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• Lung

• Testicles

* Pancreas and thymus are both sold under the name sweetbreads.

Just go easy on the organ meat at first because it can cause loose
stools until your dog is used to it. If your dog doesn’t like the taste at
first, try frying it for a minute or so first.

Rule #3: Muscle Meat Is the Foundation

Once you get your meaty bones and organs in place, the rest of your

dog’s diet should be nice lean meats. That means half to a third of his
total food, depending on how much organ meat you can get your
hands on. These are the protein-rich component of your dog’s diet and
he needs proteins to build strong tissues, as well as the hormones and
enzymes he needs to survive and thrive.
Good choices for muscle meat include:

• Beef (ground beef, cheek meat, stewing beef)

• Beef heart (but not more than 5% of the diet as it’s very rich)

• Bison (ground bison, stewing bison meat)

• Turkey (ground turkey, boneless thighs, breast meat, tenderloin)

• Lamb (stewing lamb, ground lamb, shoulder or breast meat)
• Pork (pork shoulder or butt, cushion meat, boneless rib meat,
loin)

• Chicken (boneless thighs, breast meat)

Rule #4: Watch The Fat

If your dog’s diet is too high in fat, I guarantee he won’t be getting
enough vitamins and minerals.

Fat is healthy for your dog … it helps with nerve and immune function
and is critical for skin health. But fat carries a downside … fat contains