[rawfeeding] Re: Question about Organs-Skin

"cmhausrath" <cmhausrath@...> wrote:
> > Nothing in the prey animal average mentions raw tripe, but we
know
> that it's
> > an important, specialized part that should be fed if at all
> possible. It's
> > not something you can go to the neighborhood grocery and pick up,
> but it is
> > available through several sources and I think we all recommend
> feeding it.
>
>
> I don't, not in the sense that I "recommend" feeding meat and meaty
> bones and organs. Tripe is a part of the whole, and as such, it's
> worthy of feeding. It's NOT worthy of breaking the bank for. It's
> not worthy of losing sleep over. If it's available, by all means,
> feed it. If not, well, so what?
>
> I didn't do an extensive search of the archives, but I've belonged
to
> this list for nearly 4 years, and I can't particularly recall tripe
> being "recommended" as something to be fed "if at all possible."
*****
I quite agree with Sandy. So far as I know, and I've been on this
list through several moves since the turn of the century, green tripe
has never been identified as an essential menu item. It has always
been recommended as a useful body part, and although some people
really do rely heavily on it, it is not a perfect or magic food and
ought not be accorded any special privileges. As Sandy wrote, if you
got it, good. If you don't, no big deal.

> There is no need to be as rigid in the exact makeup of a raw diet
as
> you seem to be suggesting. I appreciate that there was a
> misunderstanding about the makeup of the categories of meat and
> organs, but stating baldly that swapping parts is inappropriate is
> simply an overreaction, and one that has vast potential to confuse.
>
> Feed meat. Feed meaty bones. Feed some squidgy ick organs. Feed
> some more meat. No need to make it more complicated than it is.
*****
To which I can only add "amen" and perhaps "boy howdy."

The best thing we can do for our dogs is feed whole prey. The worst
thing we can do for our dogs is assume a rigid disregard for anything
that isn't whole prey.

The worst thing we can do to the whole "emerging science" of raw
feeding is rigid ourselves into irrelevancy.
Chris O

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