Is there a list of good safe dog treats on the internet?

rockhillmanor wrote:
If you buy a 'real thick around 2 inches' piece of liver from your butcher and boil it in water with garlic, when done and sliced into pieces it becomes dry and firm and won't leave grease spots in your pocket. And I have not met a dog that can resist boiled liver flavored with garlic! :B

Good idea, except I think my DH would file for divorce if I cooked this in the house... I used to dehydrate liver and once tripe... he was not thrilled when he walked into the house! Didn't bother me any :-) (the smell that is).

I may still give this a try one day when I can get all the windows open (and he isn't home to stop me!).

If you buy a 'real thick around 2 inches' piece of liver from your butcher and boil it in water with garlic, when done and sliced into pieces it becomes dry and firm and won't leave grease spots in your pocket. And I have not met a dog that can resist boiled liver flavored with garlic! :B

I buy hotdogs, cut them up into tiny pieces (1 hotdog = 16 - 20 treats) and dehydrate them in the microwave. They will store for ages in the fridge, and forever in the freezer. Cheap, easy, small, can stick in a pocket (if you don't mind smelling a bit like a hotdog), and the dogs LOVE them. Mine like them better even than dehydrated liver or tripe.

I know they aren't the healthiest, but we do feed them to our kids, and sometimes even eat them ourselves :-0 I generally use them for training rewards and since they are so small the dogs don't fill up on them.

I could provide made in the USA doggy milk duds. They come in assorted sizes and colors (black, brown, and green). They are made in the USA from ingredients produced in the USA using "free range", "grass fed", "no growth hormones added” all American breed of sheep. They would be sun dried (not processed in some factory) and bagged by American workers (not illegals) working in healthy and enjoyable conditions.

Boil some chicken. Pull the skin off and break it into treat size pieces. Put in baggy in freezer.

If you wanted them dehydrated, I would boil first to be quite sure there is no salmonella issue, then break into pieces, put in a dehydrator or in the oven on the lowest setting until they are dry.

IMHO, don't buy ANY dog treats from a store.:C

Grind up the dog food you are feeding in a smoothie blender, add water to make a thick consistency. Make real small meat balls out of it and put into container in fridge. Take one or two meatballs out for a treat......and stand back!!

Your dogs will go goofy over it and it costs you nothing extra than the dog food your already buy.

This is what it will look like after ground and water added.

Make real small meatballs out of it Depending on the size of your dog. Makes about 2 lbs of meat balls!!

I make my baby homemade peanut butter oatmeal treats. She loves em!

My doggies also enjoy popcorn, again don't overdue it.

We give our 8 doggies cheddar cheese for treats. They enjoy that more than bought doggy treats. An after dinner treat. Don't overdue it....accidently bought 75% fat free....our foster min pin could use that, she is double the weight she should be.

Our pup loves the dehyd sweet potato treats. The site below has a number of dehyd dog & cat treats.

http://www.nesco.com/recipes/?category%5B%5D=1600&submit=Search

I use the following Nesco dehyd:



FD-80 Snackmaster® Square Dehydrator & Jerky Maker
Regular: $98.99
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