What kind of treats do you give your dog?

[Ravette]

I make my own treats for training because I have a golden retriever that is a bit fat. So I make some nice healthy treats for him and for the pitbull mix I use some treats with higher protien because she is real hard to keep weight on.

I also give milk bones , rawhide chews ect. heh we made jerky this last summer and we ahh kinda burnt the crap out of it so we used those for a month or so as treats! Doggies LOVED them!

[Kfamr]

Oh my, Jon! She is just precious. I want to kiss that cute little nose. Welcome to Pet Talk!

I feed my 3 dogs Nutro's NC Lamb & Rice as well.
They get a range of treats in moderation - but I use pieces of kibble for training with food. For an extra good training treat, to get them REALLY interested - I break up soft treats into small pieces, such as Pupperoni's or Beggin' Strips. You're able to get them into very small pieces so one whole treat goes a long way.

My youngest trains with a tennis ball. If she does something right, she gets to fetch the ball or just hold it. (It is the center of her world, besides me!)

[lv4dogs]

I feed a wide variety of treats including the more common brands (pupperoni, beggin strips etc..) to decent brands (innova, nutro etc..) as well as people food. Of course it is all given in moderation.

I find for intense training cooked liver or chicken works well.

With a puppy that young though you don't want to vary the diet too much too fast (as you may have experienced with the diarrhea the other night). Just a few easy to digest treats, carrots, chicken, his regular kibble etc...

[binka_nugget]

For training, I usually use cut up pieces of Rollover. It's cheap, the ingredients are decent and a roll lasts a long time for my two. I occasionally use microwaved hot dogs pieces when we train around lots of distractions.

I sometimes make my own treats too. I usually throw in some liver, eggs and whatever else I have around. The dogs love it and I prefer to make my own treats as I know exactly what goes into them.

[bckrazy]

Try not to use too-rich foods for your little girl, that and a completely different kibble will upset her tummy. Tiny bits of chicken or tiny pieces of soft-food rolls (like Red Barn) should be ok! Nutro also makes puppy biscuits and soft treats that you can break into small pieces ;0)

Welcome to PT! Your little Ambull is ADORABLE!! She sounds like such a smarty.

[Jon83]

Wow! Lots of replies!

We brought a stool sample to the vet today and she has no parasites . They think she might have a colon infection so they gave us antibiotics. She's really playfull so I dont think she's sick... For now i'm just using her own kibbles for treats and it's working fine.

She's learning so fast! I'm working on stay for now... I find it's hard to teach.. any tips?

Thanks to everyone for the tips btw!

[VTJess03]

My girls will do anything for popcorn (just plain air-popped with no butter or salt necessary). They can eat quite a lot of it without concerns about getting fat and they don't seem to get bored with it.