bake your own dog treats

[oscar]

this is really easy, quick and cheap just chuck everything into an oven proof dish and mix it all in (water last) bake for approx 20 mins on 140 or so, let cool and then set in the fridge for a few hours and slice to your required size whether your dog likes large or small treats and you can also hide cod liver oil capsules etc in these

1 kilo of porridge oats
2 eggs
a few mugs of water
flavour to suit your own dog e.g. custard powder, bits of chicken leftovers etc

The porridge is about 75p at Asda you can adjust how much you use. If you use all of the above this will make enough for 3 large dogs for a weeks treats roughly. Just keep them somewhere cool but take the chill off them before treating your fury friend!

Put the water in last and keep a few porridge oats back so you can adjust the texture by adding more if you want to - you will know when you have the right texture after you have made them once or twice it should be firm not too runny so it will set.
[:X]Oscar
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please feedback if you make these

[kallis3]

There is actually a book of dog recipes - one of my work colleagues uses it and gave me some for our dogs.

Sorry to say that I ate some as well and they were great!! I do have the recipes somewhere now but can't be bothered to dig them out!

[Shining]

I make a few treats for my dog whilst training. My hubby and I both worked at Spillers for a few years baking dog biscuits and I often used to have one especially straight out of the oven, they were lovely!

[kallis3]

I'm afraid we're lazy and I buy our treats!

[kazzafunk]

Great tip Oscar for saving all the pennies we need Haven't got a dog though!!

[Andy1964]

Had to read the title a second time cos a mark on my screen looked like a comma between dog and treats [:0][:D]

[oscar]

Hi Kazza
a neighbour did once get the recipe to adjust it and make them for her daughter's rabbits can you believe!
Oscar

[kazzafunk]

Might try it for my goats! Can't for the lambs as they have now moved to the great big oat field in the sky!!

[Skippy]

I really don't know how you could do that Kazza! I feel guilty eating meat anyway, let alone meat that I've reared myself!

[lem]

we eat our own chickens Skip, would much rather do that as I know exactly where they have come from, what they have been fed and know that they have had a great life before they reach my plate

[kallis3]

I couldn't do it either Skip. I prefer not to have known my meat!!!

[Skippy]

To me it's no different to eating Harry and there's no way on God's green earth I could do that!

[Foggy]

The trick is not to give them names that humanises them. I'd call my lambs Dinner, Tea and Hotpot!!!

[Shining]

lol @ Foggy, not sure if I could do it, but do know I couldn't be a veggie as I love meat.

[kazzafunk]

lol foggy - you do make me laugh - ours were called 1 and 2 (for when we were bottle feeding!). I felt awful last night, had a little cry. Felt worse this morning as I knew the deed was imminent (they like them in the night before). But now I feel better. Trouble with me is I put human brain thoughts into animals. But as Lem said, we spoilt ours rotten - been feeding them on goat food for ages and they could run fast when they saw the bucket coming towards their gate! They had 7 months or running around 4 fields, playing with goats, having an indoor shelter when it rained and living the life of riley. Thanks lambies - hope you had fun!![:)]