My baking has gone to the dogs...

That's right- I can't stop making home made goodies for my puppy! I like this version for the Brewers Yeast. It keeps your dogs coat nice, shiny and healthy!

Plain Dog Biscuits
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/4 cup wheat germ
1/4 cup brewers yeast
1 1/2 tablespoons canola oil
1/2 cup chicken stock (unsalted if possible)

Preheat oven to 400º F. Mix all of the dry ingredients, then mix in the liquids slowly. Roll dough out on floured surface and cut some fun doggie shapes out with cookie cutters. If you want- this is where I added the dogs names to the bones with letters intended for cement stepping stones. Transfer the biscuits onto a parchment or Silpat lined cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes and then brush the tops with chicken stock. Rotate and bake for another 10 minutes. Turn the oven off. I then take the biscuits out and coat any remaining visible flour with chicken stock and place back in the oven once again. The oven should remain off, but leave the biscuits in there until there are completely dry- about 2 hrs. Store in airtight container for up to 2 weeks. Enjoy!

Does your dog like Frosty Paws?

I know mine sure does! But then I started reading the ingredients and I wasn't too happy...

FROSTY PAWS® Frozen Treats for Dogs with Peanut Butter Nutritional Information Ingredients: WATER, DRIED WHEY, SOY FLOUR, ANIMAL FAT (PRESERVED WITH BHA AND BHT), DRIED WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, VEGETABLE FAT, SOY LECITHIN, PEANUT BUTTER SYRUP (PEANUTS, CORN OIL, SALT), MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, MONO-DIGLYCERIDES, CARBOXYMETHYLCELLULOSE, POLYSORBATE 80, POLYSORBATE 60, CALCIUM CARBONATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CHOLINE CHLORIDE, FERROUS SULFATE, ZINC SULFATE, MANGANESE SULFATE, MAGNESIUM OXIDE, SILICON DIOXIDE, VITAMIN A SUPPLEMENT, VITAMIN E SUPPLEMENT, NIACIN SUPPLEMENT, COPPER SULFATE, CALCIUM PANTOTHENATE, RIBOFLAVIN SUPPLEMENT, POTASSIUM IODIDE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, VITAMIN D3 SUPPLEMENT, VITAMIN B12 SUPPLEMENT, FOLIC ACID.

Animal fat- this could be any kind of animal including "4D's- dead, diseased, disabled, or dying prior to slaughter"....Eww! Corn and salt? Also bad.

So they are not that bad, because they wouldn't be on the shelf- but if you like to look at ingredients on your dogs food, why not their treats? Lets go for a much healthier, fresher alternative. They're so easy to make, I don't know why you'd ever buy them again!

#1 rule for all ingredients in my home made dog treats:  
Organic, Unsweetened and Unsalted.
Salt and sugar are BAD for the pups.


HOMEMADE FROSTY PAWS

32oz. Plain Yogurt - (spurge for organic if you can!)
2 Tablespoons Peanut Butter
2 Tablespoons Honey
1 ripe Banana

Throw all ingredients in a blender. Pour into 6, flare rimmed, 9oz cups. Freeze & serve!

 As Sophie starts working on her treat, and it melts a little, I pop the remaining treat out and throw it in her bowl.  She LOVES them. I haven't had any trouble with the plastic cups yet :)

 

Sophie APPROVED!