leopuppy04 Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Hi All, I feed my dogs on about 80% raw, but it's getting bl**dy expensive as my butcher keeps hiking up his prices. All to find some really nice meaty bones (I don't buy the $2 bag of bones coz it's no meat just bone ). I live in Eastern Suburbs of Melbourne. Does anyone have any recommendations of places where I can get some really nice, good quality meat that won't cost an arm and a leg? I feed all kinds - fish, lamb, pork, beef... you name it!! LOL! Anyone use vic markets?! Are they much cheaper?! I'd only be able to get down on weekends though..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I just get mine from the supermarket. Safeways at Lilydale is usually pretty good. Lots of lamb flaps. Also get chicken frames from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 I just get mine from the supermarket. Safeways at Lilydale is usually pretty good. Lots of lamb flaps. Also get chicken frames from there. How much approx would that set you back Jules?! thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JulesP Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Umm maybe $14 a week's worth. I feed 50% raw. I hate butchers btw cause I am a vego. Pet Warehouse in Ringwood have cheap chicken frames. Have you looked there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
First Time Puppy Owner Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Check out this thread LP http://www.dolforums.com.au/index.php?showtopic=156406 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ness Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Have to say I get most of mine from the supermarket to LP. The butchers around here are super pricey and I tend to look for whats on special. If you pick your days you can find stuff thats marked down at foodland/woolies. I have got some pretty good bargains - even managed to get quail for $1.50 each for something different (although neither of them were too keen). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 (edited) haha - none of our supermarkets get anything that exotic Am going to give Box hill etc a try first as they tend to be cheaper - but so far our supermarkets have been quite pricey ETA - thanks FTPO Edited August 24, 2009 by leopuppy04 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seita Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Can't help you with an acutal butcher but try to find bulk meat places - they tend to be cheapest. I just found a bulk butcher near our farmers markets in Brissy and the prices are alot cheaper than other butchers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jessm Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Make friends with a butcher! Although it may be a bit more convenient for me as I am sort of related to a butcher, I get everything I want ordered in at wholesale price, just tell him the day before I want it and the next day it's delivered (too bad you're so far away!) Woolies charges around $3.20kg for gross looking carcasses with no meat on them, I get fresh meaty ones .80c a kilo. The nicest ones i've seen by far, better then the chicken shops around here (never thought I would get so excited about carcasses!). I got a product list too so anything I want I can order. I love it! ...Sorry to brag. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MissLotus Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 If you can travel to Vic Market, I'm sure Tasman Sea at DFO Moorabbin isn't that far. Prices vary, but last time we went there we got 2kg mince beef for $9.00, tray of chicken wingets for 0.70 and they also cater for pets - think i saw a bag of pet mince for $2.00. Another place is Springvale at the main butchers in the centre (parking is a nightmare, so I normally go at 8 am). You can get chicken carcasses at 80 cents per kilo, dice beef 2k for 10.00 etc. There is also a seafood place near by which sells frozen fish (think its basset or something along those lines) which is $9.00 a kilo. I normally buy in bulk and it lasts a good 1 month. So on average, I would spend about $40 a month on meat for my two small dogs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff'n'Toller Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 LP try the butcher attached to Get Fresh in Boronia, they have a great range of pork and other interesting off cuts. I haven't been there lately so can't comment on prices but worth a look. Champion Pet Foods in Bayswater has been bought by a Labrador breeder and she feeds barf so I can't imagine she'd stock any crap. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Thanks for your suggestions everyone I might try your ones SnT as well as the organic place in lilydale - don't know what their prices are like or if they stock bones, but I hope so! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff'n'Toller Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 I know that Champion have bones. They have good frames too. Before the shop was sold, I asked the previous owner if she buys the meat in frozen b/c I didn't want to refreeze it and she looked at me in horror "absolutely not we buy it all in fresh!!!" She still works there part time. I'm pretty sure the Get Fresh butchers have venison too.....I really must get there sometime. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted August 24, 2009 Author Share Posted August 24, 2009 Where is "Get Fresh"?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Natsu chan Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 LP this side of town is probably too far for you but perhaps next time you come up to KCC you might want to try the butchers in Palm plaza in Dandenong. There's a couple of butchers there and a few more on lonsdale street. Most of the butchers in Dandy sell fish as well. Also there's a couple of wholesale butchers one in Amberly cresent which is off Frankston Dandenong Rd (forty winks is on the corner), and the other on Hallam Belgrave Rd between the Hallam hotel and the seven eleven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J... Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 Try different butchers with your bags of bones - I've found one here locally that if I buy 2 bags at $2 each I normally end up with 3/4 of them being usable. Keeping in mind I pitch anything fatty or sharp/likely to cause issues. Compared to $1.50 to $3.00 for a roo tail (which I chop in half) I found it a good way of diluting the costs. I can get the roo tail cheaper in big frozen blocks but it's a huge job to separate them and chop them up into smaller pieces. Our little IGA is good if you get it on bone day - normally get a massive bag for $2 of good bones, the Safeway ends up being $4 to $5 a tray for a very ordinary selection - mostly fat and junk! Very occasionally they have lamb flaps which I grab for the pup but they are way too fatty for Darcy. I've got some bones from Queen Vic on the occasional visit but found they didn't really have a great selection at all - but I was there on the weekend. Maybe a weekday would be different? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Staff'n'Toller Posted August 24, 2009 Share Posted August 24, 2009 It's in the old square in Boronia where Safeway used to be (now Dan Murphy's or something) Get Fresh is the fruit and vegie place in the old Franklins store and the butcher is a small outlet right in the corner on the left hand side. google map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted August 25, 2009 Share Posted August 25, 2009 Jodie, who runs Boxer Rescue Victoria, has just bought the old Bayswater Pet Supplies. She has called it 'For Your Paws Only' and has a new meat licence so is back selling fresh minced veggies, roo, rabbit, chicken, chicken necks, beef mince etc. All of the chicken is La Iionica. 747 Mountain Highway, Bayswater p: 9729 6284 I know Jodie has fed her boxers and pug raw/prey mode for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leopuppy04 Posted August 25, 2009 Author Share Posted August 25, 2009 Thanks Puggy puggy! Guess who's going shopping tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
puggy_puggy Posted August 26, 2009 Share Posted August 26, 2009 Thanks Puggy puggy!Guess who's going shopping tomorrow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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