Looking for heathy dog treats, that dogs like

[Jerry_NJ]

My Wesite Terrier will not eat just any treat, and that's just as well as many/most are not particularly good for the dog.

We got a free sample of Pegetables Dental Treat that he seems to really like.  I looked for them on Amazon, my reference, and find they have them in mixed flavors.  I'm not sure my dog will like all flavors and the treats are expensive.

Looking for views on the Pegetables and other good dog treats, something the dog will like and  we will like to see him eat/chew

My Westie is a 20 pound male, but still a small dog with a small mouth so I can cut the carrot like Pegetable I had into about 4 or 5 pieces.  Each of these gets a good chewing (he is missing several chewing teeth) of at least a full minute.  So I think it may also be doing his remaining teeth some good.  I have yet to be able to brush his teeth... we adopted him from the Westie rescue last April.  He is middle aged.

[Misfits4Me]

P.S. The Kona's Chips look GREAT! In all flavors......

[Misfits4Me]

Hey Jerry.....The NB Lamb ROLL is actually dogfood....It can be used as treats, though....You slice a piece off like you would sausage...My dogs Do love it....Must be kept refrigerated.....

The ones I'm talking about are Natural Balance Lamb Roll A Rounds (Treats).  They are hard, discs of dried meat....Can be found on Amazon, too....Karla

[Jerry_NJ]

I found some Natural Balance Lamb Roll Arounds on Amazon, could that be the Lamb Rounds you referred to?  

Wilson sill likes the Blue Buffalo but when I tried a sample Kona's Chips in chicken, it was liked even better.  He would eat this treat while standing in his Epsom Salt foot bath.  I looked that one up too and see it is offered in Salmon - I'm trying not to give him too much chicken.  The Kona's listing shows ingredients for the salmon variety.:  

Salmon, brown rice, salt, zinc propionate, mixed tocopherols (a natural preservative), citric acid, rosemary extract, vitamin E supplement, L-ascorbyl-2phosphate (a source of vitamin C), ginkgo biloba, guar gum, garlic, collagen casing.

I think I got is all and some is unknown to me, but some sounds manufactured (propionate?)

If you have time to take a look, it is appreciated.

[Jerry_NJ]

Thanks, I think I can make progress on training issues using treats that he considers treats.  

He's spunky, and can be demanding about getting his meals, but he doesn't wolf his food and even a hand feed treat is sniffed and then gently reached for with his small mouth.

His coat continues to look great, his ears seem to itch but look and smell okay on the inside, the backs have very little hair, but the long hair on his head covers the back of his ears so the lack of hair on the lower back of ears may be normal.  I'll try to look closely at the next Westie we come across, if the owner doesn't object. He is still licking his right front and right reat feet, so much that the hair is thin - these have been getting an Epsom salt bath (hard to get him to stay there longer than 5 minutes, twice a day.   I don't think it is yeast, I had treated with medicated shampoo foot baths with little on no improvement.  

I may have expanded the subject, but a the above symptoms are the signs we have that our dog is still having some allergy problems.  Why the right side and not the left?  I don't have a clue.  

[Misfits4Me]

Blue makes 6 different Health Bars....All flavors are wonderful! The ingredients look very good to me!  ;)

Also Jerry, Natural Balance (The food you feed, I believe), makes an incredible treat called "Lamb Rounds"....They are round, baked, lamb meat discs.....You can see them in the bag.....They too, would be great for your guy!   Karla

[Margot49]

Poached, roasted doesn't matter unless chicken is a problem
Look on the Internet for holistic dog treat recipes and I know some of the stores sell some with no preservatives or additives.  

[Jerry_NJ]

Thanks. My guy will not eat carrots or green beans - our golden would eat them cooked or raw.  He will eat chicken.  But I think chicken may be one of his problem areas, at least for now I do not buy any food with chicken.  I've been told chicken on some in the "popular" brands of dog food are more chicken byproducts than chicken.

When we eat chicken, rather often,  I will give him small bits of white meat without skin.  The chicken us usually roasted, not boiled.

[Margot49]

Actually, my daughter has a dog with pancreas issues and the diet is very limited.  However, I think she buys the little Blue Buffalo treats, they are small and come in a little bag.  You might want to check that.
You can always poach up a couple of chicken breasts, no skin, cut those up into small pieces, divide into small bags and freeze them. Take out as you need them.  Have you tried diced carrots or grean beans?

[Jerry_NJ]

Found a treat he seems to "love", still very conservative and at first when used  in small pieces when I had him on the grooming table (really top of cloths washer) to reward him he just wanted to hold the piece in his mouth until I put him down.  So I put him down, a couple more tries while I had his feet in a Epsom Salt bath, he eat the pieces immediately.

I think this treat is sorta health.  The treat:
Blue Buffalo Health Bars - no wheat, corn or soy, no chicken or poultry by products, no artificial preservatives, coloring, or flavors.   The questionable part: Baked with bacon, egg, and cheese, but Hey it suppose to be a treat, tast good.  I hope it doesn't start an new allergy problems.  He isn't eating like a meal, just a couple of bars (broken into 20 pieces) a day.

[Jerry_NJ]

Thanks, glad I check before paying the high price for a economically large back of these chew-treats, only to have to throw it out.  These are among the most expensive treats I have looked at.

My false/errored assumption was that because these came to our dog, Wilson, as small part of a gift back to rescue participants in the 2012 Westie Rescue Parade held as part of a national meeting of the Westie association in PA.

Also included were some treats by Natural Balance, in the "milk bone" shape, that are Sweet Potato and Fish formula, the same as his main kibble.  He enthusiastically eats the kibble but is often completely disinterested in the treat form.  Then too he is missing many teeth and the Pegetables are a chewy solid, not hard, so while he had to chew, I think getting in lined up with the few teeth wasn't a challenge.  He likes a splash of hot water on his dinner kibble, but can and does eat some dry too.

I'm still looking for some Reward I can give him for good behavior, such as not fighting a bath, or accepting some attention to his coat or feet.  I have always believed in reward/punishment using in measured amounts to help train a dog.  The punishment being made mostly of scolding voice.  Wilson's poor hearing limits the effectiveness of that.  So I figure use more positive feedback.  Our little guy is very different than any dog I've experienced before - he doesn't like toys or rawhide chews or... name it, the stuff all other dogs I have knows love.

You recommended probiotics, I think I saw some of that in a treat form, can you confirm/correct that impression?  The problem remains, if he doesn't like it, it "ain't" a treat. He can be very discriminating, which may be a good trait, he also hasn't rolled in any rotting mater or deer poop on the property.  Other dogs have been a problem in this regard, especially a Golden and a Golden Doodle that have stayed with us in the past.