Thanks Gretel. I appreciate your response. Wilson is on a strict renal specific kibble food from Royal Canine. He too is very much missing treats. It is so hard not to give them to him. However, I have always justified these types of tough decisions with the knowledge that I have to do things to protect him even if he doesn't like it. But it is so hard to dissapoint him every meal when I am the one that taught him it was ok, by giving him bites of my food. I will know better with my future dogs not to do this. What we sometimes think is making them happy is sometimes a bad decision.