Now this post is nerveracking! I dehydrate cow liver for natural treats! I am getting confused at some of these posts here! So much reverse advice lately! Ok is it bad to give the dogs occasional homemade liver dehydrated treats ? This is really getting upsetting here! I think i am doing the right thing now its the wrong thing What the heck????????????????????????
Disregard what BlueKnight is posting about, he doesn't know much of what he is saying and IMHO just trying to stir things up and cause issues here and its getting inappropriate.
Liver in small or reasonable quantities is just fine. Liver is an essential, actually the most important, organ to feed. BUT you have to feed it in moderation. Our "guideline" of 80% muscle meat, 10% raw bone and 10% organ wasn't just pulled out of no where, it models after what the ratio of each is in prey items. Overall compared weights of each show that organs, while essential, don't make a huge part of a carnivores diet.
I wouldn't worry one bit about feeding your dogs too much liver from the dehydrated treats you make for them. You would have known by now if you were giving them too much. My guess is that you would have to feed nothing but those liver treats for you to start to see a problem.
On a side note, Blueknight: you do realize that liver is included in most, if not all, kibbles on the market today? If the food contains any kind of ingredient that includes the word "by-products" it more than likely has liver in it. Liver is considered a by-product in the manufacturing and processing of meats. It would be nearly impossible to stay 100% away from liver because of this. So, can you put 2 and 2 together and figure out WHY liver is included in most, if not all, kibbles? Because it is an ESSENTIAL part of a dog's diet.
DUH
