Tripe

[julie1]

Is tripe meat or can it be counted as offal in a raw feed ?
I can get chicken & tripe frozen mince at my pet shop, because liver etc.  gives Kez the runs I was wondering if this will do.

[ollie nathan's mum]

It's meat, tripe is easy to digest so I don't expect you to have any problems. It's worth remembering that tripe has a tendency to put weight on dogs.

[julie1]

Thank you, so I still need to give a bit of offal

[elaine.e]

Have you tried flash frying the offal Julie? William and Louis took a while to get used to liver, even longer to get used to kidney, but I persevered with tiny amounts cut into tiny pieces and they eventually started eating it instead of picking it out and spitting it out on the floor

[Joules]

If liver causes a runny bottom you could try mixing it in with some minced tripe or other meat so not giving too much in one go.  That is what I tend to do because too much liver does sometimes give Coco the squits too 

[julie1]

Thanks again, when I can get it  chopped ox heart seems to be o.k.   I shop at Morrison & they only have it occasionally (in our branch)

[Joules]

Heart is not offal either - it is a muscle, so counts as normal meat.

For offal you need kidney or liver 

[julie1]

oop's !!   liver it will have to be then. 

[Jessie_Pup]

Check out the pinned post about raw feeding on Feeding.

Usually 10% of the diet on offal which 5% should be liver. Though some dogs don't tolerate as much as that and need less.   

Erica.