So in school we treat reward when working with the dogs. Michele suggested on class day that we feed our dogs less than half their normal breakfast, and bring the rest to class to use there (so the dogs don't get fat). That works if you feed kibble, but I feed raw so that won't work for me. Last week I had a sample of a decent kibble that I used for class, but after that Roxie was scratching a lot, and the poop wasn't so nice (ummm, not that poop is ever nice, but on raw Roxie produces small poops that are very firm, since there is no filler in her food). Anyway, Michele suggested buying some liver and cooking that as a treat.
So how much to I love my dog? I am a vegetarian, and I bought raw sheep's liver from a butcher (The Village Butcher in Oak Bay). Seriously, totally gross. Then I took it home, cut it up, froze half, and cooked the other half. Roxie likes it (which she had better, given what I had just done for her!!) The people in the butcher shop were great, very helpful. Didn't even throw me out when I told them I was a vegetarian - suggested a couple ways of cooking the liver to use a training treats.
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