Comments on: Don’t Put These In Homemade Dog Treats

By: Ty Buchanan

Ty Buchanan — Fri, 21 Apr 2023 21:42:06 +0000

Dogs are predators like Dingoes. They never eat vegetables so neither should pet dogs be fed vegetables of any sort at any time. Dogs do eat grass that they select to help their digestive system, but they never raid your veggie patch.

By: Cheryl Condrey

Cheryl Condrey — Mon, 10 Feb 2014 23:30:21 +0000

I used to order pizza & give my dogs the crust part. Now I order soft cheesy bread that had garlic salt on it. Is that OK? They love cheesy bread & when they hear me say the word on the phone they start right away watching for the delivery guy.

By: Stacy

Stacy — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 03:44:07 +0000

In reply to Gail. What size can of pumpkin?

By: Debra

Debra — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 15:43:36 +0000

I started in the homemade treat business after making my own pup homemade treats with safe ingredients. As of right now, I make one treat variety, which is made with apples, rolled oats and peanut butter (the peanut butter’s only ingredient is peanuts which are grown exclusively in the US, as are all of our ingredients). We are currently working on new flavors, including ones with pear and honey, buckwheat (which is not a grain, but a fruit seed), and a pumpkin/oat treat. I think pet nutrition is integral to our companions’ health and I encourage everyone to take the time to research what is good for your own four-footed friend!

By: Ann

Ann — Fri, 24 Jan 2014 17:20:04 +0000

In reply to Judy. Do these have to be stored in the fridge? I've been starting to experiment with making my own treats, but want them to be "shelf-stable".

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 15:40:39 +0000

Every other day (depending on my work schedule) my 60lb. 16 month old Sophie gets 1/2 chicken thigh, that was boiled with organic brown rice, poured over chopped baby spinach and bait of her Canidae kibble. She always leaves a few spinach leaves (ha!) to let me know she’d rather have all chicken. That is my idea of a “treat”.

By: Judy

Judy — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 04:53:40 +0000

I make turkey dog bones. 2 eggs, 1 cup turkey cut unto small pieces,
2 tbsp. of pure pumpkin, 1 tsp.crushed flax seed or oil, 1 cup of oatmeal.
1/2 cup of brown rice flour. mix all wet ingredients together, includng
turkey, in a blender or whisk, add dry ingredients, mic well with your hands.
sprinkle some flour on you counter top, roll out the dough as thick as
you want and either use a biscuit cutter or roll into small balls and flatten
them about to make round cookies. 350 degrees for 45 minutes. turn oven off and
leave them in the oven for another 45 minutes to crisp them up.

By: Roberta

Roberta — Thu, 23 Jan 2014 02:53:22 +0000

In reply to Ellen. I make lots of different recipes using rice flour instead of wheat flour, or oatment, barley flour. Wheat & corn are the two main ones to avoid.

By: Ellen

Ellen — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 23:17:36 +0000

Does anyone have good recipes for grain-free treats?

By: dee

dee — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 19:28:23 +0000

In reply to Dody. many baby foods contain onion powder as a natural sweetener, be careful with all baby food, including dessert flavors!

By: Gail

Gail — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 17:17:24 +0000

I make “Woofies” Only five ingredients. Pumpkin, peanut butter, whole wheat flour, cinnamon and eggs. Very easy to make and he loves them! I made them for my friend’s dogs for Christmas and they were a huge hit.

WOOFIES Dog Treats
2 ½ cups whole wheat flour
2 eggs
1 cup canned pumpkin
2 tablespoons peanut butter
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Preheat oven to 350 degrees
In a stand mixer or Cuisinart, mix together the flour, eggs, pumpkin, salt and cinnamon
Add water as needed to help make the dough workable, but the dough should be dry and still
Roll the dough into a ½ inch thick roll. Cut into ½ inch pieces (Jake note: My Mom rolls these out like cookies and uses a cookie cutter)
Bake in preheated oven until hard, about 40 minutes. Less time if rolled and cut.

By: Dody

Dody — Wed, 22 Jan 2014 16:14:25 +0000

I use baby food and rice flour. Mix 1/2 cup baby food, any flavor, with about 2 cups rice or wheat flour. Roll out, cut and bake at 350 for about 15 minutes. I then turn the oven off and let it cool with them in there, it makes them more crunchy and my pup likes her some crunch. Easy and she loves them. Other than Blue Buffalo dog food, and the occasional chew bone, I don’t buy anything from the store.