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Cheap Dog Treat Idea

Dog treat prices can get pretty crazy, depending on where and what you buy. They have the ones that look like bacon, the ones that look like two tubes twisted together, the ones that look like steak chunks, etc. You’re likely to pay $2 - $4 per bag, just for the cheap stuff. That can get pretty expensive, especially when you are trying to train your dog, like we do. So instead, we started using something else for treats.

Hot Dogs

• Buy the cheapest hot dogs you can find. We got turkey ones because my wife refuses to feed our dogs any pork product. :) Anyway they were about $1.99 each, for a pack of 8.

• Cut them up into little tiny pieces, about 1/8 - 1/4 inch thick.

• Lay them all out flat on a cookie sheet and bake them. We put it on 300° for about 15 minutes I think. But you can bake them as long as you want, in order to dry them out. Just don’t burn them. Dogs don’t like burned hot dogs. If you leave them in long enough though, they start jumping around like little jumping beans! Try it!

• Refrigerate until you are ready to give them to your dog. Even though they are cooked they will still spoil pretty quickly.

Our dogs love them, and don’t even care about regular treats anymore.

String Cheese

Another cheap idea is to buy packages of String Cheese, and keep them in your pocket, breaking off small pieces as you need them. Or you can cut them up ahead of time for quick access. The dogs love those too.

There may be some dog treats out there cheaper than this, but the dogs definitely won’t like them as much, since they are processed or hard and crumbly. Ew.