Is eating too much heart ok?

[usurp]

My dog seems to have found a new favorite food, lamb hearts. I feed it to him raw (he is on raw meat diet) and he really loves it. I am wondering, is it ok to feed him lamb hearts a couple of times a week? I have heard that its not good to feed dogs to many organs.

thanks

 

[Renee750il]

Hearts are different than other typical organ meats like kidney and liver. Those organs are filters and the liver, particularly, stores a great many of the toxins that pass through the body.

The heart, on the other hand, is nothing more than a strong, specialized muscle. I wish I had good access to hearts for my dogs!

 

[whatszmatter]

Most people consider Heart muscle meat. even though it is an organ, its just muscle. Feed it like you would any other meat and you will be fine. I haven't fed lamb hearts before, can't get them around here. Maybe cause i haven't asked for a while, i just use beef and pork hearts. Sounds like my dog may be getting a new treat, if I can find it.

 

[usurp]

ah thats good to know. Well what is better, Lamb Heart or Veal heart? The veal heart is bigger but cheaper so thats why I am curious.. figured cheaper cuz its worse or something..

Also what else can I feed my dog, I found lamb brains, chicken hearts, and lamb balls. Can I feed him these? The balls I want to feed him since it would for sure gross out my wife hehe

 

[whatszmatter]

I see you're in Kuwait, so you may not have access to the same things I do, but here's a list of food regularly given to my dog

chicken: leg quarters, wings, backs and necks, half and whole chickens, gizzards, hearts.

Turkey, mostly just gizzards and hearts, and ground turkey

Beef: hearts, kidneys, liver, ground, rib bones, knuckle bones, marrow bones, tongue.

Venison, hearts, kidney, various cuts of meat, I also get other wild game from various hunters and family members that they're getting rid of,( moose, bear, elk, etc.

Pork: necks and hearts.

fish, mostly canned salmon and mackerel

cottage cheese, yogurt, fish oil vitamin E supplement, raw eggs (shell and all), i've never fed "balls", but that hurts just thinking about it.

 

[Renee750il]

I would think that either the lamb or the veal would be fine. Brains I would be afraid of with the cases of bovine spongiform encephalopathy springing up in various places around the globe (even though it is thought of as a cattle disease, there is always the possibility of mutations - as in humans contracting it).

We refer to bovine testes as "mountain oysters" in this part of the world

 

[Mordy]

Heart is very high in iron and copper, so it should not be fed in excess. You can add it to the dog's diet in decent amounts, but I wouldn't recommend feeding it on a daily basis.

 

[wolfsoul]

Since your pup is a Belgian, heart is awesome. Heart is high in fat, and the more fat for a young Belgian, the better! I often give Visa chicken hearts. You sure can feed lamb balls lol.

 

[usurp]

cool everyone thanks, feeding him just got more interesting