Healthy Homemade Dog Treats – How to Get Started Making Homemade Treats For Your Dog

After taking my golden retriever for a routine visit to the Veterinarian he told me that my dog was basically in good health but had to lose a few pounds. I decided not only to cut back on his treats but to start making some healthy homemade dog treats for him.

By doing this it would ensure that there would be no preservatives or other chemicals and I would be able to control the quality of the ingredients and maybe even the amount of calories he was consuming which would produce a healthier more natural dog treat.

So I started my research on how to make homemade dog treats and hoped I would find some easy dog treat recipes to use. I found a recipe book that had everything I needed. It was kind of like a starter kit.

The book had some really basic and easy dog-treat recipes to follow. It also came with a selection of bone-shaped cookie cutters so you could make small, medium, or large treats.

The real question was would he like these treats as much as the store-bought ones he was used to getting? After making the first batch of treats it appeared to be a great success. He liked these treats better than the store-bought ones.

Realizing how easy it was to make your dog treats I started collecting cookie cutters that had a dog theme to them. Just as an example I had one that was shaped like a fire plug and another one like a dog house. I also started to collect holiday cookie cutters to make Halloween and Christmas dog treats.

After seeing how much my dog loved the homemade treats I had the idea of making them as holiday treats for all of our “extended” canine family and friends. They were a huge success. It would be a great activity for the whole family. The kids would love making “cookies” for their furry friends.

Source by Jake Poole