I’m looking for lovely stinky homemade training reward ideas.  I already make liver cake and pilchard cake but am looking for other ideas. Preferably not too messy to take out and about, although attractiveness (to my dog) takes precedence over clean fingers.  I took black pudding out with us yesterday, which went down very well

Baked liver or baked heart are easy and good

I use fish4dogs' treats (Sea Jerky Tiddlers)- clean to carry for one thing!

Cockerbob, the 'problem' is that dogs MUCH prefer messy sloppy things over anything dry and easy to handle.  I think maybe because they just swallow treats so fast that they don't even taste the dry ones, whereas the sloppy ones get all round the mouth and are really 'experienced'!

So, the real thing is to find a solution for using messy treats outdoors.  I would suggest getting some plastic toddler spoons, and putting treats in a screw-top flask - an Addis beaker with the lid off works really well.  You can leave the spoon in there and just spoon out what you need directly into the dog's mouth. 

Alternatively, you can use a plastic freezer bag and sort of turn it inside out for the dog to lick some off.  But the plastic toddler spoon works best.

For treats, I'd recommend:  Smoked mackerel; paté; gourmet dog food (Lillie's Kitchen or similar); sardines...

Yeah - I’ve noticed that! I have tried decanting Fish for Dogs trout mousse into silicone tubes and squeezing out a squirt straight into Ollie’s mouth as required. But the darned stuff sort of spluttered out once and made him jump and he’s been a bit tentative about the tube ever since.

I like the spoon idea. I could do with an extra pair of hands to juggle the long line and the treats dispensing though. Maybe I’ll just put up with stinky fingers and hope I don’t meet anyone who wants to shake hands

Primula cheese spread in a tube is very popular with mine!

Beechwood Smoked frankfurters - about 85p for 10 at Aldi - will slice to whatever size you wish. Haslet, prepacked cocktail sausages, and Frikadelle (sp?) are attractive to dogs too. They will stay soft but clean to handle - important for me as I'm a veggie. Edam and Gouda cheese cut up well, and aren't too greasy in your pocket.

I know the dogs butcher sell dehydrated lung and as a friend describes it, its like crack for dogs lol.
Seriously mine went bananas over it. Easy to break up into small morsels

The also sell a few other dehydrated items.brooke loves the trachea and if u get a dehydrator you can do you own. The lung is easier for training treats though .

They trained my father in laws guide dog with cheese paste ,I think it was primula .

Another vote for Primula cheese - the tube is pocketable, and it's easy and clean to use even in wet wet weather or very cold.  Also tubes of liver pâté - there are a couple of brands specifically made for dogs.

It's easy to make it a big or a small reward without difficulty.

I use cooked liver, heart or kidney for mine and they absolutely love it.  Or sausages!

Cockerbob if you buy food in pouches (like the Fish4Dogs or similar) you can actually just rip off the top of the pouch and squidge a bit directly out of it for the dog to bite off - no spoons or tubes involved!

> So, the real thing is to find a solution for using messy treats outdoors.

Cheese spread from a tube works for this.

I make teany tiny, treats with liver etc but add garlic and herbs in different proportions to give lots of variety and keep them interested.
I keep them fairly soft so have to fridge and freezer but size (extra small) and variety works well.

Thanks all for the ideas. Ollie says thanks too.....he enjoyed the black pudding at the beach yesterday. I’d never heard of the dog butcher and had quite a good browse around his wares. Fascinating! Ollie is raw fed so I might give his stuff a try.