Homemade Dog Treats
My dehydrator cranks out plenty of people treats. Now let’s dry some homemade dog treats. By the way, if you are a Paleo Man, you will enjoy my dog bark recipe almost as much as your dog.
At the bottom of the page, please share your homemade dog treats recipes if you have some.
Before we get started, here are a few ingredients that should NOT be fed to dogs:
Toxic for Dogs: Onion, Garlic, Grapes, Raisins, Chocolate
One way to ensure that your dog will enjoy his treats is to include plenty of meat. I use cooked ground beef in the “Dog Bark” recipe below. By drying your own homemade dog treats, you can avoid the grain fillers, like corn, so inappropriately common in dog food, and combine the meat with healthier dog friendly ingredients including sweet potatoes, green beans, carrots, broccoli, spinach, apples and pumpkin.
Dog Bark
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Ingredients:
Preparation: |
When the meat is browned and cooked through, drain off liquid and pat meat dry with paper towels.
Add cooked ground beef to pot with sweet potato and green beans.
Add 1½ cups of the retained cooking water and mash with a potato masher.
Divide mush into two or three parts and run through a blender until smooth.
Spread
thinly on dehydrator trays covered with non-stick sheets and dry at
145° F for approximately six hours. After four or five hours, flip dog
bark over and dry without the non-stick sheets.
Dog Bark is not
brittle when dry, so it does not present a choking hazard for dogs. It
should feel completely dry and will break into pieces easily.
Yield:
This homemade dog treat recipe yielded four cups weighing seven ounces.
A good serving size that a dog will scarf up in seconds is ½ cup.
Variation:
For variety, try using any other dog friendly vegetables in this homemade dog treat recipe. Dried ground turkey or chicken could also be substituted for the ground beef.
I gave a serving to Billy Bob, my neighbor’s dog, and he loved it.
Paleo Man-Dog Bark Soup
Let’s say you and your best friend are ready for some lunch. This backpacking soup recipe is a real treat for your dog and you, especially if you follow the Paleo Diet. I added a little salt and pepper to my serving and it was delicious.
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Ingredients:
Serves 1 or 2 |
At Home:
Place all ingredients in one Ziploc bag.
On the Trail:
Put
ingredients in pot with two cups of water and soak for five minutes.
Light stove and bring to boil for one minute. Turn off stove and let sit
with lid on for ten to fifteen minutes. Stir to dissolve bark
completely into thin gravy consistency.
If it's just for your dog, you could pour boiling water over the food in his bowl and let it sit about 20 minutes.
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I brought a one-cup serving over to Billy Bob and he greeted me with tail wagging. My neighbor said not to expect much since Billy Bob was not fond of vegetables and usually ate around them if they were ever on his plate. Not so this time. Billy Bob cleaned his plate! |
Do you have a dog treat recipe you would like to share?
Use the form at the bottom of the page and I will post it here. Thank you!
Chicken Chips
Shared by AmyLynn
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Ingredients:
Cooking Instructions: Cook chicken and veggies in large pot with enough water to cover ingredients. |
After cooked, let cool. Puree in processor with some of the water in pot. I have found the chips are stronger when not watered down too much and I use breast or thigh meat and not ground. Dehydrate and break in to chips.
Dog loves them! Chips can go camping as snack or rehydrate back into a gravy for hard dog food.
Dori’s Liver Treats Medicated for Older Dogs
Shared by Holly Bryant
Ingredients:
- 1 lb liver (chicken, turkey or calf)
- 2 tbsp oil or grease
- 1 bunch kale
- 2 carrots
- 12 -15 glucosamine chondroitin tablets (from Walmart)
Set tablets aside in one cup of warm water. You can break up or put them through blender to hasten their dissolving.
Sauté liver in two tablespoons of bacon grease or other fat until cooked through. Set aside.
Chop up and cook veggies, I use the microwave to steam.
Mix everything up with food processor or blender. Add extra water to make cookie consistancy
I make cookies, two tbsp scoops, lightly flatten with hand, bake on parchment about 12 minutes at 350 degrees until set and lightly browned.
Dehydrate in Excalibur or store in freezer.
Seems like a lot of work on reflection, but then my dog is spoiled and the supplements the vet sells are way more expensive, and my dog wouldn’t eat them. These are good for older dogs joints. I eat them too!
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