Homemade Dog Treats Recipes

One day I decided I was going to follow some homemade dog treats recipes and make treats for my dogs. It has to be cheaper and better for them, right? Probably, but…………………………………………………


I found a bunch of homemade dog treats recipes online, picked one, drug out the flour, yeast, eggs, molasses, peanut butter, cream cheese, oatmeal and whatever else was included in that disgusting mess. It was way too much for my kitchen-aid so I mixed by hand. And mixed, and mixed. Finally the instructions said, knead for 10 to 15 minutes. Say what? I wondered how the dogs would feel about raw treat dough. Those homemade dog treats recipes were turning out to be quite labor-intensive!


15 minutes later the dough was sufficiently kneaded. After an hour break I came back to a rapidly growing mound of dough on the cutting board. After taming the mess I formed it into small loaves and baked it. The homemade dog treat recipes said to roll the stuff out flat and use a dog bone shaped cookie cutter to make twenty thousand small cookie treats. Yeah right, nice small loaves worked out much better, besides I was fresh out of the dog bone shaped cookie cutters.


When the final product finally came out of the oven, all the dogs had long disappeared. I looked at the loaves, looked fine to me. After the loaves cooled I cut some slices off to give the dogs. Three of them turned their noses up, one refused to wake up. Now I understand why my mother became martyr. I said fine, wrapped the loaves in aluminum foil and froze them, for one day they would certainly emerge from the freezer to hungry, appreciative dogs.

I spent a short time contemplating dogs and their rude behavior. Wondered if they had any shame, if they ever felt guilt or humility.They were in the kitchen watching me slave over their dog treats, following homemade dog treats recipes found online, only to snub my efforts as useless and possibly an insult to them personally. I have to keep reminding myself those are human feelings, dogs have no such feelings. Ok, maybe Lassie did, either that or she (he) was a very well trained dog, something else we are lacking here.

Dogs, the gimme critters of the world, appreciate homemade dog treats?

Fat chance. I had just defrosted two loaves of my pride and joy, my male Great Dane, Gunner, was standing in the kitchen wondering where all the food was, I cut off a piece and gave it to him. At first he spit it out on the floor, then sniffed it, picked it up, then spit it out again.

Enter our Maine Coon Cat, who immediately scooped up the rejected treat and ate it.

What? Then the dog was very interested in what the cat had just eaten. Feeling braver now having at least one fan of my cooking, I gave Gunner another piece, he looked at the cat, looked at me, then ate it.

Soon after all four dogs were in the kitchen wanting to know what Gunner had just eaten. Finally, my pride was returning. Eventually all of the loaves of treats were gone. Next trip to the store I happily purchased some store dog treats.

If you decide to cook for your dogs, bless your heart. Now knowing what the dog treat manufacturers have to go through they have my undying respect and those treats are worth every penny for those coveted morsels.