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...

 

[Tracey & Spike]

Hello! We were just given a bag of Simply Nourish freeze dried fruit from a friend. Her dogs didn't like them. Is this safe? I'm not familiar with the brand. It says it's made and sourced in the states but is it? Let me know! Thanks!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Tracey, I can't seem to locate this product online. I know Simply Nourish is the Petsmart house brand (and not recommended) but I can't find any freeze dried fruit product. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Throw it away. There are too many indications so far in my research that at least some of the Simply Nourish products are made in China for me to be comfortable with it, even if that particular product says made in USA.  

[Tracey & Spike]

Thank you so much. They are gone. I really appreciate it! I never shop in petsmart so I wasn't even aware that it was their brand. Petsmart doesn't sell Acana here. Hence I never go. Ironically they came from our friend at Tim Hortons. She thought they were healthier since the timbit ban was instated. Haha :)

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Why am I not surprised, lol. 

[Kaitlin and Ludo]

Just curious... I picked up some Etta Says crunchy deer chews at the pet store today, knowing they were on the recommended list. When I read the ingredients when I got home, rawhide was listed. Isn't rawhide bad?? Thanks!

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Yes, rawhide can be dangerous for dogs. The deer chews are a new product, from what I can tell. I'm surprised they put these out, considering that they promote their duck chews as being "safer then rawhide". 

[Kaitlin and Ludo]

Thanks Karen! I think I'll cut my losses on this product and not give them to Ludo just to be safe!

[Kaitlin and Ludo]

By the way, I just looked at their website and they say their duck chews are a mixture of rawhide and duck. It looks like they have duck jerky which is rawhide free though.

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Maybe the store would let you exchange them for a different product. I'm going to have to call or email them and get an explanation on this. 

[Karen, Jasper and Jackdoodle]

Hmmm...the duck chews also have rawhide as the first ingredient, yet the information says "safer than rawhide". I'll have to do a little research on this seeming contradiction. http://www.ettasays.com/product.php?productid=18&cat=0&page...

[Kaitlin and Ludo]

Karen, I found this (I'm on my phone so I can't post images) that says they used powdered rawhide. I'm not sure if that makes a difference. http://petpalette.com/wp-content/themes/Pet%20Palette/forms/Treat%2...