Tripe Sticks

[KellyS]

Does anybody buy Tripe Sticks from Pets at Home?

I bought some the other day, my dogs love them, they are quite hard and crunchy so I thought they would be good for there teeth.

I like to know exactly what I am giving my dogs, trouble is it doesn't say on the packet a list of ingredients, I know tripe is the main ingredient, but I wondered if they coated them with something to perserve them?

Does anybody know?

[Louis]

I also buy tripe sticks for Louis, but I make sure I only give him one a week, my dad thinks I'am being mean, but I don't want him to become overweight as he has been neutered.
I have a bag of Bob Martin tripe sticks and on the back it says the ingredients are cooked and dried tripe with protein, oil, fibre and ash.  It says a natural treat for your dog with no added colours or preservatives.  I presume they are ok, well Louis goes mad for them, and also pigs ears, but they smell awful  
Hope this helps.

Gemma&Louis

[Michele]

My lot have these, and they love them. I only buy the plain ones though, not the multi coloured ones as these obviously have more colouring in them  

Gemma, I would think you could afford to give Louis more than one a week   , I don't think they're that fattening   Go on, you know you want to    

[lynseyloo]

Jessie loves them aswell, but blimey they smell!!!!!!!!!     and she's quite fond of brinin he chews half eaten and chewed over to me for inspection *going green*

 

[bluesmum]

Jessie loves them aswell, but blimey they smell!!!!!!!!!  

Pooooooooo your not wrong there!  

Blue loves these too, he also has a love of rolling in fox pooh and when we first bought him these things which have a very similar smell he didn't know wether to roll on it or eat it so did both!!!!    

[lynseyloo]

  I remembe being told that Jessie would probably love them...and bought some... I went quite green at the smell..... cant see the facination myself  

just thought I would add here that I find Bailey totally scumptious.. am kinda biased..but...he's adorable!..  

[bluesmum]

just thought I would add here that I find Bailey totally scumptious.. am kinda biased..but...he's adorable!..

- From Bailey. xx

[lynseyloo]

*swoon*    

[KellyS]

Thanks for your reply, I have e-mailed Pets at Home for more info. I was always under the impression pig ears were not a good idea because that is where pigs are injected?  Not sure if that's right??

[Louis]

Not sure about what you said about pigs ears kelly!!! maybe someone else might enlighten us!

Michelle I think my dad's right and i am being a bit mean about the one tripe stick per week, but i just worry about louis getting overweight, i have seen so many overweight cockers and they look terrible, maybe i could stretch it to two

gemma & louis

[Pammy]

There has been lots of theories about Pig's ears being unsafe because of the way the pigs are treated but also in how the ears are cured themselves- can't remember the detail but my boys used to go mad for them - disgusting things that they are. They don't have them now .

I give them a bone shaped thing that's made from raw hide bits but doesn't go as manky as normal raw hide does. They have no colouring either as I find anything with colouring makes Buddy part company with them as quickly as he became aquainted - if you get my drift