Recommended Dog Treat Brands as of APRIL 2015

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Finally!  Going to get a discussion started with good (and safe) dog treats!

 

As a reminder, any treats made from a company listed in our Recommended Foods list will work, so I am not going to list them here. Visit this link for those brands:  http://www.doodlekisses.com/group/thefoodgroup/forum/topics/recomme...

 

In addition to our recommended food brands, the following are good treat companies:

 

Bocce's Bakery: http://www.boccesbakery.com/pages/ingredients

Cloudstar: http://www.cloudstar.com/

Darford: http://darford.com/

Diggin' Your Dog: http://www.dydusa.com/about_us/

Etta Stays: http://www.ettasays.com/home.php

Fresh is Best:  http://www.freshisbest.com/

Fruitables:  http://www.fruitablespetfood.com/

Get Naked:   http://www.n-bone.com/

Healthy Partners:  http://healthypartnerpetsnacks.com/

Jones Naturals: http://www.jonesnaturalchews.com/

Northern Biscuit: http://northernbiscuit.ca/

Old Mother Hubbard: http://www.oldmotherhubbard.com/index.aspx

Pet Kind:  http://www.petkind.com/index-us

Plato Pet Treats:  http://www.platopettreats.com/

Polkadog Bakery:  http://www.polkadog.com/

Pure Bites: http://www.purebites.com/products.html

Real Meat Pet:  http://www.realmeatpet.com/index.htm

Salmon Paws:  http://www.salmonpaws.com/

Sam's Yams: http://www.frontporchpets.com/

Spot Farms Pet: http://www.spotfarmspet.com/

Trader Joe's:  http://www.traderjoes.com/

Tucker's Bones (chicken jerky that is safe!): http://www.tuckersbones.com/

Tyson's True Chews:  http://www.truechews.com/

Wagatha's: http://www.wagathas.com/

Wet Noses:  http://wet-noses.com/

 

 

Please, if anyone has suggestions or additions, comment here, so we can get them added, research, etc...

 

[Lori, Daphne, Lucy & Pippa]

So are the treats by K9 Granola company OK then?

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

The company looks okay; I'd have to contact them to check their sourcing. 

But the products I looked at are not things I would give a dog on a regular basis; to be honest, they look like dog treats that were designed to appeal to humans more than to dogs, lol. I don;t think dogs need all that grain, fruit, cinnamon, etc. I think most dogs would much prefer a piece of plain chicken, liver, turkey, cheese, etc to a blueberry-pumpkin biscuit, lol, and nutritionally it would be a lot better for them, too. 

[Lori, Daphne, Lucy & Pippa]

Thanks Karen!

[Oliver & Elizabeth]

I just realized some of Oliver's favorites aren't on the list, and since Cloudstar seems to be having production issues I thought it was a good time to mention some potential alternatives. 

Diggin Your Dog (Oliver LOVES Charki Puffs): raised, harvested, made, and packaged in the USA www.dydusa.com/about_us/

Tucker's: made in Wisconsin from USDA, USA/Canadian chicken breast www.tuckersbones.com/usa-chicken-treats.html\

Salmon Paws: made in Washington from wild Alaskan salmon: www.salmonpaws.com/products.html

Coco Therapy: From USDA certified organic coconut farms in the Philippines, most treats made in USA: www.cocotherapy.com/products_cocotherapy.htm

I hope these help! Thank you!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I can't recommend the Coco Therapy products, mainly because the information on the website is completely inaccurate, and potentially harmful. There is no proven benefit to coconut oil taken internally, for dogs or for humans either, and if you follow the advice on the website and substitute coconut oil for fish oil, it could potentially cause harm, especially for dogs with allergies or skin issues. (All of the information about allergies on the website is completely false.) There's probably no harm in giving the treats, but a dog can only get so many treats, and I'd rather see those calories come from other, more beneficial sources. :) 

I will look at the other brands later today. 

[Oliver & Elizabeth]

Thank you for taking a look at the products--Diggin Your Dog is our hands-down favorite! We're lucky to have a great neighborhood pet food store that finds and stocks these products.

Most of the treats are jerky or puffs, and they're pretty large when they come out of the package. We cut them up into little pieces so they're all about the size of the Cloud Star tricky trainers--small treats let us treat more often!

I noticed that when I went to Coco Therapy's website, too. Coconuts seem to be the health trend du jour. I'm not sold on all the coconut health benefit claims, but Oliver seems to like their treats. As a vegetarian, I think I'm always excited to find a veggie treat Oliver likes! I just have to remind myself that Oliver isn't a vegetarian.    

After thinking about all of Oliver's treats, now I'm starting to wonder if we over treat... :)

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

I'm giving Diggin Your Dog four big paws up. Excellent products, ethical company. Allyson will add them to the list when she has a chance. The Charki Puffs look like an excellent high value training treat. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Tucker's is also a good company, and I would recommend them. Unfortunately, the treat selection is limited to chicken jerky. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

And Salmon Paws gets my approval as well. 

But again, mostly jerky-type treats. 

Thanks for these recommendations, Elizabeth. Always good to have healthy options. 

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Updated to include Salmon Paws and Tucker's Bones.  Karen informed me that Tucker's Bones has more rawhide, bones, etc... (so not really "treats"), but they do have chicken jerky - which is VERY hard to find safe, so I added it to this list.  Especially given my little Tacky's problems all stem from recalled jerky! 

[Oliver & Elizabeth]

Thank you! Oliver goes crazy for a piece of Tuckers chicken and bacon jerky. They make some nice stuff. For jerky, we often just get a pack of plain low sodium turkey jerky from the market while we're shopping for our groceries.

[Allyson, Peri & Taquito]

Also added Diggin your dog!