In feeding dogs, organs play an important role alongside meat. This doesn’t even depend on the feeding method, as organs are visible in both dry foods and meat-based raw feeding, at least in advertisements. Still, it’s not always clear what the term “organ” actually means.
There are a few eternal memes in dog feeding. Chicken bones kill, the dog is an omnivore, or the calcium to phosphorus ratio is the most important thing. None of those are true. The belief in the high phosphorus content of meat is also not true.
The two most common questions in the dog world are which dry food to buy and how to transition to raw feeding so that the dog gets everything it needs. The first is the easiest to answer, because there is no answer. No one can know what to buy, because “worthwhile” depends on an overwhelming number of factors and, most importantly – whether brand X suits the dog – no one knows in advance. Starting raw feeding is a slightly broader topic, but it is reasonably easy too. The prerequisite, of course, is that you master the basics of multiplication.
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Beta-carotene is one of the carotenoids, which are practically a minor source of antioxidants for dogs from a typical canine diet.