Organ Meat For Dogs
This one is interesting. It’s about feeding organ to support your dog’s organs.
Benefits of Organ Meat For Dog
Like Supports Like according to 5 Element Theory and TCM.
So what does that mean? In short, if your dog has heart issues, we should include heart organ meat in their diet. Liver supports liver, etc. Kidney health — feed kidneys. Joint Health feed Joints. Brain health — you get the idea It applies to other vital organs as well.
Organ meats such as heart, liver, pancreas, and others have varying levels of important nutrients that are beneficial for pets. If you’re wondering where to find these — talk to your local butcher or visit an asian market.
Organ meat is rich in Vitamins - B- folic acid, & Minerals (Phosphorus, Iron, Copper, Magnesium & Iodine). Ounce for Ounce Organ meat will have more of these nutrients than any other protein.
Ounce for ounce, organ meat is the most nutrient-dense meat available.
Organ Meat should be about 10% of the total diet. That is made up of 5% liver and 5% other organs. Others will argue that if you have a variety of organ meats you could include up to 25% total organ, still keeping the liver low. We keep the liver on the lower end because of its job of managing waste. Other organ choices include: chicken gizzards, brain, pancreas, kidneys, skin, lungs, testes, tripe, and so on.
I know it sounds gross, but it's what your dog would find as part of their appropriate diet if they were hunters.
There are really good sources of freeze-dried organ meats if you're not into going to the local meat processor for fresh organ meats.
You don't need organ meat daily -- but ideally, over the course of the week, we build the nutrient base that achieves balance. Especially if you have a dog with health issues, bringing organ meat into the equation is something you should consider -- whether it grosses you out or not.
And the fact is that the younger the organ is, the more effective using that organ meat will be. Now, I know that’s concerning for many people when we think about young farm animals being used to feed our pets. I’m just sharing the info.
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