Best Dog Training Treats: A Review of the Treat Options for Dogs & Puppies
09/06/2016
- Kibble: If your dog likes his dry food enough to do tricks for it you are all set although you may want to toss in a more exciting treat every once in awhile to keep your dog's interest high. One way to make dry food more exciting is to put it in a paper bag with some small pieces of bacon or hotdog for a few hours to let it soak up some of the odor.
- Wet/canned food: This works great when fed with a food tube or in a baby food jar (one lick per trick!).
- Meat baby food out of a jar: Give your dog one lick per trick and then refill the jar with yogurt, cream cheese or peanut butter. This works great for rewarding your dog at the vet.
- Chopped fresh meat: You can dry it out a bit in the microwave by cooking it uncovered for 30 seconds at a time. Any meat works well but if you are using a high fat meat like sausage, only use a small amount.
- Chopped fresh cheese: Mozzarella works well as it is not sticky or crumbly.
- Chopped veggies like carrots: Although dogs can't generally digest these too well so they may come out pretty much the way they went in. Great for dogs on a diet.
- Eggs dried in the microwave: See article here on how to do this.
