Does your dog like natural treats like sprats, chickens feet etc?

[Iamclaracowbell]

I'm a bit squeamish so never really given these kinds of things to ddog - she tends to have bonios, smart bones, dried chicken / duck fillets, chews with fruit / veg / cheese / peanut butter in etc. I'd always assumed she was missing out and would snatch my hand off if I offered her a trachea or some other truly disgusting thing.

A friend has bought her a box of such delights (piece of lung, anyone?), and I thought she'd be thrilled...there is a variety of stuff which is all really stinky and she's not remotely interested, just sniffs and walks away. I'm kind of pleased that she's obviously as grossed out as I am, but is this weird for a dog?

Yes - they're the only treats he's' ever had, though.

I'd never feed him things like bonios sorry!

DSis' DDog loves sprats and always has a very shiny coat but DSis is a rather squeamish vegetarian so DDog only ever get said sprays if I'm visiting. Poor Dog

One of mine hates fish so won’t eat sprats but all their treats are stuff like chicken feet, trachea, ribs etc.
They LOVE dried lung and it’s fab for putting in their Kong Balls. I normally by it frozen from Natural Instinct.

Mine has a dried sprat most days, he isn't as good with raw ones. He LOVES a pizzle stick and occasional dried chicken foot...they are great for him too

My dog loves camel skin at the moment. She gets through a piece of it in around 10 minutes.

She loves sprats, chicken feet, rabbit ears, cows ears, trachea etc.

Mine is currently having dried salmon skin flatties , they look and smell revolting but he loves them . I feed lots of natural bits but draw the line at anything that still has the fur on .

Haven't braved asking for a bull's penis yet so mine have raw veg!!

Our dog hides anything like that! Moved the sofa recently to paint the room and there was a selection of fluffy animal parts behind it..

Our lab loves them - rabbit skin with fur, goat ears, sprats, pizzles, braided lamb skin. The lot. And he loves his ostrich bone the most and it really calms him down.

Mine turns her nose up at 'good quality ' treats!
When she was a puppy she loved pizzles, pigs ears, rabbits ears (with hair..ugh) but now she lights up at a gravy bone!
She is 'mixed fed'..some days kibble with some real meat added, some days raw for variety so you'd think a nice tasty raw bone would make her happy...

Nope.. gravy bones are the prize!

@StillMedusa I think gravy bones are doggy crack , our dog has a couple as his bedtime snack and he won’t go to bed without them .

Many of these things are quite 'new'. They weren't readily available like they are nowadays. Dogs have done perfectly well for generations without so much as a whiff of one, so I would not give it a moments thought if you cannot bear them.

Mine LOVES them. The pet shop we go to has a whole bunch of natural treats at nose height - she always chooses her own, it's usually a pigs ear. She is also a particular fan of furry rabbits ears, which are apparently good natural wormers, as the worms get caught up and evacuated with the fur.

Not going to lie, the tracheas do gross me out a bit - delightful!

When I used to raw feed the one thing mine absolutely wouldn’t touch was anything with fur on.
Feathers were fine but anything with fur and her eyes go wide and she would look at you like you’d just offered her a dead puppy 🤣

Mine love the dried fish skin cubes.

Mine is really hit and miss with treats and chews, but on the whole tends likes the natural stuff well enough (certainly loves a chicken foot!)

Our pup goes mad for the gross treats, particularly duck or chicken feet and necks. They’re great for keeping him occupied and quiet if we are both working (though we ensure he stays on sight as he eats them).

No, mine doesn't class them as edibles. He gets dehydrated liver and kidney, loves them, but chickens feet or trachea or anything else remotely exciting are rejected.

Mine eats them happily when she's at the dog boarder but refuses them at home. She won't even eat bones. I got some lovely raw beef knuckles and I have to flambé them with the garden blow torch before she'll even consider giving them a lick.

We get pig's ears (she chokes on cow ears), chicken feet and rabbit ears, but her favourite things are actually from B&M Bargains. They're Cod Knots - just 100% dried cod skin, and she'll do anything for one.

Ooh I'll try cod knots!

Mine love Sprats, hairy rabbit ears, bones etc, but I draw the line at buying puzzle sticks ( the smell) , anything tripe related, or trachea.
On a walk nothing is as alluring as dead squirrel, deer feet or anything rabbit related.
Strangely enough chicken feet are not very interesting to my two, and given that they are labs, I find that very telling…

My dogs absolutely love any fish/chicken/meat they are given. They don’t care if it’s raw or cooked.

Yes mine loves things like this, pigs ears, rabbit ears, including fur which is supposed to be a natural wormer