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Location: UK
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I used to cheat a bit when doing heelwork for obediance
by bringing some chicken mince with me (this will gross some readers out lol) only enough though to be the size of a golf ball, and practise before hand with the dog and giving him some, I'd keep it in my left hand so by the time I was in the ring he'd have eaten it all whilst practising, but my hand would still smell great ! He'd be paying very close attention to my left hand hoping some more mince would be in there that he could have ! That was before I used clicker training though and now I only use a ball or something in my hand when practising heelwork. But I'm going off the subject. Mine adore Liver cake but hubby was a bit grossed out when I blizted the liver in the blender , even though I gave it a thorough wash out, and had a smoothie for breakfast the next morning. He said he couldnt stop seeing the liquidised liver in the blender
I'm a bit of a meanie now and dont make it that often, I tend to just buy the liver already cut into sizeable peices and cook them in a slow oven for about 2 hours, when they're dry I just cut them up and there's less mess that way. Plus I dont know how long liver cake keeps for ? I have heard of fish treats being used before but can never find any does anyone else use them ?
I tend to use tripe sticks and the Bob Martin jerkey when I'm training. Being retrievers though mine arent that fussy, so I could feed them their own biscuits that they get for dinner and they'd still be interested, I dont have two dogs, I have two mini-pigs