When you want to treat your furry friend, you don’t have to buy snacks with ingredients you can’t even pronounce. It’s fun, satisfying, and good for your dog to make treats at home. Also, you’ll know what’s in every treat 100%! To start, here are some simple and safe recipes.
1. For peanut butter and banana cookies, you’ll need:
- One banana that’s ripe
- 1/4 cup peanut butter (be sure it doesn’t have xylitol)
- 1 1/2 cups oat flour (or whole wheat flour) and 1/4 cup water
How to Do It:
- Warm the oven up to 175°F (350°F).
- In a bowl, mash the banana. Then, add the peanut butter and water and mix well.
- Add the flour little by little until the dough is stiff.
- Use cookie tools to make shapes out of the dough after rolling it out to about 1/4-inch thickness.
- On a baking sheet that has been lined, put the forms. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until they are golden brown.
- Before giving them to your dog, let them cool down all the way.
Why Your Dog Will Love It: A standard favorite is peanut butter and banana together, and these biscuits are full of flavor and good for you.
2. What You Need for Sweet Potato Chews:
- One big sweet potato
How to Do It:
- Warm your oven up to 120°C (250°F).
- Clean the sweet potato and peel it.
- Cut it into rounds or thin strips that are about 1/4-inch thick.
- Put the slices on a baking sheet that has been lined with foil. Bake them for two to three hours, flipping them over once, until they are dry and crunchy.
- Let them cool down all the way before you serve them.
Why Your Dog Will Love It: Sweet potatoes are naturally sweet and full of good things for you. For dogs that like to chew and nibble, these treats are great.
3. Fruit bites and frozen yogurt
Ingredients:
- 1 cup plain yogurt that isn’t sweetened (make sure it doesn’t have xylitol)
- A half cup of blueberries, fresh or frozen
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh or frozen strawberries
How to Do It:
- Put the yogurt and berries in a bowl and mix them together.
- Put the mix into silicone molds or ice cube trays.
- Put it in the freezer for two to three hours, or until it’s solid.
- To make a cool treat, just pop out the frozen bites.
Why Your Dog Will Love It: These frozen bites are a cool and tasty treat for hot days that your dog will love. Plus, the berries give them a lot of vitamins.
4. What You Need for Chicken and Carrot Jerky:
- 1 chicken breast cut into thin slices
- 1 big carrot, cut into thin strips after being peeled
How to Do It:
- Warm your oven up to 120°C (250°F).
- Put the carrot and chicken strips on a baking sheet that has been lined with foil.
- Turn the strips over every two hours for two to three hours, or until they are dry and hard.
- Let them cool down all the way before you serve them.
Why Your Dog Will Love It: This jerky is chewy, tastes great, and doesn’t have any added chemicals to keep it fresh. If you give your dog this treat, it will go crazy for it!
5. Carrot & Peanut Butter Pupsicles
Ingredients:
- Grate 1/2 cup of carrots.
- 1/4 cup peanut butter that doesn’t have xylitol
- One cup of water
How to Do It:
- In a bowl, mix the peanut butter, water, and chopped carrots until everything is well mixed.
- Put the mix into silicone molds or ice cube trays.
- For two to three hours, until solid, freeze.
- Pop out the pupsicles and serve as a cool, crunchy treat.
Why Your Dog Will Love It: These pupsicles are great for hot summer days because they are crunchy and cool at the same time.