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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  While I don't believe in giving potato chips, one chip isn't 150 calories, it's closer to 15, but way too much salt for a dog. Cheerios are a fine treat, just because they are small, dogs don't mind the fact that something is tiny. I agree with Ellie May thawed frozen green beans make great low calorie treats and dogs love them! Joey needed to diet after a tricks training class, and the vet said to reduce his food by 1/3 and replace with about 5 frozen green beans. The canned kind has too much salt. The green beans help feel them up, so they don't miss the food so much. Now I'm able to train with either the green beans or his regular kibble. |
You're lucky, lol.
Jackson spit out green beans. He refuses. He would never do/learn tricks for kibble either.
He's the pickiest dog ever. I'm lucky in the fact that he HATES potato chips. We could drop 100 on the floor and he wouldn't touch one. He also won't eat anything potato, like a french fry or baked potato, anything. He's so weird!
He is sooo motivated by cheese so I usually take a slice of cheese and break it up into really small bits to teach him new tricks.
veggienut is correct in that a lot of professional trainers tell you to use real food, it's a
huge motivator when it comes to training. Like, Jackson will do his tricks for a cheerio, but they're so much more lame. His play dead and spin are like in slow motion like 'ugh, I don't really wanna do this but I guess I will'... Yet break out some cheese, a bit of hot dog or chicken and he's in fast forward and can't
wait to do the next trick!
As far as dog treats go, he really really loves anything soft, small, meaty and chewy, like Zuke's Mini Natural's. He will do anything for those. Or the Wellness jerky squares.