Chicken Beaks and Feet - A Real Dog's Treat

Posted by Clare Bristow

japanese-chin My dogs are very lucky, I fed them ground up chicken carcasses, chicken beaks and feet, and various internal parts from a cow (not meat) as a dog treat for being good when they had a bath this weekend.

I wasn't so naive as to expect a product called Basted Beefhide Crunchies to be of high nutritional value, but I did expect it to contain some nutrition!

As the Food and Drug Administration in the United States continues to test the Chinese manufactured dog treats Bestros Chicken Jerky Strips for evidence of melamine contamination, it's about time we paid more attention to the listed ingredients in products.

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Fail Proof Training Treats

Posted by Clare Bristow

liver-treat-recipe One of the things I took away from puppy class was how to make liver treats for Zoe - they became an essential part of my dog training kit for the first two years of her life! They worked every time, my recalls with her were 100%.

I don't use treats much for training now, as I've weaned Fritz and Zoe off food rewards for good behavior, but every now and again I take them with me on our walks. When they know I have liver treats with me, they are just that much more attentive to what I ask them to do - talk about dogs operating purely on a 'what's in it for me' basis!

I have yet to find a dog that doesn't like liver, and it might just help you with that recall!

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Carob - the non-toxic alternative to chocolate

Posted by Clare Bristow

dog-licking-his-lips Carob is derived from the pods of the carob tree - it has a taste similar to chocolate but doesn't contain theobromine, the substance responsible for making chocolate toxic to dogs.