Are there any safe dog treats?? (shepherd, allergic, train, bones)

[Mar0]

I make my own treats or feed fruits or veggies. i just bought some treats at trader joes that seem pretty decent and toby likes them.

[Lovefromnj]

Try tumbleweed and eddies! Our dogs are crazy over them and they bake all of their treats themselves. Also no shipping costs.

[Lovefromnj]

Oops their website is The BEST Natural Pet Treat Company in the WORLD!

[NorasMom]

I give my dog Zukes treats - I just saw them sold at Petco last night, which is good - they were previously sold at smaller shops.

Zuke's – Healthy, Natural Treats for Dogs & Treats for Cats

[DawnMTL]

Originally Posted by limeysgrl

My parents gave us a food dehydrator for xmas last year. I have now successfully made beef jerky and chicken jerky. To me it is cheaper to buy chicken on sale, slice it, season it, and make it into jerky. All my dog's love it. I know it is better for them, then buying the stuff at the store, and I know exactly what is in it, and if I liked jerky, I could eat it as well.

I would LOVE to do this but how do you slice the chicken thin enough? When it's defrosted, it's so wet and wiggly, how do you manage to slice it into pieces that are thin enough?

[Dogmama50]

Originally Posted by DandJ

I would LOVE to do this but how do you slice the chicken thin enough? When it's defrosted, it's so wet and wiggly, how do you manage to slice it into pieces that are thin enough?

Try slicing it when it's still mostly frozen, use a very sharp knife and be careful.

[talloolla]

You can easily make jerky in your oven at the lowest setting. The tip about slicing meat partially frozen really works .

[DawnMTL]

Originally Posted by Dogmama50

Try slicing it when it's still mostly frozen, use a very sharp knife and be careful.

Originally Posted by talloolla

You can easily make jerky in your oven at the lowest setting. The tip about slicing meat partially frozen really works .

Thank you, ladies!

[beatlecrazy]

We don't usually go out and buy treats, but if we do, he LOVES Beggin' Strips. But normally, we give him those mini-carrots which we cut up, and he likes tiny pieces of wheat bread on occasion. He also likes apples.

[NorasMom]

Oh! Here's something new that my dog goes crazy for - my trainer gave it to her last week in obedience class and she did everything I asked, lol. It's a roll-on (looks like deodorant) that is basically broth - they lick it and it's not fattening. Seems to have decent ingredients:

Liquid Dog Treats | PetSafe Treats for Dogs | PetSafe

I don't know much about Pet Safe as a company, but the ingredients are (for the chicken):

Natural chicken flavor, cultured milk, lecithin, mixed tocopherols (natural preservative- a source of vitamin E), ascorbyl palmitate (source of vitamin C), rosemary extract, green tea extract