Making your own dog treats can be a huge benefit to your dogs health and well being.  Cooking dog treats can also be a great activity for the kids to help with.

Home made treats for your dog can have the following benefits:

• Fun activity for the kids during the school holidays and rainy weekends
• Less preservatives and artificial ingredients than in the shop bought treats
• Fresher ingredients
• In most cases it works out cheaper to make your own doggy treats - this is great for people on a budget
• You can tailor the treats to suit your dogs taste buds
• Limiting the amount of salt and preservatives in your dogs diet can assist people who have dogs with allergies or are fussy eaters
• Its a lot of fun making treats for your dog and you will rarely get any complaints

Cheese and Bacon Dog Biscuits

Ingredients:

2 Cups of Plain Flour
1 1/4 Cups of Shredded Cheese
1/2 Cup of Diced Bacon (fat removed)
1 Tablespoon of Vegetable Oil
4 - 5 Tablespoons of Water

Directions: 

Combine all the ingredients except the water.  In a food processor whisk the mixture until it is the consistency of cornmeal.  Add the water gradually until the mixture forms a doughy ball.  On a floured board roll out the dough until approximatly 1-2cm thick and cut into shapes.  Place shapes on an ungreased baking sheet and cook at 200 degrees Celcius for about 10 minutes.  Cooking time will depend on size and thickness of shapes.  Once cooked cool and store in the refridgerator.

Your dogs should love these treats.  If you have a great treat or biscuit recipe send us an email and we will include it on the site.