Hi,

I bought some diced raw heart at Morrisons today but wondered ......do I need to freeze it and defrost it before feeding the dogs?

Thanks

I feed my dogs raw heart quite often, they love it and I have never frozen it and defrosted i. Can I ask why you think you might have to do that.
If I bought loads of it I might freeze some to use later.
Liz

I have read somewhere that some people believe you should freeze raw meat first something to do with killing bacteria. Not sure that will do the trick anyway. I feed both my dogs raw (GSD and POM/Chi ) and if I get it fresh it is fed to them fresh. The only time it is frozen is when I buy already frozen meat. I agree if you have loads freeze to keep it otherwise feed away !

i freeze any beef etc before feeding to the dog as it can carry a nasty that can cause a neurological disorder that can lead to death. there is a thread on the forum somewhere if you search for it. so yes, definately deep freeze the heart first.

other than that my lad loves it :)

Hi,

The reason I asked was becaue I was sure that i had read about a parasite, Neospora canis, that may be present in red meat.

I contacted the BritBarf forum and was advised that the risk was small but to freeze it for a few days if I was concerned.

Thanks very much. 

Ah AH a parasite that makes more sense than killing bacteria, thanks for clearing that up. Thanks will freeze beef products first now.

I freeze all my dogs meat before feeding because of a slight risk of the parasite(and also because of the quantity ) but didn't I read somewhere that a domestic freezers temprature isn't low enough to kill the bacteria?

i think it was geoff who said he lost one of his dogs to this before (please forgive me if i'm wrong geoff!) so thats made me super paranoid about it.

I understood that all freezing does is sort of put things into suspension

Info here in a previous CD thread, regards freezing and facts: http://www.champdogsforum.co.uk/board/topic/107637.html
apologies, Im having a lazy sunday and cant be bothered to type it all out again ;)
HTH