Hello, we have the Kong chew - and we were curious if filling the ridges with peanut butter is a good treat?
Our dog is almost 2 years old and we've given him finger tip portions of peanut butter in the past and just goes crazy over this stuff. He's not experienced any throwing up or stool changes after having this small of a portion.
We just want to make sure that peanut butter is not a bad treat for dogs and if filling this toy with about a teaspoon full of peanut butter is ok?
Or should we try other options?
We currently ust the Zuke's, but he seems to be getting these out with more ease and we'd like him to spend a little more time with the toy. The peanut butter could make this more challenging since it's got that "peanut butter" consistency and wouldn't come out as easy.
My dogs love peanut butter. They get it in moderation, of course. I actually make a mixture of mashed banana, peanut butter and plain yogurt to stuff their Kongs. Then I freeze the stuffed Kong, which seems to make it last a little longer when they eat it.
I've only used the old classic shaped, medium-sized Kong for this, but I'm sure it could be tried with the style you're using, too.
Peanut butter is high in fat and calories, so I would just say introduce it gradually and observe your dog for any digestive-tract reactions, but in my experience, most dogs enjoy it and don't have any problems.
What about the sugar content in regular peanut butter like Kraft or Jiff? Would that be an issue for a dog? I've tried giving my girl the all natural peanut butter made with just peanuts and nothing els but she turns her nose up at it.
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What about the sugar content in regular peanut butter like Kraft or Jiff? Would that be an issue for a dog? I've tried giving my girl the all natural peanut butter made with just peanuts and nothing els but she turns her nose up at it.
I do like the idea of adding a banana and yogurt.
The sugar in Jif (two kinds of sugar: they add molasses too) is an issue for me, unless it's a rare treat. There's actually a couple of grams of sugar in a serving (2 tablespoons) of that type of peanut butter. More sugar than I want to give with any frequency.
The dog refuses regular peanut butter (ground peanuts)? I admit that I have never run across this. And I've used it as my go-to pill-hider forever.
I don't even fill up the hole; I smear some peanut butter around inside it. Mine all love it enough to work at getting every molecule out.
You could use canned dog food (the type that is more pate-looking than stew-looking). Wellness is one smeary (as opposed to stew-y) canned food.
Of course, whatever you put into it counts as part of the day's diet.
Wellness is what I hide her pills in but I never thought about stuffing a Kong with it. I'll try that tomorrow and freeze it. Good point Connie about remembering to count it as part of her food intake for the day.
We took a tracking class last year, but I never thought to adjust her daily meals to take into account the food we used on the tracks. She did get a little chunky, but we remedied that quickly and I've been careful not to make that mistake again.
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