etc?
Does it give them diarrhea?
I was shocked at how cheaply I could buy grass fed heart and liver. Beef from the same suppliers was like $20 a pound but heart was $5 a pound and liver $2. Initially I was buying it to add to my own burger mixes but we started adding it to ground meats for the dogs as well.
It’s best to get the tripe meant for pet consumption because it’s green and not bleached. Green tripe is a great probiotic. Bleached tripe has most of its nutrients removed. I get mine from a natural pet food store but you can also order it.
What can I do about my dog’s bad breath?
Where to find these ingredients on the budget like on a really strict budget?
around thanksgiving turkey was $1/lb!
I get my pets chicken quarters for 65 cents a pound.
How many times a day do you feed uoir dogs? I remember when i was a little girl growing up, we fed our dogs once a day. In the last i dont know 20 years maybe, it changed to twice a day. What do you recommend
7:56 thank you for this !! My mom gets meat from a local butcher every month so that will be perfect I can get a few of those and then it won’t be so hard to find the other ingredients which fortunately for me I only have a 4 1/2 pound and an 11 pound dog to feed but I still have a hard time finding what I need so I just buy brand raw dog food the kind you keep in the freezer or freeze dried and I would just prefer to feed them fresh raw food and food that I know exactky what is in it so thank you so much
Love this! Got a farm 15 mins away East and West! Thanks
This is great. Thank you!
Thank you for this! Feed my dogs raw but I buy it already made up it’s very expensive. So this might my next step save money and feed the dogs raw.
Is it ok to air fry the turkey necks and chicken feet? Just wondering because another raw dogfood influencer does that.
How much do you feed different size dogs
What about hormones and antibiotics? All of these you showed are not free of those …
My wiener dog seems to be allergic to everything but especially chicken and beef. She’s also SUPER picky, I spent ten years making her food and watching her not want to eat it. I recently got a lab and want to try again with raw food, is it safe to feed raw human grade? I read somewhere that if it’s raw it can have bacteria?
10lb of chicken 6$