{"id":3699,"date":"2014-09-02T04:00:51","date_gmt":"2014-09-02T08:00:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/?p=3699"},"modified":"2014-09-10T05:30:09","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T09:30:09","slug":"treat-treat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.yourdesignerdogblog.com\/2014\/09\/02\/treat-treat\/","title":{"rendered":"A Treat or Not a Treat?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The other day Sadie got a sample of a new type of treat she’s never tried before – a cow\u00a0ear. Sounds pretty gross to me, but Sadie was excited when I took it out of the package. I’m always happy when she shows interest in all natural dog treats, so I was glad when she\u00a0 grabbed it right away and ran off to chew on her new treat.<\/p>\n

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At first Sadie had a grand time chewing on\u00a0her cow\u00a0ear and trying to figure out the best way to hold it. Then I noticed that she wasn’t eating any of it. Sadie was treating the ear more like a toy or a paper towel, ripping it up into little pieces just for the fun of it. I can understand her confusion. It does have a very different texture from any of her other treats. It almost seems like a giant doggie tortilla chip, although it doesn’t break nearly as easily.
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I actually had to convince Sadie that she could eat the pieces if she wanted to. Eventually she got into the habit of tearing off a few pieces, then eating the pieces, then tearing it up some more. Honestly I think she enjoyed destroying it more than she enjoyed eating it. There are still pieces laying around the house that she broke off but never bothered to eat.\u00a0But\u00a0it makes a good distraction treat for my dog, giving her something to do with the built in reward of eating the pieces she tears off.
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This post is part of the Tasty<\/a> Tuesday blog hop hosted by Sugar<\/a> the Golden Retriever and Kol’s Notes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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