Organ meat dog treats: beef heart

What organ meat treats are in the bag

Beef heart is the one to start with. It is classed as offal but eats like lean muscle meat. Our heart is firm, a piece snaps cleanly into smaller ones, and it smells milder than liver. Our own scorecard gives it a 5 out of 5 for training and a 3 out of 5 for crunch, which is a brand rating, not a lab result. The pieces are roughly bite size. For the plain answer on whether heart counts as organ meat, see is beef heart organ meat.

The beef is from a Pennsylvania farm, and the heart goes into the freeze dryer raw. Because it is raw before drying, wash your hands after you handle the pieces.

The Beef Trio is three single ingredient bags in one set: liver, tripe and heart. Details on the Beef Trio page.

Heart, liver and tripe compared

Here is how the Trio listing sets its three bags apart. It puts liver as the densest and most crumbly, with the strongest smell of the set, and gives tripe a strong barnyard smell. Heart comes out chewier and milder, and the listing calls it "the easy starter for a dog new to organ treats." That is our own listing describing our own set, not a test.

The Trio holds a 3 oz liver bag, a 2 oz tripe bag and a 3 oz heart bag, and every bag is one ingredient, freeze dried raw in Pennsylvania. Its heart bag is the 3 oz size of the heart sold on its own.

Which to buy

Buy the heart on its own if heart is what you came for. Bags come in three sizes, and the heart bag can be set up as a recurring order if you pick Subscribe and save in the buy form above. One-time purchase is what comes selected.

Buy the Trio if you want to see how your dog takes to three different organ treats before settling on one. It is sold once, as a set, so it has no recurring option. If one of the three turns out to be the favorite, you can move to that bag alone. Our guide to beef heart or the Beef Trio goes through it step by step.

How much organ meat is a treat

Treat it as a treat. The product page says to stay within the 10 percent treat guideline for your dog's size, and the label does not print a serving by body weight. Our beef heart amount guide turns that guideline into ounces from the label's 75.3 kcal per ounce, using your dog's daily calories. If your dog eats to a plan from your veterinarian, ask before adding any new treat.

Breaking pieces small

Since heart snaps into smaller pieces, one piece can become several rewards. Break it down for a small dog or a puppy, or crumble it over the bowl as a topper. Reseal the bag after each use and keep it cool, dry and well sealed. The best by date is printed on the bag, one year from production, and an opened bag is best used within 30 days.