Dog biscuits. What are the characteristics of good homemade biscuits for dogs?
Using natural ingredients will increase the nutrition of your homemade dog treats.
If you become familiar with the foods that are healthy for dogs and those that can be harmful, you will be well on the way to making holistic, healthy dog treats!
Biscuits for dogs were never intended to be dog food. They are a snack or dietary supplement, like canine vitamins, to your pet’s diet.
Because a few treats can make a big difference, it’s important to make sure that even the biscuits and dog treats that you feed your pet are healthy!
What are Dog Biscuits?
A biscuit dog treat is usually hard and crisp. It may or may not have meat as an ingredient. They also contain grains or flour, such as wheat, rye flour, oat flour or oatmeal, barley or barley flour, .
Recipes vary, but some healthy biscuits contain eggs, milk and flavorings such as cinnamon or anise.
To be wholesome and nutritious, healthy pet biscuits should have whole grains, whole grain flours and other healthy dog treat ingredients like nuts and seeds—-not bleached white flour, which is a poor substitute for whole grains.
Healthy Dog Treats Require Healthy Ingredients
If you make smaller homemade dog cookies (some people call biscuits, dog cookies), you can use the small dog treats as training treats.
That way you'll be adding good dog nutrition to your dog's diet, rather than empty calories--while he's learning to obey you.
Large amounts of sugar or even honey can be unhealthy. And, surprisingly, many foods that are healthy for you, may be
foods toxic to dogs and should not be included in a homemade biscuit.
The great part about many pet biscuit treats is that they are quick and easy to make!
Even gourmet canine biscuit recipes can be easy. However, for canine biscuits, usually I just roll out the dough, cut it with a large pizza cutter into squares, bake and serve!
I think you’ll have fun with these dog treat recipes, too!
Whether you buy your pet's biscuits or you make them, make sure that the ingredients are healthy and that none of them are harmful to dogs.
