Homemade dog treats?

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I'm think about making some dog treats to save me the ridiculous prices of pet stores (and to transition the dogs over to not always working for a tennis ball).

So what are your and your dogs favourite recipes?
 

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I like to thinly slice the venison my uncle decides he isn't going to use, smash it thinner, and then bake it slowly on a lower heat to make jerky-like treats (well they're supposed to be jerky-like, I do them a bit faster/on higher heat than is recommended so they are a bit more crispy). 100% meat and Tucker loves them. I just break them into pieces to use as rewards and I can keep them in my pockets because they aren't wet or messy (though they probably give me a slight odor lol). They do take a fair amount of prep time though, cutting up all that meat, and the slices shrink quite a bit. I've heard using a dehydrator works best but I don't have one. I probably wouldn't use them for a training session because I feel like you'd go thoruhg them too fast for all the time it takes to make them. I like using them as rewards for when we are out, especially for coming at the park.
 

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I make rice-flour biscuit cracker things. I change them up a lot, but basically it's a couple cups of rice flour with an egg, some oil (sometimes fat from meat we've cooked), and a liquid (once it was pureed carrots and apple, often it's the water from boiling livers, sometimes it's a can of sardines), and sometimes some peas. I mix it all up, and if I don't add baking powder, I roll it flat on a cookie sheet (real thin) and cut it into treats. Then I bake it at 325 until it looks done. If I do add baking powder, I press it into a glass pan, and bake it at 325, and it comes out puffier and more crumbly.

I also take the livers (and sometimes hearts and gizzards) from the water, after they're boiled, and bake them at like 225 until they're sort of dry and chewy.
 

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I just get meat and cut into small pieces. In certain exercises one needs to use low value treats, then I cut up a carrot or apple or just use kibble.
 

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Sprinkle garlic powder on chicken hearts/gizzards and bake them until they're golden & dried in the oven at *300. Dogs will do ANYTHING for these! & organs are super cheap. Liver disgusts me way too much to even handle it.

I also mix up oatmeal, an egg & baking powder with a couple spoonfuls of peanut butter, some honey, an apple and sprinkle grated cheese on top. My dogs love those cookies. Bake them at *300 for 20-30 mins.
 

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I use a mixer and mix liver, gizzard, hearts and a can of pumpkin. Make that into shapes, and dry it into little cookies for Nia.

The other thing I do a lot is dry meat for example chicken or beef jerky in the oven overnight.
 

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