How Many DIFFERENT Treats Do You Feed Your Dog?
 

I'm curious how many different treats you give your babies -- not all in the same day necessarily but on a regular rotation basis.

I free feed hard food all day long … plus they have their new free standing water bottle which I HIGHLY recommend!! The water stays clean and sanitary … no floaties or dust bunnies!! I also started putting Apple Cider Vinegar in their water (after a YT member posted a great review about it) and I see an improvement already!!

In addition to free fed hard food, I give them a wide variety of treats. I don't give them 10 different treats in one day (usually 2 or 3) but I rotate and use different treats every day so they never get bored. I'm always on the lookout for more healthy treats to add into the mix. Right now I give them:

1. Wellness Biscuits (I was a little skeptical at first because they seemed so dry but my babies LOVED them and gobble them up!!)
2. Baby Carrots
3. Green Beans (They LOVE them!! I use regular canned cut green beans … nothing fancy.)
4. Natural Choice Healthy Desserts (If you haven't tried these yet, you don't know what you're missing!! My babies practically inhale them!!)
5. Frosty Paws Ice Cream (I buy this and I also have a recipe for it and make it for them too)
6. Yogurt Drops
7. Nylabones (Any flavor but they especially love CHEESE and ROAST BEEF!!)
8. Bully Sticks (I usually always have a few bully sticks lying around the house for them)
9. Natural Balance Rolls
10. Natural Balance Chicken and Lamb Sticks

In addition to treats, I give them 1 or 2 cans of wet food a week as a treat. I usually use:

1. Natural Choice Lamb and Rice
2. Natural Choice Chicken, Rice and Oatmeal
3. Merrick Smothered Comfort
4. Merrick Wingaling
5. Holistic Health Extension Lamb Entrée
6. Holistic Health Extension Chicken Entrée
7. Blue Buffalo Chicken w/ Brown Rice and Garden Vegetables
8. Blue Buffalo Lamb w/ Brown Rice and Garden Vegetables

And then there's the home cooked treats I make for them like Banana Pupcakes, Frosty Paws Ice Cream, Soft Doggie Cookies (they're great for older dogs with bad teeth), Cheesie Bites, Milk Bone Doggie Biscuits, Veggie Bones, Peanut Butter Puppy Poppers, Apple Crunch Pupcakes, Banana Biscotti and Peanut Butter Doggie Biscuits. They also love all sorts of fresh fruit (like strawberries, melon, watermelon, honeydew, peaches, pears, apple slices, etc.) and fresh uncooked veggies (which are so healthy because all the vitamins and minerals are still intact ... once you cook them, most of the vitamins and nutrients are gone). They REALLY love green beans, baby carrots and broccoli.

Plus, I make my own creation of what I call FROZEN FRUITY BALLS!! This is basically either fresh or canned fruit (but not canned fruit in heavy syrup and be extra careful not to buy the ones in CORN cyrup ... the canned fruit I use is from the health food store and it's in natural fruit juice/syrup ... NO corn syrup). My dogs love PEACH frozen fruity balls! So you'd take a peach, wash and slice it, then cut the slices in half or thirds -- depending on how big the peach is. Then put the small slices in a ice cube tray, add some bottled water and freeze. Trust me, my babies go nuts for this!! If you use canned fruit, you don't need to add water. Instead, just add the juice/syrup to the fruit in the ice cube tray and it works great!! These are especially awesome for the hot summer weather!!

Does anyone else feed their babies a healthy treat (no raw hide or greenies or anything with corn in it) that's not on my list? I'd love to add some more goodies to their treat rotation!! I spoke to my vet and he said it's better to feed them a variety of treats (rather then eat the same thing every single day) because it helps them get use to eating a wide variety, makes them less picky eaters and can help them build up am immunity to different foods. An example he gave me is if I fed my dog only 1 hard food and only gave them 1 treat (let's say yogurt drops) for 1 year, and then we went to a friends house for dinner and someone accidentally dropped food on the floor (let's say chicken or lamb) and they ran and gobbled up a piece before we were able to pick it up, they would probably get diarrhea from it because they are only use to eating 1 thing!! So to me it makes sense to feed them a variety of HEALTHY foods (no junk food or crap with corn and by-products in it) for their overall health and well being … plus, they enjoy it!! Eating the same thing every single day must be so boring and mundane!

So, pass along any info on YUMMY healthy treats!! I'm open to trying anything!!

PS - Here's the link to the free standing water bottle I use and LOVE!!

http://www.bottlebabies.com/ordering.htm

Frozen Fruity Balls
 

Raspberries also work great for those frozen fruity balls!! :D :D

WOW :D
...can I eat over too! That sounds yummy :p

Treats that TJ and Roxy love:
Fresh Green Beans
Romaine Lettuce (just the center - no leaves)
Chicken Jerky (Costco - Waggin Train brand)
Zukes - Salmon Traing Treats
Merrick Flossies
Dried Mango (just a tiny piece)

OH YEAH - one more...(I hate to say it :mad: )

poop :eek:

Yes, come over!! The more the merrier!! :) :) Oooohhh yeah I forgot to add Chicken Jerky strips to my list!! My dogs go nuts over those!! :p

Oh dear! That sounds sooooo good and makes me sound sooooo bad! I don't give any treats. ....yes, that is what I said...none. I used to, then found out how bad most of them really were. Oh, my Yorkies THINK they get treats....however, it is hand-fed kibble. They also think their vitamins are treats. However, I have had zero problems with them and nothing has ever gotten lodged in their throats or stomachs. They are healthy and happy and that is what matters most to me. I may have to try some of the yummy sounding stuff above though

Vitamins!! I'm interested!! What kind do you give them?? :D

jen , your such a great mommy, you know that????

Unfortunately mine wont eat alot of treats. We went to a fall festival and while I was shopping My husband bought them some homemade dog biscuits and of course they wouldnt eat them. The only thing I have found they will eat are yogurt drops and pupcorn.

Has anyone ever tried cottage cheese and plain vanilla yogurt? My babies love that too!! :p

Oh yeah! I forgot...

Every morning they both get a teaspoon of the Vanilla Activa Yorgurt...

THEY LOVE IT!!!

Awe, how sweet of you to pull that out of my post after yours was so awesome! I give them Brewer's Yeast with Garlic...an 8-in-1 vitamin for skin, coat and such. It is a stinky little pill that they devour. Mine do get a few other things once in a while, such as cottage cheese, chicken breast, rice and stuff like that, but not as a treat, just as an additional supplement once in a while. Also, I will mix that wonderful "post whelping recipe" in all of their food every now and then. But you had asked about TREATS so I didn't mention the other stuff. Your treats really DO sound like TREATS!:D

wow, that's a great variety of treats! i got to try so of them...

Is it in a powder or pill form? I'm going to google it!! Thanks! :D :D

It is in tablet form. I have to cut them because it is one tablet for every 10 pounds. It is the ONLY product I buy for my Yorkies from Wal-Mart. I told my MIL about it and she now gives it (in addition to a kazillion other things) to her show-potential Maltese. I have to add that it is a natural way to ward of fleas (when given all year through).

I give Monte a few different kind of treats...Honey Nut Cheerios, Fuity multi grain cheerios, and a cheez it every now and again.

Cheerios are awesome! :thumbup: :thumbup: My babies loves them!!

Hootie likes hard treats like Milkbones. Hobbs likes soft meaty treats like BilJac liver treats and Pupperoni. They both like broccoli, carrots, and fruit.

Oh yes, I forgot, they both LOOOOOOOOOOVE CHEESE!!!!!!! But they only get that once a month with their monthly heartworm pill.

hmm Tila isn't picky
in the beginning we just tried to find tiny treats
so we fed her these ones by kong brand that were for training,
those just ran out

and we have these teeny tiny bones that give her

sometimes she gets some ice cream

and sometimes she gets some cheese, if she's lucky :)

Mine love any soft treat. They love small bits of turkey, cheese, and esp. apples. They also love plain yogurt, peanut butter, and dog ice cream.

Those who give carrots as treats, do they really help with bad breath?

PEANUT BUTTER!! Yes my munchkins LOVE it!! It's great when it's time to give them their monthly heartworm pill!! :p

My boys love the Pampered Pets oatmeal/honey treats, and Daisy's Deli yogurt-dipped bones. I alternate those with 'By Nature' spiced molasses treats, mixed berry and fruit and nut. All natural and organic and very good. :aimeeyork

I never thought to try FRUITY multi grain cheerios!! That must be really good!! I'm going to buy a box when I go grocery shopping this weekend. Thanks!! :p

You are such a good Mommy making all of those special homemade treats!

hmmm I give low fat vanilla yogurt drops, honey nut cheerios, carrots, cooked potatoes cut up, chicken, puperonies, rice, beef, baby applesauce, just anything healthy and good for them.

wow how we spoil our fur baby's
 

Well my Rocky loves the following
Newman's Own Organic Heart shape Treats for Dogs in Cheese Flavor
Newman's Own Organic Heart shape Treats for Dogs in Vegetable Flavor
Hills Science Diet Treats Puppy Medium Bone with Real Chicken
Baby Carrots
Cheese ( maybee 1 or 2x a month)
:D

Where would u get dog ice cream?? Ive seen the yogurt drops but not ice cream?? I would love to give some to Gizmo tho...:D