At 8 weeks pup will be eager to please so I'd just use the dry food as treats. It's a good thing to get them used to and then you can save the chicken, liver etc as a extra special reward when training them something really hard!!
Sh xx

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Hi, when Dixie was 9 weeks old she was scared of dog biscuits! So I decided to get my lot (almost 7 weeks now) used the them early, as I thing having th litter mates there will help, and they will get used to biscuits and treats.

They love PaH puppy bones (the wee ones u get in the pick and mix)
they have also had a chew on some dentastiks.

All supervised of course I think as long as you doint give them too many (that defo will upset stomach) and supervise then it should be ok.

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Thanks. Liver is cheaper than chicken

puppy biscuits are fine, but be careful which brand you use. avoid pedigree/bakers etc. if you want really healthy bics James Wellbeloved have Minijacks which are small bics. we sell A LOT of the pointer biscuits, Puppy Bones and Country Mix, they are great small bics.

also rawhide cigars are fine. as they are compressed so the pup wont get wee bits off it. avoid any rawhide that has bits on it, like the shoe shape ones.

if you have ever heard of a company called Antos, they specialise in 100% vegetable treats, incredibly healthy and dogs LOVE them. they are also perfectly suitable for puppies.

personally i wouldn't use the dogs dry food as treats. i have always felt there should be a difference between his food and his treats, the treats should be high value so that they pay attention in training. food is readily available to them, so is not as high value. however if you were to use the food, it should be taken out of the dogs food allowance for the day.