German Shepherd dog

Green tripe stinks, but dogs love it.  I don't know the quality of the product you've listed, but you can find more here:  http://www.greentripe.com/

Susan, did you add yours to kibble, or was your dog eating Raw?  I use Solid Gold canned greentripe to add just a scoop to my dogs kibble.   My dog has EPI and the enzymes don't always taste so good, so I add the smelly tripe to help her out!!  Could I use the ground tripe the same way?  Looks awfully expensive to ship though. 

Rozoan

You all say its good, but haven't really answered the question asked.  I, too, would like to know-Good for WHAT? What is the BENEFIT of feeding it-to make less pleasant things taste better, or is there more nutritional benefit than that? One of our local grocery stores recently got a fresh supply of it in(frozen) reasonably priced. I've heard of it(tripe), but didn't know what the benefit of it is. I already feed a nice kibble with added ground beef and vitamin C and none of my GSDs have any health issues or problems. What would be the health benefit of adding tripe, especially if its so nasty like you all say? Would LOVE to know! THANKS!!

Anjablue, did you mean buying frozen would be cheaper than canned?

i heard really good about it.

is it best to mix with kibbles in daily meal and provide?

would be glad to hear the testimonials......about the real benefit

As Louise said, the white tripe that you find in the grocery store has been cleaned, scalded and bleached. It has almost no nutritional value for the canine. 

Green tripe does not necessarily refer to it's color. In this instance it refers to the fact that it has not been touched.  Not cleaned, not bleached and not scalded. It's actual color is brown, however, sometimes there will be a greenish tint due to the grass or hay the animal ate just before slaughtering.
Nothing beats the "green" tripe from a freshly slaughtered animal. 

I get it when I butcher but, You won't be able to purchase it from  processing plants and frozen lockers.  Special facilities are needed, as once the stomach is opened, its an E Coli nightmare. The USDA will come down hard on anyone who would mess with it.
The Green Tripe is available quite a few places on line.

A friend of mine in Canada  told me, he had purchased a large amount of green tripe.
He went on to say he had an old style washer, with a ringer. He would wash and clean the tripe and wring it.
In other words, he would wash the viatmins and nutrients out of the tripe.

Green Tripe
Protein 10%
Fat 5.0% Fiber 4.0%
Moisture 78% Calcium 0.7%
Phosphorous 0.7%
Magnesium 0.7
Potassium 0.7
B-Complex 0.6
Trace Minerals 1.0
Essential Amino Acids
Taurine
Omega 3 & 6
Vitamin A
Vitamin D
Vitamin E

Hey Abhay, couldn't a person just buy whole stomachs at private slaughter houses or something?  I know that the rules have changed since I picked up bone and meat scraps from a privately owned slaughterhouse near the farm I used to own in Arkansas many years ago.  They processed home raised animals and deer for a fee.  They would even give me bone dust and such, all for free.  I didn't know to ask for the stomach then,or they would probably have given it to me.  Very nice neighborly people.

Veronica

I agree with KariM that Greentripe.com makes excellent products. However, I buy the Performance Dog directly (no additional shipping charges) from my Oma's Pride dealer who lives in my town. It costs me $11.50 (plus sales tax) for a 5# roll. A roll lasts for 4 GSD's perhaps a week. This product has nutritional values that extend beyond aiding the digestion.

In the State of California, it is illegal for slaughter houses to sell green tripe. Perhaps, it may be different if you have them slaughter your own cattle.

My dogs are 7, 9.5, and 12 years old, respectively. They are very youthful and athletic. The 12-year-old female walks on her hind legs--can jump straight up in the air and on and off the grooming table.

AKVeronica,  I know the type of home owned Mom and Pop type processing businesses that you are talking about. They will usually allow anyone to rummage through their scrap barrels, and take what trim, fat and bones one can haul away.  These places have the huge stomachs in barrels. I imagine if they didn't see you, and if you could somehow  lift and transport the huge water baloon like substance home?

If you ask any of these places to sell you a stomach or green tripe, they will immediately refuse. No matter how private or small the business, they know better. Now I can only speak for my state and the bordering states to me, but I am in Cattle Country.  Maybe things are done different in Arkansas.

Veronica,  I would be curious to what they would have said, but I bet they would have told you, No Way. 

I don't know why it is, but every small processing business I have ever seen, is owned by a husband and wife.  They are always either fighting, or thinking about divorce, or going through a family crisis.  Another thing is sometimes they leave a 22 shell casing in the damn meat.

Kool,

If you are in the bay area, it is cheaper to just go down to Hollister and pick it up!

I do believe I will ask my various friends that raise their own animals and have the farm kill truck come, to save me the green tripe from here on out.   I have a couple lambs scheduled myself so that should be a start.

KariM,

   howz your feeding quantity of Xcalliber green tripe per day/week.

KariM, do you mix with kibble and you provide less kibble mixed with 1/2lb of tripett.

I feed it in a different feeding than my kibble.  I feed kibble at night and the tripe in the morning.  I just watch the dog's weight to see if the kibble and tripe together seems to be the right amount, they can get chunky quick if they are not working very much!