does anyone have any recipes for low fat dog treats?
i have a girl who is now at the top end of where i want her to be and need to find something i can give her to treat that is as yummy as the normal treats.

How about cutting her normal treats in half  - actually chop them in half, that way she gets half the amount without feeling deprived :)

Training treats need only be the tinyest morsel anyway, my dogs training treats are about the size of half a peanut and he's huge (English Mastiff). The only other treats he gets is a mini bone shaped biccy for having a wee in the garden (still trying to get him to stop peeing in his bed :( ).

try using begetable, carots/sugar snap peea anything really and my dogs get the smallest of bits about an eigth of the size of a pea.

They arent interested in veg unfortunately.

be careful of 'low fat' as their digestion isn't like ours - they 'run' on fat and have no use for carbohydrates, so perhaps look at the diet in general, not just treats, but prob better using protein/fat for treats and less carbs as it's mainly these that put weight on - mine have carrots as treats but if weight is an issue they don't have many cos they're very sweet

I only use home baked dog treats, then I know what's going into it. I've got one girly who would sell her soul for carrots, the rest tell me I've got to be having a larf! The following is what my crowd like, and I do have one girl I need to watch her weight (we blame her mum and granny :-) ). Assuming there's no problem with offal or garlic:

Equal amounts of ox liver, heart & kidney on a baking sheet (Ox isn't always easy to find, in my area I can only ever buy it in Morrisons ... but not every day). Crush 4 cloves of garlic over the lot. Bake in oven at 160C until firm ... probably 30 mins plus. Needs to be firm, almost rubbery, but not rock hard or soft to leave horrible mess in your pocket :-(

Cut up into as small sized pieces as the meat allows ... can batch bake and then freeze.

If you use good quality treats - my crowd say the above is very good quality :-D - then you can use very tiny pieces.

You can add pieces of chicken to the tray bake too. Hope this gives you ideas.

Sorry, just thought ... when I read 'treats' I just think treats for dog training ... if it's just treats to give to your dogs as a nice 'extra' I'm sure they would love you even more for the above!!

If I'm doing lots of training where I'm using treats then I do cut down on dinner allowance.

Penny GC has made a good point, fat in a dogs diet does not have the same effect as it does on us. Would say use whatever you give her as her main meal and reduce the meal by the amount you have used a treats. Or use normal livercake and reduce the amount of her meals start with an eighth and adjust as needed.

I thought dogs mustn't have garlic!
Isn't that true then?

Lots of people give dogs garlic every day, in the belief that it keeps them free of parasites. It doesn't affect parasites at all, but it doesn't do the animal any harm either, despite it being part of the onion family.