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!