Fish based treat ideas

[lozzles]

Unfortunately we've discovered our dog has an intolerance. As she was on a variety of meats it's been simplest to go down the purely fish route as an elimination diet. As she's only a year old I'm keen to find a range of treats for her to mix up the value of them for her for training etc.

She loves the freeze dried whole fish but I'm struggling to find anything else treat wise. I've found lots of great suitable chews but would really like a softer small treat for training for her. Any ideas? I've checked out fish4dogs but she's not a massive fan of their big fish biscuit style treats.

 

[Karran]

Sprats? They're pretty soft and can be torn in two. I'm sure fish4dogs do skin flatties for longer lasting chews as well
Edit - skippers is the company I'm thinking of. Look at JR pet food as well as they do fish cubes

 

[Bellasophia]

My second poodle was intolerant..we did an elisa blood testfor food intolerance..it turned out it wasn’t meat she reacted to but beetroot pulp and potatoe( both common fillers in dried dog food).Thetest was quite expensive but worth it to get straight to the issue,rather than go the longer elimination diet route. Worth considering?

 

[lozzles]

Thanks she is a poodle cross and I've been told it's quite common. Do you know if the blood test works if they have already had the possible triggers removed from the diet? I'd be reluctant to change her back to run the test as we've seen a big improvement fairly quickly and her appetite is loads better.

The spratts she's loving but I'm also hoping to have a few different options to mix it up. I want a few lower value treats she likes so I can save those for when we need something higher value. I'll try JR pet food don't think I've heard of them before. We've moved her onto the barking heads salmon and potato on the vets suggestion and it seems to be suiting her well ?

 

[SaddlePsych'D]

https://www.jrpetproducts.com/fish-dog-treats/?v=79cba1185463

JR have a whole department of fish treats. Ivy loved the salmon pate!

 

[Bellasophia]

Phrases like “going better “and “suiting her well” ,for me would say stay with what you are trying..it’s so hard to get to the bottom of these intolerances with foods containing so many ingredients…
ive had three poodles..only one had intolerance issues so they aren’t all the same,but they are definitely fussy feeders compared to my other past dogs .

 

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You could try this shop https://naturalchoicepetfoods.co.uk/. I can recommend, it’s the shop at my local dog training company. I own a toy poodle. I had lots of problems with his food before I changed to Nature’s menu raw (regularly being sick and diarrhoea). I can also feed him nature’s menu gently cooked food and he can also eat Lily’s Kitchen kibble, which he has sometimes and as treats. I used to make liver cake to take to dog training class. Thankfully none of this food upsets his stomach. You can contact them on Facebook for advice. They have a huge variety of treats.

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

Honestly, get a dehydrator or Google how to dehydrate using your oven, buy kilos of sprats when they're in season or chop up cheap frozen fish. Fish treats, especially sprats, are astronomically expensive!

 

[Christmascinnamoncookie]

You could try this shop https://naturalchoicepetfoods.co.uk/. I can recommend, it’s the shop at my local dog training company. I own a toy poodle. I had lots of problems with his food before I changed to Nature’s menu raw (regularly being sick and diarrhoea). I can also feed him nature’s menu gently cooked food and he can also eat Lily’s Kitchen kibble, which he has sometimes and as treats. I used to make liver cake to take to dog training class. Thankfully none of this food upsets his stomach. You can contact them on Facebook for advice. They have a huge variety of treats.

Hey LR, have you ever used the stick treats? I'm looking to expand the variety of what the puppies get: are they long lasting?

 

[lozzles]

Fab JR look great and I'll check out the other suggestion. I originally had her on raw but she's a very slow eater so not very pleasant having it down for too long and it worried me hygiene wise in the summer her not eating it immediately. She's definitely more of a grazer so raw wasn't ideal for her much as I've liked it previously. Thanks all knew you'd have some different ideas!

Been amazing the difference in her appetite moving her onto the fish diet. She's actually begging for a meal for the first time. Don't think it's just the novelty either as when I've tried different makes etc in the past it's not made much difference for her.

 

[Esmae]

Sprats? They're pretty soft and can be torn in two. I'm sure fish4dogs do skin flatties for longer lasting chews as well
Edit - skippers is the company I'm thinking of. Look at JR pet food as well as they do fish cubes

This. I use both for my dogs.