Honest, plain-spoken advice on dog treats - what’s actually in them, what’s worth your money, and what to skip - from people who feed this stuff to their own dogs.
Single-ingredient chicken chips have quietly become a favorite training treat for a lot of dog owners. Here is the honest rundown - what they are, how many to feed, and how to tell a great bag from a so-so one.
By Jodi McKitrick · 9 min read
The best training treats are tiny, soft, and worth working for. Here is how to choose them, how many your dog can have a day, and the types worth keeping in your pouch.
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One ingredient on the label, nothing to scrutinize on the back. Here is what single-ingredient treats actually are, who they help, the honest downsides, and how to pick a good one.
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The word "healthy" on the front of a bag means nothing on its own. Here is how to actually judge a treat - the label, the safe human foods, the stuff to avoid, and how many your dog can have.
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Drying is one of the oldest, simplest ways to make a treat - and one of the cleanest. Here is what dehydrated treats actually are, how they stack up against freeze-dried, and how to choose or make a good one.
Read the postChickenChips is a plain-spoken blog about dog treats, made by SitStay. No fear-marketing, no ten-dollar words - just what we’ve learned feeding a lot of treats to a lot of dogs, and where we mention our own chips, we say so.
Posts are written by Jodi McKitrick and friends who live with dogs and read the back of the bag for fun. We’ll tell you what a treat is, whether it’s any good, how much to feed, and - just as often - when to skip it. Nothing here is veterinary advice; for anything about your own dog’s health, talk to your vet.