The Benefits of Making Homemade Dog Bones
Making homemade pet treats is one of the easiest ways to make sure that your pet is eating a healthy, nutritious snack. There are many benefits to making homemade dog treats in the comfort of your own kitchen. You can use the healthiest ingredients to make the homemade pet treats, it doesn’t cost a lot of money to make homemade dog treats, (especially homemade dog bones) and your dog will get a healthy alternative to many of mass produced pet treats on the market today.
I have a great recipe for homemade dog bones which I have included at the end of this post. It’s one of the easiest pet treats that you can make because it requires minimal ingredients. The nice thing about making your pet homemade dog treats is that you get to choose the ingredients for the treats. The dog bones that I make can be made in a variety of flavors using very simple ingredients. You can start by choosing the type of flour that you would like to use as the base of your dog bones. One of the most popular flours used for making homemade dog treats is oat flour. Oat flour is very healthy and it’s great for dog’s with allergies. If your dog doesn’t have allergies you may want to use whole wheat flour which will give the dog bones a sweeter flavor. Next you can decide what types of flavor you would like to give the bones. The most popular dog treat flavors are cheese, chicken and peanut butter. The dog bone recipe that I have can be made in any of these flavors. The recipes uses all natural peanut butter, real chicken and real cheese to make these pet treats, so your pooch will be getting one of the most healthy all natural pet treats!
It really won’t cost you alot of money to make these dog bones. The only thing you have to buy is flour, either peanut butter, chicken, or cheese and baking powder. You may already have some of these ingredients at home. Making homemade dog bones is very cost effective. You will be able to bake more bones for less money than you would spend on a box of dog treats at the store.
Making your pet homemade dog bones in the comfort of your own kitchen will ensure that your pooch is getting a healthy alternative to a lot of the mass produced pet treats on the market today. Unfortunately many of the commercially produced pet treats are made with preservatives, chemicals and by-products that can be harmful to your pets health.When you make your pet homemade pet treats you control what is in the snack and you can make sure to use only the finest ingredients to ensure that your pet is getting one of the most nutritious and healthy dog bones.
Homemade Dog Bones (Peanut Butter Recipe)
Ingredients:
2 cups oat flour
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 tsp baking powder
3/4 cup water
Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix flour and baking powder in large mixing bowl. Add peanut butter and water. Mix until a dough forms. (Add more flour if dough is too sticky.) Roll dough on floured surface into 1/4″ thickness. Use a dog bones cookie cutter to cut into dog bone shape. Place on ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 20 minutes. Let cool and serve.
