I am the opposite of you. I feed raw and use orijen for treats. I also used cooked meat that is left over, turkey breast, chicken breasts. (negative side of using chicken for training treats is it can crumble. I do not want my dogs learning to pick up treats from the floor. I noticed at dog shows many treats on the floor, and it can cause dogs to stop and smell and search for the treats to eat. I do not want my pups picking up treats from the floor or ground for that very reason)
Beef liver cooked and cut into small pieces works well too. As do apple pieces.
Sharon
Turns out it's much less of an issue than I anticipated.
I also use chopped up raw if I'm training inside, and if I'm going out I'll use either cooked meat or Orijen (which I still feed my old dog). Pretty much all of our agility training is now rewarded with tugging now, so that makes it easier as well.
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Just make sure to mix it up a little with what raw you feed and I'm sure it will stay that way
Are you promoting mixing kibble & raw together?
If so, it is a VERY BAD idea. They digest at different rates & can cause VERY serious health issues.
If you want to feed raw & kibble to a dog feed one in the morning & one in the evening 12 hours apart. Better yet...fast the dog for a day between changes of raw to kibble & back to raw.
I took it to mean to add variety within the raw diet, like different meat sources.
That is actually a bit of a challenge up here in northern ON. So far I feed chicken, turkey, and beef regularly. Interestingly, neither of my dogs seems to tolerate pork well.
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I ment it the way Tabatha took it. Mix up the raw food. You can try some fish! What about getting some wild game like deer or rabbit. That's only if it is safe in your area
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I mis-understood his post then. Tabatha.....in addition to what you feed, I do feed pork, but also lamb & fish regularly & goat a few times a month. I reserve venison & rabbit (both easlity accessable) for an eliminaton diet if needed.
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I took it to mean to add variety within the raw diet, like different meat sources.
That is actually a bit of a challenge up here in northern ON. So far I feed chicken, turkey, and beef regularly. Interestingly, neither of my dogs seems to tolerate pork well.
No, pork doesn't go well with one of mine either.
But plain unsweetened yogurt and/or kefir, cooked eggs, canned or frozen sardines, canned mackerel and salmon, a few cheapo cuts of lamb (something called "lamb flaps"), occasional rabbit ..... these are all good (and mostly cheap) protein variety ideas.
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