Jan 18th Day 20

1. This has been a good day. Having cooked a 1/2 of all the liver in the oven with two oxo's and bits, found they absolutely loved it. Mixing it up with rice, or tabboulet (I had some in the cupboard) there is nothing left in their bowls. The other things I have noticed since cooking their food myself:
2. Better shinier coats
3. Eyes clearer and shining
4. Their stools are much lighter
5. It costs much less to feed them and they actually get more.
6. I know exactly what is going in their food.
7. Alfies dry skin has gone...in just a few days!

You cannot ever count the cost of a beloved pet, but the added bonuses for doing so are obvious for anyone to see, and it takes no time at all. Yes you have the cooking time of 2 hours for a huge casserole, enough for 3 dogs for two days, but there is hardly any prep, and the dogs love you for it!

Having worked out a dogs daily food consumption cost wise is approx £1.00 per day....a cats £0.50 per day x 3 is £4.50 daily for my tribe. (At least)

Multiply that x 14 = £59.00 for tinned dog food.

My butchers price of £29.00 seems exceptionally cheap to me, with a whopping saving of £30.00 per fortnight!!!!!! Add £7.00 for gas or electric, £7.00 for oxo's, veg and rice etc; and that still leaves me with a total of only £43.00 saving me £16.00 per fortnight at least.

I will of course let you know how far this £29.00 worth of food takes me, but I have a long way to go, and am sure it will last a lot longer than 2 weeks. Watch this space!

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My brother is in hospital having his brain operation right now, so I am keeping busy. It has been the most traumatic few days of my life, and one I have dared him to repeat!

The dogs are noisy, Maddy is being a right little madam and Piglet as usual is being her screeching self. Poor old Alfie is under the thumb and knows it. God help him when he has kids - hehe!