I just discovered my dog's favorite highest value treat, Liverwurst has dried onions in it!
Knowing that onions are on the toxic list of do not feed items to dogs, I am in a bind to find something to replace it with.
He likes chicken and steak bits but those are not as high value to him as is the liverwurst.
I like it because it is soft and perfect for marker training.
I am working with him on pool training. He has had a fear of getting in the pool and so I need as high value as I can get.
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Hows about making some homemade chopped liver? Saute a few chicken livers, whiz in the food processor, refrigerate. Maybe add an egg if it needs some glue.
Good idea Tracy! You have me thinking about seeing if I could somehow make my own liverwurst. I just need to find a way to make it so I can get it to the consistency of a soft treat, similar to liverwurst. The added egg, could be the thing!
Any ideas for spicing the treat up, some kind of added flavor.
Would just a small amount ( minimal) of garlic powder help make it really high value?
Also, just how much exactly of the chicken livers can you feed in a day without overdoing it?
I just bought some Vital Essentials premade raw patties that are a prey model inspired food. Just don't want to O.D. him on organ meats.
Anyone out there making their own home made jerky?
Kodi is an extremely picky eater. I feed him Ziwi Peak food sometimes but that is not high value to this guy!
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Well, however much liverwurst they've been eating before as training treats--it seems like they could tolerate a similar amout of homemade. If you're doling this out in pea-size tastes, they could have quite a bit and still not consume a whole lot. A couple of those pint-sized containers of chicken livers you see in the grocery store would probably make a ball of chopped liver the size of your fist.
Sauteed mashed chicken livers will be pretty much the consistenty of liverwurst all on their own. And probably plenty tasty. (My Jewish relatives all gobble it up on Passover! Me, I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole!) I suppose a pinch of garlic powder never hurt anything.
Great ideas, thanks Tracy and Lynne! I think I am going to be experimenting in the kitchen tonight!
I was also thinking I could try the puree add a dash of garlic, a small splash of the Worcestershire and place this on a cookie sheet and do a short bake time to get it dried out just a bit.
Just to make it easier for marker training the pool.
I was recently sitting next to someone in a training class and we got to talking about the cost of training treats, and she said hers were very cheap because she made them herself. So I asked about what she was using. I had mistakenly assumed they were Zuke's Minis or Paws Gourmet. She makes hers out of salmon, which is her dog's favorite, but I'm sure you could use whatever you wanted.
She cooks the salmon, then purees it (and I'm pretty sure she said she didn't add anything else, but I'm thinking an egg might help with the binding, too), then she puts it into a food tube like this:
She then squeezes out a tiny dollop at a time onto a baking sheet -- and, again, I can't remember the baking temp or time, but I'm sure one could figure out with a little experimentation what works best.
I've been meaning to try this and just haven't had the time.
Hey Joyce, is your dog toy motivated? In most cases the drive for a toy is much much higher than for food. If so then you can try using a floating toy for the pool. Food works best in training when it is readily available so reward timing is good, not to mention that there needs to be enough food drive in the dog to use it as reward in the presence of stress, otherwise dog will just refuse the food and stay stressed. Frozen Bil-Jac is pretty high value for some dogs and is readily available in pet stores and can be carried in pocket and fed as marked, maybe give Bil-Jac a try to see if it works?
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You have me thinking about seeing if I could somehow make my own liverwurst. I just need to find a way to make it so I can get it to the consistency of a soft treat, similar to liverwurst. The added egg, could be the thing!
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