So I have a miniature pincher who is currently a bit overweight! I am however training him and I use treats, but the treats I'm giving him must be causing him to gain weight. So what are some treats that I can make at home that won't cause my dog to gain to much weight? Thank you. And the recipes must be recipes that require items people would generally keep at home. Thanks! :)
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Most store bought pet treats are very high in calories. My vet actually has brochures in her exam rooms about homemade versus store bought treats.Here is something really easy that you can make for treats. I have all of these things handy at home.Frozen Peanut Butter Yogurt Dog Treats Ingredients 32 ounces vanilla yogurt 1 cup peanut butter Directions Melt the peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl Combine the yogurt and melted peanut butter Pour the mixture into cupcake papers Place in the freezerStore your homemade dog treats in an airtight container and place them in the freezer. Allow the treat to thaw for 10 – 20 minutes prior to serving to your dog. Treats can last for up to 6 months in the freezer.Other Answers:
- Measure out his dinner at breakfast time, and take pieces of kibble from that to use throughout the day. Otherwise, just reduce the amount he gets in dinner based on the amount of treats he had that day. Also, ask your vet about increasing his exercise levels to take some weight off and note that dogs are just as thrilled with TINY pieces of treat as with a whole biscuit - with a dog that small I could make a 1" piece of hotdog last for a whole day's training.
- Bought treats are rubbish and they do cause weight gain. Have a look at what I use for training treats.Cooked Chicken - Iceland and Aldi have pieces of cooked chicken it's available in bags which are about the size of a bag of frozen chip. The pieces of chicken are the size of a frozen chip. Dogs love this, I defrost the amount which I need for a training session and for my GSD I chop the pieces into the size of my little finger nail It's cheaper than commercial dog treats and much healthier.Black Pudding - Is fantastic. It's available from butchers and supermarkets. Chop it up, bag it and freeze it.Cheese - Buy a large block of HARD cheese, chop it up, bag it and freeze it.Sausage - It's available as hot dogs in tins or you can simply buy ordinary sausage from the butchers, cook it, slice it and then freeze it. Supermarkets also sell cooked smoked sausage which you can also chop up and freezeLiver cooked in the oven, diced and frozen.ILiver cake - l/2 Ib liver, l/2 Ib plain flour, 1 egg, several cloves of garlic.Liquidize the liver and squash up the garlic, mix everything together OR just put everything into a food processor. The consistency should be the same as a Christmas cake. Cook in a Swiss roll tin, cool and cut in to treat size pieces and freeze.
- Boil some plain chicken breast and shrewd it into witty bitty pieces. I mean like half the size of your pinky nail. Chicken is like cocaine for dogs... you don't need much to get them hooked and you'll have their full undecided attention. Witty bitty pieces will work perfectly fine. Its healthy and they love it. You can also give little pieces of baby carrots.
- Use all natural biscuits that are low in fat and all natural , I give mine ones that are called Beggar brand dog biscuits .
- Mini carrots, mine love them, don't buy dog biscuits anymore.
- My Dog Loves bananas, these are low fat.
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