What kind of treat will your dog do ANYTHING for?

stargirl88 said:
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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that is an awesome idea!! :D
 
In general Sprocket would sell me for some tuna cake, liver cake or just liver (I bake it in the oven with garlic granules sprinkled over and then cut into tiny pieces - stinks out the entire house but he loves it). However, this is not enough to distract him when he sees his friends in the park etc so in those cases out comes the tennis ball = instant attention!
If you're looking for nice smelly treats fish4dogs do training treats which are tiny and stink to high heaven - I was given a free sample last time I went to the pet shop and they were pretty good.
 
Judging by the way she goes nuts for them out in the field I would say... rotting rabbit leg :eek::o (pref mixxy)
week old dead pigeon
horse dung
 
PolarSkye said:
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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ditto this for my Italian Spinone. She'll even eat chillies she's so greedy! And woe betide us if she doesn't get a Dentistick every day, she sulks under the kitchen table and won't come out (until we take a single footstep in the general direction of the fridge!!) Every time I open the fridge, without fail there is a Spinone head one side of me and the cat's head the other side, seeing what's in there...I wouldn't mind but they've never been fed treats from the fridge, but they have to have a look just in case!!!
 
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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Having contacted Cremedemonthe yesterday for instructions and sending my dad to the local butchers for pork rind, I can safely say that this DEFO works.
Went to obedience class last night and even the super fussy dogue de bordeaux (who has never taken a treat from any other handler in class) had several pieces.
We were split into teams last night for some fun competing against each other in the heel work, not only was my dogs off leash heel work fantastic, I could also sabotage the other team by shaking the bag!!!!
£1 for a kilo from my butcher so really cheap:)
 
Hmmm well my little Cav wil do ANYTHING for a bit of cooked chicken so I'm prob no use :) (she thinks it's even tastier than fox poo so long as I distract her with it before she smells the poo!) She also goes bonkers for the nature's menu chicken treats. To be fair she loves most food though! She spent several years on a permanent diet (been relaxed a little now she's older!) and we found carrots a really useful treat to use (downside is she's slightly obsessed with the damn things!). Could also try apple but only little bits occasionally as it's quite acidic and so not good for teeth! (also don't feed apple cores as the pips can be toxic!) Some dogs will also go mad for pilchards in tomato sauce, although a bit messy to carry about with you! In my experience the distraction is best done before the dog notices the thing you want to distract them from (spoken from bitter experience with a dog who likes to sod off into the bushes when she gets a whiff of fox poo)
 
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