4 Recipes For Homemade Treats

Do you want your dog to be part of the Christmas activities? Do you like cooking and want your dog to try your delicious creations? A great way to use food with dogs is as a reward when training them. Homemade food is a good healthier alternative to shop-bought biscuits or bagged treats. Edible rewards help your dog take on board certain behaviour patterns such as not barking for attention, biting, pulling on the lead or jumping up and bothering strangers. In this blog post we will recommend four homemade treat recipes for dogs that you can cook at home really quickly and easily.

• CEREAL BISCUITS

Ingredients

• 2 cups of wholemeal flour (or white if there is an intolerance)
• 100 g of oat flakes
• 50 g of butter
• Vanilla extract
• Lemon zest

*These quantities will make 40 biscuits.

How to make the recipe

The first thing you have to do is mix all the ingredients until you get a smooth dough. Using your hands, shape the small pieces of dough into biscuits. Preheat the oven to 200 ºC and, without greasing it, place the biscuits on the tray on a sheet of baking paper. Bake them for about 10-20 min until you see that the biscuits have turned golden.

Very important: let the biscuits cool before giving them to your dog.

• FISH TREATS

Ingredients

• 2 cups of wholemeal flour
• 100 g of clean, boneless fish (tuna, or sardines)
• ¼ of a cup of water or stock
• A tiny pinch of dried parsley
• 1 egg

*Optional: a little mashed potato.

How to make the recipe

Fish is a real source of omega 3 for our little ones. It is a food that our dog’s diet needs and that brings them health and wellbeing.

To make them, blitz the ingredients and add the flour, the stock and the parsley. Work the dough until you create a soft, smooth mixture. Cover the mixture with cling film and wait 30 min. Roll the dough out with a rolling pin until it is 5mm thick. Shape it into biscuits with the cutters. Preheat the oven to 180 ºC and place the biscuits on the baking paper. They will be ready in 15 min!

Very important: let them cool a little before giving them to your dog.

• CHICKEN TREATS

Ingredients

• 100 g of flour
• 50 ml of olive oil
• A cup of oat flakes
• A tablespoon of brewer’s yeast
• Vanilla extract
• A beaten egg.
• 200 grams of chopped chicken with no bones or skin

How to make the recipe

The first thing you have to do is mix the egg and add the cereals and the flour to it. Beat it until you have a smooth dough. Add the rest of the ingredients, including the shredded chicken. Shape the biscuits and roll them out with a rolling pin. Preheat the oven to 180 ºC and bake the biscuits for 15min until they are nicely golden.

• MICROWAVE MEAT SNACKS

Ingredients

• 2 glasses of flour
• 1 Egg
• ½ cup of beef or chicken stock (low in salt)

How to make the recipe

Do you want to cook for your dog but you do not have much time? This recipe is for you!

Mix the flour with the egg and add the meat stock little by little, stirring all the while so that it does not go lumpy. Work it until you create an even dough. Using cutters, shape the biscuits into little bones, paw prints, dog faces..

Cook it for 10 min!

Very important: check that the snack is well cooked and hard.