BEST Dog Training TREATS: What To PACK For Your FIRST (or any) Puppy Training CLASS

[@DoggyU]

My favorite single ingredient treats and raw food: 🥩 Oma's Pride Raw Dog Food: shop.omaspride.com/doggyu30 Use Code: DOGGYU to get 30% off your first order! #omasaffiliate

[@AbbyPet]

My dog loves the zukes pumpkin flavor specifically.

[@gabriellamartelli5732]

I love using reusable/washable pee pads instead of a mat because they are also waterproof and most have grippies on the bottom so they won’t slide around on tile floors. Plus they are super compact and come in multi packs of two or four and are machine washable. They come in fun patterns and different sizes too!

[@weimarc2205]

My dog loves the Stella and Chewys Dinner patties and Ziwi peak air dried food. I usually break it up into tiny pieces so that it is easier for her to chew.

[@paige-wiens]

The treat pouch I use is called "Bay Dog." It fits a full serving for my dog so that's perfect, just for size wise he's a Labrador. It has a magnetic closer, a poop bag pouch that had a hole it feeds through. Another mesh one on the other side, I put his clicker in it. And a front pouch which had a velcro top, perfect size to keep some ADA cards in it. Or keys, but I use it for cards. It's about $20 but it's lasted the test of time. Aka my dog attacking it for the last 2 years (he was a nibbley puppy, all good now lol.)

[@DoggyU]

Hi Kiwi Tart! Labs can be quite mouthy lol! Thank you for recommending another pouch for everyone to check out! There's so many more options now than there were 15 years ago for sure! I love it!

[@515aleon]

I have a Corgi, just like Labs usually. But she does love sweet potatoes, so when I cook them. I have sensory problems and use garden gloves with the little nubs. I can use on one hand, and then put food right in her mouth. Another option are the plastic tubes (you can put really good quality canned food, pb, etc in there).

[@mell.7817]

Enjoy your videos. Always love it when a new one comes. Can you do a video on proofing the “not letting your dog eat crumbs off the floor when in a restaurant”? The “leave it” command is pretty effective, it’s sneak eating French fry under the booth seat (or worse) of stuff that I can’t see that is harder to manage. For safety sake. Your thoughts?

[@DoggyU]

Hi Mel! I’m so glad you’re enjoying the videos! I actually just made a video on training the “don’t eat dropped food” skill that’s on many public access tests. You can find it on my Patreon at patreon.com/DoggyU. It’s just $3 to join. That video should help you with more ideas on proofing your leave-it and dropped food at restaurants. Ultimately the situation you’re having trouble in needs focused training specifically at tables and then generalizing that training. I think the video should add another layer to your leave-it training. Happy training!

[@robinrutherfordcost4748]

I also go to other classes taught by other groups/businesses, just to see what and how they are teaching and what results they get. Really get to add to your list of how to make your classes might be better - padded floors rather than concrete. Full 1 hour classes as some places you only get 50 minutes. A/C and heated indoor facility. Our classes are the most reasonably priced in the area - local dog club, in existence for 50 years this year - woo hoo! Most of our repeat business is from people who trained their dogs with us years ago. Mostly word of mouth, and our graduates get their pictures in the paper. Thank you so much. Am always referring your videos, especially when we get people wanting to train their own dog to be a service dog. We refer those people to our positive trainers in the area. One of the best things have learned is getting your dog used to a muzzle, even if your dog is great, and especially if you travel with them. If anything bad happens, the first thing a vet will do is put a muzzle on the dog, so why freak them out twice - once when they put the muzzle on and once with whatever the vet has to do to the dog. My guys like liver that I make the morning of class, especially for the recall. My one dog has a chicken allergy and we have to stay away from rosemary, which can cause seizures. Keep your videos coming.

[@robinrutherfordcost4748]

Refer people wanting service dogs specifically to trainers that train service dogs since that is so specific and the owners really want that specifically.

[@DoggyU]

Hi Robin! Thank you for your kind words! I'm so glad you enjoy the channel! And yes to always teaching dogs to comfortably wear a muzzle. You never know when you might need it! Thank you for sharing my videos as well! It really helps the channel grow!

[@DoggyU]

@@robinrutherfordcost4748 I also appreciate this! I get a lot of people that start out with pet trainers who don't understand the nuance of both working with service dogs and also their handlers, and sometimes teach things that are counter-productive to service work (like auto-sits for instance) and then we spend a lot of time un-training those things that the client could be spending teaching new skills. Thanks again!

[@Sarah-zb8cq]

Hi I use baby food pouches and Kroger’s brand of dog treats plus canned hot dogs

[@suedemaio3443]

Great video. Love that you went into detail about all the different kinds of treats, the appropriate sizes and the containers you use to dispense them. Treats can be messy and you showed some nice pouches to deal with that. Really helpful info! Thanks.

[@DoggyU]

Thanks so much! 😊

[@reneemckinnon5731]

I love the idea of the squeeze bottle, I never would have thought of that in a million years, my dogs are raw fed so this is brilliant for adding some of their meals into their treat allowance 👌🏽 I’ve used so many different treat bags/pouches since I got my service dog as a puppy and find them incredibly annoying, so I use Arrak outdoor training vests instead. Obviously there will be times this won’t be an option so I’m still stuck with the training pouches at times lol 😂

[@DoggyU]

So glad that tip was helpful! I love a training vest but they're so hot in the summer! But definitely a winter staple! Sometimes I just shove a small silicon pouch into my pocket if I don't need that many food rewards with me!

[@Lyckander]

My lab likes looottts of foods for treats, but she cycles through what her favorites are. Even few months I get different treats or veggies for her, and give the old ones a break till she forgets about them. Bell pepper is a favorite, as is cucumber.

[@michellejeffries8882]

Charlee Bear

[@daisyrose3835]

My favorite treats are purebites freeze dried beef liver and lamb liver as well as a squeeze bottle with wet food, pumpkin, or something else high value (I love this one for recall!)

[@DoggyU]

Yess! Some of my favorites too!

[@nikkinyx3732]

Love going to training classes with other dogs and other trainers also! I have been training dogs for 5 years. Love learning from your videos as well! :)

[@DoggyU]

Thank you!

[@SoraiaLMotta]

glad to know that are other over preps. Thanks I will try to offer more variety

[@DoggyU]

Oh yeah! I'm definitely a person who would rather be over-prepared and not need it, than be underprepared! Happy Training!

[@libbysevicke-jones3160]

Training my 4 month Catahoula puppy. I always need to burn off a lot of his hyper energy before he will settle down enough for me to start his daily training. I like the trail combo suggestion. I’m trying out my own doggie treat recipes as we like remotely and it’s not practical for me to whip down to the store when l run out of pet food etc. I also don’t have local access to dog training courses either. I love the idea of eventually been able to steer Brin into doing something that could benefit our local community and will utilise his natural hunting abilities, especially his ability to scent and his love of the bush eg. Kiwi search, or search n rescue. Thanks for your treat suggestions. Non of the products you have highlighted are found in our country, but the basic’s are same.

[@DoggyU]

There's definitely some great treat recipes online. Many people use these little silicon trays to make them in: amzn.to/3JGUdLA

[@chiahsinhung]

This is what I need for my dog training class!

[@DoggyU]

Awesome! I'm so glad it was helpful! Definitely better to be prepared!

[@rebecca-elilong1813]

My Aussie mix service dog really likes the Charlee Bear treats -- the original crunch in liver flavor is what we use. It is on the crunchier side for a training treat but isn't too large. He works well for just his kibble so our mix is mostly that with a few Charlee Bears and Lil Jacs for most days. I'll add cubed cheese if we're going to a more difficult environment and have some freeze dried liver treats I'm planning to introduce as another high value option for out and about. We use sliced turkey as his highest value reward for medical alerts at home or if I'm purposefully scent training his alerts elsewhere, but I'm kinda hesitant to keep meats on me all day unrefrigerated! I use the Doggone Good Rapid Rewards treat pouch, which looks like it's between the sizes of the two Olliedog pouches you showed.

[@DoggyU]

Thanks Rebecca for checking out the video! As far as the meat stuff, I am lucky enough to have a little fridge in my van where I can keep training treats, but you can also bring a little lunchbox with a freezer pack if you're worried about it staying cold. The ruffwear one I use could even keep the slim freezer pack that I have in the pouch next to the meat. So there are ways to overcome it, but definitely something to watch for! Sometimes microwaving the heck out of hotdogs works well so they are essentially dried. Anyways, thanks for recommending another pouch! Happy Training!

[@traceyallen8286]

Ziwi peak freeze dried tripe stinks to high heaven and is really easy to break into tiny pieces (I'm currently training a Westie) they love it. Also egg cooked in a dry frypan breaks up easily and goes a surprisingly long way. Great video.

[@DoggyU]

ooo! Whip loves Ziwi Peaks but I didn't know they had a tripe version! Yuck and Yum! lol

[@MarleneSAyres]

Many of these things I would never think of taking to a class. Thanks for the heads-up.

[@DoggyU]

You'll be the best-prepared one there! :)

[@333jrb1]

Hi Laura just an update about my Belgian malinois, we talked about training a service animal quite some time ago… Well she is trained as a service dog now, changed my life, even the city recognized her as a service animal!!! Thank you so much for helping me out, your content on KZbin was so valuable to me and helped me out sooo much! She’s a Belgian malinois

[@DoggyU]

Congrats on your success with your dog!

[@cjsdogtraining]

sometimes ill mix wet food and kibble together and my dog absolutely loves that as super high value treats (a lot of the time she doesn't get wet food also wear a glove if you do this)

[@KyNoraLife]

I’ve been using “tricky trainers” brand. My girl LOVES them. They are super small but easily cut or even broken up to make smaller.

[@DoggyU]

I love a treat that can be made even smaller. I haven't used these so I'll have to try them! Thanks for the tip!

[@Lo-nk7jl]

My dog likes Freshwater brand treats. They are usually fish. They are pretty stinky, but my dog is allergic to a lot of stuff and these are what work for her and my old dog and they both loves them so there’s an option.

[@moirabryant2693]

My dogs, all 5 of them, love Purina one turkey and venison dog food. I use it as treats. It's the only one that they all like.

[@danicag.1310]

For treat pouch I use an Oria dog treat training pouch and I love it! It’s nice and large, had a lining that’s easy to inverse to get any crumbs out, it has a two pouch insert to hold two different types of treats separate so I usually keep kibble in one side and treat mix in the other, it’s got a pocket for your poop bad at the back, a large zipper pocket for your phone or keys or whatnot in the front and two little mesh pockets at the very front, I believe it also has a zipper pocket inside the main pouch but don’t quote me on that (I can’t check at the moment), lol, it’s got a magnetic closure and a few options for how to wear it! its main pocket is so nice and big, each pocket in the insert can hold like a full cup of food or something like that and theres still room for a small toy or whatnot, i found it on amazon because i really wanted a large treat pouch with two pockets for the large dog i had at the time and i plan on using it with my future smaller dog too because its just so amazing even though probably wont need it full with new dog other then training class, i was tired of having a ziplock bag clipped outside of my old pouch just to keep two kinds of rewards separate, lol

[@DoggyU]

Thanks Danicag! Is this the one you're talking about? amzn.to/3uYW5eU

[@danicag.1310]

@@DoggyU yes, that’s the one I use!

[@hannahandrainn]

What a fabulous idea with the squeeze tube. I shall use one to practise recall. Loved the video! I live in the UK so I'm also going to try wolfworthy kibble for treats as I also feed raw to my dobermann 😁

[@DoggyU]

Hi Hannah! So glad you enjoyed the video! Squeeze tubes can really provide high value reinforcers without getting your hands gross, especially for recall! Happy training!

[@amoebafuzz]

Great video- might be sending folks to check it out. The Trainer’s Pouch. Love it. Silicone so even when I forget food in it and it get disgusting it’s still easy to wash.

[@DoggyU]

Hi Amoebafuzz! I would love for you to share the video with anyone you think would benefit from it. Is this the training pouch you're talking about?thetrainerspouch.com/ I think it might be the one Hannah Brannigan has a partnership with ... I'll have to check it out!

[@Leon-gq6sf]

My lab mix only likes gravy train kibble and milkbone biscuits his motivation is praise

[@Sneezy1956]

Merrick has power bites my puppy great dane loves the rabbit and sweet potato. She will do anything for them.

[@DoggyU]

Ooo yes! My dogs love these too!

[@ashleylebeau6047]

This was a super helpful video, thank you!

[@DoggyU]

So glad it was helpful!

[@judithmckeown2216]

My dog will do anything for liverwurst!!! Baloney sometimes!

[@MaryBonYT]

My (and my dogs) all time favorite treat are freeze dried whole minnows!

[@DoggyU]

Oh yes they are awesome and they also gross me out lol!!

[@michelleforche3389]

We love the Sipsey Wilder Rover Pack (fanny pack)! Thank you for all of this helpful information!

[@DoggyU]

ooo that looks like a nice one! Thanks for sharing!

[@MaryJaneOctane]

Treat pouches are a game changer. I used to keep treats in my pockets... by the end of the day my pants were nasty lol

[@DoggyU]

Haha yes! Treat pouches for the win!

[@KamberKahu]

What are your recommendations for a training jacket/vest for the handler? Great video thanks for sharing 👍🐾😊

[@DoggyU]

I don't generally use a training vest, but in the past I've actually used hunting vests. I find a pouch more useful for me. But I know a lot of people use the Hurtta one :)

[@raiserally]

Akra creations has amazing treat pouches and training vests/sweaters!

[@DoggyU]

Thanks for the recommendation!

[@juliehenderson1672]

Thank you! 👍🦮

[@DoggyU]

You’re welcome :)

[@lindamason8073]

You’re my kind of gal! Over pack instead of under pack. I like to be prepared for all possibilities. Lol

[@Offishal_Lifestyle]

I have a Cotopaxi fanny pack I love. Do you have any suggestions for a treat pouch I could put in there to protect the pack from the treats? thanks so much for the videos im. I get my pup that was tested and selected for me by the in person trainer im working with on the 10th so im excited to get started with her and to use your videos to supplement that training.

[@helensabo3166]

Thanks, Laura! This was really helpful! My 5 month old standard poodle puppy Oliver loves tiny pieces of chicken, turkey, cheese, or hot dog. I'm going to try cutting up one of those fresh dog food rolls for treats, as he's not so interested in the gazillion store bought training treats he used to like, now that he's had fresh food, lol! I'll also try more produce to see if I can find fruits or veggies he might like. The local trainer we've been working with recommended Benebones for chewing, but even though I have tried all the different shapes and flavors with Oliver, he's not especially interested in them. Do you have any tricks for encouraging a pup to chew on a Benebone? He doesn't care for peanut butter, but I haven't tried other dog-safe nut butters. He does like the Earth Animal No-Hide chews, and trachea from our local pet supply store but not the ones from Chewy. Thanks for any suggestions you have!

[@DoggyU]

Sounds like a picky guy who will require some experimenting but I would try a smear of cream cheese. Honestly though, for most dogs a benebone is wayyyy too low value for use in a class, especially dogs with opinions like yours 🤣 Bringing a filled Toppl is probably a better bet!

[@nikkinyx3732]

Curious- what about flies? I don’t eat meat either- but I hate being outside and being swarmed by flies.

[@DoggyU]

I have not had an issue with flies with any of the food I've used with my dog, but maybe I don't live in a "high-fly" state lol?

[@ezekiel-bethanygoff4288]

What would you bring for an older dog? I'm getting my service dog prospect after a year of professional board and train with a service dog organization. They will have passed their AKC obedience and urban before I get them, but I will still have to train after I get them. They will only know 3 tasks when I get them, and we won't be used to working together.

[@DoggyU]

I would bring the same stuff. I still bring treats, something to do, and a mat to my adult dog classes. Better to have more than less. Congrats on your new pup.

[@najoni36productions]

When using human food like turkey chicken etc do you cook chicken etc without seasonings like garlic onion salt pepper? What kind of precautions do you use? Worry about the seasonings hurting the tummies of the pup!

[@DoggyU]

Yep I use non-seasoned chicken or rotisserie chickens. If the outside is seasoned I just scrape off the top layer.

[@najoni36productions]

@ okay just wondering I didn’t think you’d use anything that would hurt your dogs. I just know too many people who feed their dogs with food that has stuff like onions, garlic and other seasonings that could harm the dog. I appreciate you and your training tips and your advice and videos. So thanks

[@River_arthur]

What kind of dog is cool whip?

[@DoggyU]

Australian Koolie - a breed that is pretty rare to the US. High energy working breed.

[@River_arthur]

@@DoggyU cool, thank you

[@DoggyU]

@@River_arthur Cool, Whip ;)

[@lyfandeth]

Ever try a jelly bean for a dog? Odds are they will not be interested. But then if you break one and offer it again, the chewy sweet inside hooks them, and they chew chew chew for a long time on one jelly bean. And eagerly chase the next one they are offered.

[@harmony1307]

Can you train a well behaved 11month old into a service dog? Or best to get a younger dog?

[@DoggyU]

Hi Ali! 11 months is not too old to start training. The real hurdle you have to clear is having the right 11 month old to do the job. So it's not about age, but instead about temperament, socialization, and health. Was the dog well-socialized as a puppy? Is the dog friendly and appropriate with people and dogs, are they free from any health concerns, are they free from fear of common issues like noise, shiny floors, traffic, etc. I offer a Service Dog 101 consult if you're looking to talk more about your particular dog and go over the checklist of attributes that predict a higher success rate in service dogs. You can find that info at DOGGYU.COM. But no, 11 months isn't too old :)

[@lyfandeth]

What kind of training treats do you use for your husband? 😉

[@cb77664]

So I'm really surprised no one has mentioned this but the store bought treats you recommended are really quite horrible for dogs. The Zukes has cane sugar (which hopefully people know dogs shouldn't be eating straight up sugar) and vegetable glycerin (a by-product of the soap making process) and Biljac just straight up has BHA in it (a toxic ingredient that promotes cancer growth in dogs). The Wellness Softbites has cane molasses (more straight sugar), Vegetable glycerin, and GARLIC!! (For those who don't know, garlic is SUPER toxic to dogs!) Additionally, giving dogs any kind of cheese products can cause pancreatitis as dogs are naturally lactose intolerant. Normally, I think your videos are amazing so I was super shocked to see these products on your recommended lists considering how many people look to you for advice and wisdom on what to give their dogs. Please, reconsider what you present to your audience when making these videos in the future and also what you give your own dogs as I hope you'd want them to live their healthiest lives 💜💜💜.

[@DoggyU]

Hi Claire, Thanks for voicing your concerns. My video includes lots of non-processed, healthy treat options for people to use, including freeze dried raw options. However, sometimes those options are outside of people's budget or ability to get locally. Do you have a list of treats that you like to recommend that are shelf-stable and not mentioned in this video? Best, Laura

[@brendabolin7178]

Where do you get your liver worst