Orijen, we vary the flavour. Three dogs, a large bag lasts 3 weeks. So about $90 every three weeks. Dogs are expensive

I got a can of dog food to go on top of the dry now and again and was really impressed, both my dogs loved this stuff.

Can is called Merrick and I got them the Turducken

http://www.naturalbalanceinc.com/dog-formulas/dry/limited-ingredient-diets/potato-and-duck

I cook 3 chicken friers a week,12-14 cups of brown rice, one small bag of carrots and one head? of celery once a week. Combined with one raw egg per dog per day and a salmon oil pill for each meal.  This feed two labs well for 7 days, 85#'s and 105#'s. Neither are fat. Also by cooking they do not smell nearly as bad as dogs that are feed kibble and mine don't get baths. They swim in the saltwater about every 3-4 weeks. Oh yea and the best part their crap dissolves in the rain in about 48 hours.

That being said it can be a PITA if all you want to do is relax.

I assume you debone the chicken?

Oh my God.  I feed Madison a scoop of this in the morning--her favorites are Wingaling and Smothered Comfort.
Each contain whole pressure cooked chicken parts--bone and all--which disentigrate when they chew.
Madison will stand on her head for it.  

Alrighty boys, about to order some Fromm Gold from Chewy today. Really look forward to seeing how they like it!

And glad to see someone else using the Merrick brand of canned food, I will definitely be buying that stuff again. It's rare to see so many fresh and healthy ingredients. If you want to, compare the Merricks to like pedigree and you'll see quite the difference

(No financial interest in any company, Just want the best food for the dogs to make them live as long as possible)

Madison looks forward to her little bit of canned food every morning.  But with the whole chicken in there, she really goes nuts for it.
I started giving her a bit of canned to hide her dose of Benadryl.  She has horrible allergies.

4health

Fromm Gold Large Puppy.  In the morning I'll mix in an egg and in the evening I'll mix in yogurt.  I put a spoon of pumpkin puree in for both meals.

We have been feeding our boxers Taste of the wild for several years now.  I wish they still vacuum sealed it like they used to, I just always liked that sound it made when I would open a new bag and you knew it was fresh.  We also tend to buy 3-4 of the big bags at a time which lasts about 2-3 months and I know it won't go bad in that time but I just always felt better when they were vacuum sealed.  Our older boxer is starting to have some dental issues and wasn't eating the dry stuff with as much zeal, so we started adding some of the canned wet stuff to it to help soften it all up and now she attacks the bowl faster than ever!  The reason I started buying the taste of the wild was cause we got a sam's club in town and they sell those giant bags of cheap stuff and I was wondering how much worse it was than the science diet we had been feeding them. Well after some research we found out that it was really bad stuff, and our science diet wasn't as great as we thought either.  The 2 carried locally that weren't obscenely expensive were blue buffalo and taste of the wild.  the TOTW had a slightly higher rating than the BB so we went with that, we've fed them BB a couple times when we couldn't get any TOTW, but for the most part it's been the TOTW.

My wife and I used to do the same thing, we would buy whatever was the best deal and found that a lot of it was giving our only dog at the time, the Hershey squirts. For being a Pitt mix, he was really particular about his food and would really just not eat very much and would end up raiding the trash looking for other food. The food we were feeding him was causing weight gain for no reason, especially since he was eating so little of it. When I adopted my older GSD mix, he was very fit and healthy and I wanted to keep it that way and started doing some research on the food we were feeding them and was horrified. We started looking for other brands and went with Lassie for a while and that was a little better but still not good enough. My GSD mix comes with me to work a lot, and I would grab these sample bags of Taste (one per customer but free) and I would feed him that at work because they were sealed and the perfect meal size. He loved that stuff and would devour it. I got a large bag and the Pitt just absolutely loved it, and would actually eat when you feed them in the morning which he used to never do. Only reason I am giving Fromm a try is because my wife has a hedgehog and I guess that's what they recommend feeding them. I look forward to seeing how they like it.

Long story short, you may think like we did, that buying in bulk saves money, but in the long run they eat more because it's not as filling and pretty unhealthy stuff usually. My dogs now eat less, but always get full and have more energy. The better brands may cost more for less weight, but they eat less so you end up spending just about as much. A 30lb bag last's both my dogs about a month or sometimes more.

And I really recommend the Merrick's for the wet topping if its available in you area, it has the best ingredients I have seen so far in canned food. I have been really impressed by that company's food as well, and it appears to be really good ingredients as far as whole chicken and so on

Well today, as we grilled some T-bones they each got one with plenty of the chew parts left on since as one of my daughters pointed out "Dad, that steak is bigger than I am!".  It was the quietest they've been out in the yard for I don't know how long.

Bacon and eggs for breakfast

A mix of Abound in the packets and baked chicken

And the occasional puppy cone.

100% raw fed.
Main staple of their diet is chicken 1/4's. We buy everything in bulk....unless we shot it during hunt season. Getting into the more elaborate proteins starts costing more than our price point of around  $.50-.65/lb
In addition to the chicken...
Green tripe, beef kidney, rabbit, venison (scraps), raw eggs, pork/venison/beef heart, beef /chicken liver, Ox tail, venison and pork ribs, beef tongue, chicken feet...and duck on occasion (expensive). As one of the other member's stated, it's all bone in where applicable. No cooked bones.

This meal was tongue, tripe, short rib, heart, and an egg.
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I was reading about this recently. Interesting.

Some stuff I read had concerns of certain deficiencies.

I rotate with Merrick, Fromm and Nature's Variety Instinct as mine gets bored with food after a while.  Sometimes I toss in a raw egg or coconut oil, as well.

When I started feeding raw (10+ yrs ago now ) I had the same concerns...though our dogs had started out on kibble. We had switched them at around 5 years old. So the nutritional concerns during puppy development t weren't so much of a concern for me...then.
Our current dogs have been raw fed since the day they got home. (8 weeks). Having a solid understanding of the raw diet from our prior dogs, local raw food groups, and some great books on the subject...took a lot of weight off.
Every vet check up, labwork, and development to adulthood feeding raw has been uneventful.

It's certainly nerve wrecking at first, had a  scale to weigh everything...proportionate...worried about the dogs getting enough calcium /nutrition. Now I just fill the bowls, and let em eat. No more dog breath, tartar on their teeth, 1/4 the crap, they barely need the huge drinks of water associated with kibble...significantly reducing the incident of bloat.

It's certainly not for everyone, though it did transform our dogs (prior two) when we made the switch.

Here's a few books that helped a lot ....Lew Olsen is awesome.

https://www.amazon.com/Raw-Natural-Nutrition-Dogs-Definitive/dp/1556439032

Dr. Tom Lonsdale is excellent as well.
https://www.amazon.com/Raw-Meaty-Bones-Promote-Health/dp/0646396242/ref=sr_1_sc_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1466434991&sr=1-2-spell&keywords=Tom+lonesdale

Dr Karen Becker video....
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G3wLTlqnMMg


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That's a healthy looking dog, very nice coat.

I totally agree, very healthy looking dog.

I had tried to do the all natural food diet for a while but I had cooked the food first (mistake) and then added rice. It ended up spoiling before I could feed them the amount I had made up

If I were to do it now, that's exactly how I would do it, with the amount of raw ingredients and a better understanding of what is safe for them to eat.

Great tips!

Taste of the Wild. Available at Rural King.

Thanks, she's a good girl.
Yeah,  another "learning curve" gig...keeping the meat from spoiling...but not having to thaw it out every day/evening.
I break down the #40 cases and put everything in 1 gallon ziplocks/storage containers. We get about three days of meals from that.
Having a spare freezer is a must, since buying in bulk is the only way to make it affordable.

All of the major dogfood manufacturers for the most part are good to go. They have the funding to do meaningful reasearch. Look for the AAFCO statement on the bag.

While not always true, as a general rule of thumb, the more attractive the bag the worse the food is... Beneful is a prime example.

As a veterinarian with dogs that do not have specific dietary requirements I feed Purina Pro Plan. Best advice is to consult with your veterinarian about your dog's  dietary needs.

Some of the best food for the money. Recommend it to people all the time.

Been feeding diamond brand, but taste of the wild and fromms look interesting... Will have to check out

Diamond, 4health, Costco Kirkland, and taste of the wild are all manufactured by the same company. I use 4health and used to use Diamond, all good stuff.

Diamond Natural and raw meat