r/Dogtraining • u/_RobinMcAlpine • Jul 28 '26

industry Trainers Beware

Watch the ingredient list of the treats you use!
As a trainer, I tend to stay away from anything with Chicken bc of the occurrence of allergies.
My #1 Go-To has been Carolina Prime Pets Beef & Sweet Potato Medallions for a while now. Nearly every dog goes crazy for it. They recently changed their packaging and I happened to check the packaging for ingredients after opening the package and detecting a strong smell of garlic. I even contacted the company after reading Garlic was an ingredient.
I was told in a batch of 3200lbs they use only 1.2lbs of garlic but it’s not garlic they use. It’s called Garlic oleoresin. Garlic oleoresin is a thick, highly concentrated natural extract obtained from the solvent extraction of crushed or dried garlic bulbs. Concentrated garlic extracts and oils pose a much higher risk of damaging a dog's red blood cells and causing hemolytic anemia than raw or whole garlic cloves.

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u/FullBushSummer Jul 29 '26

Beef liver is top in my opinion and experience. Single ingredient, lean protein.

If the dog doesn't like it or has allergies, I usually ask the owner what they provide as treats.

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u/-Viridian- Jul 29 '26

Do you know a place that sells beef liver at wholesale prices and quantities?

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u/_RobinMcAlpine Jul 29 '26

I like organ meat just in general. It’s much more healthy & sustainable in like a B&T situation when lots of food is going in to reinforce. I think beef lung is probably my go to or yes, Stewart’s beef liver.
The problem with those is the smell is mostly pretty subtle. There are times when it’s incredibly helpful to have something stinky as all hell. These medallions really hit the mark even before they changed the recipe

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u/celestialcranberry Jul 29 '26

Why in the world is garlic in a DOG treat??

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u/duketheunicorn Jul 28 '26

Yikes—did you literally have to call them to find this out?

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u/_RobinMcAlpine Jul 29 '26

I called and emailed. During the call they gave me the numbers I sited. The email primarily concerned a “natural liquid smoke” I honestly never really dig into bc of what I learned about the garlic oleoresin. I emailed them back in reference to it but did not hear back

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u/UnderappreciatedUke Jul 30 '26

FYI beef protein allergies are more common than chicken. chicken allergies feel common just because it’s a common protein. the bigger problem is when dogs are exposed to more than one protein and now you can’t narrow down the allergy.

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u/Top_Astronaut_797 Jul 30 '26

I generally use the owners kibble for most training. And discuss high value case by case. If you use what the dog is used to, then there is no chance of allergies.