Jo Cook wrote 02/05/2006 06:18 PM liver for dogs #97221 - 02/05/2006 06:18 PM
Jo Cook Webboard User Reg: 10-31-2004 Posts: 15 Loc: Offline	Today I bought some liver at the grocery store and then made liver bread to cut up for training treats. After doing this I was surfing and found a website that listed dangerous food for dogs and liver was there. I have never seen or heard that before. Is this true? This website also said that the BARF diet was dangerous so I kind of lost faith in it after I read that.
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Antone Jones wrote 02/05/2006 06:44 PM Re: liver for dogs [Re: Jo Cook ] #97222 - 02/05/2006 06:44 PM
Antone Jones Webboard User Reg: 11-16-2005 Posts: 48 Loc: Eustis, Fl Offline	I give my dogs fresh raw beef liver once every 2 weeks. Only things I've noticed is that sometimes they get slightly loose bowel after eating it. Thats it. Cane Corso
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Mike J Schoonbrood wrote 02/05/2006 07:47 PM Re: liver for dogs [Re: Antone Jones ] #97223 - 02/05/2006 07:47 PM
Mike J Schoonbrood Webboard User Reg: 04-30-2005 Posts: 2784 Loc: Toronto, ON Offline	Petsmart sells 100% beef liver treats, freeze dried. My dog goes crazy for them. I also found websites that stated something about how protection dogs and dogs trained to bite should only be owned by police and military officers n not by private citizens. I also found a site that said K9 narcotics training was cruel n the dogs were made addicted to cocaine and other narcotics so they would look for the stuff. If you watch the old movie (70s?) "The Doberman Gang" they give the impression that dogs are trained to be mean by pissing em off n working them up till they get aggressive. Can't believe everything you read or see on TV <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
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Anne Jones wrote 02/05/2006 08:06 PM Re: liver for dogs [Re: Mike J Schoonbrood ] #97224 - 02/05/2006 08:06 PM
Anne Jones Webboard User Reg: 04-29-2004 Posts: 3825 Loc: Northeast Offline	My dogs get beef, chicken & pork liver along with beef & chicken hearts several times a week with no ill effects. They also get the liver biscotti treats that Ed sells here. I toss a couple into their crates when I ask them to get into their crates. Nice treat for something that they are willing to do even without treats. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> They both love them. MY DOGS...MY RULES
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Sabrina_Borgstede wrote 02/05/2006 08:19 PM Re: liver for dogs [Re: Anne Jones ] #97225 - 02/05/2006 08:19 PM
Sabrina_Borgstede Webboard User Reg: 11-26-2005 Posts: 97 Loc: Houston, Tx Offline	My guys get beef liver, chicken liver, pork liver, lamb, llama, yak, duck...those people had no clue what they were talking about. If you feed a raw diet, liver is an important part of the diet. "Why use an ipod? I have a cellphone." Sabrina 'n the gang http://www.geocities.com/havens_home
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Connie Sutherland wrote 02/05/2006 09:54 PM Re: liver for dogs [Re: Jo Cook ] #97226 - 02/05/2006 09:54 PM
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005 Posts: 31571 Loc: North-Central coast of California Offline	Quote: ....... found a website that listed dangerous food for dogs and liver was there...... You'll find liver on many of the lists of foods that are or can be toxic to dogs. Theoretically, liver, which is rich in Vitamin A, could cause Vitamin A toxicity. This affects muscles and bones, and can cause birth defects when the patient is a pregnant bitch. So there was a basis, *theoretically*, in this warning about "too much" liver. But according to Cornell's School of Animal Science, the only cases of canine Vitamin A toxicity they have seen were artificially (experimentally) induced. QUOTE: Realistically, oversupplementation or toxicity is virtually impossible unless mega-doses are given for long periods of time (months to years). Naturally-occurring intoxications with vitamins are EXTREMELY RARE and result only from ingestion of 1) liver from animals that really pack away a lot of retinyl ester (Vitamin A) in their stellate cells: polar bear, shark, tuna, and dogs.......END http://www.ansci.cornell.edu/courses/as625/625classvit.html P.S. I know we aren't talking about cats here, but FYI, that's a whole 'nother story. Don't apply this info to cats.
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Bob Scott wrote 02/05/2006 10:45 PM Re: liver for dogs [Re: Jo Cook ] #97227 - 02/05/2006 10:45 PM
Bob Scott Moderator Reg: 06-14-2002 Posts: 7417 Loc: St. Louis Mo Offline	Feeding RAW is just one of those things that really stirs up controversy. I suspect, if we look hard enough, we could find websites to verify any fear we can think of. George Carlin said it best when he declaired, "Swallowing saliva in small amounts can be a hazzard to your health." <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> old dogs LOVE to learn new tricks
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Jo Cook wrote 02/06/2006 03:28 PM Re: liver for dogs [Re: Connie Sutherland ] #97228 - 02/06/2006 03:28 PM
Jo Cook Webboard User Reg: 10-31-2004 Posts: 15 Loc: Offline	Thanks for all the replies. It didn't sound right to me that liver was toxic, but I know many of you know quite a lot about nutrition.
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