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  • luzmery928L

    lol now I know why Champ looks at me everything he sits..He's so darn cute. Great here I go to buy the family pack of treats. And while on the subject of treats…is there a limit to how much is too much? Don't want to OD my B for being good.

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  • gbroxonG

    It doesn't have to be a big treat! Here's a cheap, easy way to make some fairly inexpensive, tasty, low-cal treats:

    Get a package of chicken hotdogs, cut each hotdog in half lengthwise, then cut those halves in half lengthwise again. Gather the four pieces together lengthwise and slice them, from one end to the other, 15 times. You should end up with 64 hotdog pieces from each hotdog. Put 2-3 hotdogs' worth of pieces in a single layer on a paper towel into the microwave for 2-3 minutes. After doing a whole package, you have 640 (if you started with 10 hotdogs) pieces of "hotdog jerky"!

    Depending on the brand of hotdog (I've even seen organic, uncured ones), one piece of the hotdog jerky is 1 calorie or less! My boy loves them. Besides using them as rewards, I also use them as a filling (along with other things) in kongs. Make a whole bunch, you can freeze them! :)

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  • QuercusQ

    That is a great recipe, Gbroxon :)

    Andrea Walters

    Quercus Basenjis

    NW Ohio

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  • gbroxonG

    Thanks, Andrea. I originally got the recipe from Cheryl S. You know her (or of her), don't you? Your name sure seems familiar…

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  • QuercusQ

    @gbroxon:

    Thanks, Andrea. I originally got the recipe from Cheryl Silver. You know her (or of her), don't you? Your name sure seems familiar…

    I LOVE Cheryl! I have tried to get her to visit here, but she is so busy! I think we are on a few other lists together :)

    Andrea Walters

    Quercus Basenjis

    NW Ohio

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  • gbroxonG

    @Quercus:

    I LOVE Cheryl! I have tried to get her to visit here, but she is so busy! I think we are on a few other lists together :)

    I'm sure we are! (Basenji addicts that we are!) Cheryl helped me through Magnum's separation anxiety. What a great gal she is! And her Hankster the Prankster, what a card! She's always willing to help with problems, Basenji or not! (A relative of mine had a lab with severe food allergies that Cheryl helped him deal with.) Which reminds me, I've still got to send her pictures of our indoor/outdoor kennel…

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  • luzmery928L

    Thanks Gbroxon sounds yummy. I'm sure Champ thanks you in advance.

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  • jys1011J

    Thanks for the tip….I needed an XTRA special treat for the "watch" exercises & the thought of carrying messy hotdog pieces my pocket sounded yucky.

    Basenji Mom of C3PO & TOPAZ

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  • bethp14B

    Would these hot dog pieces be safe for my youngin's too? Missi and Cooper will be 11 weeks old on Friday!

    Beth P.

    Northeast Ohio, USA

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  • gbroxonG

    @bethp14:

    Would these hot dog pieces be safe for my youngin's too? Missi and Cooper will be 11 weeks old on Friday!

    Well, I've only been giving them to Magnum since he was a year old (that's how old he was when I got him), but I can't imagine that they'd be bad for puppies. If someone knows otherwise, please let us know.

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