N-R-G Cost Feeding / Homemade Dog Food Comparison Charts
| Amount
to Feed / Yield per Box |
MAXIM / OPTIMUM / VITALITY |
#Boxes/Month |
| Toy
Dogs |
up
to 10LBS |
1/4
- 1/2 cup per day |
280
- 140 days |
0.1
- 0.2 boxes |
| Small
Dogs |
10
to 20LBS |
1/2
- 1 cup per day |
140
- 70 days |
0.2
- 0.4 boxes |
| Medium
Dogs |
20
to 60LBS |
1
- 3 cups per day |
70
- 23 days |
0.4
- 1.3 boxes |
| Large
Dogs |
60
to 100LBS |
3
- 5 cups per day |
23
- 14 days |
1.3
- 2.1 Boxes |
*approximately
1 cup per 20LBS of dog |
**Optimum is 20% higher in calories so feeds out 20% better |
|
Cost to Feed per Month S.R.P. |
Maxim 10LB |
Optimum 13LB |
Vitality 15LB |
$12.00
- $24.00 |
$10.00
- $20.00 |
$8.40
- $16.80 |
$24.00
- $48.00 |
$20.00
- $40.00 |
$16.80
- $33.60 |
$48.00
- $156.00 |
$40.00
- $130.00 |
$33.60
- $109.20 |
$156.00
- $252.00 |
$130.00
- $210.00 |
$109.20
- $176.40 |
*All
prices figured using larger size, and a 30 day month |
*Costs
do not include shipping charges |
| Cups Per Pound |
Vitality |
4.5
cups per pound |
Optimum |
5.4
cups per pound |
Maxim
|
7
cups per pound |
~70
cups per box (low estimate) |
| Cost
per Pound of dog / Month to feed NRG |
NRG
Maxim |
NRG
Optimum |
NRG
Vitality |
$2.57 |
$2.14 |
$1.80 |
*averages,
each dog is different |
| Calories per cup / kg |
Maxim |
Optimum |
Vitality |
500
/ 7,700 |
600
/ 7,128 |
500
/ 4,950 |
NRG Cost Feeding Comparisons
*all information is based on feeding of our own 80LB, 9 year old, German
Shepherd who is also a very active ball fetching machine
**we try to compare similar size units as our larger boxes
***numbers are an average of different diets offered by manufacturers if applicable
|
NRG MAXIM* |
Addiction |
Honest Kitchen |
Natures Variety |
Stella & Chewy's Frozen |
Ziwi Peak |
| Calories/Cup |
500 |
490 |
471 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Calories/kg |
7,700 |
3724 |
4145 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
| Cups/Day |
4 |
4 |
5 |
2.5
pounds |
2.5
pounds |
~6
SCOOPS |
| Cost/Day |
$6.86 |
$11.09 |
$8.43 |
$10.83 |
$10.83 |
$8.57 |
1) results will vary per individual dog depending on activity level, metabolism etc.
2) All information was acquired off each manufacturers website or affiliates
and pricing was formulated using a S.R.P.
3) All names are trademarks of their associated corporations and are intended for comparison use only
*For the NRG comparison we used our MAXIM diet which is our highest priced diet.
(Optimum ~ 17% savings, Vitality ~ 30% savings)
**Optimum ~ $5.71 / day, Vitality ~ $4.80 / day
