Tripe food

[Kione]

I have a 12 week old that I think is a little underweight, he eats lots of kibble and was recommended to give him tripe. Then in another forum read that mixing it with kibble is a no no.
He has only had one type of dry food all his life, so I am weary of giving him just tripe suddenly.

How would you introduce it?

Also, never have opened a tin of tripe, I like a Spanish dish that uses it (for humans) do I have to prepare myself? Doesn't sound very nice

You can get frozen tripe mince in some pet shops, or tinned food with a high tripe content. I've put the the thawed mince with our dogs' kibble, and we routinely mix in tinned food.

The dogs cope with this just fine. Bear in mind that dogs are scavengers and their digestion can handle a wide range of foods - one of mine found a rather rotten and half frozen sugar beet out walking the other day and settled in for a good gnaw. I let her get on with it - she's done this before, and is almost never ill.

Thanks for your reply. I have Butcher's (brand) tins of tripe. So might mix a little with his kibble, I don't understand why this would be so bad as someone suggested

A lot of people who feed raw say you shouldn’t mix raw and other food.
How many meals are you feeding? More smaller meals??

I fed mine on kibble and on tins. She does best on a mix. She loves Butcher's tripe tins.

@Kione

Thanks for your reply. I have Butcher's (brand) tins of tripe. So might mix a little with his kibble, I don't understand why this would be so bad as someone suggested

IME it isn't. My dogs have all, over the years, lived on a diet based on kibble, supplemented with vegetable peelings, table scraps, wet dog food, meat trimmings, the residue of home butchery, the odd bone and so on.

Two have been PTS, one aged 15 and one (a large dog whose joints gave out) at 13 (the life expectancies for both his parent breeds are 10-12).

I currently have two dogs, one of which I work and one of which I'm training up. Both as fit as fiddles.

As I said before, dogs are scavengers. They are very robust. Feed your dog whatever he does well on that you can afford (mine usually get a mid-range working dog kibble). Try and ensure that the diet include some grains (most kibbles include them), as a lack of them has been implicated in heart disease in some breeds. Raw feeding is not a panacea, and some vets oppose it as being likely to introduce unwanted bacteria and parasites.

It's raw and kibble that shouldn't be fed at the same meal, but tinned tripe mixed with kibble is fine. We've fed it in the past and it never caused any problems :)

Aaaah ok, thanks!

Thanks Grumpyosaurus. I have had a dog with delicate tummy in the past, he would get the runs if he ate something that wasn't lean and bland

My dog loves the Butchers tripe tins, he also has a sensitive stomach and this seems to suit him.

I wouldn't mix it with kibble though, I leave a bowl of kibble down which my dog helps himself to as and when he wants. I feed him a tin of tripe once a day.

I have opened the tin today, it's not bad at all! It's like corned beef

He is only 12 weeks and wanted to introduce it slowly so I put a spoonful of it with the kibble.

If I put limitless kibble fir him I worry he would just eat the whole thing in one go and make himself sick