Tag: Easy Dog Treats

It’s not hard to please most dogs, but when you have something they really love, you know it. They’ll pace the floor, whine, bark or even drool. They’ll definitely drool for the homemade dog treats from Sonja at Honey Bee’s Recipes. She whipped up a great recipe just for her pup, Luke, and today’s she’s sharing it with you! Here is Sonja’s recipe for Liver & Rye Dog Treats!

Homemade Dog Treats ~ Liver & Rye

Prep time:  1 hour Cook time:  30 mins Total time:  1 hour 30 mins
Serves: 100 cookies

Ingredients

• 2½ cups of rye flour
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• ½ cup of water
• ½ cup of chicken livers
• 3 tbsp of canola oil

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees F.

2. Dust the baking sheet with rye flour.

3. Combine all the ingredients in a food processor and pulse for about 1 minute, or until the dough forms a ball shape.

4. Remove from the food processor and knead briefly into a well-formed dough ball.

5. Transfer directly to the baking sheet.

6. Flatten the ball and shape it carefully into a square. Read more

Self-proclaimed food lovers Mr. and Mrs. “Big Flavors” at Little Kitchen Big Flavors blog (aka Jenna and her husband) whip up tasty dishes in their less than large kitchen, even for their pooch Izzy. Jenna shared her Healthy Morning Poochidatis dog cookie recipe—a spin off Italian cookies called cucidatis—with us! This healthy dog treat is full of great ingredients like apples and carrots and your dog is sure to love the taste!

Ingredients

• 1 cup oat flour
• 1 cup whole wheat flour
• 1 egg
• 1/3 cup water
• 1 carrot (peeled and shredded)
• 1/2 apple (peeled and shredded)
• 8oz plain Greek yogurt
• 2 tablespoons water Read more

BestBullySticks loves our hometown of Richmond, Virginia! Historic, beautiful and full of dogs and dog lovers, we really couldn’t have a better home for our all-natural dog treat company! This week’s installment of our Weekly Drool Recipe comes from an awesome lady right here in RVA, too! Mary Andrews & fiancé Tim Vidra are the brains behind 17 Apart, a blog documenting their original recipes, how-to’s and their life, which includes a Weimaraner named Basil. Best Bully’s is proud to share a hometown blogger with you and bit of what they do for their prized pooch, namely their Carrot & Banana Dog Treat recipe! RVA is truly a dog lover’s city!

Carrot & Banana Dog Treats

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup cornmeal
• 1 bunch fresh carrots, finely chopped or grated
• 2-3 fresh bananas, peeled and mashed
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar (*optional, we went without)
• 1/2 cup cold water Read more

Traditional Easter lunch or dinner usually consists of ham or lamb. While ham is tasty, BestBullySticks knows that lamb has a lot of health benefits for you and your dog! So if your celebrating Easter with a great meal, don’t leave Fido out! Kirby the Dorkie and his mom, Debby, shared this great lamb dog meal with us for our Easter Edition of the Weekly Drool Recipe!

Lamb, which is great for the coat and skin, is a fatty, calorie dense meat often recommended for lean dogs to gain more weight so you may want to feed this meal sparingly if your dog is borderline chunky like Kirby.

The aroma wafting from the oven kept Kirby in or near the kitchen the entire time just hoping for a bite!

Ingredients

• 1 lb ground lamb
• 1 cup cooked butternut squash*
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
• 1 cup crushed tomatoes
• 1 red bell pepper, seeded and diced
• 1 tsp garlic powder
• 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1 tsp sweet mint, finely chopped
• 3 tbsp parsley, finely chopped
• 2 tbsp light olive oil

Preparation Instructions for Butternut Squash

1. Prepare squash by cutting in half lengthwise, removing seeds, and fibers. Place cut side up in ungreased baking dish. You can season sparingly with a little sea salt and real butter.

2. Pour water in dish until 1/4 inch deep. Cover with foil and bake at 375 degrees for 40 minutes or until tender. Read more

Belly rubs. Your pillow. Every tennis ball. Every stick. Long naps. Car rides. The list of things dogs love goes on and on. BestBullySticks.com knows one of the most endearing things about dogs is the equal level of contentment or excitement dogs exhibit about each of these. But there might be one thing your dog gets more excited about than anything else: Bacon. It’s odd just how connected the two seem, but really, what’s not to love? Kara at Food Baby Blog shared her bacon biscuit recipe she whipped up for her picky eater, Rocky, that your dog is sure to love as well! Read on for Beggin’ For Bacon Dog Biscuits recipe!

Ingredients

• ½ c rolled oats
• ½ c crumbled cooked bacon (~5 slices)
• 1 T bacon fat
• ¾ c hot water
• 1 egg
• 1/3 c cornmeal
• ~1 1/2 c (whole wheat) flour 

Directions
1. Mix the oats, bacon, and fat in a large bowl and then pour on the hot water. Stir the mixture until most of the water is absorbed and the fat is evenly distributed.

2. Next, whisk in the egg and cornmeal. Then begin adding the flour, about a half cup at a time, until a firm dough forms.

3. Scoop the dough into balls with a large tablespoon* and place each ball on a lightly greased cookie sheet. Using your fingers, flatten each ball into a biscuit shape. The biscuits won’t spread or rise in the baking, so whatever shape you press them into is the shape you’ll get.

4. Bake the biscuits in a 325 degree oven for about 20 minutes, until the biscuits are firm, but with a bit of give in the center. When they are completely cool, serve.

Recipe Notes
The size varies depending on the size of your dog’s mouth. These biscuits can get stuck to the roof of a dog’s mouth, so either make the biscuit size accordingly or break them up before giving them to your dog.

These biscuits are designed to be softer than typical dog treats so that older dogs, with their more sensitive teeth, can fully enjoy them. But that doesn’t mean this is old people dog food.

On the contrary. With big chunks of real bacon and enough bacon fat to flavor the whole thing, this will be a biscuit that any pooch will love. (They’ll also love you if you put the leftover bacon fat on their kibble, which is what I did.) And, you can feel good because unlike store-bought dog treats — which are often made with byproducts, “artificial flavors,” and pig skin — these are made with real, whole foods.

Because if your dog is as much a part of your family as mine is, then you know they deserve healthy food, too.

Thanks to Kara at Food Baby Blog for sharing her wonderful recipe and photos!

For more dog treat recipes browse all of Best Bully Sticks Weekly Drool Recipes!