Need suggestions for training treats

I use turkey dogs (lower sodium) and string cheese cut up into TINY pieces.
By tiny I mean that I cut thin disks and then cut those into quarters so I can generally get about 100 pieces from a single hot dog.

cooked chicken. Summer sausage. There are some great homemade treats. Mine like "lean treats." Baked chicken livers. Cheap beef roast.

PatchworkRobot said:

I use turkey dogs (lower sodium) and string cheese cut up into TINY pieces.
By tiny I mean that I cut thin disks and then cut those into quarters so I can generally get about 100 pieces from a single hot dog.

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We're not much of a fan of the commercial treats either. They are much, much too large. and you can do much better by "preparing" your own. The "preparation" only takes a few minutes. You can freeze a fairly large quantity - enough for multiple sessions - if you want to be very efficient.

We sometimes like to cut our cheese just a bit larger so we can bite it off and spit it without constantly going to the bait-bag or the pocket for another piece. We do a lot of spitting especially in the early training.

When we use food for things like tracking, where each individual piece is going to be more-or-less covered and unattended, we generally make them a bit larger in that situation also.

I use itty bitty bits of cheese.

my vet recommended wellness just for puppy treats, my three month old cockapoo loves them, and they're good for her. they're larger than i'd like but are soft enough that you can break them in half.

I have started buying the Natural Balance rolls for training treats for my dogs and they absolutely love them. They are easy to cut up in small pieces and the big rolls last me a long time.

PatchworkRobot said:

I use turkey dogs (lower sodium) and string cheese cut up into TINY pieces.
By tiny I mean that I cut thin disks and then cut those into quarters so I can generally get about 100 pieces from a single hot dog.

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I second this exactly. Cut each turkey dog in quarters lengthwise, then cut the long skinny pieces crosswise 25 times. Same for the cheese. Mix them up in the same bag for variety.