Puppy snacks

My pups like hot dogs--cut up into teeeeny bites. One hot dog will make at least 50 treats.

Cheese is also a good people-food treat.

Or you can microwave a chicken breast and cut that into a jillion little bites.

Mine also like ice cubes!

I think the key with treats is to keep them tiny. That way they can have a hundred a day and still not wreck their meals.

Oh--one other idea: dry cat kibble. They are teeny pieces, and stink to high heaven, so puppies love em.

At my house, puppies get EVERYTHING that the adults do. (Which is almost everything I eat.) I just give things to baby puppies in proportion to their size and try to stick to one new thing at a time. (Like with a baby person.) That way if they get the "runs" I will know which "treat" it could be. Rather than giving them 5 different kinds of "people food" in the same day, then the pup having the "runs" and me wondering which thing bothered him.

Luckily, Siren has a "stomach of steel" so far when it comes to people food. The only thing I have found that she doesn't like is lettuce. Dill Pickles and Raspberries are 2 of her favorites. The fact that she doesn't get much pickle because of all the salt really doesn't thrill her.

I have always wondered about the salt content in hot dogs. (Though they DO love them.) Probably the reason I wonder about the salt in hotdogs is because I don't put salt on anything I eat so things that are high in sodium are VERY noticable to me.

We're a big Cheerios house. We're grain-free except the kids without allergies can have cheerios (one at a time for training.).

I use shredded cheese that I buy pre-shredded at Costco. I then give a single shred (or half a shred, if it'
s a long one) to the pup. No chopping. Tiny piece! (It's funny to watch my adult GSD to work for the same tiny piece). I use American cheese (I buy the huge brick at Costco as well. It's one of our favorite treats here! I just pinch of a bit from a slice as I train.)

I boil chicken breast and feed that. I boil ground turkey, but instead of stirring it so that it's all crumbly, I just cut it into about 2x2 chunks before I drop it in the water. Then, it boils as a solid piece, which I can then break into bits with my fingers. I will use deli meats, but I try to stay away from them because they're salty.

I also use a lot of Merricks dehydrated lamb lung. That stuff can be pinched into teeny bits, and dogs love it. I think because it's fluffy lung and not actual muscle meat, I haven't had any issues with lamb being too rich for my small puppy.