What kind of treat will your dog do ANYTHING for?

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I'm working really hard on Barney's leadwork and we are making progress but I am struggling to find a treat that he really loves, especially as he is on a diet. His normal kibble is a no go, have tried cooked chicken which he quite likes but will choose baking at another dog over it, bought some dried tripe today (and consequently stank out my kitchen) but he won't even try it. The one thing he does love is cheese but obviously this is no good for his diet!.... any suggestions?
 
Harley is in to all food really, but high reward would be anything non biscuit like really! Cheese/chicken/ham. He lloooooovvvees sausages!

Luckily I have a skinny GSP, so no weight issues whatsoever!
 
Not much help really but ANYTHING! Both of my dogs are food whores . . . would sell their grandmothers for cheese, sausages, leftover pork skin, raw carrot, toenail clippings, grease splatter . . . you get the picture.

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Pretty much anything for my lot but they really love those little Coachies things, like catnip for dogs.
I'm hoping my new Springer will like them just as much as the rest do :)
 
Food treats: ham, cheese, chicken and chopped up webbox squares

Non food treats: squeaky tennis ball, fluffy duck and tug toy

:D
 
By FAR the best I have found is pork crackling which we buy as pork rind in Morrisons at £1 per kilogram, cook it in the oven into strips of crackling and watch your dog's reaction, they love it!
I get mugged by other dogs when out if I have any in my trouser pockets too.
As you cook it, drain the fat off it into an old margarine tub, keep it in the fridge and use it as leather conditioner, cheap but very effective, I use it on all my hides, lots of them!
Oz :)
 
wee cubes of barely cooked Pheasant (if she & FH brought one home) ... but more than ANYTHING... leftover haggis. Not exactly dietary I suppose but Lordy you get focus! tis messy ;)
 
At our dog training they use (and sell) this liver cake stuff that I assume they make themselves - my dog seems to love it and she is the same as yours with other dogs. Sadly I didn't listen when they were explaining to someone how to make it. All I heard was something about puree-ing the liver and mixing with flour or something like that! God I am rubbish but I am sure there are recipes somewhere. It certainly smells strong and just about distracts my dog even when she decided to take real exception to a bearded collie! I've not tried it out on a walk yet mind - that'll be tomorrow morning!!
 
I make pilchard cake ( you can use liver instead of pilchard), the dogs love it. I also buy cooked cocktail sausages from Sainsburys/Morrisons/Tesco and chop them up, mix some chopped up cheese with it sometimes.

A friend buys lamb heart and bakes it, her dogs go crazy for it, I'm still a bit squeemish about all the tubes !!
 
Teaselmeg said:
I make pilchard cake ( you can use liver instead of pilchard), the dogs love it. I also buy cooked cocktail sausages from Sainsburys/Morrisons/Tesco and chop them up, mix some chopped up cheese with it sometimes.

A friend buys lamb heart and bakes it, her dogs go crazy for it, I'm still a bit squeemish about all the tubes !!
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I bake beef heart (even bigger tubes!!) and cut it into squares, they like that too but not as much as the crackling
 
Chicken roll. Y'know, the really thin beige processed chicken slices, smartprice style? £1 for a massive pack. It smells AWFUL, I can't believe it's fit for human consumption but the dogs adore it and it shreds up into suitably small pieces.
 
There's a dog biscuit company just started up that have fantastic results and reports with their dog training snacks. Dogs seem to absolutely love them. Reasonable price too I believe. There has just been an article on the radio about them this week too.
I'll see if I can find the details for you.........
 
Flodden will not do anything for anything. Unless he really wants to. He is totally not food orientated, and as for toys, they are beneath him. But he loves a cuddle, and will come to call for a cuddle. Bloody odd. I have tried everything, for showing I get bits of liver cake or cheese and use that to get his attention on me. but out of the show ring nothing really works. he will come to the whistle. I may try the pork crackling and see if that works.
 
Flodden won't eat at the best of times, just not that bothered by it. Have tried everything, but then spoke to another beddy owner and they said the same. I have tried removing bowl if not eaten within 5 mins. he doesn't even bother going to the bowl. I have tried raw, kibble, tinned, human, cats, tuna, pilchards and competition from my other dog Poppy, but nothing really makes him say wow yum dinner. He likes his Barking Heads kibble, well sometimes. I do not treat. and I have persisted for several days putting a bowl of food down , then taking it away. he loses weight but does not seem to really be that bothered. And certainly I have never managed to get him to stuff a bowl full. So training treats are not that much of an incentive!
 
My dogs go absolutely insane for Schmackos! They foam at the mouth when they see them, lol. My westie also has an obsession with cheese. He's crackers for it.
 
Mine, annoyingly, don't even value the same things. :mad:

To make it even more annoying, the younger one can't have gluten so that lets a lot of things out right there.

When they were younger I cooked up chicken but the younger one wasn't even that convinced by that. I have recently found these gluten free tripe biscuits made with vegetable binder instead which seem to be a big hit. In a pinch, they also like the Wainwright's treats.

The all time fav though is Primula, preferably ham flavoured. I know it's bad for them but hey ho, priorities, and I only use it for very special occasions. They can spot a Primula tube a mile a way and have be known to get over excited by toothpaste. :D I find it especially useful if I have to stay clean for some reason or if I want someone else to treat them (the younger dog has had to do a lot of work getting used to strangers). Oddly, non-dog people are funny about being handed a mound of chicken, let alone tripe! ;)
 
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cremedemonthe said:
By FAR the best I have found is pork crackling which we buy as pork rind in Morrisons at £1 per kilogram, cook it in the oven into strips of crackling and watch your dog's reaction, they love it!
I get mugged by other dogs when out if I have any in my trouser pockets too.
As you cook it, drain the fat off it into an old margarine tub, keep it in the fridge and use it as leather conditioner, cheap but very effective, I use it on all my hides, lots of them!
Oz :)
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Going to have to try this! :)

nevis said:
wee cubes of barely cooked Pheasant (if she & FH brought one home) ... but more than ANYTHING... leftover haggis. Not exactly dietary I suppose but Lordy you get focus! tis messy ;)
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What a waste of good haggis!! :eek::p

ladyt25 said:
At our dog training they use (and sell) this liver cake stuff that I assume they make themselves - my dog seems to love it and she is the same as yours with other dogs. Sadly I didn't listen when they were explaining to someone how to make it. All I heard was something about puree-ing the liver and mixing with flour or something like that! God I am rubbish but I am sure there are recipes somewhere. It certainly smells strong and just about distracts my dog even when she decided to take real exception to a bearded collie! I've not tried it out on a walk yet mind - that'll be tomorrow morning!!
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I have made liver cake for my 2...they loved it but :eek: bleurgh making it was not a pleasant experience!
Baking the liver so that it sort of dries out in the oven is much less revolting and they still love it :D
 
CaveCanem said:
Not aimed at anyone in particular :) but do make sure your dogs are hungry if you want to use food for training...if they are already full, they won't work for food.
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Barney hasn't had anything from his bowl for nearly a week, he has only had what he has been given during training which is fine for most things (recall, walking nicely on the lead etc), but if he sees another dog not much gets his attention!

TarrSteps said:
In a pinch, they also like the Wainwright's treats.

The all time fav though is Primula, preferably ham flavoured.
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Got some of the salmon wainwrights treats yesterday which he seems to really like so will put these in a different pocket just for ignoring other dogs :) How do you feed Primula, just straight from the tube?!

karen_c said:
I have made liver cake for my 2...they loved it but :eek: bleurgh making it was not a pleasant experience!
Baking the liver so that it sort of dries out in the oven is much less revolting and they still love it :D
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Will definitely try this, there must be something out there that he will go nuts for... why oh why do dogs have be so flippin sensitive to chocolate, it would make the ultimate treat!!

Thanks for all the suggestions
 
Bossdog said:
Got some of the salmon wainwrights treats yesterday which he seems to really like so will put these in a different pocket just for ignoring other dogs :) How do you feed Primula, just straight from the tube?!
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Yes, it has the added comedy value of looking like you're nursing lambs. Plus it keeps your hands and pockets clean and has the added advantage of a visual component. As I said, mine can recognise a tube at a hundred paces. ;)

I find mine often won't take dry treats if they've been running, which is probably smart, so the Primula is easy in the situation, too.

I'm sure it's horrid for them but, as I said, needs must sometimes. :)

Also, I'm sure this is horrible dogmanship (what do I know, I train horses :) ) but I put the treats in an obvious container than I can shake for effect. Both dogs are grown up and have decent recall now but as they're lurchers everyone's advice was do whatever you need to do to install a good recall or you run the chance of never seeing them again. When they were in their horrible teenage phase sometimes shaking the box at the right moment, just as they were contemplating not attending, helped them decide to stay on the side of the angels.
 
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custard creams!! don't know why and prob not great but she goes mad for them and will try every trick she knows to get one! also sausages.
the other thing is bakers treats (don't shoot me!) she only has them the odd time, i think it could be that they're quite strong smelling.
anything else shes not bothered - never been the most food orientated dog.
 
That is where a wax jacket with hand warmer pockets comes in useful, all I have to do is put my hand into the dedicated treat pocket, instant good behaviour;)

Henry goes through phases, right now Markies are the in thing for some reason:confused: The dog's got no taste...:rolleyes:
 
I used to bake tuna treats (mix of flour egg and tuna) and they always worked - stench of tuna always seems to be a success :)

MAYBE if you find stinky treats that he loves - mix the treat around in some of his kibble so that smells too, just to save on calories :) not all dogs are fooled by it but just a thought!
 
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