Cheese as food rewards- how much is safe? - Page 2

Don't remember just how many days she was out of sorts but I fed her chicken porridge with a good helping of salt to increase water intake.

I don't use cheese to train or reward my dogs with...but...If you can use some sort of a stick of cheese then the idea would be for the puppy/dog to nibble at it...Not to get a BIG chunk of it at a time...

Dogs don't understand how big a piece of food you've given them...they more understand how many pieces they get...Sooo smaller pieces are the way to go...

Cheese is made with oils...So I would think "trial & error" is the thing that's important...If you cut it up in small pieces and put it in a baggie...within a few minutes you will see the cheese begin to heat up and release the oils...

The smellier (is that a word) the cheese is the more attractive to the dog it will be...

Maybe even cut up some cheese and some other snack...mix them together and maybe your puppy/dog will eat them...

I personally use Hot Dogs...I can hold a Hot Dog in my hand and let the puppy/dog nibble at it and I can basically control how much they get at a time...I like using the Chicken Dogs 'cause there's much less grease...

~Bob~

I have never used cheese either, but I accidentally found out that for my girl it is  a very high value treat, so will use it in those situations where it is needed. I had a dog that experienced gran mal seizures after using hot dogs for training, so I stay away from them unless I buy the ones without the preservatives. I  usually give very small pieces of cooked beef, chicken or the raw dehydrated treats. 

A behaviorist I know uses the canned cheese, forget what it's called. She squirts it on the dog's lips, says they love it

Agree Starrchar;  a very small amount should be OK.  I will NOT use hotdogs as I know a dog that bloated after his Best in Show with treats of hot dogs;  Nitrates or something??  But stay as natural as possible without too many preservatives;  also less is better;  started working my young boy without a food reward a little and he still works great;  then I really can go back to whatever I want to use and he still works.  NO I probably don't get that craziness that people want, but I really don't want that anyway.  So praise and ball works as well as ANY food.  Do without and see what happens.  Nan

My vet scolded me for using cheese to even give a pill...too many cheeses are so full of crap and cheese has SALT not good for constant feeding...

NOT hot dogs either...it is a processed food.

Real wisconsin cheddar, the expensive one, may not have crap in it..and check the salt content...I would dry it on a  cookie sheet in tiny bites, for  7 mins at 200 or 180 * then turn off oven , let sit in oven for an hour  or so check to see if dried.......then cool and use for treats. or do liver or chicken dried same way but look up the time schedule for the meats..
"How to dehydrate chicken for your dogs treats" on the google...I used Bing..

YR