Morning peeps.  I know that tripe is supposed to be a good food to out weight on a dog ... but why?  Does anyone know the nutritional value - it doesn't appear to be one of the fatty foods like breast of lamb. 

                                                Protein      Fat       Carbs  Calories   Calcium  Phosphorus  Phos/100 kcal

Green Tripe (per greentripe.com)      15.8         11.7       0.0     167        120        140                84

Are those percentage values (ie 15.8g per 100g)?

oops, sorry, JG yes they are

It seems to be a low-protein, low-fat, low-calorie meat to me. How is it supposed to put weight on?

  Yes, that is exactly my thought too - I cannot understand how it would put weight on either :rolleyes:

I would imagine like anything else it would be down to the quantities fed....My dogs are certainly not fat and are fed tripe 3-4 days per week at around 2lbs per day with a couple of teaspoons of dark treacle a couple of times a week mixed into this as a treat.. calories worked out for this are around 756.35 cal/lb.

I'd imagine you'd have to feed a lot more tripe than you would breast of lamb (at 300+ calories per 100g) to put on weight, though. Surely tripe would be good for weight maintenance (or even loss) rather than gain? Unless it's absorbed better for some reason?

           Protein  Fat  Carbs  Calories  Calcium  Phosphorus  Phos/100 kcal

Ground Lamb  16.6  23.4  0  282  16  157  56

Above is for lamb, averaged out (there is no % of fat content) but the fatty cuts would obviously have a higher calorie content.

Ground Beef (20% fat)  17.2  20  0  254  18  158  62

If I do need to put weight on any of my lot I tend to feed extra lamb or my butcher will mix a burger quality mince (without the seasonings) with a 30%fat content....

I certainly would not consider feeding tripe simply for weight gain, the amounts required for this would be far too much.(can you imagine the discomfort to the dog)....but excellent for weight maintenance

my aplogies for the lack of alignment....I have made up a spreadsheet, and when cut and pasted it takes forever to get back into columns :D

Green tripe is full of enzymes which helps dogs utilise,digest and use their food more efficiently.If a dogs digestive enzymes arent up to par then they wont be getting all the nutrients they should from their food.Perpetually underweight dogs usually are lacking in digestive enzymes,the addition of green tripe with its huge array of enzymes can often make all the difference :)

This is interesting because I only feed my dogs tripe once a week, didnt realise they should be eating it more often. Thank you Sara.
Sue