Healthy snacks

[lyric35]

Can someone provide suggestions for healthy snacks? We recently began feeding Kiko cheese and she simply loves it! We're looking for other good things Cairnes like to eat!

[Milopup]

We give green beans, carrots, sweet potatoes and some pumpkin for snacks/treats. We also give CET chews and the occasional Old Mother Hubbard Bitz, Canidae biscuit, etc.

[CarCarDawn]

Hi! Riley can't eat a lot of people food because of his liver shunts but he loves loves loves - - Mashed potatoes mixed with turnips, liverwurst, green beans and apples!!! AND - - broccoli!!!

[Eliz222]

We give our dogs greenbeans, carrots, broccoli, peas, tomatoes...just about any veggie execept onions. We also give them small slices of apple and they go crazy over a slice of banana!

I buy dog treats at the petstore that are all natural and I also try to buy the smallest size so that I can give them more times during the day.

Scout and Finch's favorite treat is a stuffed Kong filled with veggies and a small amount of peanut butter or spray cheese and then frozen....keeps them busy for almost an hour!

[Cairns2]

I like pieces of raw carrot and defrosted frozen peas because they are non-fattening and they can have several pieces/peas. I also use Old Mother Hubbard puppy biscuits because they are small. They just want a treat and I try to give them something that won't add a lot of calories. We used cheese for Emma's puppy manners classes and she put on weight quickly! She also got constipated.

I was glad when the classes were over but she was looking for the cheese!

[Milopup]

Shoe,

An hour? I am so impressed - when we give our pup a kong with peanut butter (about 1/2 to 1 tablespoon), it is a race to get him in the crate and us out of the house before he finishes (usually within 5 mins)!

How much cheese/peanut butter do you put in the kong and how many veggies? I need to learn what you do and give it a try!

Thanks in advance.

[Eliz222]

Milopup, I think what makes Scout anf Finch work harder is that it's frozen. I had been putting in two small baby carrots and a small squeeze of cheese to top it off and then I would freeze it. I've only used the frozen pb once, but was amazed at how long it took them to take it all out! I used the stump of some broccoli, cut it in strips, put about a teaspoon of pb in the bottom, and then squeezed the broccoli on top. It took about an hour to freeze. Let's just say that I am going to do this again!

btw, we use the smallest Kongs.

[Logansmom]

Our guys are all over fruits and veggies. They get one "cookie" a day and the rest are the healthier snacks. Sadie is using veggies for manners class so she doesn't get mammas problem behind It's hard making a salad in the house as the gremlins are always looking for offerings from the floor.

[CarCarDawn]

Hi again! I purchased 5 of the small kongs for Riley and alternate between cream cheese (lowfat version), peanut butter and liverwurst - - - and freeze them all. He gets one a night - - usually as a snack before bedtime - - and because they are frozen -- it takes a long time for him to clean them out. Buying 5 kongs gives me a break from having to do them every day - - now I just do all 5 at once and put them in the freezer!

[Milopup]

Thanks Shoe!

We have been using the medium kongs for Bosco (he ripped up the smaller one!) - will try putting in a couple of baby carrots and peanut butter - will go and buy some Cheez Wiz as well.