Found a great training treat!

Tgirl · Aug 29, 2015

When training tiny treats that they don't have to chew for long work best. Well I was going to use fruitables but even broken up they take her a while to chew. Then I thought food and it's like her mouth is so big but her teeth are so little it takes her a minute to chew that. At work one day I decided to borrow a pill pocket. They are squishy and kind of feel like play doh. Anyway, I would break off little pea sized pieces and make like 10 treats out of one pill pocket. She LOVED that and it's soft so she pretty much chewed it. I was having a hard time finding something she really really went crazy for and this is it! I am going to probably make some of my own treats, but until then I'm going to use the pill pockets.

Jakeyjake · Aug 30, 2015

Yay!!!! Glad you found something to entice her. So funny it's pill pockets because Stella won't eat them at all. She figured out there was a pill inside!

blushy · Aug 30, 2015

Jakeyjake said:
Yay!!!! Glad you found something to entice her. So funny it's pill pockets because Stella won't eat them at all. She figured out there was a pill inside!

Isabelle won't even eat a pill wrapped in cheese/ham/etc because she figured out there was a pill so now she's hesitant to take any special treats of that form haha!

Silly frenchies and their stubborn attitudes!

Glad Twiggy has liked a training treat to help you along!

Alice Kable · Aug 30, 2015

That is great. We have used small kibble but Buster won't take anything when he is away from home. He's just too excited!

Tgirl · Aug 30, 2015

The pill pockets that we had open at work that she loved were duck and pea.

Off topic but funny..when my 8 year old was at work with me one day a man came in and wanted pill pockets. I asked him what flavor and he said "duck and pea" and my daughter said "duck and pee? pee?!??". LOL! Kids are so funny. I had to explain it was pea and not pee.

hannah · Aug 31, 2015

hahahaha! that is hilarious. Kids do say some funny things. Glad you found something that works well! I usually buy the Orjen treats they are like freeze dried meat you can get duck and wild boar and all sorts of different kinds. But they are crazy expensive so we break them into little pieces for training!

Tgirl · Sep 1, 2015

LOL You guys have some smart dogs. I just toss Twiggy's pills on top of her food and she is eating them. I guess she thinks they're kibble. Silly girl!

Squishy Walnuts · Sep 1, 2015

Tgirl said:
LOL You guys have some smart dogs. I just toss Twiggy's pills on top of her food and she is eating them. I guess she thinks they're kibble. Silly girl!

Not to say Wally is dumb but I just feed him a pill like a treat and he eats it no problem. lol! Uma will spit any pill out so I have to be sneaky with her.

Tgirl · Sep 1, 2015

Squishy Walnuts said:
Not to say Wally is dumb but I just feed him a pill like a treat and he eats it no problem. lol! Uma will spit any pill out so I have to be sneaky with her.

LOL! That's too funny! A lady I work with just acts like she is cooking and drops the pill on the floor and says something like "uh oh!" and acts like she is going to reach down to pick it up and her dog snatches it. Silly dogs.

Squishy Walnuts · Sep 1, 2015

Tgirl said:
LOL! That's too funny! A lady I work with just acts like she is cooking and drops the pill on the floor and says something like "uh oh!" and acts like she is going to reach down to pick it up and her dog snatches it. Silly dogs.

That's brilliant!