Figma Posted February 9, 2011 Share Posted February 9, 2011 On another dog list I'm on, a couple of friends are telling me to feed Ranger green tripe, said it's nutritious. He is having renal issues (ultrasound set for tomorrow) and I have him on ID food. He has always been a picky eater. Any of you ever feed this? Can you give it to a dog with renal issues? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambuca Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I don't know if it's ok for a dog with renal issues, but if he's a picky eater is should help with that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatterseaBrindl Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 I give my two senior girls (non greys) a spoonfule of tripe mixed into their kibble twice a day....however, neither of them have kidney issues. What does your vet say? We originally got it for Bandit (11 yr old PointerX) last fall when out of the blue she refused to eat anything except cheese. All her blood work was normal, as was her physical exam. She was acting a bit depressed and was not her usual 'Energiser Bunny' self. She LOVED the tripe! After only a couple of days mixing tripe with the soft gastro food, we started adding the kibble back in and she perked right up. Within a couple of weeks she was back to her old self, gobbling up her kibble. We have continued to add a spoonful of the tripe to her kibble 'just because' and our 14 yr old GSDx also loves getting a bit of it, as well. Tripe smells just awful, which is what makes it so helpful for picky eaters. We got Lamb Tripe - it is green - as we feed a lamb-based kibble. You can also get Beef tripe...it is not as green. Hope this helps. Quote Nancy...Mom to Sid (Peteles Tiger), Kibo (112 Carlota Galgos) and Joshi. Missing Casey, Gomer, Mona, Penelope, BillieJean, Bandit, Nixon (Starz Sammie), Ruby (Watch Me Dash) Nigel (Nigel), and especially little Mario, waiting at the Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Vers Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 DogAware has a pretty good article on feeding dogs with kidney disease, and it does mention green tripe specifically and positively. My hounds love green tripe, both raw and Tripett canned, and it is one of the items in my pantry arsenal that gets my picky eater to finish her meals. I also give freeze dried tripe strips as after dinner treats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mcsheltie Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Yes, you can feed green tripe to dog with moderate renal disease. It is fairly low in phosphorus and the CA:Phos ratio is good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figma Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 thanks, everyone My friend told me about it and says it stinks. LOL She and another friend actually work pretty closely with a holistic person that has really helped them do wonders with a couple of their dogs that had various health issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
racindog Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Excellent food for dogs with renal issues. Even the conventional vets agreed with me on that. Aggie did very well on it. The BIG green tripe producer is located right in your state too I believe greentrip.com? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kydie Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 My pack all love green tripe,,, and the deyhdrated type too! get my dehydrated product from Walk in the bark site,,, good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figma Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 My pack all love green tripe,,, and the deyhdrated type too! get my dehydrated product from Walk in the bark site,,, good luck Do you just buy it at the grocery story and is it canned? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mcsheltie Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 (edited) My pack all love green tripe,,, and the deyhdrated type too! get my dehydrated product from Walk in the bark site,,, good luck Do you just buy it at the grocery story and is it canned? Can't get it at the grocery. It is not approved by the USDA for human consumption (like you'd want to even if it was!) Canned is cooked and looses a lot of the benefits. Buy it raw. Since you live in CA you can get it through greentripe.com Edited February 10, 2011 by mcsheltie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figma Posted February 10, 2011 Author Share Posted February 10, 2011 Thanks. Actually, I see it listed on the link Vers sent also. I'm going to ask my Vet about this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mcsheltie Posted February 10, 2011 Share Posted February 10, 2011 Thanks. Actually, I see it listed on the link Vers sent also. I'm going to ask my Vet about this. Doubt your vet will know. Most don't have any education on nutrition, past what they learned in one class sponsored by one of the pet food manufacturers. They certainly did not teach an analysis of green tripe. Most will automatically tell you anything raw is bad. My vet knows the benefits of a raw diet. She has started feeding it herself. But told me they can not recommend it because of liability issues. A homemade diet (either raw or cooked) formulated for renal disease gives much better results than any of the processed diets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BatterseaBrindl Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 If you can't / don't want to get raw tripe, you can buy the canned stuff at most pet food stores. Quote Nancy...Mom to Sid (Peteles Tiger), Kibo (112 Carlota Galgos) and Joshi. Missing Casey, Gomer, Mona, Penelope, BillieJean, Bandit, Nixon (Starz Sammie), Ruby (Watch Me Dash) Nigel (Nigel), and especially little Mario, waiting at the Bridge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rascalsmom Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 To say it stinks is a gross understatement. It is HORRENDOUS. Quote Phoebe (Belle's Sweetpea) adopted 9/2/13. Jack (BTR Captain Jack) 9/28/05--11/2/12Always missing Buddy, Ruby, and Rascal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandimom Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I don't know if you should give it to a dog with renal issues but my dogs love raw tripe, love love it. It makes me gag but it is all about the dogs so I put my gagging aside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kjw Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 It's the perfect balance of phosphorus to calcium, 1:1. When I fed it to Romi his kidney symptoms eased tremendously; he'd had it all his life, but once his kidneys started up, I cut out organs and bone and he had raw green tripe almost exclusively. Check out the Dog Aware site, link is above, it has excellent information on kidney issues along with many other issue. Mary has done her research on this topic and knows what she's talking about. Quote CAMP GREYHOUND Tempo (Keep the Tempo), Nora (Road Noise) & Gabe the babe (Gable Habenero), Cooper (Uncle Bud's Coop), Topper (Red Top), & Galgos Lisette & Manolito. Missing our beloved angels Cody (Kiowa My Dodie), Lou (Cantankerous Lou), Romi (FingerRoll), Connie (Devie's Concord), Millie (Djays Overhaul), Bailey (Hallo Forty nine), Andy (Iza Handy Boy, and Rocco (Ripley Rocco), Gracie (VS Megan), Eragon the Longdog, Joey (WJS Flashfire), Roy (Folly and Glory) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swifthounds Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 (edited) Green tripe isn't the most nutritious meaty meat out there, but its balanced calcium phosphorus is good for renal failure dogs. You'll even find people misguidedly feeding the commercial kibbles (about the worst choice for a renal dog) adding tripe. Edited February 11, 2011 by Swifthounds Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figma Posted February 11, 2011 Author Share Posted February 11, 2011 Thanks for all the replies. Actually, my friend, who lives back East, said she bought it at PetCo so I'll check there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brandimom Posted February 11, 2011 Share Posted February 11, 2011 I would definitely recommend buying it from www.greentripe.com. I believe that Mary Voss still owns it and is very familiar with sighthounds as she has raised afghans for at least 25-30 years. When we were purchasing it we ordered from her and she is in your area. On the website there is an article called "No guts, no glory" written by Mary. Well worth reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figma Posted February 19, 2011 Author Share Posted February 19, 2011 Thank you for all the information. I did pick up a couple of cans of the green tripe at Pet Co today but haven't tried it yet. I've been communicating with Dr. Dodds this past week. She recommended I feed Eagle Sr., Wellness or Taste of the Wild food. Ranger is such a picky eater. Luckily, one of the pet stores here carry the brands although they are going to stop selling Wellness. They gave me a bunch of samples of the Taste of the Wild and the Natural Choice. I also bought some canned in the Taste of the Wild. Well, Ranger has eaten twice a day for the past 3 or 4 days now. She suggested I also give the Pepcid, 20 mg twice a day and start the BP meds, which I did 3 days ago. Ranger seems much better this week as compared to the last couple of weeks. He still looks thin but what is going in is coming out okay. He does seem to be a bit more gassy but I can deal with that if he is feeling better. I thought those foods would be too high in protein but Dr. Dodds said the source of the protein makes a difference and, per some of the articles I've read in the links on kidney disease, seems like keeping the phosphorus low and adding calcium is more of a concern. Anyway,for now, he seems no worse and seems to be feeling better. I still have that sinking feeling something else is going on but keeping fingers crossed I'm wrong. Sure appreciate the help from the people here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juliemac Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Oma's Pride distributors also sell ground raw green tripe ... my friends (who also feed mostly raw) are very greatful that I have almost no sense of smell ... I usually thaw out a 5# container and shred it up (tear it into smaller chunks) and put it in smaller portion containers. Then only one of us has to get her hands dirty, and nobody's admitting whether the smell stays on your hands after washing, though (ok GTers, let me know if I've been duped). Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heehoo Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I gave it to my Dear when he had hermangio sarcoma because he had stopped eating. It worked... However it smells horrible so don't get any on you. My friend Cheryl, the puppy farm she visited they gave it to some of the puppies with their dinner & while she was visiting, several of the puppies were climbing all over her, licking her hands, face, clothes. She washed her hands & face but when she showed up for dinner with some other owners, trainers...everyone laughed cause they said she smelled like puppy breath & tripe. he he he Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mcsheltie Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I gave it to my Dear when he had hermangio sarcoma because he had stopped eating. It worked... However it smells horrible so don't get any on you. My friend Cheryl, the puppy farm she visited they gave it to some of the puppies with their dinner & while she was visiting, several of the puppies were climbing all over her, licking her hands, face, clothes. She washed her hands & face but when she showed up for dinner with some other owners, trainers...everyone laughed cause they said she smelled like puppy breath & tripe. he he he Lemon juice will take the smell off your hands (I say from lots of experience ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest manawatugal Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Green Tripe means it is uncooked. My local petstore sells it finely chopped for dogs and apparently it is very high in probiotics. I collect my ex racing hound on Saturday and plan on feeding it raw mixed with kibble. The NZ product I will be feeding him on is called K9 Naturals, human grade meat either chicken or lamb, blood, bone, tripe, liver, kidney, heart, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, silverbeet, cabbage, whole egg and shell, apples, pears and other seasonal fruit, garlic, cod liver oil (natural preservative). It's the best one I've seen so far and is made here in NZ. You can also buy raw meat but this has everything in it. Quite pricey hence me also using good quality kibble and raw chicken necks thrown in. I must say I am very excited to be getting our first greyhound and people keep telling me they are very collectable!!....which I can see reading some of your posts people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Swifthounds Posted February 22, 2011 Share Posted February 22, 2011 Green Tripe means it is uncooked. My local petstore sells it finely chopped for dogs and apparently it is very high in probiotics. I collect my ex racing hound on Saturday and plan on feeding it raw mixed with kibble. The NZ product I will be feeding him on is called K9 Naturals, human grade meat either chicken or lamb, blood, bone, tripe, liver, kidney, heart, broccoli, cauliflower, carrot, silverbeet, cabbage, whole egg and shell, apples, pears and other seasonal fruit, garlic, cod liver oil (natural preservative). It's the best one I've seen so far and is made here in NZ. You can also buy raw meat but this has everything in it. Quite pricey hence me also using good quality kibble and raw chicken necks thrown in. I must say I am very excited to be getting our first greyhound and people keep telling me they are very collectable!!....which I can see reading some of your posts people. All of the fruits/veggies are unnecessary, except for the extrusion process. The cod liver oil really makes me scratch my head. It wouldn't be my first choice for a preservative, nor for a dog's diet, especially since the vit A levels can vary so much. How do prices range for kibble down in NZ? I know my raw feeding friends down there tend to pay more for meat than we do here, but most seemed of the opinion that it wasn't really more than a "good" kibble. Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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