Having adopted my third "recycled" dog who is being trained, I was going through a lot more doggie treats than before. I decided to take some bread that was going stale anyway and try an experiment.
I piled up a few slices then cut them into quarters. I laid them out on a cookie sheet, lightly brushed them with healthy olive oil, and sprinkled them with garlic powder. I put them in a low oven for a bit, until they were hard and crunchy, like Melba toast. All healthy ingredients and they basically cost me nothing, I used the too stale for me bread and the dogs love them. May try flax seed next time!
By Linda from Vista, CA
Editor's Note: Most veterinarians recommend against giving your dog garlic, but there some do advocate for it. Please talk to your own vet prior to feeding dogs garlic.
Yes, but for the cost of your specialty dog food, we could rescue and feed four dogs. And that is precisely what we are doing in Indonesia.
I would just caution all of us from using too much self-righteousness in comments, posts, or even our daily lives. It's usually more about ego than trying to be helpful.
While Taste of the Wild dog-food may not have "corn and all the other stuff," here are some of things it does have: garbanzo beans, peas, lentils, pea protein, canola oil, egg product, pea flour, tomato pomace, natural flavor, ocean fish meal, salt, choline chloride, dried chicory root, tomatoes, blueberries, raspberries, yucca schidigera extract, dried Lactobacillus plantarum fermentation product, dried Bacillus subtilis fermentation product, dried Lactobacillus acidophilus fermentation product, dried Enterococcus faecium fermentation product, dried Bifidobacterium animalis fermentation product.
There is no peer-reviewed evidence that the above are any better than the seed pods that a hungry dog chews on all over the world, and many of which are grasses (i.e., grains).
Here are the questions asked by community members. Read on to see the answers provided by the ThriftyFun community.
I would like to find recipes for homemade dog treats for a dog with kidney disease.
By nancy from Flintstone
I googled & quickly found the following. Please remember to NOT use anything that has onion or garlic in it. Lkely is why they show making your own chicken broth is because dogs are NOT to have garlic or onion which is in most canned broths. www.peteducation.com/article.cfm?c=2+1659&aid=1030 is a site that lists foods to avoid when feeding a dog. Hope some of this helps a bit.
www.dogaware.com/treatref.html#special
Low Fat/Low Protein/Low Phosphorus Dog Cookies
If you want a snack that will be safe, here is the recipe for cookies with almost no fat or protein. Super easy to make. Depending on how large you cut them ( I use a heart shaped cutter that is approximately 1.5 " and get two cookie sheets full of them), you can get enough from one batch for 2-3 weeks. Be sure to freeze those you will not use within a week. These are perfect for pancreatitis, for renal or liver problems since there is little fat or protein in them. See recipe for how to make no-fat homemade chicken broth below*.
Note that dogs with renal (kidney) disease should be fed a low phosphorus diet. If they do not have liver or pancreas problems, fat is good, including butter. Egg whites are also good to use, as they contain almost no phosphorus. There is no need to limit phophorus for dogs with liver disease or chronic pancreatitis, so any kind of flour can be used for them, but it is important to limit fat for those dogs.
· 2-&frac; cups rice flour or white all-purpose bleached flour (these two are lowest in phosphorus, which is best for kidney disease)
· &frac; tsp. garlic powder, or fresh ground
· 6 Tbsp low sodium, low fat chicken broth*
· &frac; cup cold water
· 1 cup cooked vegetables ground up (winter squashes, zucchini, and sweet potatoes are low in phosphorus, which is best for kidney disease)
Combine flour and garlic; mix in chicken broth and vegetable(s); add enough cold water to form a ball; pat dough to &frac;" and cut into desired shapes; place on non-stick cookie sheet and bake in preheated oven at 350F for 25 minutes. Cool on a wire rack. Freeze what is not eaten within a week.
*Non Fat Chicken Broth
You can use a pressure cooker and complete this in 2 hours, or a stock pot and finish in 24 hours.
Remove skin from whole chicken OR chicken pieces. ( in the pressure cooker I use 3 leg quarters from which I remove the skin before cooking ). Place the chicken in the pot with distilled water. For the pressure cooker, cook on high for 2 hours and in the stock pot, simmer on low heat for 16-24 hours.
Remove the chicken and bone from the broth and discard ( all the nutrients are in the stock)
Pour the broth into a fat separator ( looks like a pitcher with the spout coming from the bottom ) After 10 minutes the fat will float to the top. Pour off the small amount of fat at the top and pour the low fat broth to a container. Be sure to watch what you are doing because near the bottom you will come to more fat and will need to stop pouring into the pot and discard that part, too.
Refrigerate the broth and when it is cold, any fat remaining will be gelatin on the top. You can remove part of it or you can pour the whole thing through a super fine mesh strainer, which will stop the fat and allow the plain broth through. You will find that after the broth has been used and you run your hand inside the container, it will not be greasy.
I am looking for some quick and easy homemade dog treat recipes. I'm not very good at working the computer to find these things so please email me any recipes.
My dog loves these Liver Treats;
One pound of chicken livers - pureed until smooth in blender. Mix in 1 cup flour, 1 1/2 cups corn meal, and 1 tablespoon garlic powder.
Spread on nonstick cookie sheet or spray Pam on a regular cookie sheet, cover with a sheet of aluminum foil and spray foil with Pam too. Spread treat mix on foil. Bake at 350* for 30 minutes.
When you take it out of oven, turn baked treat out on a cutting board. Peel off the foil, and cut the treat into bite sized pieces or cut with cookie cutters while the treat is still hot. If it cools it will just crumble. A pizza cutter works well to cut it into "dice" sized bits. You can keep the treats in the refrigerator so it won't spoil and extra can be frozen for later. I have a Jack Russell and a sandwich sized bag lasts about a week or so. These treats can also be used as your dogs regular food if you run out. Enjoy.
Since I couldn't find dry dog food recipes on the internet. I made up my own. 1 small roast carrots, celery, squash, rice, flaxseed and other kinds of seed, bran, oatmeal, lentils, brown rice apples, put all in the crockpot.
Let it cook all day, next puree it a little,bake it at 350 for 50min. take it out and crumble it up and dry it out,on a cookie sheet, i have a wood heater, so its easier for me, takes a day or two, then crumble up some more, and bag it and i put it in the freezer, try your own recipes but add extra oatmeal and rice. My pompom who is 20lbs loves it. He was gaining too much weight after him being fixed. so is starting to slim and pick up energy. sheila
Go to www.recipezaar.com.
Type in dog treats, there are 25 recipes for different
dog treats
A excellent Site with lots of Meal & Treat Recipes,
And lots of images to show you what the finished meal or trea looks like.
My dogs Love all them!
A excellent Site with lots of Meal & Treat Recipes,
And lots of images to show you what the finished meal or trea looks like.
My dogs Love all them!
A excellent Site with lots of Meal & Treat Recipes,
And lots of images to show you what the finished meal or trea looks like.
My dogs Love all them!
Hello Elaine,
Here is a GREAT go to site..
www.divinerecipes.com/
I make alot of treats for our 4 dogs and their 'family and friends'. There's recipes on here for getting rid of: fleas, ticks, dandruff, bad breath ect....
Bookmark, you'll have it as your go to site too :)
I have a 15 year old chocolate Poodle and she has been diagnosed with kidney failure. The vet put her on a diet of kidney trouble food only. Does anyone have an idea of a treat that she can eat? The vet gave her "allergy treats" that are very expensive. She is eight and a half pounds.
By tatsie
Does any one have a recipe for dog treats for dogs with allergies, something all natural?
By Cyndi from Kenansville, FL
How much vitamin E would I add to a basic dog biscuit recipe in order to preserve it and extend the shelf life? How do I acquire the vitamin E? The only form of vitamin E I am familiar with is the capsules that you can purchase at health food, grocery stores, or pharmacies.
My daughter wants to sell homemade dog biscuits to friends, family, and some small businesses, but we need to try and be sure they will not go mouldy for a reasonable period of time (a number of weeks).
Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!
By Christine
I need the easiest recipes for dog biscuits that need to be mailed in the heat of the summer. Last Xmas, I made some that arrived moldy. It is June and I don't want this gift to be ruined.
By R.U. from Hollywood, FL
I am looking for a yogurt dip recipe for dog treats that will harden and keep even out of the refrigerator. If you have one, please let me know.
I'm not sure about the yogurt, but you could get some candy melts (Wilton makes some and they are available at Walmart and Michael's),melt them and dip the treats. As long as it isn't chocolate (and these aren't) they will be OK for dogs. The melts come in pastels, too ;-))
Does any one know how to make soft dog treats with baby food and wheat germ? There is more to the recipe that I found on thriftyfun.
Thanks.
By Sherry Hampton from Valdosta, GA
