Comments on: The Only Two Dog Treats I Give to My Dogs

By: Who Else Wants to Give Their Dogs Only the Best Treats?

Who Else Wants to Give Their Dogs Only the Best Treats? — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 11:02:50 +0000

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By: No Sushi Tonight Doggy!

No Sushi Tonight Doggy! — Tue, 18 May 2010 07:27:35 +0000

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By: Real Dogs Eat S.I.T.

Real Dogs Eat S.I.T. — Sat, 24 Apr 2010 07:03:32 +0000

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By: Jim (Doggybytes.ca)

Jim (Doggybytes.ca) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 03:08:26 +0000

I bought some of the Tripet Lamb Tripe yesterday and froze it in their kongs. I have to say, the odor of the tripe in the house for 2 hours while they worked the kongs was – less than pleasant. LOL This might be an outside activity only when the weather gets better. :/

By: Jim (Doggybytes.ca)

Jim (Doggybytes.ca) — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:53:01 +0000

I actually found the Tripet more malodorous than the Tripe Treats, but the ground buffalo tripe takes the cake hands down for the worst smelling stuff I've ever fed my dogs.

Right now we go through about 12lbs of ground buffalo tripe every two weeks or so and a bag of Tripe Treats per week.

Green tripe in any format certainly has a disticnt and powerful aroma, and you're right, it is great for them!

By: dogulove

dogulove — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 13:54:58 +0000

Hah! I recently bought these, opened the bag, nearly passed out from the unbeleivably horrible odor, and just had to return them. I'm a big fan of tripe and frequently mix in some canned Trippet with their regular food, but it's oder is slightly more tolerable. Yes, I'm sure these are great for the dog, but people should be aware that these have an overpowering stench!

By: chicapril

chicapril — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:12:21 +0000

I am with you on the all-natural treats. Many popular commercial treats (milkbones, greenies, doggie pepperoni) are loaded with fillers, corn, fat, and preservatives. And anyway, in my experience, a dog will choose "real" food every time!!

I buy 100% pure dehydrated beef heart, liver and kidney from Sit Bits: http://sitbits.com/
They are a small local company that distributes online and through a few partners, so their overhead is low and their prices are reasonable.

I also buy the PetKind dried tripe, as well as their canned tripe (for Kongs).

I use small amounts of cheese or cooked meat for training treats, and occasionally will make my own dog cookies out of peanut butter, hamburger or tuna, wheat germ, corn meal and egg. It sounds fancy but it's dead easy and so much more cost-effective than a bag from the store.

By: Michele C. Hollow

Michele C. Hollow — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:42:30 +0000

Good advice as usual Jim, My vet recommends raw carrots as a crunchy healthy treat.

By: robfdavis

robfdavis — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 05:56:45 +0000

Just did a search and looks like I can get them from my local store, It's a Pets Life in Minnesota!

By: Mary Haight

Mary Haight — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:56:48 +0000

Hi, Jim, thanks for the lowdown on these treats…I guess with Tashi I'd have to watch him, but both the tripe and the beef liver sound good. I'll have to check with my local “holistic” pet supply store and see if they carry the brand. I know I bought some dried but very chewy sweet potato treats and had to give them to a friend who had a bigger dog–and one with canines–they were just too much for the little guy. Funny and impressive that you found that article from last year about dog chew items in my archive:-)

The whole propylene glycol toxic ingredient in dog food and treats drives me up a wall. Honestly! I saw that Beneful has this junk in it, and am sure they would take the position that the risk analysis (strawman argument) shows x% has been shown to not be harmful, but I am truly so tired of this nonsense. How come I have to be scientist and even understand risk analysis to feed my dog safely? They've caused more cancers than we'll ever be able to determine with this kind of non-reasoning reasoning.