Home Made Dog Biscuits

Snoopy Sue's Snacks

2 1/2 cups whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon sugar
1/3 cup non-fat powdered milk
1/4 cup oatmeal
1/4 cup cornmeal
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 egg
1 small jar strained real beef baby food
1/8 tsp. garlic powder
2 teaspoons sugar free applesauce
1/2 cup cold water

1. Preheat oven to 350°.
2. Mix ingredients and knead for 3 minutes. Dough should form a ball. Roll to 1/2" thick and cut into dog bones. Dough should be stiff. Bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet for 30 minutes. Allow the biscuits to dry out overnight on racks...out of reach of your dog!

Dogs love cheese, but most cheeses have a high salt content. If you want to add cheese to your dog biscuits, read the label before you buy this ingredient!

Check the baby food jar label to make sure the salt content is low, or find a no-salt meat baby food.

SALT - This is not good for your dog, because a dog's body cannot process salt. Salt can accumulate and cause kidney disease in old age. At any time in a dog's life, if salt is given in excess, it could cause your dog's kidneys to react and swell. Your dog would have to be totally without water for a period of days if this happens before the kidneys could function normally again (just think about how serious that is) if the dog survived.

Here is a story about these dog biscuits...
A co-worker's wife, Linda, came into the place where I was working in order to meet me because I gave her husband a bag of dog biscuits for their dog. No, I don't have a dog. I just like making the dog biscuits and hearing about how much my friend's dogs love them! Weird, but true. I had a bag left in my freezer and I just wanted to give them away before they got that old frozen fridge taste.

Linda said these were the first biscuits her dog had ever eaten without immediately throwing them up. Her dog has a very sensitive stomach and they've tried every biscuit on the market and her dog could not hold any of them down. Linda said she continued to buy the dog biscuits because her dog would beg for them. I thought that what they were doing must have been wreaking havoc on her poor little dog's stomach. But certainly I can understand that by not giving him the treats the poor little guy might think he was being punished. I have suspicions that her dog could have been allergic to the preservatives in the biscuits. I don't use preservatives, so the biscuits should be refrigerated or frozen until ready to use.

Linda thanked me for the complimentary bag of biscuits. I gave her the recipe (my own concoction above) and directed her to various websites where she could find more dog biscuit recipes to try. Don't you just love happy endings?

Other websites for your dog to peruse are: http://www.fuzzyfaces.com/lrecipe1.html

Another great site is www.bullwrinkle.com They have some really great peanut butter dog treats for you to copy.

This is going to sound funny, but another website with some great veggie dog treats is www.thepoop.com/pooppantry/champcheese.asp . My daughter’s dog went absolutely nuts over these.

Happy Baking!