Homemade Dog Treats for Better Nutrition.
Michalis 'BIG Mike' Kotzakolios


Defined Tag: Homemade Dog Treats.

Commercial dog treats in the pet store come in seemingly infinite varieties. They can be soft, hard, biscuits, rawhide, and everything in between. Unfortunately, their nutritional values can vary as well. While your dog would certainly enjoy just about any treat you give him, too much of a good thing can be detrimental to Fido's health. Perhaps the best way to ensure that your dog gets a wholesome and nutritional treat is to make it yourself.

Homemade dog treats are every bit as good, if not better, than their commercial brethren. One of the most popular and easiest homemade dog treats to make is liver. Not only is liver very palatable for dogs, it is also packed with nutrition.

To make liver homemade dog treats, take some liver and slice it as thin as you possibly can. While a dehydrator can work well with making liver homemade dog treats, you can also use an oven. Optimally, you will want to put the liver slices on some kind of rack so that it is exposed to air on all sides. A pan will work but only gets air exposure on one side. Set the oven to its lowest possible temperature. Bake the liver until firm and can be cut with scissors. Open the oven door occasionally to release the moist air and to keep the temperature from getting too high. The purpose of this exercise is to dehydrate the liver, not necessarily to cook it.

Once the liver is dry, remove it from the oven and cut into slices using scissors or a sharp knife. If the liver gets wet or greasy while cutting it, you need to stick it back in to the oven. If the liver is too hard to cut, it was in the oven too long. No matter, though, as they are still edible. You just need to use something stronger to cut them. After cutting the liver, bake them again on baking paper or on a pan. Bake until it's dry, not greasy, to the touch. Again, keep the temperature low. The end result should be a liver treat that's dry on the outside and moist on the inside.

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