Healthy Homemade Dog Treats

Description

Healthy Homemade Dog Treats is packed with straightforward, nutritious recipes your dog will adore. Every recipe includes nutritional information, step-by-step guidance, allergy-friendly alternatives and beautiful instructional photography. Inside you’ll find:

• Kong stuffers to keep your pup happily occupied
• No-bake balls perfect for training
• Breath-freshening biscuits
• Special-occasion treats for birthdays and celebrations

Simple, fresh and healthy. It’s the ultimate treat cookbook for dog lovers who want to spoil their pups the wholesome way.

Who it’s for

Anyone who has stood in the treat aisle reading an ingredients list and put the packet back down. The recipes assume no particular baking skill and no specialist equipment: a bowl, a baking tray and an oven will get you through most of the book, and the no-bake recipes do not even need that. It is equally useful if you are trying to work out what to do with a dog who has gone off their usual treats, or who needs something softer to chew.

How the recipes are written

Every recipe lists its ingredients and method in full, with nutritional information alongside it, so you can see what your dog is actually eating rather than guessing. Where an ingredient is a common trigger, there is an allergy-friendly alternative given, so a recipe is not off the table because of one line in it. Step-by-step photography runs through the book, which matters most for the recipes where the texture of the dough is the thing that tells you it is ready.

Before you start baking

Homemade treats are treats: they sit alongside a complete, balanced diet rather than replacing any part of it, and they count towards your dog’s daily food. Check anything new against the dog-safe ingredient lists if you are substituting, and introduce one treat at a time so you can tell what agreed with them. If your dog is on a prescription diet, is being managed for a health condition, or has a diagnosed allergy, run the recipes past your vet first. Most homemade treats keep for a few days in the fridge or a few weeks in the freezer, and freezing in portions is the easiest way to avoid a tray of biscuits going stale.

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