DOGGY TREATS & GOURMET RECIPES

You can bake dog biscuits but I hate to cook and my dogs hate it when I do… Cooking destroys valuable enzymes, vitamins, and antioxidants. Isn’t it amazing that dogs instinctively know that?

Barbara J. Andrews © TheDogPlace.org December 2009 - So here are my best dog recipes for healthy, easy-to-prepare doggy gourmet treats because you know that your dog’s greatest reward, other than love, is food. These specially prepared raw food treats appeal to the gourmet carnivore.

Chicken-Hearted Delight

3 chicken wings UNCOOKED (hearts or gizzards may be substituted)

Cover and allow to reach room temperature (never microwave)

Gather dogs with the “cookie call” signal

Tease dog by allowing it to sniff the delectable treat

Toss wing towards dog being sure dog is prepared to catch and can see wing coming.

Smile as dog devours the wrongly dubbed “forbidden” treat.  4 wings serves one 100# dog or 1 wing per Toy breed dog.  Best served outside, in crate or kennel run.  If given in place of regular meal of chemically treated dry food meal, use 1 raw chicken leg quarter for giant-size dog, 1 thigh for medium sized breed and 1 fryer drumstick for toy or small breed.

 

Pig Party 1 medium size pig’s foot blanched but UNCOOKED Cover and allow to reach room temperature (never microwave) Gather dog(s) with the “cookie call” signal and take dog to yard or outside kennel Tease dog by allowing it to sniff the delectable treat Allow dog to snatch the foot from hand Smile as dog devours the wrongly dubbed “forbidden” treat. 1 foot serves one large-sized dog and may be limited to one foot per week.

Beef Burger Stir Fry 1 pound regular hamburger (drain some but not all fat) 2 chopped or minced carrots 1 sweet bell pepper Vegetable left-overs (broccoli, green beans or peas) 1 Cup cooked brown rice (or egg noodles will do) Sauté meat and carrots until fat melts but some pink remains, add remaining ingredients and stir until warm. Top this dish with fresh sliced apples or reserve fruit for dessert Serve immediately.

Forbidden Fruit

If this is the first time you have served fruit to your dog, it is best introduced as a treat given from your portion. Toss your dog Thompson, green, red, or black seedless grapes but if you believe fruit is toxic even when pesticides are washed off, skip them. Grape skins may need piercing in order to release the sweet juice so your dog knows it is food. Some dogs will eat skin and all, others will patiently remove the skin and spit it out.

Prepare apples, grapes, or cherries by soaking in 2 cups cool water with ¼ cup vinegar or 1 Tbsp Clorox to remove pesticides and bacteria. Soak 10 minutes, rinse thoroughly, place on paper towel to drain.

Then experiment, tossing grapes, small chunks of apple, banana, cantaloupe, pineapple, etc. Reserve citrus for yourself although some dogs love oranges and tangerines.

Fish For The Finicky

If you have a northern breed, its heritage was probably fish, something he will recognize when introduced. An Akita breeder-judge, visiting from Japan, was amazed that we Americans deprived the breed of fish (and rice.) Siberians, Malamutes and Samoyeds will take to seafood like a fish to water. Pun intended.

There’s no culinary secret here. While cooked fresh fish is always best, your dog will settle for canned salmon, mackerel, tuna, even herring and sardines packed in water. Do not feed raw fish due to flukes and other contaminants. No Sushi for your dog..

Open the can. Drain juices unless using to mix in with dry dog food. Serve on platter or in dog bowl if part of regular meal. You can try it with other breeds including toys but their instinctive reaction may be disinterest.

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