Treats for Puppies!!??

[Anonymous]

Hi there,

Sorry, I really am a novice at this sort of thing… I was in the shop the other day getting more treats for Izzy… This is probably a really stupid question, but is she allowed things like a rawhide bones etc to chew on?? There’s nothing on the packs that say otherwise…

Thanks

Ben

[Izzie]

Rawhide contains arsnic(sp?)

best treats are homecooked stuff, chicken, dried liver, liver cake, tuna bread, black pudding (dog chocolate).

Try to avoid cheese and hotdogs as they have a large amount of salt in them, which isnt any good for young pups.

[GSPmad]

rawhide is  :-X :-X :-X . Not a substance I’m fond of. 😉 i think there are threads on here re treats – will have a looki….

https://www.resources.dogclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3389.0

[Anonymous]

Ok phew glad I didn’t buy one!

At the moment, she likes… hmm… Yo uknow what I’ve got no idea what they are called! They come in a yellow box… look like sausage rolls… They are her BIG treats… I generally carry around with me a small bag of her hills science plan chicken flavour food (tiny round biscuits)… she goes nuts for them…

Hmm… I’ve just had a thought… Is it bad to use her normal food as tit bits though??

Ben

[Izzie]

using her food is a bit boring for her, use higher value treats.  😉 You will get better responses from her.

You planning on keeping on hills?

Methinks you have a lot of reading to do! 😉 😀

[Anonymous]

Urgh… What’s wrong with hills!?!?

[GSPmad]

they are called markies. i used to feed them to mine but now try to avoid as the ingredients aint all that.  🙂

you will find that a lot of people on here feed raw food. i am not one of them – but more because i am not capable of managing my own diet let alone my dogs.  😀

i do feed dry – but i wouldn’t feed hills personally – i know it’s branded as 8\10 vets recomend or whatever – but….

(and if you were going to ask i feed james wellbeloved.)

there are some posts i can dig up re the raw feeding stuff if you’re interested.  🙂

as to your question – no problem with feeding bits of normal diet as treats – though poss not very exciting when it’s hills dried!  🙂

[Izzie]

If you did a survey on here, you will find 90% of members feed natural, raw and homecooked foods rather than processed dried food.

Have a look in stickies for Bev’s on a rant.  😉

[GSPmad]

https://www.resources.dogclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3257.0

https://www.resources.dogclub.co.uk/forum/index.php?topic=3650.0

have a look at these.  🙂

ETA – think we thinking along same lines izzie.  😉

[Anonymous]

Ok… so… I’ve waked into a minefield… I’m completely overwhelmed…

[Anonymous]

Hi,

Sorry Izzie but that just isnt true !

I bet it is more like 90% of members feed regular dog food that you’d find at the supermarket, perhaps 5% feed the better dog foods available from pet stores or feed merchants and the remaining 5% (if that) probably feed a mix of raw/natural/homecooked foods.

I dont feed a raw / natural diet because I just cannot cope with all the faff !!

That said, you can do better than Hills for your wee one 🙂  If you are an “against animal testing” type of guy then have a look at burns or trophy premium chicken, if you are a not that fussed type then as GSP says james wellbeloved is as good as burns i think.  i’ve fed both JWB and Burns in the past and am thinking about swapping back to them.

Claire x

[GSPmad]

[quote author=Crafty1980 link=topic=12067.msg231989#msg231989 date=1216806860]
Ok… so… I’ve waked into a minefield… I’m completely overwhelmed…
[/quote]

no – a learning curve.  ;D ;D

as i said – i feed commercial dried – james wellbeloved – but wouldn’t touch hills with a bargepole.  🙂

[Izzie]

It was an estimate Claire 🙂

[quote author=GSPmad link=topic=12067.msg231987#msg231987 date=1216806517]

ETA – think we thinking along same lines izzie.  😉
[/quote]

Yep yep yep!  😀

[Anonymous]

yep – just hit a nerve as i am getting a bit sick of feeling like i’m not good enough because i want to put my dogs back on dry complete.  >:D

[Izzie]

[quote author=piglet link=topic=12067.msg231995#msg231995 date=1216807541]
yep – just hit a nerve as i am getting a bit sick of feeling like i’m not good enough because i want to put my dogs back on dry complete.   >:D
[/quote]

I didnt know you where thinking of changing over Claire.

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