Dr. Marty Red's Rewards 8-oz 100% Freeze-Dried Raw Pork Liver Dog Treats

Dr. Marty Red's Rewards Freeze-Dried Raw Pork Liver Dog Treats, 8 oz

One ingredient: pork liver. Freeze-dried raw, nothing added. This is the larger bag.

The reason this one exists

Pork is uncommon in pet food. Walk the aisle and you will find chicken, beef, lamb, salmon, turkey and duck over and over... pork barely appears. That makes pork liver a genuinely novel protein for most dogs, which is harder to say about almost anything else on a treat shelf.

If your dog is on a limited-ingredient food because beef or chicken causes trouble, the treat drawer is usually where the plan comes apart, because everything in it contains the thing you are avoiding. This is the bag that solves that.

One caveat we'd rather state than have you discover: if you are running a formal elimination trial with your vet, nothing goes in the dog except the trial diet, this included. Novel is not the same as permitted. Once the trial is done and you know what the dog reacts to, pork liver becomes very useful to have around.

How it compares to the beef liver bag

Slightly higher protein, 60% against 58%, and noticeably richer at 11% fat against 7%. If weight is what you're managing, Tilly's Treasures is the leaner choice. If the protein source is what you're managing, this is the one.

Something worth knowing about these numbers

Dr. Marty's own website publishes 71% protein, 6% fat, 3,928 kcal/kg and 139 kcal per cup for this treat. All four disagree with the package. The figures below are read off the bag in our store. If you've compared this treat to another using numbers from a website, you may have been comparing the wrong ones.

Guaranteed analysis

• Ingredients: pork liver
• Crude Protein (min) ... 60%
• Crude Fat (min) ... 11%
• Crude Fiber (max) ... 2%
• Moisture (max) ... 7.5%
• 3,700 kcal/kg ... 156 kcal per cup

The caution that comes with any liver treat

Liver carries a great deal of vitamin A, which is stored in the body rather than flushed out, so large amounts fed daily over a long period can accumulate. Keep liver as a treat and it never becomes an issue. The general rule vets use is under about 10% of daily calories, and Dr. Marty suggests one to two pieces a day. Worth repeating on the bigger bag, because a larger bag quietly encourages a heavier hand.

Labeled for intermittent or supplemental feeding only, with a choking hazard warning. Supervise while feeding, break pieces down for a small dog, keep fresh water nearby.

Sizes

This listing is the 8 oz bag. We also stock a 4 oz if you'd rather start smaller.

Storage

Reseal and keep cool and dry. Freeze-dried liver takes up moisture from the air and goes leathery if left open, which matters more with a bag this size since it stays open longer.

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