The Central Bark Bakery

Baking your own dog training treats is fun! And great for your dog. Especially with the recipe used in this video. It was created by the dog baker to be helpful with her dog’s skin condition and skin allergies. 

Here is part 3 of 3 to finish this series of posts.

For the kids, kneading the dough mixture is always the favorite part of making dog biscuits. Actually, shaping the biscuits may actually be their favorite.

Here’s the recipe list again:

Remember that video we saw on baking for dogs with skin allergies and other conditions? Here is part 2 of the video showing us how to cook those dog training treats.

These dog treats are great. They are all natural, homemade and our puppy loves them. It’s gotten so that he gets very excited when we get the mixing bowls out! What a cute doggie!

Ok you dog bakers, let’s bring to life our previous discussion on baking your own dog biscuits. We’ll take a look at a video we found on youtube that shows a fellow dog baker in action.

She explains how she bakes doggie training treats that are also great for helping with her dog’s skin allergies.

Here’s the recipe:

• 2 cups flour (white or whole wheat)
• 1 cup cooked rice
• 1/2 raw oats or oatmeal
• 1/2 cup skim milk
• 2 tbsp low fat ricotta cheese
• 2 tbsp low fat natural yogurt
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 egg
• 2 tsp mix herbs (thyme is great for dog skin problems) 

The following is part 1 of the dog training treat recipe.

Why bake homemade dog biscuits for your puppy? Just walk down the pet food aisle in your local supermarket and take a minute to read the list of ingredients on the side of those dog biscuit boxes. Hmmm. I don’t know about you, but those four syllable ingredients don’t sound exactly healthy to this dog lover.

So you want to bake your own doggie treats. Maybe you want to make your own homemade dog food? Well let’s start with the basic dog biscuit.

Search around the internet and you’ll find all manners of doggie biscuit recipes. If you are starting out, do yourself and Fido a favor (or a “flavor” if you want to get fancy!) and start off with this simple biscuit recipe:

• 2 cups of whole wheat flour
• 1/2 cup of cornmeal
• 6 tablespoons of cooking oil
• 2/3 cup of broth

I’m being a little generic with the ingredients. Use what you have in your kitchen. As you no doubt know, your pup loves what you love in terms of eats. Cook for your pet as you would for yourself and your family.

My little Havanese just goes nuts whenever we cook chicken, so I use homemade chicken broth. Alternatively, you can use beef broth or whatever boullion cubes you have.

Mix the ingredients well. I use my Kitchen Aid mixer with a dough hook, but even hand mixing will work. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Roll out the dough to 1/4 inch to 3/8 inch thick and cut out to desired shapes. Obviously you should take into account the size of your dog. Use cookie cutters to amuse your kids if you wish. My kids love that classic bone shape cookie cutter. Bake about 40 minutes and let cool.

That’s it!  A simple home made dog biscuit recipe.

We’ll get into much more involved recipes soon, but why don’t you start with that one?

Regards, The Dog Pastry Chefs at Central Bark Bakery

PS. Here’s an interesting post on the cost savings of baking your own doggy treats. (There are none, but you know exactly what your dog is eating!)