Anyone use fresh made dog food company?

The Farmers Dog is good but so expensive even with the coupons. I just started making my pups own homemade using balanceit.com guidelines. I can make three to four times as much the cost of two weeks supply of farmers do.

We began feeding The Farmers Dog to our French Brittany 18 months ago. It has taken care of some digestion and itching issues he was having. A week ago we received the first order of My Ollie to try. He likes this one as much or more than TFD. My observations about the two are below.

My Farmers Dog - Packaging leaves a lot to be desired. Each package of food is for 2 days and require scissors to open. There are no markings to indicate daily amount to be fed, so you are guesstimating. The storage container is a cardboard recyclable bottom and plastic lid, and a new one is included in each order. About 25% of the time either bottom or lid arrives damaged in the shipment.

In the past few months, I'm noticing changes in customer service and food. Order before last they only shipped me 5 packets instead of 7. That means I was 4 days short of food. Customer service's answer was to refund my account and send me a recipe to cook for him. A year ago they would have shipped me replacement packages. They have also changed the recipe recently and it doesn't look as good as before.

My Ollie - Packing much better. They send a silicone container/lid and scoop to store the food in. Each day's food is packaged separately, with a peel back lid - no scissors required). The package fits neatly into the container. Food quality looks much better, much more meaty and veggies look like what they are.

Most importantly for us, the way each company figures daily food amount is somewhat different. MFD initially gave him 470 calories/day. After time he started to lose weight and never seemed full. We asked for a 15% increase (to 540), which they did - for an additional $10 or so each shipment (2 weeks). My Ollie gives him 706 calories/day. The days I've fed him My Ollie we have noticed he seems fuller and asks for less snacks.

Cost:
MFD: $49/week (540 cal/day) or $7.57/day
My Ollie: $56/week (708 cal/day) or $8.03/day

If I increase his calories on MFD to match My Ollie, the cost jumps to $57.42/week or $8.20/day.

My Boston loves Farmers Dog. She demands it when it's dinner time! I dislike the packaging because I have to cut it in half, and then I place half in a baggie and into a small plastic tub so it stands up. I don't want the mess of juices everywhere in the bag. Unfortunately it didn't stop the itching like we had hoped, so we need to find out what her allergies are. She does devour her itch meds when it's in her food.

We started ordering just a month at a time. Our freezer can handle that amount.

I tried Farmers Dog and they loved it, but it’s pretty spendy. Now I just make my own, but the vet wanted her on a low fat prescription kibble and use the fresh I make to supplement using a 3 parts kibble to 1 part fresh.

3lbs lean ground turkey
1/2 lb carrots
1/4 lb organ meat (I use beef liver)
3/4 lb potato or sweet potato.
1 c. legumes
1/4 lb spinach or kale.

After cooking, I run everything through the food processor and combine. I package it into 1.5 lb servings and vacuum seal and freeze.

I cook food for mine. Barley, green beans, brown rice, carrots and chicken breast all cooked in the Instant Pot.