Raw food diet? Keeping meat in the freezer?
I started my dog on the raw food diet, since I live in a very small town, I don’t have to many choices on where to get the meat. Anyways, I’m hoping that if I stock up on meat on sale, and keep it in the freezer, would all the nutrients/vitamins still be in the meat when I defrost it?(Not in the microwave, I mean naturally) And how long does meat usually last in the freezer?
I’m not much of a meat eater, so i don’t know too much about meat.
Thanks for your help!
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It all depends on how well packaged, what temperature you keep the meat at…ectectect, that determines the length of time your meat stays fresh. I would suggest acquiring one of those vacuum sealing machines.
It sounds like though it might be more beneficial for you to on-line order frozen raw diet foods that are especially made and already balanced out to fit dogs needs. I myself use ‘Natures Variety’ which uses all natural items.
Be VERY careful of the meat you feed your dogs. Human grade meat is not always safe for your dog. Those animals get injected with ALOT of stuff. I found out the hard way after my dogs got sick.
Free range or organic meat is best. And remember they also need veggies for vitamins. I suggest a good quality kibble to supplement the meat (one without corn). Unless of course you are following one of the actual raw diets where you mix in veggies and fruits and stuff
It’s all good.
May I just add, that freezing a "meal" for your dogs will break down some fibers in veggies/fruit and make them better digestible.
when i just had one dog he was on a RAW diet I purchased a meat grinder and would grind all his meat except the treat bones and freezer either just the meat or the meat along with vegetables or fruit and make them pre packaged meals if you will that way all I had to do was go to the freezer thaw out that days meals and feed him.
I miss RAW diets lol it was sooo much cheaper
Of course! I purchase over 40 pounds of raw meat a month and keep it in a separate freezer in the basement!
To thaw the meat I will bring up what I need and leave it overnight in the refrigerator.
If the meat is kept frozen it should last for months!
If you freeze it well, then the nutrients will be locked in and it will last you a long time, but I would suggest not buying more than you would use in a couple of weeks or a month because unforseen circumstances such as freezer failure and power outage will leave you with a whole lot of rotten meat.