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What is in the bag, and how long it keeps
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Our liver treats have one ingredient: raw beef liver from a Pennsylvania farm, freeze-dried in small batches in Malvern, Pennsylvania, with no cooking step. These guides cover the facts around that bag. You can read the guaranteed analysis line by line, see how freeze-drying works, and check how long a bag keeps: best by one year from production, and used within 30 days of opening. There are also guides on what the pieces look and smell like, cooking beef liver at home, and why liverwurst is a different food. Start with how freeze-dried liver is made.
All Liver Basics posts
7 posts, newest first. See every post.
Cooking plain beef liver at home for your dog
Plain home-cooked beef liver, step by step: nothing in the pan, a thermometer instead of a clock, fast cooling and the USDA fridge and freezer times.
Freeze-dried beef liver up close: look, feel, smell
Irregular tan chunks that weigh almost nothing, feel dry rather than greasy, snap by hand and smell like liver. What to expect when the bag opens.
From raw beef liver to a dry treat, step by step
Raw beef liver is frozen, its water leaves as vapor under a vacuum, and the dry pieces are bagged. Never cooked, done in small batches in Malvern.
How long freeze-dried liver keeps, sealed and open
A sealed bag keeps until the best-by date printed on it, one year from production. Once open, the clock becomes 30 days, cool and dry.
Liverwurst and pâté for dogs: start with the label
Liverwurst is a seasoned sausage, not plain liver. What to read on the label, what the ASPCA says about onion and garlic, and the simpler way to share liver.
Reading the label numbers on a bag of dried liver
Four label lines and a calorie figure, read one at a time: what min, max and crude mean, what the moisture cap tells you, and what kcal ME per ounce is for.
What makes liver the treat a dog will not ignore
What owners can see behind a dog's liver habit, how to keep the begging polite, and how to put that pull to work in training.