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Dog treats
Always amazes me how much pet shops charge for dried deer organs as dog treats. $20 for a 100 gram bag seems to be the going rate for deer liver/heart/lung etc at places like Animates.
Just finished dehydrating and vacuum packing the liver, heart, lungs and kidneys from a recent yearling and ended up with roughly 600 grams worth of treats for the pup (along with a few quality control pieces sampled by him during the process). Not bad for an extra couple kgs in the pack for the hike out.
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My wife loves giving our dogs treats so when we had 2 30kg dogs it got expensive. I did similar and just store a large container of them in the chest freezer. Lungs seam to be the most popular.
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20/100 g is dearer than buying rump or fillet and drying it as " biltong and about 2.6 times price of human consumption biltong bought from a shop. WOW that's rich , I cut roo meat in strips of about 1cm
Hang in full direct sun, kerp flies of with thatvinner curtain mesh stuff, no salt no preservatives , just full sun
Don't let it get wet or dew on
Takes about 3
3or so days to dry , if winter / rain I just r unaa fan o em
Keep strips thin to aid in drying
My dog won't get liver, my ms and me fights for it, lungs ain't eaten by many folks outside Asia/ Africa is know of
Well worth the effort for the wet nose family member
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How are you dehydrating the organs @Pixie Z in the oven or a dehydrator?
cheers
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@Sharki definitely expensive. People are prepared to spend big money on their pets so the shops can charge what they want for that stuff.
@20 Bore I just use the oven as it means I can get a few big trays in at once. A few hours on 50° on fanbake does the trick. I just take it out when it looks eeady
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@Pixie Z
M8 our dog was like a child for us as we didn't want children( the cleaning up of urine , faeces, the spew, carrying heavy weights , sleepless nights the sweating and shouting and thats just making them
I do acknowledge it , but don't understand it, some mob in ozzi tested dog treats. Interesting chemical in it. Preservatives colorants etc much higher than permissible 4 humans , the salt level was off yhe charts
So they might not be doing wetnose any favors
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@Sharki yeah same here mate. Agree regarding the stuff they put into treats- that’s another reason I do my own as I know they’re 100% raw product with no additives of any kind.