Opinions on dog treats
 

I would like to know if shape plays into your decision to buy dog treats. I have a dog treat business and making bones or paw shapes takes 3 times as long as making simple flower shapes with a decorating tip. If you ordered treats, would it make a difference to you, as long as they were tasty and the dogs loved them?

the dog cares about quality, I care about price and quality, neither of us care about shape. good luck

Shape doesn’t matter to me or my dog. Size of treat does, as she’s on a diet.

As long as it is good for him and he likes it, neither my dog nor I would care about the shape.

My two dogs get baby carrots or green beans as a treat. Shape doesn't matter as they know what the words mean.

What’s important are the ingredients. One of my dogs loves hotdogs so treat needs to smell/taste like that, the other one loves, ‘worships’ may be a better word, medium cheddar cheese. If the treats taste similar and they are healthy that’s all that matters to me. Neither dog cares about the shape, rectangular might be easiest to feed.

We don't care what they look like as long as they are nutritious and don't have any grain whatsoever in them. Our dog likes sweet potatoes, pumpkin, carrots, peas, bananas, and just about any meat. We don't give him anything with grain in it, his dry food is limited ingredient.

We don’t give our dog treats or table food. Our vets have always said they are unhealthy and unnecessary. She gets good quality kibble that our vet recommended that we buy at Pet Smart.

I haven't had a dog in decades but when I did he like the Gains Treats the best, which were just a flat disk but were in bright colors. It depends who you want to sell to. Look at all the dog pictures on facebook and the outfits that PEOPLE put on them. Unfortunately for you, you are selling to the owners, not the dogs.

Nope would not be concerned about shape, more concerned about ingredients.

I make the decision on my dog’s treats primarily on the quality of the ingredients of the treat. I don’t want overly processed, I want the ingredients to be from real food, and no salt or sugar added. Then if it has all that, and it is “cutesy”, the cutesy will win over the regular shape.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with giving a dog fresh food, kibble is not what’s best for dogs, or their teeth. It was manufactured for human convenience. It’s like feeding processed foods every single day, or you eating McDonald’s every day...your vets advice is not appropriate. Veterinarians are not really trained a lot about diet and nutrition. The large food companies (Hills, Purina) are involved with the actual information used in textbooks for Veterinary training, so they of course push that because of their profits. Actual feeding while at table of course can make the dog beg, but nothing wrong with cutting up some fresh/frozen cooked vegetables, green beans, broccoli, carrots, to eggs, lean meats etc to give a dog along with their food, on occasion or every day. They enjoy a variety too..Holistic Veterinarians are trained more specifically about importance of diet.

Scott....Do you know of a Holistic Veterinarian near The Villages? I am in the process of adopting a 6 year old dog and I would love to take her to a holistic vet. Thanks!

Dog treats
 

I have a very small dog so for my dog I purchase very small treats that have all natural healthy ingredients and low in calories. I also give her Cheerios as treats. They’re low in calories and healthy. Shape doesn’t play into my purchase. The picture of the treats you make look incredible.

My dogs could care less what the treats looks like; they only care about how they taste. I care about that the ingredients are made in the U.S. and they are nutritious as much as a treat can be.