Tripe - it’s one of the healthiest additions you can make to your doggie’s diet. Also, one of the ickiest and stinkiest to us humans, tripe actually is the stomach lining of a cow’s fourth stomach. In the cow, this is where the actual digestion of the grasses and grains happens.

Wild dogs completely consume their prey, including the stomach and its contents which supply enzymes, minerals and vegetation. By supplementing Fido’s diet with tripe, you can mimic the nutritional benefits that his wild cousins take advantage of.

Tripe smells truly awful to us, but dogs adore the smell. Dogs who have diets that include tripe have healthier, shinier and richer colored coats, healthier skin, healthier teeth, better stools and increased vitality.

Tripe contains an incredible range of nutrients including, enzymes, omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids and pro biotics. For sick dogs whose appetites are waning, tripe can often stimulate appetite and aid in digestion.

I give Louis freeze dried tripe (made by Solid Gold, their seven ounce bag of Petzyme is 100% freeze dried tripe with no additives or preservatives) as a treat every day and he loves it! It is an exceptionally healthy treat that I can feel good about using as a reward.

Solid Gold also makes a canned tripe product called Green Cow that should be used as a supplement to a complete diet.

Another great way to incorporate tripe into your dogs diet, for all you BARFers out there, is through using Dr. Billinghursts BARFworld unbleached beef tripe fresh frozen patties. These are a great supplement to a raw diet and the plethora of benefits can only be truly expressed by seeing your pup undergo a health transformation through tripe’s benefits.

Tripe is more commonly incorporated into the diets of pets living in Europe who thrive on this diet. A quick browse on Google for other articles about tripe showed many comments made by dog owners too grossed out by tripe to consider this addition to their dog’s diet. We must remember, as adorable as our fluffy little couch potatoes are, they are directly related to the wolf and have the digestive systems to match. With everything our dogs do for us, suffering through the stink of tripe every once and a while is a small way to return the favor.

Dogs are omnivores with strong carnivore tendencies and in order to truly give our pals the love they deserve, we need to nourish them with diets that they were designed to digest.

Just ’cause its icky to you and me, don’t deprive your dog of a little tripe!!

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