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What brand/product do you prefer?

I pay $9.99 for almost 6 months worth of treats, training and for my own dog.

Anybody else?

I think the answers will be pretty much owners preference. In my case I have used hotdogs, cheese, freeze dried liver, etc. or anything that will work for that training period. It'll be interesting to see other responses.
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If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

>>I think the answers will be pretty much owners preference. In my case I have used hotdogs, cheese, freeze dried liver, etc. or anything that will work for that training period. It'll be interesting to see other responses.
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>>If there are no dogs in Heaven, then when I die I want to go where they went.

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I use Iams MiniChunks that I keep in the freezer for freshness. My dogs eat four small meals a day and are always ready to work and to eat. So if I want to use treats, they will pretty much appreciate anything. Their regular food is frozen BilJac, a more tasty and faster-eating food than the dry mini-chunks, but messy to use for treats.

The easiest thing on the dog's health is to use regular dog food as treats. If you need something fancier, do look carefully to make sure you are using treats effectively as rewards and not as bribes.

Research has also shown that there is no need whatsoever to deprive an animal of food in order to get the animal to be motivated by working for treats as rewards. In fact, having blood sugar out of whack can interfere with the dog's learning in multiple ways, as well as with the dog's behavior toward other animals and humans.

I want my dogs comfortably and smoothly fed for work. I don't want empty stomachs or overfilled ones. Either extreme can mean a sick dog, and that's certainly not helpful for training!

My dogs become used to the Iams MiniChunks because they are a regular treat, and that comes in handy if for some reason their frozen BilJac is unavailable. It gives a built-in back-up food that they can be switched onto with no transition period, because their intestines already have the right friendly bacteria to adjust it. I use this particular kibble because the nutrition is acceptable, it's easy to find, and the size and consistency of the pieces make it easy to give the dog the many small "hits" of reward I use when treat-training.
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Kathy Diamond Davis, author, "Therapy Dogs: Training Your Dog to Reach Others," 2nd edition, and the free Canine Behavior Series articles at http://www.veterinarypartner.com/Content.plx?P=SRC&S=1&SourceID=47

>>What brand/product do you prefer?
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>>I pay $9.99 for almost 6 months worth of treats, training and for my own dog.
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>>Anybody else?

Hi,
I pretty much always use the Nutro Natural Choice Treat sticks. They're soft and I can break off a very tiny piece at a time. Katie doesn't really care how big a piece she gets as long as she gets something.
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Mary Lou & Katie

I tend to use very tiny bits of left over steak and chicken from my meals for training my dogs. One chicken breats can last me a very long time with how tiny I cut it up and I freeze the rest so I always have some on hand.
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Chelle and the rest of the crew including, but not limited to Kita and Taiko (the shiba inu wrestle maniacs), Adi (reserved and dignified tabby cat), and all 28 reptiles

I prefer to use treats that satisfy the same rules I would use for kibble -- no corn, no by-products, no sorghum, etc. I usually use the Natural Balance Rolls because they are soft and most dogs will do anything for them -- even with high distraction training.

hi,
i'm doing a project on dogs learning tricks faster with verbal priase or treats. And i was wondering, what you thought. I haven't had anyones opinion and i need one . So if you have time, please comment back and tell me if you think we needtreats to train dogs.
Thanks.

Sarah

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