Treats

brandon_w · March 2009

I thought I would start up a thread where you can talk about new treats you are feeding your dog, or their favorites.

Last night at a wonderful local pet supply store called Bad Dog Frida they had a treat tasting night for "VIP" (on their e-mail list) customers. They had treats for dogs and humans. I stopped by (without Nemo) and they packed up a big sample bag of all their possible new offerings. The favorites of the dogs, and best value rated by the customers, would decide which treats they are going to stock in the future. There were a lot of cute dogs there enjoying all the free snacks.

http://baddogfrida.com

I took the samples home to Nemo and fed him some, however he eats anything and everything, so it was hard to tell if he loved them.

When I was there I picked up a bag of treats by the Northern Biscuit Bakery out of Canada.

http://www.northernbiscuit.ca/

They offer a few different grain free treats, for those looking to avoid giving any grain to your dog. I purchased the Honey Glazed Duck with real Papaya for Nemo, and he seems to like them. They also have a Green Tripe treat! What a disgusting biscuit. :P

Also picked up some Buddy Biscuits for Nemo. He has always liked their flavor and they are big enough that Nemo actually has to chew them. So they are great for his "bedtime" treat. Buddy Biscuits have grain but are free of corn, and a very reasonable price.

KFontaine04 · March 2009

Miso and Sake LOVE Buddy Biscuts. They are their favorite treat by far.

JessicaRabbit · March 2009

I give my girls frozen berries as treats normally. But I just bought them a couple of bags of Snooks. And they LOVE them. They are dried crunchy organic sweet potatoes. I swear by them whenever I want the girls to do anything.

http://www.shop.snookdog.com/category.sc;jsessionid=A22A2EC1DB7AC2422D4131D3D4505E30.qscstrfrnt02?categoryId=2

brandon_w · March 2009

The sweet potatoes I dehydrate for Nemo are his favorite things for sure. Squeaks with delight everytime he gets one.

Snooks seems to have some other nice products too.

Calia · March 2009

Since there is not too many places that sell healthy treats, that I know of, around here we've been using high quality dog food as a treat. Ocean Core I can only get in a small bag, which can get quite pricey for regular feedings, but the dogs love it as a training treat. We've also given them baby carrots and small apple chunks.

Actually been wanting to make treats for them, but not sure which recipe books would be good.

JessicaRabbit · March 2009

Jay and I are just going to buy a food dehydrator. Cut out the buying of treats. And then they are just single ingredient treats.

brandon_w · March 2009

This thread has lots of treat recipes:

http://www.nihonken.org/forum/comments.php?DiscussionID=879&page=1

KFontaine04 · March 2009

My friend dehydrated some sweet potato for us and the dogs LOVED them. I will have to look into getting a dehydrator for myself to make some doggie treats.

Snooks look good too.

Miso and Sake also love frozen yogurt cubes that I make for them.

ljowen123 · March 2009

just got through making jerky for the humans & the dog this past weekend.

sunyata · March 2009

We buy unseasoned turkey jerky for the pups and they go NUTS for it. They also love the dehydrated sweet potatos and are big fans of frozen raspberries and ice cubes.

Calia · March 2009

I was wondering, are fresh tomato safe for dogs? Every time I eat one, Tikaani just stares at it, he doesn't do that with anything else I eat, and go nuts licking my hands afterwords.

CrimsonO2 · March 2009

I've given Ichi dehydrated banana chips with some success (after he got over the "WTF is this?" taste/texture).

Jesse

tsukitsune · March 2009

Beth, I believe most if not all night shade fruits are bad for dogs or at least give digestive upset because of the acid level. However, wellness core ocean has tomato pomace as an ingredient (http://ingredients101.com/tompom.htm) so I'm not sure of the difference beyond it being a dried out tomato.
Every dog is different and responds differently, so maybe it wouldn't hurt? I don't have enough definitive info to give you, though. Sorry!

Treats in our house are: Grizzly NuTreats Salmon Treats (for training), Wagger's champion chips (www.waggers.com), raspberries, blackberries, cheese curds, carrots, steamed sweet potato chunks and baked sweet potato slices. We have been filling the kong with cream cheese or cottage cheese mixed with peanut butter or squash or fishy fudge. In the summer we get fancy and make frozen yogurt/fruit/oat cubes and all that.

KFontaine04 · March 2009

Beth, My Husky Sasha would eat small bits of tomato every once in a while with no adverse reactions. I never her fed her more than a small cube or two though.

sunyata · March 2009

Beth, Nola will eat small bites of fresh tomato. However, we never give her more than a couple of pieces at a time. She LOVES it. Bella will lick it, but not eat it.

Calia · March 2009

Hmmm, so do you guys think it is alright to feed him the top, the spot where the tomato attaches to the stem, since I don't eat it anyways.

KFontaine04 · March 2009

I never fed the stem, just when I was dicing tomato I would let the Huskies have a chunk.

kojichan · March 2009

My favorite wholesome treats are the Free Range chicken breast wraps. I like both the chicken-wrapped apple and chicken-wrapped sweet potato.

JessicaRabbit · March 2009

my holistic vet has tomatoes on the list of approved foods.

Ryu · March 2009

We are treat-fanatics here. Our favorites are Wellness PURE, Zukes Mini Naturals, Fromm Cranberry Liver crunchy treats, and dehydrated sweet potatoes. We like the Old Mother Hubbard baked treats too. Also, we give string cheese as extra-good treats.

The Alvarado puppies are pretty "treat"-ed out, I would say

Saya · January 2013

I've been wanting to get a dehydrator and I think this year I might as well get it..

I plan to dehydrate chicken hearts, beef heart pieces, liver, boneless lean meat, and sweet potatoes.. I might dehydrate trachea when I get some might not.

I was thinking of getting Nesco one
http://www.amazon.com/Nesco-FD-80-FD-80A-Square-Shaped-Dehydrator/dp/B0090WOCM6/ref=sr_1_3?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1359056484&sr=1-3&keywords=nesco+dehydrator

Or this L'Equipe dehydrator
http://www.amazon.com/LEquip-306200-500-Watt-6-Tray-Dehydrator/dp/B00004Z4GQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=home-garden&ie=UTF8&qid=1359056059&sr=1-1&keywords=L'Equipe+dehydrator

I'm open to other brands too I'd like to get a good one so I don't have to re buy one after a month of use..

I never used a dehydrator before so not sure what is best thing to look for.

Saya eats raw so It'd be nice to include dehydrated stuff for recall treats.

She loves kibble and dog treats like zukes and home made peanut butter biscuits or fish fudge..

CarabooA · January 2013

For those who dehydrate the sweet potatoes - do you have to steam or cook them first or do you just peel, chop & dehydrate?? Thanks!!

rikumom · January 2013

Besides bully sticks, these are treats I provide the kids to keep them occupied:

http://www.barkworthies.com/p/98/barkworthies-pork-rose
http://www.barkworthies.com/p/3/barkworthies-angus-power-bar
http://www.bestbullysticks.com/home/bbs_1355327075640/page_17924_27/aunt_jenis_-_rabbit_feet.html
http://www.thehonestkitchen.com/products/beams/
http://www.petkind.com/treats

Besides kibble and small quantities of human food, we use the following training treats:
http://www.realmeatpet.com/treats.htm
http://www.salmonpaws.com/
http://www.bravorawdiet.com/product/training/index.html
http://www.purebites.com/

I just bought a box of Nature's Variety grain free rabbit biscuits... will see how they like it...

sunyata · January 2013

@CarabooA - I would love to know that. My best friend has a dehydrator that I have been dying to steal to make some treats for the pups and myself... But I do not know if I should soak stuff first or what...

Anyone?!

Saya · January 2013

Never mind Saya enjoys eating the feet raw.

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