[nagdu] non-fattening treats

[Julie J]

That's really odd.  Most dogs don't like citrus.

Most any fruit or vegetable would be a low calorie treat.  Avoid all plants 
in the nightshade family as well as grapes and raisins.

My dogs like banana, apple and pear. Well Monty will eat most anything, 
lettuce even.  Sometimes I will put a small bit of meat in with a handful of 
regular dry dog food in a Ziplock bag and let it mingle overnight in the 
refrigerator.  then the kibble has a bit of the meat flavor, without adding 
extra calories.  I subtract the amount of kibble I give from the daily 
portion.

Also I find that if I mix up the treats so he never knows what's coming next 
it has the effect of always using a high value treat without the high 
calorie count.

HTH
Julie




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From: "cheryl echevarria" <cherylandmaxx at hotmail.com>
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> Maxx spits out carrots, he has some orange last night and loved it wanted 
> more, but gave him 2 little pieces don't want to give to much or will have 
> issues, a little at a time go a long way.
>
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> From: "Tracy Carcione" <carcione at access.net>
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>> Hi Cheryl.
>> Ben and Echo both love to get a piece of apple when I'm having some.  Ben
>> also loves a bite of banana.  A bit of carrot is also a tasty 
>> nonfattening
>> treat. And both dogs go nuts for a hard-boiled egg once in a while.
>>
>> Spoiled, my dogs?!
>> Tracy
>>
>> > Maxx and I went to the Guide Dog Foundation today, to see Janice and 
>> > Dr.
>> > Carvalla about his itching.  First I was complimented on how Maxx 
>> > looks,
>> > and
>> > she was very impressed with his teeth nice and shiny, all those green
>> > beans.
>> > Kept telling Maxx, that his mom is doing a great job.
>> >
>> > Anyway, should could see nothing wrong with his skin at all, coat nice 
>> > and
>> > shiny, and no scaling, etc.  He loved going to the school his tail 
>> > starts
>> > wagging when we are there. Didn't see to many other people.
>> >
>> > I have also started talks with GDF in doing a similar fundraiser for 
>> > them
>> > that I am doing with NAGDU, so we will see what happens.  They are
>> > interested though.
>> >
>> > Anyway, back to maxx, the Dr. put maxx on a vitamin similar to Derma 
>> > Caps
>> > with Omega 3 in them, and he got a nice bath and got his nails clipped 
>> > and
>> > of course all the kisses he could get, Maxx is such a flirt.  Gets it 
>> > from
>> > me.  Oh Maxx loves everyone rofl.
>> >
>> > He had also lost the weight that both my vet and GDF requested so now 
>> > we
>> > have to maintain it.
>> >
>> > She also recommended for treats since I asked, so we can give him other
>> > items.  Basically she said anything but chocolate, raisins, grapes, and
>> > there was something else I just don't remember, so this afternoon I 
>> > gave
>> > him
>> > a couple of pieces of orange that I was eating, he loved it.  Wanted 
>> > more,
>> > but I am slowly trying it with him, I don't want a mess later.
>> >
>> >
>> > Cheryl Echevarria
>> > Independent Travel Consultant
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>> >
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>> > CST-1018299-10
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