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adventures-with-aspen · 2 years ago

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I started cooking plain chicken in lieu of buying treats for Aspen during the holidays because we had relatives in town, a lot going on, and I needed something that would be consistently high-value.

I think I’m going to keep it up, if I can. As a treat, it hasn’t lost it’s appeal at all. He’ll even take it when he’s outside the house—a huge win! It’s way cheaper than buying dehydrated chicken from Chewy, I don’t have to worry about calories as much, and I do feel better knowing how it was prepared and stored. Plus, I can use a bit to bait his water on sport days.

#dogblr #the guardian speaks #aspen journals #I tend to overspend when it comes to dog treats I had a separate autoship for awhile of just treats and chews #Aspen has a typical Sibe stomach and he gets hunger pukes in the morning if he doesn’t eat within the first hour that he gets up #my previous dog was super picky and all I knew was the set food down in a bowl and pick it up after 20 minutes rise and repeat until eaten #this doesn’t work with Aspen because he will just try to wait you out until you offer him something better or he pukes #the issue was that he was puking at the exact time that I started working #so to make sure he had something in his stomach I started using treats instead of kibble #I realized that is wasn’t actually the kibble that he was resisting but the delivery #Aspen needs a little quiet enrichment in the morning to settle him down #I put the kibble in the Kong scattered on his bed or in tiny bowls around the living room and suddenly it’s the best thing in the world #I still coat the inside of the Kong with a thin layer of cream cheese or plain tuna spread just to keep it fun #but it gets him to eat and stops the pukes so I’m grateful we found something that works

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