I have 2 working dogs (termite detection k9's) that are food motivated. After reading several of the articles on Leerburg I'm going to change my guys to a natural diet but I'm wondering what kind of treats I can give them while working. In the past they've gotten their meals from a bag while working. Is there a natural "treat" that I can use to work the guys.
I sometimes use the Yummie Chummies but I really like and mostly use Natural Balance Lamb and Brown Rice rolls for treats. (we call it "doggie crack"). The dogs only get these when we are training. I like the soft food for training because it takes them less time to chew it up and they also do not drop it and then try and take forever looking for it. I use small chunks about the size of a Starburst Fruit Chew or smaller (sorry, it is what is sitting on my desk for reference :grin
I use Liver Biscotti and Grizzly NuTreats for in the house treats and when they go to their kennels and things like that.
I keep track of what I cut up and what each dog gets and then adjust their meals also.
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You can then cut up the pieces into the sizes you want.
(Freeze the pieces you're not using so they don't spoil).
A great trick is to lightly heat up the liver treats (i.e microwave) right before you go out.
The moist warm treats release a lot of yummy liver smell for the dog and it's a lot more appetizing for them compared to dry treats. The warm meaty smell will make them go crazy and will probably attract any loose dogs in the area
Also an advantage of feeding cooked liver instead of anything dry is that the dog eats it very quickly and doesn't stand there crunching and sniffing for dropped crumbs.
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I do make homemade treats like that also, a dehydrator is a wonderful thing. I do liver, but somewhere on here is an article or discussion about too much liver being a bad thing, so I use liver sparingly. The dogs do love it though
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I've used homemade liver treats too but sometimes I would loose track of how much I had given through out training and a nice soft serve had been served on the grass for me to pick up after training by my wonderful male Yaggo
I like to use beef you can dry it up in the oven over a day of slow cooking.You can chopped it up (any size you want) and put it on a cooking sheet and cook it slow for 5 to 6 hours or longer depends on the oven,They love it and it smells good , and if YOU get hungry during training have a few.. http://s141.photobucket.com/albums/r77/cadogancna/
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I use liver but I boil it instead. Cut into little chunks they are easy to handle and leave little residue. I think there is a belief that liver contains toxins because that is what it does for the body (removes them). I dont know if its true or not. If so, boiling may remove some. I boil mainly because its less messy.
Freeze dried liver cut into really small bits is what I use. Another thing that works well is cheese, used sparingly, and cooked hamburger meat. You can pretty well cook ANY meat and have it work decent. For something drier, have you thought about carrot bits? Some dogs go CRAZY for carrot. Mine do. And they're non-residue and easy to chop.
I like the idea of cheese ,I have used it before too for tracking.I've also used kabasa sausage for tracking and some of our members were telling me at the time that they would track themselves for 'em.
I never thought of Hamburger Meat , good idea.
How cool is that!! I have heard of cancer detection but not termite. Now if someone would train a dog to detect someone that would do IT with you that would be great.
I use dehydrated liver,heart, pancrease and lungs. I serve them frozen cause they can really stink up a storm when left in the truck for to long. When I get home I throw them back in the freezer. My dog seems to like them all the same but she eats
plastic, rocks and dog leashes so I would not take advice from her.
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