The secrets of choosing and making cookies for dogs

For their pets, the owners try to choose all the best: food, care products, toys and other accessories. The surest way to please both a small puppy and an adult dog is to give him that treat that he loves the most. Most dogs will never give up cookies, especially if it is made specifically for them.

To make cookies really healthy, it must comply with specially developed nutritional standards recommended specifically for dogs.

• First you need to understand that pampering your pet with tasty things should be reasonable. Even if he deserves them, you need to issue cookies in a dosed manner. Its share should not be more than a tenth of the daily diet.
• Any dog ​​food should be free of sugar and salt. The same rule applies to strong spices. For taste in small quantities allowed garlic or honey.
• For the manufacture of goodies, you can use a variety of meat: pork, beef, rabbit, chicken, turkey, fish. You can add cereals, cheese or cottage cheese to it. And for nutrition to be dietary and varied, vegetables and some fruits should be used.
• Cookies can have absolutely any shape. The batter can be spread with a spoon, more dense - cut into pieces, roll into balls. There are curly thematic molds, among them the most popular are bones.
• As a rule, solid products can be stored longer - this is due to prolonged drying at a fairly high temperature. Soft and crumbly biscuits are more convenient to eat or divide into parts.
• For older dogs and small breeds, the size should be appropriate. If there are no health problems, you can give quite large biscuits (first of all, this concerns the condition of the teeth and digestive organs).

Most often, goodies are given as an incentive for training or training.

In addition, goodies can be given in the following cases:

• if the pet needs to be distracted;
• for massage gums when teeth are cut in puppies;
• to maintain healthy teeth;
• to improve the dog’s body (thanks to useful supplements and vitamins);
• if you need to establish emotional attachment.

Do not replace a full meal with cookies, especially if the dog has problems with being overweight. Also, do not give your pet treats too often. After all, unhealthy eating habits are instilled in the dog. In addition, in the future they can not be used for training - the puppy simply will not try.

The animal education system must be clear and consistent. In everything, one should adhere to measures, weaning a spoiled animal from constant handouts will be much more difficult.

Often, choosing between home-made cookies and goodies purchased at the pet store, preference is given to purchased ones. And this is not surprising, since they have a number of obvious advantages:

• convenience and saving time that you need to spend on cooking;
• attractive packaging;
• pleasant appearance of the products themselves;
• detailed information on the composition and properties on the package.

Most often, customers trust in advertising or hope that such products pass quality control. In fact, this is far from the case.

In addition, many additives are often present in animal treats. In the best case, it will be vitamins and minerals that will help the dog develop and maintain its activity. At worst, preservatives as well as flavor enhancers. Animals can not always recognize a poor-quality product, so this task falls on the shoulders of their owners. In addition, you should carefully consider the expiration date of the products and the compliance with the storage conditions stated on the package.

Homemade cookies have other, no less valuable, advantages:

• confidence in quality, since all products are bought personally and the recipe is followed;
• favorable price - the cost of own-made cookies is several times less;
• variability: the ability to change recipes, add ingredients.

For example, during an illness, you can add ingredients that can strengthen the immune system.

In fact, in the manufacture of homemade cookies for dogs there is nothing complicated, especially if you follow a proven recipe and carefully follow all the recommendations. And even if not everything worked out the first time, you don’t have to give up. After all, the reward will be the contented look of your dog.

A pound of offal will require a small carrot and onion, 1 egg, 2 cloves of garlic and about 1 cup of flour. The dough is made quite simple.

1. All ingredients are ground in a blender and mixed until a homogeneous mass. The density should be similar to the fritters test. If it turned out a little thinner, add flour, and if the dough is thick - add a drop of water.
2. Cover a wide baking sheet with parchment paper, grease with oil and pour the mass. We send to bake for about half an hour. Make sure that the formation does not become too rigid.
3. Then you need to remove it, and when hot, cut into pieces of the desired size. After cooling completely, the treat can be transferred to a plastic container.

Cookies from any type of lean meat are prepared according to the same principle.

In order not to grease the baking tray and not add extra calories, it is better to cover the baking sheet with parchment.

Almost all four-legged pets love fish in any form, so you should definitely try making cookies out of it. This will require:

• 500 g fillet of any fish without bones (you can take canned fish);
• 200 g of carrots;
• 1 cup flour;
• 1-2 eggs.

Consider the technology of the preparation itself.

1. Chopped fish fillet. Boiling it first will reduce baking time.
2. Carrots need to be grated or chopped in a blender. Instead, you can take any other vegetables: pumpkin, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage, zucchini.
3. Further, all the ingredients (minced fish, carrots, egg and flour) are mixed. Flour should be added gradually - until the dough is dense enough and sticks to your hands.
4. The dough can be rolled into a layer and cut out cookies with cookie cutters, as well as rolled into a sausage and cut into circles. Another option is to make thin sausages and roll them into small rings.
5. Bake in a preheated oven at a temperature of 180 degrees for 20-30 minutes.

Dog cookies do not have to be meat. An excellent alternative here are oat biscuits. Their recipe is pretty simple:

• 1 cup of oatmeal (preferably finely ground) and flour;
• 1 apple
• 2 tbsp. tablespoons of honey;
• a glass of water (depending on the flour and cereal, it may take a little more or less).

Oatmeal and flour should be mixed, add to them a grated or finely chopped apple.

Then you need to add water to the mixture. Knead the dough thoroughly and form cookies. If the mass is too liquid, it can be spread on a baking sheet with a spoon. For a change, cottage cheese, cheese, or eggs can be included in the ingredients. Dried fruits will help to give a sweet taste - such a dessert will surely be to the taste of any dog.

The recipe for cookies for dogs, see below.