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Originally Posted by Lovetodream88  Have you tried the flavored Cheerios like honey nut? Callie used to be a nut for fruit loops. I don’t know about actual liver I was just talking about treats flavored with them. He might just not like treats. |
We used to feed Sophie freeze dried liver and thought it was a safe treat that most dogs would like but everything seems so new to him and he's nervous to do anything. He does end up liking some treats if we can convince him to try one.
We know nothing about his life before us so we wonder if he really just doesn't understand treats. We think he spent most of his time alone in a crate and the shelter doesn't think he ever experienced a lot of human interaction. When he was picked up as a stray his hair and nails were long and he was heartworm positive, fleas and had tapeworms so they don't know if he was neglected and dumped or if he was a stray for a long time.
It isnt a big deal if he ends up just not liking treats, we just need to figure out something to motivate him to help him through the classes because he doesn't have a favourite toy and most of the time doesn't get excited about being pet.
I haven't tried honey nut cheerios because I'm allergic to nuts and my husband hates cereal so the box would be wasted...and my husband tried giving him peanut butter and he wasn't impressed with it.
My dad reminded me tonight that he always steals mouthfuls of his dog's food when we are there so we are going to see if he would take those as treats for training and so far he has liked the dehydrated tuna at least.