Pet Mince From The Supermarket

[Sydoo]

If you don't like cutting up meat, you may well be able to buy organs roughly diced for you. I have bought diced heart, kidneys and liver from supermarkets here.

[erinonthefarm]

Might be worth investing in a chest freezer? I don't think they are very expensive to buy and run... :)

I have one already but I don't think a whole cow would fit in it.......

You might get a fright at the cost of the steer though, especially seeing it is only for the dogs. We get ours done & it works out at about $7 to $8 per kilo, which includes all the bones, & all the fat. Expensive dog bones which I mainly throw out because I don't find beef bones real suitable for dogs & the fat I have no use for. Sometimes I boil the bones down & make stock....but it is expensive stock. Unless you are going to eat the meat yourself, it works out heaps cheaper just to keep your eye out at the supermarket & buy things when they are on special, if you want to feed them human cuts of meat. To buy a steer & have it cut up, depending on the weight of the steer, you would be looking at least $1000.00 :)

Will have to ask, I guess. My husband would be able to butcher it himself though so I don't know if that would make it cheaper...... but still don't really have the room to store a whole cow.

I know the station owners often give old cows or injured ones away to the local aboriginal community, I don't think it would matter to the dogs at all if they were old, but I do wonder if they are sick or cancerous, would be bad for the dogs?

[erinonthefarm]

If you don't like cutting up meat, you may well be able to buy organs roughly diced for you. I have bought diced heart, kidneys and liver from supermarkets here.

I did ask the butchers, they would do it but I normally forget to organise it in advance and then don't have time to wait. Woollies and Coles don't seem to sell anything other than whole bits.