Puppy Treats - Bad for puppies?

No this is how they are house broken and as long as she will still eat her dog food, then you're O.K. We had an issue where our dog wouldn't eat his food only the treats, In that case I would slack on the treats until she understands that this is for doing something special only, and not a meal.

As long as your dog's not eating so much that she's not wanting to eat the proper amount of her food. . . you're fine. If your dog will do anything for just these little nibbles of treats, I'd say it's worth it to help in the learning process.

That's good to see you've figured out that small dogs will often be just fine with little pea-sized treats. That way, you can give her a lot of rewards without filling up your little girl's tummy. Some people I've seen don't seem to have figured this out yet. . . and then can't figure out why their small dog is so fat! Well, maybe you're giving it treats like it's 2-3+ times its size?

They aren't really less healthy than most commercial dog food (although that doesn't mean much).

Healthy (and cheaper!) treats are things like bits of cooked chicken or sliced beef liver cubed and baked in the oven (my dog's favorite). Shes a Doxie, so you want to be very careful about giving her fattening foods.

Depends on what is in the treats. Are they mostly fillers, (corn, by-products, gluten) These are not good for any dog.

Also, I would steer clear of anything with ingredients shipped from China, they still have not put any inspections in place to protect our pets from the poisons the Chinese try to sell us as pet food and treats!

Great treats for training pups and all dogs, cheese, bits of cooked calf liver, bits of REAL chicken, look in your fridge, got leftover beef? Great treats! All my dog's treats come out of my own fridge. (Saves lots of money too!) No raisins, grapes or onions though, these are all toxic to dogs.

Since you've broken the treats up so small, your puppy is probably just fine with them.

Good luck!

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That actually sounds perfect. You should break up the treat into smaller pieces so that the pup doesn't get so many. Sounds like you are on the right track to me! Good luck with training.

Bribery and corruption is the best way to train a pup. So small treats are perfect.

Don't worry about her getting fat at this age, she won't.

What treat is it? It all depends on the treat. If it is like beggin strips or something gross like that it can be bad for her. If it is like charlee bears or nutro biscuts she should be fine. Just make sureif you over feed her biscuts you reduce her food.

Sounds like you're doing exactly the right thing! Good luck with the housebreaking..