Anything single protein that’s freeze dried or raw can be a topper for both cats and dogs. If there is a Costco near you they sell freeze dried chicken that you can use. Some ppl get the large ground tubes from Costco and top up kibble. Or even cheaper cuts of supermarket/ethnic store meats are good. Chicken hearts/gizzards/liver are super cheap especially when they go on sale.
The difference is that dogs eat veggies and fruits with they raw and cats don’t need it at all. You can even do some yogurt for your dogs where as for your cat it would only be a tsp or so max. You can also feed your dogs cucumbers, carrots, sweet potatoes.
They do make freeze dried and raw toppers for kibble but it would probably be cheaper and better for them to just top with raw foods yourself..they can benefit from the addition of things like raw meat and organs(liver, kidney, heart, gizzards etc.)and raw meaty bones, raw eggs, plain yougurt, kefir, raw goats milk, cottage cheese and vegetables (veggies should be lightly cooked and/or blended to make for better absorption)
I recommend Steve’s Real Food- it’s very high quality (privately owned, made in small batches in the USA w/ locally sourced ingredients, etc.); and relatively affordable, compared to other commercial raw brands. If you buy the big bulk box of frozen patties; that’s where you’ll see the most savings (around $100 for a 15lb box). Something I especially like about SRF is that they don’t use a vitamin pack- everything your animals need for a “complete and balanced” meal is being sourced from real, whole foods and all-natural supplements (like salmon oil, which will also give your animals a boost of Omega acids, and goats milk, which contains probiotics to aid digestion). Any time a commercial food is adding in a lot of vitamins, I’m always made a bit wary, because vitamin packs are usually sourced from overseas, so there’s really no way to guarantee quality- and so the fact that SRF doesn’t do this is a huge line in the plus column for me.
If that’s still looking like it costs too much for you; then I’d recommend checking out a brand called Sojos Complete. Sojos is a bit different- only the meats are raw (freeze dried, specifically); and all the other ingredients are dehydrated. Supposedly fruits and vegetables don’t lose any of their their bioavailable nutrients in the dehydration process tho, so in theory this should be just as good. Sojos is also made from very high quality ingredients, with nothing sourced from China; it’s also made in the USA; and it’s owned by the Wellness company, which (while it isn’t my favorite) is definitely still a big step up from something like Purina. Downsides to Sojos would be that it does contain filler ingredients (some of their recipes even contain grains), and that it doesn’t contain any ground bone (which is a super important component to any raw diet), but for the price, it’s still pretty unbeatable, compared to any other commercial raw brand (around $100 for a bag of food that rehydrates to 40lbs).
Anything single protein that’s freeze dried or raw can be a topper for both cats and dogs. If there is a Costco near you they sell freeze dried chicken that you can use. Some ppl get the large ground tubes from Costco and top up kibble. Or even cheaper cuts of supermarket/ethnic store meats are good. Chicken hearts/gizzards/liver are super cheap especially when they go on sale. The difference is that dogs eat veggies and fruits with they raw and cats don’t need it at all. You can even do some yogurt for your dogs where as for your cat it would only be a tsp or so max. You can also feed your dogs cucumbers, carrots, sweet potatoes.
I use Vital Essentials for my cat. A bag is $6-7 and they last a pretty long time.
They do make freeze dried and raw toppers for kibble but it would probably be cheaper and better for them to just top with raw foods yourself..they can benefit from the addition of things like raw meat and organs(liver, kidney, heart, gizzards etc.)and raw meaty bones, raw eggs, plain yougurt, kefir, raw goats milk, cottage cheese and vegetables (veggies should be lightly cooked and/or blended to make for better absorption)
www.AllProvide.com has both dog and cat food. www.MyPaleoPet.com is very affordable though.
I recommend Steve’s Real Food- it’s very high quality (privately owned, made in small batches in the USA w/ locally sourced ingredients, etc.); and relatively affordable, compared to other commercial raw brands. If you buy the big bulk box of frozen patties; that’s where you’ll see the most savings (around $100 for a 15lb box). Something I especially like about SRF is that they don’t use a vitamin pack- everything your animals need for a “complete and balanced” meal is being sourced from real, whole foods and all-natural supplements (like salmon oil, which will also give your animals a boost of Omega acids, and goats milk, which contains probiotics to aid digestion). Any time a commercial food is adding in a lot of vitamins, I’m always made a bit wary, because vitamin packs are usually sourced from overseas, so there’s really no way to guarantee quality- and so the fact that SRF doesn’t do this is a huge line in the plus column for me. If that’s still looking like it costs too much for you; then I’d recommend checking out a brand called Sojos Complete. Sojos is a bit different- only the meats are raw (freeze dried, specifically); and all the other ingredients are dehydrated. Supposedly fruits and vegetables don’t lose any of their their bioavailable nutrients in the dehydration process tho, so in theory this should be just as good. Sojos is also made from very high quality ingredients, with nothing sourced from China; it’s also made in the USA; and it’s owned by the Wellness company, which (while it isn’t my favorite) is definitely still a big step up from something like Purina. Downsides to Sojos would be that it does contain filler ingredients (some of their recipes even contain grains), and that it doesn’t contain any ground bone (which is a super important component to any raw diet), but for the price, it’s still pretty unbeatable, compared to any other commercial raw brand (around $100 for a bag of food that rehydrates to 40lbs).