The price on premium dog and cat food can really add up not to mention the ready-made
human grade foods although convenient can be very expensive especially if you have a large dog or
numerous pets. There's also a lot of waste with the fulfillment and transportation costs and packaging.
As much of it is not recyclable I will share with you ways that I save money making dog and cat food
for my pets and save for the family as well. I'm dr Dody Tyneway holistic veterinarian with 30 years
of experience and creator of holistic vet blend, a supplement for balancing homemade dog and cat food.
I look forward to showing you ways that I save when we get back. Savings tip number one
check out the grocery store flyers. It takes only a few minutes to go through these and
they come in the mail every week so before you recycle them take a look. You'll see here carrots
two pounds for 69 cents that's a really good deal. so snags some of those the local market has great
produce sales. There's 20 eggs for 3.29 ground beef 2.99 a pound a really good sale buy one get
one free bone in chicken. So I can take from 2.19 a pound down to less than a dollar a pound if I
remove the bones myself. Two for six dollars so three dollars a pound for some ground turkey so
you could really meal plan around that and and grab what you need to make your own pet food.
Savings tip number two, subscribe to the shopper apps download the shopper apps for the stores
that you frequent. They'll track your spending and send you deals based on your buying habits.
It also allows you to take a look at what's on sale before you head out to the store.
Savings tip number three buy in bulk and meal plan around pet and human meals it's kind of a
no-brainer that you save more when you buy in bulk but you might be able to prepare a dish say from
turkey ground turkey that you make turkey meatloaf for the family and get turkey in their dog food. So
just numerous ways to save by combining savings tip number four deep own and grind your own meat.
Okay so I bought this these turkey thighs with the bone in and I'm gonna go ahead and show you how
easy it is to just de-bone them i'm sure there's a video somewhere on uh youtube on how to do this
but basically I just skinned little guy just work down the bone and I've got a customer here
who is looking forward to some dinner shortly but uh they're just gonna have to wait
Okay so here we go it's really the um when you get down to the
little ligaments there that are the end of the bone so there you go i'm just kind of
just one around it and so just become a little uh deboning machine here quite easy
anyway this really really lowers the cost of my meat when I find bone in um chicken on sale.
Savings tip number five add less expensive organ meat to your grind. Here I had some ground beef
heart and added it to ground chicken thighs they really compliment each other nicely in a recipe
savings tip number six shop your local market or vegetable stands I love to shop my local market
look here sweet potatoes 89 cents a pound just see a really great selection of produce often at much
better prices here the chain store same day 1.69 a pound for sweet potatoes that's a big difference.
Savings tip number seven check for manager specials these are usually on the edge
of the meat section or sometimes like the vegetables will be in the back of the store
but always check because your pets don't really care if their
vegetables are a little off that day or dented they don't really care at all. Savings tip number
eight add a quality protein source such as eggs. Eggs are relatively inexpensive and
an excellent source of protein i just toss the eggs into the meat as i'm sauteing it
savings tip number nine shop warehouse gloves for diaz on organic
I find the best prices for organic produce at costco also they've got great deals on
organic meats as well savings tip number 10 grow your own. Well maybe not. Subscribe
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