Again, I am BLESSED to have wonderful farmers' markets. At one, there is a stand that does chicken, pork loin, pot roast, roasted veggies, etc. For $4.99 you can have 1/2 of a chicken and two sides. There is a line around the stand each of the three days the market is opened.....anyway, whatever is left at the end of the day is ground up, turned to dog food and frozen. Bones and all, to the consistency of coarse corn meal. I have one shelf in my second freezer full of the plastic 1 qt. containers, and it's either $1.25 or 1.75 a quart, I honestly forget because when I buy there, I buy their other things too. I keep it in for a gal who may go off her food when pregnant, if I ever have a visitor that doesn't want to eat, friends have gone and gotten it for an oldster who lacks appetite, but BOY do the dogs love it:) You know, per lb. it's probably less than kibble, and you can't get healthier.... Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds In a message dated 10/15/2008 4:33:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rbuffdogs@xxxxxxxxx writes: I am considering cooking large batches of chicken , veggies, etc for the dogs as an adjunct to the kibble. Ideas, stories, welcomed. Kathy Tank **************New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News & more. Try it out (ht tp://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew00000002) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2008. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================