[Murreydobe]

My guys get an extra large milk bone every night when Gary comes home from work. LOL, and if I run out of them, we almost have a riot here.

 

[Murreydobe]

It' But if they expressed such a preference for a particular brand of treat, I'd let them have one occasionally, I don't see it hurting anything.

That's my feeling as well. I'd say mine prefer Scooby Snacks taste-wise, but the sheer size of the extra large Milk Bones makes them the overwhelming favorite. They're greedy little suckers!

LOL, Rush has a whole ritual involved with eating his big milk bone biscuits..he has to trot into the living room and eat it lying down on his orthopedic dog bed.

 

[Murreydobe]

How big are these milk bones? Any that we give are gone in milliseconds although I've only ever seen ones that are around an inch or two in length?

The extra large ones are probably 5-6" long. I buy them in Petsmart. The markets around here do stock the large dog milk bones, which are still larger than the "average" size dog biscuit.

 

[Murreydobe]

The favourite in our house at the moment are crispy fish skins and also fish biscuits which are completely natural. Do you have those over there?

Yeah, there are 3 big bags of fish skins in my refrigerator right now..they like them, too. (no shortage of treats around this house).

 

[Murreydobe]

I've never seen the fish skins or biscuits here. I'll bet the dogs would love them though.

I ordered them online from sitstay.com . They're called Icelandic Dried Fish Skins-expensive, but the dogs do love them. They also love the freeze dried salmon available thru sitstay.com

 

[Murreydobe]

I make liver cookies for the handler and every one loves those and they don't tend to cause the diarrhea that often comes along with giving liver, roll over etc for bait.

Liver brownies go over big, and as Bug said, they don't get diarrhea from them, which can be a big issue when you use it for bait in the ring.

But it just *grosses* me out to have to liquify that liver to use it for brownies! (Actually, just about everything involving liver grosses me out).

 

[Murreydobe]

Why does the liver not give them diarrhea?

Because liver brownie recipes generally use a lot of oatmeal. Oatmeal holds the brownies together well, especially since they can go through a lot of abuse in a handler's pocket.

This is the recipe I've always used..it's just GROSS when you liquify the liver in a food processor or a blender.

1 Pound liver
1 Teaspoon Pureed Garlic (you can get this in the produce department of your grocery store)
1 Package LIPTON DRY SOUP MIX - either Onion, Onion-Mushroom, Beefy Onion (whatever)
2 eggs
3 Cups Oatmeal (any brand will do)
Garlic salt

DIRECTIONS:

Puree liver in a blender or food processor. If you use a blender, LISTEN carefully because it can get wrapped around the blade and wreck the unit.
Add eggs and blend some more.
Add garlic. If your dog is a hard sell at baiting, add more.
Add LIPTON dry soup (or any comparable flavoured dry soup) and blend some more.
Find a BIG bowl. Dump liver mixture in bowl.
Slowly add the 3 cups of oatmeal (if you do this enough, you will stop measuring the oatmeal because you'll have a feel for it).
Grease a BIG cookie sheet (or whatever) and dump mixture on it. Spread it around. It's like the consistency of brownies, sort of. You can decide on the thickness of the brownie by how you spread it around. About 1 inch thick is right.
Cook at about 300* for one hour. CUT IMMEDIATELY, stick in plastic sealing bags - sprinkle with garlic salt, seal and freeze.

 

[Murreydobe]

As much as they looooove nasty, stinky stuff, Im sure they would think those were yum yum yummy!

Even dogs who aren't highly food motivated seem to get enthusiastic about them..but I'm just as glad the handler I have now uses chicken or string cheese for bait.

 

[Murreydobe]

Cool!! Fish brownies sound superb! Do you liquify the fish too? About how much fish do you use? Is it fresh or canned fished with or without oil? I would like to try the fish ones. Cole did not care for the liver ones.

I'm going to bump this up, in the hopes Dobebug will see it and can respond.

I've never made the brownies using fish, but it almost seems to me like you'd *have* to liquify the fish. The only "non dry" ingredient is 2 eggs, which doesn't provide a lot of moisture when you mix it into 3 cups of oatmeal. You'd need more liquid to get a batter thing going, I think.