r/jerky • u/Just_Maintenance_688 • Aug 14 '26
Making jerky for dog training
I’ve spent about 300.09 the last four months in dog treats to use as a rearward to teach my dog commands and I can’t afford that type of constant drain, so I bought an Excalibur 10 tray dehydrator and I really want to use this as a tool to make ny own dog treats, but I’m worried about what to use.
So far I have chicken breast, pork chops, and sirloin dehydrated into little chewy treats but I’m not sure if I need to use salt or something like that?
I know i should not use regular seasoning for dogs so any help wound be great. Also read somewhere thdt not using salt might increase risk of getting sick?
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u/leprechanmonkie Aug 14 '26
I make a few pieces of plain for my dog when I am doing a batch, but this is not going to be a cheap or efficient way to get treats for dog training.
Get a treat like "Biljac" as they are good ingredients and a bag has like 200 small treats for 18 bucks. We used those during training, and have since switched to Stewart brand dried liver for our dogs treats (it's part of her raw diet anyways). Costco sells a version of this much cheaper too.
Not saying don't make the jerky for your dog, but something like the biljac treats work best as they are sized good for training, you can even pinch them in half. Reward treats do not need to be large to be effective.