Ill have to double check but im pretty certain its 500g
the blocks are considerably larger then berriewoods o.0

hi, i feed natural instinct at the minute like people have said it can be expensive. i dont notice it too much because my dogs are quite small so dont eat alot, and they only have natural instinct for one meal, the evening meal is either chicken wing, pork rib, fish or tripe.

i like natural instinct, and the dogs do, however i dont want them on it full time, because i previously ordered from a supplier and its cheaper, plus there is more variety.

what i do like about natural instinct is all the food is human grade.

no if you look at suppliers like DAF, landywoods etc going rate is about 50p a lb, depending on the type of meat (venison and things like that are more expensive) its not bad meat, its perfectly fine to eat.

the difference with natural instinct is that all the meat in their food is human grade meat, free range too i think.

whether you choose to feed natural instinct or go down the supplier routes, there is plenty of advice on here about raw feeding.

I'd love to order where you do, it's 89p/400g (I have some in the freezer) and £8.80 for 12. I can get 20 x 1lb minces for about £8.80 from my supplier.
I'd also like to know how you know the meat quality has improved when you've been a raw feeder even less time than I have?

Anyway back to the OP.

There are cheaper ways of feeding raw but tbh, the hassle is minimal and worth it. The only hassle I have is remembering to get their food out to defrost and if I don't they can eat it frozen or semi defrosted, it doesn't harm them and also deciding what to order at the end of each month. So minimal hassle really, means I don't have to deal with delivery that can be late, popping out to the shop to pick up extra. Raw feeding my 27kg Lab x costs me about £30 a month, but then I buy extra as I do have dogs at weekends and theres always extra incase.

With ND (example) - 1 case (18 per case): £16.65 and I would have to feed 2 a day to reach Louie's recommended weight, so for a month I would have to order 4 cases (£14.15 per case - 4-9 cases) it would cost me £56.60 a month and thats just one flavour.

I personally would find a supplier and order from there, build a good relationship with your local butcher - ask him for offcuts/carcasses if you pay a little towards them or buy some meat from them for your own consumption. Game keepers/dealers - I've not heard of any in Sheffield but I'm sure there is, but then I lived there for 18 years and didn't really look for them as I didn't have a dog, Chinese supermarkets - you can buy things like chicken feet, trotters etc for about 40p, Halal butchers - it's actually cheaper for them (and other butchers) to just give you the carcasses rather than have to pay for them to be taken elsewhere to be got rid of.

Here is a list of suppliers (copied and pasted from elsewhere)
Landywoods - Landywood Pet Foods : Price List - most of the country covered for delivery but not in scotland

raw 2 go (DAF distributor) - Products and Prices - delivery available in most areas

raw2paw - http://www.raw2paw.co.uk/ (DAF distributor) - south west/devon area

The dogs dinner - The Dogs Dinner - T.P.M.S. Pet Food Specialists - delivery within the south of england

Durham animal feeds - Durham Animal Feeds :: DAF Petfood - Durham Animal Feeds - country wide delivery

prize choice - Natural Frozen Pet Foods - Prize Choice - The Natural Food for Healthy Animals - nationwide delivery excluding a few areas

berrie wood - Dog Food, Pet Food and Pet Accessories - Berriewood Pet Supplies - select postcodes see Ordering Information - Berriewood Pet Supplies

Dog food company - Suppliers of Dog Food | Supplying Pet Food in Central and Southern England - southern and central england delivery (except london)

Knight pet supplies - Raw Pet Food in Birmingham : Knight Pet Supplies Ltd - delivery in birmingham areas only

albion - Albion Meat Products | Quality Pet Food - southern, central england delivery

natural instinct - Natural Instinct - Home - mainland uk shipping

darling's - Real, Raw, Organic Dog Food Supplier - Questions - mainland shipping

Linc's pets - supplied by DAF - Lincs pets - various areas, nottingham, linconshire, derby, humber etc

Davids doggie dinners - Davids Doggie Dinners - A DAF supplier in gillingham

durham animal feeds distributors - Durham Animal Feeds :: DAF Petfood - Distribution - various places see website

Rawdogfeeders - Home - scotland shipping

Nurturing by nature - Bones & Treats

Basils dog food - http://basilsdogfood.co.uk/

Wolf tucker - http://www.wolftucker.co.uk/adult/

Woldsway - http://www.woldsway.co.uk/acatalog/Pet_Meat.html

Clearaday pets - http://www.cleardaypets.co.uk/ - delivery in the Merseyside area

Cymrag blaidd pets - http://cymraegblaidd.com/ - delivery in north and mid wales

Pets pantry - http://www.petshopkidderminster.com/page/frozen_meat - delivery to a wide area

If you shop around you can find a good deal. And I do believe there is somewhere in Maltby that does Raw, but I can't think of it atm.

Hope this helps.

Some of the links didn't work sorry.. just copy and paste into google - they should help.

Thanks everybody for your advice i will probably find a supplier near to me if you all think that its still quite good meat. Cheers.

make sure if you are doing it yourself read up, maybe buy some books, and learn what you need to feed to make your dogs diet a balanced one. meat from suppliers is just that, meat. so it not a complete food, and you need to work out how much meat, bone, offal etc you feed so the dog gets all the vitamins it needs.

It might not be human grade but it won't be far off. Just a supplier may be cheaper for you

And as Clo says, read up on raw feeding, buy books, read the other side of the argument that raw is good for dogs - be prepared before you start.

yes, prize chioce blocks are 400g - I get them for 65p at our local pet shop. I have just started buying 2kg bags for around £3. For those of you that say the natural instinct is too expensive, what are you using? I mix mine with mash potato and raw veg - what does anyone else feed?

I don't mine mix mine with anything. It's a complete food, so nothing needs to be added. They have natural instinct for breakfast and then a meal of either tripe or a rmb for their evening meal.

Agree with Clo, Natural instinct is a complete food. It already has vegetables in it so I don't see why you need to add more.