Dog treats

[Anonymous]

What high-value dog treats have/do you use for training?

[Anonymous]

I don’t know if they’re high value but I like the chicken strips from Costco. I can throw a couple in my pocket but they rip apart easily to make smaller without leaving crumbs.

[Anonymous]

My dog prefers Zuke’s Mini Naturals.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I don’t know if they’re high value but I like the chicken strips from Costco. I can throw a couple in my pocket but they rip apart easily to make smaller without leaving crumbs.

Are these specifically for dogs?

[Anonymous]

My puppy likes PolkaDog salmon chips

[Anonymous]

Baked kangaroo jerky - sort of chip like. My dog is 2.5lbs and most treats are too much on his tummy. The tiniest amount of jerky and he will do anything. Is 10 weeks old and knows sit, down & fetch. Seriously will do anything. The jerky is very very lean and has lots of good nutrients.

[Anonymous]

My dog isn't fancy, or picky, I cut up a hot dog and put it in a bag to use as treats. If we are out of hot dogs, cat kibble is her 2nd choice.

[Anonymous]

String cheese, hot dogs, last night’s leftover chicken, lunch meat…for training in difficult environments, the reward has to be big!

For tricks in the living room? I just use her kibble.

[Anonymous]

I use tricky trainers and Whole Foods...Fruitables I think, low cal stuff for things like sitting at an intersection. Sometimes even use regular kibble for it. I worked with a trainer who was like, "he's young. Make him work for his food so we did that but it wasn't enough." (I have a Golden Retriever and they are notoriously voracious but mine is a pick b+tch). I now carry a combo of low value (tricky trainers, Zukes, or equivalent) and high value (hot dog pieces, cheese). High value is for things like dropping a frisbee to engage in fetch or ignore another dog. Low value is for "expected" like sitting when I stop at an intersection. 12 mos.

[Anonymous]

I carry high and low value, too. High value is usually cheese stick, turkey lunch meat, boiled chicken, or hamburger meat. Low value is usually Zukes treats or kibble. I also buy PureBites freeze dried meats/cheese. My dog also seems to love the treats from our bark box delivery.

[Anonymous]

Cheese and lunch meat for high value.

[Anonymous]

Any of the little soft treats (like the little Zukes mentioned above). They're stinkier than hard treats and my little guy will do anything for them.

[Anonymous]

Any freeze-dried beef or chicken is highly desirable. Pupford brand has some that are less stinky/messy than others.

My dog loves all the Bil Jac soft treats too (I have used the chicken and sweet potato flavor ones a million times), but if you're doing repeated power-feeding type training your hand will get messy.

Fruitables skinny minis rotisserie chicken flavor are another semi-soft one she loves.

And I definitely still use her kibble and many meal times for training even a year plus into life.

[Anonymous]

Like a pp, cut-up hotdogs. Also, shredded chicken meant for human sandwiches. Cold cuts, I think they’re called?

[Anonymous]

My dog goes insane for peanut butter, meat, cheese, bananas, apples, steamed broccoli. He’s so food motivated, he’d do anything I ask for a piece of plain bagel, lol. The tiny, low calorie training treats were all we needed.