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What are the best healthy and safe training treats for my puppy?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | Mixed Breed | Female | spayed | 3 months and 29 days old | 10.6 lbs

Are there any healthy training treats that I can give to my puppy through out the day?

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Answered By Jennifer Summerfield, DVM CPDT-KA

Veterinarian, Certified Dog Trainer

Published on May 30th, 2017

You can use baby carrots or green beans as healthy training treats, if she likes them. Small bites of chicken or roast beef can also work well. If you prefer store bought treats, I like Zukes brand quite a bit for my own dogs - they use very healthy, high-quality ingredients, and their training treats are nice and small.

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    Answered By Emily, DVM

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    Hello With any treats the key is to be careful as they can have high amount of calories and fat so you don't want to overfeed. Also for the treats to be effective for training they need to be just that, treats. If you're looking to get something that's not dog food but not treats during the day some vegetables like carrots and green beans may be safely given as treats without being high in fat and calories. Just be careful there of the right size that your pet can't choke if they swallow them whole

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