how much cooked pork spleen is ok to feed dog? friend on very tight budget?

[MollyB1]

A friend's budget is extra tight, which is the only reason he's now willing to consider feeding something besides commercial food.

Dog won't touch raw meat of any sort. Friend is NOT willing to starve his dog until it eats what's served. Dog spent 10 years chained in junkyard, where he was never fed on weekends.

His neighbor sources pork organ meats for ca 30 percent of what dog food costs. Heart, liver, tongue, spleen. Unfortunately no tripe, no muscle meats with bones.

So far, dog loves cooked spleen the best. Minced heart mixed with rice comes in second (dog won't touch heart alone). Friend has been throwing in crushed eggshells and occasional raw eggs.

So ...how much spleen is too much?

I found this chart of nutrients:
http://www.ernaehrung.de/lebensmittel/en/V563021/Pork-spleen-cooked.php
Anything there's danger of overdosing on?


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I've only ever fed raw full prey, with occasional detours into raw full prey model, and frequent treats of frozen fish, and extra tripe whenever I get it free, so I'm stumped here! I'm very well aware of the ideal, don't need to be schooled on how to feed in optimal circumstances. Please, no radical fundamentalist raw answers from people privileged enough to be able to make ideal choices. Sometimes life just isn't ideal and a dog gets fed more organ meat than ideal. Because of a death in the family, a second dog is joining their household ... she is willing to eat raw, so at least she'll be getting raw bones via chicken backs.

 

[myminime05]

Feeding the dog pork spleen as the only food would be cruel. There are a lot of different things that are put in dog food to fulfill all the nutritional needs that dogs have. Even the cheaper brands of dog food would be better than pork spleen. I'm not trying to be rude, but if your friend really can't afford the dog food, he should consider finding a better home for the dog. If money is so tight you can't buy food for it, then he won't be able to buy the other things the dog might need. What if the dog gets sick?

 

[Natalie]

Raw bones=Bad news! Raw bones=Splinters in their stomach & intestines or worse, splinters cutting up their anus. I can't tell you how much spleen to feed a dog because I have never come across a question like this before or been faced with this kind of dilemma myself. Depending on the weight of the dog I would say that you should continue feeding the same amount as before. Don't skimp on the rice! Dogs need carbs to burn just as we do. I doubt that they'll stay healthy for long on a completely meat based diet. Also, feeding raw meat is a no no. It should be cooked to kill the bacteria. Dogs aren't wild animals, they have built up an intolerance to dirty, unclean, disease ridden meat much like humans. Their food should be cooked well. Good luck! : /