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Doggie Ice Cream

Banana and Carrot Healthy Treats

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Easy Dog Biscuits

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Gourmet Dog Treats

 

 

Why I Love Making my Own Dog Treats

Most dog owners enjoy giving treats to their pets. Some may use them for rewards during training, while others simply love to give a treat to spoil their pet. There are many choices when it comes to buying dog treats and high quality treats can be very expensive. Recently, I started to make my own dog treats and found out it is very easy and inexpensive and my dogs love them. However, making my own treats isn’t just less expensive, it also offers me the opportunity to carefully choose the ingredients I want to use. I can even add herbs and oils that have holistic properties. If you would like to make your own dog treats, here are some tips to help you get started.

1. Choose Ingredients carefully

The beauty about making your dog treats at home is that you are able to carefully choose ingredients based on your dog’s preferences or food sensitivities.

Making your own treats is a great way to include vegetables and herbs you may otherwise not feed. I love making dog biscuits with shredded carrots and spinach. I use blue berries and yogurt in one of my dog treats and even made up a recipe for fresh breath cookies that includes mint and parsley!

If your dog has a food sensitivity, it is easy to substitute ingredients. I use brown rice flour in a lot of my recipes, which is a great substitute for wheat flour. I have used applesauce instead of eggs if a pet had reactions to eggs.

2. Add Natural Remedies to Heal

There are many ingredients that I use in my homemade dog treats that help with my dog’s health. For example, to help with arthritis I add turmeric to my dog treats, it has anti-inflammatory properties. You can also use flaxseed, as it also helps with inflammation, in addition to providing the needed nutrients for a healthy coat and skin.

If my dog has a stomach upset, or a spurt of diarrhea, I make some delicious dog biscuits with canned pumpkin. Pumpkin also helps with constipation.

When I want to use holistic oils, such as CBD oil, which helps with pain or anxiety, I choose a no-bake recipe to ensure the oil does not loose it’s effectiveness due to high temperatures in baking.

3. Avoid harmful ingredients

The benefit of homemade dog treats is that they contain no artificial flavors, chemicals or preservatives. Be sure to choose only dog-approved ingredients, and never use any ingredient that contains artificial sweeteners. Also some ingredients that are healthy for humans, such as garlic, are toxic for dogs, so be sure to research new ingredient before using them in your treats.

I make sure that I use only natural unsweetened applesauce in my recipes. Many regular applesauce may include sweeteners, which can be harmful to dogs. The same applies to peanut butter. PB is one of the most used ingredients in homemade dog treats. Be sure to use a natural peanut butter and never use anything that has the words “light” on it, as this is a sure indicator that the item was made with artificial sweetener.

4. Make small patches and store treats properly

Homemade dog treats are healthy and contain no preservative. It is therefore important to store them in an airtight container in your refrigerator or freeze them. I prefer to make smaller patches that I can use up within one of two weeks. Never leave your homemade dog treats at room temperature, as they will quickly mold!

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5. Have fun and think outside the box

Once I started making my own dog treats, I realized that there are a lot of great recipes available on the internet and I started to experiment with my own. There are many ways to spoil your dog, from making baked biscuits and non-bake treats to pupsicles, which are frozen dog treats. If you enjoy cooking or baking for your family, you will love making your own dog treats.

When I started to share my recipes online, through my blog, I got a lot of positive feedback and I published my own dog treat recipe book. Check out some of my previous posts for recipes:

Applesauce Cookies

Cheesy Spinach Cookies

By Birgit Walker

Birgit is the author of two books Chew On This - Homemade Dog Treat Recipes, and Keep Your Paws on the Road - A Practical Guide to Traveling with Dogs. She also writes a blog and offers a lively Facebook group that shares dog travel adventures. Visit her on her website at ModernCanineServices.com

Homemade Dog Treat Recipe - Applesauce Cookies

Here is another easy to make dog treat recipe, just in time for the holidays!

The Applesauce Cookies aren't just yummy, but also healthy!

A short note about ingredients:
Make sure you use unsweetened applesauce and regular peanut butter. NEVER use "lite" or "sugar-free" peanut butter for your dog treats, as they contain artifical sweeteners that are toxic to dogs.
If your dog has a wheat sensitivity, use brown rice flour instead of wheat flour.

Ingredients:

2 cups of oats

1 cup of whole wheat flour

1/2 cup peanut butter

1 cup of organic unsweetened applesauce

¼ cup coconut oil

1 teaspoon of baking powder

 Directions:

Preheat oven to 350° F (176° C)

Combine all ingredients in a bowl and mix thoroughly. 

Melt the coconut oil before adding it to the mixture.

Knead dough until smooth. Add additional applesauce if the

 dough  is too dry, or add additional flour if the dough is too

 soft.

 

Roll dough to ¼ inch on floured surface, use cookie cutters to

 make  shaped cookies, or make small dough balls.

Arrange cookies on lined cookie sheet.

Bake for 20-30 minutes until lightly browned.

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Let the treats cool off completely, before you feed them!

Remember homemade treats don't have any preservatives in them. You can store in airtight container for up to 2 weeks.

I hope you enjoy baking for your four-legged friends. Comment below if you like the post and let me know how your cookies turned out.

Until next time: Keep Your Paws on the Road!

Bee Walker

 

Homemade Dog Treats: Cheesy Spinach Cookies

So with the long holiday weekend coming up, I figure I will share one more dog treat recipe. This one is super easy to make, you will likely have all the ingredients in your home already.

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Ingredients:

1 cup frozen spinach

1 cup oat meal

1 cup mozzarella cheese

1 cup of whole wheat flour

1 tablespoon coconut oil

water as needed

 

Directions:

Thaw out spinach.

Preheat oven to 350° F (176° C)

Combine all ingredients in bowl and mix well. Add the water slowly, as needed, to create a sticky dough

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With about a tablespoon of dough, make dough balls. You can make smaller cookies for small dogs or larger treats for bigger dogs. I make mine different sizes, since I have 3 different size dogs.

Arrange treats on greased cookie sheet.

 

Bake for 20-30 minutes until lightly browned.

Let treats cool completely, before you feed them!

Store in airtight container for 1 week or freeze.


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These are so yummy, I ate some of them myself before they cool of completely. The above amounts makes about 12 cookies. 

I hope you enjoy baking for your dogs! Stop by for more pawlishes recipes soon.

Until next time: Keep Your Paws on the Road.

Bee

Pawlishes Thanksgiving Chew Stuffers for Your Dog

With Thanksgiving just around the corner, I thought I share one of my favorite dog treat recipes with you. This is a quick and easy way to make a chew toy or already eaten soup bone a more interesting chew toy. I call mine twice nice bones, since I use the eaten out marrow bones.

 

Once your dogs have chewed up and eaten out the marrow bones, you can fill them again and again with this easy to make stuffing. If you don't use soup bones for your dog, you can use the stuffing in any dog approved chew toy, like a Kong.

Ingredients:

4 ripe bananas (or a jar of organic banana baby food)

1/2 cup peanut butter



Preparations:

Peel and mash bananas (or use baby food). Mix with peanut butter until smooth.
Stuff mixture into hollow bones or other chew stuffer toys.
Freeze overnight.
Serve frozen treats.

 

 

For more homemade dog treat recipes, check out my previous posts:

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Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours!

Thank you for stopping by, if you like the post, please leave comment below.

Until Next time: Keep Your Paws on the Road

Happy National Dog Day 2017!

Today is National Dog Day - are you celebrating with your pet?

August 26, 2017 - what are your plans for making this a special day for your dog? Looking for things to do with your pet? Here are some ideas for making it the perfect celebration.

1. Get him a special treat

Dogs love treats. You can even let your dog pick out his own. Take Fido to the local pet store and see which treats he gravitates to. It's a good idea to try out different types of chew toys or chew foods for your dog. But don't let him touch all the food items in the shelves, once he had it in his mouth, you may have to buy it.

2. Make your own dog biscuit

Try out a new recipe for homemade dog treats. They are easy to make and you can be sure it has the best ingredients. You can make dog biscuits, dog ice cream, or even bake him a muffin. There are a lot of fun ways to make your own dog treats. See our previous blogs for some recipe ideas here.

3. Take him to the dog park or dog beach

Most dogs love to play with other dogs. Find a local dog park and let your Fido interact with some of his friends.   Be sure your dog is up to date on all his vaccinations before you take him to such a public place. Our dogs love off leash parks and beaches.

4. Go for a walk or hike

If off-leash parks are not his thing, take your dog for a long walk or a hike. The most wonderful thing for any dog is to be with his owner. So whether it is National Dog Day, or any other day, enjoy time with your loving pet!

Freshen you dog's breath with these homemade dog treats!

Most dogs have bad breath. I don't know if it is the things they eat or just the fact they don't brush their teeth, but I seldom meet a dog without bad breath.

There are a lot of products out there to help with the oral hygiene for your dogs, but here is one you can make yourself:

Parsley and Mint Dog Treats (breath fresheners)

Ingredients

• 2.5 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup water
• 1 T vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup quick oats
• 2 T fresh mint, chopped
• 1/3 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 10-12 drops green food coloring
  

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• In a bowl, combine the flour, oats, oil, water, and herbs. Mix well.
• Add food coloring, then knead the dough until color is evenly dispersed.
• Roll out the dough on parchment paper, using extra flour as needed so it doesn't stick.
• Roll out about 1/4 to 1/2 thickness.
• Use a cookie cutter to cut out shapes.
• Place on lined baking sheet and bake for 35 minutes.
• Let treats cool before serving.
  

Storage

Treats may be stored in an air tight container for 2 weeks, or in the freezer for up to 3 months. 

 

I would love to hear your comments and feedback regarding our homemade dog treats. Please comment below, or share the post on your FB page!

 

Until next time; Keep Your Paws on the Road!

 

Bee

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Spoil your dog - Homemade A.S.P.B. treats

I have been getting a lot of great feedback from all of you regarding the homemade dog treats. So here is another easy to make recipe for some Applesauce Peanut Butter biscuits that are Jaeger and Heidi's all time favorite.

Of course you can always substitute the flour with oats or non-wheat flour, just remember that the consistency of the dough may change and you may need to add more applesauce or water to make the dough so it can be rolled and cut.

Ingredients

• 3 cups whole wheat flour
• 2 cups quick-cook oats
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup unsweetened organic applesauce
• 1 tsp baking powder
• ¼ cup coconut oil
  

Directions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees and 
  cover 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a mixing bowl, combine all ingredients
• Knead dough on a lightly floured surface.
• Roll the dough to about ¼ inch thick and then cut into shapes with cookie cutters, or make small dough balls.
• Place cookies on baking sheet
• Bake 25 minutes or until lightly browned.
• Let cool completely and before serving.
  

Notes

Store uneaten cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for up to one week.


For more organic dog biscuit recipes see our previous blog posts:

Make your own dog biscuits

Homemade Pill Pockets for dogs

 3 Favorite dog treat recipes


Please share your favorite dog treat recipes with us, please comment below and share and like our post.

Thank you!
Bee

Homemade Pill Pockets for your dog

Our senior dog Jaeger has arthritis in his front legs, so he gets turmeric and yucca powder to help with the inflammation. I also have him on a wonderful supplement called Fresh Factor. 

He is usually pretty good about taking pills, and he loves the taste of the Fresh Factor supplement, but the turmeric and yucca, not so much. Because of the powder form, it is easy to mix them into pumpkin or can dog food. 

Recently I found this recipe for pill pockets online at the

 The Lazy Pitbull. I tried them out and they are awesome and super

 easy to make. 

Homemade Pill Pockets

 You can make them as needed. They contain only three ingredients that are usually found in most households: Peanut Butter, Coconut Oil and Oats (you can use Flour instead of Oats).
Use all three in equal amounts.

Ingredients for homemade Pill Pockets

I use my coffee grinder to make the oats into flour. If you like, you can substitute regular whole wheat flour, or almond flour. 

Mix everything together and then put in the refrigerator to let the dough harden. Roll the dough into small balls and use the handle of a wooden spoon to make small indentations for the pill.

 

Pill Pockets for dogs

Then you just need to put them in the freezer for about 20 minutes to keep their shape. If you want to make a larger amount, you can simply store them in the refrigerator for up to 3 months.

When you are ready to use one, let it get to room temperature, so it softens a bit, which makes it easy for you to insert the medication and pinch it shut. Now it's easy to feed to your lovely canine!


Check out some of our previous blogs on homemade dog biscuits and on Supplements for your senior dog



Here is the full Pill Pocket recipe:
 

Ingredients

• ¼ cup Peanut Butter
• ¼ cup Coconut Oil
• ¼ cup oats made into flour + some for reserve
  

Directions

• Liquefy Coconut Oil in Microwave.
• Mix all ingredients together.
• Place dough into the refrigerator for a few minutes to harden.
• Roll the dough into 1 inch balls.
• Sprinkle 1 to 2 T of crushed oats (you can substitute with flour) onto wax paper and then roll each ball in the oats.
• Use handle of a wooden spoon to push a small hole in the center of each ball (not all the way through, only about 1/2 way) to create your Pill Pocket.
• Place Pockets on a tray in the freezer for about an hour so they retain their form.
• You can then place the pill pockets, in an airtight container and keep them in the fridge until you're ready to use.
  

Notes

• Store them in the refrigerator, they will keep for up to 3 months.
  
• You can use flour instead of oats

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